Dec 20, 2008
Hols
I've just made an executive decision and decided to take 10 days off from Lefties (and The Street). Truth is I'm house sitting and only have dial up and it would take me till next christmas to load any images anyway.
In the meantime, I'm still in town so will still be collecting images and haps and will be back fresh-as on New Years Day.
Hope you get some holidays worth remembering and some bling worth keeping ;-)
E
Dec 19, 2008
Disco Inferno
Was a treat having Stray in town mixing it up with IKON, fellow crew member of RTR...
Some of the best news lately - NeoNate's back in town and he's spending some quality time with Drypnz.
Reeeeallly looking forward to more colabs from those two!!
BTW: Really getting into the Tag Talk comments - keep throwing them up...
Reeeeallly looking forward to more colabs from those two!!
BTW: Really getting into the Tag Talk comments - keep throwing them up...
Dec 18, 2008
H8 | CAST | QUEW | VIEW
Have you ever met someone who seems to be, or should be, their own Reality TV show?
I was dropping our visitor off at the train station after a very productive week and ran into a couple of writers we don't see much down the alley anymore.
One of them went on to tell me about the weekend where he got drunk, tagged what he thought was someone's fence, which was actually someones house, fell asleep right there and woke up with the houses someone standing over him and calling the cops. Then he spent the night in the cells with no pillow or blanket.
I'd say he would've needed a Nana the next day for sure - what do you think?! lol
Everytime I talk to this dude he's been up to shit that someone couldn't write a script for ;-)
Dec 17, 2008
Peace Mishin'
Some highlights of the day...
At one point there were about 30 people down the alley.
I overheard two convo's between opposing crew members with beefs but both times they talked about them then carried on with the day without any agro.
The surrounding tenants were super patient with the space invaders hanging around their doorways and one Copper wandered down once early on in the piece without a word.
But the most encouraging news is that all the building owners turned up at some stage during the day and were overwhelmingly supportive - so much so that there's a high chance we'll be able to do this all again, but on both sides.
Personally - I'm really proud of everyone who turned up. Not many people passing through would have been aware of the swapfests and colabs that were going down all day with older writers helping out younger ones etc.
At one stage I was hit with spin out deja vu, then I suddenly realised I was looking at what I saw in that dream I told you about months ago...
"Last night I had a dream where I climbed through one of those little windows down the alley - I wasn't the only one, Trust Me was climbing through it too. It was kind of like a doorway or portal we had to go through to get into the alley and when we got through it was sunny and there were funky tattooed, pierced women sitting around on picnic blankets eating and laughing with each other and kids running around and writers getting up everywhere, helping each other, sharing gear.
The feeling of community was overwhelming and sitting grinning in a corner, marvelling proudly at the unity around me, all I could think was "...who would've thought?!..."
One of the writers who got up in the weekend was adamant he wasn't going to. He said it was a waste of time cos it would only get munted with tags as usual.
Of course he got itchy fingers as soon as the cans came out though and couldn't help himself.
By the end he was all We need to do this again like soon man!
At one point there were about 30 people down the alley.
I overheard two convo's between opposing crew members with beefs but both times they talked about them then carried on with the day without any agro.
The surrounding tenants were super patient with the space invaders hanging around their doorways and one Copper wandered down once early on in the piece without a word.
But the most encouraging news is that all the building owners turned up at some stage during the day and were overwhelmingly supportive - so much so that there's a high chance we'll be able to do this all again, but on both sides.
Personally - I'm really proud of everyone who turned up. Not many people passing through would have been aware of the swapfests and colabs that were going down all day with older writers helping out younger ones etc.
At one stage I was hit with spin out deja vu, then I suddenly realised I was looking at what I saw in that dream I told you about months ago...
"Last night I had a dream where I climbed through one of those little windows down the alley - I wasn't the only one, Trust Me was climbing through it too. It was kind of like a doorway or portal we had to go through to get into the alley and when we got through it was sunny and there were funky tattooed, pierced women sitting around on picnic blankets eating and laughing with each other and kids running around and writers getting up everywhere, helping each other, sharing gear.
