Customer Reviews

The Vice Guide to Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll

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Now, don't get me wrong, I love all of the clever wit and aggressive writing styles. Who cares if VICE doesn't bother editing for even near-proper grammar?

The sex and rock & roll articles are quite readable, though most of the drug information provided is pure urban legend trash.

Note: condoning the use of anti-depressants in high quantity for recreational effect has got to be the most reckless advice I've ever read. For the sake of everyone's personal safety, DO NOT TAKE VICE'S DRUG ARTICLES SERIOUSLY!

The gift that keeps on giving -- all the best words for this little charmer are Amazon-illegal, but parts seriously make you wonder if you even knew how to kiss right/think sharp before it. Hip without crowding anyone out and funnier than you'd expect. Also, the intro/story of VICE's founding is pretty touching. Get it (on).

I never read this magazine because I mistook it for puerile fare like Maxim. But, judging by this fine book of collections and smart, intelligent writing, it appears that I was mistaken.

The bad first: this book can come off badly with some roll-your-eyes quality immature humor. Some of the sex content *does* seem to come off like some cheesy Maxim rubbish.

Now, on to the good. This is good stuff, a wonderfully irreverent take on modern urban culture, which of course, includes plenty of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Seeing as the magazine started in Montreal, it's nice to get some views into this woefully overlooked metropolis...

"the vice guide to sex and drugs and rock and roll" is more of an introduction to, well, the vices in life. Most of the information is half assed, and its dripping with sarcasm on most of the important aspects of the book. however, its an enlightening read and the "government high" and "fashion do's and dont's" are perhaps the reason this book is always open near my toilet

People say a lot about this magazine but they never mention how hilarious it is. I never laugh out loud reading books (OK maybe Confederacy of Dunces but that was when I was 13). I laughed out loud so hard reading their fashion section's dos and don'ts that I was embarassed. The cover price is worth it just for that section - but the rest is funny too.

good stuff. really interesting. cover creeps me and other people out though... but i think thats the point! haha is it a dude or a chick?

If you want a book that you can open up to any page and be thoroughly entertained and maybe a little offended then buy this book. If you enjoy reading ridiculous nonsense thats somewhat informative but always absurd and comical this is for you. There might be one or two chapters outta the whole thing that attempt at being serious but even in those they manage to still sprinkle a dose of humor in the mix. If you can't take a joke or don't like sarcasm keep on looking, this book wasn't written for you. Actually no, do read it, so that Vice can have the pleasure of offending yet another overly sensitive person with no sense of humor.

A great coffee table book, one that you can just pick up at any page and guarantee a good read filled with laughs. The sections on the drug experiences are some of the funniest short stories I've read in a while, really entertaining and very easy to digest.

We can all hope this wonderfully irreverant and honest collection of essays on what really goes on in modern urban culture is a foreshadowing of the death of political correctness. If you've got a sense of humor and live life with your fun-meter turned to 10, you'll really appreciate this book.

This is easily one of the best toilet books ever. A perfect tome to have near the throne, this book has random article after random article about the title topics.

Vice is a vicious, free magazine that discourages subscriptions. The articles here vary from drug write-ups to profiles on black metal ghouls.

Vice is smart and sickly cynical. This is not Maxim or FHM.

Highly recommended. You can impress guests with this next to the Charmin.