In the world of high-fashion shows where catwalks are most often littered with pale, scowling 90-pound models, the creative team over at SockBox legwear are breathing some seductive old-world nostalgia into the runway with their sultry mélange of stockings, garters, and blindfolds. Read more »
I’m not really sure what exactly set this woman off while riding the subway in a recently uploaded YouTube video, but clearly she’s mad and perhaps a bit bigoted as well. At least the lady is an equal opportunity racist. Shots fired … at everyone. Even Occupy Wall Street gets thrown into her xenophobic mix. Talk about uncomfortable commutes.
Researchy types have come up with a very rational justification for why we choose to live in overpriced, closet-sized habitats detached from nature: It makes us live longer. That’s right America, New Yorkers tend to cheat death by 2.4 years compared to the rest of the country. Read more »
No, this isn’t one of Storm Thorgerson’s photographic props left behind by the A Momentary Lapse of Reason beach-side bed parade for Pink Floyd. This is real. It’s really there, now. New York-based artist Lisa Ross has traveled to Xinjiang, China to photograph the beds left unoccupied during the day by the farmers who sleep in the field to tend to their crops. Read more »
Judy Chaikin’s new documentary The Girls in the Band is finally premiering in the US next month at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. Highlighting the stories of some badass chicks who were awesome musicians and got on stage to do something other than croon in a shiny dress, from the 1930′s and to the present. Read more »
This video of a man getting lightly beatdown by a self-professed “tranny” was taken down by YouTube yesterday, but as is customary in these types of situations, has been reposted and will likely continue to do so. The person who uploaded the footage explains what went down: Read more »
In retrospect, I’d like to (gently) yawn at all those other child art prodigies and wunderkind photogs, now that eight-year-old Qamar Hashim is here. At four, he started taking pictures of the US troops invading outside his window. Now, he’s Iraq’s youngest photographer. Read more »
A Brooklyn college student says he was the victim of an NYPD sting operation when he was duped him into buying a new iPhone for $20 and then arrested. According to Rob Tester, 19, the man selling the device said he needed the cash for Christmas and never mentioned it was stolen. After he handed over the money, FOUR undercover cops swooped in to make the bust. Read more »
The construction notice by David Schwimmer’s alleged new six-story home is “warmly” updated in the East Village. (Photo: E.V. Grieve)
The Graphic Artists Guild is officially withdrawing its support for the H.R.3261 Stop Online Piracy Act, a.k.a. the first American internet censorship bill. Sure, they were hot for protecting intellectual property, but since SOPA “may do more harm than good,” the Guild has come to its senses… after reading all those emails and tweets “expressing dissent” at them. The Graphic Artists Guild hasn’t donated a cent to SOPA, but here’s who has. You know what to do. Read more »
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