Month: January 2015
For his series of “Pixelated Paintings,” Adam Lister takes pop culture/pop art nostalgia to a level that’s at least three-fold. Lister mostly paints iconic figures like Superman and the Simpsons in that 8-bit NES style that says old school video games or new school net art. Then in an art history shout-out, he gives them […]
Although recreational weed is legal in places like Colorado and Washington — and it’s primarily the West Coast that’s associated with advancing the cannabis cause — it’s itty-bitty Rhode Island that has won the distinction of being the highest state in the United States according to the latest data from the National Survey on Drug […]
With the constant rise of income inequality, the mega-mergers of big business, the rampant unpunished financial crimes, and the Supreme Court’s official stance that money is speech, one could be forgiven for believing that capitalism has won and will be the financial way of life until humans go extinct. But according to at least one well-regarded […]
The first Monday of 2015 is a good day for music: They Might Be Giants has relaunched its 80s Dial-A-Song campaign, Death Grips surprised with a new, free album, and N.E.R.D. has release its first new music since 2010. The funky hip-hop group, comprised by Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo, and Shae Haley, got together in […]
The 102nd annual Indian Science Congress was scandalized this week when one guest lecturer claimed that ancient sanskrit texts referenced interplanetary aircrafts — among other crazy scientific breakthroughs like, “a cow bacteria that turns anything eaten by an animal into pure gold.” Captain Anand Bodas, a retired principal of a pilot training facility, gave the lecture and […]
On my evening commute one November evening, I was rushing to catch the M at the Delancey/Essex Street subway station when deep house music booming across the F train platform caught my attention and compelled me to stop. I descended down the stairs to see two guys sporting Luche Libre masks, one banging on drum […]
It seems that reports of Death Grips’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Although the group announced their break up back in July, they dropped a new instrumental album last night, titled “Fashion Week.” Each track is named “Runway,” followed by a single letter. When the letters are put together, they spell JENNY DEATH WHEN, an apparent reference to their […]
KLOPS is a prolific graffiti artist in New York City who not only writes his name, but also draws characters. He makes legal art, too: Every week, be on the lookout for an original KLOPS comic with the artist’s take on current events. […]
An NYPD officer has decided to settle her harassment lawsuit against the city for $100,000. The cop alleged that her commanding officer wrote lewd comments in her memo book and sent threatening text messages to her cell phone. According to the New York Daily News: Police Officer Anais Perez-Villegas of the 75th Precinct alleged that Sgt. Nathan Mole […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week, sixteen-year-old artist Terrell Davis talks about his cover artwork for Yoshi & Komono, inspired by Googling cat cafes, “Japanese snacks, old games, Ramune soda, tamagotchis,” and social media feedback. This is a piece I did for Yoshi […]
