Parting Shot
Industrious skaters make good use of an abandoned car under the BQE in Williamsburg. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
An investigative article from the AP this week showed that the NYPD has “trolled ethnic neighborhoods” and has kept close ties with the CIA. Read more »
A group of giant rats has invaded Marcy Projects and one man is fighting back. A Housing Authority worker named Jose Rivera speared one of rodents with a pitchfork this week, which makes him the ghetto warrior of the year. The rats are about three feet long and have supposedly lived there for six years. The New York Daily News interviewed a woman who said that the rat pack tends to “get together and gang up on the cats.” This is the stuff nightmares are made of.
Prepare to embark on four minutes of idiocy. F.A.T. artists hung out with like minded Ruskies in St. Petersburg and made this epic (Animated Gif Mashup) video for the ‘Watch the Throne’ club song. It’s really, really stupid. Read more »
The only thing worse than waiting for a late night train on a boiling hot subway platform is also being subjected to a gag-inducing odor wafting through the air. So, if you’re waiting for the 4 or 5 trains in Mott Haven, bring your gas mask along because apparently the station reeks. Read more »
While most of us live in crappy, overpriced apartments with no amenities and zero chance of ever seeing a landlord in person—unless the rent is late—other New Yorkers kick back in nice buildings where the tenants are abundantly cared for, especially if a hurricane like Irene is on its way. Read more »
Check out Tom Sanford’s latest paintings: From this year’s mass of overzealous media fancy and Twitter feeds, it’s Charlie Sheen on a luxurious binge and Osama Bin Laden teeming with aquatic life. ANIMAL asked the artist if the work is his own reaction to the diarrhea of the 24-hour, scandal and celeb-obessed news cycle or he’s playing zeitgeist to the nation’s consciousness. Specifically, if he’s fantasizing about Bin Laden rotting under the sea or if he’s just fascinated with the nation-wide jingoism behind the kill… Read more »
The inevitable has happened and Lil Wayne’s newest album Tha Carter IV has finally leaked. Here’s a link to a download of a good copy of the album’s deluxe version (you’re welcome). Most of the album is anti-chorus cuts featuring a lot of hashtag-rap and metaphors that we’ve heard before countless times. Read more »
The rain just started in the city and it’s probably not going to stop until Sunday. Pro tip: Make sure you hit up Trader Joe’s Wine on the way home and scoop up mad bottles of Two-Buck Chuck because hurricane or not, you’re going to be inside for a long time. Luckily, it looks like Irene is a total tease and probably won’t bring her A-game up to New York. Read more »
In their latest topless protest action, the “bitches of democracy” from FEMEN sabotaged the 20th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union by wildly attacking flower beds outside a government building in Kiev with a lawn mover, sickles and sticks. NSFW. Read more »
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