The feeling of community was overwhelming and sitting grinning in a corner, marvelling proudly at the unity around me, all I could think was "...who would've thought?!..."
One of the writers who got up in the weekend was adamant he wasn't going to. He said it was a waste of time cos it would only get munted with tags as usual.
Of course he got itchy fingers as soon as the cans came out though and couldn't help himself.
By the end he was all We need to do this again like soon man!
Tag Talk
I'm holding out on some info from the mish because I want to find out something first - I want to know more about tagging.
If you tag, why?
Has anything stopped you, or would stop you from tagging?
If you're a piecer, what do you think of tagging?
Have you ever thought one way about tagging then changed your view?
Is there a right and wrong place for tagging?
Do you have a theory about it?
Do you have a solution for it?
Do you think the anti-tagging strategies are working?
Whatever side of the wall you're on - this isn't a trick question - I'm genuinely curious.
BTW: When you leave any comment, there is absolutely no record of where it comes from...
Dec 16, 2008
Mishin' Complete Left to Right...
HELP
COVET
SICK
BEWARE
CAST & EDITOR
ERASE
DOTS
KURS
PSYLON
SHIV
ESAY
EPSA
CORE
VIEW
SILENCMassive ups to KURS, BEWARE and SIN for doing all the hard graft buff work, CAST for his timely contribution, DJ Balanced for the beats, Steven, the wall owner and to all the writers who did their time with everyone standing around watching.
No pressure ;-)
No pressure ;-)
Dec 15, 2008
Mish Prep
So we (KURS, SIN, BEWARE and I) get down the alley at the right time, surprisingly with all the right tools. We had no idea what or who to expect so, like good little Kiwi's, we just get stuck straight in. Beware, Sin and Kurs worked like troopers for 3 hours non-stop and it was a treat that all of us were perfectionists so the coverage was about as good as it gets!
My only regret is that I didn't get any before shots...
CAST was wandering through after a night out just as I was trying to get the high spots so he got nominated ;-)
We finished the buff all shaking with lack of food so ordered a round of legendary fish burgers from Offbeat, who delivered them to us up the alley.
Not being a writer, some things go over my head so when Kurs couldn't stand it anymore, he commented that he's itching to paint. I looked at the blank canvas behind me, turn back to him and say Knock yourself out!
From then it was all on...
KURS
ERASE
DOTS
ERASE and CAST
Brothers CAST & EDITOR
PSYLON
ESAY, EPSA & CORE
About now DJ Balanced has fired up and writers crews start filing in and people walking past either entrance to the alley, noticing activity, come down to watch...
My only regret is that I didn't get any before shots...
CAST was wandering through after a night out just as I was trying to get the high spots so he got nominated ;-)We finished the buff all shaking with lack of food so ordered a round of legendary fish burgers from Offbeat, who delivered them to us up the alley.
Not being a writer, some things go over my head so when Kurs couldn't stand it anymore, he commented that he's itching to paint. I looked at the blank canvas behind me, turn back to him and say Knock yourself out!
From then it was all on...
KURS
ERASE
DOTS
ERASE and CAST
Brothers CAST & EDITOR
BEWARE
PSYLON
ESAY, EPSA & CORE
About now DJ Balanced has fired up and writers crews start filing in and people walking past either entrance to the alley, noticing activity, come down to watch...Dec 14, 2008
Mishin' complete...
We did it.
The Buff Mish was a beef-free cruise that flowed from start to finish and of course I've got a stack of images and vids which I'll put up over the next few days.
In the meantime though, it's almost midnight and I'm shattered and going to bed in a sec but I couldn't sleep tonight if I didn't put a six foot four shout out to this dude.
KURS and his support crew get the biggest props from me - without his generous donation of buff paint and rollers and trays, and the amount of effort he put into buffing, I'm not sure the day would have been as much of a success.
I also want to thank our neighbourhood DJ, DJ Balanced, who asked if it would be OK to throw out some sounds.
Would it be OK?!
Fah!
And I knew it was going to be good day as soon as he cranked out the first and very fitting track by Leftfield off the album Leftism ;-)
In my mind these two guys were the stars and I could see someone was going to offer me a bib soon if I didn't stop thanking them.
