Oh Jesus Christ! Here are a group of Trixie Klondyke’s death-cult followers, waiting in line at a shopping mall in Michigan, anxiously waiting to meet the Golden Twat of American Conservatism herself. Read more »
Jane Hoffman, president of the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, released a statement supporting the ASPCA and their murderously humane treatment of Oreo, the female pit bull with a slight chip on her shoulder, who was euthanized last Friday despite pleas from the public and an animal sanctuary to take the dog in. Read more »
Printing flesh on fabric, Elia Alba sews her work with wire to turn photographic portraits into sculptures. Poised on pedestals to “emulate presentations of classical art and artifacts,” these eerie life-size images will be exhibited by the artist next month. “Busts,” featuring 30 of these wired works, will open at Chelsea’s Black and White Gallery in December.
“Busts,” December 10 – January 17, 2010, Black and White Gallery, 636 West 28th Street
Who’s Having Their Period Today?
Twitter gives the world access to people’s most mundane details and it’s amazing how many women love to announce to the world that, yes, they’re on the rag. Here are today’s brave, bloated over-sharers. Read more »
Street Artists Soil Crappy Ads
After slicing off Shakira’s skull on his visit from London, the Decapitator teamed up with Poster Boy for a crappy collaboration. The ad-attacking artists reworked some phone booth spots in Bushwick, putting up posters that, along with Posterchild’s public urination notices, are defining New York’s scatological street art scene. |Public Ad Campaign|
Photos by Public Ad Campaign
In case you missed it, Somali pirates yesterdays attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months, only to be thwarted by armed gunmen on board the ship. Now, you’re probably wondering to yourself, “When will the vicious scourge of Somali piracy ever end?” Well, fear not Sparky, because Nicolas Cage is in Africa right now trying to put an end to all this. Yes, that Nicolas Cage! Read more »
On Friday the MTA released a 25-page report on the horrendous state of the city’s F train service, acknowledging that yes, it sucks ass in ways no manner of public transportation has managed to suck ass since the onset of the industrial age. The report gives the orange line an “F” grade (haha, get it?) but promises that everything is going to be fixed and working just fine real soon, so quit your bitching because the check’s in the mail as they say. |Cityroom|
Musical legends Kool Keith and Tom Waits collaborated on this “Spacious Thoughts” track with NASA—not that one space geeks—the collective of musicians founded by Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon. More on the making of the stunning animated video here or just go ahead and press play already (3D glasses are encouraged). |Boingboing|
Graffiti Vandal Blasts America’s A$$hole Sheriff
The nation’s most famous Constitution-hating, immigrant-discriminating sheriff, Joe Arpaio, was shouted out by what was to be one of the bravest vandals in all of Arizona. Armed with what looks like a spray paint filled fire extinguisher, the eloquently brief missive was sprayed on the “Sheriff’s Office property building” after a press conference according to the notorious rights violator. Read more »
Artist Nate Hill’s Club Animals are venturing into darker territories. The normally furry and fun, candy crack-slinging bouncy riders are now easing your pain with Death Bear. Read more »
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