The devilish things brands will come up with never fail to disappoint us. Jack Spade enlisted the help of three Batmen and on ET to attack the exterior of their store window with two cartons of grade A eggs. The young boys, aged 3-7, were given permission to pelt the windows and then scrawl Happy Halloween with the drippy egg droppings. Jack's wife, Kate, tried to one up her husband as she hired a group of teenagers to pelt her stores with flaming bags of dog crap and then TP sales clerks registers as they left for lunch break.

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By Amy Blair

Over the years I have had a lot of powerful experiences on account of my love for baseball. Some good , some bad , and some just plain strange. As this year’s baseball season draws to a close, I have decided that it’s time to retire the topic. And so, as a final adieu to the boys of summer, I’d like to take a moment to wax nostalgic about one of the coolest baseball moments of my life. A baseball wet dream, if you will.

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These mysterious pumpkin orange signs were spotted in the Myrtle/Wycoff subway station this week. They were strategically placed over new ‘tags’ inside the station and urge people to "STOP THE GRAFFITI." Since there were no logos or insignias on the flyers we can only assume that this was the work of a renegade citizen who is now wild posting the Bushwick-Ridgewood neighborhood with this blatant and rampant form of vandalism. We hope they catch this hooligan soon, whoever it is, they're making a real mess of the community and we don’t appreciate such a wanton and uncreative destruction of property.

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The difference a few blocks makes has always been a trademark in many NYC neighborhoods, but none as stark as the discrepancies between East New York and Cypress Hills Brooklyn. Atlantic Avenue serves as the buffer zone between a litter free suburban-like enclave and crime ridden hornet's nest of rampant low income shacks and despair. Amazing how an avenue without even a wall can totally demarcate two totally different neighborhoods and provide residents with a physical barrier from the poor people in addition to the steel fences and bars around all first story windows. After the jump we present the houses you'd expect to find on Long Island, not a few blocks away from Broadway Junction.

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We have no idea who TimeSelect user 'dinyah' is but do know that we were surfing the Times' website all weekend when that name mysteriously appeared on log in. Not only were we able to check out all the stories 'dinyah' saved, but we're also able to cancel the NYT's email services for that user just for fun. In an effort to try and contact the mysterious subscriber we went to the member profile and found the following email address: be81859@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu which we emailed to no avail. All mail came back “undeliverable.” Besides getting access to the archives, we realized we're not missing much when it comes to TimesSelect. But we would like to thank 'dinyah' and the Grey Lady for this weekend's free ride. After the jump the stories that were saved, including the riveting "The Gay Old Party Comes Out" piece which might shed some light on the interests of the mysterious user.

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"Untitled" | 2006 | 74 x 62 inches | Acrylic on paper

THOMAS QUIGLEY paints big ass paintings. He’s done murals bigger than a box truck and understandably, likes to sell his art by the ounce. Like most artists we interview he’d love to destroy one of Damien Hirst’s creations, but would never harm a museum collection. Thomas almost answered all our questions and showed us some of his super colorful, oversized drippy paintings.

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'Fuck Vallone' photo by: Untitledname.com

As reported in today's NY Daily News, KIKO, a 28 year-old graffiti writer, was sentenced to 6 months in prison and forced to pay a $25,000 fine for his recent tagging spree in Astoria. Fanatical anti-graffiti critic and name recognition councilman Peter Vallone Jr., who once proclaimed, “I want this punk, and I want him bad… Catching this guy has been a personal vendetta of mine for a few months now" is credited with supporting some of NYC's harshest graffiti laws ever, some of which were recently struck down as unconstitutional. He has used this issue as his personal soapbox for the past year or so, totally generating more press for himself than anything else he’s done. Although we do think KIKO should be punished in some form or another, specifically public service, we don’t think that any graffiti writer should ever have to serve jail time. In the long run this hurts the community more than any tag could. If anybody wants to do any peaceful renovations demonstrations, we suggest they travel to the belly of the beast. Here is Peter Vallone's home address, 21-46 19th St. as provided by his own district office and press hack, Andrew something or other. So stop by, check out the lovely views of the Triborough Bridge and the massive Con Ed power plant, plus exercise your 1st Amendment writes.

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By Amy Blair

My friend Erika and I like to play a fun game we invented called “Look, It’s Your Future Self!” The rules are quite simple. In short, when we’re out in public our aim is to point out to one another strangers who represent our future selves. She has red, curly hair so it’s usually pretty easy to find future versions of her in any given public venue…I just look for an overweight, middle-aged, red head with mommy-hair and enormous knockers and scream out “Look, Erika, it’s your future self!” To which she usually responds, “Oo, that’s a good one. That’s exactly how my ass is going to expand!” And then I score one point, we all have a good laugh, and then we go home, take a couple of sleeping pills and cry ourselves to sleep. It’s an awesome game!

