shai Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I was 25, working as a courier in SF and living in South City. I started meeting and hanging out with writers from crews like BA, LORDS, WOW, AWR, THR, KUK, SH, BTM, CA...they sparked/renewed my interest in graff. Going to punk shows every weekend, had been clean and sober for a couple years at that point (only to fall off the wagon later that summer with a resounding bang). Most of the time I spent on the internet was talking to messengers and punks in other cities/countries and looking for punk/metal mp3s. I didn't hear about 12 oz till 2001 or so. Raven, it looks like your Alexa ratings really took off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<---lllExlllPert---> Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 man forget the internet... i was in sixth grade when i saw my first 12oz magazine!!!! i think it was issue number 6... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Oh yeah, I had a copy of the Os Gemeos issue. I think I got it from ATOM...I'm not really sure, it's been a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Nerves Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 1999, my last year in high school. Back when 12oz was still made out of paper.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushawn wuan Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i got on here in 04. in o9 i had some people switch sides on me. started battling another crew i was cool with witch led to lost friendships and bloody fights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pistol Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Name dropping like a mofo. I was chillin at a CC. Killing time between classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yinz n'at Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 may 1999 is when i painted my first 'real' attempt at a piece found this site in the fall of 2001... got sent a link to it while in a math class where everything was on the computer... i failed the class, only time i ever failed a class in my life lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohnoone Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 been here since april 2000. had some gay HIPHOPGRAFFTASATIC usernames till about 03 though. then i lost all my posts when the board switched to this new version. its almost been a decade. jesus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morton Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 So is there any chance that there will ever be another issue of the magazine? I can remember when it came out thinking of getting a subscription, kind of glad I did not as there were not enough issues to fulfill that offer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 99? i was a paranoid whippersnapper watching the countdown, ready for the apocalypse/meltdown of all technology known to man cosign on jar jar binks shutting up/getting chopped & flipped in a naboo fish market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushawn wuan Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 99? i was a paranoid whippersnapper watching the countdown, ready for the apocalypse/meltdown of all technology known to man HAHAHA now that you say that i was paranoid too. i went and bought hella water and had that shit ready in the basement by december. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetown Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Lurked Metal Heads from 2002-2003. Didn't really start posting until 2004. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_gooch Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 i remember the twist dumpster and the room with the bike. wow, 10 year. i lurked on here under another name back then, mostly to look at graffiti. now i come on here and hardly look at graffiti...hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Name dropping like a mofo. :lol: I was just gonna say. Shit I was 20 working at the only grocery store in my home town and golfing everyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 HAHAHA now that you say that i was paranoid too. i went and bought hella water and had that shit ready in the basement by december. :lol: i hear ya had boxes of kraft dinner & was ready for that road warrior lifestyle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOGOROK Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 1999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheoHuxtable.. Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 1999- life before digital cameras - trading flicks and paper graff zines....i barely ever got on here then. different username. AOL days. I had a digital camera in early '99 but they weren't really known then. It was digital camera made by Polaroid. I remember I brought it to school and kids were bewildered. Never saw a camera with a "screen" on the back. That took photos that you could cycle through right on the spot. But yeah I was the first person in school, and among anyone I knew, with a digital camera. I was always on top of new technology. Had a DVD player around 1998 on the computer (had Demolition Man on DVD), and had a MP3 player around that same time (it was shaped like a pen). DVDs seemed crystal-clear back then compared to VHS, but DVD's back then look choppy compared to current DVDs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 happy 10th birthday 12oontz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushawn wuan Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I had a digital camera in early '99 but they weren't really known then. It was digital camera made by Polaroid. I remember I brought it to school and kids were bewildered. Never saw a camera with a "screen" on the back. That took photos that you could cycle through right on the spot. But yeah I was the first person in school, and among anyone I knew, with a digital camera. I was always on top of new technology. Had