We were fortunate enough to have one of the UK’s top funk masters DREPH take some time out and answer our 20 questions, ch ch ch check it!

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

Neequaye Dreph, I paint, I painted my first piece in 1985 and started to take things more seriously in ’88/’89.

2. Favourite 3 colours?

Light blue, White & aubergine.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please
include links)

Whenever i see drawings from Eko, for me they look complete…the minimal use of colour on this is what i love about those drawings.

This is the only legal wall in Manchester…in the summer the turnover is very high so to do this wall by yourself top to bottom is no mean feat… especially since it lasted about a week or two.

Wordtomother. Just a fantastic use of space..for me that’s the essence of painting in the streets.

Embroidery, fashion, tattooing, plush toys, engraving..chum locks down any thing he puts his hands to..

Straight banger ..the scale the colours the, letter structure and energy.. Dopeness

From what I’ve seen this guy is doing some great panels over in Belgium atm..

4. Favourite city and why ?

London is and was the place that was a constant inspiration for me as a teenager growing up in Berkshire.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Cinnamon & Raisin bagel, strawberry smoothie, Tropicana orange juice ( with the bits ), Ysai Gyoza, Jollof rice & Fried Plantain, Cheesecake.

6. Biggest vice ?

7. Biggest Gripe ?

Spitting in public transport..thats Nasty.

8. Favourite shoe?

Shoe C.I.A.

Nas-The world is yours

London posse-Gangster chronicle

Public enemy – fight the power

Prince Nico Mbarga-Sweet mother

Fallacy and Fusion-The Groundbreaker

10. Perfect day?

Achieving every thing I set out to do when i got out of bed

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

My cousin Bionic..London posse ..Legends

….staring yours truly

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

I don’t drink beer. But i’d love to have a pint of orange Juice with old man, my brother and my uncle in Ghana.

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

My son,my mrs and her laptop

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I know I have to make your own luck

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

My mrs caught me looking at graff when I was supposed to have been looking at something alot more important.

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

Wallet, documents, coins, placemat, my sons teddy.

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

My family

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Travel more..get married..Learn to drive

19. earliest memory

Getting chased by a dog at primary school

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

I rarely put shout outs on my pieces so big ups to Cayoh, Able, Eine, Fallacy, Chang, Brush, Enos, Faith 47, Petr, Knoe, Krek, Tyres, Lazee, Shue77, Kryot, Roid, Vela & THE, Imos, Smoy, Ponk, Ruse, Dabl, Arxs, Ceres, Bice, Shok1, Eko, Score, Chum101, Qrypt, Ludvig, Raek, Inkie, SimplyRockers, Burning Candy, NKA, GAP, NM, FYM, ID,The 1, Rolk, Sickboy, Koze, Skube, Nut, Kid Acne, Solo One, Brave, Beta, Wish, Keis, Mods, Dabs, Minelli Brothers, Hurtyoubad, Kind Regards,

Quid R.I.P. Infoe R.I.P.

Do yourself a favor and peep more freshness from Dreph at his Flickr here and Blog here.

GETNLOOSE FAVOURITE AND STYLE MASTER GENERAL – ENRON NR DROPS BY TO TELL US THINGS AND THAT

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

i write enron, and have been writing for around 9 years.©

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Black, white, grey.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

don’t have flicks but the most impressionable pieces i can remember was stuff i saw in san diego in the early 2000′s. mostly stuff from surge, hindue, persue, werk, and resq.

4. Favourite city and why ?

. a city is what you make of it.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

pretty impossible to answer, but i will never turn down a california burrito from lolita’s in chula vista.

6. Biggest vice ?

hype.

7. Biggest Gripe ?

selfish people.

8. Favourite shoe?

the simpler the better for the most part. anything thin soled in a solid color usually black or grey.

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

i don’t even know where to begin with this question, if it sounds good i’m usually into it. so here are some musicians that i am into: broadcast, stereolab, black flag, pete rock, and mind.

10. Perfect day?

laughing with friends.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

o.g. dj willow.

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

not too big of a drinker, but herb lubalin, bernard purdie, and odb would probably make for an interesting conversation.

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

water, laughing, and music

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

i’m lucky because i can still find things to do that are fun and interesting everyday, im unlucky because the majority of them are illegal or frowned upon.

