Month: August 2014
Bed bugs were discovered on three different N trains over the last few days. Two trains were taken out of commission on Sunday. A third train was sent to Coney Island to be fumigated yesterday, the Daily News reports. Some of the tiny blood-sucking insects were discovered in the seat cushions used by train conductors. MTA spokesman […]
Acar, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A building in Greenpoint has found a use for Nicolas Cage. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
The are some very well-known artists featured in the “Back to Eden” exhibit currently on view at the Museum of Biblical Art (MoBiA). The show includes Big Bang-esque moments of creation in sculptural works with suspended and festive elements, as well as sexy Adam and Eve references. There are many things that bloom and are splendorous, evoking “the bounteous […]
The Electric Zoo festival has released an anti-drug PSA hilariously titled “The Molly,” as part of their “Come To Life” campaign ahead of the Randal’s Island festivities this year. Attendees will be forced to watch the two minute video, written and directed by Dexter creator James Manos, Jr., in order to activate their wristbands and enter the festival. Anti-drug […]
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) A continuation of a lot of Marvel mythology. [Enter Wikihole here → ☻ ] Gang of various space losers (half-human theif bro, big bloke from a planet without metaphors, traumatized but strangely well-adjusted alien assassin chick, an escaped lab racoon who is a genius, a Groot) doing heroic space shit with a HOLY […]
Every afternoon during the week, like clockwork, a cacophony of horns start to honk incessantly and permeate our Hell’s Kitchen office as vehicles comes to a standstill for several blocks at West 44th Street and 11th Avenue. The majority of the drivers are New Jersey commuters darting for the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. Cars, […]
In a recent article for Motherboard, transhumanist Zoltan Istvan wrote about the quickly developing technology of artificial wombs which will allow humans to procreate without giving birth. This process of “ectogenesis” has already been nearly accomplished with goat and mouse embryos. For obvious ethical and political reasons, there hasn’t yet been much experimenting on humans. However, scientist Dr. Helen Hung-Ching Liu […]
There are as many as 50,000 digital and static billboards in all 50 U.S. States that have been taken over by respected works of art on August 4th. As part of the Art Everywhere US, they’ll be up all month. Check out the map — there are a few cycling in the fluorescent ad displays of Times […]
Over the weekend, members of street safety group Right of Way commemorated pedestrians and bicyclists who had died from traffic collisions by putting up spray-painted stencils all around the city. The stencils were created by Robyn Hasty — a pair of wings surrounded by roses. Below the design, the group and families of victims added the name of the […]
