Month: November 2014
UK street artist Ben Eine, whose work was once gifted to President Barack Obama by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, is taking his signature typographical-style of lettering and making it three dimensional. In partnership with London’s Fragile Ventures, Eine is releasing hand-cast cubes with the letter “E” carved into them. They look like alphabet blocks […]
Phenibut (brand name Noofen) is an anxiety-relieving drug that feels sort of like GHB or alcohol, and has been gaining attention recently because it’s 100% legal and has chillaxative properties. It’s a derivative of the GABA neurotransmitter that mediates the effects of drugs like alcohol, GHB, and benzos. Widely sold on the internet as a […]
On November 20th, Bowery and Boogie posted photos of a cop using excessive force to stop a cyclist who had just run a red light. A Twitter user by the name of “emveezee” saw a meme opportunity in the making and subsequently posted that glorious image you see above. We liked it so much we thought […]
If you’re one of the millions of users registered on Flickr, you may want to check the license settings of your photos. The Yahoo-owned photo sharing site recently announced that it’s going to be selling prints of 50 million Creative Commons-licensed images. With the exception of a few, hand-selected photos, the photographers will see no […]
After getting New Yorkers to clean up their act with his etiquette campaign, artist Jay Shells has been memorializing iconic hip-hop lyrics with the Rap Quotes project. For the project, Shells identifies specific locations mentioned in rap songs, paints them on street signs, and posts them at the intersections they identify. It’s a way to […]
Science-fiction has yet again turned into scientific fact: The first object to be 3D printed in space became a reality at exactly 4:28 PM on Monday, and its implications are pretty incredible. Using a 9.5 inch wide, specially designed printer, astronauts were able to manufacture a replacement faceplate that protects the wiring inside the print tray. While that’s not exactly […]
For a second day, demonstrations flared up nationwide on Tuesday as people took to the streets to protest a grand jury’s decision not to indict police officer Darren Wilson in the killing of Mike Brown. From New York to Los Angeles and Ferguson to Philadelphia, marches took place, leading to some minor clashes with police […]
“Listen In” is a weekly feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length YouTube playlist of songs they’re currently digging. Click the big play button above to hear the whole playlist or scroll down to see and hear individual tracks. This weeks playlist is brought to you by John Schmersal of psych-rock band Vertical Scratchers. […]
Check out the moves of 30-year-old Shawn “Puba” Theagene and Justin “Rain” Quinones, two members of the Bed-Stuy Veterans, a dance troupe in Brooklyn that will soon be celebrating its 12 year anniversary. According to DNAinfo, the Veterans have auditioned for American Idol and are gearing up to release a documentary next year about the […]
Current and former members of the NYPD told DNAinfo that the police force is still using the same tactics it employed in the high crime days of the early 1990s, despite the fact that crime has drastically reduced, and that the city is a far different place. The sources say that many of the department’s troubles […]
