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The Mecca Diaries: Vice Goes To Mecca for Hajj

Posted by majestic on November 27, 2009

As most of us finish off yesterday’s turkey, Muslims around the world celebrate their own holiday today with end of the Hadj, which is called Eid. To mark the occasion today on VBS is The Mecca Diaries. Last year VICE founder Suroosh Alvi documented his own religious and cultural whirlwind homage to Mecca.

If you think going counter clock wise around a big black box and stoning Satan three times is hard, try doing it with three million people and your parents.

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Vice Magazine’s $250,000 Birthday Bash

Posted by majestic on November 2, 2009

Who says the media is dying? Vice magazine threw itself a $250,000 bash to celebrate its 15-year anniversary. But forget champagne, the publication staged a 1994-theme party with hardcore bands and tons of flannel, Elva Ramirez reports for the Wall Street Journal: