 GothamList This Week: Gonzo, Deneuve, Tunnel People
Hello, we have decided to give our readers events for the entire week—which means we're folding in our GothamList newsletter into the Gothamist Daily. From now on, events will be included in the Monday edition of the newsletter, and this week, the picks include a celebration of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas's 40th anniversary, the St. Patrick's Day Parade, a searing documentary about gritty 1990s NYC and more. [ VIEW NOW ] |
 Have you spotted a "Hipster Trap" in your neighborhood? Reddit user gigaface writes, "Just met this guy setting up 'hipster traps' in NYC, baited with PBR and American Spirits. Awesome work." But where's the Four Loko and belt buckle MetroCard holders? Pshaw, this would never fool a Kyp Malone-level hipster. [MORE]  | Should flight attendants have to be fluent in religious rituals? We wonder because for the second time in a little more than a year a flight has been disturbed when Orthodox Jews praying with tefillin were confused with terrorists getting ready to terrorize. Last January a flight out of LaGuardia was diverted to Philly over the prayer ritual and then yesterday a similar confusion struck an Alaska Airlines flight from Mexico City to LA. After concerns were raised the airplane was swarmed by police, FBI and customs agents when it landed at LAX. ... [ MORE ] |  | A 55-year-old tourist from Indiana was arrested yesterday after attempting to enter the Empire State Building with a gun in his backpack. Security guards found the .32-caliber revolver after his backpack set off the metal detectors, and the man was taken to the Midtown South station house, where he reportedly argued that he has a permit for the gun in his home state. ... [ MORE ] |  | Mayor Bloomberg may be short in stature, but he's held in quite high regard in certain circles: he's been hailed as a visionary for programs such as PlaNYC2030, and "innovative" for his implementation of bike-lanes throughout the city. "In many ways he's the only mayor who's really thought long-term. He may be looking forward in directions that people aren't particularly happy about, but he's looking forward," said Doug Muzzio, a professor at CUNY and a frequent Bloomberg critic. And tomorrow, we'll all be graced with our visionary leader's next great step into the beyond!... [ MORE ] |  | This YouTube video claims to reveal a simple, ingenious method for overriding video screens broadcasting ads in Times Square and elsewhere. Is it real? Well, it certainly looks that way, so if this is fake you've got to them credit for verisimilitude. According to the video, all you need to hijack the Times Square ad phantasmagoria is an iPhone, a video transmitter, and a video repeater "which takes any signal coming out of the iPhone and boosts it and enhances it." This gadget overrides any video screen that it's being held next to, if the YouTube is to be believed:... [ MORE ] | | |
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