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I love to read graffiti. Don't you?
Urinal and toilet-stall graffiti is probably what I see the most of, and that's not bad, but have you ever read the study-carrells on the second floor at Hamilton library? Hilarious stuff.
You'd think that after an intro like that, I'd have a great list to get things started off with, but I don't. So someone help me out.
Posted by scrivener at September 10, 2003 12:03 AMYou know, I'm so used to seeing toilet stall graffitti like "Kimo wuz hea" that I wonder, how do they spell it in America anyway? "Jimmy was here" just doesn't have the same ring to it.
what's with the "roscoe" graffiti all over the place? i see it all over waikiki, chinatown, and on the UH campus...
Damn, maybe I just live in a good neighborhood or something but I haven't noticed any grafitti lately. I remember when some kids went nuts at Kalaheo H.S. back in the mid 90's and grafittied every building. That looked like it was a lot of hard work...
Damn, maybe I just live in a good neighborhood or something but I haven't noticed any grafitti lately. I remember when some kids went nuts at Kalaheo H.S. back in the mid 90's and grafittied every building. That looked like it was a lot of hard work...
Funny you should mention this observation. I myself, don't appreciate the graffiti, but I do understand the tempation to do it.
Ocassionally, I'll be there, doing my number 2, I'll be bored out of my mind. I'll probably have a pencil behind my ear and will think (only think, never act upon) writing something stupid or poignant on the wall or on the side of the toilet paper dispenser.
There's a great short story by Stephen King called "All that you love will be carried away". In it is a man who is contemplating if he should continue with his plans of suicide or not. The thing stopping him is that he doesn't want to lose his book of toilet-graffiti, that he has collected from all over the US, when he dies. There's a lot of funny/poignant graffiti in that story if you care to read it.
I remember all the graffiti on the desks on high school. We'd write little messages or poems and sometimes the person in the next period would add stuff.
There was an amusing graffiti debate recently, Darwin vs Jesus, on one of the bus stop benches across from Sinclair Library, the best UH display I've seen since a quite talented poet used to leave his works scribbled on tabletops at Manoa Garden. Afraid the toilet graffiti at UH is pretty substandard stuff, though.
Hey Cheyne I just read that story. Isn't that part of a collection of short stories by King?
correct sin! it was a part of the "everything's eventual" compilation. i heart stephen king.
which one was your favorite tale, sin?
The stairwells in the art building at UH used to be a decent showcase. I was never sure if it was semi-sanctioned, or if the creatively inclined really did invest that much effort knowing that it could be painted over the next week.
Bill recently posted an entry about the shrimp truck out at the North Shore that seems to be a mobile message pad.
That said, pointless tagging graffiti generally annoys me - rushed scrawls to proclaim some kind of allegiance, across a school wall or over a freeway sign. It's not art to me so much as the adolescent equivalent of pissing to mark territory. Although some acts of vandalism - notably those surf-esque arrow stickers that turn up on traffic lights - certainly seem to require a greater degree of insanity than what I'd usually ascribe to your average local thug.
I love reading Graffiti. In highschool I used to be an avid participant in tagging whether it was legally on a piece of paper or illegally on a street sign or park bench. My handwriting today has evolved from my days of doing graffiti. I write in all Caps and much of the symbols look like something you may see scrawled at a bus stop somewhere.
Today I can look back and say that it was just rebellion but I'm still a fan of Real Graffiti.. when people put time and energy into a large colorful mural. I think it can definately be a real art form. The other week I was in Chinatown and saw a wall with several different large pieces, the colors and styles were just amazing.
I think Graffiti is a form of rebellion more than it is just vandalism. Corporate America can spend millions of dollars on a new building or subway system but you can always put your mark on it even if they try to whitewash it the next day.
I have a book called "GRAFFITO" where I found a quote that has always stuck in my head.
"Private Property is Stolen Land."
I love reading Graffiti. In highschool I used to be an avid participant in tagging whether it was legally on a piece of paper or illegally on a street sign or park bench. My handwriting today has evolved from my days of doing graffiti. I write in all Caps and much of the symbols look like something you may see scrawled at a bus stop somewhere.
Today I can look back and say that it was just rebellion but I'm still a fan of Real Graffiti.. when people put time and energy into a large colorful mural. I think it can definately be a real art form. The other week I was in Chinatown and saw a wall with several different large pieces, the colors and styles were just amazing.
I think Graffiti is a form of rebellion more than it is just vandalism. Corporate America can spend millions of dollars on a new building or subway system but you can always put your mark on it even if they try to whitewash it the next day.
I have a book called "GRAFFITO" where I found a quote that has always stuck in my head.
"Private Property is Stolen Land."
Let's see Cheyne, nothing jumps out at me right now...hmmm...
I am a Dark Tower fanatic so the little snippet on Roland the gunslinger held great facination for me but it wasn't that great. There was one tale about a guy who caught a ride with a dead man to visit his mother in the hospital and had to make a gut wrenching decision. I'd have to say that story was pretty powerful and made me think about what choice I'd make were I in his shoes.
