After a series of tributes to deceased graffiti writers, street artist Noh J. Coley created a group tribute, reprinting his linoleum-cut portraits of IZ THE WIZ, TIE ONE and SACE. His “Sprayed N Stone” piecedepicts the trio of graffiti writers breaking through Heaven’s pearly gates, located in Queens.
Photo by Noh J. Coley
Sarah Palin is appearing on Oprah RIGHT NOW! And ANIMAL is going to liveblog it! Yeeeaaahh! Click through to join in the fun. Read more »
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 »
Well lookie here…the dandy geniuses at Oxford made their big announcement that everyone’s been anxiously waiting on the edge of their seats for: each year they proclaim one hip, new word as the “word of the year” to be added to their neat little dictionary, and this year the word is “unfriend,” as in “I unfriended my ex-best friend Todd on Facebook after my ex-girlfriend ‘accidentally’ blew him in the back of a Hyundai Elantra in a Walmart parking lot.” So there. |Oxford|
Wow! If you’ve never seen a space shuttle launch I suggest you do so. There’s only six missions left before they scrub the shuttle program altogether and between the brilliance of the fire spewing out of the booster rockets, plumes of smoke and bone-rattling rumblings, it’s quite impressive—even for the non-geeky mindset. Here’s a view of Atlantis blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center today for its last and final mission, STS-129, which has something to do with bringing spare parts to the International Space Station.
Sticky street artist Sam Bassett was arrested last week after a failed attempt to tape up Sotheby’s as “a guerilla action to bridge the gap” between the “new creative generation” and all the dead artists up for auction. Tragically, the building’s ledges were too narrow to work on, forcing an abortion of the masking mission. Read more »
A new study conducted by Men’s Fitness and Shape magazines, chicks are getting laid more than dudes these days and the recession is responsible for the imbalance of boning between the genders. This makes no sense at all. Read more »
Los Angeles police have arrested a man believed to be the city’s most senior vandal. 73-year-old John Scott, who’s even older than ROWLOW, was caught putting up stickers for his decades-long self-promotion. Bearing the message “Who is John Scott?” and a Social Security number, the black and orange bumper stickers encourage people to buy some shoddy-looking shwag, pictured above, and “join the secret army of Scotterati, who roam the streets of their cities spreading the word.” Hopefully the septuagenarian suspect sees some sales from this new notoriety as he’s still being held on $20k bail for felony vandalism. |LA Times|
Welcome to another installment of China Ad Watch, a semi-regular feature on ANIMAL where we check in on the latest head-scratching adverts of the People’s Republic. How do I know the boys’ names? Well, Guinness’ Chinese agency BBDO Shanghai was kind enough to name the files they sent around the Internet. Yes, “every man has a dark side,” even these blonde pouty androgynous non-tough guys. Worldwide, Guinness often riffs off its iconic dark hue with its advertising imagery.But I don’t think these fey-bashing digital paint jobs leave you feeling either thirsty or good about the brand. Btw, these are the kind of dark depraved men who drink Guinness. |Images via: IBIA|
Last week, America found itself subjected to an unrelenting parade of righteous sanctimony, staggering idiocy and unabashed martyrdom in the form of Carrie Prejean’s dumb book publicity tour. Now this week it’s Sarah Palin turn, and you just know that Trixie Klondyke, Alaskan Warrior Princess will not stand for some upstart blonde prolific sex tape-maker from California trying to take away her crown as the Golden Twat of modern American conservatism. Carrie, consider yourself on notice…It is on! Read more »
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