Month: October 2013
As you may recall, the epic battle between Miley Cyrus and Sinead O’Connor, which spawned heartfelt letters of concern from one side and, uh, subtweets from the other, began when Miley referenced Sinead’s “Nothing Compares 2U” video as an inspiration for her “Wrecking Ball” clip. And amid all the hubbub that followed, it was easy […]
Last week we brought you the sad news that despite the millions and millions of miles between it and the Capitol Building, the Mars Curiosity rover couldn’t be saved from the federal shutdown, and is currently operating on standby. Fortunately, there’s hope for our Mars efforts yet: the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution probe (MAVEN), which […]
Last weekend, a group of motorcyclists out for a group ride were involved in an altercation with a driver on the West Side Highway that resulted in an SUV running over one of the bikers, and the subsequent beating and knifing of the SUV’s driver. Now, it turns out three of the bikers in that […]
Tyrone, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Today’s Banksy update doesn’t involve a stencil or a roving installation, it’s a piece of video art. “I’m not posting any pictures today. Not after this shocking footage has emerged…,” reads the post on his BanksyNY website along with a YouTube clip. It depicts jubilant Muslim rebels in what may be vintage Afghanistan Syria, shooting […]
“A New York delivery truck converted into a mobile garden (includes rainbow, waterfall and butterflies),” reads the description on Banksy’s site for “All City,” the most recent addition to the street artist’s Better Out Than In series. “The truck will visit a different location every evening from dusk.” Housing the installation inside a truck and […]
See Banksy? You’re not the only one whose work is getting ragged. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
According to a new scientific study in Science journal, reading literary fiction can greatly improve our ability to understand one another in complex social settings. Social psychologists at The New School, working within the relatively new field called “theory of the mind” conducted a series of five experiments measuring things such as “empathy, social perception and emotional intelligence.” Researchers have […]
For those federal employees deemed inessential, who have been sitting on their hands at home with nothing to do for the past few days, here’s some possible help: Unfurlough.us, a new site where employers can post short-term freelance jobs available for furloughed governmental workers, and where furloughed employees can post their skill sets. Right now, […]
New York-based photographer Tod Seelie is back from… Where’ve you been, Tod? “In Portland, Oregon on a raft, in LA shooting bands, and then hiding out on a farm in Nebraska.” Welcome back. We’re excited, because his first photography book Bright Nights: Photographs of Another New York published by PRESTEL comes out later this month, and he’s having a solo show at […]
