The TLC has to stop fucking with cabbies already. From month to month, the agency seems to levy some petty new restriction or fine against them, honking being the latest one. Don’t get me wrong, excessive use of the horn by any driver is obnoxious. However, this idea of charging them $350 for honking in non-emergency situations is unfair. Read more »
Prune Nourry — the artist behind NYC’s eugenics-awareness public installation SpermBar and the prenatal buffet — has completed the next series of her ongoing Holy Daughters project. Addressing Asia’s trend of aborting pregnancies after the fetus is diagnosed with the female gender (apparently, a malady in some parts of the world), Nourry continues to remix cultural mythology for Holy River by working with local artisans to build an 18-foot-high sculpture out of the clay from the Ganges, traditional trimmings and one hefty guilt trip. Read more »
NYC’s infamous nightlife photographer Merlin Bronques – and the brains behind Last Night’s Party – has just released a video, and though there’s partying and naked girls a-plenty, it’s much more than his usual broads-in-the-bathroom subject matter. Read more »
The MTA has a huge problem on its hands. Because the transit agency spends money like a crack-whore, mostly to cover its immense debt habit, they won’t hire enough workers to timely cart away all the trash, which according to the Daily News tops over 8,500 bags a day. This leads to huge pileups of garbage and that attracts rats. Read more »
Photographer Kim Guthrie plays on the idea of Banksy’s alleged anonymity and seasoned pop culture status by photographing all sorts of young’uns, old’uns, older’uns in “I’m Banksy” t-shirts. It’s commentary on the “thrill” of his “enigma,” spinning off olde classic “I’m Spartacus!” trick or… the easiest fucking Halloween costume ever! Read more »
We’ve seen the super ups and dismal downs of the Occupy Wall Street’s art actions. Now, Lim Ok-Sang, founder of the tiny art collective One-Man-Demonstration.com (not a real site) is taking “Occupy” to the streets of South Korea, while Occupy Seoul protests are abound. Read more »
After pressure from local artis, the Los Angeles City Council has agreed to revise its 2002 law banning murals that has been used to indiscriminately buff 300+ works, whether they’ve been done with the wall owners’ permission or not. Read more »
An attorney representing hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters who were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge and near Union Square says the Manhattan DA will not dismiss all the charges, but would offer them a plea deal whereby they get an ACD (adjournment in contemplation of dismissal). Read more »
The brand new 78th Street pedestrian bridge is being lifted into place over the FDR Drive and appears to be having an Inception moment. (Photo: NYC DOT)
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