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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Graff Wars in stores now (promo week 15)

Darth Vader by Gouge CAS,Stockholm > Sweden 2013

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Sunday, February 3, 2013

Rap Fans Computer Draw Their Favorite Album Covers

Geto Boys; We Can't Be Stopped

Ice T; Power

Big Bear; Doin Thangs

Dr.Dre; The Chronic

2 Live Crew; Nasty As They Wanna Be

NWA; Straight Outta Compton One of PC’s many great digital image collections is a series of album covers drawn by fans via basic computer programs like MS Paint. More covers and info over @ egotripland.

Flip The Script - Book Preview

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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

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Weekend fun part 27; Fat Boys Reissue Debut Album in a Pizza Box, As a Pizza Picture Disc

Classic rap group Fat Boys have reissued their debut self-titled album as a vinyl pizza picture disc housed in a pizza box. It’s available to purchase at Turntable Lab.

Once a sensation of 1980s culture The Fat Boys were early ambassadors of rap music. Buff Love’s beatbox set the tone for their hard beats and hilarious lyrics. Their subject matter ran that gamut from over-eating to comic book characters and girls. With their innate sense of humor they rightfully earned the title The Clown Princes of Rap. It’s awesome to see The Fat Boys career given its proper due with this more than appropriate pizza box reissue. Includes Pizza Picture disc vinyl housed in it’s very own Pizza Box, 8-1/2″ x 11″ 20 page booklet and a download card for bonus material and interviews. Recommended for hip hop heads and avid vinyl collectors.

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