Parting Shot: Clubbing
If you’re a protester in Egypt, this is not the place you wanna be. (Photo: Rassd News Network/facebook)
After reading this interview with a rapper who can still, ya know rap, I think it’s safe to say that “Pyrex Pot” Sean Price would not be caught dead in those juvie Jeremy Scott Panda sneakers that Lil Wayne rocks shamelessly.
Most likely acting on a story published by Gothamist, the Post dispatched a reporter to the East Village earlier this week for a piece about an ice-covered Audi that they then used for an article, a cover story, and a cartoon.
A few weeks ago, rapper Gucci Mane got an ice cream tattoo… on his face. No, it’s true, look! And now, Burlesque of North America has recreated that look, in the form of a bandana.
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s wacky State of the Union response was rife with problems, from not looking at the right camera to a technical glitch that prevented her speech from being broadcast on the Tea Party Express website, but the first signs of trouble appear to have started hours before. Read more »
What do artists and dictators have in common? They “live in a closed loop of self-delusion… a gilded daydream of grandiosity,” says artist Phillip Toledano a.k.a. Kim Jong Phil as he oil paints himself into North Korean and Chinese propaganda. Guzzle his “guzzle an eye-popping cocktail of delusion and narcissism,” because the titles are hilariously humbling. Salute!
Ron English Killed Kenny
ANIMAL asked Ron English why he went to Southpark and killed Kenny and he said, “I hate Kenny because he is poor and flammable; also setting yourself on fire is quite trendy lately.” English will round up his fifteen favorite artists and “attempt to offend the sensibilities of Matt Stone and Trey Parker” for the fifteenth anniversary of South Park celebration with the Opera Gallery. “Matt and Trey will be in attendance. Fire extinguishers will be prohibited.”
City Hall’s hottest new employee, Rachel Sterne, was hired as NYC’s chief digital officer. The Wall Street Journal reports that shortly after the announcement, Sterne changed the privacy settings on her Facebook page so non-friends can’t leave comments or see her wall, although they can still view her photos, just not this one of her kissing a guy named Max, which she promptly deleted from her Flickr. Read more »
Filmmaker Leilah Weinraub spent six years documenting what goes down at Shakedown and the genesis of queer strip clubs of Los Angeles. The doc explores three women’s lives, how “work forms identity” and why you have to “bring something” if you enter the scene. Read more »
A country little country called Tunisia is having a bit of a revolution right now and that’s inspiring people in Egypt to do the same, so authorities there have blocked Twitter and reportedly Facebook now too. No ‘pokes’ for you!
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