SXSW Fest hit Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop opens next month. Go behind-the-scenes of the NBC-exiled host’s variety show tour and get a gawk at out-of-character Coco, all tough like a very weathered, ginger James Dean. Read more »
Street Artist Erects Custom Subway Maps
Street artist Beastmaster became the latest critic of MTA’s braggy ad campaign with a series of fake-out MTA maps, proudly tilting Manhattan up as an “unexpected improvement.” NYC lovin’ tourists couldn’t really tell the difference. Lest you get excited, the ads are already down, but don’t go dismissing the metaphorical aesthetics of a well-positioned dick joke! Read more »
Ireland wins! This auction item is crazier than Marilyn’s vag-bones sprinkled with Elvis hair wrapped in a Unabomber sweatshirt. A rotting skull of St Vitalis of Assisi is being auctioned next weekend. Young Vitty over here was a licentious fuck-a-lot deviant who repented, became a Benedictine monk, was venerated as the patron saint of venereal diseases and has been sitting in a display case in someone’s hallway. Read more »
Semi-dressed as clowns, Ukrainian boob-bombing FEMEN crashed “Europe Day” ceremonies and jestered toplessly about in front of the crowd, Kiev’s Mayor and European delegates. Carrying signs with the untranslatable nomenclature of “ass,” FEMEN rallied for Ukraine’s admittance into the EU. Read more »
Parting Shot
Here’s a stenciled message from the streets of Dublin, just in time for President Obama’s visit to Ireland. (Photo: @WikiLeaks)
Shocking I know. First, Jesus didn’t descend from heaven and engulf evildoers in flames and now a mysterious creature that washed ashore in Manhattan turns out to be a fish and not a monster. In fact, according to marine experts contacted by NY1, it’s just a plain old Atlantic sturgeon. In all fairness though, anything decomposing in the East River is bound to come out looking horrific.
Only the New York Post would get angry at a proposal that aims to make Central Park much safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and parents with strollers by temporarily banning motor vehicles.
A new exhibition at the British Library explores science fiction’s olde roots — sketches of fantastical utopias from 1516, virtual realities of Lewis Carroll’s Alice and the first portrayal of a time machine circa 1887. That should knock modern day sci fi writers down a notch, thinking they’re so visionary and original, pffft. “Out of This World: Science Fiction but Not as You Know It,” British Public Library, Since May 20, London
‘Supreme’ Vandalism
Someone armed with a paint-filled fire extinguisher and a sense of righteousness indignation blasted the word “KID” on the front of Supreme’s Soho store. ANIMAL called up the cool-guy skate brand to confirm the act of vandalism and according to a staffer, more than half of it has been scrubbed off already and the flag outside was left virtually untouched. (Photo: @thecityofgodz)
Czech Republic-based artists Vladimir Turner and Ondřej Mladý have a “nice” way of dealing with Prague’s insufficient amount of bike paths. Watch Vlad weave through night traffic on the highway, grassy park hills and public square crowds — along a bike path projected by his own bicycle. Weee! Read more »
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