Buffalo, NY

I visited some friends in Buffalo recently and decided to go graff hunting one afternoon. These are a few of the bombs and pieces I came across. ATAK and HERT seem to be killin the city.

Corporate Shelter

Saw this on Vinchen's website. Such a well thought out piece. The accompaying text is great, and I like that when you view it, you have a piece of Columbus's corporate skyline visually shielded by the gov't building. Great placement and photo!

December in Cincy

(Respectively: Northside wall; WHEN; DEVI; RAPES; NEST; SAINT)

More murals for High St

Hopefully you've noticed the new murals on High St around 4th and 5th. Having stopped by to check it out and take some pictures, I had the chance to briefly chat with one of the artists/organizers for the mural projects. Jon Stommel has been organizing space(outdoor walls) for artists to collaborate and add their creativity to the city's visual landscape, in a legal way. So far his ideas have realized two stunning murals with help from both graff writers and fine artists. They have a contemporary alternative, urban feel to them. While the new mural production will see a winter-induced hiatus, the artists have already lined up at least one other wall space for the spring of 2010. After that, the plan is to continue adding murals throughout the Short North, slowly working their way towards downtown. GOOD LUCK!

These pictures are from the second mural, which went up in about 5 days around Thanksgiving.


Pictures from the first mural project here and on my flickr account, here.

December in Bustown: pics from the streets

Greenhouse CD Release Party

This past Saturday Greenhouse (Blueprint and Illogic) introduced Part 1 of their Electric Purgatory album at Skully's. Opening for them was Kam Moye (aka Supastition) from North Carolina. Props to him for a well-performed set and some feel-good type of music , albeit mostly focusing on how old he is and how much he's disconnected from "the mainstream".

From Blueprint and Illogic, overall I was really happy to hear a good mix of new stuff (including a delayed, but decent verse by Zerostar, and a hallucinogenic-imbued freestyle from The Catalyst) and some older stuff like "Break Bread". The whole thing seemed a little unorganized, with pauses between a lot of songs and some on-stage confusion, but then again it was a CD release party. I picked up a copy of the EP on my way out... good songs with a preference for "Never Gonna Make It", "Boys to Men" and "Cold Out Here."

J Rawls spun some music after the Greenhouse set and the b-boys took over most of the dance floor from that point on. We left Skully's and grabbed a slice of pizza from my new vice on High, somewhere around 3rd... you know, the one that plays episodes of the Chappelle Show and Family Guy on the parking lot wall. Expensive, but delicious after a night of drinks.