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| Newo |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 06:10:18
Any easy-on-the-eye stuff in your town? Put er here.
This is behind the ramblas mercat, Barcelona.
cheers kathryn
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| Newo |
Posted - 11/08/2004 : 09:02:23
I thought traintagging was mostly a US thing, until I got back from Figueras (Dali's house town) and a few of the Renfe trains were completely coated tip to tail, quitequite gorgeous.
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Moving from the clown to the jester will mean moving from similar to same, from alike to identical, from comparable to analogous. Though applied differently, the colours used on one can be used on another, and a couple of changes of costume will rapidly transform the jester into a clown and the clown into a jester. Strictly speaking, they almost duplicate each other as regards clothes and function, the only difference between them, from a social point of view, is that clowns do not usually visit the palaces of kings. |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/06/2004 : 10:06:38
http://66.96.179.125/ithrewup/index.html
To you my heart cries out "Porphyria," For I found you, the love of my life,
In somebody else's arms, Your eyes are echoing "Porphyria," Forgetful of our promise of love,
You're sharing another's charms
With a sad lament, my dreams
Have faded like a broken melody; While the gods of love look down and laugh
At what romantic fools we mortals be |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/05/2004 : 09:14:02
and Newo Knew! heheh
This is kind of a similar topic. We used to get the Chicago Reader before we moved, and in the personal classifieds section, there were always these cryptic messages to and from someone calling themselves "Sterno". They usually start with "This is Not a Threat...". It never failed we would try to decipher the seeming gibberish of this years-long tradition. I've since come to realize my limitations as a code-breaker. ;)
Here are some examples:
"AS USUAL, STERNO partied to the very end: at the rehearsal dinner, the wedding, and the open house. He's so reliable. Emily the Engineer."
"THIS IS NOT a threat: big, yes (and getting bigger). But I've been too depressed to wank. Sterno."
"THIS IS NOT a threat: To live is to suffer. This I know/ because the Buddha tells me so. Sterno."
"THIS IS NOT a threat. Actually, it is this time. If these childish games
don’t stop, then there will be no recess and no dessert. Sterno has
already been sent to his room without supper."
To you my heart cries out "Porphyria," For I found you, the love of my life,
In somebody else's arms, Your eyes are echoing "Porphyria," Forgetful of our promise of love,
You're sharing another's charms
With a sad lament, my dreams
Have faded like a broken melody; While the gods of love look down and laugh
At what romantic fools we mortals be |
| Newo |
Posted - 11/04/2004 : 14:28:23
Turk 182!
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 11/03/2004 : 10:13:31
Isn't that the dude featured in a New Yorker Talk of the Town?
 I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| ramona |
Posted - 11/02/2004 : 10:19:08
I like Neckface - have you heard of him?
www.fotolog.net/neckface
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If you see me, look surprised
If you don't, then pass me by
And I might even touch your sleeve
Oh, as you turn to leave
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| kathryn |
Posted - 11/02/2004 : 10:15:20
Oh, I must have missed that vote, Cult. Who got "prettiest"? "Most likely
to succeed"? "Most personable"? "Most likely annoying"? "Cutest"?
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/02/2004 : 07:56:19
Yikes. That's a hard title to live up to. Especially considering the vast number of much more smarterer people on this forum. I'm afraid your praise is misplaced, but thanks anyway.
Oh, and I only knew who Beuys was because I was an art major. shhhhh...;)
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| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 18:01:31
We've long ago voted her 'resident intellectual', Kathryn. :)
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| kathryn |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 15:36:45
Apl's the smartest forum member, hands down.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Newo |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 08:58:28
ha that's interesting, the fellows responsible for the painting, the Ovejas Negras, are no slouch when it comes to merchandising around Barcelona.
Know the feeling re: Tin Drum, I started it in August, I'm on page 120something and have read 8 or 10 others in the interim. I really like it but for some reason it is a veeery leisurely experience.
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 08:29:24
That would explain why it was familiar but I couldn't place it - I never finished that book. Been meaning to for years.
Joseph Beuys was against art as a commodity or object, or something to give momentary or fleeting enlightenment, or to look pretty above your couch. He did a lot of performance and installation art that couldn't or wouldn't be bought and sold. He was of the modern art movement that viewed real art as part of the living fabric of a healthy society, and that it needed to address uncomfortable or horrifying aspects of our past or our psyche with curiosity and unexpected or unorthodox approaches in order to heal, learn and move forward.
Weird guy, early in his career he went down in a plane accident over New Foundland or Greenland (or somewhere else really cold and desolate, can't remember) and was saved from freezing by the native people who wrapped him up in seal blubber and wool felt and fed him on blubber etc. He later made a lot of pieces with organic-looking materials (blubber-like) and wool felt, and sometimes sleds appear. |
| Newo |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 08:18:20
It's from page 93 of Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum.