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

never been caught, doesn’t seem like much fun.

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

bottle of water, stack of paper, black ball point pen, speakers, and this computer im typing this on.

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

weed, photos, records. im gonna need something to pass the time while my house is burning.

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

dunk on jordan, pee and spit off something really high, and obtain a bunch of fancy shit and ruin it.

19. earliest memory

falling down the stairs when i first learned to walk, good looking out mom!

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

thanks to anyone who ever helped me out with anything, and all my friends and crewmates. keep it silly.

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Adebisi Shank drummer Michael Roe talks to getnloose…

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

My name is Michael, I play Drums in Adebisi Shank and I run an independent label called The Richter Collective. I started playing drums when I was about 14, and haven’t improved since then. I have been running this particular label for about 2 years now but ran a different label before this.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Blue, Green & Yellow (I love soft pastels because I’m old and my eyes can’t handle abrasive colors)

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

My Favourite movie of all time has to be Bottle Rocket. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson at their best, the script is terrifyingly well written for a first movie. Love it!

I love anything that plays around with perception so I love Edgar Muellers street art. This one is my favourite:

The game Syndicate pretty much ruled my life as I was growing up, it introduced me to the horrible addiction of gaming. I had it on the Amiga and I got addicted from the first time I played it but I just loved the feel of it and the futuristic artwork.

I’m totally obssesed with the ancient city of Carthage so I love Turners painting of how he imagined the city being built.

Baked Beans are the most amazing food that you can find in a can. They have become a comfort food for me and somehow I just associate the taste as “the taste of Ireland” when we’re away for a long time I only miss Beans on Toast. Beans taste like crap everywhere else in the world apart from UK & Ireland.

4. Favourite city and why ?

My Favourite City is where my family and friends are, I’m a total country boy and am not really cut out for the amount of people in a city so that question is kind of wasted on me I tend to just get panic attacks in Cities.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

I love really simple Italian food, Big Chunky Rustic Food with loads of Tomato, Basil, Olive Oil, Big Crusty Breads, Pasta and a nice Italian Red Wine (Brunello). I’ll also eat and enjoy anything vegetarian.

6. Biggest vice ?

When I have little time I tend to eat pure crap food so Chocolate, Crisps anything that I can eat straight from a packet.

7. Biggest Gripe ?

Cynics and people who Gripe constantly. People who try to further their own lives by bringing other people down and constant negativity. It’s such an horrible trait in a person.

8. Favourite shoe?

Anything that’s cheap/free and fits me. I’m actually terrible and just never have enough money for shoes. I’d just buy a pair of Vans skate shoes if I had money.

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

This question would probably change week by week but I’ll try to give some tracks that I’ve loved for years…

Not Really a track but Steve Reichs’ Music for 18 Musicians is one of my favourite Pieces of music of all time, It needs to be listened to in full if you have not heard it. Ive only included a link to a sample from it.

Oingo Boingo – “Heard Somebody Cry” – Pretty much choose any of their tracks and I could include it here. I even have a signed guitar by the band, I’m THAT obsessed.

Refused – “The Deadly Rythm” – Feel sick I missed them when they played Ireland, wish I had sense back then. Here they are playing to a few lucky people in Dundalk.

Carl Orff – “Gassenhauer” – Despite the rumours that surround the man this piece is just incredible. I love percussion driven songs and this is one of my favourite examples. Its very a very simplistic, primitive melody that I think everyone can enjoy.

Field Music – “In Context” – Just an awesome song that never gets old.

10. Perfect day?

Sunny day by the beach looking out across the sea and stop thinking about everything.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

J. Robbins from Jawbox / Government Issue/ Scream

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

Peter Gabriel, Danny Elfman & Steven Seagal

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

My Ears, Food & A place to sleep at night.

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I am lucky because I am alive, have my health, have great friends & family and am afforded every oppurtunity I could possibly want.

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

Caught robbing a packet of Tayto crisps and two slices of bread from Battles dressing room by John Stanier.

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

Bats – “Red in Tooth & Claw” CD, New INQ1 phone & “Wisdom sits in Places” by Keith H. Basso

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

My Great Grandads Stopwatch & my Steven Seagal DVDs

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Eat my own Bodyweight in Peppermint Patties, Visit South America & Empty out my Washing machine (I can tell my clothes now stink since I left them in over night)

19. earliest memory

Travelling around the world on a super shoestring budget with my awesome parents who thought it was a much better education than school (It was – I’ve pretty much blocked out all my memories of School)

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

We’ve started working on our new album, which should be due out in Summer. More details over @ www.richtercollective.com

Cheers Michael

Check out the brilliant Adebisi Shank here.

