As if shutting down a “sacrilegious” exhibit of Catholic-themed dildo art and a Mickey Mouse-eared Jesus Christ wasn’t enough, the Philippine authorities let enraged Christians conduct an “exorcism” in the gallery.
Here’s What a Juggalo Gathering Looks Like
After hearing and reading about the Insane Clown Posse-spawned Juggalos* and their zany annual music festival for years, I had to see what it was all about, so this past Friday, I headed out to Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, to witness the gathering firsthand. It didn’t disappoint, photo-wise. Read more »
It’s been too long since some crazy Russian kids chucked that screeching chick off a projects building with a DIY bungee cord. Thankfully, this prime cut of videotaped insanity has surfaced and it looks like a hundred showboating daredevils are jumping off a bridge somewhere in Russia, in unison. Read more »
With the help of Kickstarter, author Amber C. Jones is going to publish a scratch-n-sniff book for children (and New Yorkers) highlight the city’s wide array of aromas. She raised over $20,000 for New York, Phew York, which will include scents such as: garbage, pizza, hot dogs, sewer steam, fish, peanuts, horse manure, shish-kabobs, smoke, bagels, and we assume maple syrup, among many others.
In California, detaining photographers for taking photos with “no apparent esthetic value” is now official Long Beach Police Department policy. Said “value” will be determined on a case by case basis on the spot, whenever a cop starts harassing photographers for not engaging in “regular tourist behavior” because they just might be terrorists. Read more »
It was only a matter of time before this happened and two worlds collided: street art and planking. Even more amazing, this FAILE prayer wheel is still standing and hasn’t been vandalized or ripped out of the ground and put on Craigslist like previous ones. (Photo: Sleepboy/Arrested Motion)
If you’re as excited as we are about notorious filmmaker Nick Broomfield’s fantastic-looking docu-take-down of Sarah Palin, proceed to his Kickstarter and help him bring it to theaters.
Four months after 53-year-old Susan Burns pounded at a pair of bare-breasted broads in a Gauguin painting because the CIA chip in her head told her they were evil lesbians, she’s ba-a-ack at the National Gallery of Art, pummeling a Matisse… and just as quickly, she’s institutionalized. Read more »
Last night’s episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm had Larry David buying bread at East Village’s bakery Veniero’s … next to the 42nd Street Times Square subway station. Let the continuity/typography error groans begin.
On Sunday, it rained so hard that a new record was set with 7.7 inches accumulating at JFK Airport, the most precipitation in a single day since 1895. The deluge clogged storm drains, disrupted subway service, and flooded streets, with Staten Island, deservingly, bearing the brunt of the tropical storm. (Photo: Matthew/NY1)
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