Hurricane Earl, New York’s only hope for a much needed change in weather, is barreling towards the East Coast with category 4 winds. NASA released a photo of what it looked like from the International Space Station while passing near Puerto Rico two days ago. The storm is expected to bring some relief (and possible destruction) to the city by late Friday.
A little over three weeks ago, Cee-Lo dropped his uplifting “Fuck You” on YouTube, racking up over four million views. The Motown-sounding single not made for the radio was a viral hit amongst music fans and design fags alike. Now the official video.
V Magazine goes double diva for their New York issue covers with performance artist superstar Marina Abramović and “performance artist” superstar Lady Gaga. A very photoshopped Gaga looks like she just got molested at an America-themed prom (by Marc Jacobs?). Marina Abramović rubs her signature pantsuit on some Texan model beefcake “Jesus” à la Pieta. Does it mean Gaga and Marina are BFFs now?
New York art courier James Carl Haggerty said he lost a $1.4 million dollar painting because he was sooo drunk. Read more »
There’s at least one neighborhood in Brooklyn that doesn’t have to worry about gentrification, ever. The eternal shithole that is East New York continues to live up to its edgy reputation with news of a 10-year-old boy getting struck by stray bullets in the neck and back while sitting at home watching TV last night. He is expected to survive. |NBC|
Despite a flurry of speculation about his future employment sparked in part by a few rounds of golf with the president, Mayor Bloomberg said he has every intention of finishing out his term and the only way he’s leaving early is in a coffin. If you spent over $100 million of your own money scoring a gig, you’d wanna stay till the very end too. |NYDN|
A Canadian soldier looks right at home while patrolling through a thick patch of weed plants in Afghanistan. (Photo: Bob Strong/Reuters)
The MTA should have just offered Darius McCollum an apprenticeship after he stole his first train at the age of 15, but instead, they’ve forced him to continually break the law and steal their vehicles instead.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, people were bugging. With no help and conditions dipping to third world levels, many expressed their despair with spray paint. All around New Orleans, it was the writing on the walls that told the real story and Richard Misrach was there to document it. Using a crappy digital camera, he shot tons of photos and has now published them in a book called: “Destroy This Memory.”
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