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Wednesday, November 30th 2005

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adriana b: yo city ain't pretty no where no how but if you say so....

in response to Around Philly

adriana b: man change ain't ever gone come i dont care what beanie seigal say dats the hood and that's all there is to it. im from there i should know

in response to on asking for change

adriana b: chea been there done that and i'm ALWAYS go have love for my hood.

in response to Saturday

adriana b: yeah im from the phil but i stay in cali ma hood so grimy wit it ..whhhhhh

in response to urban form in north philadelphia

Peter: hehehehehe :) vroom! i like giving tersely cryptic taxi directions... turn left at yellow flat fixed. make a right at broken no parking sign then left to large bush.

in response to Hand Car

Peter: Crayon: im not exactly sure what correlation youre making between ignorance and graffiti. sure some writers are ignorant. some arent. plenty of non-writers are ignorant, some are not. i guess i dont get your point, as (to me at least) youre making a correlation between apples and oranges. generalizations like these...

in response to Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\':

elaine: well yes, you got me there. this is around the corner from me and it's sloppy signage usually pisses me off. the only thing it is good for is when giving directions to taxi drivers (it's near where there used to be a texaco garage) but today i looked at...

in response to Hand Car

Crayon: Well Peter, I see the term "artist" being used quite a bit on this post in reference to taggers. I'm just going by this fact. If the folks writing on this post are an indicator, I feel it is quite safe to assume a large portion of them quite "illiterate", and...

in response to Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\':

Peter: id have to say that i believe that theyre referring to the washing of a car by hand. but just to play along, let me toss out the idea of a hand TRUCK: :)

in response to Hand Car

Peter: Crayon: im afraid you might be making some overblown (and rather novice) assumptions about the average graffiti writer's motivation. for many- especially these "taggers" you speak of- it has nothing at all to do with "artistic ability", "art" or "creativity". its more about "recognition". im not sure the average graffiti writer's...

in response to Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\':

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: feet car like Fred Flintstone?

in response to Hand Car

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Amazing writing. I want to read more.

in response to Chinese New Year

adam: hand car = british feet car = american

in response to Hand Car

Crayon: The point I think a lot of you guys are missing is that the majority of taggers have just about no artistic ability. If they did, they'd be making a living at their "art". They certainly show no creativity. It's the same old crap, even with graffiti. What we have...

in response to Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\':

Peter: ...then it shouldnt be so hard for someone to post flicks of his new shit. ive only been asking for months, hehehe.

in response to JA: A True NYC King

MERKO: ja is a all city king

in response to JA: A True NYC King

Anonymous (82-46-144-198.cable.ubr02.perr.blueyonder.co.uk): JA IS A DON

in response to JA: A True NYC King

spooner: Bobby Sands and his 10comrades have gone down in Irish history as legends,our children will read of them in their history books in school and they'll understand what they've done for the Ireland of today.They were the bravest of the brave.May they rest in peace.Tiocfaidh ar la.

in response to Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981

elaine: spooky

in response to God Knows Your Name

elaine: nice. and the colourway in the first one is yummy

in response to Post, Pay, Pray

Peter: and today:

in response to God Knows Your Name

Peter: trends:

in response to Post, Pay, Pray

GGP: things change, indeed. coney island is the proverbial canary in the coalmine.

in response to Coney Memorial

Peter: to be filled with so much joy and good vibes, it certainly is a seedy-ass place. but even so, i still agree with your theory 100%...

in response to Coney Memorial

elaine: i'm with the vibe of a vibe...good or bad

in response to Coney Memorial

Jamie: that theory might have more of a scientific basis than you might imagine

in response to Coney Memorial

elaine: tho it still has a hoolish dynamism rather than a me-ish deadpan

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

elaine: natch

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

oneon: Coney has a vibe unlike any other place I’ve been to. Sometimes I think the pure joy of millions of people, for over a century has left it with an indescribable energy that is etched in the earth.

in response to Coney Memorial

Jamie: onl because of it's visual links with your current fetish

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

elaine: all cool, but of course i like the abandoned jumper on the street best

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

elaine: 1) it struck me as strange - i started imagining small rollerscates for hands and all sorts 2) bloody freezing - wrap up warm 3) i pray for the day - pesky fireworks

in response to Hand Car

gaz: i like how someone seems to have pissed on the word piss. additionaly, i like that fact that ratner is a penis toucher.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Orange!

in response to Toro, Toro, Toro

Peter: thanks. i used to have that exact phone in like 10 different colors. i found the collection in the trash near my old apartment on 108th street years ago. clearing out for the inevitable moves and de-clutterings, i had to get rid of the rest, but ive always kept that...

in response to Toro, Toro, Toro

Peter: that last link reminded me of the avenue a shrine (oldskool citynoise). also: another disused pullbox, across hte street from the atlantic yards:

in response to I Double-Dare You to Pull It

GGP: I just need to say how much I love this shot. The color, the concept, etc.

in response to Toro, Toro, Toro

GGP: on Lex, across the ave from the pharmacy. maybe 83rd or 84th st.? southwest corner.

