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December 21, 2004
Favorites Things of 2004 - Part 9
Today's "Favorites of 2004" come to you from Arofish in London, Darkclouds in New York, Klutch in California, Pez in Spain, and Killer Gerbil in Singapore.Enjoy....
Favorite Event of 2004:
Arofish: After years of patient study, finally succeeding in differentiating my ass from my elbow, with the aid of several authoritative texts and diagrams from my local library and the internet. Now I mean to get up off my elbow and do something useful with my life; fuck all this graffiti shit.
Darkclouds: Gogol Bordello from NY is the greastest band of now, with the greatest fuckin live show you you will ever witness. no lies. the greatest show. EVER!! saw them at the smallest bar ever in massachusetts and they blew the place out tha fuken FRAME!
Klutch: #1 - Vinyl Killers 2. Having so many artists and friends travel here for the show made it an especially good time. - #2 GBGC installation at MassMOCA.
Pez: Urban Art (Sevilla-Spain) Graffiti Festival, with 3 days of Drum&bass Reggae and Hip hop !!!
Killer Gerbil: Pictoplasma Conference
Favorite Artist of 2004:
Arofish: Hugo Pratt
Darkclouds: Dr. Sex and Hour are SMASHING on new york and are currently in the buisness of blowing minds.
Klutch: I am still SWOON-ing.
Pez: Supakitch equal with Jace and Phil Phoule
Superklutch
Jace
Phil Phoule
Killer Gerbil: Yoshitomo Nara. I was lucky enough to view his paintings upclose when they were on exhibition here in Singapore recently.
Favorite New Artist of 2004 (an artist who you did not know of last year):
Arofish: Silvio Berlusconi
Klutch: Amy Rice. Her stuff is always so fun and she has a awesome attitude. When she was evicted and her home/studio/garden was condemned she told me she was thankful for the memories and good times she had there and wasn't focused on the loss. Since it was being condemned she dismantled the fixtures and turned them into a show documenting her life there. From her artist's statement:
Grow flowers.
Ride a bike.
Love an animal.
Learn something new.
Find your wings.
Make art of it all.
Pez: Alfonsito el Rapero (El Kolgaito del Puerto)
Killer Gerbil: Orkibal (Malaysia) for his fresh characters.
Favorite Single Piece of Art in 2004:
Arofish: The animated film "Corto Maltese: Le Cour Secret des Arcanes"
Darkclouds: ThIS OLD1970's puff paint fabric art canvass thing with boats going in to the sunset that my friend generously donated to my cause, mostly due to my blantant drooling obsession with it. YES.
Klutch: I could never pick just one. But I am sort of partial to this sticker from MAGMO.
Pez: OS Gemeos Big monster in Atenas
Killer Gerbil: The London Police Skateboard Deck..flawless! (hit me one if yall r reading this TLP..heh)
Favorite New Product of 2004:
Arofish: Mung beans. Oh, no, we had them last year as well didn't we...
Darkclouds: the cdj1000 cd turntable is the most unreal piece of stereo equipment i have ever been so lucky to use. cranium blowing supernatural shizzle.
Klutch: Well, new to me. I traded some t-shirts for a set of puffy Krypto wheels and put them on a 20 year old Skull skated deck. Now my old man knees don't blow out on a crack in the sidewalk.
Pez: Corio Ink Blue
Killer Gerbil: Creative Zen Micro
Favorite CD/Song of 2004:
Arofish: Mung beans. Oh, shit! That's not even a song. I'm no good at this...
Darkclouds: I didnt get much new of now music this year, but leftover crack came out with a DAMN good thrashing album, and the new handsome boy modeling school shit is sick!
Klutch: Skanky Panky by Kid Koala
Pez: Amos Chachooo - La Excepcion.
Killer Gerbil: "Drop It Like Its Hot" by Pharrell & Snoop Dogg (*listening to the aerosols in the background*)
Favorite "Moment" (memory) of 2004:
Arofish: Telling 4 cops that I was "just cleaning" a wall in Old st (Central London) at 5 in the morning - and watching them walk away. I was coming to the end of a 9 x 3 metre piece and had cans and stencils lying around. I pulled a rag out of my pocket and started wiping away, expecting to get my collar felt at any minute. "Oh, no problem pal," says one, "someone thought you was graffiti-ing, that's all." "Nah, mate, contract cleaner," I said. Exit them. Like you get told on every safety brief, a hi-vis vest can make all the difference...
Darkclouds: uh, i dont know... maybe when the sox CRUSHED THAT FUCKIN CURSE!!! muaaaahaaaahaaa!!
Klutch: Backcountry snowboarding on mushrooms. Thigh deep BC powder with lift service provided by a UFO.
Pez: One Party in a Club of Berlin onganized by Criminal a trade Mark that reprasent our friend Pol that i found on Berlin Bread&Butter. A crazy night!
Killer Gerbil: A mural done by me & ARTVSTS was used in Singapore Idol MTV as backdro
Favorite Toy of 2004:
Arofish: my wasp factory
Darkclouds: my cat Cyclops
Klutch: George Bush.
Pez: Space Invaders Shoes
Killer Gerbil: Flying Fortress Teddy Troops!
Favorite Website of 2004:
Arofish: tide times of the river Thames - they're a zany fluctuation! (or maybe the shipping forecast)
Darkclouds: Always and forever homestarrunner.com
Klutch: No to be redundant but it really is Wooster Collective. Thanks!
Pez: www.ekosystem.org
Killer Gerbil: eBay :)
What do you most want for Christmas?
Arofish: A haircut and a real job
Darkclouds: I would have said tickets to see the PIXIES... but i wil have FUCKING ALREAdy missed them!!@#$^%@$#!!!...yay...so i guess ill take an i pod.
Klutch: Can't think of much that I want or need. Maybe the Graffiti World book, it's pretty amazing.
Pez: Enjoy with the Friends, go to cool parties, paint nice walls.
Killer Gerbil: Graffiti World! Please?
What is your New Year's wish?
Arofish: to shape up and not be a slob
Darkclouds: to quit this bad habit of being broke.
Klutch: None. I am open all possibilities.
Pez: Love, Peace and health For all the world. More Graffiti and less Police.
Killer Gerbil: To travel and do more global Killer Gerbil invasion!
How will you be spending the Holidays this year? / What will you be doing on New Years Eve?
Arofish: Cold turkey
Darkclouds: going home to VT, playing in the snow, drinking 8 gallons of maple syrup gets me wasted! and on new years GOGol BOrdeLLo SHALL DESTROY!
Klutch: My wife and I usually wind up in California for Christmas but this year we are planning on just chilling at home. For New Years we're deciding which party to blow off.
Pez: I Dont Know what be doing on Holidays./ I hope that i will go to the best reggaeparty this night.
Killer Gerbil: This year going to different for me cause I be having some friends from Malaysia & Philippines coming over for the holidays so we going to have massive street art activities right up to 2005!. The Killer Gerbil would like to wish all Merry Xmas and a dopey New Year!
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