Category: Culture
ShotSpotter, the gunshot detection system introduced in New York City last week, is the NYPD’s newest high-tech tool against against gun violence. It comes with a lot of promise, primarily from one of its main proponents, Mayor Bill de Blasio, who campaigned with a pledge to bring gunshot location technology to the city. “This new […]
The March/April issue of Luxury Listings NYC has an article about the supposed Brooklynification of the affluent North Fork of Long Island, and it is a doozy of a moronic “Is ___ the New Brooklyn?”/ “the hipsters are coming!” trend piece. The article is pointlessly titled “Blurred lines,” which tells you pretty much everything you […]
ANIMAL’s feature Game Plan asks game developers to share a bit about their process and some working images from the creation of a recent game. This week, we spoke with Vincent Morisset of Montreal studio AATOAA and Hugues Sweeney of the National Film Board of Canada about Way to Go, a game that suggests you […]
Last week, the Village Voice posted an offensive and racist review of Kehinde Wiley’s retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum, A New Republic, by art critic Jessica Dawson. Dawson called some of the paintings “pervy” and “predatory” for their sexualized depictions of handsome black men, and misinterpreted the political implications of the art, writing, “What does […]
Biking noobs, tourists, and pedestrians would be wise to heed this tried and true advice from cyclist Ethan Minsker. If you don’t want to be an asshole, then listen to Minsker. And if you do want to be an asshole, then congrats, cause it takes a huge asshole to want to be one. […]
On Tuesday, HBO released Catch the Throne, Volume II to promote the upcoming 5th season of Game of Thrones, which premieres April 12. It features new songs from Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Anthrax and many other rap, metal, reggaeton and pop artists; as well as a previously shared power ballad by Mastodon called “White […]
Hot Rize is a bluegrass band from Colorado. They recently took a trip to New York, where they performed their song, “A Cowboy’s Life” from their album When I’m Free, inside the Roosevelt Island Tram as it crossed the East River. According to The Bluegrass Situation, Hot Rize had one take to perform the four-minute […]
The 47 Republican senators who last week went behind the government’s back to send a letter to Iran’s leadership did not commit treason, but they sure did something really, really dumb. The letter was an attempt to frighten their sworn enemy from entering a critical nuclear deal with the U.S. by warning Iranian leadership that […]
On Tuesday, ex-Das Racist member Himanshu Suri will release his debut solo album, Eat Pray Thug. Forging his own path, Heems departs from his former hip-hop group’s serious-not-serious style, digging into darker social and political commentary in raps titled “Patriot Act” and “Suicide by Cop”. But devout fans will recognize, all jokes aside, that Heems […]
“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. Guitar virtuoso Ryley Walker is celebrating the release of his second album, Primrose […]
