Month: January 2015
East New York. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
While the majority of New Yorkers are so over protests against the police (57 – 35 percent), an even greater number aren’t cool with the police protesting at the funerals of two slain cops (69 – 27 percent), according to the latest Quinnipiac University poll. They’re also not feeling PBA president Patrick Lynch and his […]
Piloting drones can be pretty damn hard. The traditional remote control format has been a mainstay since the beginning, but keeping an eye on a drone in flight while looking at a screen to see through the camera’s eyes can also create an ambidextrous nightmare for newbies. Two companies are hoping to make the whole […]
Defense attorneys for Ross Ulbricht, the man accused of being head of Silk Road Dread Pirate Roberts, allege that former CEO of now defunct bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles was the real mastermind of the online black market. Motherboard reports that under cross-examination, a Homeland Security agent said he was preparing to get […]
In addition to forking over $10 million to keep AI in good hands, human Hermes reincarnate Elon Musk has announced that he is working on building a Hyperloop test track. For the uninitiated, the Hyperloop is the Tesla Motors and SpaceX creator’s conceptual air capsule transportation system that could travel at up to 800 MPH. […]
Comedian Louis C.K. was superb at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, the second show of his tour at the legendary venue. Not surprisingly, it was packed. After all, who else can joke about how he’d choke his crying baby on a plane in order to appease fellow passengers — or illustrate how he’d finger a […]
Amazon, which has established itself as major player in Hollywood with its Golden Globe-winning series Transparent, debuted 13 new pilots on Amazon Instant Video Thursday. Which one(s) blossom into full, scripted series is partially up to you, but there’s one pilot that critics are particularly excited about, The Man in the High Castle. The title, […]
“You hear me Flex!?” “I hear you!!” And thus, Native Queens rapper Action Bronson has fulfilled his dream of rocking the mic on Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 show. Bronson stopped by Flex’s studio on Wednesday and brought so much fire and enthusiasm to his freestyle set that his headphones fell off. Action Bronson is one […]
Parra, an Amsterdam-based artist who has a penchant for drawing strange bird-like characters just opened a show of new work in Manhattan. The title for the exhibit, “Yer So Bad,” was taken from a Tom Petty song of the same name and features bold paintings limited to a minimal color palette. Jonathan Levine Gallery explains: […]
Artist John Keane tells the BBC that painting figures who control the world are his “way of dealing with people who I think exercise some sort of power or control over our lives, my life, and it’s my way, I suppose a rather feeble way, of grabbing back a little of that power because I can use their […]
