Last year we published The Vice Guide to Surviving A&E written by Viceland reader Sally, a receptionist in the casualty department of a London hospital. It was an expert rant through a dozen practical ways the public can help A&E run more smoothly. Then last week Sally told us that her boss had found out about the story and sacked her. We were shocked that someone could be bullied out of their job
for exposing flaws in the health service, so we called Sally to run us through what happened...
As you probably read in Inside Pyongyang, people in North Korea are very fond of images of their beloved leader (and all-around amazing dude) Kim Jong-Il, and his father and former leader Kim Il-Sung. The pictures have to be hung a certain way so no sunlight can harm them and constantly venerated in the places where they hang -- which is pretty much everywhere - homes, offices, trains, etc. North Koreans are so attached to depictions of the dictators that a couple of them drowned trying to save portraits which were washed away during the recent floods in Hoeyang.
Here's a round-up of the music we've been talking about this month. Go here. It'll be like us blowing kisses into your ears for an hour. Featured artists include Marnie Stern, Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective and The Descendents. Continue reading for the full playlist and links to the articles...
Remember the vicious wolf on the cover of the Photo Issue? If you
didn’t know already, we’re sad to tell you that it’s been dead and
stuffed for many, many years. We decided to go and see the guy who
made him look so real. Going to the museum, we expected to interview a
shy, sciencey kind of guy. But we found this nutty taxidermist who chain-smoked as he dug out old photos and told funny stories about his craft.
If you’ve been reading our blog lately you'd be forgiven for thinking that Brazil's favelas are brimming with cocaine-fuelledcriminals. However, there are some people working to show that it isn't all bad in the slums of Rio. Meet Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas, who’ve started a little project where they help local kids paint huge murals in their neighbourhood. They will soon return to Rio to paint an entire hillside.
Not sure if you all keep up with French TV, but if not you missed a doozy of a step routine from Devendra Banhart's touring dancer. Call us nostalgists, but we liked Devendra a little more back when he was a shambling, warbly-voiced young ragamuffin, before his transformation into some weird minstrel version of Dave Navarro.
When we last caught up with Steven Seagal he was hocking the Bulgarian face cream line Lacrima. He's kept a pretty low profile since, but Steve is back in the news this week, complaining that the FBI has ruined his career by associating him with the mob. Now, the feds haven't responded to his allegation (presumably because they are busy doing paperwork), but we're going to have to agree with the gentle giant. Sure, he's one of the few Buddhists out there packin' heat in his custom-made bullet proof jacket, but there is no denying this man's magnetism. Would you be opposed to Executive Decision II? Didn't think so. Seagal, like Guttenberg, should still be out there, confusing us with his talents and his ponytail, not degrading himself as the low rent, male version of Morgan Fairchild.
Every Sunday morning, as we tuck into our full English breakfasts and browse through the weekend broadsheets, we keep getting this déjà vu feeling, especially in the pages of The Observer. First they paid homage to our reports about poverty in Nottingham. Then they paid tribute to our Skins spread with Gavin Watson. Now The Observer Food Monthly has jumped on our Bin Banquets story with their own guide to freeganism.
Remember our story about how flipped out Filipino jails are? Well, if you needed further evidence, here's a video featuring the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center doing the dance to Michael Jackson's "Thriller".
Today on Viceland we've got the final part of Inside Pyongyang, which documents our recent trip to North Korea. Brainwashed by a batty dictator into thinking the rest of the world envies their way of life, the country is easy to ridicule. But don't let the laughs let you lose sight of the fact that up to 3 million people have starved to death there in the last 10 years. It's one of the most fucked up countries in the world - read about how we wangled our way in.
Last year we published The Vice Guide to Surviving A&E written by Viceland reader Sally, a receptionist in the casualty department of a London hospital. It was an expert rant through a dozen practical ways the public can help A&E run more smoothly. Then last week Sally told us that her boss had found out about the story and sacked her. We were shocked that someone could be bullied out of their job
for exposing flaws in the health service, so we called Sally to run us through what happened... 
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