If you know anything about Minecraft, this stuff takes a long time. This is very impressive. This took two months and makes that KATSU Minecraft stunt even more embarrassing, like whoop-de-whoop man, look at all these undulating black-and-white striped landscapes and shit, and the bit-arty Beetlejuice characters moving around like animatrons. No cut scenes in this capture. Just one meticulous Tim Burton tribute, […]
Evindence presented by the plaintiffs in the federal class-action lawsuit against stop-and-frisk points to institutionalized racial profiling in one NYPD precinct. Recorded by officer Pedro Serrano, the tape contains a heated exchange with commanding officer Christopher McCormack in which Serrano presses McCormack on what types of people officers should be stopping. McCormack continually uses the term […]
Red Hook, Gowanus, and Carroll Gardens commuters, rejoice: the Smith-9th Street subway station is slated to open April 22. The stop, servicing the F and G trains, has been closed since 2011, and its reopening faced delays in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Between the station’s reopening and the full line inspection the MTA has […]
Jaime, NoHo. (Photo: Bucky Turco/ANIMALNewYork) […]
A glimmer of light is all this Public Assembly patron needs to roll his own. (Photo: Aymann Ismail/ANIMALNewYork) […]
Condoms these days just aren’t doing it for Bill Gates. But DAMMIT, he can’t deny their importance in effective contraception and sexual health… That’s why the Microsoft billionaire is determined to create a newer, more convenient, and most importantly, sexier way to wrap it up — and if that means paying someone $100,000.00 to make […]
The nicer your phone is, the more likely you are to drop and damage it. It’s pretty much a fact by this point. If you’re an iPhone fan, though, you might have less problems with cracked screens in your future. Apple has filed a patent for a “Protective Mechanism for an Electronic Device” that, should […]
Photographer Paul McDonough’s black-and-white photo collection of New York City life in the sixties and seventies is a nostalgia-fest. Ah, the good old days, right? Love was in the air, everyone was freakishly good looking, priests were total ballers, cab fare was cheap, and you could wrap your infant up in newspaper and just do […]
Last month, MoMA PS1 announced a competition to design the recovery effort of the Rockaways, soliciting submissions from artists, architects, and designers everywhere. In the above documentary from Joshua Kogan, residents of the area react to the contest, citing worry that the powers that be will drown out the community’s voice, and encouraging the city […]
Tribeca Film Festival has just announced their online competition for six-second films through the Vine platform. Just shoot your Vines, tag ’em #6SECFILMS + one of their categories — #Genre, #Amateur, #Animate or #Series — and post them to Twitter before April 7th. And follow @TribecaFilmFest. Great idea. EXCUSE ME TRIBECA IMA LET YOU FINISH, but […]
