Vibe Names Misogynist As New EIC

Meet Jermaine Hall. He was the Editor-in-Chief of a popular women-exploiting magazine called King before it shuttered in late March of this year and is now the man in charge at the newly resurrected Vibe—it also died this year, but is coming back! The decision to bring Hall onboard offers some insight into the strategy of the urban culture magazine’s relaunch: tits and ass! Examples of his female-denigrating creative style above. |ArtsBeat|

Images via AliyasKing

The MTA rejected a Brooklyn politician’s attempt to honor the late Michael Jackson by renaming one of the borough’s dirtier subway stations after him. Councilmember Letitia James plans to continue petitioning to at least install a plaque at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station where’s Jackson “Bad” video was filmed. |NYP|

Judith Supine Gets High

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After submerging a baby-faced flasher in Central Park and dumping a disembodied head in the sewer, street artist Judith Supine continues installing his work where even the hardiest street art enthusiasts won’t tread. His latest, “Above the City in a Summer Night Dream,” was crowned on top the Williamsburg Bridge.

Photos by S. Duncan via Wooster Collective

The Perfect Gift For the Girl Who Thinks You’re Worthless

The men-hating, dick-loving women over at MOB released a new line of panties to remind the male race of their inferiority and universal ineptitude.

A group of volunteers for the Vancouver Public Space Network set out to count and map every surveillance camera in the downtown district in hopes of measuring the increase in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics. When China hosted the Olympics last year, 300k new surveillance cameras were installed in Beijing, but one Vancouver official says only 40 or 60 cameras will be added. |CTV|

The milliners who put any brand on their hat and the cutesy company that brands everything continue their collaboration. New Era and Hello Kitty have released some new fitted caps embroidered in pastel and floral logos. |Freshness|

Post Discovers High Line Peep Show

Months after blogs were buzzing about exhibitionists at the Standard Hotel, the Post files an “exclusive” report on the nude window displays. Cautioning parents, the tabloid reiterates what a good vantage point the newly opened High Line park makes for watching hotel guests get undressed and having sex. However, the Standard has backed off their encouragement of public affection, deleting a blog post asking “amateur pornographers” to share their “most erotic photos shot at The Standard, New York,” where “floor to ceiling glass windows … offer direct views to your most intimate moments.”

VW Should At Least Put Flowers On Escher’s Grave

Every time I get a new creative brief from one of the douchebag account execs, my first thought is: ‘how can I get boobs in the ads?’ My second thought is” ‘how can I get “The Scream” in the ads?’ My third thought is: ‘how can I get Escher in the ads?’ (Not really. My only thought is: ‘I hate my fucking job.’) Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher has been riffed on—oh, a few times—over the years in the ad community of Hackersville. This time, via DDB New Zealand, the appropriation is for VW commercial vehicles promoting their proprietary 4Motion four-wheel drive technology. “Get to the jobs other can’t.” My educated guess here is that these ads will appeal strongly to that extremely small demographic of business owners who used to be art directors. |Images: adme.ru|

Angry Angry Hippo Tries To Kill Man

And you thought your jobs sucks? A gamekeeper in Uganda had to run for his life after a grazing hippopotamus was disturbed. Luckily, he managed to run away from the violent vegetarian. The massive animals are known to attack humans for sport and as the Daily Mail points out, are even faster than Olympic sprinter Usain Bolt: “At 30 mph, hippos have a more impressive top speed than the fastest man in the world. Bolt can only reach 29 mph.” |DailyMail| Update: As the diligent John Prolly points out, this article is old and I probably had way too many slushy-margaritas this weekend.

Thanks to the NYPD’s lackluster traffic enforcement and abuse of parking privileges, Bronx firefighters couldn’t even hook up hoses to put out a burning apartment building yesterday. They had to resort to handheld extinguishers because the nearest hydrant was blocked by an illegally parked police vehicle, using an official NYPD parking placard. |NYP|