But there's so much more to tell...
The Buff Mish was a beef-free cruise that flowed from start to finish and of course I've got a stack of images and vids which I'll put up over the next few days.
In the meantime though, it's almost midnight and I'm shattered and going to bed in a sec but I couldn't sleep tonight if I didn't put a six foot four shout out to this dude.
KURS and his support crew get the biggest props from me - without his generous donation of buff paint and rollers and trays, and the amount of effort he put into buffing, I'm not sure the day would have been as much of a success.
I also want to thank our neighbourhood DJ, DJ Balanced, who asked if it would be OK to throw out some sounds.Would it be OK?!
Fah!
And I knew it was going to be good day as soon as he cranked out the first and very fitting track by Leftfield off the album Leftism ;-)
In my mind these two guys were the stars and I could see someone was going to offer me a bib soon if I didn't stop thanking them.
But there's so much more to tell...
Dec 13, 2008
RAD | AK | TEST
With yesterday being a bit chill and the forecast for rain, a few people asked what we'd do if it rained today. Call is denial but I just refused to believe we were going to have this event persisted on and, sure enough, woke up to the most exquisite day. Think I might go out and paint some walls with my friends...
BTW: If you're picking up supplies, Loaded has Ironlaks for 5 buckers ;-)
Truth is not putting up tags and being selective of throwies means I've got a scanty Mother Hubbards file of nothing much to chose from so just call these throwies crumbs and be thankful ;-)
Actually, I thought the way AK used the arrow to create an inverse K on the TEST piece was quite note-to-self worthy.
Stroke of genius or fluke worth thrashing?
Check this out for outhereness...
BTW: If you're picking up supplies, Loaded has Ironlaks for 5 buckers ;-)
Truth is not putting up tags and being selective of throwies means I've got a scanty Mother Hubbards file of nothing much to chose from so just call these throwies crumbs and be thankful ;-)
Actually, I thought the way AK used the arrow to create an inverse K on the TEST piece was quite note-to-self worthy.
Stroke of genius or fluke worth thrashing?
Check this out for outhereness...
Dec 12, 2008
Pidoom...
In the bizarrest set of coincidences, I ended up doing my first frowie last night.
It goes like this...
So, ever since our Aux Boy arrived on Tuesday night, he's been out writing and hanging with his Wellie buds all night, then sleeping all day.
He wakes up yesterday avo and, after making a coffee, we sit out in the backyard and settle into a decent bit of gritty graftalk. In amongst it all I admit that I've never written but that I'd bought a few cans last week and had a huge hessian canvas from my artist days and was gagging to give it a go. He's all keen as and suggests he could do an outline and show me how to do fill etc.
We go on to other things then I drop him in town and drive on to the gym but with a meh, I keep driving and go home.
Now - you'll have gathered by now that I lead a bit of a double life. So - I have to get home to meet up with someone who needs me to do something for them. Because I bypassed the gym, I have a bit of time cash to spare so I drag out the canvas and the cans, go out back, put some gloves on and have a go at spraying.
WTF?!
I would have felt less unco doing it with my feet. Man - how does anyone do this shit?!
So I'm all absorbed with this dripping, overspraying mess when I suddenly remember that I'm expecting this visitor so I zoom inside, take off the gloves, wash my hands then the doorbell rings. I open the door and A and M come in.
So - they walk in my door and his nose is like some super hyper CSI beagle sniffing the air and his eyes get all glinty and he goes Hmmm smells like paint! I'm all muttery and embarrassed cos I can't say I'm writing, cos a - he might not know what that means and b - cos I'm not really, I'm just toying, so I deflect and ask him the obvious - Are you a writer?
M looks at me, then he looks at A, they laugh, and he flips open his phone to show me a piece they'd just finished.
As you can imagine, it was all on! Within seconds we were all over the graf scene with M knowing everyone I know (of) here and in Sydney and we both know all the same goss then I suddenly remember I'm meant to be doing this thing for A. I have a quick look and realise A has some work to do so I set her to it, then suggest that M might like to give me some tips. So we go out back and he quickly shows me how to outline the fill, then fill, then go around it. I'm all And what about this, and how do you do that?
