Another fresh video from The Crazy Robertson crew. This one shows the 2008 line. You have to check out the first part. John is doing some crazy moves. Also, the wall I painted is slightly shown during the caricature T shirt part. It is about 1:30 seconds in.
Pure Hate from Berlin Germany shows how the whole crew working together can create an awesome piece. Watch them destroy a train. I like how one guy does the outlines and the rest fill it in. Also, look for the double handed fill ins.
Fresh off the presses, the latest Crazy Robertson T-shirt is finally available. The CR Caricature T-shirt comes in baby grey. Also, check out the first Crazy Robertson commercial. John Jermien is a natural front of the camera. Teddy wearing the Crazy Robertson Caricature T-shirt front of the piece I painted
Side angle showing the Crazy Robertson logo
Vic front of some quick Crazy Robertson letters
The Crazy Robertson Flying Skate Hoodie Commercial - Short and sweet
I hate it when my spray can tips get clogged. I have used nail polish remover in the past with mixed results. This video shows how to use Graffiti & Spray Paint Remover spray can to clean your caps.
The Dark Night Batman movie hits theaters tomorrow, July 18. The batman billboards which have been up for weeks, have been hit by Los Angeles graffiti writers all over the city. Here is a sample of billboards by LA's heavy hitters. Thanks to G@BR!3L for all pictures. Click on the pictures to enlarge. Be sure to check out the short movie documenting Augor and Revok painting the billboard. BWS
This video shows him painting the billboard in Los Angeles on La Cienega Blvd. during broad daylight. The footage also has a small clip of him in front of a mural that he was painting for the new LA Weekly office.
Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe's world premier was part of the LA Film Festival on June 21. Of course, it had to be in Los Angeles where both David Choe and director Harry Kim grew up.
David Choe does what we really want to do. Write on walls, sell out art shows and basically live life with no fear. Oh, and have some awesome talent.
The movie starts out with David Choe in Congo Africa looking for a dinosaur. We get a glimpse of David's various adventures surrounding his artwork. Through personal stories told through people in his life, we start to understand the psyche that is required to create the type of art that he does.
The documentary includes commentary from Shepard Fairey, Dave Kinsey, Saber and David's parents. It was especially moving to see his father talk about his own dreams of being a painter and how his parents discouraged him from pursuing his dreams. He supported his son's artistic pursuit.
Harry Kim did an amazing job creating the movie. It was fast pace, never a boring moment. The music further made the movie come alive. I remember thinking that I hope the movie does not end. I want to see more!
When Harry Met Sally David Choe - Harry Kim explains how he met David Choe. Sorry about the grainy footage.
LA Film Festival at the Crest Theater in Westwood
David Choe (white shirt), Harry Kim (Tie-Dyed Shirt) and family
Dirty Hands The Art & Crimes of David Choe World Premier
Crowd waiting in line to get in
Dirty Hands The Art & Crimes of David Choe World Premier
Full house
First shot of David Choe in the Movie Dirty Hands The Art & Crimes of David Choe
The world premier of the Documentary "Dirty Hands: The Art & Crimes of David Choe" is at the LA Film Festival. The film is directed by his high school friend, Harry Kim over an 8 year period after David Choe dropped out of Art school in 2000.
Los Angeles artist David Choe is not as crazy as his violent, phantasmagoric, and sexual work across several media would suggest, he is considerably more so, embodying William Blake's adage that "you never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough." Captivated by Choe's mania for adventure and excess, close friend Harry Kim filmed the artist's “life and crimes†from 2000 to 2007, a period coinciding with Choe's rise to fame and fortune in the art world as he matured from a street artist bombing underpasses and illustrating porn magazines to a respected muralist, painter, and graphic novelist. The ride, however, was a bumpy one. From jail sentences and an addiction to shoplifting and graffiti to dinosaur hunting and wrestling pygmies in the heart of the Congo, Choe's irrepressible spirit is as much a model of unrestrained living as it is a cautionary example of excess.
Bomb It is the explosive documentary investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti.
It was shot in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Tijuana, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Hamburg, Berlin, Cape Town, São Paulo, and Tokyo.
Local Los Angeles KTLA news got on the Buket bandwagon. It seems that all news stations are having a field day with this story.
KTLA news managed to get an interview with Andrew Blankstein, the author of the Los Angeles Times article: "Alleged tagger seen on YouTube is arrested."
Many news stations mistakenly showed Evidence from the Dilated Peoples as being Buket TKO. Buket was arrested due to the notoriety he received from his daring Los Angeles 101 freeway graffiti mission. If you have been sleeping, check out the Buket video.
Evidence is in the intro to the video. He gives a shout out to War 4, the upcoming graffiti DVD. Newscasters assumed that the intro to the video must be Buket as shown in this CBS news story.
Evidence is no stranger to graffiti. In his 2007 video for the song Mr. Slow Flow, he is shown spray painting.
"I only met Buket once when I was asked to do a promo for an internet show, however I'm obviously not him and find it humorous how the media didn't take the time to figure this out before running such an extensive story."
