If the proposed merger between Comcast and Time Warner Cable is approved, the two worst-rated internet service providers in the country will join forces to become the “largest media, cable, and internet company in the world,” warns City Public Advocate Letitia James. In New York, it could mean that low-income New Yorkers, who already have […]
Here are some art, film, music and other things happening in NYC so you can Have a Good Weekend. Drop your suggestions in the comments or to tips@animalnewyork.com. FRIDAY 49°F LOW 38°F In theaters: One of the best films of the year L’il Quinquin is already open; old school New York gets a fresh look […]
When I proposed to create a project in which the anonymized women — accounted for as flags or notches in the writings of Bang author Roosh V — have a space to share their perspective on their sexual exchanges with him, I did not expect to end up having a two hour long interview with […]
Getting in is no easy feat — through a hatch on a busy street, like Alice in Wonderland, scrambling along a ladder quickly enough to be swallowed up by the city unnoticed to end up in this abandoned subway station — a breathtaking, mystical space in Lower Manhattan. It’s what I imagine would have been a major pedestrian plaza […]
Jason Wulf, a Queens resident who’s better known to the world as graffiti legend DG, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 42. Hailing from Ridgewood, DG was a prolific writer, artist, and founder of NWC (New Wave Crew). His tags, his throw ups, his fill-ins, his pieces, his canvasses — were all dope. […]
There’s all sorts of theories on why Banksy’s NYC-based Better Out Than In work is getting stomped out so quickly. According to one “graffiti historian,” writers don’t like Banksy’s art because he’s “pandering to the mainstream.” But that’s not it, graffiti has always attempted to poke its stick into the mainstream, even while its participants–for […]
The write-in vote remains one of the greatest, most useless tools in the American democratic system. Don’t like the assholes offered up by your political party of choice? Just write in literally anyone else–your dad, your high school English teacher, your favorite cartoon character. It’s often a gesture without any pragmatic effect, but writing in […]
Issue 9 of artsy culture magazine King Brown is out and it’s dope. It features interviews with the likes of Dabs & Myla, Ed Templeton, NYCHOS, Ghostpatrol, HuskMitNavn, Unga (Broken Fingaz crew), Numskull, Vans the Omega, and Ozzie Wright, among others. One of my favorite staples of the limited edition mag that was founded by […]
India’s not the best place to be a raging homosexual but it’s certainly not the worst. There’s one legally-married gay couple, and their biggest export is the campy musical, most notably the three-hour twerk dramas of Shahrukh Khan. There’s also the Holi festival for people who want to be rainbows. India has 22 officially recognized […]
Graffiti artists REVOK and POSE have finished painting the Bowery Wall after what has to be one of the most intensive six days ever devoted to the spot. And it’s a masterpiece. It’s also a massive RIP wall dedicated to some of graffiti most’s talented writers who passed away such as DONDI, IZ, NEKST, TIE, […]
