Courtesy of the Guardian:
What is a “nasty vortex”? And how does one distinguish it from a pleasant one? These and other questions have been provoked by leading urban thinker Kele Okereke, the Bloc Party frontman, after he decided to have a teensy pop at Vice, his record label in the States and phonic arm of the trendy mag that’s too cool for you.
“That’s one of the things that I most regret about our history,” the singer said in a recent interview. “I wish I’d voiced my concerns at the time, articulated them more clearly.
“The people that we work with are lovely, and they’re a separate company from the magazine, but Vice the brand just fills me with dread, really. It’s a real kind of nasty vortex, where any decency and general compassion to other people has just been completely obliterated.
“I don’t know if the magazine is still like that, but it certainly was very much so back then.”
Kele, if you’re reading this, I can assure you that Vice is still as nasty as ever. Which I know pleases them to no end.
http://music.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2027084,00.html
www.viceland.de

March 6, 2007 at 12:08 am
I haven’t seen a recent issue of the magazine either. A friend of mine sent me a copy last fall and I was pretty entertained by its crudeness.
March 6, 2007 at 1:08 am
Yeah, Vice (the magazine) has always been pretty outlandish, but that’s their bread and butter really. It would be akin to criticising Hustler for all those naked ladies.
March 6, 2007 at 1:16 am
Heh. Well said.
March 6, 2007 at 2:20 am
they had a recent fiction issue with some great contributors like chuck palahniuk