It’s Pantytime at American Apparel! Yes, their annual sale on unmentionables goes through this Sunday; you’ve probably eyed a web banner ad or two trumpeting it. What you may not have seen is this panty promo video starring Debbie, Danielle, and Kimbra, all probably less than half the age of the 41-year-old AA CEO. Read more »
As any New Yorker who has shopped in a Duane Reade store can attest, the company has been doing all sorts of crazy things to boost profits(?) and enhance its image, perhaps in an effort to make themselves more attractive to prospective buyers of the chain. One such crazy thing was adding sushi, yes sushi, to the store’s inventory. Read more »
NYC’s Department of Health says a rabid raccoon was captured and euthanized in Brooklyn. According to officials, this is the first time a raccoon has ever been infected by the deadly virus in the borough. But don’t panic, yet, as the Post reports, the agency “is planning to enhance its raccoon surveillance” to determine if this is an isolated incident or if there’s populations of rabid Cujo-like creatures ready to start attacking. |NYP|
So it’s official, the bus beat down video starring a brawler affectionately billed as the Epic Beard Man has become a certifiable meme that has spawned websites, products, a Facebook fan page, and of course, YouTube responses. Take a firsthand look at how America is reacting. UPDATE: He speaks! Read more »
The city of Vancouver says Anti-Olympic demonstrators can keep their protesty tent village for now.
Photo: Stephen Hui
Read the NY Observer article for appreciative drooling, Jerry Saltz’ typo-ridden outbursts dubbed as “extraordinary ejaculations,” and idolization of the Web 2.0 medium itself. What are we to glean from this? Being a famous art critic is fun, because you can have as many friends as Facebook limits allow: “It’s exciting to be in this room with 5,000 people,” states Saltz. Read more »
President Obama is speaking to astronauts on the International Space Station LIVE right now. Watch the nerdfest in real time!
Just about everyone knows that if there’s one thing that can just kill the atmosphere in a bar, it’s a goddamn baby! Well, that and the asshole who plays Barry Manilow songs on the jukebox, but I digress. Anyway, a bar in Windsor Terrace has had enough of the baby-in-bars menace and is putting its foot down: No more babies in the bar…after 5pm. Wait, what? Read more »
A woman claiming to be the amateur videographer who shot footage of the now infamous San Francisco bus beating video wants to let all the haters now she did not steal the Epic Beard Man’s bag of groceries as some viewers have suggested. She also says violence is bad or something and not an issue that just impacts children. Her account is a little suspect to say the least! Read more »
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