Tuesday, September 13th 2005

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ea: that's no fun. bet we wouldn't have most of ft.s photos that way either

in response to keep moving

jayeastsider : Hey peter you from nyc? my ex wife is from the Bronx I got some cool nyc pic's as well I used to go down there about 3 to 4 times a year a love nyc. I am still working on posting some pic's hopefully have them up soon

in response to Warehouse Top

Anonymous (209.36.244.254): I really like the one agains the mural. He looks like a young Tom Waits there.

in response to toronto longboard meet 2005

ian: No, Schroedinger's Cat really is about cats. I own two of them, myself. Sometimes I hear something rustling in the other room, that I can't see. The fact is, that the sound I heard is the superposition of the two probabilities that either cat committed the offense. It does not...

in response to Big head meet small head

ian: Tears me apart. At least cats are fairly successful on their own. http://www.citynoise.org/article/1344

in response to Street Kittens

jeeff: i did! i don't go there too often. next time i visit it'll be rainy cold november. maybe i'll do a "dreary london" entry.

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elaine: har, london uk is more like if londoners wont accept it noone will

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jeeff: yeah i bet if you got a good handle on that naming system it'd be impossible to ever get lost again.

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quen: Around here they have numbers on lamp posts, which I was able to decode; there's a two-letter code defining the grid square within the city (e.g. WH within the Walton Hall grid square, although it's not always quite that obvious), then another number presumably defining the 'run' of lights, then...

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harold: you should get into the old terminal in hoboken and snap some shots. unless they finally fixed that place up

in response to The Dilapidated Piers off the West Side Highway: NYC

Peter: I hope jayeastsider sticks around. sometimes new opinions make for good discussions, and isn't that the point here? post something, dude! :)

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Anonymous (cpe-68-173-202-245.nyc.res.rr.com): didnt know they had carfloats on the west side.....what cross street??

in response to The Dilapidated Piers off the West Side Highway: NYC

jeeff: re: tattoo & talking about yourself in the 3rd person - hey, steve-o made a career out of shit like that. ;) jayeastsider - definitely post some stuff. i'm curious to see what you've done. "pointless" might be a little harsh. i just think that if you spend...

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Peter: if londoners can accept it, anyone can what a claim to fame for a city... interesting. you should do an entry about your hometown. i should too, i think. mine looks like this:

in response to the junction in b&w

jeeff: my hometown, london, ontario, is known as the most conservative city in canada. they still have faith meetings at the city bandshell and run editorials in the paper denouncing evolution. a few years ago the mayor refused to proclaim gay pride day on grounds that it was immoral...

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wd_39: That's a nice Magnum in the last photo. I might have to go pick it up.

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Peter: i would love to see some photos of that spot, jeeff...

in response to Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame

jeeff: shit, imagine walking down a little alley and finding this. i'd freak out.

in response to Big Heads in Houston

jeeff: in fact that reminds me of a spot here in toronto i call the 'bad graffiti hall of fame'. it's an ultra-secluded spot way back in a maze of alleys near the university campus. it's so safe that it seems to draw all the beginners out to practise...

in response to Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame

elaine: i nearly didn't - it's not really my usual thing, but it seemed churlish not to

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Peter: also: the "pint of beer" flower arrangement... interesting, heh.

in response to east end funeral

Peter: i love the contrast of the white delivery trucks and the black hearses. this was a really interesting thing to snap some photos of. thanks.

in response to east end funeral

Peter: layer after layer after layer of cityscape. i like.

in response to morning

Peter: i hear there are lots of things in canada. it is, after all, a very large country.

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walter: theres christians in canada?

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reposte in tertio: i love jafars shit. but to each their own i suppose. just chalk me down on the side that considers it art.

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Peter: cant wait to see the photos. email the editors if you need additional help :)

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JayEastsider: jayeastsider thanks you for the info peter jayeastsider is going to get a big tattoo of my name on my arm lol look for my shopping cart pictures I will be posting them soon I took a bunch pictures of shopping carts that people took from stores and have left...

in response to best of the bombers

Peter: so, i get it that you dont think its cool, and you have the right to feel that way for sure... but at its core, whats so bad about "getting a tattoo of your name on your arm and saying hey everybody this is my name and don't forget it"?...

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JayEastsider: Your absolutely right peter and after I did my mini doc I realized it is pretty pointless after all but what I don't understand is why does somebody like Jafer feel the need to place his tag everywhere it's like getting a tattoo of your name on your arm and...

in response to best of the bombers

Peter: jamie- you still got that toycam?? the colors that came from that were NUTS!

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Peter: yep. thers definitely crap graffiti out there- dont get me wrong- im not trying to make a blanket statement here regarding the fact that good and bad graf exists. but its when people label potentially cool stuff as "crap" because its "tagged" on "everything from peoples homes to historic buildings...

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jamie: thats the main reason you'll find my photos in black and white too, to be honest.

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elaine: it's a monkeyish kind of robot i think

in response to Robot

elaine: jeeff, you are waaaaay too honest ; D

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colavito's ghost: Right on, peter. Graffiti artists are always going to be villified for what they do, but the one question that is impossible to answer is: "Where is the line between art and eyesore/crime (if one even exists at all)?" What it boils down to is, if an artist...

