It’s no secret that Staten Island has a painkiller problem. White Trash Clan, a hip-hop crew from the island (who must have taken name inspiration from Shaolin’s most famous rap export) sought to propagate S.I.’s image as the oxy-addled borough with their song “My World Is Blue,” a low-budget tribute to prescription drug use and […]
We here at ANIMAL have been a bit taken by this Harlem Shake meme. We even went to Times Square to document the NYPD trying to shut down the biggest ever Harlem Shake. Naturally, one of the first few things that comes to mind is… when’s the porn version coming out? So we called up our […]
Friday morning in the Russian Ural city of Chelyabinsk, a 10-ton meteor plummeted out of the sky. Inevitably, it was recorded on the dashcams. The residents of the city are being treated for minor injuries to the flying glass and debris. According to the latest from the governor, 950 people were injured and 3000 buildings were […]
Edmund, Battery Park. (Photo: ANIMALNewYork) […]
SOBER graffiti in Brooklyn. (Photo: sabeth718/Flickr) […]
Here it is: the Harlem Shake to end all Harlem Shakes. The mobile developers at Moovweb created this ingenious bookmarklet, which gets the text, images, and other assets of any website dancing around to the Internet’s favorite Baauer track. To use it, just head here, drag the button onto your bookmarks bar, then click it […]
Each Valentine’s Day since 2007, Hudson Mohawke (one half of TNGHT) has dropped a mix of slow jams for all your romantic needs. Despite the producer’s drastically heightened profile, 2013 was no different: behold the sixth edition of HudMo’s Slow Jams mix, complete with vintage silkiness from the likes of Todd Rundgren, Bobby Caldwell, and Nona […]
The Harlem Shake craze is almost at its apex, but now Harlem’s Azealia Banks has chosen to join in and rap over Baauer’s track while the meme’s still hot. Listen below. Update: The SoundCloud link has stopped functioning, but here’s a YouTube rip. Update #2: The YouTube video’s down now, so uh, sorry. (Photo: Serjao […]
Over 800 artists from from places as far as South Korea and New Zealand, age five to 70-something, some renowned, other less so, submitted 2,400 MetroCard-based works to “Single Fare 3.” “With the exception of a couple of pieces that showed up totally damaged, every single thing we got was hung,” exhibit organizer Jean-Pierre Roy tells […]
Who wants to see a near-nude O’Brien and a bi-curious Lady Mary? Attention Downton Abbey lovers and burlesque connoisseurs: This is “Slagtown Abbey,” a performance put on by Uncle Monty’s Mollyhouse featuring all your favorite Downton Abbey characters. Enjoy! (Video: Joseph Schulhoff/ANIMALNewYork) […]