NYC Graf Legend KET takes time out to talk to GETNLOOSE – listen up !

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

Alan Ket, I am a writer and have been since 87. Besides that I am a parent since 1994. And a businessman since 1995.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Rustoleum Federal Safety Green, Krylon Avocado, and Black.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

Eat Shit by Reas and Ghost. This showed that painting trains wasn’t always about a serious style and even when doing whole cars it could be fun. Also it made fun of the police.

Style Wars whole car by Noc 167. This shows why Noc 167 is one of the best subway painters there ever was. His command of styles was evident but even more so his use of color and his great illustration and painting skills really were on display here.

Damp Cavster with Lizards by Sento and Cavster. This was a continuation of the UA crew style of doing whole cars. It was classic and clean and after the cops crossed it out in the layup Sento came back and fixed it before it ran. Amazing!

Lee’s Heaven is Life and Earth is Hell married couple whole car. No one did thematic mural trains better than Lee and this statement was a killer.

Solid Bot Don Riff by Riff 170. This is where mechanical style came from. This car revolutionized the letterform and gave everyone after 1975 a blueprint on what to do. Riff was a one-man style machine.

4. Favourite city and why ?

Brooklyn, New York. Its my hometown and where I learned about life.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Ceviche/water

6. Biggest vice ?

spending money on art

7. Biggest Gripe ?

the Government is corrupt and controlled by big business and a handful of people.

8. Favourite shoe?

Timberland field boot

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

Public Enemy – Fight the Power

Al Green – Happiness

Doug E. Fresh and Slick Rick – The Show

Hector Lavoe – Periodico de Ayer

Marc Anthony – Aguanile

10. Perfect day?

A beach day

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

Fuck the famous.

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

Barack Obama, Al Green, Warren Buffet

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

my family, my mind, the sun

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I work hard

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

a few weeks ago but it was nothing serious.

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

Books, hard drives, photo archives, camera,  scanner

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

My hard drive, dog, and my blackbooks

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

wing glide, scuba dive, sky dive

19. earliest memory

punching a kid in the eye for hitting me with a snow ball.

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

Graffiti Tattoo book coming out this Spring as part of the On The Run book series by From Here To Fame Publishing.

And if you haven’t checked out any of the books we are doing go get them. Check out www.fromheretofame.com

peace

LA Beatsmith & well dressed lass TOKiMONSTA was kind enough to answer our 20 questions

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

2. Favourite 3 colors?

3. Favourite 5 pieces/dinners/pints/photo’s etc of all time and why ?

Reason: Awesome

Reason: It’s a Chuck Norris cake

Reason: Probably the last piece I’ve done years ago. I totally capped someone’s dope piece, but it’s Venice Beach.. you get capped the moment you walk away

Reason: My BF Family

Reason: I have no idea.
http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/97/l_0d709b501b444e04a6465794b6f49b51.gif

4. Favourite city and why ?

5. Favourite food / drink /?

6. Biggest vice ?

7. Biggest Gripe ?

8. Favourite shoe?

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

10. Perfect day?

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

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

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

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

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

19. earliest memory

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

French funkmaster Tvrbo takes a pitstop from the style fast lane to answer our 20 questions . . .

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

I’m Tvrbo. Started to paint in 86. Big troubles in 88. Pause. And now still painting from 2004.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Black red and white.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

BANDO, MODE2 & STEPH2 (Paris 1986) http://www.allcityblog.fr/1714-paris-tonkar/

DECAY (Paris 1992, PCP) http://www.myspace.com/tomkandesign

IAM and END http://www.fotolog.com/ichbiniam/

FINSTA http://www.finstafari.com/

The whole work of the CAP crew http://www.biggboss.cz/links/cap/index.html?detectflash=false&

Paris because my life is there.

But i really dig Barcelona and Madrid  : friends, sun, cervezas and painting.

Tokyo is so fucking amazing too.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Cheese and bread with red wine.

6. Biggest vice ?

Cigarettes.

