Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
ROCKING IN PARDISE- Bob Marley.
Bob Marley pasted 30 years today . A forever Legend. No greater reggae Artist. Respect
Monday, May 9, 2011
U.N.I.T.Y.
In the next week or two Manchester United will end the 2010/2011 Premiership Football season having won an unprecedented 19 (cue Paul Hardcastle sample) titles and pushing aside their most embittered rivals Liverpool FC. Under the management of Sir Alex Ferguson, United have been tended, pruned, fertilised and harvested year after year, making them the best team in the history of English Football and arguably, the World!
Watching yesterday's clash against closest rivals Chelsea, United displayed the collective body language of a battle MC spitting fire at a hapless new jack who'd just won a couple of clashes round the way and thought they were ready for the big time. The onslaught was relentless with the footballing equivalent of 'Yo mama' cusses boying off their shook opponents from start to end.
I couldn't help notice the parallels with hip-hop. From the swaggering fashions and big headphones of the arrival of the team; through the matching colour outfits, the formations; routines that have been worked out in rehearsal (just to merk the opponent); the testosterone-fuelling; the tribalism and gang-mentality, the rhythm, the dancing and... the street level creativity! The moves may be polished on the training ground, but they come from the street, from the battle. Working class creatives reaching for diamond-encrusted stars; is that really so different to the motivations of hip-hop's pioneers? Didn't motherfuckers just wanna get paid and have fun?!...and don't they always get hated on and labelled sell-out when they achieve it (if only by those who don't?)
Growing up, I turned my back on football in favour of other less conventional (cooler) pursuits. However, now that I am United with the beautiful game again, I finally realise why it's called that. Who's house? Reds house (and it's time to party!)
peaCe
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Roger Gastman & Caleb Neelon stepped up to the plate with the bases loaded and knocked one right out the park with this hardcover 400 plus page ode to the worlds oldest & still to some most misunderstood art form. This book is a must have for any and all who have ever applied paint or ink to a surface that was not their own & went for theirs, or for anyone that ever had the desire to do so . What makes "The history of American Graffiti" different is the fact that it's not the same old faces, pretty pieces, & bombed out spaces most people have seen before. No homies you see Roger & Caleb took the time to show some super stylistic love to such cities as Boston, Washington D.C. Philly, and Chicago & so on. . . So wherever your at now or was at BITD best believe this book got your ward,section,side,borough, junction or way covered real tight like on the graff tip, with no delay. "The history of American Graffiti" is a book that will more than hold it's own weight right next to the classics . . . "Subway Art", "DONDI WHITE :Style Master General", & "The Art of Getting Over"
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
B-Toy Barcelona
If you are looking for some quality stencil/paste up work and are in Barcelona, keep an eye out for the city’s very own BToy.
The newest image I caught was all the way up on Ronda Guinardo, just near Hospital San Pau, but generally I would start in the El Borne area, around here:
peace,
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