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This is a great clip of Tucker Carlson refusing to show the collapse of Building 7 per controlled demolition-theorist Professor Steve Jones' request. It's from a brand new 9-11 conspiracy DVD, 'Improbable Collapse', that specifically investigates the controlled demolition theory of why the WTC buildings fell, specifically Building 7, the crux of the argument. The professor was assured by MSNBC that they would show the clip, but instead they just show a before still of 7, not even a video. Jones who can't see what's going on, is told "we don't have a lot of time for experiments." However, the good professor gets some vindication when 'Scarborough Country' shows the clip at a later juncture, but only after getting the approval of top MSNBC brass. Conspiracy? Maybe. Incompetence on the part of MSNBC? Definitely.

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While not nearly exciting as finding thousands of pounds of assorted drugs and cash, the media whoring energy drink, Cocaine, has begun infiltrating the LES. We came across this 4 pack at an Allen St. deli just below Houston. We asked the Lotto salesman-energy drink peddler how the new product was selling. He told us it was "doing real well" and that CNN came in to interview him about the red canned canister of excess. Once the clip makes the website's 'Pipeline' we can then insert the obvious drug reference joke.

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There are some things in life that should not be made easy or attempted without risk. And for us, street art-graffiti represents those last bastions of urban culture that cannot operate and flourish under sanction or permission. So regardless of the amount of requests Wooster Collective gets from teachers and kids that want to practice their art "without having to do it illegally and risk arrest," we just can't get behind helping little Jay Google-map out all the legal walls. For us, this is just spot on proof of the 'wussification' of America and our continual efforts to make life's challenges way too comfy. Plus, the whole fun of getting arrested before your over 16 years of age is that your file gets sealed. It's like it never happenned.

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We're all for giving money to NYC street performers if they are truly entertaining. The kids in this clip actually execute a front flip over their buddies in a moving subway car. The threat of a broken neck and potentially injuring fellow passengers is worth a dollar any day. Now if those kids selling peanut flavored M&M's could just throw some acrobatics into their routine they might actually sell out those boxes of candy and raise even more money for their "basketball teams."

NYC craziness YouTube

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As at least one patron can attest to, this guy above will fuck you up. His name is Dominick and he’s the bouncer-door guy at downtown café-club lounge La Esquina and he’s real tight with owner Serge Becker. Sources tell us that the hardened bouncer is a known hot head and often frequents the café bathroom (it’s more private than the club one) to stay energized and alert for his harrowing nighttime shift. That’s about all we’re willing to say on the matter, lest we be found face down in a pile of Cochinita Pibils.

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When you've got the world's nastiest clump of thinly combed over bed-head hair and strangely tinted skin the last thing you should be doing is dispensing beauty advice. So when 'The Donald' was quoted in Page Six claiming how nice his skin was it was refreshing to see 14 slap that man back into place:
"Yeah sure, his skin is the healthy pink color of a newborn piglet...if the piglet was slathered in massive amounts of orange self-tanner."

Donald Trump's Hot Air Gallery of the Absurd

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This advertisement for the F train has to be the most gratuitous use of the word 'neighborhood' to date, especially since the 'Diamond District' can only be found on 47th street between 5th and 6th avenues. Plus, what kind of ‘neighborhood’ has more money launders than residents? Well, besides Little Italy.

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Brian Miller does the unthinkable. He grabs a desktop scanner, takes it off the desktop and transforms it into a digital camera of sorts, actually taking pictures with the damn thing. This is by no means an easy task. Brian tells us that he often burns his eyes for each shot as he has to see where the scanner bar is to predict what he’s going to get. Not only that, but he’s also in constant motion as is his subject. And what you see is what you get since there is no digital post-production manipulation. Don’t try this at home, since you’ll probably end up blind with a broken scanner. Brian agreed to answer all our questions and thinks the best thing about the web is "sexy picture distribution," you like?

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video by: KhilafahMovement

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You would think that after making records since the 1970's and often being cited as one of the most influential musicians of the past few decades, this legendary Rocker could afford himself some proper footwear, especially when walking the red carpet. Ok, granted, being a world-famous dirtbag certainly grants some leniencies, but even the kids who used to ride their ten speeds with upside-down handlebars agree that a pair of shoes that actually covers those nasty feet is mandatory at this guy’s age. JUMP and find out what former ‘Rockstar’ is in serious need of some new kicks.