7. Biggest Gripe ?

War, politics, marketing, racism, rich people, stupidity, authority, hypocrisis etc…

8. Favourite shoe?

Actually Vans. New era.

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

Gang Starr – Full clip

http://www.youtube.com/v/U76Nde6rMTw&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&

Metronomy – Tricks or Treats

http://www.youtube.com/v/Dk6Mhem9yZw&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&rel=0

Oxmo Puccino – J’ai mal au mic

http://www.youtube.com/v/2RNTRgTBtwA&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&rel=0

Aphex Twin – Window Licker

http://www.youtube.com/v/2fmo1Sjn7dg&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&rel=0

Santogold – Guns of Brooklyn

http://www.youtube.com/v/duhGjGuzpSA&hl=fr_FR&fs=1&rel=0

10. Perfect day?

A good piece.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

Mr A.

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

Kate Moss, Scarlett Johansson and Sasha Grey.

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

Hands, eyes, pens.

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

… sometime I’m lucky and sometime not.

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

2 years ago. Painting. Acab.

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

Imac, Iphone, Itune, Ipens and Isketchbook…

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

My girlfriend, my cat, my books, my polaroids and my hard disk.

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Driving licence, run naked in a football stadium, jump in parachute (naked too).

19. earliest memory

I was 8 years old, something like that and I was really falled in love with a girl of my school and one day, coming back to my bedroom I’ve written her name everywhere .

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words

More & more paintings.

The launch of our third issue of TUON, “Abrakedabra”. The magazine we’re working on with my friend Oncler :

http://tuonmagazine.blogspot.com/

This crazy tour we’ll do in March with my HDA crew and los WDSM, “Latino Amor Tour”, a big trip from Argentina to Chile !

http://www.latinoamortour.com/

A collective exhibition in May at the Traffic Art Gallery (Belgium) with my CE crew family.

http://traffic-art-gallery.blogspot.com/

Hello to my crews and family CE & HDA.

Peace to all my friends and people ive met.

RIP mum.

Peep more from Tvrbo here.

Mr Pink – Raek OLC was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his busy painting schedule  to answer our 20 questions, c-c-c-check it !!!

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

Raek OLC crew-  paint stuff- i was doing it before Biz Markie was on wax.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Telemagenta
Piglet
Orchid pink

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

thats hard, ummm
Os Gemeos-

Carl 123 whole car-

All city Melbourne kingpin and funkmaster on the flex – TRES lets us know wha gwan . . .

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

Tres, Flies, F1. Writing on walls for over 10 years but didn’t take painting more seriously until 2004 after

hooking up with Aeon.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Black, yellow, pink

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

These are more people that I used to love seeing around Melbourne and that really inspired me in my formative years:

Trance (rip)

I just love his pieces. His colours were always spot on and he was way ahead of his time.

His pieces are still fresh as ever today.

Renks

One of my all time favorites.

Soler

It just seems to come natural to this kid. Freshest tags ever!

Jorz

I have always loved this piece. There is something about it that ticks all the boxes for me. Pure style.

And Banos

It’s fucken Banos! His influence on graffiti is unparalleled.

4. Favourite city and why ?

My favorite city is definitely Melbourne.

I also really liked Porto in Portugal. Something about the place that was just so enjoyable.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Vegetable pastie and Melbourne Bitter

6. Biggest vice ?

Kirks creamy soda

7. Biggest Gripe ?

Bureaucratic cunts responsible for closing the Tote hotel and dirty, rotten to the core politicians hell bent on ripping the soul out of Melbourne.

Religious fanatics.

8. Favourite shoe?

NB’s

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

Man that’s a hard one. If I had to narrow it down I would chose:

Bad Girl – Lee Moses

King Heroin – James Brown

Taking over – Sizzla

Everything’s fucked – The Dirty Three

Funkadelic – Maggot Brain

10. Perfect day?

Driving across the Nullarbor Plain with no destination in mind with two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

Jackson Slattery (google him)

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

My Grandpa (rip)

John Belushi

Howlin’ Wolf

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

Beer, music, sunglasses

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I am lucky because there are heaps of female Asian drivers in Melbourne.

Unlucky because I went to Al Green last night and realized that it is near impossible for an older white man to look cool, especially in gold.

