Month: May 2013
Echoing their occupation of Cooper Union’s Foundation Building late last year, a group of students is currently staging a sit-in inside the office of school president Jamshed Bharucha. Last month, the college announced it would begin charging tuition for undergraduate students in 2014, ending a century-long tradition of free education. Watch a live-stream of the […]
This is what a documentary about DFA should look like: good-natured, energetic, no portentous interviews about meaning and “lasting significance.” 12 Years of DFA: Too Old To Be New, Too New To Be Classic qucikly chronicles the history and current affairs of the stupidly consistent NYC label founded on the principles of having a good time, touching […]
The camera lucida is not a new invention — the optical drawing aid has been used by many master artists throughout the 19th century. With a clever application of optics, this tool lets artists “see” both their hand as well as a holographic-like illusion of their subject on paper, allowing him to draw with photographic precision […]
A two-week sublet in Bushwick for $250. A $750 Park Slope studio where “THERE ARE NO WINDOWS.” A Williamsburg studio that “comes furnished with slightly used futon, sheets included.” Such are the findings on The Worst Room, a Tumblr that logs one New Yorker’s struggle to find a new apartment on Craigslist. And while some […]
MDPV, methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or “bath salts” is a research chemical or designer drug of the stimulant class. In the UK, they have 4-MMC or mephedrone, which is like if coke and MDMA had a baby and I could put that baby up my nose. But I’m here to talk about MDPV… for now. Never listen to […]
Actor/etc James Franco sat down with Zach Galifianakis for Between Two Fernsto answer hard-hitting questions like “How many hours do you look in the mirror per day?” and “Of all the art projects that you’ve done, what has made people roll their eyes the hardest?” and “If you like Ed Norton so much, why don’t you marry […]
It’s a sad day for a weirdly specific brand of media pirate, as Spotify has plugged a loophole that allowed tracks to be illegally downloaded from the streaming music service using Google Chrome. With a non-sanctioned Chrome extension called Downloadify, users could exploit a feature of Spotify’s web player that allowed premium users to save […]
Some residents of the Smith Houses on the Lower East Side are suing NYCHA for something even more potentially nefarious than its enthusiasm for canceling repair requests. The lawsuit alleges the housing authority is purposely witholding repair funds in an effort to get projects residents on board with a plan to lease land on the […]
All over the city, little white boxes have been popping up, affixed to traffic light poles at busy intersections. Their purpose: to observe and collect data from the E-ZPass devices in the cars driving by below. And despite attempts by the Brooklyn Paper to gather more information about the boxes, the city has kept tight-lipped. Spokespeople for […]
Blondie, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
