Month: December 2014
The sleepy, late-night programming block of Adult Swim continues to overtake our cultural consciousness, recently dropping a psychadelic track by Panda Bear, otherwise known as Animal Collective’s Noah Benjamin Lennox. Now, San Francisco studio Encyclopedia Pictura has animated the song, “Boys Latin,” which will appear on forthcoming “Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper.” In the […]
New York’s subways continue to break ridership records, reports Pix 11. The MTA — which is still in massive debt, by the way — shattered records in September when more than 6 million people rode the subway on a single day. In October, ridership exceeded 6 million on seven separate days. The news was announced […]
ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Foxxface, who developed his style on the streets of Atlanta. That’s where he met artist Edapt. Foxxface makes work using found materials with whatever substance is available to paint with, be it acrylic, Montana spray paint, markers, or […]
Governor Andrew Cuomo officially signed legislation that bans the ridiculous and cruel practice of tattooing and piercing pets. The bill was passed by state lawmakers earlier this summer and it is now officially a law. Governor Cuomo had this to say: This is animal abuse, pure and simple. I’m proud to sign this common-sense legislation […]
Police Commissioner Bill Bratton told reporters that a string of protests in New York City for Eric Garner and other victims of police abuse in December in getting very expensive. It also has lead to quite a windfall for cops. The Daily News reports: The city has spent a hefty $22.9 million in overtime for […]
Freya, Lower East Side. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
RIP Jeffrey KORN Gamblero, NYC’s Renaissance Man. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Nearly 30,000 people gathered for the Millions March in Manhattan on Saturday. While it was generally peaceful, a few groups of rowdy protesters contributed to the NYPD reconsidering its hands-off approach. The video above shows one such group gone rogue, capturing the chaos on the Brooklyn Bridge (the Millions March ended at One Police Plaza […]
New York City lost another legend this weekend with the passing of Jeffrey KORN Gamblero, better known to the world at large as the Nets superfan. Numerous media outlets have already published details of his tragic death, so I’d like to reflect on his life. For well over a decade, I knew KORN only by […]
When Cecilia Giménez attempted to restore the Elías García Martínez painting of Jesus in her small Spanish home town, Borja, she thought she was servicing culture as well as the church. After she had finished, the town was enraged and the internet meme “Beast Jesus” was born. Today, however, she is regarded as something of a saint. “Ikea […]