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

Pissing on my neighbour’s car

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

Dead flowers

a glass of paintbrushes and fineliners

Mr Boat (yo Renks)

The Greenguide

A Jeroo canvas

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

. My Sony CF 550a Ghetto Blaster

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Chant down Babylon

19. earliest memory

. Not sure, possibly a slippery dip covered in talcum powder

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

Shouts to all the people I am lucky enough to paint with.

Shouts also to Sista BB, MoHair Slim, Jessie I, Richie 1250, Max Crawdaddy, Johny Von Goes,Tony Biggs

Clair Morgan (rip Brake fluid) and all those others I have forgotten that keep me company on the regular.

Guinness swilling badass Relay ID HA steps into the 20 questions thunder dome . . .

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

Relay. I became obsessed with graff in 1991 and have been painting since ’96 under various names…

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Orange – Apricot – Black Plum (three of your 5 a day!) I fucking hate green, but for some reason it is always the colour I buy the most of.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

This is a difficult one, due to the fact that many of them either weren’t documented or I cannot find them. I was not aware of Stylewars, Subway Art and Spraycan Art till much later. So, I’ll list the writers that made me want to become a writer.

Not the piece I wanted, but this guy had big, bad and bold pieces all over Hamburg while I was growing up

.

I used to see this on my way home daily, the character and eyes made it both fun and memorable to me.

OZ – there is nobody on this earth with more dedication than him, he has been imprisoned and institutionalized for his obsession with

graff and is the most all city writer I have ever seen.

Zak BIA – the first writer I noticed breaking away from the norm.

Razor COS – nuff said!

Flexin’ like a mexican – Melbourne’s finest TAKE 2 stops bench pressin’ an Asian for a second to talk to us – now DONT MAKE HIM ANGRY ! ! !

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

Im Take2,,, been making graffiti since 2004

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Green black and white

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

These arent necessarily my favourite pieces, but theyre by writers who’ve inspired me in some way or another..

1.Of course i have to pay tribute to dondi

2.The burn you all piece by Puppet from sweden inspired me to paint fuckin big.. its a recent thing.. im always trying to go bigger and better than watever else is around me at the time after i see this one..

3. Another Swedish writer who i think is fucking dope is CASTER

this guy is just straight up fresh..

4. Break

Just love the raw styles and the longevity, i’ll never get sick of seeing a break stomper crushing some melbourne steel

5. probably id have to say Seen Ua because fuck. why the fuck not?

4. Favourite city and why ?

Its a close tie between Tokyo and Copenhagen.. theyre both worlds apart but offer so much.. tokyo with its always busy, hectic lifestyle where people just mind their own business… its nice to see people leaving other people be and do their thing and go about their everyday life.. the foods great and the girls are fucking hot! Copenhagen is so laid back, the people are great, and i mean GREAT… the girls are even better and the graffiti is out of this world. they just got style and flavour you know? must be something in the water

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Protein Shakes, Protein bars, eggs, milk, yogurt, meat, fish, chicken. vegetables and so on

6. Biggest vice ?

graffiti

7. Biggest Gripe ?

graffiti politics. shit can be like a fucking soap opera

8. Favourite shoe?

basically any all white sneakers are good by me.. 90′s ventilators,.. 180′s watevers white and looks fresh

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

The whole 36 chambers album by wu tang..

Stole – Thirstin Howl

Most shit by Nick Cave and the bad seeds

Scenario - tribe called quest (remix ft hood)

Aces High – Iron Maiden

10. Perfect day?

Sleep in, wake up sex, breakfast in bed, drive around pumping fresh music in summer and checking out fresh chicks and looking for places to paint some fressh shit, lots of eating, go to the gym, chill with my family, getting some kind of painting done at some stage in the day,, daytime or late at night and then coming home to a nice girl and prodding her til she wakes up for some before bed sex.. haha

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

For any aussies that read this i used to have Derryn Hinch’s phone number in my phone. me and my friend would prank call him and my friend would be like DERRYN! how are you… acting like they knew each other.. you know.. how have you been etc.. then when he would jerry on and be like who is this ? my friend would just be like SHHAAAAAME SHAME SHAME and Derryn would go apeshit.. dudes got a fucking dirty mouth thats for sure.. only aussies will get that i think

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

Just any of my mates really is happy enough for me.. but getting all my mates from all over the world together in the one place at the one time and drinking some beer would have to be the ultimate

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

Graffiti, Gym, Eating all the freikn time..

