Getting trapped in a supermarket sounds like it would be fun, unless you happen to work there and are being held against your will by your boss. Employees of the Fine Fare Supermarket in Coney Island were “essentially caged” in overnight by management. The building was turned into a modern version of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory — all of the exits were padlocked and had locked sliding bolts. Read more »
That’s him — Kevin Clash, with a voice so cuddly, toddlers giggle at the sight of Elmo, even as they clearly see a large man connected to his muppet butt. Check out the trailer of the Sundance doc hit Being Elmo, opening at the IFC Center in New York Oct 21. Read more »
There’s finally some progress with the Second Avenue Subway line. The tunneling from 96th to 63rd Street is finally done and now all that’s left to do is build the stations, dig the ventilation shafts, apportion money and finish the other three phases of the plan. This thing is never going to be finished. Read more »
Graffiti artist Chris ‘FREEDOM’ Pape recently visited the Amtrak tunnel under Riverside Park that was affectionately nicknamed after him with a New York Times photographer in tow. He started doing pieces there back in the 1980s, transforming the space into a subterranean art chamber and returned not too long ago to give a tour of the storied spot and to investigate if all the buff rumors were true. Some of them were, but his work still remains.
Artist Kenny Hassan Irwin has found a good use for publisher Wayne Bell’s Islamophobic coloring book “The We Shall Never Forget 9:11 The Kids’ Book of Freedom” – incinerating it in his MALIK 11000 Microwaving Robot. Combined with mixed media & prosthetic hyena eyes, the coloring book is transformed into AntiBigotSLUG. You can buy it on eBay. Now watch Kenny burn it up on YouTube… Read more »
A man believed to be aged between 35 and 40 years old failed miserably when be he attempted to rob a bank in Bay Ridge earlier this week. The would-be thief silently passed a note to a teller requesting cash, but instead of handing over any bags of money, she walked away from her window instead. So, he bolted out of the branch empty handed and presumably, without self esteem.
One of REVS’ hard to remove steel “graffiti” sculptures in DUMBO gets another new paint job by mysterious art restoration enthusiasts. (Photo: SMKjr/Flickr)
Anyone who has ridden the elevated lines like the J or the M, knows firsthand what inconsiderate assholes chatty cell phone users are, and how the only reprieve from that noise occurs when the train heads back underground. So, we’re dreading the MTA’s debut of wireless service in six subway stations next week. It’s only a matter of time before people get a signal in the tunnels too, turning the entire NYC transit system into Dante Alighieri’s 10th Circle of Hell.
At least, that’s the sentiment we’re expecting to hear from local and federal officials with news that a Delta aircraft flying out of LaGuardia Airport had to make an emergency landing at JFK after a bird strike reportedly caused engine failure. There’s still no confirmation as to the type of bird that was ultimately responsible for the attack, but since they’ve already invested so many resources killing off the geese, why not just expand that policy to include every living thing with wings? (Photo: Jeremy Seto/flickr)
Although the mad scientists operating the Large Hadron Collider have yet to create a black hole capable of collapsing the universe on itself, they have made a startling discovery that contradicts one of Albert Einstein’s greatest theories and a fundamental laws of physics. Researchers at the atom smashing lab believe they have clocked neutrino particles that move faster than the speed of light, which is really fast. This discovery has the science community buzzing and if verified, a lot of science textbook authors, outside of Texas, very happy.
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