Cocaine is no longer falling from the skies over the Dominican Republican like it used to reports Time magazine. Historically, the island nation has been a hotspot for cartels who coordinated aerial bombardments of the raw to awaiting traffickers below, even allowing everyday citizens to get in on the wayward package action. Read more »
This saucy ‘Clean Up After Your Dog’ campaign is Belgrade’s latest attempt to keep their Serbian streets free of dog doo – and it certainly commands attention better than most sanitation efforts I’ve seen in the past. Though the thought of picking up after your pooch is generally annoying and slightly unbecoming, spotless streets and bent-over asses do make for a beautiful city indeed. Now we just need to re-shoot these using some Latina models and get em’ circulating around New York!
Sounds hokey, but it’s hilarious. Watch little tweens party ’80s coke bash style in this tongue-in-cheek, three minute short “Olive and Mocha: Fast Times at Sugar High.” Warning: the precociousness is a tad unsettling, that with all these adorable little brats doing all the “rituals.” Read more »
Mayor Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of all NYC residents located in Zone A (PDF doc) by 5pm Saturday. This comes after Governor Cuomo announced that all MTA transit would be shutdown starting Saturday at noon. This flood zone includes low-lying areas like Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, and Far Rockaway. Read more »
It’s called “salo.” Essentially, it’s salted pork lard, only it’s not rendered, so it’s thick, pure, cured slab of swine fatback that Southern Ruskies, Belorussians and Ukrainians slice on bread and fry potato pancakes on. The Ukrainians love it so much, they opened up a Museum of Salo. Yup, those are refrigerated breasts of pork fat you’re looking at. Read more »
Must. Resist. Posting. Another supercut. Fuck it… Wayne’s World! Wayne’s World! Party time! Excellent! Fresh this week: Here’s a movie supercut of short clips wherein the name of said movie is name-checked. This one’s serving up 110 titles in 159 seconds. Kapow pow! Read more »
Being part of a lineup must suck when you’re the odd man out. I just makes it too easy for the victim to pick you! That’s what happened to 400 pound convicted robber Eric Kenley who was charged with two lower Manhattan robberies in 2007. The lineup Kenley was part of was filled with smaller guys and the courts have decided that it was unjust. Read more »
Damien Hirst’s Charity statue outside the Royal West of England Academy was tagged this week, but don’t worry, she’s got insurance. Scrub-scrub. In true Hirst fashion, the actual sculpture is a copy of a preexisting “collection box girl with teddy bear and leg in callipers” object. Hirst just made her huge, weigh 7000 lb and cost $2.5 million. He also “scuffed her appearance and burgled her charity box,” so, in a thematic sense, the “hoax” graffiti fits.
After teaching straphangers proper manners and trying to encourage pet owners to curb their dogs, artist Jay Shells is back at it with a new etiquette-themed project aiming to improve the lives of all New Yorkers. From what we hear, this is one of four signs he produced tackling some of the social misdeeds people perpetrate in the city and will begin installing then around town shortly. As for this reveal, it’s spot on and tends to happen in the worse places, like at the top or bottom of subway station stairs.
This week, the C train was named the worst subway line in New York. Now it seems the MTA is going to kick the loser while it’s down. The R32 model cars that the train uses are also the oldest subway cars in the transit system. MTA officials have just decided to extend their life for at least another 4 years — just in time for the cars’ 53rd birthday. Read more »
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