Some stuff I have seen

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Watching Kaff-Eine and Lucy-Lucy

Busy, focussed, cold (on account of Melburn's finest weather) and totally fucking hot (on account of their respective hotness).

 Smart, engaging and approachable. They are so different yet complementary. They move around a wall like two dish pigs in a busy kitchen. One up, one down, one over, one under. It is no surprise that Kaff-eine and Lucy-Lucy work. They just do. If you get a chance to watch them, it will be the story you tell your grandchildren, like the one my Da tells about that time he sat on the stage when Frank Sinatra sang.

  
 

Barek sneak preview

okay save the date, date to be confirmed, this flasher needs to sort their software out but in the meantime a teaser of what's in store after an afternoon watching Barek make can work look like crayons ...

 

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Light

The thing about morning scouting is the light. It is all about the light. It is your enemy when it casts shadows over half a piece, and your friend when a gentle dappling enhances an old tag on a worn out wall. The photos below are deliberately not edited as I wanted to show the strong hold light has in morning shots. Oh and a fucking cool Shida just looks rad as anything.

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Your Art Culture

Commentary is good, particularly coming from within and appearing right where the comment is aimed. We need more of it and we need to respond to it. According to me. Watch this space, soon, when I am not supposed to be 'working' my other job (you know the one you do because you have to) I will dig into this further.

sf - the new lush?

Increase your Blog Traffic and other lies

You should generate 'X' amount of traffic towards your blog. Fuck if it is good or not. They don't have to like street art, or even get a kick out of your dodgie lefty views. Get Ads. Sell product. Lie. Cheat. Steel. And blog the shit out of this.

Alternately just write stuff you care about.

Razor Blades

I get all opinionated sometimes.  Shocking I know. Snark is my middle name when I am provoked to be snarky. So my response to a blog post today was heavily seasoned with vitriol, Flasher style. 

The author posed the questions "do unattractive people hate attractive people?" and worse, "do the poor hate the rich?". She may as well have handed me the baseball bat and placed a glass bollard in front of me because I wanted to smash her loaded questions right off their false premises. But it did get me thinking about what I value and that is an unconventional aesthetic. 

I am attracted to all that goes against the grain. Give me a monster throwie any day and I will piss on your Monet. Or tag it. Now THAT is hot. I am attracted to graffiti because it defines an aesthetic that is deplored by many. It is unconventionally attractive to those more open minded. And it is beautiful to the completely outer edge.

Graffiti separates the 'attractive'  idealists (eg those who utter "I hate tags but those murals are so pretty")  from the 'insidious sub culture' (eg those who think the lush pussy is rad and FYG should openly spell out Fuck Your God).

What I hate about the 'Murals are Pretty' mentality is exactly what I hated about that post I read today. It assumes to the same norm that tells us David Beckham is hot but Andrew Denton is weird looking. There might be some merit on the face of it but after an hour of talking over coffee which one has bored you shitless? 

So to answer the question posed (do unattractive people hate attractive people?) I have to say define attractive. Define rich. And if you mean attractive by convention then no. I don't think your 'unattractive' people are lining up to be you, and hate you for your loveliness. In fact I pity you because you value bullshit that means nothing. So yes. I am with Muriel. Fucking wanker.

Places I go

No words. Well these words. But this post is a visual of the places I go. More specifically the places I went yesterday and the day before. Also the places I went last week. Hashtag #deansunshine #landofsunshine #factor #cantonese #hongkonghouseguest #viggietang #faither #shida #dammad (yeah this dude is back!) #barek #smel #klara #lewisfidock #fidock ... More hashtags late

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