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QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ♯ 23 -KEO TC5

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Brooklyn legend / letter technician / style guru, Lord Scotch 79 - Keo Xmen took some time out to answer our 20 questions . . .3774104944_3d1225b8c3_o1

1. Tell us who you are – what you do and how long you’ve been doing it ?

I’m KEO XMEN, TC-5, FC, TOP, BYI… I do what needs to be done, since 1967.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Ruddy Brown Primer, Avocado, BBQ Black

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)In no particular order

Honestly, my favorite pieces are all mine, not because I’m so souped up, but because they were so fun to do. But it would seem a little arrogant to pick only my own work, so I will offer up some of my favorite examples of style. They may seem obvious, but there’s a reason why these cars are on most peoples top 5 list:

1. Solid Bot Don Riff3007085117_bd82140a42_o
The one that started it all.
2.Word Worm Warm by Chain3, Part1, and Kool 1313692663529_c96690db49_b

The car that launched a thousand styles.

3. Bus Boy by Dondi and Noc167.2871826720_1fbf9c20b7_o

Why? Fucking LOOK at it!

4.WildStyle car by Dondiwild_style_whole_car_dondi

The Master at his Fonkiest.

5. FBA “Shark Car”

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Best car of the last generation of Broadway kings.

4. Favourite city and why ?

Brooklyn U.S.A., because we‘re absent at functions not hardly, and because the name alone holds Godly. Furthermore, we travel distance to party.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Jerk Chicken Patty, Coco Bread, Carrot Juice.

6. Biggest vice ?

Newport 100’s and Café Bustelo

7. Biggest Gripe ?

Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to war escalators

8. Favourite shoe?

Green Suede Bally Aden.

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

5.Go Stetsa Part1- Stetsasonic
4.Unda Mi Sensi- Barrington Levy (or any number of tunes on the Sleng Teng riddim)
3.Silly- Deniece Williams
2.Dawn Penn- You Don’t Love Me (No No No)
1.As- Stevie Wonder
…Way to many to list just 5, my list changes for different moods.

10. Perfect day?

Hmmm…
3am-10am; Deep Sea Fishing for Mahi Mahi
10am-1pm; Shower, Daggeration, Nap
1pm-2pm; Lunch: Salt Fish and Bakes, Navel Oranges, Plantains, Espresso
3pm-8pm; Painting a piece with my crew
8pm-9pm; Shower, Dinner: Pollo Guisado, Yellow Rice and Red Beans, Spinach seared in Garlic and Olive Oil, Avocado Slices in Lemon Juice. Carrot, Apple, Ginger Smoothie.
10pm-1am; SADE concert, 5th Row Center, Madison Square Garden.
2am; Sleep at last.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

They’re all famous

12. 3 people you would love to have a pint with ?

A pint of Cranberry Juice? I don’t drink beer…
3. Moses (or Black Moses…or Moses147)
2. Hatshepsut
1. My Mother

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

Air, Water, Food. Everything else is a luxury.

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I ’m lucky to be alive, to be loved, and to have an amazing daughter. I don’t consider myself to be unlucky

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

I caught my last case in 95. Since then, my girl occasionally catches me looking at other women (but she looks too!)… that’s about it.

16. 5 things that are within arms reach of where you are right now?

Computer, Cup of Espresso, Blackberry, Pack of Newport 100’s, Mossberg 590A1 Compact SBS.

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

Umm… my Fire-Extinguisher?

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Write will, say goodbye to loved ones, put on clean drawers.

19. earliest memory

I was in the backyard of my childhood home on Dean St. in Brooklyn, and my mother was feeding monarch butterflies sugar-water from her hand.

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

Current projects:

Show at the CREWEST Gallery in L.A.
Writing my book “The Unjust Shaping of Letters; The Geometry of New York Battle Forms.”
Traveling Guyana and Brazil.
Shouts:
Ari, Kike, X-MEN, TC-5, FC, TOP, BYI incorps worldwide, The Sun, Moon, and Stars, The Monsta Island Czars, Whoever you are, Whoever you are.

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