Category: Takeover
My Grandfather, a Roma who spoke four or five languages when he snuck into this country, once dove out the bathroom window to escape immigration officers who’d come to his door. He drove what he would later call an “embarrassing” amount of food up to General MaCarthur’s place when he was stationed in the Phillipines […]
Kathleen, Rockaway Beach. (Photo: Marina Galperina/ANIMAL New York) […]
This week brings the momentous news that Whole Foods will follow the trail blazed by Urban Outfitters and begin selling vinyl records alongside their quinoa, herbal teas, and organic, locally-made hand soaps. The grocery chain’s press release lists the solid if snoozeworthy list of artists they’ll carry– “including Frank Sinatra, the Rolling Stones, Daft Punk […]
ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Danish artist Jacob Kirkegaard — one of the artists exhibiting at MoMA current “Soundings” show — shares the inspirations and audio from his sound art piece Labyrinthitis, sent to us just before his recent performance of the piece at Eyebeam. I […]
Dena Mekawi isn’t going to wear a hijab at the 4th annual Miss Arab USA pageant, but some of the other contestants will. Women of Saudi Arabian, Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian and Algerian roots, competing for the title on August 31 in Scottsdale, Arizona wear whatever attire they choose to represent their cultural heritage. There is also no swimsuit […]
I said I would so I did go to that group show featuring DickPix — penis shots of unknowing males solicited by female “anonymous artists interested in feminism and the internet” through faked OKCupid and Grindr profiles. There was a tiled collage of (barely cropped, possibly recognizable) dicks aligned in angry rows (because dicks are horrible, angry […]
MTV sucks. This is indisputable. The network that first made a name for itself by playing music videos in the early 80s, is now a global producer of content for mindless tweens and adult voyeurs bordering on retardation. It’s universally accepted that MTV is no longer looked to as an arbiter of musical talent and […]
CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta, who recently changed his mind about medical weed, has a weed strain named after him, for now. Within 24 hours of the official press release being released, CNN contacted the Helping Hands Dispensary in Boulder, Colorado and requested that it stop the sales of the “Sanjay Gupta Kush” strain, ANIMAL has learned. “We […]
Please enjoy this video of the Russian Army Choir’s performance on a morning television show in which they sing the “Skyfall” song from James Bond 007 BETTER THAN ADELE. That lead tenor though. OH MY GOD. And the choir “[pum pum pum] I kno / I never be wizout security.” THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. Because Russia’s Big […]
Borje, Times Square. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
