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weekend fr8 train benching!!!

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Got a chance to walk down to the yards on this cold ass morning and catch a couple of nice trains. Not as many as I wanted due to pesky yard workers running me off. Caught my homie Hero, Sleep, Vital, Size21  e2e, Stale, Quiter, Gasp, Dekr, Sigh, etc… Check them out!!!

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December 22, 2008 at 12:48 am

debt, ud, honest, ud, sezo!!!

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Caught these walking around town looking for flix!!!

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December 22, 2008 at 12:33 am

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Cellphone Pictures Lead to Graffiti Arrest

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Andrew Morello, 18, of Queens was arrested on graffiti charges after the police distributed a cellphone image of him taken by a subway rider. (Photo: New York Police Department) Don’t get caught guys/gals! When you least expect it, someone might be watching.
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December 19, 2008 at 10:57 pm

The Welcome To My Nightmare Solo Show by Axis, CBS

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Axis, CBS comes through with a dope show at the Suru. These where caught on graffhead.com’s blog.

Check out the flix!!!

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December 19, 2008 at 3:17 pm

Obey drama stirs up on BombinMagazine’s Blog!!!

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A very good write up on bombinmagazine came through about the drama that’s going with Mr. Fairey and the ACC crew. Over the years I’ve watched Fairey and his artwork progress into a piece of history with Obama’s posters. I personally do know the man.  I’m not defending him nor am I taking sides, but both have good points. Idk, you guys out there know him better than I do and have either painted with him or painted over him. I’ll just know him for the famous Obama icon.

Anyhow, read this post from bombinmagazine on drama that stirred up with ACC. Both point out some good points. Good post guys, keep up the good work!!!

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December 18, 2008 at 5:11 pm

If you turn in a writer, you get a FREE Ipod!!!

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WTF is this world coming to where you trade a writer in for an Ipod, LoL…  Apparently a woman uip in Salt Lake caught a 15 year old who was later confronted at his appartments. He said fuck it and even turned over his cans.

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December 18, 2008 at 3:03 pm

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graffiti kings New York’s subway graffiti book

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Graffiti Kings is the definitive book on New York’s subway graffiti movement, an unprecedented creative explosion that occurred across the five boroughs during the 1970s. This rare, firsthand account of the birth of this movement is the first and only graffiti book to reveal what happened behind the scenes when writers put their lives on the line to grab a piece of fame from a faceless urban landscape.

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December 14, 2008 at 9:56 pm

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Kicking off my Freight Train Monikers collection!!!

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While I am out benching and not flicking pieces on the fr8s, I find myself looking for box cars that have no pieces looking for “hobo tags,” “streaks,” “oil bars,” “worker tags,” “freight monikers,” “chalk graffiti,” “boxcar art” of infamous monikers we hear about through stories, net, and other writers. If you are a fr8 addict, then you should know about these guys who where the original fr8 kings leaving tags since back in the days of war world era. Early writers have got into the art form of streaking. In my eyes it is an art form as these guys are expressing themselves with their own unique tag.

I find JD King Esquire’s story very interesting as a rich man by day who loved to get filthy and ride the rails on the weekend to get a view of America you cannot see on the roads.

There is many more to come, so check back!!!

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December 14, 2008 at 8:23 pm

ART BASEL show in Miami, Florida!!!

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Check out the dope covereage by Bomin Magazine Blog. You can catch writers like Surge, Augor, Dare, Ewok, Typoe, Kofie.

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View more pics on the link below from KnownGallery.com!!!

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December 14, 2008 at 7:47 pm

graffiti-on-snails!!!

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graffiti has appeared in a lot of places, but this by far is the dopest place i’ve seen it so far. this snails rocks with a dope top-to-bottom!!!

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December 12, 2008 at 4:09 am

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