It’s often later in life that we realize how ignorant we were about the true meanings of our favorite childhood movies or songs. Remember the first time you discovered the penis on the Little Mermaid VHS cover? These epiphanies are never easy. But seriously, how were we supposed to know that when our favorite 90’s […]
A new Kickstarter project was launched today for a documentary about Aaron Swartz. Directed by Brian Knappenberger, The Internet’s Own Boy explores the life of internet activist and programming pioneer from his formative years on the internet and involvement in both RSS and Reddit up into his final days of arrest and prosecution involving the downloading of nearly four million academic […]
Our friends at Evolver.fm uncovered “Brutalize Me,” an ingenious app from Music Hack Day Paris that allows you to turn the saccharine vocals from any pop tune into a gravelly death/black metal growl. As is often the case with software spawned at hack days, it’s not quite ready for public consumption, but fortunately, its creator […]
As part of their upcoming exhibition Busted, the High Line is allowing the public to nominate their favorite person to be immortalized in bronze during a portion of the exhibition atop the historic elevated park in Chelsea. Our friends over at ArtFCity have already nominated both seasoned owner and director of Postmaster’s Gallery, Magda Sawon. Who do you want to […]
“Sorrow found me when I was young… Sorrow waited, sorrow won… SORROW THEY PUT ME ON THE PILL… IT’S IN MY HONEY IT’S IN MY MI–[voice breaking]…” Want to hear that over and over and over and over again? For the artist’s piece A Lot of Sorrow at the MoMA PS1 WV Dome, Icelandic artist Ragnar […]
Last night, Rachel Maddow featured ANIMAL’s video of a prank on the New York Post for that paper’s terrible coverage in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing. The MSNBC host highlighted the clip as a part of her “Best New Thing in the World Today” recurring segment. Watch the video! Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world […]
The finest food and drink in New York has to end up somewhere, but even the fanciest of restaurants seem shy about sharing their bathrooms. This series documents those rarely discussed amenities. Cafe Mogador 325 Bowery, East Village, Manhattan Todd’s Mill 162 Orchard St, Lower East Side, Manhattan Alice’s Arbor 549 Classon Ave, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Calexico […]
Why is Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield so cool? When he’s not busy jamming with his cosmic music group Bandella or sending us mesmerizing videos of experiments in zero-gravity, the renaissance man dabbles in photography. Here’s his latest SpaceKam masterpiece from onboard the ISS: a vivid, bird’s eye view of “New York City, incredibly clear, before the […]
In between projects, artist Nathan Freda wasted time by inserting soda machines and old-fashioned bottles of Coke into historical paintings. And then, it got out of hand. Here’s an entire Tumblr of art history, carbonated. Many of these paintings — taken directly from a college art history study guide — feature soda imagery as an Easter Egg, while others […]
Jimmy McMillan, the political candidate whose slogan represents the one issue that all New Yorkers can agree on–that the rent is too damn high–is running for mayor. ANIMAL isn’t in the business of endorsing candidates, but we did want to help him get that message out. Watch the video and download the anthem for free! […]
