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Stussy – J Dilla Documentary Prt3 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

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Almost 4 decades after Taki183s signature scrawl started appearing all over New York, the 57 year old Greek has surfaced to tell his story. With his website up last year offering information and images spanning the life of Taki183, his story is being told. german site, I Love Graffiti recently published an interview with Taki183 by Roger Gastman. Below is an excerpt from the interview, head to ilovegraffiti.de for the full story…

Taki, where did you grow up?

I grew up in Washington Heights, moved there when I was a little kid. A lot of Greeks at the time stayed with the Greeks, then that changed with the Heights, the183th street, hung out with everybody and it was a pretty nice place to grow up.

Is it safe to say Washington Heights was the birthplace of modern graffiti in New York City?

I would say the east side of Manhattan was the birthplace of graffiti because that’s where the media picked it up. They couldn’t give a crap what happened in Washington Heights or the Bronx. When it happened on the east side, that’s when it was in the paper.

When you started writing graffiti, what were you calling it? Did you call it tagging or writing?

I think we were calling it writing, but if we saw a subway car we would say, “Let’s go hit the car.” If you hit it from end to end, you’d “kill the car”— that was how we talked Part of the reason it became big during the summer of ’70 is because I was going to summer school at George Washington High School and my desk was full of graffiti. I had written my name and all these people would write on my table also. I already had a name and people were meeting me and they would go out and write. That was the big summer I was working as a messenger. I was in a lot of places and I just kept writing; as long as I had a marker I’d keep writing. It was addictive.

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No s**t, straight up, Marge Simpson is this years November cover for Playboy. The move marks the 20th anniversary of America’s favourite dysfunctional family and also, reportedly, an attempt to appeal to a younger audience. She joins the ranks of sex symbols like Marilyn Monroe and Cindy Crawford. Along with the cover shot and 3 page inside spread(!),  Playboy also promises a story inside called ‘The Devil in Marge Simpson’. Make your own mind up!
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Think I might be a bit late in writing a review on this book as it was first published in 2003.

Despite being over 6 years old this book is far from out of date, actually I don’t think this book will ever be dated as it covers everything all true graffers are in to and go through when they first get into graffiti.

The book, compiled by Paul 107, is a must have for everyone who is interested in the artform and it really does cover everything you could imagine, and more…

Featured sections:

// Choosing a name // Crews // Painting with people // Cross outs // Getting busted // Home // Gloves // Markers // Mops // Ink // Stickers // Scratches // Etch tags // Throw ups // Paint // Caps // Tips for taking pictures // Colours //

and this is only the beginning section of the book.

Along with the detailed opening section featuring the above, there is also a really nice section on how to make your own markers and ink:

The second part of the book is filled with great interviews covering writers from all over the world.

Including:

//Colorz // Earl // Creez // Flow // Sake // Min // Chino // Desa // Krink -  plus many more…

All in all, this is a great book and I would highly recommend it to all those that love graffiti and even all those that don’t…

Pick up your copy here

Keep an eye on what the Oakley athletes get up on their days off…

Issue 51 of Arkitip launches today, this issue is extra special though as it is based around the one and only Mr OBEY: Shepard Fairey!

Plus it looks absolutely amazing with a die-cut cover and hand placed stickers on the back, take a sneek peek of issue 51:

From Arkitip:

Shepard Fairey is arguably the most famous artist of the Arkitip alumni group, and could quite possibly be the artist most remembered of his generation. We celebrate Shepard’s methods not only because they are beautiful and effective but also because he took on the mainstream art establishment and after 20 long years, he seems to be winning.

This issue will be truly historic, as we celebrate 20 Years of Shepard’s seminal Obey’ campaign. Because Shepard has not been a guest of Arkitip magazine since issue edition No. 0003, this reunion collaboration has been long overdue and is a guaranteed to be another groundbreaking Arkitip classic.

Arkitip have also released a really nice short video of Shepard in his studio:

Shepard Fairey from Arkitip on Vimeo.

Make sure you go order you copy RIGHT NOW!!!

Featuring interviews with: BONZAI, PISCO, PONK and MSK heavyweight REYES. Plus the usual mix of Benchtalk articles and loads of flicks from around the world.

A few pics from the new book:

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This is a mamoth post this week and has some great articles in there and lots of nice pictures like this Letterpress poster designed by studio on fire;

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