The W train appeared on the Oscars’ “In Memoriam” segment last night. One big name that didn’t appear was the M train. Fans of the M line are up in arms about this blatant omission. A candlelight vigil is planned for next Thursday.
Via @FakeMTA
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Poster Boy Returns for a Cause
Thursday, March 04th, 2010 | Author: Jowy
Poster Boy, "Unfare"
In his first new advertising mashup flickr post since April 2009, Poster Boy targets the subway fare. The work is probably not current considering there are no Harry Potter ads in circulation right now, but is an older work posted for the first time to draw attention to a petition to save student MetroCards which he linked to in the image’s caption. We encourage you to sign it and help this cause!
In other Poster Boy-related news, it seems his upcoming book, The War of Art, will be released later than originally expected. The publisher’s website sets the release as May 2010, although Amazon.com still has the date as March 23rd. The book is expected to include many of his works which were completed after he stopped posting on flickr.
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Now Showing in a Crapper Near You
Tuesday, March 02nd, 2010 | Author: Jowy
Shitter Island – Mark Ruffalo and Leonardo DiCrapio team up as a pair of U.S. Marshals who travel to a secluded island off the coast of Massachusetts to search for the perfect place to drop a deuce, uncovering a web of deception along the way as they battle the calls of nature and a prison riot in this Martin Scorsese-helmed poo picture.
From the Church Avenue-bound platform at Metropolitan Avenue. Photo by Miss Heather of NewYorkShitty.
Check out NewYorkShitty.com for lots more funny New York photos!
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Only in New York
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | Author: Jowy
What do Times Square, the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station and a homeless man in an MTA shirt rolling around the floor of a subway car holding a chicken have in common? ONLY. IN. NEW. YORK.
From The Gothamist’s interview with Kylie of 2PxNaPpod who documented this unusual scene:
We boarded the 6 train at 33rd street around 7pm last night, and noticed a large scarcity of passengers in one section of the train. Upon looking down, it I saw first a live chicken, then noticed it was wrapped in the loving arms of an apparent homeless man wearing at MTA shirt.
He kept picking up the chicken, holding it over his head, kissing it, hugging it, and more inappropriate things that I will refrain from detailing. In the simple words of my fellow passenger, Charlotte, “That is straight-up chicken abuse.”
No one on the train was shy about photographing this man, as he was seemingly oblivious to his surroundings. It was truly an only-in-New-York event, a phrase that was uttered several times throughout the short ride.
In the words of evening news anchor Ernie Anastos: Keep fuckin’ that chicken.
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Follow Us On Twitter
Monday, January 18th, 2010 | Author: Jowy
The Subway Art Blog now has its own Twitter account where we will be posting extra content not found on the main site.
Keep an eye out for bonus photos, links, retweets of subway art, and tweets about new stuff on the blog!
Follow us @SubwayArtBlog
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MetroCard Mods
Monday, January 18th, 2010 | Author: Jowy
Graphic designer Shane Keaney asks the question: What if we could customize our MetroCards? His thought is if they were customizable, people would hold on to them for longer and would create less waste. So Shane created a sticker template and created several cards like the ones above. Check out more at his Behance portfolio.
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Service Announcements by FakeMTA
Thursday, November 26th, 2009 | Author: Jowy
Twitter account @FakeMTA gives us many things to be thankful for this year, like these tweets:
Steinbrenner family charged w/ inhumane treatment of 4, B and D trains.
New Brooklyn-bound L trains will replaced by overpriced “vintage” trains.
MTA to hold first annual Thanksgiving Rat Shoot: Nov. 25, all Lower East Side stations.
Go follow them now! Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks to Laura Senteno for the tip.
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Lego/Resident Evil Crossover
Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | Author: Jowy
It is pretty amazing how frequently I find content for Subway Art Blog in the places I least expect. This one is from my favorite video game blog, Kotaku, and it happens to be extremely appropriate for this holiday weekend. Happy Halloween!
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