Category: Takeover
When you think of sneaker culture, you may think of guys who love rap music lined up outside of a Foot Locker waiting for the latest Air Jordan reissue to drop. You’d be right, of course, but those guys didn’t just pop up out of nowhere when Spike Lee said “It’s gotta be the shoes.” […]
Rory, East River Esplanade. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
“Listen In” is a 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. Los Angeles-based beat master Knxwledge keeps up with the tradition of obscure samples and […]
There was a lot to celebrate at this year’s Gay Pride Parade in New York City. Grand marshaled by Sirs Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi, the annual event took place just two days after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of same sex marriage as the law of the land, creating a joyous atmosphere that […]
On Friday, Black Lives Matter activists with the Never 21 collective infiltrated the ritzy 21 Club in Midtown Manhattan. Two members of the group posed as waiters and distributed “menus” to all of the patrons. The menus opened not to food and drink selections, but to lists of black children killed by police before the […]
Willow, Williamsburg. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
History happened today: hear what people at the Stonewall Inn had to say about today’s Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
#LoveWins. Hours after SCOTUS announced a historic win for same sex marriage, a celebration erupted at the Stonewall Inn, the historic landmark and ground zero for gay rights. Just four decades ago, the NYPD raided this bar because they claimed being homosexual was a crime. Its patrons fought back leading to riots and the birth […]
“Listen In” is a feature in which we ask musicians to curate a mixtape-length 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. Michna is everywhere. The Brooklyn-based DJ and music producer has left his mark on HBO’s […]
Kamaal, NYC. (Photo: Abian Sacks) […]
