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Cluckatron Has a Prediction

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:41:32 -0500

. . . AND I PREDICT THAT NEXT ~~WEEK~~ MONTH, YOUR (LEAST) FAVORITE SHIT TALKER WILL RETURN!

Judith Supine Goes Bathing in the East River

Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:43:44 -0500

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Reason #39777 why we dig Judith Supine. He's not only brilliant, but friggin' hilarious.

Lightning Bolt Superhero's Been Busy

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:13:55 -0500

Just gonna keep imagining that a superhero is responsible for these, but turns out they're all over Williamsburg. . .

Santo's Big Cock

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:43:37 -0500

This large cock—get yo mind outta the gutter!—belongs to Santo. Apparently a member of the Third World Pirates Crew, Santo has not only hit the Williamsburg Bridge with his ~~cock~~ adult-male chicken, but he's tagged enough places in the last year that paste-up artist Flower Face Killah claims she heard that "a group of homeowners in S. Williamsburg [we]re talking about pooling their $$$ and hiring a P.I. to catch this guy [because] they're pissed cause he's putting huge tags on private homes."

All we know is that Santo's definitely got some focused haters: nearly every time we catch one of his bird heads, it's spitefully crisscrossed out with vitriolic I-killed-your-~~cock~~-rooster chicken-scratch. Like here.

And here.

In this particular haterade-sprayed spot, paper-airplane painter Bloke actually fixed up Santo's ruined piece by covering up the ugly diss, but keeping the rest of the piece intact.

But yesterday, we found a head near our house that hadn't been mercilessly defaced. So we present. . . one of Santo's last clean ~~cocks~~ roosters. No beef, just bird meat.

Who Dat? Random Stuff Near McCarren Park Pool

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:14:08 -0500

Couple small pieces spotted yesterday on a Williamsburg walk by people/artists we didn't recognize. People always ask grafheads why they write and this bolted sign pre-empts that question. If I didn't write on walls, I'd be boring like you. Looks like it's signed by Magic, but it's hard to read so we wouldn't bet a pack of smokes on it.

Also spotted this paint job. Technically speaking, the piece sucks, the cloud's black outline looks like a two-year-old trying to draw a hand. But we kind of like its comic-book primitiveness. We also like inventing a story about how the bolt got there: plainclothes superhero heading to the park noticed how drab the wall was. Made sure no one was looking. Then—zap!—shot a lightning bolt out of his/her fingertips onto the facade. Goodbye ugly penitentiary wall, hello cartoon storm!

Yes, We Do.

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 19:45:26 -0500

Found on the Williamsburg Bridge

Yes, They Do.

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 14:18:35 -0500

Found on the Bowery

Yes, They Do.

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 10:32:41 -0500

Found in Greenpoint

When Bong Hits Go Bad: Dread-Mullet Edition

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:02:03 -0500

Photographed on 08.11.07, in Williamsburg.

What the hell happened here? This dude has a dreadlocked mullet. We repeat: a mullet. Made out of dreadlocks. Did this dude get stoned, start cutting all his dreds off, then zonk out, only to forget all about it the next day? Did his brain have an accident on the back of his neck? Does he (not-so) secretly want to be Bib Fortuna? Fifty cents goes to the first jerk who approaches him and says, You will take me to Jabba now.

He will take you to Jabba now.

Kardz's Dope Window Display

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:00:12 -0500

Don't know much about this writer Kardz, but gotta give props where they're due. Nice colorful piece, but shit, this was risky: a nasty B&E charge added to that already gnarly vandalism rap could've instantly ended dude's writing days. Not advocating breaking the law or anything (cough), but this was pretty well executed.

Friday Scribbles: Made You Look

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 14:17:47 -0500

Made You Look

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Judith Supine Takes the Manhattan Bridge

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:40:13 -0500

All photos from Streetsy.com

It's three days after the fact, but Judith Supine still deserves an earth-shakingly loud shout-out for pulling the best street-art stunt of the summer. We already loved Supine's style—his collage creatures's disproportionate features, their vaguely anxious expressions, Supine's oft-flourescent-green skintones—but this past Sunday's feat has us completely bugging out. Look again at that above photo.

We've told you about Supine's background before, but in case you missed it the first time. Dude's got a long history of doing really mind-blowing shit: wheatpasting a Times Square army recruitment center, filming a short video that fast-forwards through his approach, inadvertently ending up on the Metro section of the New York Times as a target of the Spl—oh, you know who we mean.

So anyways, this past Sabbath, while you were still drooling on your pillow, Supine unfurled an awesomely large and detailed figure over the side of the Manhattan Bridge. And even though the piece apparently only hung there for a few hours (we'd love to get the tapes of those police phonecalls), the photographic documentation is just more evidence of the project's success. Supine's work has always been one of our favorites; this is just another reason why.

All photos from Streetsy.com

Friday Scribbles (On Wednesday): Walk-To-Work Williamsburg Bridge-Style Edition

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:14:38 -0500

OLD PEOPLE THINK/ADULTS ASSUME/KIDS KNOW

If you're a local who doesn't work at home in your pajamas, you had an assload of trouble getting to the office today. For all you out-of-towners, there was a flood that shut down most of the subways and made all us commuting New Yorkers get creative about transportation—even saw one pimp-looking goofball offer a 10-year-old-ish kid $25 for his skateboard. (Kid said no. Diss!)

So in honor of how much it sucked to travel this morning, here're the scribblish things that've been running on the Williamsburg Bridge pedestrian/bike path for God knows how long. Just today, we'all had to pay attention. . .

Somebody named Dave marked his territory

f u, dad!
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Go Ahead, Call It a Comeback

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:41:53 -0500

This time, it's for real.

Where The Investment Bankers At?

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:35:03 -0500

Damn Fidelity Investments. We're gonna knock you out if we find out you're responsible for this.