NEW YORK (AP) ― A New York City transit agency says it plans to unveil its first subway car to be fully wrapped in advertising. Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials say on Thursday they’ll present a midtown Manhattan shuttle train ensconced in advertising for The History Channel.

Via WCBStv.com

 New art Installations in the UK from artist D*Face.

 

Join Constructed Perfection for their first public art project, this Saturday, Oct 4th in Prospect Park entitled Art Response.  All artists are invited to bring your supplies, canvas and creativity to “Paint your response to present day America”.  They will then go to Grand Army Plaza to silently show the public for 15 minutes.  The art starts at 11am, for more info click here

And you thought Drum and Bass was only popular in urban areas?

 
Our dude from Philly Stress The Whiteboy is getting down with Travis McCoy (of Gym Class Heros) for a new project. Stress is a multi-talented dude, working with photography as well as music (running Chop Shop studios and DJing for acts like Gym Class Heros, Reef The Lost Cause and more) . Check out what their new project is all about here:

Travis McCoy “Death Comedy Jam” @ ChopShop Studio! from Stress The Whiteboy on Vimeo.

Also in Philly Bellringers news, our long awaited Philly Bellringers cap is NOW available on our on-line store and will be in shops in Philly (and nation-wide) very soon.

Big big tune. Thanks to MissInfo for hipping us to this.

Legendary Hip Hop graphic artist Cey Adams has just released a new book entitled:
DEFinition: The Art and Design of Hip-Hop. Cey designed countless record covers for Def Jam throughout the years, along with his many other contributions to the look and feel of published Hip-Hop images. Last night, Cey (along with co-author Bill Adler) set off the occasion with a stellar event and art show at New York’s Redbull space. Bringing together a who’s who of Def Jam and Hip-Hop culture’s past, legendary Hip Hop design and graf figures such as Haze, Lee Quinones, Dr. Revolt and Team were in attendance, in addition to Hip Hop notables Large Pro, Positive K, Charlie Ahearn, Crazy Legs and MCA. The event featured artwork from artists including: Haze, Cey Adams, Angela Boatwright, Nika Sarabi and more. Adrock and legendary DJ Chuck Chillout held down the DJ duties.

NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to try to reverse the term-limits law he had long supported so he can seek a third term next year and help the city emerge from financial turmoil, a person close to the mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

VIA The AP

This, after he was quoted as saying this move was “disgusting” previously.

As downtown New Yorkers grew tired of the bar scene, there arose a need for something else besides belligerent door men, sloppy loose chicks, mooching of your boy’s bottle, lists, bad djs and hot smokey, skinny spaces. Enter The Bench: A public outing (and ceremony even) created three men of leisure, three men of renaissance, three men who just want to chill in public sometimes. These three men are non-other than Matt Goias, Max Glazer and On-The-Go Ari. Thanks to these men, along with fourth man Espo (known to his mommy as Steven Powers) and several other leisure seeking downtown folks, we all were given a place to see life pass us by together, right on the street, on the corner of Houston and Orchard in the Lower East Side.The bench attracted the brightest “talent” that downtown New York has to offer.

Now, the guys who brought you The Bench, bring you their new blog Business Class NYC. Judging from their gut-busting antics of the past, this should be a regular visit for your RSS reader. We have only one question for the Bench guys: When is it coming back?

Pictured above: Dante Ross’ grammy at The Bench.

The homie Muggs and the spit machine Planet Asia will be making a special appearance at SouthPaw in Brooklyn this  Wednesday. An appearance from Muggs in New York isn’t common, so we’re excited for this. Additionally, Cypress Hill is being honored at VH1’s Hip Hop Honors next Monday. Muggs and Planet Asia can be found together on their new album Pain Language, out now.