Sonik3000

All City Writers is amazing. So much great info on the beginnings of the European scene. Someone really needs to do one about the USA now.

Rest in Peace to a great writer and style master.

I am hurt and offended at your crop.

“Writing has been my companion and friend. Not always good for me, but always with me,” he says, “There’s nothing like walking down a tunnel, tripping, listening to some Pink Floyd, to create a masterpiece burner – I can’t even put it into words.” Rest in Peace IZ. While you'll no longer come back every now and then, we know you're still around.

apotik komik still doing street stuff?

Doing gallery shows doesn't immediately equal getting paid. Don't get that confused!

so how many of you all are still into buying one of these things?

Graffiti should look like it's fun to do most of the time! Keep on rocking Kuma! And keep doing letters as little people, I always think that's awesome.

Still curious. Put a dollar figure to it. How much money makes you "rich?'

I am curious to hear your ideas of how much money makes someone 'rich.' Put a dollar figure to it.

.the oldest mag i have is scrbble #6(rust cover w/os gemeos feat).... that was 12 oz # 6.

Re: PICHAÇÃO If you want a window in to try reading some of this stuff, look at the photos that Santos L Halper just posted - TUMULOS - meaning 'tombs' - is up in each one. And in the white tags on black paper image above where there was the comment that there was tag influence... well, maybe. When you go to Rio de Janeiro the tags look loopy and tiny - as different from Sao Paulo's as Philly's are from NYC. Rio's are always in spray paint, and to me are genetically closer to the Philly hands than the Sao Paulo tags are.

Re: PICHAÇÃO Means 'pichadores: maintainance (buffing) costs of this facade keep us from giving money to the church/charity' sorta for the record, pichação has been a part of São Paulo since around 1982 - and that had nothing to do with Beat Street or any other contact with NYC graff. It was buidling off a political graffiti tradition that began in the 1960s. And Philly has been going since, what - 1965 or so? The new book Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia (freenewsproject.com) has a lot of that info, btw.... The tsssss book is nice, I have it - there is cool super rookie card blackbook stuff of the gemeos, herbert, vitche, etc. Wish it were even longer and had more info!

Re: PICHAÇÃO I wrote that 12 Oz article. Favorite thing I've ever written still.

Re: PICHAÇÃO You have to walk/drive around in Sao Paulo to truly appreciate how grilled it is... there's no city on earth that even comes close to how painted it is. Glad to see that people are interested in this stuff.... if anyone's curious to dig and learn more, find a copy of Swindle Magazine issue 1 - you can probably order one from swindlemagazine.com - I did a 14 page article/photo essay on the stuff. And I wish we had put more pixa in the Graffiti Brasil book, but space doesn't always permit.