The people over at Graffiti Research labs are always coming up with new and innovative ways to get up!
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JK5 OPENING PARTY, Tonight @ THE MISHKA POP-UP SHOP FROM 6-10pm! Mishka NYC will be releasing their new JK5Collection, a colab with artist JK5. Sucklord of Suckadelic is creating a limited edition Kreactivader figure for the opening. 
Mishka Pop-Up Shop
218 Bedford Avenue (entrance on N. 5 th)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
L Train to Bedford Ave.
Art Installation by Chicago artist Erik DeBat aka RISK
Piccolo, 859 N. Damen at Iowa in Ukrainian Village
Saturday, March 8th, 2008 8 p.m. to 11 p.m
Risk recently created this Logan Square roller with B-Boy-B. Props. 
Filmed in downtown Brooklyn, RJd2's "Work It Out" video from his album The Third Hand features Bill Shannon. Shannon,who was born with a degenerative hip condition, dances and skillfully maneuvers on a skateboard while using his necessary crutches in this amazing video.
While moving and unpacking I recently came up on a VHS of early 90's Chicago graffiti. There is large coverage of permission and chill spots like Walls of Style, Walls of Grace, Imperial Furniture, the CTA competitions, and more. It has a section with riding the redline and harassing a CTA worker. Oh yeah, and there is a part with Artistic BASF2 spinning records in his bedroom.
It's chalk full of some of the sickest work from Ice-Pack, Chi-Rock, Fedz, THC, ASC, SB, J4F DC5, UEMF, and others... I can't remember where I originally picked it up, perhaps Time2Pound or BOMB records in East Chicago IN. Who knows?
In it's absolute realest form reggae was a voice of the street. Spat out of the mouths of poor blacks in Trench town ghettos, this music was religiously motivated, yet violently orientated. "Machine-Gun-Lyrics" like that of former butcher CUTTY RANKS preached of killing your enemies, punishing sinners with death, and cutting them to pieces. All for the praise almighty Jah Rastafari.
AP photo by David Karp
Pipe bomb explosion at New York Army Recruiting center in Times Square NYC. Near 4 am, a hooded bicyclist planted a pipe bomb that did only structural damage at the military recruitment center at 43rd and Broadway.
Goes to show the tighter the grip the government puts on it's people, the will of the strong will show. No matter how much they want us to be computers for the "greater" good, human nature will surface. The majority may fall in line, but as history shows there will always be those who are brave enough to counter act. Be free! (Note: we do not condone violence, but do support protest.)
Written by Master Po
Peep the poetic and explosive intro of Lakai's skateboarding film Fully Flared co-directed by Spike Jonze. Music by M83
This Thursdy, March 6th in NYC street art collective WE ARE SUPEVISION, a creative project based out of Chicago, is having an an art show.
To RSVP email: tqxsv@complex.com
Oh and don't forget HAMBURGER EYES this Thursday.
Thor @ Meeting of Styles in Chicago 2007 (Picture from ThunderCircus.com)
The original THOR of Chicago's "Three Hearts Club" & "One Eye Shut" sets has returned from the beaches of Puerto Rico. He is currently working on a solo show that will be exhibited at Chicago's 32nd & Urban gallery. Stay tuned...
ThunderCircus.com
flickr.com/photos/thundercircus
(Picture by Thor, in P.R.)
(Picture by Thor, in P.R.)
I've been thinking of him lately.
Image from www.alternativetentacles.com
"Give me a RAH" -Him
"Rah"-Me
"Give me a Headbut" -Him
"What? Man!" -Me
"A Headbut, Give me a Headbut!"-Him
That was a Friday in 1995 and my very first encounter with Wesley. I was 14. Heavily blunted off seed-ie weed from our walk off the Belmont #77 bus. Derek and I sat across the street from Wrigley field, in front of Chicago's Metro, killing time for the crowd to loosen up. Slipping a $10 to security was our entry to the sold-out Blue Meanies show. During our wait, as high as Wu-Tang gets, we met Wesley. He sat at a table in front of Metro selling his drawings (architecturally based Chicago-skyline drawings in blue ball-point pen).
"Give me a RAH!" Wesley demanded. After I delivered several rahs and headbuts we pushed off and got in the show. From that moment on I'd run into Wesley about 4 times a year until his death in 2003.
RIP Chicago Artist, Musician, and Legend, Weasley Willis.
Check out his drawings and music, throughout his career. He recorded well over 1,000 songs.
Music Links:
I Whooped Spiderman's Ass
He Goes to Prision
Fuck with me and Find out
Bio Links:
http://www.alternativetentacles.com/bandinfo.php?band=wesleywillis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Willis
To Promote the spring 2008 release of their first book, Hamburger Eyes: Inside Burgerworld, the Powerhouse Arena will have a selection of photographs by Hamburger Eyes artists Ray Potes, David Potes, Stefan Simikich, and Jason Roberts Dobrin, as well as regular contributors Ted Pushinsky, Ryan Furtado, Patrick Griffin, Vic Blue, David Uzzardi, Brian David Stevens, Mark Murrmann, Jai Tanju, Michael Jang, Matt Weber, Uri Korn, and Bill Daniel.
OPENING RECEPTION:
March 6th, 6-9PM
@ Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO
37 Main Street
I've driven through this country one too many times with no working tape player in the car, then I just got hooked.
I saw Antipop at the Empty Bottle in Chicago about six years ago while they were promoting their album Arrythmia. It was the first time I met Oscar, and it ended up being one of the best concerts I've seen. Beans wore mysterious sunglasses and bobbed his bald head back and forth throughout the set so hard I thought his head might fall off when he was rapping. They were a little crazy, ahead of their time, and were never fully appreciated for their musical experimentation. But you see, what happens is this: the under-appreciation by the masses makes me cherish them all the more.
AntiPop is currently recording a new album. Tickets are on sale for two shows March 22nd at Knitting Factory in NYC followed by a European tour. No other stateside shows as of yet. You can listen to their new single here.
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