Following is the full press release by Evidence
Police arrest notorious graffiti tag artist Cyrus "Buket" Yazdani on felony vandalism charges this week in Los Angeles but inaccurate photos of the man in custody continue to circulate, appearing at the top of the hour newscasts on CBS 9, ABC 7, KTLA 5, NBC 4 and Los Angeles Times cover story due to newspaper mistakenly identifying Yazdani with an image of respected MC and Producer Evidence of Dilated Peoples ***
(Los Angeles, California - May 29, 2008) Los Angeles Detectives took Cyrus "Buket" Yazdani into custody this week on felony vandalism charges. The man who police describe as "one of Los Angeles' most prolific taggers" was habitual for videotaping his handiwork and uploading footage to the web. The well known local tagger became recognized globally when videos of him spray painting on a Hollywood Fwy overpass, with cars zooming by 20 feet below began ciruclating over the internet.
Dilated People's member Michael "Evidence" Perretta has been making noise on the underground hip-hop scene since the trio appeared in the late 1990's. In reference to the photo of the MC plastered across the front page of the Los Angeles Times and displayed hourly on various television newscasts depicting him as the arrested tagger Evidence says, "I only met Buket once when I was asked to do a promo for an internet show, however I'm obviously not him and find it humorous how the media didn't take the time to figure this out before running such an extensive story."
Evidence explains how he was approached by Yazdani over a year ago and asked to say a few promotional words on film. Unbeknowest to the celeb endorser his words would be edited and used as an introductory segment running prior to footage of Yazdani making his tag mark on the 101 Hollywood Fwy. The segment entitled "War 4" circulated on Youtube.com and was watched by over 500,000 viewers. Video images of Evidence were accidently pulled by the Los Angeles Times when Yazdani was taken into custody, thus mistakenly identifying the MC for the notorious tagger. The rapper explains, "In my line of work anytime someone asks me for a recorded or live video promo I'm always glad to do it. I have co-signed thousands of Internet, Radio and TV shows as well as various other forms of media. This could have happened to any entertainer, not just me."
Evidence has been a torchbearer and champion of underground hip-hop culture. He remains a positive identity within this often misrepresented and marginalized community. Raised in Venice Beach, California the former breakdancer has released four critically acclaimed and socially conscious albums alongside Dilated Peoples and last year had tremendous success with his solo debut The Weatherman. The songs tackled issues of politics and revolution as well as containing powerful tribute tracks to his mother. The celebrated MC has created his own unique blend of beats and rhymes making him a staple and respected figure on the current musical landscape. Evidence and Dilated Peoples have graced covers and appeared within the pages of Vibe, The Source, King, XXL, YRB, Vapors, Alternative Press, URB and XLR8R while his production work has included tracks for the Beastie Boys, Linkin Park, Swollen Members, Defari, Planet Asia and co- production on Kanye West's Grammy award winning album College Dropout.
Evidence says he wants this huge mistake cleared up and retractions made by the media. Meanwhile he is busy preparing for upcoming nationwide show dates during the "Fresh Rhymes & Videotape Tour" featuring Dilated Peoples, The Alchemist, Aceyalone and 88 Keys. The tour runs from June 2nd - June 29th and will hit all major cities.
Good old graffiti makes it into LACMA! Ruben Ochoa's photograph named "What if Walls Created Spaces" is a picture of a Los Angeles Freeway wall. The wall of course shows one of Los Angeles' most up writers: Atlas CBS. LACMA Phantom Sighthings Art after the Chicano Movement Exhibit
LACMA Phantom Sighthings Exhibit
Ruben Ochoa - What if walls created spaces
Ruben Ochoa - What if walls created spaces
Ruben Ochoa - What if walls created spaces Zoom: CBS Atlas and Alter
Buket TKO was shown on NBC news on May 21. The news story shows a clip from the upcoming WAR 4 Graffiti video. It's funny that you can see the WAR 42 logo on the news clip. The video shows Buket climbing an overpass on the 101 freeway during broad daylight. You can also him spray painting on a bus during the day as well.
The reporter also goes to the Los Angeles River and shows some of the spots that Buket got up. You can also see a cop flipping through the graffiti book: Los Angeles Graffiti where Buket has a few featured pictures.
The story suggests that Buket will be turning himself in. I highly doubt that. Buket will not turn himself in. All this news story did was give Buket ultimate fame.
Here is the video that NBC got the footage from.
And the video that shows Buket spray painting on the bus:
Sunday April 20, 2008 8:10 PM - Los Angeles United Film Festival Fine Arts Theatremap 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90211
The feature length documentary that chronicles 2 years in the life of 4 Los Angeles based graffiti writers. Filmed on 16mm, Super 8mm, and several video formats, Evan Romoff and Keegan Gibbs have truly captured the essence of what it's like to be young graffiti artists trying to make a name. The gritty footage ranges from street sign tags to rooftop billboards, giving the audience a peek into the world of graffiti that has never been seen before by an outside culture.
Tariq Nasheed is a New York Times best selling author of The Art of Mackin'. Tariq, also known as King Flex, is a self proclaimed expert on dating and relationships. But his greatest attribute is that he is a fan of The Crazy Robertson. Check out the video of Tariq Nasheed with Peanut visiting John Jermien. John happens to be wearing the No Money No Problems T-Shirt which he cut the sleeves off. He is a trendsetter!
Over the years, budweiser had many memorable commercials. This commercial is by far the most entertaining I have seen in years. I chuckle every time I see it.
where Buket has a few featured pictures.
. Tariq, also known as King Flex, is a self proclaimed expert on dating and relationships. But his greatest attribute is that he is a fan of 