When he showed me, it so made sense. Earlier I had been holding the can too far away from the canvas and was using the wrong cap. Also, I had been trying to do outline all at once but M did short strong strokes close up.
We both finally go back inside and I finish off doing the thing for A and thanking M, I let them out the door, stoked that I would see them again at the Buff Mish.
Surreal man!!
Having to do the left brain right brain switch between the two things was trippy beyond words and it's the first time my two worlds have crossed over.
Still marvelling at the coincidence and timing, I go back out to the courtyard, rearrange all the furniture, nail the canvas to the wall, set up a trolley with the cans on it and go for it!
So the one on the right is M's demo - of absolutely no reflection of his skill cos every question I was asking, he was having to show me with new lines etc, so that's why it looks really 101.
The O'Neil family from the Naki have their own word - Pidoom.
Pidoom is for when you use or do something for the first time.
So the one on the left is E's pidoom throwie ;-)
What's fascinating is that already I look at it and see so many things wrong but also, that in the nano's it took me to do it, I was hooked and if there was a quick way to buff it, I would have been buffing, throwing and buffing again all night!
I apologise for being so self indulgent, also for telling you this really long novella when I could have given it to you in shorthand but you'll remember what a thrill it was to do your first piece. It reminded me of the rush the first time I got behind the wheel of a car. I didn't get very far then stalled but I had felt the power and there was no going back...
See you cats tomorrow ;-)
It goes like this...
So, ever since our Aux Boy arrived on Tuesday night, he's been out writing and hanging with his Wellie buds all night, then sleeping all day.
He wakes up yesterday avo and, after making a coffee, we sit out in the backyard and settle into a decent bit of gritty graftalk. In amongst it all I admit that I've never written but that I'd bought a few cans last week and had a huge hessian canvas from my artist days and was gagging to give it a go. He's all keen as and suggests he could do an outline and show me how to do fill etc.
We go on to other things then I drop him in town and drive on to the gym but with a meh, I keep driving and go home.
Now - you'll have gathered by now that I lead a bit of a double life. So - I have to get home to meet up with someone who needs me to do something for them. Because I bypassed the gym, I have a bit of time cash to spare so I drag out the canvas and the cans, go out back, put some gloves on and have a go at spraying.
WTF?!
I would have felt less unco doing it with my feet. Man - how does anyone do this shit?!
So I'm all absorbed with this dripping, overspraying mess when I suddenly remember that I'm expecting this visitor so I zoom inside, take off the gloves, wash my hands then the doorbell rings. I open the door and A and M come in.
So - they walk in my door and his nose is like some super hyper CSI beagle sniffing the air and his eyes get all glinty and he goes Hmmm smells like paint! I'm all muttery and embarrassed cos I can't say I'm writing, cos a - he might not know what that means and b - cos I'm not really, I'm just toying, so I deflect and ask him the obvious - Are you a writer?
M looks at me, then he looks at A, they laugh, and he flips open his phone to show me a piece they'd just finished.
As you can imagine, it was all on! Within seconds we were all over the graf scene with M knowing everyone I know (of) here and in Sydney and we both know all the same goss then I suddenly remember I'm meant to be doing this thing for A. I have a quick look and realise A has some work to do so I set her to it, then suggest that M might like to give me some tips. So we go out back and he quickly shows me how to outline the fill, then fill, then go around it. I'm all And what about this, and how do you do that?
When he showed me, it so made sense. Earlier I had been holding the can too far away from the canvas and was using the wrong cap. Also, I had been trying to do outline all at once but M did short strong strokes close up.
We both finally go back inside and I finish off doing the thing for A and thanking M, I let them out the door, stoked that I would see them again at the Buff Mish.
Surreal man!!
Having to do the left brain right brain switch between the two things was trippy beyond words and it's the first time my two worlds have crossed over.
Still marvelling at the coincidence and timing, I go back out to the courtyard, rearrange all the furniture, nail the canvas to the wall, set up a trolley with the cans on it and go for it!
________________________________
So the one on the right is M's demo - of absolutely no reflection of his skill cos every question I was asking, he was having to show me with new lines etc, so that's why it looks really 101.