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fuzzytank: agree, hard to figure out what they are getting at. I also couldnt decide if it was the owner of the truck telling vandals he was watching or the other way around

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Jamie: mmmmm j'aime la stella artois beaucoup!

in response to A Pint of Stella at Half

jeeff: i'm not so big on tags. that's why i didn't focus on tags in this article (although i've never seen any jafer tags that offend me more than any of the rest of them). i hope you enjoy your mini-documentary. still sounds pretty pointless to me.

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elaine: horse eating robots! whatever next!

in response to New York Thruway

Peter: so what exactly gives you the ability to judge what is "graffiti artwork" and what is "tagging"? your personal preferences? because i could argue that jeeff's or mine or anyone else's personal preferences are just as valid, and if opposite yours, would totally negate your premise.

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JayEastsider: I took the pictures to make a mini documentary on the difference between graffiti artwork vs. tagging everything from peoples homes to historic buildings (and everything else between) and Jafer is by far one of the guiltiest for this if don't believe me just take a walk along from Queen...

in response to best of the bombers

Peter: mmmmmm, stella.

in response to A Pint of Stella at Half

jeeff: oh yeah, i see. in truth, they're b&w because they colours were crap.

in response to the junction in b&w

jeeff: everyone's gotta start somewhere.

in response to Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame

jeeff: that's a sexy stencil.

in response to Sacramento - Premier

jeeff: i've always wanted to be able to decode all those numbers & things you see on telephone poles.

in response to keep moving

jeeff: and still he looks nonplussed.

in response to Robot

Christopher: Very nice shot! Makes me wish i was on a plane getting ready to jet the hell out of here!

in response to Airplane Wing Sunset

Peter: the pink-and-green combo always makes me think of watermellons.

in response to Williamsburg at Dusk

James (lj: ambienceman): the pink door is so random

in response to Williamsburg at Dusk

561 bombed: JMUK!!!!!!!!!!

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

Peter: exactly :)

in response to one month to the day

Jamie: kinda the reverse of the age old addage "a picture paints a thousand words"

in response to one month to the day

Peter: good find on the horese-eating skull-robot highway-trailer! :)

in response to New York Thruway

Peter: yay yellow!

in response to Fliders Street 08.09.05

Peter: i always like your writing, jamie. and maybe every now and then its ok to lose a photo-op... the description you wrote of the footpath and fields was vivid enough to conjur images in my own mind, and it was kind of nice to not have any real images to...

in response to one month to the day

Peter: woah! at second glance, this immediately reminded me of an amalgam of brancusi sculptures... like "the kiss"...

in response to Robot

jamie: chicken oriental

in response to the junction in b&w

Peter: hmm, let me rephrase that- i forgot that you couldnt read my mind- the first b/w pensive-ish style. yeah, of course- the colorful japan photos wer tops, and i love the shots around the garage out back of your place. but these... these evoke such a different vibe. thats what...

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Peter: advice you can live by! dont ever let anyone tell you that graf doesnt have at least one positive social ramification ;)

in response to Warehouse Top

Peter: haters always wanna hate.

in response to best of the bombers

Peter: thats why its so amusing/interesting, spanks.

in response to Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame

Peter: the "roots"? in germany? lol.

in response to Graf Trux 12: The Vans of Williamsburg

Peter: ...and then helios swept down from mt. olympus and put magic diamonds in hool's eyes.

in response to toronto longboard meet 2005

Peter: congratulations, sacramento... this is your first entry on citynoise! (thanks jess!)

in response to Sacramento - Premier

Peter: awesome entry, dude! i love that last photo too- wow...

in response to keep moving

amy: hool, you are inspired.

in response to toronto longboard meet 2005

Amy: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

in response to Robot

GGP: a robot skull with horses in it!

in response to New York Thruway

Anonymous (203-59-185-99.dyn.iinet.net.au): they're all so HOT

in response to Graf Trux 12: The Vans of Williamsburg

teamess: That's great!!! no more comments

in response to Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral

elaine: sharp intake of breath!

in response to Robot

elaine: shoulda woulda coulda... but isn't writing the new photography, jamie?

in response to one month to the day

slAng´86: ...back to the ROOTS!!!!!!!!!! Germany! ...

in response to Graf Trux 12: The Vans of Williamsburg

Spanky: Hmmm that stuff is ok....but why would people just attempt public art if they arent actually THAT good. Hopefully those are just first drafts and those artists will come back later on and improve on their work. Yeh those don't look finished. And they dont seem to have much point...

in response to Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame

Selig: awesome shot no.1... hot colour.

in response to Graffiti: Hell\'s Kitchen

elaine: nice. i like the way the limited palette is echoed

in response to Fliders Street 08.09.05

Selig: goodness allround! love the stomping skater with tonka truck kit. suited skeg is also grand!

in response to toronto longboard meet 2005

Selig: hehe... quality entry!

in response to Schoolgirls at Lunchtime

ian: My first born shall be named "hool."

in response to toronto longboard meet 2005

joey: our new cat, mae be, keeps on knocking schumann off the ledge, but does not chew on him

in response to Big head meet small head

joey: peter - is that a picture of the citynoise server, ha, ha. btw the upgraded graphics on the site are nice.

in response to Big head meet small head

joey: skull like

in response to New York Thruway

poluted: this thread is so infested by gang unit. Good lookin out on those cameras- that info should be spread. Dont give locations to graff and dont talk about writers. Writing fuck msg almost sounds like a trap to see which dumbass goes back. oh and "analog...

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