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Oh those crazy Brits. To promote a new show on ITV called 'Afterlife' this devilishly clever street marketing stunt was created to scare curious onlookers into submission. We don't know if was more effective in getting people to crap their pants or watch the show, but either way it's pretty funny to watch, especially the guy at the end who gets pissed of, UK-style. So enjoy the clip here and rest assured this shit will never go over well in NYC, as many hardened residents would most likely beat the shit out of the guy in the box.
Beyond Madison Avenue via Adrants

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By Amy Blair

So, the other day I’m sitting in my office, punching some numbers, drinking some coffee, creating some charts, trying desperately to keep myself awake (you know, the usual things you do at work) when in walks one of my coworkers who proceeds to catalog for me, in detail, all of the plastic surgery she is planning to get next month. Apparently a hot topic around here, in walks another coworker who supplies us with the gory details of her breast implant surgery which she had a few years ago.

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When we first heard that Wooster was getting all riled up about Tokion magazine not including any women at this weekend's 'Creativity Now' conference we knew there was gonna be some trouble. And then after Editor in Chief Ken Miller’s extremely weak explanation for its lack of women, we were especially certain it was only a matter of time before the magazine back pedaled and made damn sure it got some ladies to speak. Well the announcement came today, Tokion is officially adding 4 token women to this weekend's lineup and Wooster is happy again. Lisa Ruyter, Jessica Craig-Martin, Mimi Gross, and Marlene McCarthy will now join the mostly male dominated panel. Oh, and to add some comic relief to the whole matter and downplay the last minute shuffling of females into the event, it was also announced that comedian David Cross will grace the stage.

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We get excited by graphic design and really love cool charts and illustrations. So as soon as the 'Bronx Bomber' Corey Lidle's tragedy struck, we knew it that our newspapers would have to immediately start creating cool disaster graphics and colorful diagrams to illustrate what went wrong. And although the Post did try to muster up something worthy, they got nothing on the 3D multi angled-fully interactive Times map-chart. They not only show the flight path but they even squeeze in a great architectural rendering. There’s nothing tragic about this schema, it picture perfect.

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Attention artists. If you're looking to sell your work find yourselves some hedge funders, a good rep, and re-price your work to astronomical levels. The two paintings above, one by Jasper Johns (left) and the other by Willem de Kooning (right) were sold for a whopping total of $143 million to finance billionaires Kenneth C. Griffin and Steven A. Cohen. No word yet on whether they'll charge $50 to view the work like the purchasers of the gold speckled de Klimt did, but chances are these guys don't need and won’t, since they will probably just slap them up in their kitchens anyway.

Works by Johns and de Kooning Sell for $143.5 Million NYT

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Although many news outlets can't seem to confirm whether its a small plane or a helicopter, one thing is for sure, a 60 story building at 524 east 72nd St. is on fire. NY1 is reporting that the 20th floor of the Belaire Building was hit and people are trapped. No word on whether or not it's a terrorist attack but we will give a final tally of how many times Gothamist updates. Update: 17x

via Gothamist

Update: ABC news headline confirms it was a helicopter but can't get someone to update 'Plane Crash' graphic on website.
Update: ABC news headline now says it was a plane crash but can't get someone to update 'Helicopter Crash' graphic on website.
Update: ABC news headline finally match graphics and now we can properly assess tragedy: A small plane piloted by Yankees pitcher Cordy Lidle crashed into building on UES killing him, his passengers, and some residents.

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When we first published the picture above in our Wildlife issue we figured some people would get upset. Pointing a gun at the face of a poor little Dachshund would certainly rile up some of this country’s overly zealous dog lovers. But now that people are continually harassing photographer Will Sherman and in some cases even threatening his life we figured we would come clean and let you all in on a little secret. It’s a goddamn lighter not a gun, so stop your bitching and superfluous emails. Geez, can’t you take a joke? Then again, in a town that actually holds two Dachshund Festivals a year, the Fido-laden fanaticism all of a sudden made sense. After the jump we provide excerpts of some of the more incensed of the canine commenters, one guy even offering $2k to come rescue the thing.

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We always wondered how the hell street posterist Judith Supine created these posters. The multi-colored creations have been popping up all over the city so it was great to see him upload a video to YouTube to show us all how it's done. A quick walk over the Williamsburg Bridge, a funny disguise, some fashion magazines found in the trash, and a bucket of wheatpaste is all that's needed. Street art never looked so easy, plus you can't beat the soundtrack.

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Toy designer enthusiast, painter, and Thunderdog-founder Tristan Eaton decorated ad agency BBH's new HQ in Tribecca this past weekend. This is a nice touch to spice up what looks like an otherwise pretty mundane looking white walled office. Hopefully his muralisms will inspire some kick ass creative and something a little more interesting then telling people to buy Audi's because they have more patents than NASA.

