Parting Shot
Sit back and enjoy the visual cacophony of construction in Chelsea, as seen from Hoboken at Sunset. Ahh. (Photo: Ben Leshchinsky/Flickr)
With Christmas falling on a Sunday and virtually all of New York City taking off on Monday, today was light but we’ll be back in full effect tomorrow. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork)
The amazing Daito Manabe who’s turned his face into a twitching, human drum machine/music box that time (and also, that other time)… is back! Teaming up with robot arm programmer Motoi Ishibashi, Daito brings us a most robotic turntablist. Read more »
It’s been a long time since the “Epic Beard Man” beat-down, but here comes ultimate badass Danny Trejo in Badass — a very, very loose adaptation of the punching veteran meme. Read more »
An increasing number of UK’s metal public art works are undergoing a magical transmutation, like in the curious case of Lonon Park’s $780,000 Two Forms (Divided Circle) by Dame Barbara Hepworth. It’s getting melted down into $1K worth of scrap metal somewhere. Magic! Read more »
Meet Jay. He was number one on the line at the 34th Street Foot Locker in Manhattan Thursday evening for the midnight release of the new Air Jordans. They’re the sneakers that have been causing chaos in NYC, well Staten Island, and all across the country. Read more »
Human-sized pile of shit and shameless businessman who couldn’t even manage casinos without bankrupting them, Donald Trump, has quit the GOP. This would give him the option—kinda—of launching another PR presidential campaign in 2012 as an Independent. One of his aides said the reality show star is “disgusted with the way Republicans are handling” the payroll tax cut extensions, although it’s unclear if that’s because they helped poor people by passing it. This is not the first time Trump has switched teams. In the late 80s, he was a registered Republican. Then in 2001 he changed his affiliation to Independent and slunk back to the GOP in 2009. (Image: Miles Gehm/flickr)
“Sneak Preview” of Mr. Brainwash’s Art Show 2011
The very hyped Mr. Brainwash show opens tomorrow at 1pm at his huge warehouse/studio on La Brea and Lexington in Los Angeles. Last night, 300 people lined up for a preview, but here are some images from a few hours ago. Your exclusive ANIMAL walk-through… and no crowds. Just lots and lots of crap upon crap. And then even more crap. Consider it community service. Read more »
Parting Shot
A crafty street vendor in East Village peddles New York apartment-sized holiday pines. (Photo: Scott Lynch/Flickr)
Keeping up with the Occupy Wall Street protest movement is a daunting task for news outlets big and small, so from here on in, we’ll be doing a daily roundup of the latest goings-on. (Photo: Lori Van Buren/Times Union) Read more »
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