In Style Wars, the quintessential documentary about the early beginnings of graffiti and the City of New York’s attempts at battling its proliferation, there’s a particularly entertaining scene featuring an entire subway car that was painted with the words: “Dump Koch.” According to notorious bomber COPE2, that train was painted by SPIN TFS “on the […]
Clint Eastwood is a cinema legend. In tribute, Brian Menegus of Slacktory put together a supercut of Eastwood in films reacting to shocking news in the only way he can: squinting. It seems that his squint ability gets stronger as he gets older. The crow’s feet and stony, old-man glare are clearly big factors in his […]
If you need some fast cash, why not reply to this Craigslist post from East Village looking for someone to fart on a cake? OK, it might sound weird, but it’s for a friend’s birthday party. Nope. Still sounds weird. From the listing: I know this sounds bizarre, but I need someone (preferably female) to […]
As proof that they’re not just disrupting service on the N, Q and R lines to screw you, the MTA has released this video to show what’s happening right now at the 23rd Street subway station. Around 10:45 am, a 36″ water main broke near 25th Street and Broadway. In addition to transportation failure, according […]
Reference-happy West Coast rapper and noted weed enthusiast the Game now has an official way to smoke his weed, as the folks at Grenco Science have whipped up a vaporizer with his name emblazoned all over it. Done up in luxurious red and gold trim, the vape also includes two small glass jars (for storing […]
Here’s a fresh new trailer for Harmony Korine’s mainstream feature effort Spring Breakers. We’ve been on that sweet beat. It’s like the last trailer, but with more nihilistic, flashy footage and brief flashes of adult content. And more James Franco waving a gun. And a brief shot of Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson and Rachel Korine doing […]
This group of Philadelphia-based artists and scientists is fascinated by the stuff you throw away. So fascinated, in fact, that they’ve spent the past 15 months collecting, photographing, recording, and analyzing garbage, compiling their findings into a Taxonomy of Trash website and book. Now, the artist, photographer, biologist, and sound engineer are taking to Kickstarter […]
The latest project from New York-based Libyan photographer Jehad Nga is a huge step away in style from his well-recognized crisis and conflict photojournalism. The Green Book‘s title refers to a 24-chapter quasi-philosophical propaganda tome of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The book was issued to all Libyans during his reign as “required reading… an inane […]
Yes, this a documentary. It’s shot gorgeously. It feels like a feature film, but… you can’t make this shit up. Berlin’s Fuck For Forest is one of the world’s most bizarre charities. Based on the idea that sex can save the world, the NGO raises money for their environmental cause by selling home-made erotic films […]
Vine, the new app for all your six-second-video-sending needs, is sweeping the nation. And being invaded by porn, naturally, because it’s the internet. The app can be rather fun, but you only get as many short videos as your friends will send you. What if you just wanted to watch endless Vines (is that what […]
