Month: June 2013
Depending on your neighborhood, you may have come across people who pick up your recyclable garbage as soon as you put it on the curb, and if you’re smart, you probably realized they’re doing so because they can turn the bottles, cans, and various other scraps in for cash. What you may not know is […]
Just in time for the rising concerns sparked by the NSA leak, here’s OFF Pocket — “a privacy accessory that zeros your phone’s signal, blocking all incoming and outgoing wireless communication.” Designed by Adam Harvey, the privacy conscious entrepreneur that brought us the “drone-proof” hoodies and scarves of Stealth Wear — as well as the very simple idea of anti-facial recognition makeup. Expanding upon these ideas, Harvey […]
I had my first braingasm a year ago, sitting on the floor of a living room crowded with art tech kids I was trying to impress, giggling and purring uncontrollably, cross-legged in front of a smiling girl I just met. We were drawing on each other’s outstretched arms. Slowly. Deliberately. Softly. Ahhhh. Whether you’re an ASMR […]
Coney Island, for all its charm, has always been a bit of a tough sell for out-of-town tourists. The beach’s old-school aesthetic is a far cry from antiseptic Manhattan, for one thing, and getting there requires a long ride to the end of D, F, N, or Q. Recent development projects like the new Luna Park are […]
As Russian government just hit a new low in its systematic persecution of Russian LGBT citizens, Moscovites just hit a new low in its violent homophobia. The State Duma passed a notorious bill today that would punish any person or media company making information about the gay, bisexual and transgender community accessible to minors. That means […]
As far as weather goes, rotating supercells are no small talk banality: With their powerful, perpetually spinning mesocyclones or updrafts, they are the least common and most dangerous of all thunderstorms. But this didn’t stop photographer/ storm chaser Mike Olbinski from driving through the pinnacle of a supercell near Booker, Texas to shoot the unearthly phenomenon […]
We tend to associate porcelain with delicate dolls and our great aunt’s precious wedding china set that never leaves the cabinet, but artist Jason Briggs debauches the stereotype with his grotesque, vaguely pornographic porcelain sculptures created in his rural Tennessee studio. With their tufts of coarse hair, gnarled fat rolls and strange orifices a plenty, these porcelain flesh blobs […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Big Deal’s music takes the familiar sounds of power pop and acoustic balladry and lovingly twists them in new ways. Similarly, much of the band’s “Listen In” playlist is comprised of a who’s […]
You know photographer Nate “Igor” Smith from his blog Driven By Boredom. He says he’s been lucky to make a living shooting the streets, the parties, the babes, the craziness, and New York’s not-too-subtle definitive moments — but what he would like do now is to make you The Great American Road Trip Zine. To celebrate his […]
Some dog lovers are so close with their four-legged friends, they can tell what they’re thinking. Or can they? For ANIMAL’s newest series, What Do You Think Your Dog Is Thinking?, we go to dog parks all over New York and find out. Let’s see what’s on the minds of the city’s canines in Washington Square […]
