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SILENC

Massive 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 ;-)

Erasing Silenc | Silencing Erase

I've been waiting for an excuse to put up Silenc's last rap text and tenuous as it is, Erase has given me one. Here he's capped Silenc huge piece over in the carpark near the new Boombox. Also - Silenc tells me he'll probably be down in the New Year to get some shit up...

All the bestist!
Jah rythym of rain hit d roof
ova realheads i bn blessed with,
cash distracts from higher values
n incentives to progres d next ish,
do yo thing as strong young Kings n Queens!
who aint on that chicken neck shit,
seek proof n speak the truth
like soulrebels Krs n mc M1,
go to war with these devils n dnt cm bak till afta death -
mum aint gna miss this,
plus i aint gne wait til christmas
to rip shit apart like presents
im out for the poor n opressed workin people peasants
and easily influenced adolesants
who are stressed with' modernday life'
Soul Power!
Lets take it back to the essence!
Text from Silenc
8 Sept 08

Silenc Rap Ture

I robbed this image of Sin's MySpace page because, apart from Silenc, he was the only one I know who got it before it was buffed - Thanks man ;-)

Like an emo undergoing keemo in pareemareemo

things aint what they seem yo
martain lutha king was killed cos he dreamed
bro im headin where my team
wont in a dream boat that keeps float
but im runin out steam
yo rollin on my last 3spokes
thru the exhaust fumes n tree smoke
pety shit 4d deep blokes
who front so hard they dont even seem broke
Text from Silenc
29 Aug 08

Otis and Silenc Speak Up...

Just in case you missed them, here are Otis and Silenc getting up real good!

And this, at the very end of the interview in the TV3 studio this morning with Otis and the Councilor in charge of Zero Tolerance for Graffiti programme in Auckland, Paul Greenwood...

Interviewer: Any merit, do you think, to the Council providing an area the people are allowed to use for these kinds of purposes?

Otis: Absolutely - Yes!

Councillor: I don't think so - I mean - I think that's the old just hug them a bit more, love them a bit more and they'll stop doing it. I think you've actually got to catch people.

Otis: I think loving and hugging more would actually probably work.

And from the interview with Silenc...

If the Council members, the Mayor and all these anti-graffiti people, if they're coming from an angle - like if I come at you like this and punch you, you're automatically going to throw up the defensive right? Well - it's natural - ok?
So I think that's not the way to actually solve the problem - by attacking. The best way is to, you know, just basically, to reason...

I couldn't help but think that both the graf guys looked so zen.
And when will the Councils, Police and graffiti activists et al start taking notice of what they were both saying, what we've all been saying, for how long?...

SILENC

Whenever I text Silenc, I know not to expect a reply anytime soon - he's one busy dude - but when I do get one (and he always replies eventually) it's like text rap. Here's his latest...

Stay smilin! cut'n patterns of style'n piling! layers of fabric, over the sadness, good becomes habits, 24 carrots per rabbit that gets stewed! dude there's nothing to hide cept tats so get nude! n eat the best food! Soulshit! on a roll, like guerilla jeeps, when warhips sink mint! swimming for soldiers!
Out of it aye!
To me, unpredictable translates into adventure so unpredictable people are my favourites.
I really like Silenc - he's one of those freaky dudes who's always on a mission either at full speed or no speed at all. You never know what he's going to say or do and if you don't judge him and just roll with the whatev's, you get rewarded time and time again...

Take care of the soul and stroll on a roll sista - kia kaha!

Shiv/Sin/DR/Sker

Bold move by Shiv capping TrustMe. Granted TM had already been tagged. For such a young dude whose throwies never last long before they're either vehemently capped by one of the crews or equally as vehemently buffed by the council, he's got bollocks and just keeps throwing up.

I came across him and Nuno just after he did his first ever throwie. He was gutted because someone had YFY'd him. Not one to cry over it, he did what all violated throwie virgins are probably tempted to do - he went back over it...

So Sins balloon is still a balloon and he's still alive and happy, DRYPs stick has been lifted and a Gin nose Hitler has been pasted up by none other than...Sin. Sin's pasteys are so unpredictable.
I had collected a few images of animal toy pasteys that looked like they had human faces (inset) then found out Sin had done them. Turns out they were actual stuffed toys that he photocopied. The effect was surreal and mildly disturbing.

I personally think pasteys are Sins strongest media and I said to him the other day that I was surprised he didn't sign them. He admitted he's got a new signature we're going to be seeing soon...

DR capped Nerd above and I'm not sure if the Sker Likes Balls tag is over top or underneath?
Skers haters at least have a modicum of humour...hopefully he's not taking them too seriously - although I guess his haters wouldn't be saying that ;-)

I would bet a can of ironlak that this is Silenc but there's no way that man could slip in and out of town without us knowing about it!

Update: I just got a text from Silenc and he hasn't been here since last time but he could be cruisin down here soon. So whose is the throwie then?!
Update Oct: So - turns out it's SOAKER - Laks duly distributed ;-)