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 ;-)

Stuck

BEWARE tells me he and EEKS have done a mammoth colab pastey. Gagging to see that one! 

One of SIN's recognisable slaps. And a Splat by Hatch. I was amping when I found a Splat throwie the other day, which will go up on The Street.

Treaties...

These were a few of the treats over the past few days. IKON's piece is so huge, and in an awkward place, so apologies for the crap rep.

SIN had just finished the skulls when a group of Mr Plodske's arrived. They took down his name and put him on the wanted list but didn't take him for a ride. They said an odd thing though.
SIN said he would be happy to paint on legal walls if there were more and Mr P said that the side he was on wasn't legal (Frenchies side), but that the other side was and that all he had to do was go down with them to the Cuba Street station and get the owners details so he could contact him to get a letter from him.
As you know, I talked to the owner the other day about the Buff Mish, and although he said he didn't mind writing but didn't like tagging (especially high up) or willful damage to the windows etc, he didn't actually say it was ok to be a free for all. Also - I know he's an extremely busy man and wonder what he would say if he knew Mr P was giving out his details for writers to contact him?

More details tomorrow on the Buff Mish btw...

Drive Thru...

Beware texted me a few days ago to say there was an Asian woman trying to open the gate at the top of the alley to drive her car in. She must be determined cos here she is again a few days later. We joked that it was probably Would You Mind Not Painting My Window?'s Mum ;-) I said to BW that she better not leave it for too long or it would be tagged to shit and called an Installation before morning tea time...

Update: SIN texted me over the weekend to say there were two Harley's parked in the alley, effectively blocking it, with ACDC playing from some orifice.
Can anyone else sense passing lanes?

Speaking of installations - here are a few other images I forgot I had.

Rabbit SIN

Both me and BEWARE gave SIN grief for putting his skull over Surplus Bargain's bunny ;-)

SIN | ERASE| HAPPY | ID

Haven't seen the Master of Sinister up for a while. I saw his black book sketch of this one and was amazed how close it was. Would be cool if he could get some of his other pieces up from the BB...




Erase, Happy and ID are relentless!

Stuck Up

You know how SIN did the SIN throwie, then, a few days later Mount Cook and the Tui? I was impressed but not surprised that he carefully lifted this stick and painted under it both times...do unto others?



FTL's a mystery that is on the GFC file (Graf Forensics Crew) yet to solve ;-)

Sin Stick & Throw

I was just commenting to Beware that of all the writers and artists, SIN seems to be the most varied in what he churns out with mostly good and moments of stunning...

SIN

Now that so many of the walls are covered down Lefties, there's not much action happening. Good in most ways but not so good when trying to be all fresh and frank here ;-)
So - these are images borrowed off SINs mem stick cos he's good like that. And there will probably be more over the next few days.
I find that SIN has a similar image taking style to mine so I don't feel all weird putting his gear up. Just a shame his camera's bailed on him...



That last one there? When I saw that, I had no idea what it was and didn't bother taking an image of it but when it turned up on SINs memory stick I raved not-so-quietly to him. It's definitely my favourite SIN...

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

SIN

SIN the Superhuman. He always looks a bit pale but when he did these he'd been in bed sick for the previous 3 days. Maybe that's where the skull with wings came from - I can relate to that 'just take me away' feeling when I've been sick...

MORE SLAPPERS

I never know if this is Gee2, Gees or GEEZ. Sin and I were yarning when we saw some gansta looking dude tagging his way up the alley. We found out it was this guy and when I tried to find out what his writing name was, he told me but I still couldn't work it out.


Erase has been doing more stickers than throwies lately. Is it just me or is his stuff totally watchable?!

Letters From Lost Memories...

It was a no brainer to guess this was compiled by SIN.
I asked him who had an obsession with him but he said he and Beware found these letters on the ground near Left Bank.
Not long after he left this lying against the wall in a patch of sun in Lefties it disappeared. Was the writer of the letters mortified to see her beating heart flacidly pinned to a piece of cardboard for all the wwworld to see?

I've left the images at full res so if you click on them, you should be able to read them.

