Over the weekend, we ran into Chelsea Elliott, the Brooklyn resident who was one of several women that found themselves being fenced in by the NYPD and pepper sprayed during an Occupy Wall St protest march near Union Square on Saturday. Read more »
The Joshua Liner Gallery brings the big guns to PULSE Los Angeles with the best of macabre contemporary Baroque – American artist Kris Kuksi’s new necro-anachronistic, Medieval-Futuristic sculptures. Technically, they’re “mixed media assemblages,” but that’s not very descriptive for something this epic. Read more »
How often do you see an error message like this from a malfunctioning vending machine? For me, it’s becoming a daily occurrence at the 42nd Street Bryant Park station and serves as a potent reminder of just how out of touch the MTA is when they talk about laying off more token booth clerks or raising fares. We’ll be documenting its failures all this week. Stay tuned. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
Dig out your 3D glasses and ogle at the full glory of this greyscale portrait of Marilyn Monroe orbited by a colorful halo of pills, Bogart with his ubiquitous cigarettes launching out of the canvas and James Dean racing to his death thanks to some meticulous, painterly red-cyan/blue-splicing antics of artist and designer Stefan Da Costa Gomez. Read more »
In this short film long ad for male grooming brand Lynx (AXE’s overseas indentity) we’re given a provocative play-by-play on the rules of Rugby, demonstrated by two super-sexy girl teams. Read more »
Remember those nightmarish renderings of what the monsters and critters in your doodling kiddies’ drawings would look like IRL? This is kind of like that, but cuddlier. There’s a company in Canada (naturally) called Child’s Own and they will turn “children’s art” into these little plushies, no matter how ugly, jagged-teethy, squiggly-haired or anatomically impossible they are. If the softie manifestation of your spawn’s imagination is too much for 3D life and gives you nightmares, you can return it for a full refund, because it’s Canada. They’re so nice.
Meet “rapper” Stanley Lafleur aka Mr. EBT. According to the Daily News, he made a funny video about the upside and shortcomings of using his Electronic Benefit Transfer card, but YouTube wasn’t laughing. Read more »
Ah, young supercut, just a born on YouTube a few hours ago. This “staircases in movies” cut is driven hypnotically forward in the likes of “keep walking.” Though the concept is on the weak side, the “staircases” are garnished with Rosario Dawson’s dancing leg spreads and Disney gypsy bossoms bouncing up them. Read more »
With its international network of operatives, CIA-managed intelligence divisions, and paramilitary units, the NYPD at times, looks more like a military force than a police department. And that was before we found out they can shoot down planes. Read more »
Snapshots of Last Night’s ‘Occupy Wall St’ Protest
Yesterday was brutal for Occupy Wall Street protesters. The NYPD came down hard on the group Saturday afternoon as they marched near Union Square, aggressively arresting about 80 people and pepper spraying others, like Brooklyn resident Chelsea Elliott. Read more »
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