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June 26, 2015 Bucky Turco

Kamaal, NYC. (Photo: Abian Sacks) […]

NASA Still Puzzled by Bright Spots, Pyramid-Looking Thing on Dwarf Planet

June 25, 2015 Bucky Turco

At any given time, NASA has shit flying all over the place; recently, one of its orbiters beamed back images of protoplanet Ceres that has researchers bugging out. “New images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provide more clues about its mysterious bright spots, and also reveal a pyramid-shaped peak towering over a relatively flat […]

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Bucky Turco

Sham, East River Esplanade. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

There’s a General Lee Avenue in Brooklyn and One Lawmaker Wants the Name Changed

June 24, 2015 Liam Mathews

Did you know there’s a street in Brooklyn named after Confederate General Robert E. Lee? Improbably enough, it’s true. It’s inside of Fort Hamilton, the National Guard and Army Reserve base located between the Verrazano Bridge and the Dyker Heights Golf Course. This fact was mostly ignored until this week, when in the aftermath of […]

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Bucky Turco

Dwayne, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

Scratching the Surface: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

June 23, 2015 Aymann Ismail

ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. Name/Alias: Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Decade you were born in: 1980s City you currently live: Brooklyn, NY Drugs or natural highs? Natural. Hi, mom. How did you get your name? Tatyana Fazlalizadeh is my birth name. My godmother […]

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Bucky Turco

Kurt, Bed-Stuy. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

Listen In: Kitty Made You a Playlist

June 22, 2015 Liam Mathews

“Listen In” is a feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length 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. Kitty, nee Kitty Pryde, used to live in Florida and be a rapper. Now she […]

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Bucky Turco

Theodore, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]

I Interviewed a Professional Parachutist About Eating One of His Friends

June 19, 2015 Nick Marino

From what I can tell, Nick Marino is the Italian-American equivalent of James Smith. I’m a comic book writer based out of Long Beach, CA, but I guess because my email address is nickmarino@gmail.com, I’m constantly receiving messages meant for other Nick Marinos: A DJ from Baltimore, a Florida businessman, a guy in North Carolina […]