silver skull

Ben's last night

smurf guy

"hey guy, wanna fight guy?"


Brrn guy trying to fight everyone while saying "hey guy"

ollie was really tired from skating


"yo, get me eating and drinking at the same time"

buy this album stoopid

four star

Edit of Tyler Bledsoe's footy from the gang of four tour

I remember this...

out now

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beat by madlib, classic slick rick verse


RJD2

dipset

HOLY SHIT GET THIS!

DustTag is an iPhone application designed for graffiti writers that visualize the motion involved in the creation of a tag. Motion data is recorded, analyzed and archived in a free and open database, 000000book.com, where writers can share 3-D animated representations of their hand styles. All tags created in DustTag are saved as Graffiti Markup Language (GML) files, a new digital standard used by other popular graffiti applications such as Laser Tag and EyeWriter. DustTag is fully compatible with the Graffiti Analysis 2.0 software suite, which is available online for free at graffitianalysis.com and can be used to playback DustTag creations from the iPhone on your OSX, Windows or Linux desktop systems.

DustTag was created by artist and Graffiti Research Lab co-founder Evan Roth, and artist and openFrameworks guru Chris Sugrue. Graffiti Analysis is an open source initiative built in openFrameworks and is available online for free at graffitianalysis.com. An official release through the Apple App Store because available as of yesterday.

Graffiti Analysis 2.0: Digital Blackbook from Evan Roth on Vimeo.

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Best ad's ever! although I've never bought anything from them, I'd like to thank American Apparel for their soft porn advertizing. Top 50 ads here.

common sense

RZA

"Victory or Death" a limited edition print created by RZA and an art collective known as When Art Imitates Life. The piece re-imagines Emanuel Leutze's famed 1851 painting "Washington Crossing the Delaware" with RZA replacing George. GZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard are drawn in as well. (Check out a close-up below.) According to the W.A.I.L. website, the painting has a Highlights-esque appeal, too, since there are "50 hidden elements" contained within. (One of those elements may or may not be a blunt.)

RZA is also directing a kung fu movie.
"Tarantino is my teacher," RZA said solemnly, echoing -- whether intentionally or not -- the kind of dialogue you'd hear in a martial-arts film. "I've watched hundreds of movies with him and spent hundreds of hours learning craft from him. I'm a disciple of Tarantino."
So sick. Full article by LA Times here.

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Josh Keyes

MTA

From LA Times article a year ago...

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies today arrested at least eight alleged members of the notorious Metro Transit Assassins tagging crew, some of whom are believed to be responsible for a several-blocks-long “MTA” tag in the concrete Los Angeles River bed that authorities say will cost millions of dollars to remove.

The arrests occurred during a series of early-morning raids centered in the Hollywood area. Among those detained for a parole violations is a famous tagger whose work “SMEAR” has has won acclaim in the art community.

Those arrested were booked on suspicion of vandalism, drug possession, narcotics for sales, weapons possession and other parole violations, officials said

“These individuals are responsible for tags not only in Los Angeles but Las Vegas and San Francisco,” said Sheriff’s Cmdr. Dan Finkelstein, who is chief of the Metropolitan Transit Authority police. “The Army Corps of Engineers estimates that removing the “MTA” tag from the riverbed alone will cost $3.7 million."

Cleaning graffiti from the river is far more expensive than cleaning other areas. Officials use high-pressure water spray to remove the toxic paint.

But hazardous-materials crews must then dam and capture all the paint and water runoff to prevent it from getting into the river. The crew did an additional $20,000 worth of damage to transit vehicles and facilities. Finkelstein said the Los Angeles River “MTA” tag, in a vast industrial district east of downtown between two rail yards, took about 400 gallons of paint — 300 gallons white and 100 gallons black. “It took them four nights to do it,” he said.

The three block letters cover a three-story-high wall and run the length of several blocks between the 4th Street and 1st Street bridges. The tagging crew, which is also known as “Melting Toys Away” and “Must Take All,” began about the time the transportation agency began using the MTA letters. Investigators say they have statements, including some on video, that implicate some of the crew members in the enormous tag.

how it's done...

how that wheat paste stuff works.