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Now this is gonna be a party. Tomorrow night, NV, get it 'Envy' the 'beauty enhancing diet pill' is having its kick off party. We can't think of a better way to spend a Wednesday night than sweating it out to the sounds of DJ Samantha Ronson and checking out the newest way for the ladies to swallow all their caloric problems with this new magic pill:

"NV™’s unique three complex formula is a simple way to enhance a woman’s figure, radiate beauty and increase energy," said Electra. "I can identify with a woman’s desire to make her outer appearance match her inner glow, which is why my secret to maintaining my looks, energy and confidence is NV™

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Chrissy Conant is one of those ‘real’ artists. She jumps from medium to medium and never limits herself to one style or process. From her terror threat level for the office to her own brand of caviar her art actually makes you think, question, and do all that other stuff that art is supposed to help your brain do. She also likes bears, gets turned on by kitchen fires, and reads the drudgereport.com. She answers all our questions and discusses her primitive ritualistic art dance.

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By Amy Blair

Every October I manage to get myself all worked up over the fact that I don’t have a good Halloween costume to wear. I scour the internet, waste hours in Party City and vintage stores, and then when Halloween actually rolls around it always turns out that my plans suck, half of my friends don’t want to do anything and my costume completely blows anyway.

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Monster Cheesecake via aNYthing

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The above clip is last night's footage of Columbia University students storming the stage while Mexican-hunting Minuteman spokesperson, Jim Gilchrist, was giving a speech about the virtues of keeping illegals south of the border. Unfortunately, the footage is kind of shaky at first, thanks to Columbia University Television News' own Natalie Yammine's not-so-steady camera work. Although its hard to tell what exactly happened, it appears that some of the Minutemen crew and young Republican students who invited them weren't happy with the interruption, and decided to get into a tug of war using the protest banners students brought on stage. Chaos ensues and people got kicked in the head. But the best is about 3:07 in to the video, when a neo-Con student says "these people are animals" and claims they were "attacking invited guests." He then takes the politcal-moral high ground claiming that "no Conservative would ever act the way that we just saw the Democratic liberals act."
Minutemen Insanity at Columbia via Gothamist

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When it comes to "clubbing" in NYC many venues enforce basic dress codes. It usually means no sneakers, matching tracksuits, or baseball caps pulled over your eyes. But a nightclub in Nashville, Tennessee, On the Rocks, has taken dress code enforcement to all new levels and has actually banned specific brands. Ecko, Southpole, ENYCE, Sean John (even though they spell it Sean Jean on their window), Phat Farm, and FUBU have all been bounced from this Dirty South hot spot. When we first saw this list, we were like that's fucked up of them. How could they do this? This is just so wrong! Especially since the list is so incomplete. If you're gonna ban ghetto brands and really be a Redneck about how people dress, at least outlaw 'em all. After the jump we provide a comprehensive list of labels that should also be included in the ban if there is ever to be any conformity at this club.

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Ludlow Street, LES

Dewar's: Official Mediocre Scotch of The Huffington Post

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The Gray Lady Freemason Story regurgitator is at it again, October 4th, 2006:

"And the Masons have run advertisements in movie theaters and run one-day classes to award the first three Masonic degrees in a single session."

"...running ads in movie theaters and has scheduled controversial one-day class in March to bestow first three Masonic degrees in one sitting."

A Secret Society, Spilling a Few Secrets NYT
To Fill Its Ranks, Freemasonry Lifts Veil NYT

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Poor Details & GQ. Even their online version, Men.Style.Com, can't seem to get any NEW news. In their 'Crossing Delancey' piece today, they ‘report’ how many brands are tapping the LES ‘scenesters’ to be their models and spokespeople. They offer up artist Dash Snow as the new model for Adriano Goldschmied jeans as an example. Well that's awfully hip of them and all, but we'd hardly call that news. NYC-centric website Razor Apple actually mentioned Dash's modeling ways back on July 24th which Adrants then picked up, and they also gave us a glimpse of a fetal Snow before anyone else. We guess that is, technically enough time to just rehash and present as ‘news’, it is October 2nd afterall. Oh, and that Misshapes backpack that 'recently started appearing,' well, the Razor Apples also bagged that too back on August 4th. Note to GQ and Details' editors: a little technorati can go a long way.

Crossing Delancey via Gawker
Related: Dash Snow, the New Face of AG Jeans
Modeling Ain't Easy
Misshapes Bag a Backpack Deal
Hipster Fashion Brand Gets Hip With Hipster Artist

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Jim C. aka James Cornwell might be 50 years old, but his art still attracts the youngins. This artist first started making his work in the East Village in the early 1980's, back when that area housed afterhours-art galleries, and when the neighborhood was still ripe with burned out cars and junkies. He creates an assortment of work from video art, sculpture, giclee, all which can then be remixed and made into even newer work. Jim C. is looking to sell out but it must be under the right conditions as NYU's Fales Library can attest to when they offered him 20k for his video art but couldn't get the contract right. Oh, and Carlo McCormick, you better holler at this guy, he says you owe him something.

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Darth Vader playing a violin video: aznqtpie08

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