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"Kimo wuz heah" is pidgin English...which we've been speaking way before MTV. The majority of people in Vegas are blacks and Mexicans? We have blacks and Mexicans in Hawaii (American Indians too).
Yeah, I remember seeing 'Kimo wuz hea' and 'Lani Girl + Junior Boy 4-Eva' since I was at Koko Head Elementary School back in - oh, never mind...
Hawaii boy living in Virginia now. How I miss local pigeon scratched into the paint of bathroom stall walls, or written in whiteout on the upholstery of TheBus seats.
straight up... a big fck u to all of u ignorant fools who think graf isn't art. set aside given the right aspects, perspective, core shadowing, lighting, space and time... u can seriously make sum illicit murals with a brush, paint rollers, and sponges put it on a canvas in a museum n thats called art? you just need to wake up n realize that aerosol is just a different medium... what? dont u go to school? tha graf scene just publicizes art.. remember "Art is not a Crime"
graffiti is art i dont give a fuck what any body says, if you disagree then fuck you to. and fuck you sPaRkLeZ 7-0-2 you jus cant fuckin understand any thing from our island and need to get your ass beat for disrespectin us faggot ass bitch its straight up 808 ABM fuck the 702
I don't know about anyone else, but my stereotypical, preconceived notions of what people who create graffiti are like are just fading away here...
I'm with you, Ryan. Who knew they were this articulate?
NAW.. FUCC U..
I DO UNDERSTAND HOW YA ISLAND IS OR WHATEVER.. PSSHHH NE WAY COME TO VEGAS N CALI.. TRY N LIVE HERE... I MEEN. NO DOUBT 8-0-8 GOT SUM NICE ASS PEOPLE.. BUT WHEN I SEE FAKE WANKSTAS IT DISCUSTS ME.. CUZ YALL PROBABLY DONT UNDERSTAND HOW IT FEELS TO BE SCARED TO WALK OUTSIDE.. I MEAN.. I AINT TRYNA MAKE VEGAS OR NE THING LOOK HARD.. BUT IM SAYEN THO.. N aureservoir ... CMON NOW.. I BEEN GOIN TO HAWAII ALL MAH LIFE.. YALL PROLLY GOT LIKE 1% BLACK PEOPLE.. HAHhaHAH.. U WONT CATCH NO RREEAALLL BLACK PEOPLE LIVIN THERE... AND WHEN U SAY YALL GOT MESSIKANS... HahaHA.. YEAH RIGHT.. I MEAN NO DOUBT.. IM NOT SAYIN YALL DONT GOT THEM AATTT ALLL.. BUT HAWAII IS ASIAN. PERIOD. N THA LITTLE FAKE GANGS I SEE OVER THERE.. IS SOFT.. DAMN. YALL WONT NEVER GET IT.. YEAH OK PIDGEON ENGLISH.. YEEEAH OK KOOL.. BUTTTT.. IM TALKEN BOUT EBONICS.. STRAIGHT UP SLANG.. DO YALL HAVE B-E-T? NOPE.. SO YALL CANT UNDERSTAND THA HISTORY OF HIP HOP.. RAP.. AND UNDERGROUND EMCEES.. WOW. BUT THHATS YALL .. IM JUSST SAYING THO. THAT HAWAII NEEDS TO HAVE ALLL OF CALI TAKE OVER.. LooOL..hahA.. YALL WONT LAST.. IM TELLING U...
Man. This thread is like leaving vinegar out to trap flies. And almost as much fun to watch.
Really. It amuses me to no end that every so often I get a message in my mailbox saying there's a new response to this thing.
We should have a contest this year for the "dumb responses" bait-post of the year.
It's just amazing. And baffling.
lived in kali i aint skard vagas got wangstas too
I've been seeing a graffito around Honolulu recently that I can't figure out. It says, "PHYTO!" Is it the tag of a marker-wielding gardener, maybe?
Man what the fuck... hawaii is wak shit i mean guys come on talk abpout some real shit its annoying to look at graffiti shut the fuck up graffiti is art man i cant believe some of shit you guys are sayin some of you should just get hit in the fuckin mouth for the dumb shit you say and if you come to vegas i just might be the one to do it graffiti isnt what it use to be now anyone and everyone come in thinkin they can do the shit and hit up where ever they want hey hawaii come to vegas and see some real art forms do you guys know the sweat heart and blood that goes into piecing and shit man its just like a fuckin rush when you do it and to drive by and see your shit its just like heaven i mean nothing compares to it
fuck you bitches and hoe that dont keep that shit real and to my man that said that shit "private property is stolen property" mad props to the homie and shit late!(get some real fuckin names to like swol!) i mean what the fuck is lani and keoki what the fuck) FUCK THE TOYZ STAY UP AND NEVER DOWN !
This thread is just pure comedy by now, you got all the internet gangsta's coming out of the woodwork.
I was walking down Ala Moana Blvd. the other day near Ward theatre and there was a kid walking infront of me with his arm in a sling. He looks around and then pulls out a fat tipped marker and start taggin up a light pole. He was making eye contact with another kid across the street who also had his arm in a sling. That kid was doing the same thing. I watched them make their way down Ala Moana hitting up street signs, bus stops and anything that could be written on.
