Month: September 2013
Poop power is finally upon us, as researchers from Stanford University have developed a battery that gathers electricity from the bacteria that grows on feces. It’s yet enough to power the world–the device can generate just 30 percent of the potential energy found in shit–but according to its developers, it could at least help power […]
A new study by the Vera Institute of Justice confirms what may seem like an obvious truth: people who have been stopped and frisked and live in areas with a high police presence generally distrust the NYPD. According to the Daily News, the study found that “for every additional time someone was stopped, that person was 8% […]
Dwight, Asser Levy Park. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A property owner in Williamsburg pleads with would-be thieves using the most indie method ever. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here’s a beautiful map of most of NYC’s buildings, with age represented as color. Pink is on the early end of the spectrum, with buildings dating back to the 1830s, and yellow mark’s the city’s most recently-constructed buildings, with everything in between in shades of purple, blue, and green. Go and mess around a little […]
Ten years ago, Brian Joseph Davis launched his first online project 10 Banned Albums Burned Then Played. He collected records that were banned — The Beatles, Mahler, Stravinsky, Prince, Dead Kennedys — then burned and warped them, played them on a record player and composited them into alchemic, rhythmic noise tracks. Their “texture” was physical texture — bumps, […]
During the famously riotous 1913 debut performance of the Rite of Spring, the crowd clamored as much over Vaslav Nijinsky’s physical, erratic choreography as they did over Igor Stravinsky’s thunderous score. It’s something that’s lost in contemporary performances of the Rite: the work is often performed in symphony halls, without dancers, and when the ballet is staged it inevitably […]
The finest food and drink in New York has to end up somewhere, but even the fanciest of restaurants seem shy about sharing their bathrooms. This series documents those rarely discussed amenities. Momofuku Ssäm Bar 207 2nd Ave, East Village, Manhattan Agozar Cuban Bistro 324 Bowery, Noho/East Village, Manhattan Cerveceria Havemeyer 149 Havemeyer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Black […]
With Electric Zoo in the news and people all over the city talking about bad Molly, I think it’s time for some harm reduction. STOP EATING SO MUCH FUCKING MOLLY. Many drugs have non-linear pharmacokinetics. That may mean 20mg is not twice as strong as 10mg, it may be 4 times or even stronger. Other […]
Members of the Bruce High Quality Foundation have launched their series of “How To” videos in MOCAtv’s YouTube channel yesterday late afternoon. In the the first installment, we learn some ingenious tips, like using beer can tabs to hang a picture wire. There are also such academic insights as the importance of sight lines. There’s also a lot […]