a DVD player around 1998 on the computer (had Demolition Man on DVD), and had a MP3 player around that same time (it was shaped like a pen). DVDs seemed crystal-clear back then compared to VHS, but DVD's back then look choppy compared to current DVDs. i first saw a digital camera in 5th grade when my teacher took it to school. that was like 95, she was showing us all the pics on the tv. i remember asking her how much that thing cost and she said it was 2 or 5 thousand, cant remember exactly. i went home and told my parents about this super cool camera my teacher had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 are there any people from 99 that are still on here? for some reason i'll never understand i'm still here. thanks for the good times raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LunchTruck Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I was 18. I think I discovered 12oz a year or so later......used a dial-up connection, lurked, made a user name that I couldn't remember......got a life and stopped caring about the internet.....re-kindled my love for the 120z, came back made a new name that I also cant remember for the life of me.......left, then came back in 06' and rarly post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat ralphy Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 99' highschool graduate...first came on the oontz a few years later as george burns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkbianchi Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 may 1999 is when i painted my first 'real' attempt at a piece found this site in the fall of 2001... got sent a link to it while in a math class where everything was on the computer... i failed the class, only time i ever failed a class in my life lol my bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Dunn Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 I used to go to St. Louis every summer when I was a kid. I'd say around 1997 to 1999 I remembered seeing the floodwall and asking my grandma to go back the next day and take pictures. Didn't start sketching and getting into it for a few years after, but that was my first encounter. Also in '99 was my first kiss the day before 7th grade started. I thought I was hot shit walking into Jr High the next day haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimes Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I was a senior in H.S. in 99.I started writing on everything shortly after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightsblood Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 i was on here when there were no logins, it was just a bulletin board. i guess that was late 1998 into early 1999? i remember there weren't really people from all over the country, it was mostly people from NY, CT and other north eastern states plus FL that were posting here. At that point, the main place for graffiti discussion on the internet was alt.graffiti where i used to lurk. i was in college in 1999 and was just getting back into graff. i had been heavily involved in graffiti from about 1992-1996 but stopped for a few years to focus on other things. graff has changed a lot since 1999. at that point, euro paint was just becoming available here. american writers were just starting to do "funk" styles. NYC style throw ups were spreading to other cities. there were bigger regional differences in style, especially between east and west coast. graffiti was spreading to new places but was less trendy than it is now. most writers in the 90's were wiggers who said "yo" a lot, no one wore tight pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREIGHTYONE Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 i was on here when there were no logins, it was just a bulletin board. i guess that was late 1998 into early 1999? i remember there weren't really people from all over the country, it was mostly people from NY, CT and other north eastern states plus FL that were posting here. At that point, the main place for graffiti discussion on the internet was alt.graffiti where i used to lurk. i was in college in 1999 and was just getting back into graff. i had been heavily involved in graffiti from about 1992-1996 but stopped for a few years to focus on other things. graff has changed a lot since 1999. at that point, euro paint was just becoming available here. american writers were just starting to do "funk" styles. NYC style throw ups were spreading to other cities. there were bigger regional differences in style, especially between east and west coast. graffiti was spreading to new places but was less trendy than it is now. most writers in the 90's were wiggers who said "yo" a lot, no one wore tight pants. Nice, I agree. I'm listening to Smif N Wessun as we speak. AOL graf chatroom circa 1997 stand up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortFuse Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 im a youngin' no exposure to graff and dance just yet. I look at those years as near hatchling phase...sheltered not having much experience. knowledge but no experience. ive done my homework since then.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrChupacabra Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I do believe i've been here since 2000, but lurked for a year or so. Back in 99, i was probably doing some kid shit, and got into breakdancing shortly thereafter. Now i can blame that (and skateboarding) for my body and joints constantly hurting like an old man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
{OneSevenNine.com} Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 I was a junior in high school, but also taking college courses for a jumpstart on my AA. I would lurk on the 12 in the college's computer room. It wasn't until last year that I started regularly posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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