bombing with guns

Here's a short doc on the legendary graf writer, Guns getting up in New York and Puerto Rico. Thanks to our homies over at Block By Block for the link...

beautifying the city that i call my (second) home.

Some more graffiti for a Tuesday afternoon. This time, this one has a personal touch. A part of a project to beautify Detroit, artists got together from around the globe. Featuring the talents of big names such as the king Revok.


The Detroit Beautification Project. Chapter 1 from TheSeventhLetter on Vimeo.

some live efx

Sharing the art wealth today by posting a video of some great graff in the making. If you're a fan of 90s Hip Hop, be sure to turn this one up.

who is the graf artist?

If you're into reading subtitles and great graf, check out this short.

saber vs saber

Ever wanted to know what goes on in the mind of a legendary king of graffiti from Cali? Now you know. It's Saber vs Saber. Scary stuff.

rudy's got soul

A great short documentary about how something starts as an idea and becomes a sub-culture within a city. A name that was inspired by a bunch of graffiti kids and Fat Albert.

RUDY'S BARBERSHOP: RUDY'S SAVES from Rudy's Barbershop on Vimeo.

one for the history black books

This might be an inspirational video for some, but it does the trick for me. The video has a cool soundtrack, too. Turn it up and take it in. All props to the legends. Who do you think won?

gou and cope2

Got some stuff done today. The headache is back again. Not able to do as much as I wished to have done. Lazed the rest of the day away by eating, drinking tea and watching some hopefully inspirational stuff. Here are a couple of videos I really dug. One having to do with graf king Cope2  and the other to do with creative skateboarding with Gou Miyagi.


Cope2
  

Gou Miyagi

nice yanks cap, chap...

Each summer backintheday there was a Hip Hop festival called 416 Graffiti Expo. A day of free Hip Hop. Back to its roots. Outside. Not a park, but a parking lot. Graf, Breaking, Emceeing, DJing. An all day event that was all about Love, Peace and Having fun. A good day to reconnect with friends and celebrate the creative outlet that we all love. 416 has since left us, but the memories live on proudly. Always wondered what ever happened to the overwhelming amount of video cameras rolling and cameras clicking on those days. Today, I searched the interweb to check if I can find some of the those days on tape. This is what I came across. Classic footage from more than a decade ago. Spotted some familiar faces - especially that dude wearing the Yanks cap at 0:41. Good looking guy, Huh?

i'm a freaking vandal, man...

Cool soundtrack on this one, B..

obey the rise..

If you're not hip to the streets or what the kids are wearing these days, Obey is one of the staples in fashion for the hip folks. Here's a short 3 minute and change documentary about the clothing line's founder and his graffiti beginnings. Very cool.

THE RISE from OBEY CLOTHING on Vimeo.

history unleashes genuis

Early start this morning. Fell asleep early. Got up just after midnight with the tele still on the news channel and they were talking about both Canadian teams winning their respective hockey game. I was happy. Stayed up for a bit to watch the highlights. Went back to bed. Still had a sound sleep, though. Refreshed. Woke up. Made tea. Cookies. It's been a while since I had cookies for breakfast. Gonna have to dig into some grapefruit to make up for my early sugar inhalation.

As I was doing my morning rounds 'round the interweb, I found this video and I found it inspiring. This dude always inspire me. Graffiti makes me smile. Even before the morning coffee.

Elicser from Jon Riera on Vimeo.

the history of american graffiti

A cool PBS piece about the new book covering the history of American graffiti..

Watch the full episode. See more PBS NewsHour.

daser and ren rock queen west art crawl

If you're an art fan. Or a graf fan check out these two legends as they break it down for the first time in the Queen West Art Crawl

The Queen West Art Crawl is happy to announce that the Parkdale Nightcrawl will take place on Saturday, September 18th, from 7pm - midnight.

After a day of art-crawling, be seen at the hottest venues in Parkdale as they offer up a smorgasbord of art, music and style. Celebrate nocturnal culture on the wrong side of the tracks.

The Mascot is very proud to present "Ren" and "Daser", Canadian pioneering graffiti writers and founding members of the legendary TCM crew, who started graffiti writing in the early 80's. This is the first time that these two artists will be showcased in tandem! Music by Circle Research and a special old school set by Daser.

we remember: rammellzee - the evolution of the letter

the art of taggin' from ugly nasty boys..

Deth, Deja, Meor, Mine

old deth throw in old ad..

love?

fauxreel

doo doo rock..