Porsche 356 Outlaw
June 29, 2009
Barney Bubbles – Graphic Designer
June 24, 2009
Paul Gorman’s new book ‘Reasons To Be Cheerful’ is an in-depth overview of the art and design of Barney Bubbles. A relatively forgotten artist of the 70′s and 80′s, Barney Bubbles created seminal works for bands such as Elvis Costello and the Attractions, Hawkwind and Ian Dury – many of you will recall the cover of Elvis Costello’s Armed Forces with the troop of elephants stampeding through the dust. Paul Gorman’s book has an excellent forward by Billy Bragg and is worth seeking out for that alone.
David Shrigley Paints Skate Park
June 21, 2009
Just came across this first rate piece on David Shrigley’s wesbite. A recent installation he did in a skate park in Malmo. Check out more of David’s work on his website www.davidshrigley.com
More pictures and links to video below…
Escarchados- Street Art from Lima, Peru
June 20, 2009
Really interesting paste ups by a Peruvian artist – quote below.
“…Anywhere you go in Lima you will come across phone numbers scrawled on the walls, sidewalks, bridges and highways. These numbers are painted throughout the city by escarchadores (pebble dashers) and serve as a crude and subversive form of advertising… …. with the help of my partner in crime Chanchito I tracked down the people behind the numbers and we managed to convince some of them to be photographed next to their numbers. We then created life size wheat-pastes of them which we posted up in the original locations where they were photographed.” Makisapa
This post via www.woostercollective.com
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Dodging Hay Bales – Vintage Race Photos
June 14, 2009
Growing up, I spent hours rummaging through boxes of vintage rally photos in my uncle’s garage. One particular photo that’s stayed with me, was of a scrawny, sunburned bloke muscling a 1960′s Escort through a hard right. Half his body hanging out the window, pine trees whipping past, he had a half smoked dart hanging limply off his bottom lip. No helmet. No intercom. Not a roll cage in site.
In the box were a number of pictures from the same event. In many of them you could make out the same rally car. In every picture, without fail, this guy either had a smoke out the side of his mouth, or a grin from ear to ear.
The Teddy Boys…
June 8, 2009
Pre mod. Pre punk. Pre, just about everyone but Elvis, were the Teddy Boys. Nothing like a thug in a fine suit. These photos were snapped by Ben Watts. Check out his website here: www.benwatts.com and for more on the Teddy Boys go here: Teddy_Boy
18 Hours in Tokyo…
June 4, 2009
18 hours. 2 bus trips. 3 bowls of ramen. Countless sakes. A handful of Yebisu Malts. 1 mad yakitori joint.
2 cameras. 200 photos.
And a pair of ‘what the fuck?’ plastic zombie dogs
More photos below…
