Month: November 2014
Even if you’re not familiar with the Shirt Kings, chances are that you’ve heard of them before in a rap lyric, or seen their work in outfits donned by the likes of LL Cool J, Jay Z, RZA and Jam Master Jay (RIP). The legendary graffiti-inspired art crew from New York pioneered early hip hop […]
Marc ten Bosch is a game designer that wants people to experience the fourth-dimension for the first time. He’s spent the last five years working on Miegakure, a game that attempts to visualize what it would be like to experience not only space and time, but spacetime. The idea is that if one could experience […]
The decision to stop arresting citizens for simple possession in NYC has only been in effect for 24-hours, and a poll conducted on Tuesday shows that New Yorkers overwhelmingly approve. A new poll by Quinnipiac University shows that 71% of residents approve of the new policy, which makes possession of less than 25 grams a violation instead […]
The Batman and The Joker have banded together in a rare show of unity to fight a new mutual threat: The New York City Council. The New York Times reports that the mascots of Times Square, including Hello Kitty and the Big Apple, appeared before the Consumer Affairs Committee on Wednesday to oppose a proposed […]
Since the city has tightened regulations and cracked down on pedicab drivers, the number of pedaling transit providers has taken a steep dive. Only 903 drivers decided to renew their license this year. That’s down from 1217 at the beginning of 2014. After an incident in which some tourists were charged $500 for a short pedicab […]
Rocky, Harlem. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Save the birds. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Just like St. Patrick’s Day, SantaCon is an annual event that attracts a lot of annoying people who commit deplorable acts on the streets of New York City, except they wear red, not green. Yet for some reason, it’s the latter spectacle that turns so many New Yorkers into modern-day Grinches. After it was reported […]
The three grandmothers in the video above had never smoked weed before and to put it mildly, they get high as fuck. If you would like to just see that for yourself, read no further and click play. If you’re still not convinced it’s worth your time, let’s talk about grandma on the left with the black […]
Now only a few weeks away from the official release of its first album in seven years, the Wu Tang Clan has increased the hype by dropping yet another track from A Better Tomorrow. On Wednesday, the legendary rap group released “Necklace,” following tracks “Ruckus in B Minor,” “Ron O’Neal,” and “Keep Watch.” The track […]
