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Antishopping Makes Baby Jesus Happy

Just in time for the birthday of shop-loving Baby Jesus, the Times covers shop-dropping, the practice of placing items in stores. (Aww, remember the Barbie Liberation Organization?) They also stumble on one of our faves, Packard Jennings—if you find yourself in San Francisco in January, he'll have a new show at Catharine Clark Gallery. (But how will he disrupt his own commodification in the gallery???) The anarchist action figure he leaves in Target stores are really super—and the business-reply pamphlet is extra-dreamy.

Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage [NYT]

9:30 AM on Mon Dec 24 2007
By Choire
1,236 views, 20 comments

Latest by N/A: If eating a tasty tasty delicious big mac is wrong, i don't want to be right baby! more »

hike the fare-old

UN-FARE! MTA APPROVES HOLIDAY HIKE

  • 30-day unlimited cards are now $81, 7-day cards $25, and the brand-new 14-day card will be $47.
  • "The bonus for regular pay-per-ride cards will be reduced to 15 percent from 20 percent, but the threshold for receiving the bonus will also be reduced, to $7 from $10" and we don't know how this works exactly because who the hell is buying a $7 MetroCard?? Do people commute on the AirTran or something?
  • LIRR and Metro-North fares are rising too but ehh.
  • Oh and E-Z Pass tolls will go up but see above.
  • The train(s) you ride every day will continue to suck, a lot.
  • Is something up with the F train? Anybody?

    • 2:10 PM on Wed Dec 19 2007
    By Pareene
    2,010 views, 52 comments

    Latest by Constant Dater: @demetria23: Seriously, I got to the platform at 7th Ave. at about 8:10 and actually was able to fit onto more »

    Rabble Rabble! Viacom Walkout [Flickr]

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