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Poster Boy is what some might consider to be the New York version of Banksy, and while it’s hard to equate artists, he does seem to have a similar urban art style. Using a razor blade, Poster Boy slices advertisements found in subway terminals to create new pieces of art.
After seeing the site from my previous post, I remembered seeing an entry on Towleroad, about the rising number of gay ‘zines in NYC. He references a story in New York Magazine, “New York-Based Gay Magazines Are Thriving”.
“The seventies saw the first rise in ’zine culture, and then again in the mid-eighties, when the plain-paper copier made life easier. But the last few years have definitely been a new phenomenon.” Bronson credits Butt magazine, founded in Amsterdam and now edited in New York, with influencing a new generation of titles that are at once arty and dirty
Above is a shot of Pinups, a photo zine featuring one or two men per issue, and the pages can be removed to form a large poster.
Here’s a list of some NYC ‘zines and their URLs, courtesy of Towleroad.com after the jump… Continue reading ‘Gay ‘zines on the rise in NYC’
The wacky folks at Improv Everywhere have pulled another prank. This one involved a bunch of identical twins, dressing the same and sitting on oppopsite sides of the subway.
It created a “human mirror” effect, causing some hilarious reactions from other riders. If you are a Binghamton student you make recognize one of the pair of twins, the Rosenblums, who are seniors at Binghamton.
Human Mirror at Improv Everywhere
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