The O'Neil family from the Naki have their own word - Pidoom.
Pidoom is for when you use or do something for the first time.
So the one on the left is E's pidoom throwie ;-)
What's fascinating is that already I look at it and see so many things wrong but also, that in the nano's it took me to do it, I was hooked and if there was a quick way to buff it, I would have been buffing, throwing and buffing again all night! I apologise for being so self indulgent, also for telling you this really long novella when I could have given it to you in shorthand but you'll remember what a thrill it was to do your first piece. It reminded me of the rush the first time I got behind the wheel of a car. I didn't get very far then stalled but I had felt the power and there was no going back...
See you cats tomorrow ;-)
Dec 11, 2008
CANNES
"A regular 400ml can of paint will give you up to 50 A4 sized stencils. This means you can become incredibly famous/unpopular in a small town virtually overnight for approximately ten pounds"Banksy
Wall and Piece
A while ago, with a surprising amount of help, we worked out the Crew scene (updates welcomed btw).
What I'm curious about now is the dealio with paint and caps etc.
Who are the suppliers around town?
We've heard that dealing in cans is far from rewarding because of a) the anorexic profit margin and b) it bringing suppliers more grief than lovin'.
It seems that every weekend they have to deal with either parents and/or property owners bellyaching about them selling toys/taggers their paint. Of course we all know most suppliers don't sell paint without ID and that the toys get others to buy it for them, but do you think Don, of Cedar Lane is going to go Right You Are - Sorry to Have Bothered You to that answer?
So what others are there?
I know The French Art Shop sell Plutoniums but that's about the end of my local list so a bit of help needed here...
The French Art Shop
Plutonium - $12ish
Trade Me
Dude selling Nozzles
Empire Skateshop
I just heard today that these dudes don't sell cans but they do sell the knarliest caps (thanks DENS)
Dec 10, 2008
QUEW | VIEW mystery demystified...
This was nowhere near the alley but I took it to prove I wasn't going bat shit crazy afterall.
What was driving me spare though, like tip-of-the-tongue spare, was that I recognised the throwie style and lettering, but couldn't quite put my finger on whose.
Tonight I got the big I Knew It I Knew It grats when I got a surprise comment left on an ancient post telling me the answer.
Thing is this...the stoolie said it was a name change cos the dude got busted so, because my last promotion didn't come with either the payrise or title of God, I don't think I'd be doing any favours sharing the info.
However - if you troll through enough posts comments, especially the oldest ones, you'll find out for yourself ;-)
What was driving me spare though, like tip-of-the-tongue spare, was that I recognised the throwie style and lettering, but couldn't quite put my finger on whose.
Tonight I got the big I Knew It I Knew It grats when I got a surprise comment left on an ancient post telling me the answer.
Thing is this...the stoolie said it was a name change cos the dude got busted so, because my last promotion didn't come with either the payrise or title of God, I don't think I'd be doing any favours sharing the info.
However - if you troll through enough posts comments, especially the oldest ones, you'll find out for yourself ;-)
Dec 9, 2008
Of New Names, Things and Walls
I was looking at some of the images spread around My Space from the Aro Block Party and there were at least three writers I hadn't heard of.
And on that note - how did I not know about that party?! I'm gutted that I missed it. Erase mentioned something about getting up over that way but I didn't really click that it was a Thing - like a gig Thing.
One Thing I'm not going to miss is the Buff Mish this Saturday.
The Wall permission letter is in my back pocket and the tubs of buff paint and about 6 rollers & trays are on their way. Haven't been able to score any surprise cans so that side's BYO but, apart from a few more trivs to sort out, as of right now, we've got ourselves a mission - if we chose to accept it - and that is to deal to those huckor walls!
In case you're wondering, so far the We I know about are BEWARE, PSYLON, KURS and probably a few Toys knee-high to a towel rail I don't know about yet, but I've heard rumours of a few other writers planning to show.
This isn't the Lefties Xmas Party so I'm not getting all RSVP by yesterday on ya's, but if you are coming down, bringing a paintbrush, or roller and tray, will score some seriously high def chromie points! And smurf points also dished out for turning up ready to roll, whether you have gears or not.