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Peter: more penii:

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Jamie: a mcdonalds restaurant somewhere in northern ireland, armagh i think.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Now I can't get the song "Detachable Penis" by King Missile out of my head.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

GGP: i can't resist weighing in on this thread as well. saw this box on University Place the other day--a real head-scratcher, as it were.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Peter: hmm, good point!

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Peter: also: this is a great photo...

in response to Winter

Peter: best of citynoise!

in response to Coney Island Parachute Drop

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Where exactly is this sugar-mecca? I may go and press my nose against the glass.

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Peter: last summer, i saw a bum passed out on that wooden ramp up to the boardwalk. he looked dead and didnt appear to be breathing. i mentioned it to a cop on the boardwalk and they called an ambulance and took him away. i was afraid he was either dead...

in response to Winter

GGP: no...sometimes it is better to keep the fantasy in tact.

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Peter: i love that second shot, jeeff. it looks really nice to me. also: orange is my fav color lately.

in response to Seeing Double

Peter: i like the chicken costume. nice.

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

Peter: so... did you go in this time, ggp?

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Peter: awesome!!! this is such a comprehensive series of photos, too. thanks for posting this landmark. i used to work near there, and walked past it a hundred times but never took any photos. top notch.

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

Peter: i like teh "fireworks on sale here" signs. fireworks are illegal here.

in response to Hand Car

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: In time for Hool's next posting. Ha! can't catch me with your tricky word play ;)

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: When they say hand car, do they mean wheelbarrow? (It looks distinctly chilly there, by the way)

in response to Hand Car

Peter: from here: Antwerp Criminal Art...

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: umm...I just read this again and to be clear I was asking where was the picture of the wooly willy taken.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Brilliant!!! Absolutely brilliant! These are both fantastic. Jamie, where did you get the enormous wooly willy from? I'm so confused about sucking someone non-sexually.

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Peter: a classic:

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Fantastic link, thanks! I love that the old fire alarms have a second life as altars.

in response to I Double-Dare You to Pull It

elaine: these seem to go with this, somehow

in response to Escaped Pictograms

elaine:

in response to Looking Down, Columbia Road

elaine: ha! plus and by the way, i only just noticed that there are a pair of runes graffed onto these doors, a big Y with a middle forky bit. this is algiz, a rune of protection. presumably to ward off interruption from the phreakers, jai?

in response to new junction stencils

Carlos Luis Martín : Hemos comenzado con los cálculos de estructuras de la Catedral de Justo, y por ahora entendemos que la edificación garantiza la estabilidad estructural. (We have begin with the calculations of the Catedral of Justo, and for the moment we understand it gives the security of resistence). SI ALGUIEN QUIERE VOLUNTARIAMENTE COLABORAR...

in response to Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral

elaine:

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

elaine: heh, ggp, i missed that bill burroughs crack first time round

in response to freehand graf

elaine: update;

in response to freehand graf

elaine: fish fried in batter - very yummy. also, good when drunk (i promise)

in response to today

elaine: it makes me think the lunches should be tiny

in response to Upper East Side Neon

adam: im drunk and these pics are ruining my appetite.. THATS FISH?!

in response to today

Jamie: whilst randomly stumbling through flickr, i found this series of photos flickr.com/photos/tags/sidewalkaltar/. a new lease of life for disused fire alarm boxes.

in response to I Double-Dare You to Pull It

Jamie:

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Jamie: in time for what catherine?

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

Jamie: Luncheonette. Sweet. That last one is New York

in response to Upper East Side Neon

elaine: if you confide in lions it's best to tickle them as well, or they might think you are lunch(ette) and forget themselves

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

Laura : Haha- this one too. I love the little paper triangle cups that the water comes in. They then put them in little metal cup holders. It's great. The prices aren't vintage, though :(

in response to Upper East Side Neon

Laura : I walk by this building every Sunday. I always wanted to take pictures of it! Thanks!

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

adam: excelllentttt

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

GGP: i know. biologicals! wowza! I like the idea of confiding to a goldleaf lioness.

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

ian: jeeff, plane suspended in midair with some grade A barrel distortion for free!

in response to big architecture

ian: hoooooooooooooooooooooooooool has magic powers.

in response to Nov 28 2005 Toronto

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Tea with bromide, Jack. Or maybe a cold shower. (Please, God, don't let me be the one to have started a thread about penis's. It's Catholic school all over again.)

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: These are wonderful. Thanks for the tour. I fancy some biologicals now. in hoc signo confidas: upon this signal confide (you can trust us?)

in response to Lascoff Prescriptions

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Tasty. Typefaces, neon and the promise of sugar, all rolled into one.

in response to Upper East Side Neon

jack: how large can a penis get? no soul just a babbler one word, majical, mis-used. should be ,'disposes'. i always thought that a penis on average is 9 to 12 inches. but not lets get into a discussion on the size of penis'remember its ' how...

in response to Strangely Poetic Spam

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