Month: April 2014
“I don’t like a lot of the shit you guys put up,” says artist Plasma Slugs to me about ANIMAL. “At one point I had to stop reading the site for a year.” To him, we’re part of the hype machine that gives too much shine to those who don’t deserve it. But he doesn’t hate […]
After five long years in exile on the Hudson, New York City’s Fourth of July fireworks show is returning to its rightful home in the East River, giving Queens and Brooklyn residents a view of the proceedings. Back in 2012, when Bill de Blasio was public advocate, he pushed for the show’s relocation, and today, […]
Getting a cheap ride down Atlantic or Flatbush Avenue may get more difficult, as the NYPD is aggressively going after dollar vans, those unlicensed commuter vehicles that whip up and down Brooklyn’s main drags. The community group Equality for Flatbush is fighting back. “Most drivers are Caribbean or people of color,” Imani Henry, an organizer with the […]
Peggy, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio is currently swirling around the Earth aboard the International Space Station and on Friday afternoon, he posted a stunning photo of the East Coast on Twitter that makes even Long Island look enchanting. (Photo: @AstroRM) […]
Takeshi Yamada won the Carnivorous Nights taxidermy competition in Brooklyn. Remember him? (Photo: @huntergather) […]
Here’s some art, film, music and other stuff happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 66° F NIGHT 49° F Out this weekend: Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive with Tom Hiddleston and Tilda Swinton as vampires at Film Society Lincoln Center and Landmark Sunshine Cinema. Everything else […]
Coachella’s organizers are livestreaming the three-day music festival in its entirety again, and as The Verge points out, that means you’ll be able to watch OutKast’s first live show in about a decade as it plays out, even if you’re not in Indio. To do so, just head to Coachella’s YouTube channel around 11:30 PST (2:30 EST). […]
Last week, ANIMAL attended “Birth of a Nation,” an ironically titled group show referencing D. W. Griffith’s notorious KKK propaganda film of the same name. It took place at the Exit Room Gallery in Brooklyn and features the work of LNY, Mata Ruda, NDA, Sonni, and Icy & Sot, collectively calling themselves Ñewmerica — an unpretentious, likeminded […]
Conquest of the Skies — a forthcoming nature documentary from David Attenborough — is a shoo-in to the pantheon of greatest-ever films to watch whilst stoned. How do I know? Besides the master documentarian’s mind-boggling pedigree — Life on Earth, Planet Earth, Blue Planet — there’s the fact that it’s being filmed with a 360-degree eight-camera rig and […]
