Remember those crazy lil Slavs throwing each other off roofs with homemade bungee chords? See, it’s kind of a thing. Here are some professional jumpers leaping off office skyscrapers as cinematic backdrop of mega housing projects. Read more »
Remember those crazy lil Slavs throwing each other off roofs with homemade bungee chords? See, it’s kind of a thing. Here are some professional jumpers leaping off office skyscrapers as cinematic backdrop of mega housing projects. Read more »
Next week, the staircase in Duffy Square is going Battleship Potempkin! Times Square Alliance is commissioning performance artist Liz Magic Laser and a crew of actors to reenact chases from 28 Days Later, The Shining, American Psycho, M, Niagara and more. Read more »
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Smart Crew extols the virtues of the five-finger discount from a rooftop near the Manhattan Bridge. (Photo: Smart Crew)
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that MOCA contributor and graffiti artist REVOK was arrested on Thursday while attempting to board a flight out of LAX to Ireland, but it wasn’t for any new acts of vandalism, he had an outstanding warrant. His bail was set at a whopping $320,000 which is $300k more than his last bullshit arrest in ’09 and as LA Taco notes, higher than both a child molester and corrupt public official’s combined. UPDATE: He was sentenced to 180 days. Read more »
Katy Granna’s striking new street photography series Boulvard for exhibit The Happy Ever After features those “who celebrate delusion as a means of self-preservation,” as the press release mercilessly describes them. Read more »
After just two episodes, the Travel Channel has confirmed that bike messenger reality show Triple Rush is “temporarily not on air,” which sounds a lot like a euphemism for it was canceled. We contacted them and are awaiting an official statement, but for now feel free to speculate wildly on Twitter where the backlash and outpouring of support has already begun. Or you can write them here.
Any of these photographs of Louise Bourgeois’s old hands are more expressive than whole loads of yawn-worthy, current gallery shows. Sure, it’s own a dozen pink things sown together into a Siamese orgy or a giant Maman spider, but, you can almost tell those hands made all that. Read more »
A Cajun-style East Village restaurant will be closing its doors for good and claims bike lanes are the main reason why. Although the owner of Mara’s Homemade admits higher taxes and rent are contributing factors, she says the loss of parking spots due to bike lanes is the real culprit, an assessment not everyone agrees with. It’s also an excuse that would make more sense, if it was actually located on 1st Avenue and really relied on car driving patrons.
The bonafide hobo who was last seen in Riverside Park by the New York Times and looking to “hop a train” out of NYC was spotted near Poughkeepsie, heading north, twice.
NYC painter John John Jesse prides in his ex-punk rocker from the olde, tougher LES/ex-Catholic schoolboy back story and lists Gustav Klimt as one of his major influences. Ok, I’ll play. Here are some young and younger illustrated ladies in dream-like abandon. Tits, tattoos, party party. The gilded frames are a real nice touch. NSFW up close. “American Dreamer,” John John Jesse, through May 2, Opera Gallery, NYC (Images: Jacob Breinholt for Curated)
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