Banksy in New York

Wooster Collective posted the details of Banksy’s new show in New York, running until the end of the month in the West Village. He’s converted a 7th Avenue shop space into the “Village Pet Store And Charcoal Grill.” Inside is a very bizarre collection of frozen food animals and animantronics. The show [...]

Prototype 161 NYC Event on 10/31

Remember the Sea of Glass paperweight we mentioned the other week? Well today I got something new in the mail that explains it all. Prototype 161, the new Alternate Reality Game masterminds in New York, are staging their next event on Halloween. Someone from the group sent me a letter announcing the [...]

Useless Bucks

Taking inspiration from Abbie Hoffman’s legendary stock exchange prank, our friend Joey Skaggs posted this call to action last week on his blog The Art of the Prank: Calling All Pranksters (and non-pranksters too)! Greed, dishonesty, government deregulation and lack of oversight got us into the largest global financial crisis since the Depression. Express your outrage at [...]

Shitty McCain Campaign Signs

Someone has been putting little tiny McCain campaign signs in the dog doo left on the streets of Venice, California. See the complete set of photos. Reminds us of the Sprinkle Brigade: (Sprinkle Brigade coverage starts at 1:19) addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Furbanprankster.com%2F2008%2F10%2Fshitty-mccain-campaign-signs%2F'; addthis_title = 'Shitty+McCain+Campaign+Signs'; addthis_pub = [...]