Cold Crush
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renting the homes of complete strangers - airbnb.com
Cold Crush replied to injury's topic in Channel Zero
I rarely post but I saw this and thought I'd let you know my experience- I've rented from airbnb maybe 10 time now, also in France, and I highly recommend it. I stayed in an amazing place in Paris for about a week at a price you couldn't beat, and it was extremely clean and the person I stayed with was super helpful. Additionally, if you have any issues airbnb customer support is incredible. They will find you a new reservation and refund your money etc. if there are any major issues without bombarding you with questions or giving you attitude. I recommend it to al my friends, and none of them have ever had anything but positive reviews. I've stayed in Paris, Lyon, Rome, London, Barcelona, Madrid, New York, LA, and New Orleans. You should just make sure to read the reviews and ratings for the renters you want. Also- most of the people that rent rooms/apartments go the extra mile. Almost all of them give you extra amenities like food, beer, wine etc. One guy supplied a harddrive of ripped DVDS for me to transfer to my computer. Anyway, I would give them a try. It is by far better than any hotel I've ever stayed in and almost always comparable in price. -
There dude, I fixed it for you.
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DEDICATED TO THOSE WUBS... haha
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Damn, Ergotti and Much. Killers. So rad.
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Herpes from a whore.
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"We already come from a different direction. As Graphic Surgery we never were typical graffiti writers. We are simply abstract painters. It seems more like many (post) graffiti writers move closer towards an abstract way of working. Probably as i said before, a logical step, cause things evolve. Though who knows, even they will eventually even drop the idea of holding on to type or letters?" I have no problem with this, but isn't this essentially the difference between "Graffiti" in the NY-Bronx, "Hip-Hop" sense of the word, and street art? what differentiates this as "Graffiti-futurism" vs. "Street-art" or "Muralism?" Is the medium of spray-paint enough to make the distinction? Just some thoughts.
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I really do like it when people push the boundaries and take things a step further than where people are comfortable. Even if you look back through the timeline of popular graffiti you catch glimpses of someone pushing the limits of what letters can be, and then there becomes a paradigm shift. I give props to a lot of the writers in this thread for doing shit that I'm sure everyone around them thought was weird at first and their crews were probably like, "Come on dog, you're falling off, shit is wack.." But they kept at it and created major innovation. However, some of these people think they are being MUCH more creative and innovative than they are. Guys, go take one look at cubism, then Mondrian, then early ab-ex painting, and then tell me this shit is new and creative? I echo the calls that too many writers lost the vocabulary of letterforms, because really what makes the innovators innovative is operating inside of the structures of letters. It's easy to just paint lines and colors and make it look intriguing and interesting, but it is NOT fresh, exciting or new. What makes it exciting is to blend the forms of graffiti with abstraction, or as it's been labeled "futurism" (thanks Futura!). Too many of the writers in this thread are just using corny overused graphic design cliches and translating them into spray-paint. Too many people are doing poorly contemplated geometric abstractions in CMYK and think they are taking shit "to the next level." Yeah, we all know CMYK looks good, cool, very flat basic colors, very aesthetically pleasing, your making my rods and cones vibrate... But it isn't innovative. I applaud everyone who takes more than three seconds to come up with new and astounding color combinations, those that continue to bend the forms of letters into something amazing but yet grounded in the culture that we all are so invested in. Anyway, here's my little dissertation. Hope you like it. Haha.
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I miss Minneapolis. You guys do more quality graffiti than 75% of cities with recognized graff scenes. Although... I do miss my years coming up there, when it was still HM, KYT, 7MK, BTR, NTS everywhere, and we were trying to make a name for ourselves. My relationship with graffiti has evolved into a strange weird complex thing since, but back then I'd get so hyped when I'd see a Blast throw-up that it would make me do something stupid like daytime tags in uptown, and I'd call all my friends and ask if they'd seen it, and we'd get together and sketch for hours and talk shit... Riding the bus back and forth a five times to do different spots across the cities, meeting new writers, the old shed at intermedia... I hope the kids coming up feel the same sort of hope and fun and lust for graffiti that I did back then. I might be too wasted right now and these are just nostalgiac-ramblings... blah blah, glad to see all these pictures from all these friends, acquaintances and rivals, you're all doing ill shit. Can't wait to come back for a visit.
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That Viper neat no rocks is hot.
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"The county is able to aggregate graffiti cases if there is eyewitness testimony for each incident, but is not able to do so based solely upon testimony from Sgt. Olson that a tag name is used exclusively by one individual. This situation arose during a 2005 case. In the case, an individual was caught tagging a building in Minneapolis. It would have been a relatively simple case, as the individual was caught in the act, except the property owner chose not to provide a damage estimate. Without a damage estimate, Taylor was unable to use that tagging incident as the basis for a felony charge. Thus, Sgt. Olson was brought in as an “expert” to testify that this incident demonstrated that the individual was responsible for a number of other graffiti incidents in town and could be charged with a felony based upon those damage estimates. A “Frye hearing” was held to determine if there was a scientific basis for Sgt. Olson’s claim. The judge found that there was not, and was further convinced by the testimony of a well-respected handwriting expert, Karen Runyon, who argued that it was not possible to use handwriting analysis to determine the identity of a graffitist. The case, besides being the only instance in which Taylor was unable to get a conviction, was a huge blow to law enforcement and prosecution efforts as it means that it is only possible to bring charges against an individual for graffiti they are caught doing. This in turn means that most restitution awards will be between $800-$1,500, far less than the tens of thousands of dollars of damage done by some graffitists."
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These last posts made me feel so good. It brought me back to the shit we were looking at when we were coming up. Unfortunately, the new writers are looking at us... no wonder graffiti is going downhill.... haha. Just playing. Minneapolis graffiti kids, you warm my heart. Haha.
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I like how the girl is barefoot in a sewer output. Bummer.
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Oh bummer. UC is going to have to kick "DVNO" out now. Haha.
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All stolen.
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I actually got a good laugh out of posting empty/buffed freights. Thanks.