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….
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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!

href="http://www.enrager.net/hosted/arofish/">Klutch: #1 - href="http://www.vinylkillers.com/">Vinyl Killers 2. Having so many artists
and friends travel here for the show made it an especially good time.  - #2 href="http://www.counterproductiveindustries.com/gbgc/massmoca/">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

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: href="http://www.amyrice.com/">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)

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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:
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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)
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Darkclouds: Always and forever href="http://www.homestarrunner.com/">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
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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
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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!