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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Flip The Script - Book Preview

Flip The Script - Book Preview from adnauseum on Vimeo.

10 years in the making, Handselecta is pleased to announce the release of our first book, Flip The Script, published by Gingko Press. Part history book, part calligraphy manual. it will be sure to be a monumental tome in the culture of graffiti and colloquial design. - Distinctive hand style lettering is an essential skill for artists and designers. Deftly executed hand crafted letter forms are a nearly forgotten art in an age of endless free fonts. Graffiti is one of the last reservoirs of highly refined, well practiced penmanship. The most reviled and persecuted form of Graffiti, the Tag, is seldom appreciated for the raw beauty of its skeletal letter forms. Most tags are removed immediately, and thus the casual viewer seldom has a chance to discern the difference between entry level and advanced hand styles. Within the pages of Flip the Script, author Christian Acker has systematically analyzed the best graffiti hand styles, contextualizing the work of graffiti writers from around the United States. Acker presents the various lettering samples in a clean organized format, giving the material a proper, formal treatment evoking classic typography books. 224 pages, Hardcover, 7'' x 9'' (178 x 229 mm) 100s of 2-color illustrations, English ISBN: 978-1-58423-460-9 $ 29.95 Buy it from Amazon

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Classic Hits book preview by Dokument

The guys of Dokument Press put a trailer on the net of their upcoming book Classic Hits. It seems that we have to save some money for this Spring!

Classic Hits — New York’s Pioneering Subway Graffiti Writers,
is a book by Alan Fleisher and Paul Iovino, with Introduction by Phase 2.
Classic Hits is the most visual book on early 1970s graffiti ever published!
Early 70s New York saw the growth of a new phenomenon.
Graffiti is the greatest and most influential artistic movement of our time.
It was created by kids, for kids.
In Classic Hits, the key persons and pioneers tell their own story.
Classic Hits is an eye- opening first-hand story told in unique pictures and text.
From Taki 183 to Blade to Iz the Wiz.
Their names have garnered star status far beyond graffiti culture,
and without them, no Seen, no Banksy, no Revok.
In Classic Hits, the pioneers talk about
how they got started and where graffiti took them.
Together, the essays offer an invaluable picture of graffiti in the early, playful years.
Author Alan Fleisher started writing graffiti in the Bronx in 1972.
Un- like most, he always carried his camera with him.
Through his many adventures in the subway depots,
he got to know several of the greatest writers of New York.
His experiences give Classic Hits a unique insider view.
Essays and quotations by:
Ale One, All Jive 161, Blade, Cay 161, Checker 170, Clyde,
Death, Fdt 56, Flint 707, Iz The Wiz, Jester 1, Joe 182, Lava, Lsd OM,
Mico, Pnut 2, Roger 1, Ski 168, Snake 1, Taki 183 and Vamm.

VIA
http://www.lectrics.fr/?p=10963
and
http://dokument.org/

Saturday, April 30, 2011

INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER Taps & Moses

INTERNATIONAL TOPSPRAYER
Taps & Moses
ISBN: 978-3-939566-35-9
288 pages (30x22cm)
English/German
Hardcover, 30 × 22 cm, 288 Pages.
publikat.de

VIA
ekosystem.org

Friday, April 29, 2011

Graffiti Burners book (video preview)

-Amazon

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WhatYouWrite

Friday, March 25, 2011

The Art of the LP: Classic Album Covers 1955-1995 (book)

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Available @ Amazon

Product Description

Sexy, provocative, playful, beautiful:
from their earliest days,
LP covers have been objects of art and fascination.
This celebration of album artistry presents
more than 350 of the best covers,
and departs from the usual approach by
organizing the images by visual theme.
Many of us remember the iconic album-cover
images that defined our collective and
individual histories—such as the smoldering
pinup girl on the Cars’ Candy-O,
the plaintive baby following a dollar bill
through water on Nirvana’s Nevermind,
and Andy Warhol’s controversial zippered
pants on the Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers.

From perennial classics to lesser-known gems,
here is the LP art that shook, rattled,
and rolled us through music’s early formative years.

Related posts;
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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Art in Streets

Curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose,
the first major museum exhibition on
the history of graffiti and street art,
Art in the Streets, opens at MOCA next month.
These Delight
had the opportunity to work on the accompanying book
which traces the birth and dissemination of styles
through the stories of graffiti writers
and street artists all over the world,
and features interviews and discussions
with influential street artists.

These Delight was there for a few of the monumental
discussions in this book,
including the one on cholo graffiti,
for which Cheech Marin interviewed
Chaz Bojorquez, Estevan Oriol and Gusmano Cesaretti
(who fed Roger’s dog strawberries under the table).
These Delight also attended the one on Wild Style,
a discussion between Jeffrey Deitch, Carlo McCormick,
Fab Five Freddy, Lee, Charlie Ahearn and Patti Astor.
The discussion took place at Deitch’s home,
and during the lunch break, Lee swam in the pool
and These Delight dipped my feet in as we
discussed some of our experiences growing up.

