Dagmar Onasis III esq.

im not even kidding.. if i lived in portland i would hit that up. hah. you guys should all do it. those kids would lose their shit. -dagmar

i hate to sound on the jock but for reals.. Ouch might just be one of the hottest out there right now along with Jurne. just my 2cents. -dagmar.

ouch always coming correct.. -dagmar

hah please.. i remember getting this at the flea market in 1987 when i was a kid.. i used to hide born to mack in my sock drawer so it wouldn't get ganked by my mom. by the way, anyone remember the group "415" from oakland? they were on before oakland went 510 and were thought to be the bays NWA. snitches and bitches was the jam. look it up. "ey bitch jump in the bucket!" "the door wont open!" "yo! tell that hoe to make like the muthfuckin duke boys and jump through the muthafuckin window!" -d

Re: Don't Call it Frisco my take on this issue is a complex one. i feel like there are a few key factors that led to the demise of style and more importantly an overall desire to get "good" and stay "good". the first is that prior to early 2000's shit ran. when things run it motivates people to outdo what they see, and if they know they cant they try until they can. also when you are surrounded by tons of dope pieces, tags and throwups on a daily basis i think you sort of absorb it through a sort of osmosis. its no different than when there is a feeling in the air at any given place and time where a sub-cultural phenomenon is happening wherein everyone participating just seems to emerge effortlessly at the top of their game (grunge in seattle early 90's, pop art in NY 60's etc etc..). when the soul is sucked out from being watered down and the inspiration dissolves via the buff your left with a void of authenticity. the second is that these days people don't treat graffiti as a true craft. its not really their faults though. the responsibility to show the fundamentals to the up and comers falls on the shoulders of the older generations. instead of embracing the newjacks and showing them whats-what, what happened was in the early 2000's we had the KUK trials. this partially brainwashed a once tolerant city that was recently post 9/11 and slipping into the GW Bush cowboy take on politics into thinking that maybe this graffiti stuff was really bad, almost terrorist in nature. prior to that we were enjoying the most financially lucrative time the city had ever seen with the dot-com boom under a liberal Clinton government. its easy to enjoy and be tolerant of the fruits of culture when the times are good and easy to demonize and eradicate them when times get tough. so with that setting the stage for social attitudes in the early 2000's it drove away people who were once dedicated to the true craft of graffiti, or "academics" as they once regarded themselves in early NYC days. there now was too much at stake for the average writer once felonies had set the precedent for penalties in the courts. unfortunately the people with the most to lose are generally those with all the experience that should be passed down to the new kids to help mold them by giving them to tools to shape their views and direction in this craft. it was the older generations responsibility to give them outlines, tell them when their shit sucks and more importantly why it does so they can fix it, take them to spots and show them how to do things in general. most of them didn't live up to it. so, we were left with a void in understanding in the youngsters. they were forced to figure it out vicariously through pictures and the internet. both of those means of teaching are as impersonal as being raised by a television while mommy and daddy work. that lazy method of teaching/learning results in a lack of character, authenticity and a general sense of a true understanding of how things could be. don't get me wrong though.. there are definitely some kids that emerged just fine and some older dudes that stuck around and tried to do the right thing. i'm not saying its all a wash but rather that it could have turned out better than it did. ok, i rambled enough. im just overly idealistic with this shit and wish it turned out differently. not that i consider myself the authority on this shit, but when i push ideas and post flicks its more in an effort to breathe some authenticity back into this game. i dont know why but i cant just let it go.. -dagmar onasis iii esq.

Re: Don't Call it Frisco and the Amaze.. like i said before i have tons more flicks but this is what i have scanned right now. ill work on the other ones in a bit. -dagmar

sure.. heres a few i already have scanned. -d

Re: Don't Call it Frisco heres a few more from the temporary yard i mentioned.. and with that the histroy lesson is concluded for the night.. -dagmar onasis iii esq.

Re: Don't Call it Frisco more ghost yards.. KERS157 DUST - i cant front.. Dust saved me from a serious ass whoopin on this day. thanks for that D. hah Jeloe -dagmar

i have TONS of them.. heres a few i have already scanned from either the entrance next to the thunder dome, the yard itself or the temporary ghost yard a few piers down where they were storing the "new" muni cars (the silver ones) right before they released them. i have some crazy stories about breaking into the warehouse and jacking the MUNI walkie talkies. back when life was truly fun and care free. -dag

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Re: Don't Call it Frisco i'm almost starting to feel kinda lame holding on to these memories so dearly.. kinda like the high school quarterback who cant let go of his glory days. maybe im just getting older but i feel like while the activity the lifestyle revolved around then was the same, it was just so much different than it is now. i remember much more of a community feeling. eh, whatever. what was will never be again. if you weren't there enjoy it vicariously. -d'ster

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Re: Don't Call it Frisco KDGMR - all 90's, all the time! (im pretty sure the rubble in the background is the site where the new giants stadium sits..) -dag'ster

Re: Don't Call it Frisco more 90's pics.. again, all mine. enjoy. -dagmar

Re: Don't Call it Frisco i know this will fall on deaf ears but i wish everyone would just stop talking about this beef shit. nobody outside of who is actually involved cares. the only problem is all said parties are on here talking about it at the annoyance of everyone else. use PM's. it only makes you look silly to announce to everyone what you intend to do when you see eachother. just my 2 cents. feel free to talk shit about me now too. dont care. -d

Re: Don't Call it Frisco back then.. all SF 1999 and earlier. all my pics. -dagmar

...because i miss seeing phunks pics on here and also because im tired of reading all this bullshit drama. all stolen from funk&jazz flickr. -dagmar onasis iii esq.

i dont remember just kidding but i do remember buster and me. heres the one i always was waiting to see every sunday morning. -dagmar

church of latter day saints with little alfonso from silver spoons who grew into carlton banks. that mutherfucker can dance.. -d

the one i always quote and nobody remembers is that girl saying "maybe one day ill be a firefighter and help put out fires. or, maybe ill be a doctor and get to help lots of people" etc etc.. then at the end she says "one day, i just want the chance to be me." or something along those lines. anyone else remember? -d

i remember cutting class in the mid 90's and going there to buy candy ink to fill my mini ultra. those were the days. UFO and Buder tags/fills the whole way there. -dagmar

i didn't know Morrissey was in jail for graffiti. -d