So - we'll be ripping into it by 10, then hopefully, depending on how many coats we have to do, you'll be getting your Burning | Throwing | Stencilling | Pasting | Sticking jollies by early afternoon.
As long as we don't get gatecrashed by any town clowns from Wankerville, can't see why it shouldn't be a choicey ;-)
Dec 8, 2008
Dec 7, 2008
Taggings Wak rant draft
So - the mish planted the graf acceptance seed and now it's up to you.
The whole point to this exercise was to wipe out the wak tagging and put up graffiti pieces.
Note the difference?
A distinction between Graffiti Pieces and tagging. That's what the advocates are trying to do - get the public to see them as separate. I even overheard a few writers commenting that tagging was what gave graf a bad name and ruined it for everyone.
We all know that most writers start off with tagging, and that tags are part of graf and have their place on role calls, but it's the weak-as, offyaface or bored, can't-get-noticed-any-other-way tags that are causing the grief.
The wall owner doesn't mind you doing pieces, as long as they don't go above the window line. And most of the writers who got up over the weekend fully expect their pieces to be capped but that's ok too - as long as they're capped by pieces. Man - use your tag as a signature to something of substance - that's what most artists do.
I'm not nominating myself the Wall Police, I'm just telling you what's been passed on to me. Bottom line is if you spend time doing pieces no matter how good or trainerwheels you are (and there's no excuse for not taking your time if the wall is legal - that's what your black book's for isn't it?), there's more chance that we'll be welcomed, even encouraged to have our wicked way with these walls in the future and respect for those pieces is the only way Lefties will ditch the label Toy Alley.
You might not know this but we were this close to losing these walls a few months ago - they were almost going to close off the alley to the general public indefinitely.
The whole point to this exercise was to wipe out the wak tagging and put up graffiti pieces.
Note the difference?
A distinction between Graffiti Pieces and tagging. That's what the advocates are trying to do - get the public to see them as separate. I even overheard a few writers commenting that tagging was what gave graf a bad name and ruined it for everyone.
We all know that most writers start off with tagging, and that tags are part of graf and have their place on role calls, but it's the weak-as, offyaface or bored, can't-get-noticed-any-other-way tags that are causing the grief.
The wall owner doesn't mind you doing pieces, as long as they don't go above the window line. And most of the writers who got up over the weekend fully expect their pieces to be capped but that's ok too - as long as they're capped by pieces. Man - use your tag as a signature to something of substance - that's what most artists do.
I'm not nominating myself the Wall Police, I'm just telling you what's been passed on to me. Bottom line is if you spend time doing pieces no matter how good or trainerwheels you are (and there's no excuse for not taking your time if the wall is legal - that's what your black book's for isn't it?), there's more chance that we'll be welcomed, even encouraged to have our wicked way with these walls in the future and respect for those pieces is the only way Lefties will ditch the label Toy Alley.
You might not know this but we were this close to losing these walls a few months ago - they were almost going to close off the alley to the general public indefinitely.
Dec 6, 2008
AK | Killer Mops
One of AK's better efforts.
A few people have been commenting lately on AK's relentlessness - bottom line - he doesn't give a shit who he goes over. Call me a Newtown Crazy but I often wonder if people like him could use that relentlessness and make a stash being hardcore take-no-prisoners businessman? What do they call that in money land?...Skill transference?
We'll see if skill transfers works for these cats...
A few people have been commenting lately on AK's relentlessness - bottom line - he doesn't give a shit who he goes over. Call me a Newtown Crazy but I often wonder if people like him could use that relentlessness and make a stash being hardcore take-no-prisoners businessman? What do they call that in money land?...Skill transference?
We'll see if skill transfers works for these cats...
Dec 5, 2008
In The Fabric...
SIN told me yonks ago, when he first did the above pasties that they were photocopies of toys so, when I was around at his place the other day, helping him sort some shit out - actually, watching him sort some shit out - I spotted them for real. I felt like some groupie getting all high pitched over some muso's guitar or something - I had to get a picture and, yes, if they could've, I would have got their autographs ;-) 
Dec 4, 2008
Fill
"Crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access"
Banksy
Wall and Piece
Banksy
Wall and Piece
Dec 3, 2008
Clean Out and Up
You're all right - most of what I put up is shit.