In addition, These Delight wrote the
intro for the Los Angeles graffiti chapter,
“From Yards to Heavens,” for which Roger
and These Delight interviewed
graffiti legends Eklips, Prime, Risk,
Slick, Soon and Wisk.

Pre-order it here.

VIA
These Delight

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Graffiti Alphabets: Street Fonts from Around the World (book)

Product Description
Claudia Walde spent over two years collecting
alphabets by 154 artists from 30 countries.
Each artist received the same brief:
to design all 26 letters of the Latin alphabet
within the limits of a single page of the book.
The result is a unique typographical
source book featuring over 150 specially designed,
original alphabets exclusive to this book.

About the Author
Claudia Walde, aka MadC,
is a German graffiti artist,
designer, and writer.
She is the author of
Sticker City and Graffiti Alphabets.

^Scien & Klor of 123 Klan^

Can Two of SUK

Kent TNB

Smash GTK

VIA
Amazon.com
and
AllCityBlog.fr

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and
Graffiti Alphabets: Street Fonts from Around the World (book)
and
GrafFuturIsm;
A Look at Graffiti’s Evolution and
Progression 2011 in the Artists own words.
and
Q&A with Shoe CTK by lettercult.com

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Graff Wars in stores now (promo week 8)

KyleStyle (156) wholecar early 80´s in
New York featuring a fresh Yoda.

Henry Chalfant's Big subway archive

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More over @
Henry Chalfant's
Big subway archive

Sunday, February 13, 2011

The History of American Graffiti (book)

The History of American Graffiti
Roger Gastman (Author), Caleb Neelon (Author)
This title will be released on April 5, 2011.
Pre-order now!
Ships from and sold by Amazon.com

Product Description

Unprecedented in scope,
The History of American Graffiti
is the definitive story behind the most
influential art form of the last one hundred years.
Tracing the evolution of the medium from
its early freight-train days to its big-city boom
on the streets of New York City and Philadelphia,
and to its modern-day influences,
this volume is a compelling look at
the key moments, places, and players
in an art form distinctly American
in flavor yet global in its reach.

Featuring behind-the-scenes stories
and profiles gleaned from more than
four years' worth of interviews with
graffiti's most prominent names,
as well as its lesser-known pioneers,
authors Roger Gastman and Caleb Neelon
provide an insider's perspective
on the history of the medium.
Not only do they reveal the most popular
trends and styles that have dominated
the scene for the last fifty years
but they also provide a thorough examination
of the regional differences among major
American hubs—New York, Los Angeles,
the Bay Area, Chicago—and under-the-radar
scenes in cities like
Washington, D.C.,Boston, and Miami.
All told, more than twenty-five American cities
are profiled, making this one of the most
comprehensive volumes on the subject.

With more than one thousand
photographs—the majority of which are
seen here for the first time—from more
than two hundred photographers,
most of whom also created the artwork,
The History of American Graffiti captures
the look and feel of a genuine American art
form with exceptional clarity and detail.
An instant classic, this book is the ultimate
resource to which aficionados of the art form
will turn again and again,
and which the uninitiated will regard as the
definitive tutorial of all that is graffiti.

VIA
Amazon
and
Revok MSK

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Graff Wars in stores now (promo week 7)

156 crew Star Wars production in Zagreb 2010

Mario * Askte * Deko * Pause

Cyrus * Migel * Lons * Gene

v Whole production below, click images to enlarge ^

VIA
Migel 156

Bonus;
Some weird ass Russian
Star Wars/Graffiti/street art video Lars ILG sent us;

Tuborg Green Viral from 23/32 Films on Vimeo.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

2010 Rap Literature roundup

The Big Payback:
The History of the Business of Hip Hop by Dan Charnas
New American Library
There's no other hip hop book quite like this,
it's as simple as that! Charnas' tour de force
is a direct and detailed account of the players and motives
behind the "American dream" story tale that is hip hop.
With a well-balanced combination of recounting and reporting,
Charnas reveals a back-story that simply
has never been told before... until now.
It's a bit of a long read, but the frequent
revelations and stories that make you go "wow!" and "really?"
keep you from putting this book down.
Highly recommended.

Decoded by Jay-Z & dream hampton
Spiegel & Grau
What more can HipHopIsRead say?
If you're a Jay-Z fan,
you've probably already got this - and with good cause.
Jay-Z, dream, Spiegel & Grau have crafted a book
that's as exciting to read as it is to marvel over
the artwork and aesthetic design.
Part autobiography, part coffee table entertainment,
Decoded is a book you can simply pick up,
pore over and enjoy. Not just for Jay-Z fans too!

The Anthology of Rap by Adam Bradley, Andrew DuBois and more
Yale University Press
Given that HipHopIsRead already addressed the criticism
over this encyclopedia of rhymes, HipHopIsRead just say this:
The Anthology of Rap accomplishes what it had set out to achieve.
In the future, this book may be considered a relic,
the first of its kind in the attempt to catapult
rap poetry into the field of academia.
HipHopIsRead give props to professors Bradley and DuBois
for taking that bold first step.

