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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Music Tracks: Killer Railway Art by Bordalo II

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Sweet recontextualization by Lisbon artist Bordalo II (via Wooster)

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KYEO: Breadface & Blues Wheatpastes in Chicago’s Roscoe Village

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Lagunitas Chicago: Where The Wild Things Are (Going)

Spotted this killer mural on the side of a cafe near where Lagunitas is building their Chicago brewery.

Just another reason I love my motherland, great street art. Oh, and things like mini-golf in a funeral home.

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KYEO: Jerry Garcia Stencils in the Haight

If you’re going to spot Jerry Garcia graffiti you can bet your bong it’s See the rest »

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KYEO: Banksy in Carmel?

Spotted this while driving into Carmel this weekend.

While it’s on the most English of hotels in town and vaguely Banksy-ish in style …

… it’s not Banksy. See the rest »

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KYEO: LA Street Art by Buff Monster, Invader, Cali Killa, Mr. Brainwash, Alec, Shark Toof

Spotted a motherload of street art on our last trip to LA. Mostly in Silverlake. This piece happened to be just up from the amazing Necromance. Enjoy.

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[Sunset @ Lucile in Silverlake]
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[Spotted under the bar at Little Joy Cocktails in Echo Park]
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[Buff Monster ice cream street art off Glendale Blvd.]

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LA Street Art: Mike Giant on Melrose & Shepard Fairey / Obey Giant on Sunset

Though I missed the REBEL8 “Return of the Lost Angels” event by a week (video here and recap at Fatlace) I was lucky enough to drive down Melrose in time to catch the huge bomb Mike Giant dropped on the Shepard Fairey wall at De La Barracuda.

Giant over Giant.

Some peeks at

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BONUS: Shepard Fairey / Obey Giant on Sunset

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Whoa: Big Bang Big Boom from BLU

“After months of work and hundreds of buckets of paint” BLU‘s latest, BIG BANG BIG BOOM, more than outdoes his last epic video. Soundtrack by Andrea Martignon.

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KYEO: Skullphone in Santa Monica / Digital Media @ Subliminal Projects

Spotted at Olympic & Lincoln, outside Company 3. First Skullphone piece I’ve seen in a while. Apparently his new show Digital Media has been running at Subliminal Projects and is wrapping up July 2nd. Watch the vid below.

Dots are big part of his latest wave of work, “Through painted pointillism, the imagery dislocates as the artwork is approached.”

Check out Skullphone‘s Digital Media show by Friday at Subliminal Projects in Echo Park. Or snag some prints in the online store.

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Art: Contextual Faces


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Rad: Urban Lenticular in Berlin

From the land of the umlaut comes this fantastic wheatpaste lenticular. Great idea. Wooster Collective has a link to more pics »

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Graf: Banksy hits San Francisco(?)!

SFist dropped the bomb that two Banksy pieces have been spotted around San Francisco. More pics and info on where they’re at over at Spots Unknown.

He must be in town promoting his doc, Exit Through The Gift Shop:

Richard Hawley “Tonight the Streets Are Ours” from Lady’s Bridge
(Heard on the Friday Five)

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KYEO: Urban Mushrooms

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Spotted these off Sutter St on Trinity Place. Ever since I moved here I’d see these all around SF. But they’d be painted over by the time I’d swing by again with a camera. Not this time. Thank you crappy iPhone cam.

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KYEO: Ominous Shadow Art on California Street

Ominous Shadow on California Street

No, not the KD Lang / Richard Belzer hybrid standing to the left. The firebox shadow. And is that kid eating a Bomb Pop or firing up her lightsaber?

Spotted on California @ Montgomery.

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