In an apparent tribute to Donovan and an attempt to subdue “those bright, aggressive MTA video ads,” Posterchild installed a new yellow “Mellow” piece in Union Square. The Toronto-based street artist is planning to put up a “slew of work” while he’s in New York for the next couple months. Video of the billboard manipulating process after the jump. Read more »
Good news New York. A construction firm has been chosen to begin work on the animal disease and research labs in Kansas that are slated to replace Plum Island’s aging facilities. |PrimeBuzz|
So those terror suspects arrested in NYC? According to a criminal complaint, NY’s Finest totally screwed up the FBI’s surveillance operation and may have even tipped off the alleged terrorists. |AP|
Oh my! Have you heard of Mike Schwartz? Me neither! Well, not until a couple of days ago anyway, when I first read about his imbecilic comments about homosexuality at the Values Voters Summit in Washington over the weekend. But I had not seen the creepy video of him talking about all the time he spends with adolescent boys and how he admires their hatred for gay people and their ass-fucking ways until the Daily Show broke it down last night. Read more »
Similar to their grotesque matchbooks, the city’s health department approved the latest anti-smoking ad campaign featuring very diseased, blackened lungs with the words “Smoking Kills.” The signs will be hung near cash registers in bodegas throughout the city and probably won’t dissuade smokers, but will definitely gross out the rest of the juice, candy, and lotto-buying public. |NYDN|
If you happen to have a Netflix account and live in the Massachusetts area and have had issues in the past with DVDs disappearing, well, this may shed some light on that: a postal worker who worked near the Netflix distribution center in Springfield has pled guilty to stealing over 3000 DVDs. He faces up to five years in prison. |Smoking Gun|
Late Tuesday afternoon CNN reported that Oprah, who’s apparently channeling her inner P.T. Barnum this week, was having former One Day at a Time star Mackenzie Phillips on her show to make a mysterious “bombshell” announcement. Now we know what it is: she and her dead father, musician John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, were once sexing each other on the regular. Read more »
In hopes of upsetting Mayor Bloomberg’s bid for a third term, “The Concerned New Yorkers for Monty Burns Coalition” deployed a Shepard Fairey-style poster campaign.
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Yesterday’s distribution of the fake New York Post mostly went off without a hitch, but this morning’s ‘Survivaball‘ demonstration? Not so much. The NYPD ticketed several Yes Men and even arrested co-founder Andy Bichlbaum around 10AM at 21st street and the East River while the group was showcasing their parody survival product. Bichlbaum reportedly had an outstanding warrant for an unpaid summons—not the brightest move for a prolific prankster engaging in very public stunts. But still, cops suck. Anyway, check out the product video and schematics for the narcissistic apparatus that’s billed as a “gated community for one” after the jump. |TheIndypendent| Read more »
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