The Boombox Project:
The Machines, the Music, and the Urban Underground
by Lyle Owerko w/Spike Lee
Abrams Image
Video (and internet) may have killed the radio star,
but New York-based photographer Lyle Owerko's
dedication to the ubiquitous boombox earnestly
and effectively (and rightfully!) romanticizes the days
before e-networking and expendable MP3 files.
Nostalgia abound, The Boombox Project perfectly
encapsulates a significant epoch in time.
To HipHopIsRead, this is the next best thing to having seen it first-hand.

Born to Use Mics:
Reading Nas's Illmatic by Micharl Eric Dyson, Sohail Daulatzai and more
Basic Civitas Books
As HipHopIsRead wrote nearly a year ago in HipHopIsRead review for Combat Jack's website,
this book is "a brilliant companion to a brilliant album."
The various opinions and points of view by the roster
of contributors may have you looking and
listening to Illmatic in an all new light.

Public Enemy's
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Christopher R. Weingarten
Continuum Books
HipHopIsRead read about six or seven of the 33 1/3
books and this one's been HipHopIsRead favorite by far.
Christopher Weingarten did his homework here,
providing a comprehensive profile of Public Enemy and rap's golden era
- all packed tightly into a palm-sized book.
Read HipHopIsRead full review here.

Tupac Shakur:
The Life and Times of an American Icon
by Tayannah Lee McQuillar & Fred L. Johnson
Da Capo Press
Even HipHopIsRead, a self-described "'Pac Stan" or "Pacavellian",
learned quite a bit about Tupac Shakur from this biography.
Without glorifying or sweeping his blunders and dark moments under the rug,
McQuillar and Johnson effectively identify the dual personality of 'Pac,
appropriately nicknamed 2Pac.
HipHopIsRead didn't put this book down once until HipHopIsRead finished it.

Understand Rap:
Explanations of Confusing Rap Lyrics
You and Your Grandma Can Understand
by William Buckholz
Abrams Image
This novelty book achieves quick laughs, none of them cheap.
For instance, Drake's line "swimming in the money come and find me...
Nemo" is boiled down up into a silly,
sixty-eight word-long explanation/translation,
finally answering the question: "what's the opposite of 'layman's terms'?"
Enjoy this one on the john... escort. #fakedrake

Back in Black Paperback:

Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin':
The Authorized Story of Public Enemy by Russell Myrie
Grove Press
HipHopIsRead checked this one out a few months back.
There's plenty of great stories and rap nerd trivia in here.
It differs from Weingarten's 33 1/3 entry in that
it follows PE throughout their entire career,
from the very beginning all the way through
the group's twenty years in music,
marked by their 2007 LP How You Sell Soul to a Soulless
People Who Sold Their Soul. Myrie provides plenty
of exclusive interview material as well.

The Tao of Wu by The RZA
Riverhead Books
HipHopIsRead reviewed/recommended this one around the same time last year.
A great read by the Socrates of hip hop.
Get it with The Wu-Tang Manual if you haven't
checked that one out yet too.

Upcoming Releases (2011):

Thug Life:
Race, Gender, and the Meaning of Hip Hop by Michael P. Jeffries
University of Chicago Press, January 2011

Back in the Days:
10th Anniversary Edition
by Jamel Shabazz, w/Fab 5 Freddy & Ernie Paniccioli
powerHouse Books, March 2011

Hip Hop Inheritance:
From the Harlem Renaissance to the Hip Hop Feminist Movement by Reiland Rabaka
Lexington Books, March 2011

Empire State of Mind:
How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office by Zack O'Malley Greenburg
Portfolio Hardcover, March 2011

Slave to a Page:
The Book of Rhymes by Nasir Jones(!)
HarperCollins, April 2011

The Wu-Tang Clan and RZA:
A Trip through Hip Hop's 36 Chambers by Alvin "Aqua" Blanco(!)
Praeger Publishers, April 2011

My Infamous Life: The Autobiography of Mobb Deep's Prodigy
by Albert "Prodigy" Johnson(!) & Laura Checkoway
Simon & Schuster, April 2011

Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from
South Central to Hollywood by Ice-T(!) & Douglas Century
Random House Publishing Group, April 2011

I Mix What I Like!:
A Mixtape Manifesto by Jared A. Ball
AK Press, April 2011

Jay-Z:
Essays on Hip Hop's Philosopher King by Julius Bailey
McFarland & Company, Inc., April 2011

Keep on Pushing:
Black Power Music from Blues to Hip-Hop by Denise Sullivan
Lawrence Hill Books, July 2011

VIA
Ivan of Hip Hop is read

Related posts;
Good or bad rap album covers (?) of 2010 roundup
and
2010 rap albums roundup
and
2010 Rap Literature roundup