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Filmmaker Jeff Seal tagged along with some of New York’s most ambitious and youngest urban explorers, all in the pursuit of Instagram greatness. The social media platform is apparently a big motivator for these thrill-seekers and the reason why there’s so many photos of feet dangling over ledges, people spinning steel wool on fire, and […]
DNAinfo reports that a new website called amirentstabilized.com can help you determine whether you live in a rent stabilized building. Using publicly available data, Parson’s MFA Design and Technology student Chris Henrick created a database of the city’s rent stabilized buildings. The simple interface asks you to input your address, and then tells you if […]
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KLOPS makes fun of the ironic string of conservatism in graffiti with all its rules and whatnot via this piece in Queens. (Photo: KLOPS) […]
New York’s Armory Show hasn’t even started and one artist’s piece is already generating controversy. The Observer reports that sculptor, painter and Pioneer Works founder Dustin Yellin shredded $5, $20 and $50 bills totaling $10,000 in a wood chipper. He then then applied the valueless, torn-up money to eight canvases. Titled, “The Riches of God’s […]
In 1967, the Yippies tried to levitate the Pentagon as an act of protest against the Vietnam War. The levitation itself was unsuccessful, but it did result in Norman Mailer’s classic book The Armies of the Night. On Tuesday, inspired by the Yippies, musical collective Talibam! attempted to levitate Vice Media’s office off its foundation […]
Republican Millenials — a dickish demographic too young to be as cynical as they are — tend to be much cooler with ending the prohibition on pot than the older curmudgeons in their party, according to a Pew Research poll. A whopping 63% of young GOPers showed support for the legalization of weed compared to […]
Hillary Clinton may have found herself in the middle of an email scandal, but it’s nothing she can’t handle. At least, that’s what the makers of a new Hillary Clinton action figure hope. Brooklyn design studio FCTRY and Art Army General Mike Leavitt are Kickstarting the mini-Clinton to show support for her potential presidential bid. […]
“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. Brooklyn-based rock band Highly Suspect is gearing up to release its debut album […]
Film director Baz Luhrmann, known for his opulent reconstructions of The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge, is looking for local talent to cast in his upcoming Netflix series about New York City in the ’70s. DNAinfo reports that that Luhrmann is looking for black and hispanic men and women between ages 18 and 21 to […]
