Month: December 2014
Mixing original works with great 3D rendered fan-art, Igor Verniy’s steampunk sculptures are beautiful, handmade bionic creations. The sci-fi vision of steampunk goes back more than a 100 years but still feels prescient and modern the more that we continue to modify our own bodies with technology. Verniy keeps it old school with the classic worn […]
On an overcast 70-degree day in mid-October, about forty thrill-seeking bike messengers and cyclists sped off on an unsanctioned bike race known as the alleycat, zig-zagging through traffic, running through red lights, and evading NYPD to compete for a hefty first place prize of $1,000 courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company, one of many sponsors. None […]
According to faculty at the University Of Texas, 100 brains stored in the its lab’s basement have gone missing. While one could be forgiven for thinking brains have been missing in Texas for quite sometime, these were very specific brains used for research purposes. The special collection of cerebral matter is believed to have even contained […]
The king of video remixing, Eclectic Method, has brought its chopped and screwed skills to the biggest movie of the year, Guardians Of The Galaxy. The comic sci-fi epic makes a nice fit for the remix considering it’s already iconic soundtrack and sample-ability of “I am Groot.” Electic Method manages to work Redbone’s Come and Get Your […]
City construction projects are notorious for exceeding budgets and timelines, but the World Trade Center Transportation Hub has bottomed even the lowest expectations, becoming “one of the most expensive and most delayed train stations ever built” in the city, reports the New York Times. The project, conceived in 2004 with a budget of $2 billion, […]
“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 week’s playlist comes to us from Naveed Mir, leader of the dark psych-surf outfit The […]
The NYPD has announced it will begin its pilot program for body-mounted cams on Wednesday, a full month earlier than previously announced. It has been implied that the move is motivated by tensions that could arise with the expected announcement of a grand jury’s ruling on the death of Eric Garner. Garner died after being placed […]
In November, with the police commissioner by his side, the mayor announced a new set of guidelines based on an old set of laws governing the possession of small amounts of weed — so far, the strategy is working. According to the New York Times, it has lead to a sharp reduction in the number […]
Antonio, Soho. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Borders are Lacerations, Bushwick. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
