Adam “MCA” Yauch Tribute / Buddhist Monks
It has been a year since the death of Adam “MCA” Yauch and to pay tribute, a group of Buddhist monks gathered in Union Square, New York City on MCA-DAY to bust a few breakdancing moves. Adam Yauch was a humanitarian and a faithful Buddhist who fought for Tibetan independence. –@s_iravani
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One World Trade Center BASE Jump
Dude. Cray cray. I just shat my pantaloons. –@teemunny via Deadspin New York Post: Trespassing WTC BASE jumper only regrets getting caught Daily News: EXCLUSIVE: Authorities to charge four men in skydive from 1 World Trade Center Long Island Newsday: LI trio charged in BASE jump from 1 World Trade Center
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Kesh Angels / Hassan Hajjaj
Kesh Angels is a stunning series exposing the motorbike girl gangs of Morocco. The photos were captured by British-Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj. Kesh Angels is currently on view at the Taymour Grahne gallery in New York City. –@ybaynes
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Sweeping Photos / Stephen Wilkes
Stephen Wilkes is the first to admit the huge photos in his Day to Night series take an absurd amount of time and effort to produce. And he knows you might wonder why he’d spend 15 hours shooting an image and weeks editing it. But in an era when anyone with a phone can snap a pic and […]
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Ghost / Thomas Eberwein, Thomas Traum and Tim Gfrerer
The scene is seen through a camera roaming over the landscape, with the environment transitioniong through a set of pre-defined moods. Landscape moods influence the intensity of the storm, the music, the fog colour and the sound effects. The scene may transition from intense, loud and aggressive storms to gentle, quiet snow flurries. When a visitor […]
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Manhattan (Official Music Video) / Cat Power
The second video from Cat Power‘s new album Sun. The music artist takes a brisk stroll and ride(s) through the Big Apple in this love letter and video directed by Greg Hunt and Chan Marshall, herself. Check out her previous video Cherokee, below, also directed by the elusive singer. –@teemunny
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The Mahdi (Official Music Video) / The Underachievers
Here’s the official video for The Mahdi by The Underachievers. The fresh, new hip hop duo consists of Issa Dash and AK of Brooklyn, New York. Also, check out Herb Shuttles below, the track that caught the attention of Flying Lotus, who eventually signed them with Brainfeeder records. –@s_iravani
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Powers Surge (Skateboarding Video) / Palace
Two notable fashion houses of 1990s sensibilities — Shawn Powers and Palace Skateboards — have joined forces to bring you their latest collection, “POWER SURGE.” Given a focus on quick ollies, lines on both sides of the street and a great many of spots that were previously not thought of as spots, their collaborative effort […]
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Catching Sunlight / Alan Friedman
My photographs comprise a solar diary, portraits of a moment in the life of our local star. Most are captured from my backyard in Buffalo, NY. Using a small telescope and narrow band filters I can capture details in high resolution and record movements in the solar atmosphere that change over hours and sometimes minutes. […]
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Windows of New York / José Guízar
Windows of New York by José Guízar: The Windows of New York project is a weekly illustrated fix for an obsession that has increasingly grown in me since chance put me in this town. A product of countless steps of journey through the city streets, this is a collection of windows that somehow have caught my […]
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If You Love Me (Official Music Video) / BenZel x Jessie Ware
A collaboration by UK RNB sensation Jessie Ware and a pair of wunderkind producers from Osaka, Japan. The duo is known as BenZel (15 year-old Umi Takahashi and 16-year old Yoko Watanabe) and are based in New York. They both traveled to New York through their local foreign exchange program. They met in early 2012 through an online […]
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Lights Out (Photos of NYC Blackout) / Several Seconds (Paul McGeiver)
Here are some eerie and gorgeous photographs by New York City-based photographer Paul McGeiver (Several Seconds). They capture Manhattan during the heart of the blackout, the mass power outage caused by Hurricane Sandy. McGeiver manages to capture the darkness and rich texture of the metropolis in its most haunting hour; the city appearing like an apocalyptic […]
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