There’s a battle brewing in Bed-Stuy: on one side, a property management company attempting to raise tenants’ rent by as much as 56 percent; on the other, a folk hero, a leader of men hoping to rally his neighbors to take a stand against their landlord. His name is General Shithawk. He stands for truth […]
The photo series The Sleep of the Beloved, from German photographer Paul Schneddenburger, depicts real couples sleeping together over the course of six hours. That’s “zzzz” and not “baum chicka bam bam.” Long-exposure is used to capture the couples’ movements, which, set in front of black sheets in soft candlelight, creates a very phantasmic effect. Intrigued by […]
The fact that the late Patrice O’Neal starts out this 30-second trailer for Women Aren’t Funny by emphatically saying that they aren’t should be all you need. Also seen in the half-minute preview: Artie Lange, Colin Quinn, Chelsea Peretti, Colin Quinn, Dane Cook and more. Bonnie McFarlane, the woman directing Women Aren’t Funny, interviewed comedian […]
Tomorrow is Grand Central Station’s 100th birthday, so put on your largest Edwardian feather hat and prepare to party like it’s 1913… and eat. A LOT. As part of the celebration, vendors will be offering a slew of stuff for century-old prices. Seriously. Nickel pounds of pasta, gelato for a dime a scoop, fudge for […]
A new documentary from the Verge details the major players in a new sort of space race–one that’s being run by small, private companies and chiefly funded on Kickstarter. The ideas presented–ranging from putting Arduinos into orbit to give developers access to data from space (amazing), to building an elevator on the moon (maybe less […]
Having stitched together over 9500 images, Google Street View team set live today their 75 mile, 360-degree documented hike down two main trails at Grand Canyon Nation Park (address is approximate). Google sent out three teams of two each equipped with a Trekker, a lighter, miniature version of their cameras previously strapped to vans, trikes and […]
It starts off familiar enough. Times Square. Faded REVS tags. The High Line… and then, traffic lights begin to bloom in clusters, subway turnstile bars unfurl and wave like seagrass, street lights blossom into dandelion shapes. This New York Biotopes animation by German student Lena Steinkühler is going to BLOW YOUR MIND. Watch as everything industrial and metropolitan becomes […]
Earlier this week, Lil B released a very #rare diss track, taking belated “shots” at NYC rapper Joey Bada$$ for an offhanded, innocuous line his late crew member Capital STEEZ tossed out months ago. B’s track kept things relatively light and impersonal–it almost seems like he was just looking for an excuse to call a […]
So, there’s this much-hyped clinical Facebook app Bang With Friends, right? Its premise is direct enough — select the friends you want to bang and if they click you back… bang bang! 20,000 users signed up just in the first week. 1,000 have hooked-up, allegedly. (HOW DO THEY KNOW?) One of the founders explains: One night, we […]
According to the New York Times, Chinese hackers have been going after the paper for the past four months, possibly in response to an investigative report into Prime Minister Wen Jiabao’s family fortune. The attack lines up with methods used by the Chinese military in the past, according to the paper, and the files that were accessed included […]
