Category Archives: Graffiti

Twitter Meets Graffiti

Some Graffiti writers thought it would be funny to “Turn their Swag On” via writing “Twitter” style status updates on walls this weekend

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Cavs…

Baybay shouts outs the shooter and co….

Vandals Issue Cease & Desists on False Abortion Clinics

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ARA isn’t back in the building but this is prolly funnier than they were anyways…
People are writing “Not A Real Abortion Clinic” on Home Pregnancy Centers.

Read more here.–Feminist Avengers

Sest ID Cooks Up “Crime Pays” Burner In L.A.

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Looks like graffiti writers fucking with Dipset is not just an Ohio thing. The homie Wands sent me this wall by Sest ID repping for Cam’s new album “Crime Pays” out in Los Angeles.

After the jump peep footage of Bucket doing a Cali freeway spot in L.A. with “Reppin Time” by Jim Jones in the background. Continue reading

Columbus Graffiti Salutes the Golden Girls

PBJ members Syco & Level thank Bea Arthur for being a friend along with the homie Desto.
Characters by Sucko PBJ/BSA
There was a graffiti jam in Dayton. Columbus repped for the Golden Girls.
see the rest of the wall here.

Unrelated, I would like to send a special shout-out to whomever has written Bea Arthur’s name on High Street about ten times from like King to like 12th.

Skum


photo taken from some random girl’s blog, Suzy 234

Maybe I am getting old & out of touch but I have kinda thought illegal Columbus graffiti bombing had strongly decreased.
Seeing Skum replacing PBJ as the posterboy for the news’ annual spring graffiti hysteria report pretty much confirms not much is going on in my mind.

Don’t get me wrong, Skum is really amusing to me because the moniker conjures the backdrop in like an 80’s vigilante movie or someone who might’ve threatened Crocodile Dundee or the robot from Short Circuit. So the idea of Skum written on things prolly should bother people.

Anyway…ladies & gentlemen!

FEAR SKUM
Channel 6 & Channel 10

For bonus fun, read the saga of Shred’r NBR on Omnimix.com.

I guess Channel 4 figured covering swine flu was enough and passed on all of this.

GAMBLE IOK in Italy

Cincy writer Gamble in Italy. Heatrocks.

ASK BSA/IOK=Graffiti isn’t Art Coverboy

Some dood named Russell Jones(no odb) wrote a book called Inside The Graffiti Culture:Why Graffiti isn’t Art.
Jones used Ohio graffiti writer Ask as his coverboy.

Here is the Amazon.com description:

Product Description
Illegal graffiti is disconnected from standard modes of visual production in fine art and design. The primary purpose of illegal graffiti for the graffiti writer is not the visual product, but “getting up.” Getting up involves writing or painting one’s name in as many places as possible for fame. The elements of risk, freedom and ritual unique to illegal graffiti serve to increase camaraderie among graffiti writers even as an individual’s fame in the graffiti subculture increases. When graffiti has moved from illegal locations to the legal arenas of fine art and advertising; risk, ritual and to some extent, camaraderie, has been lost in the translation. Illegal graffiti is often erroneously associated with criminal gangs. Legal modes of production using graffiti-style are problematic in the public eye as a result. I used primary and secondary interviews with graffiti writers in this book. My art historical approach differed from previous writers who have used mainly anthropological and popular culture methods to examine graffiti. This analysis enabled me to demonstrate that illegal graffiti is not art.

Ender PBJ/3WA

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Bay Bay posted this on omnimix.
Three Way Action in Third World America.

Rappers and R+B Singers Answer Jasmine Suillivan’s Ode to Property Destruction

I have been huge fan of the domestic dispute R+B song going back to Sparkle and R. Kelly’s “Be Careful” all the way up to  Kell’s “Real Talk”. The newest wrinkle in the domestic dispute genre is the irrational woman  doing something illegal song. I don’t know if Carrie Underwood’s “Before He Cheats” put some influence out there on the industry but being a crazy bitch has really sprung its wings whether its “Fight A Man” by Rihanna or my current favorite song “Bust Your Windows” by Jasmine Suillivan.  Ms. Suillivan basically sings about how she gonna vandalize some doods car. The video is kinda tame compared to Carrie Underwood’s. Jazmine never really fucks up the car. The closet thing she does is shake up a can of spraypaint in front of doods fake Basquiat paintings and then put a line thru them. Maybe MTV has a double standard when it comes to black woman vandalizing vs. Country stars.

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As disappointed as I may be with the video. One thing Miss Underwood didn’t have is response jawns. Trey Songs, Skillz, and Gorilla Zoe have all weighed in about how they feel about a woman fucking up their whip. Trey Song’s  has him singing overthe instrumental letting her know what happen when you mess with a players ride, while Skillz and Zoe prefer to have a dialogue with the deranged R+B singer. Skillz is funny cause he complains about not having insurance. My favorite response record is this remix with the Dream. Cause he tells her its dumb shit and makes fun of her for breaking the window on the side of the car she sits in.

MP3:Jasmine_Sullivan_-_Bust_Your_Windows_Dream Remix