At the East 180th Street station and train yard for the 2s and 5s in the Bronx, two trains were painted on January 23. According to Animal New York City, the first to break the story, it was the OTP crew from Barcelona. Taggers included “SEN, ORUS and SHADE (or SNADE? or SNAGE?).” The pieces were wild style, but the crew’s quality is definitely still developing. Supposedly OTP has made it a long tradition to hit up NYC, paint trains and take …
Month: January 2014
On James Rawson’s site, the last line of his artist statement reads, “So on we go, round and round on our big fat merry-go-round while James puts up the mirror to our pathetic world of consumption.” His paintings try to make commentary on a divided society fiending for escapism through postmodern pop culture. Sex, violence, death and greed are regurgitated vices for a hypnotized society suffering from a disabled vigilance. Rawson makes mixed media paper collages to act as sketch references …
The photos bursting out of Ukraine’s capital, Kiev are incredible. These violent clashes started popping off after Ukraine’s president Viktor Yanukovych refused to step down. It’s been reported that anti-government demonstrators have taken over several government buildings. In Ivano-Frankivsk 1,500 protestors have barricaded themselves in a regional government building, demanding the local governor’s resignation. The Kiev’s city hall has been occupied by protestors for the past two months. Officials say two police officers are being held hostage, but the demonstrators deny such …
Brandy & Coke is a mini documentary on the UK Garage (UKG) music scene in the 90s & early to mid 2000’s. The mini documentary was directed by Ewen Spencer, a photographer who took photos at many UKG parties back in the day. Ewen Spencer recently released a book of those photos called UKG. Brandy & Coke covers the sounds, fashion, club events, raves, and the ups and downs of the UKG golden era. Although not as extensive in it’s …
Rapper O.C. of the D.I.T.C.(Diggin’ In The Crates) crew and Hip-Hop producer Ray West of Red Apples 45 record label have recently put out a project called Ray’s Cafe EP. O.C. is dropping rhymes that touch on “love, life, loss, and glory.” The setting of this nine track EP is a cafe, where O.C. paints scenes, gets introspective and makes observations, over Ray West’s jazzy Hip-Hop productions. Ray’s is definitely a good one for when your in the chill, introspective, and or …
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