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“It’s not a fad… it’s a NIGHTMARE.” And it has dubstep. DUBSTEP!!!!!!! Dear Navy. Thank you very much for creating this very dramatic music video, about the dangers of said “bath salts.” It doesn’t mention any real particular specifics, but it is very ominous-like. Anyway, “bath salts.” You will eat a person’s face! Only not really. But you will freak out […]
In Martin Adolfsson’s photos, what looks like a real estate listing or furniture catalog photograph is actually something very different. Adolfsson has been shooting suburban model homes–those prefab facades made famous by Arrested Development–for the past six years, around the world in an effort to “describe the economic and cultural homogenization that is now occurring […]
According to this very nifty map the Gothamist found, the zip code 11221 has experienced the biggest number of reported rat sightings in 2010 through 2012 — a whopping 965 number of reports, nearly ten times the number of reports on the Upper East Side. We’re guessing it’s not the regular rat-sized rats either. Most of us don’t bat […]
John McCourt is a recent Manhattan transplant and self-professed “Starbucks addict” who, for whatever reason, has taken it upon himself to visit every overpriced espresso outpost in the city. From his blog: So I ask the question. Are all Starbucks created equal? Starbucks is known for consistency across the nation, but in a city of […]
New York artist Man Bartlett never got to sit with diva Marina Abramović at her MoMA The Artist Is Present performance and look longingly into her eyes and have an awakening and cry and I did but don’t be mad though because… You too can own a piece of Marina! It’s only a penny! No, wait, it’s $120. “It’s somewhere in […]
Though the New York City Housing Authority touts its “green agenda,” advertising a commitment “to providing safe, affordable housing for more than 400,000 residents in a cost efficient and environmentally conscious manner,” many of the city’s public housing residents say that isn’t the case. Ashley Paniagua, for example, tried to plant gardens on the lawns of Harlem’s Manhattanville […]
Yesterday afternoon, Republican New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gave a scathing speech addressing the House’s decision to delay voting on a Hurricane Sandy relief package until after the current term expires, invoking Hurricane Katrina, calling out fellow Republican House Speaker John Boehner by name, and labeling the whole fiasco “disgusting.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gave […]
Fred, Williamsburg. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
Some people are more subtle than others when expressing their real interests in the annual Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. (Photo: Jim Kiernan/Flickr) […]
Well, this is depressing, albeit not surprising. Turns out that when artist Omer Fast and his production crew were working on a drone-related art project and attempted to research said drones, the FBI wasn’t very into it. Not into it at all. In fact, they tracked down the artist’s producer at his home in Los Angeles. Fast […]