I haven't got my hand on it going all like Oh Woe Is Me - the stuff going up in the alley is genuinely mostly shit. I mean no disrespect to anyone who contributes because I've always seen it as gritty and raw and the reality of what goes up, but I remember back years where there was more respect and the tagging and capping just didn't used to happen like it does now and I'm grown up enough and observant enough to admit it's got worse since this site started.
Two things have happened as a result - noted Writers can't be bothered cos they know their piece is going to get munted before the paint's even dry and I now get regular comments or emails from toys asking when I'm going to put their stuff up.
I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do but I'm not going to put tags up anymore (unless there's a point or they're just funny as fuck). I haven't supported them on The Street since I got back from the Grand Graf Tour of Sydney (except for Covet recently just cos I had so many and, apart from the odd stick, that's pretty much all he's been doing).
And even though I'm guessing a large proportion of the 60 - 80 hits a day come from Toys wanting to pant over their latest throwie, maybe the bar has to go up there to? Fame on the wall or Fame on the web? Same diff to the new generation?
Lefties could do with a Nip Tuck about now starting with liposuction of the tagging and hating bullshit followed by some Burner enhancement, Stencil tats and some quality accessorising - now that lot would be worth reporting on.
Think Mays Lane - you on this page yet?
What's fascinating is that The Street has no commentary and way more images but even though it's been up since 06, it only gets half the amount of hits. What's that about? It seems that people like to read the rabble, even though reading the inside of a toilet bowl would probably be more informative and entertaining.
As usual, don't hold back - verbalage always welcome entertainment...
I haven't got my hand on it going all like Oh Woe Is Me - the stuff going up in the alley is genuinely mostly shit. I mean no disrespect to anyone who contributes because I've always seen it as gritty and raw and the reality of what goes up, but I remember back years where there was more respect and the tagging and capping just didn't used to happen like it does now and I'm grown up enough and observant enough to admit it's got worse since this site started.
Two things have happened as a result - noted Writers can't be bothered cos they know their piece is going to get munted before the paint's even dry and I now get regular comments or emails from toys asking when I'm going to put their stuff up.
I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do but I'm not going to put tags up anymore (unless there's a point or they're just funny as fuck). I haven't supported them on The Street since I got back from the Grand Graf Tour of Sydney (except for Covet recently just cos I had so many and, apart from the odd stick, that's pretty much all he's been doing).
And even though I'm guessing a large proportion of the 60 - 80 hits a day come from Toys wanting to pant over their latest throwie, maybe the bar has to go up there to? Fame on the wall or Fame on the web? Same diff to the new generation?
Lefties could do with a Nip Tuck about now starting with liposuction of the tagging and hating bullshit followed by some Burner enhancement, Stencil tats and some quality accessorising - now that lot would be worth reporting on.
Think Mays Lane - you on this page yet?
What's fascinating is that The Street has no commentary and way more images but even though it's been up since 06, it only gets half the amount of hits. What's that about? It seems that people like to read the rabble, even though reading the inside of a toilet bowl would probably be more informative and entertaining.
As usual, don't hold back - verbalage always welcome entertainment...
Dec 2, 2008
LOADED Lovemark
It took a ten pack of will not to give notice at my current flat and move right on in to Loaded when I first saw this not so unimpressive and not so unsexy set up ;-)
And what do I do about this paint smell addiction? Man - I'm not even a Writer and I can track it at 50 paces - haha - I guess that's why they call us Graf Hounds?
I had this surreal feeling a while ago when I bought a stash of cans at Loaded for a birthday present - I had them in the Loaded Duffel over my shoulder and actually felt like a Writer on a mish.
I'm still really tempted to give it a go cos at school, the substance of my assignments was always skimpy but I would spend hours on the cover page doing block letters and fill and shading and bubbles. If Brent Bloody Proctor (aka Classic Hits jock, Barney)who I thought was one of my friends, didn't munt one of my cover pages when we were in Intermediate, devastating me, I might have gone on to walls eventually ;-)
Is it ever too late?...