Month: January 2015
“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 you from Brooklyn-based Black Metal outfit Belus. They’ve […]
Police have found disturbing graffiti in a Queens basement that says local officers will be “Next to Die.” The graffiti, found in the Pomonok House on Parsons Boulevard, reads, “PSA-9 ‘n’ 107 Pct R Next to Die.” It refers to Police Service Area 9, a unit that oversees the housing project in the 107th Precinct […]
The Department of Education is expected to announce on Wednesday that it’s lifting a ban on cellphones in New York City schools. The New York Times reports: The ban, which was put in place by former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, has been unpopular among parents, who worry about not being able to contact their children […]
Jake, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A graffiti writer with a name everyone can relate to: DEBT. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Although Google has firmly established its hold on the public’s imagination when it comes to driverless cars, Mercedes-Benz just jumped into the game with a typically baller concept design that it envisions will change more than just the way we drive. Dezeen reports that the unveiling at CES by Mercedes-Benz included a mission statement about the […]
While scientists at NASA are busy looking into a massive flare that came from the black hole in the Milky Way Galaxy, us laypeople are in awe over a pair of captivating photographs the agency has released of the Eagle Nebula. You might recognize the above image as “The Pillars of Creation,” first taken by […]
Humza Deas is Instagram-famous. Recently profiled by New York magazine, the 17-year-old urban explorer and photographer has amassed over 94,000 followers on the social media platform with gripping images of abandoned places, off-limit areas, and iconic spans all over the city. But it was a recent photo showing someone who appeared to be subway surfing […]
Occupy Wall Street cases are still being settled in courtrooms, more than three years after the protest movement became an international obsession. Three clients of attorney Jeffrey Rothman settled their cases against NYC on Monday and they received a combined total of $142,500. The Daily News reports: The biggest chunk goes to Sandra Fields, 68, of Manhattan, […]
If you are feeling impatient for the return of Game Of Thrones’s new season in April, HBO and IMAX have cooked up an appetizer to tide you over. From January 23rd to 29th, IMAX theaters will be screening the epic final two episodes from last season as well as premiering the new trailer for the upcoming […]