Smart kids. Those arm slings were brilliant, good place to hide your marker and who's gonna suspect that.
And where was your digicam, James?
DUCK FAT,yah we dont have real "gangstas" and im proud of that cuz id rather have fake ones that think they killas then real ones that go around shootin up shit,sucks to be SPARCKLEZ scared ass afraid to come outside....we got asians but we got blacks AND HERES SOMETHING FOR ALL OF U GUYZ TO GET STRAIT IF YOUR NOT PURE HAWAIIAN THEN YOU GOT HAOLE BLOOD CUZ HAOLE MEANS FOREIGN NOT WHITE,KE'OKE'O IS WHITE,SO YAH ALL YOU GUYS AT THE MAINLAND IS HAOLE CUZ IF YOUR BLACK MEXICAN ASIAN IT DOESNT MATTER THATS HAOLE.....last thing graffiti is art i can understand if people get pissed about graffiti because as much as i belive its art,if someone wrote on my property id be pissed
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Man...i don't know about all this wankster stuff but i do know that graff is art....just like tha tother guy said...areosol is just another medium. all this gang crap is just immature....gangs are for people that are scared to be by themselves.....i think that graffiti will always be around...it might change and evolve but none the less....it will never go away....iand about the whole thing about las vegas and cali or whatever...its good to be proud of where you are from but learn to respect others too man...if are a true artist you have respect for yourself and others...not just blabbing about who is tuff and who is "REAL" or whatever....just stay true to what you belive in ....... that is all that thi guy has to say.... out (reppin tha IV CREW to tha fullest)
Who are these guys, anyway? And can any of them actually spell?
Um, as to question #1, I have no idea, Glen. As to question #2, you've got visual evidence that the answer is no, right? ;)
As a Graff writer from NYC and bi-annual visitor to hawaii, I would like to discourage graff in the islands. Leave the vandalisim to the real G's.
hahaha....ayh hawaiis graff scene isnt as good as nyc..but i try..i am only one person you know..and no. dont try to stop ART... all this bathroom stall graffiti is bull shit..im talking about real works of art.. i spend like 5 hours on any given good piece hit me up if anyone else on here is a writer from hawaii like me.... emergONE@hotmail.com
fuck everyone who thinks graffiti is gan relatedand a eye sore.. fuck you !!!!!! ATK TE STRUCK BITCH
hey all! this is an exciting forum! i myself have a weblog completely dedicated to toilet graffiti! i had a very inspirational moment when in one of the toilets at my uni. doing this blog has made me realise that toilet graffiti is not just something to be looked over. yeh, we are all entertained by it... but the messages come deep!
BTW I'm from Sydney Australia. Graffiti anywhere is amusing!
Hawaii is beautiful
Graffiti is beautiful
Hawaii AND graffiti
IS NOT BEAUTIFUL
stuck in st. louis, missouri
no... hawaii AND graffiti is BEAUTIFUL....well at least my graffiti :)
ho, i rememba UH time, one guy had da hots for some japanee chick, he go write her name all ova da batrooms, i forget her name a'ready but a'ways wanted for meet her. but da bes' wuz manoa gardens a'most eye level at da urinal: "no look hea for da joke, you stay holdin' 'um".
i came across this thread while i was trying to look up a site one of my friends found on the net, where there are pictures of graffiti arouond the hayn islands....would anyone by any chance knoe which site that would be?
emerg.. what u write? the public views it as an eyesore.. in truth it is another medium.. its just that there is no where that graffiti writers can turn to but the streets.. will the government provide a free legal wall? doubtful.. the chinatown legal wall came down as the building behind it went up.. Many people respected aerosol art in that degree given enough time to finish what they started without getting heat from authorities.. the art community embraced that.. yet nothing is done to create more legal walls and businesses and freeways suffer to quick tags and half ass fill ins.. u think lingle will give a shit? in the public eye.. spraypaint is not to be used other then painting a chair or a fence.. but once its used as a medium it automatically becomes graffiti and falls under the gang stereotype.. there is more then just kids being vandals.. there are some true kings who paint with alot of heart and dedication.. Tell the State or tell the City to do something about it.. this island is only so big..
sparkelz...you don't know what the fuck you talking about..i used to club at worlds every fuckin weekend...every night the majority of the peeps in the club was blacks, mexican and haoles...military prolly. you all think you so tough, you think you soo badass and shit...i've seen alot of you fags catch a real beatdown in the club, acting like you all own up in this place...pffft...and you wanna talk about hawaii writers??? check your history fagboy....ever heard of katch one, east, bam, slick, estria, skez????????? shit, they pioneered alot of aerosol techniques in the mainland i've been vegas many times...i've seen some shit up there...go regurgitate subway art fag. me and my crew fuckin work tourist like you in waiks....
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sparkels sounds like a really wak chick but if sparkles is a dude he can count on a punch in the nose when i meet him and i also agree with the majority that believe graffiti is a form of art, mainly because there isnt alot these days that is not art, another thing , why the fuck did jerri cramer and george get takin off air they were the funniest fukin people i ever met??
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As much fun as it was, leaving this sticky thread open to catch flies, I think we've seen more than enough. Pau.
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