Month: February 2015
For an organization that has been so adamant on increasing its public surveillance, it is surprising and troubling that several NYPD precincts don’t have working security cameras. A new report by DNAinfo claims that “cameras outside police precinct stationhouses” are “not working in a number of cases, according to an NYPD source.” The point isn’t […]
Maurice, Bed Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
ERASMO, Williamsburg. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Kanye West, an obnoxious but talented rapper who is also very into fashion, just released a new pair of sneakers that he “designed” for adidas called the Yeezy Boost (pictured above). The high profile footwear rollout, that coincided with the start of Fashion Week on Thursday, included a runway show that was attended by Jay […]
Comedian and Cosmo writer Lane Moore has turned hunting for love on Tinder into a spectator event with her monthly Knitting Factory show “Tinder Live!” For Valentine’s Day, the cast of Orange is the New Black dropped in for a visit. They were pretty into it. Beth Fowler, known to you and I as Sister […]
It’s cold. It’s February in New York City, of course it is cold. After three months of runny noses, perpetually dark skies and bulky coats, it would be easy to dismiss the cries of New Yorkers as winter fatigue. But at least today, they’re right. It’s brutally cold here even in broader terms. Looking at […]
To hype their new compilation album, Heartburn: A Collection of Hip-Hop Love Songs (Sort of), Duck Down records sent their mascot around NYC to ask everyday people to recite the lyrics from the LP’s namesake track by Brownsville rapper Sean Price. But before you press play and watch New Yorkers spit some bars from this […]
A cellphone video of an all-out brawl instigated by officers at a festival in Sunset Park led to the prosecution dropping charges against a man accused by police to have assaulted them and resisted arrest. The disturbing video from September shows Officer Vincent Ciardiello hitting 22-year-old Jonathan Daza while the latter was restrained face-down on […]
After raising funds on Kickstarter, David Cross is embarking on the second part of his cinematic experiment and directorial debut, Hits. The actor’s new comedy is now available for download on BitTorrent and the model is pay-what-you-can. It also launched in 52 theaters following the same pay model. Cross’s film was more or less panned […]
Just as this is published, a group of people will begin picketing their way down Wall Street to protest financing of the fossil fuel industry. They are joined in solidarity with hundreds of other protests in 50 countries across the world, all taking part in Global Divestment Day. Climate activists are urging companies and individuals […]
