Artist Joshua Allen Harris decided one day to make an inflatable bear that automatically inflates when the subway passes by.
The flacid bear gets attached to a subway grate. The flow of air passing up from below as the train goes by inflates the bear to full, four-legged stance.
I’m not really sure if i find the bear itself a little creepy though. Either way, it is very cool.
I’m shocked the artist wasn’t arrested by homeland security though.
I love a good subway mariachi band. By far the most entertaining of the “on-train” subway performances.
How do you know it’s raining out in NYC? Your commute will probably look something like this…or worse.
http://www.viddler.com/player/cc623012/
Let me sum up what you’re seeing. You stand on the musty platform waiting forever for your train to arrive. It finally does, and maybe you’re lucky enough to get on.
A few stops later, you find out over the PA that you’re train is going to go express or bypass stops. Not just one or two stops, but something like 50 stops. So then you get off on an already crowded platform to wait for the train that is allegedly right behind your current train. Above is what you see.
Also, in case you didn’t notice, SUBWAYblogger got a small digital video camera. So now, none of you are safe!
The tracks or rails of the subway are actually supposed to flex to some degree as the trains run over them. They bow and bend slightly in response to the stress placed on them.
If they were to ridged, they would literally snap when rolled over. So they need to bend somewhat.
Well, the tracks at one of my subway stop bend a LOT! The bend down easily 6 or 8 inches when the train passes. The whole track dips including the wooden stretchers. The tracks are laid over gravel stones instead of concrete, so there’s space under neath them.
Then the train comes, they bend. There’s also a rail joint at that same spot. So when the train goes by and hits the joint, there’s a very loud bang.
I tried to get this video to show it. You can somewhat see the rail move if you look closely. In person, you can really see it.
This little gem contributed by SUBWAYblogger reader “M”:
Ugh. Happy Holidays.
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A hunk of burning love suck on the subway in Paris.
I feel like this guy almost every day on the subway, but mostly just in the summer. However, I’ve never really thought to verbalize it quite the way he did. Bravo my friend.
Man launches into torrent of expletives on the train. Warning: Very graphic language.
Have you seen this video. It’s like a Craigslist “Missed Connection”…only way more gay. There, I said it.
But, the romantics here at SUBWAYblogger decided to throw the kid a bone, and post it.
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=373021&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=
Patrick discusses the girl of his dreams from Jakob Lodwick on Vimeo.
If this turns out to be some sort of hoax, I’m going to be rippin’ pissed. On the other hand, if he finally meets her, I totally want to see a picture of this chick.In other news, even if he doesn’t meet her, he’s now got thousands of other single hot girls wanting his shit. So either way, he’s totally set. If that was the plan from the get-go, this may have been the most genius idea in the history of mankind.
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