Exploiting the mentally unbalanced isn’t the most moral way for a media outlet to attract eyeballs, but hey, if CBS can get away with it, so can we! Behold a man making horse sounds aboard a NYC subway car to the delight of at least the two passengers filming him. I find it oddly calming and if someone is going to be disruptive, this is the way to do it.
It takes a precise touch to make the perfect Bloody Mary, in fact, there’s science going on in that glass, as seen in this ever nifty pictorial of Bloody Mary flavors and notes. Read more »
In a lead up to the TED conference earlier this month, $100k prize winner and French street artist, JR, put up his signature work in Los Angeles, although you could hardly tell. The pieces came off as flat and mostly unimpressive, which isn’t the reaction his work normally evokes. Why didn’t these work? It wasn’t until some of his latest takeovers started emerging in Tunisia weeks later that the answer hit me: location, location, location. Read more »
As Japanese officials desperately try to contain Fukushima’s troublesome nuclear reactors, “minute amounts of radiation” have been detected in New York. But don’t worry, according to the state’s health commissioner, it’s totally safe. “We continue to advise New Yorkers that they do not need to take any precautions because of the radioactive emissions from Japan’s nuclear plants,” said Dr. Nirav R. Shah.
This is Fabienne Cherisma, a 15-year-old girl shot by police in the wake of the earthquake in Haiti for looting two plastic chairs and three framed pictures. Paul Hansen’s photo on the left recently won best International News Image at the Swedish Picture of the Year Awards. Nathan Weber’s photo on the right shows fourteen photographers crowing at the scene to get the money shot. Read more »
Acting on a tip from what sounds like the cameraman and his buddy, a cop drives out a subway rat from its hiding spot on the Metropolitan Av-Grand St platform with a whistle in this YouTube video. After getting caught in a brief pickle with bystanders determined to get a photo of it, the rodent scampers away back to where it belongs… out of sight!
Street artist Elfo burns Jim Morrison at his tomb in Paris. (Photo: Flickr/Elfo Street Art)
Day turned to night in a matter of minutes on Friday as an epic dust storm pushed through Kuwait, creating harrowing conditions and awe-inspiring videos, like this one. As you’ll see, waiting around for disaster to strike while recording footage is a universal trait shared by all of humanity.
On Monday, someone happened upon performance artist Nate Hill while he was channeling his Bouncy Rides character, supposedly for the last time, at the Hunter College subway station and had no idea what was going on. The firsthand account: Read more »
Designer Ryan Christensen’s hand-made steel Desktop Dumpsters are handy for holding your headphones, pencils ‘n’ junk. Plus, you’ll have a small, 9 pound, graffiti-covered dumpster sitting on your desk. Ahaaa! You can plant an aloe in it, finger skateboard off it or, for a metatextual touch, stuff it with spray paint. That is, if you’ve got $250 to gratuitously drop.
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