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A bird of prey takes in some graffiti as it glides over train tracks in the Bronx. (Photo: Abian Sacks/Flickr) […]
Of all the Armory Show spin-off fairs opening this week in New York, none are as overtly subversive of the original as THE (UN)FAIR, a one-time pop-up exhibition opening within walking distance at a 19th century former manufacturing building. With sledgehammer subtlety, its name suggests the ultimate alternative from the more exclusive and commercially-saturated art […]
Well, Trent did say “that the band is reinventing itself from scratch” so maybe this is that? Here’s a perfect mash-up of Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe” and “Head Like a Hole” by Nine Inch Nails from PomDeter. PERFECT. NIN is going on tour starting this summer. Reznor. I missed you so bad. I missed you […]
While parts of the U.S. are gradually moving toward weed legalization, in Norway it may soon be legal to smoke heroin. On Friday, the Norwegian government announced that it would consider decriminalizing heroin inhalation — though injection and other forms of use would still be banned. Heroin is the most commonly injected drug in Norway, as […]
As you may have heard, Daft Punk debuted a scant 15 seconds of music in a teaser for their upcoming album during Saturday’s episode of SNL. It’s an effortlessly funky few measures (is that you on guitar, Nile Rodgers?), and may portend, inasmuch as a 15-second snippet can portend anything, a turn away from the […]
A DeviantArt user called “wytrab8” (real name: Hillary Smith) has creatively and excellently mixed pop culture characters with classic works, dubbing it Pop Reinterpretation. The Muppet nightmare on the left is based off part of Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, while the Joker on the right is inspired by Portrait of a Child […]
Neal Kurk, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, is sponsoring legislation HB 619-FN to make aerial photography illegal in his state for everyone but the government. A person is guilty of a class A misdemeanor if such person knowingly creates or assists in creating an image of the exterior of any […]
Poor Santiago Munoz. The 14-year-old from Queens is a student at the Bronx High School of Science. Munoz, who lives in Far Rockaway, wakes up at 5 a.m. each school day, taking two hours and twenty minutes to get to school and usually two hours and forty minutes to get back. The trek requires two […]
A Los Angeles federal district court judge recently ruled against the inexplicably famous street artist Mr. Brainwash in a copyright infringement case involving a 1977 portrait of Sid Vicious by Dennis Morris. In rejecting his motion for summary judgement on the grounds of “fair use,” he also effectively ruled the so-called “appropriation art” mediocre. According to […]
The MTA has an inventive new solution for our subway’s ever-growing rat infestation. New York, it’s time for rat “birth control.” Or forced sterility, if you want to be blunt about it. The sterilization product ContraPest was developed by SenesTech Inc., and functions by inducing early menopause in female rats (who typically start birthing litters […]