What was Josep Beuys right about, incidentally?
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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| apl4eris |
Posted - 11/01/2004 : 07:13:58
quote:
Originally posted by Newo
Here's the continuation round the corner from the Princesa painting of the girl with the sweeping brush. Scuse about the angle, the street is about three feet wide.
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
hahaha Joseph Beuys was right!
Newo, what is your sig from? It seems familiar. |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 10/31/2004 : 07:56:23
there is bit of graffiti down an alley near where i live, which says "FB was here" |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/31/2004 : 05:33:15
Tre, each of those restores what little faith I might have in humanity.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| hammerhands |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 19:29:55
I posted this before.
http://www.themuralsofwinnipeg.com/
I like 1349 Portage Avenue, 187 Garry Sreet (#2) |
| n/a |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 18:52:05
yum yum apl,
hey brucey you so fine you so fine you blow my mind, hey brucey
two things (no pics I will update):
one: on the tram the other day I say an RIP John Peel Graffiti, I'll photo it and scan it in, it was quite moving
two: my friend Jon fell in love with a girl but didn't know how to tell her, he took a picture of her and made a stencil, went about town and sprayed her image everwhere, with him below each one presenting her a gift, who said romance was dead!
Frank Black ate my hamster |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 17:48:27
These rock!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Newo |
Posted - 10/30/2004 : 12:50:44
Here's the continuation round the corner from the Princesa painting of the girl with the sweeping brush. Scuse about the angle, the street is about three feet wide.
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But whenever, as scholars sometimes do, I turned my back on books, declaring them to be the graveyards of the language, and sought contact with the simple folk, I encountered the little cannibals who lived in our building, and after brief association with them, felt very glad to get back to my reading in one piece.
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| kathryn |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 10:44:52
Thanks for starting this. Some of this stuff's beautiful!
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 08:46:24
Tre, toots, this one's for you. heheh
(somewhere in Chicago) |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 08:03:39
Fred Astaire -
God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 07:55:42
I love this one - 
interesting picture of twiggy...
this is above a basement flat, they got their own guard dog...
the queen, princess di, and charles
God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex |
| TarTar |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 07:48:37
Now we just need some Keith Haring work posted on here. I'd do it, but I can't with these stupid school computers.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
| apl4eris |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 07:42:03
Newo, this is a very nice topic, it really reminds me of "Underworld" by Don DeLillo.
My favorite graffiti is on freight trains and Chicago "L" cars, watching tag after tag go by waiting at the station or at the tracks. Those are so difficult to execute. In Chicago, spray paint is illegal, hehe.
Here are some from Columbus, Ohio. In the states, as you are probably aware, most graffiti is about gang tags. Not as much to look at, but still meaningful:
 
This one took some doing - it's right over a busy 6-lane highway:
heehee:
I didn't take these pictures. There is one that I would like to get a pic of, that's on a 150-yr old brick building in the town square of Delaware (the county in which we live) that is just plain white letters that say:
"I love my country, but I hate the government." |
| GypsyDeath |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 06:58:09
I love banksy stuff. Theres alot of political type stuff in Brighton, again, a lot banksy...which is kinda funny, cos all of the art shops sell his stuff down here.
God forbid I exude confidence and enjoy sex |
| TarTar |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 06:15:09
I thought this was going to be about the Throwing Muses song Grafitti.
Inna zany combination of Wayne's Pet Youngin'! |
| Newo |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 03:24:56
Is the smiley riotpolisman from a wall in Brick Lane? I think i remember seeing it there a couple of summers ago. Either that or it was a Mona Lisa with a bazooka.
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They are in love. Fuck the war. |
| Scarla O |
Posted - 10/28/2004 : 02:30:59
We have lots of banksy around shoreditch...
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| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 21:11:20
there are a lot of amature taggers here that really don't know what they are doing. not a lot of big pieces like you posted newo. people also print up random stickers and put them everywhere... which is pretty unique from my experience.
Stop theif! Help Camper Van Get its stolen gear back!
http://www.campervanbeethoven.com/gearstolen/ |
| slaveish |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 20:42:14
those are beautiful. You are so lucky to be able to see those every day. I'll post some NYC graf if i stop being so lame and figure out how to post photos. |
| kathryn |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 10:43:27
You need to have it posted online somewhere. Try shuterfly.com.
I still believe in the excellent joy of the Frank |
| Newo |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 10:35:55
It come up as a red x cause the URL is from a yahoo group I´m part of and it yoinks it off after a couple hours. The second one stays cause I took it with a friends cvamera and he put it on his online album, and I don´t have one of those. s there a way I can get a photo on without setting up one of those?
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They are in love. Fuck the war. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 10/27/2004 : 10:29:34
Someone here spraypaints 'Muse B' on anything and everything.
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Godfather of nothing, ancesters of none.
Black glasses and feedback took my sense of fun.
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