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Maurizio Cattelan Auctions Giant Monument to England's Soccer Failures
The $900,000 monolith commemorates all of the team's losses from 1874 through 1998.
Failure and the Enduring Mystique of 'Fantastic Planet'
The spacerock band talks about their upcoming album and getting more popular after breaking up.
We All Live in a Constant State of Failure and Dread, Charlie Brown
There's a new "Peanuts" movie coming out next year, but it likely won't be able to capture the unique blend of despair and empathy that made Charles Schulz’s original strip so influential and important.
Routine Moments in Baseball History: Mike Brown Was an Angel
On one man's struggle to stay in the big leagues.
Costa Rica Fells Italy, Tournament Continues to Be Drunk
As nobody predicted, Costa Rica is winning the—or anyway a—Group of Death. Meanwhile, the Swiss go to war, success fails to ensue.
NBA Playoff Memories: Stephen Curry vs. The World
When Steph Curry steps back for three, there's not much at stake: just the nature of the individual in society, is all.
Jon Taffer Is America’s Greatest Poet of Drunkenness and Failure
One balmy Wednesday last December, Jon Taffer stood in the dining room of Scoreboard 2, a dive in Norwalk, California. “I want to start by telling you I don’t give a shit about these cameras!” he said. “Saving bars is my life.”
Failure Talk about Getting Over Drugs, Reuniting, and Oh Yeah, MAKING A NEW ALBUM
Yes, you read that right: NEW FAILURE ALBUM.
The IMF's Admission That Austerity Has Failed Is Going to Make the G8 Pretty Awkward
Today, David Cameron will chair the G8 in Northern Ireland. While he's there, he'll be dodging awkward questions about the virtues of austerity—a couple of weeks after the culprits behind the biggest experiment in austerity's history admitted that it...
All Around Losing - I'm in a Hip Electronica Band and I Don't Know Why
In this episode of 'All Around Losing,' VICE associate editor Harry Cheadle gets sprayed with moth poop, swallows glowing balls, and dresses in chainmail—all in a misguided effort to become a rock star. His dreams of becoming a guitar god are doomed...
What Did You Want to Be When You Grew Up?
We asked some schlubs on the street if they lived up to the lofty dreams of their youth. They didn't.
SpaceX Delayed Again, Possible Failure-Redeeming Do-Over Tomorrow
As you might have heard, SpaceX, a commercial space outfit by Elon Mnsk, (that dude that founded "PayPal":https://www.paypal.com/ and "Tesla Motors":http://www.teslamotors.com/), had to abort their ignition sequences just a half-second before lift off...