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Big Titty Mannequins
By 11.7.06
Mannequins are disturbing enough, but do we really need to give them size D breasts?
Random Halloween Shit
By 11.1.06
• If you’re stuck in a crush at the Halloween parade, a good way to escape is to elbow your way to the front and scooch under the police barrier. When the cop stops you and says, “Where do you think you’re going?” Exclaim, “We need to get out of here, it’s a medical emergency.” This really happened to us just a few hours ago. And dude in the suit who refused to move his arm, saying, “Hey man, I don’t know you,” nearly preventing our girlfriend from getting through, if we ever see you again, we’re punching your lights out.
Time Warner Won’t Fix Connection Broken For Years
By 10.26.06
The horror of Time Warner Cable NYC is legion, a textbook example of monopolies abusing consumers customers.
Pro-Walmart Art Parade A Rousing Success
By 9.15.06
By all accounts, it appears Bob Snead’s up with Walmart parade went off very well last Saturday.
Be A Walmart Greeter This Saturday
By 9.6.06
Bob Snead will give you a Walmart vest and Tshirt if you walk with him during the Deitch Projects Art Parade this Saturday.
Consumer Blasts Verizon With Car Windows
By 8.25.06
Another fine example of people using their cars as anti-corporate billboards. What really makes this one, however, is what the owner decided to park his car in front of.
Improv Everywhere Invades Home Depot
By 8.25.06
Softcore agit prop group Improv Everywhere sent 255 people to Home Depot in Manhattan to shop very slowly for five minutes.
Whorehouse Gives Great Customer Service
By 8.7.06
Sometimes stories of wonderful care for the customer shows up in the oddest places, like a massage parlor on the Lower East Side.
Other Music Through the Exploding Looking Glass
By 5.23.06
If you’ve never been to Other Music in New York you may not appreciate this as much but OM is an awesome lil music store at East 4th and Lafayette. Contrary to what this video might have you believe, the people are actually super friendly and helpful. There is a certain elitist air but that’s because they know their shit and they know they know it.
Turning the Tables on the Hudson
By 5.23.06
Robert Norton is staying at the Hudson Hotel here in New York and his feet are cold:
Apple Store Opening Revealed
By 5.22.06
Here’s everything we missed by staying home from the Apple Store opening on Friday.
Apartment ‘Painted’ With 100 Gallons
By 5.15.06
Rent-stabilized apartments in New York are the bane of their landlords, gnashing their teeth like the rats they unleash to drive out unwanted tenants.
Peeping Tom on 5th Ave Shop Windows
By 5.12.06
As promised, the results of our Tuesday stroll down 5th avenue, peeking inside all the windows and seeing what we could see. Not all stores are represented in this set; frankly, we found many of the displays tired and staid. Here’s a few things that caught our eye, in a magic Flickr gallery.
Everything Must Go
By 5.12.06
We thought there was something a little perfect about this picture we took on Tuesday of a shopkeep lording over his bronze lions and 50% off all NY souvenirs.