Cred to SIN for the effort and for blankedyblanking the blankable parts ;-)








Beware was up the alley this week taking pics when a not-so-young (70ish) lady wandered up to him and asked if he was "photographing it or adding to it?" He cautiously said he was photographing it for a website. She then commented "Oh - it (the pieces) does brighten up a dull alley doesn't it".
Aww...bless ;-)

While he was there, he saw Walkwise doing their note taking gig again.

And we've seen more of the BKK (Blue Klux Klan as Silenc calls them) than both DR and Ikon combined lately - they're really ramping up the heat. Maybe they've got a warehouse full of Pink Vests they're keen to get rid of?
By the way - apparently Frenchies staff have got a bit tired of vouching for writers when the BKK come in (understandably) so now writers have to get a written consent from the owner. I'm not quite sure how that works but I'll try to find out for you.

Here's some good news though...somebody we shall hereafter refer to as God's Gift To (a few selected) Writers , has given permission for their walls to be hit up. That's Bewares gig though so I'll let him fill you in when the deeds done - watch his space...

Slap Stick

Beware told me today that stickers are called Slaps in the States - dunno why but I really like that - I suggested that made him a Slapper...


Here Lies SIN Gone To Hell...This has got to be the hardest thing I've ever tried to take an image of!

Mother Hubbards Cupboard

I've been working from home this week (remote accessummgood!!!) and no ops to get down the alley so this is the cleaning out of the Lefties pantry...

You can tell this one's old because you can still see the original colour of the (then) newly buffed wall April 07. There's been so many go overs since then that the masses of layers of paint are closing the alley in - soon you'll have to hold your stomach in and walk sideways ;-)



I mentioned that AK found a spot and just keeps capping himself - this was taken mid July and he's still got that spot ;-)

"There's nowhere to escape from Lefties!" was SIN's response when I asked him what Quick Hide meant.
We already know my Nokia is shit at taking close ups so I'm not even going to apologise for the crappy res - it was on the back of the TV not long before it got munted then taken away

SIN Heaven

Sin being the leftfielder that he is, has been doing nail ups and pasteys this past few weeks. This man's a creative machine. In the last month he's done two VJ gigs, got up in an exhibition, is preparing work for another one and sold a bunch of work. And he still manages to take a zillion images of graf round town and upload to his MySpace place.

His style seems indefinable. He'll hit on an idea, thrash it then, just when you think you can predict what he'll come out with next, he'll backspace into some other totally random direction you didn't see coming. He's been doing a lot of recycling lately so keep an eye out for some more photo freakiness.
Piece of advice - If you believed that rumour that Sinners went Down There, you'll miss this one. He's doing Way Up Highs right now so when you're down the alley - look up.

And by the way - it was DR who sprayed POOS over the lower one of Sins nail-ups. He said he was bored...

DRYP/Cracked Ink/Erect/F

Cracked Ink was also down from Aux over the weekend. Him and DRYP recently had an exceptional combo exhibition. Exceptional because their styles are SO symbiotic. Their characters look like they all grew up in the same...circus? planet? petri dish?

One of the things I like most about DRYP is the way he blends his pieces in with what's around him. You can just see the edge of Lore's piece above left - notice how DRYPNZ's bubbles (and colours) blend along underneath Lore's?

He's also super zen about his pieces being capped.
I noticed his infamous Lucha had been capped by Erect and when I saw Dryp in the alley, I commented on it. With not a face twitch of malice he said Yeah I know, I watched him do it ;-)
When I saw Erect later on I told him Dryp had watched as he capped him and he just shrugged his shoulders but I detected a small smile of surprise? satisfaction? amusement?

Erect has just started throwing up.
We affectionately call him The Toddler (one of his crews is the LPG - Lolly Pop Gang!). Old Man Sin gave him a bit of grief one time and we haven't seen as much of him lately. This kid's got Burning Man written all over him.

In ideal Leftie Land, wouldn't it be a shiny sparkly beautiful thing if Erect learnt from Dryp how to have no attachment to his pieces and avoid the Hater Hernia?!

Of course F, whose favourite piss stop is DRYPNZ, capped the pillar that night...

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 ;-)