Month: June 2013
We love John Goodman — a complex, hilarious, and versatile actor if there ever was one and, basically the Coen Brothers’ muse. But if there’s one thing we’ve learned from watching the many amazing movies he’s starred in, it’s that you do NOT want to get on his bad side. In honor of his 60th […]
A new study from a team of Caltech researchers showed that a few quick electric shocks to the brain may lead people to perceive others as more attractive than they did before the shocks. Though the research opens up vast new frontiers for legions of people heading to the Meatpacking district to get laid, it […]
Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has followed up on his first dramatic metal video depicting his 81-day imprisonment in great detail with his newest release. It’s a slightly more toned-down atmosphere, and while continuing to be as politically charged as his previous material, it provides more of a direct, behind-the-scenes look into the life of an the artist repeatably harassed […]
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BIKES. BABES. BLOOD. BEAUTIFUL CAMERA WORK. The teaser for Hopeless Romantic is a tease indeed, but we now know to expect all those wonderfully enticing things that start with the letter B. The short film from director Maya Tanaka centers on a bike-o-holic named Kidd whose solitary life is disrupted by a beautiful girl named Lisa. […]
Here’s the directorial debut of street art OG Steve Powers aka ESPO. Fittingly, it’s an MF DOOM video–for “Bookhead,” from that rapper’s JJ DOOM collaborative project with producer Jneiro Jarel. In it, the supervillain trades his signature mask for one of those fisheye bodega mirrors and reads a few books. See some of Powers’ other recent […]
With Citi Bike still in its infancy, it can be difficult to know where the closest station is to your destination, to drop off the bike when you get there. There’s an app for that, but if you prefer your technology a little more blinky and futuristic, the people at DIY electronics company Adafruit have […]
To comment on the ways women characters are portrayed in video games, which, in case you’ve been living under a rock, is not often very good, 8-bit artist Jude Buffum created this striking series of pieces. In each, a female character from a classic game is portrayed as a sex worker on one of those […]
If you’re already over that billion pixel image of Mars we showed you yesterday, here’s your latest high-res space photo fix: NASA and NOAA created this image of the Earth using something called a “VIIRS sensor,” which works kind of like an infrared camera for trees, highlighting any vegetation in lush green and rendering everything else […]
In 2011, police officers arrived at Sunset Park’s Sunny 39 Hotel to an incredible scene. Two men–Felipe Rodriguez and Louis Marino–were in the third floor hallway wearing rubber gloves. One had a baton. When officer Annmarie Guerra asked what the pair was doing, Rodriguez was frank, explaining that he was a drug dealer, and the man […]
