The Occupy Wall Street activists are still holding court in Lower Manhattan, but they’re also organizing excursions to other areas like Union Square and earlier today, that’s where things started to get “ugly” after the police began ensnaring protesters in nets and macing them, just cause. Read more »
A protestor stoically dons a patriotic parody porn get-up at Occupy Wall Street. (Photo: Jim Kiernan/Flickr)
Remember the girls fake-ripping their shirts open for Putin? Meet the Opposition Girls. Unlike the “chickenheads,” they’ve had enough of “oligarchs looting the country” and think that Putin “needs to… go… away.” Watch them sashay and shoot at presidential efigies. Read more »
Last week, Brisk, the same iced tea brand that paid Eminem a million dollars to be in their Super Bowl commercial, held a celebration for Shady Records that included a concert and a mini-museum of the label’s memorabilia that likely does not include old pill bottles. Read more »
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is starting to understand that it’s probably not a good idea to have officers tricking the public during small-time weed busts and has circulated internal directives ordering them to cut the shit. As you’ve undoubtedly heard, for a long time now, the police have been routinely flouting the law and arresting people for small amounts of weed that’s not in public view on trumped-up misdemeanor charges instead of issuing civil citations like the statue mandates. Read more »
Designer Evan Stremke’s Invitation to an Assassination minimalist posters are morbid and conflicting. They’re simple and crammed with murder specifics, active participants’ affiliation insignia and conspiracy theories surrounding the high-profile assassinations of heroes and villains of world history, like the four broken strings for four shots fired into Lennon. There are also Easter Eggs. Does that Bin Laden assasination symbol for “Operation Neptune Spear” look a bit like a cross?
Brazilian intimates company Hope Lingerie just launched their newest ad campaign starring local supermodel Gisele Bündchen, which plays into the stereotype that women are bad drivers, reckless spenders, and better in general with their clothes off. Read more »
On Wednesday night, a preliminary proposal to build protected bike lanes on 8th and 9th Avenues between 34th and 59th Street was approved by Community Board 4′s Transportation Planning Committee in Hell’s Kitchen. But things didn’t go as smoothly as they did in Harlem, with some area business owners denouncing the plan. Read more »
In a wrathful blog post entitled “Yo’ Fab 5 Freddie, You’re a Corny Wannabe, Where’s SEVER’s Check?” graffiti writer REVOK mercilessly calls out Fab 5 Freddy for biting his friend SEVER’s work by flipping it upside-down and shamelessly copying it. Left: Fab 5 Freddy. Right: SEVER. See comparison close-ups of the stolen “S” and “V” and read the rant below. Read more »
New York City is getting drenched right now, so we assume this newly uploaded YouTube video of water pouring into the 34th Street A/C/E station is from today. As noted in the description, “Wait for the end to watch passengers use an umbrella to get out.” And quite unsuccessfully I might add.
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