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Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins and Alec Atkins are three sixth graders from Brooklyn that make up the heavy metal band, Unlocking The Truth. Kevin Shea Adams of Noisey reports that they have been “absolutely destroying Times Square” with their “seriously brutal metalcore” and that they are “better than whatever sixth grade band you were in.” Adams recently interviewed these talented boys and learned, amongst other things, what it’s like for the band to play Times Square:

Jarad: There’s a lot of constructive criticism during the day. The bucket seems to get full every set from now on since Alec has joined the band and everybody’s been looking for us to get a bass player. Everything’s been going very good in Times square. The thing is I hate when we gotta pay for our own food and drinks and hot chocolate or whatever ’cause in Times square in April it’s kind of cold but then in the afternoon it gets hot and then it goes back cold again. We had to pay for hot chocolate, it came out of our expenses.

Here they are performing in New York City:

They also recently performed on Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell:

“Kamau and Living Colour’s Vernon Reid visit pre-teen metal band Unlocking the Truth at their home in Brooklyn to see where it all began:”

photos by Kevin Shea Adams for Noisey

video 1 by The Avant Garde Diaries, video 2 via fuel10988, video 3 and 4 by Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell

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photo by Naho Kubota

Museum is a tiny museum of oddities that is tucked in the side of a building in a Manhattan alleyway. The one-room museum is housed in the bottom of a converted freight elevator shaft that opens to the street. The space has been retrofitted with lighting, shelves, and glass doors that keep the museum’s collection on display 24 hours a day. Museum specializes in the eclectic—the current season of 15 collections includes bulletproof Disney backpacks, Cambodian menu photo rejects, and toothpaste tubes from around the world. The museum was founded by the Red Bucket Films studio in May 2012. For more on Museum, see this article by Collectors Weekly.

A bulletproof Disney backpack currently on display at Museum.

photo via Museum

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Figure 1 is a photo sharing app specifically aimed at healthcare professionals. The iOS app allows healthcare professionals to upload and share medical photos—depicting surgical procedures, medical conditions, and so on—while maintaining privacy through built-in blur tools. It also includes an in-app consent form for patients. Figure 1 was created by Canadian software company Movable Science. It is available for free on iTunes.

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The first episode of the documentary series “The Art of Punk” takes a look at the art of hardcore punk band Black Flag. The band’s stylized flag logo, poster and cover art, and even its name were created by artist and early band member Raymond Pettibone. The video was created by Bryan Ray Turcotte and Bo Bushnell for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

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In this security camera footage posted on YouTube by the Marin Independent Journal, a 93-year-old woman careens backward down a sidewalk in San Rafael, California, narrowly missing two Guide Dogs for the Blind trainers. One blindfolded trainer was assessing O’Neil the 18-month-old guide dog’s skill while accompanied by another trainer when O’Neil turned around, alerting the non-blindfolded trainer who then pushed the trio out of harm’s way.

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The 31st annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the largest art parade in America, takes place June 22, 2013 at 2 PM. This year’s parade features Judah Friedlander as King Neptune and Carole Radziwill as Queen Mermaid. The parade will be followed by an official after party, the Mermaid Riverboat Ball. Mermaids and mermen looking for alternative after party can attend The Drunken Mermaid Gala at the Gowanus Ballroom, featuring the Extra Action Marching Band. And if you’re in need of a last-minute costume, look no further than this DIY squid costume by Tool Using Animal.

The parade was in danger of being canceled this year due to after effects of Hurricane Sandy, but the parade’s organizer, Coney Island USA, prevented the cancellation by raising more than $100,000 on Kickstarter.

The Mermaid Parade is the largest art parade in the nation. A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 1,500 creative individuals from all over the five boroughs and beyond, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The parade highlights Coney Island Pageantry based on a century of many Coney parades, celebrates the artistic vision of the masses, and ensures that the summer season is a success by bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the amusement area in a single day.

The Konstruktor is a plastic SLR analog camera that is sold as a DIY model kit. Created by Lomography, the 35mm camera features a top-down viewfinder, multiple exposure function, and a detachable lens.

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