Nearly seven miles of Manhattan streets will once again be closed to cars and opened for people this summer. Summer Streets, returning for three consecutive Saturdays in August, is expected to be announced later today. |NYP|
New York City has been having some strange weather lately, ranging from lengthy periods of Seattle-like grayness to Apocalyptic cloud formations and today’s meteorological madness. Earlier, there was a triumphant return of sunshine, followed by a heavy downpour and this striking rainbow in the evening.
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Parting Shot: Waxing Poetic
A woman cries while clutching wax replica of Michael Jackson outside of Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum in Las Vegas. |WSJ|
After the highly publicized birth of a female baby panda at a zoo in Bangkok, the people there have all-but-forgotten Thailand’s national symbol, the elephant. In a seriously misguided effort to bring some attention to the “neglected giants,” they were painted to look like pandas and mercilessly paraded about. Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Or they could hire this guy, when he decorates an elephant it’s guaranteed to create a stir. |DailyMail|
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On Sunday, the MTA fare hike goes into effect with the cost of single rides on subways and busses going up to $2.25 and unlimited ride Metrocards going up by a dollar or nine. Any unlimited Metrocards you buy before Sunday have to be put into use by July 6 to get the full value before they expire. |MTA|
The Apollo Theater failed to get Michael Jackson’s birthday correct by a whole 15 years, but they’re not the only one’s shaving years off the departed pop star’s life. Celebrity gossipers Access Hollywood, streetwear hypebeasts Slamxhype, and a whole bunch of twitterers couldn’t get their remembrances right, saying Michael Jackson was born a year late: 1959.
No. 4 Graffiti Writer Arrested in Pittsburgh
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Pittsburgh police arrested their fourth most wanted graffiti writer early last week. AGANY turned himself in and faces two felony and 57 misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief for graffiti related to more than $50K in damge at more than 74 spots across the city. With this latest arrest the police department’s graffiti task force has apprehended six of the city’s “top 10 vandals.” Read more »
Ad Nauseam: A Survivor’s Guide to American Consumer Culture is a new book on the toll of consumer culture on society. Edited by Carrie McLaren and Jason Torchinsky of Stay Free! magazine, the book also includes contributions by David Cross and the Time’s Julie Scelfo among others, the book delves into the evil of advertising. |Ad Nauseam|
On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed down an important decision that could effect thousands of drug cases. The 5-4 ruling “reversed the conviction of a Massachusetts man found guilty of selling cocaine” after questionable evidence was introduced and declared that scientists and drug lab technicians who prepare reports for trials, can be called to the witness stand and thoroughly cross examined. Justices were kind of all over the place and shockingly, Antonin Scalia was the major proponent of the expanded 6th Amendment protection. |SCOTUSblog|
Apparel Brand Gets Michael Jackson’s Death Down To A Tee
Less than 24 hours after the King of Pop died, streetwear brand Neff is already marketing their “exclusive” Michael Jackson tribute t-shirt. The California based company writes, “after the tragedy with Michael Jackson, we created the ‘Long Live the King’ tee for all those lovers of MJ who wish to preserve the life of the King himself.” However it’s not clear how a $20 tee will “preserve” the expired pop star. It’s going to take a little more than that. Perhaps they meant memory.
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