Year: 2013
Fans hungry for one last piece of the Beastie Boys legacy will get their wish Fall 2015, when Spiegel & Grau will publish a yet-untitled memoir by Adam Horovitz and Mike Diamond, aka Ad-Rock and Mike D. According to the New York Times, the tome, edited by veteran rap journalist and Ego Trip mag founder Sacha Jenkins will aesthetically mimic […]
After a triumphant overturn of the Cariou vs. Prince last week — a.k.a. the End of Copyright as We Know It (or something like that; it’s too early to tell; calm the fuck down) — Richard Prince must surely be pleased. First of all, he’s off the hook for appropriating (almost) all those Rasta photographs. Second […]
Patricia Ratz and Pat Guglielmo were walking their three pit bulls in Staten Island’s Schmul Park when two of the dogs got into a scuffle, biting Ratz as she tried to settle them. According to Ratz, Baby Girl–the third, non-fighting dog–started to run off just as a police officer opened fire, unloading 10 shots on the animals […]
Sisqó, Greenpoint. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Here’s TriBeCa Film Festival founder Robert DeNiro getting friendly with the star of Vice’s Lil Bub and Friendz famous cat documentary which was named best feature film in the online competition, obviously because internet and cats. (Photo: Mashable) […]
Three Brooklyn-based artists want to put a 10-foot interactive music box on Governors Island for this year’s Figment art festival, but they need your help–to the tune of $3,500. Naturally, the’yre turning to Kickstarter. Geddes Levenson, Ashley Goeller, and Kelly Goeller envision a giant box with two spools and two handles–one for the melody, one […]
You may remember New York artist David Livingston from the time he hilariously dragged a giant, pink, soft, stuffed penis into the New Museum and the other time he hilariously dragged a giant, striped, soft, stuffed penis all over the Supreme Court steps. And now, here’s a brand spankin’ new thing he just uploaded to Vimeo: […]
Is your porn addiction preventing you from advancing your career? Are you tired of constantly looking over your shoulder for fear of pesky bosses interrupting your midday office MILF fix? Fear no more: this Chinese security company has just the job for you! Despite China’s incredibly strict porn censorship policies, new adult entertainment sites continue popping up […]
ANIMAL loves hot new video art. This Tuesday, we’re throwing a party with SDR PRSNTS at the D-L, because why not. So, what is this? G1RLZ NI†E is a dance + video art party celebrating fresh video art by local artists. It’s a shamelessly feminine pop-up art experience co-opting a club aesthetic. Come see selfie and net-based works […]
Sometimes science is great, sometimes it is not so great. Case in point: according to a study published yesterday, a team of researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have developed a way to user breathalyzer-like technology to test for the presence of 12 different drugs, including cocaine, amphetamines, and yes, cannabis. As Smithsonian points out, “it’s […]
