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November 12, 2014 Rhett Jones

Last month, we posted about the breakthrough discovery that the comet known as 67P smells terrible, but little did we know that would be the least interesting thing about the flying ball of ice. The European Space Agency has recorded a “song” being emitted by the comet. Ahead of its historic landing on the comet — which […]

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Rhett Jones

“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 weeks playlist comes to you from Brooklyn-based band Edith Pop. Edith is playing […]

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Bucky Turco

Carter, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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November 11, 2014 Aymann Ismail

ANIMAL showcases a different street artist regularly in our feature, Scratching the Surface. This week, we profile Brandon Sines and his mysterious alter ego Frank Ape. Frank Ape is his signature character, and can be seen all around the city in the form of stickers, wheat-pasted posters, or spray paint on walls. Name/Alias: Brandon Sines […]

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Bucky Turco

Shoshana, Soho. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]

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November 10, 2014 Prachi Gupta

He may have slipped in polls recently, but President Obama is still popular within the internet community, having just joined the fight for net neutrality. In a video and two-page statement released by the White House, Obama urged the FCC to support an open internet that treats all data and providers on the internet equally. […]

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Rhett Jones

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished artwork or project. This week Birch Cooper discusses his modular sound modules built while he was a resident at Eyebeam. I’d like to try to use this notebook about my recent modular synth work to illustrate the interconnected, fractal nature of all […]

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Bucky Turco

Clyde, Park Avenue Armory. (Photo: *Bitch Cakes*) […]

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November 7, 2014 Bucky Turco

Sam, Hell’s Kitchen. (Photo: Tom Webster) […]

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November 6, 2014 Backdoor Pharmacist

Erowid is a non-profit website that provides any and every resource they can get their hands on for altering your state of mind and trip balls. That includes a section for trip reports, and there are some pretty wild stories. Here are six of the craziest: SMOKING TEA No, seriously, this Erowid poster means smoking […]

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