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September 29, 2007
Here's some Saturday afternoon cuteness. We're hoping for a day when pandas can come to NYC, but we suppose panda paperwork takes a while.... [continue]
| September 25, 2007
Secrets of New York New York's municipal cable channel NYC TV is making its shows available on demand for online viewers. This could be the biggest workplace timewaster ever invented, because we love shows like "Secrets of New York," "Cool in Your Code," and "$9.99." NYC TV has revolutionized municipal TV in the last few years by departing from standard public access fare and presenting well-produced, interesting programming that offers a lot to both... [continue]
September 20, 2007
In 1982 Matt Dillon hosted a film on the history of the amusement park (in particular roller coasters) called Wild Rides. He discusses a lot of the Coney Island rides, and there's some great old footage -- check out that "human pool table"! We'd be interested in seeing some numbers on how many people got injured on rides during this time. There are also some shots of Steeplechase Park which opened in 1897, we wonder... [continue]
September 18, 2007
Obama Girl is back, not digging dudes with iPhones, and crushing on some U.S. soldiers. The latest video salutes the troops, and Ben Relles, creator of BarelyPolitical.com, says "this time, humor isn’t the primary goal. Our ambitions are a little bit higher and a little bit different. We wanted to do something that was honoring the troops but also honoring the wives and husbands and girlfriends." The video was made for $10K and shot entirely... [continue]
September 17, 2007
As Led Zeppelin announced last week that they would play a reunion show in London, those outside of the UK wonder if they'll embark on a worldwide reunion tour. The one-off show is in honor of Ahmet Ertegun, and will include John Bonham's son Jason on drums. The band is no stranger to New York, one of their album covers was shot on St. Mark's Place, and their 1976-released live concert film was comprised of... [continue]
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September 13, 2007
The Colbert Report got a double dose of the Bloomberg administration yesterday. Not only was Schools Chancellor Joel Klein the interview guest, there was a short bit about Stephen Colbert "interrupting" a mayoral speech in Times Square to ask Mayor Bloomberg to sign his cast. The Bloomberg video is above and video of Klein's segment is below. During his appearance, Klein discussed the city's cash incentive pilot program for the poor where family members... [continue]
September 12, 2007
Isn't it sweet (or cliché) when you go to a baseball game and the jumbotron flashes a marriage proposal? It's such a nice personal event that the couple is sharing with thousands of other people. While we secretly hope that someone says no, this prank proposal at Yankee Stadium takes things to a whole new level. Some background: two College Humor guys have been engaged in a "Prank War" starting earlier this year. The... [continue]
September 11, 2007
New York's Healing Field is currently residing at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn (until tomorrow). It's comprised of 3,000 3x5 foot flags that are standing 8 feet tall. Here's GerritsenBeach.net's glimpse at what it looks like: There are smaller memorial fields currently located in Washington DC, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The first was in Sandy, Utah in 2002.... [continue]
September 10, 2007
New York's Tugboat Race, recently profiled in The NY Times, was held on September 2nd -- bringing many a tugboat out to the Hudson River for a one nautical mile race. The urban, aquatic equivalent of a tractor pull is quite the spectacle, check out the dash for the finish line below: More photos from the race here.... [continue]
September 4, 2007
In August Judith Supine added some flare to the Manhattan Bridge by hanging a 50-foot piece of art off of it. As a follow-up he brings another work to go "bathing" in the East River with him... That's probably less safe than swimming with the sharks.... [continue]