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

Im lucky i got a good solid family which i appreciate having had for so long.

Im unlucky because i was born so handsome that other guys hate me because im so good looking

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

I got caught jerking off by my hot music teacher once, she came in and asked if i needed a hand. my mate freddy caught it on film through the window and it sold like hot cakes

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

Style wars dvd, magic ink, camo bucket hat, bug spray, picture magazine

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

uhhh the family for sure and my 8 bit nintendo entertainment system. you know those things are hard to find in working order these days. oh and excitebike, bionic commando, a boy and his blob and battletoads so i got something to play

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

jus keep improving my style and try to make myself a better person, travel, find a beautiful girl to marry and pump out some kids with

19. earliest memory

i remember i had a dog that ate its own shit once at the park across from my house. i would of been like 3. i couldnt fucking believe it.. i was just like….. damn.. or something along those lines.. thats fucking gross JAMES – RIP my first dog! he was cool apart from that.. i jus never looked at him the same way again..

20. any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

shout out to all my friends and my crews. no one in particular coz i’ll forget someone and they’ll get offended and wont speak to me for like 2 months. and i wont even know why.

Massive shout out and thanks to the crew at Molotow for sorting me out  ! !

thanks for doing this ! ! !

the invoice will be in your junkmail

We managed to catch up with one of Australia’s top letter benders Egypt Mck, pieces, throw ups, tags he’s got it all on lock so sit back and let him hit you with some knowlege . . .

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

2. Favourite 3 colors?

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

4.SEIKO, because he is the king of my city and constantly produces burners,

5.TAVEN, old school Aussie king, nuff said.

4. Favourite city and why?

5. Favourite food / drink /?

6. Biggest vice ?

7. Biggest Gripe ?

8. Favourite shoe?

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

10. Perfect day?

11. Who’s the most famous person on your phone?

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

13. 3 things you cant live without ?

14. i am lucky/unlucky because ?

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

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

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

19. Earliest memory?

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

Australian Export in full effect - Melbourne’s finest  AEON flys by to drop some knowledge…

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

Aeon. Writer. Started scribbling on things when I was about 10. But I’ve been piecing since 1996.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Black – Orange – White. They seem to always work. It doesn’t matter which way you use them.

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

That’s a bit of a tough one because my taste changes all the time.
I can’t think of what are my all time favourite’s but these are some pieces that I like.

Pretty much anything by Roid. The guy is 5 steps ahead of the pack. I’ve been a big fan for a long time.

I really like this Take2 piece. I know it’s just a quick one for him, but there is a lot I like about it. The colours and style are spot on.

This Crime Time piece by Bando. It’s such a classic style. No bells and whistles or fancy colours. Straight up style

Anything by Binge/Death. He is a Melbourne writer who killed it through the 90’s. His style was always so left of field. Most of the stuff he did over 10 years ago is still so refreshing to look at today. This isn’t the best piece by him but it’s one of the only one’s I’ve got at the moment. It’s from 2000. He’s also making a bit of a comeback at the moment which is making a lot of people in Melbourne happy.

There was this really old Duet piece done in Ascot Vale in the early 90’s. I can’t find a photo of it but here is one of his newer Doens pieces.

4. Favourite city and why ?

It would have to be Melbourne. It’s home and it’s the city I know best. But it also has good graffiti and lots of it. Lots of good food, lots of places to drink, good weather and it’s pretty easy to paint compared to a lot of other cities I’ve been to. It’s the good life.

5. Favourite food / drink /?

I eat pretty much anything but my favorite drink is Beer. I’ve been known to put away a fair bit of Cascade Pale Ale.

6. Biggest vice ?

I don’t know

7. Biggest Gripe ?

Lazy un-motivated people.

Slow walkers, Female Asian drivers.

8. Favourite shoe?

Flip Flops

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

I can’t pin point my top 5 but these come to mind.

Gime tha loot – Biggie Smalls

Any classic Getto Boys

Winter Warz – Ghostface Killah

Still Raining Still Dreaming – Jimi Hendrix

I’m going down the river – Ray Charles

10. Perfect day?

Nice weather. Hang out with my girlfriend in the morning. Then squeeze in a paint with my mates. Have a good meal and go out drinking. Then go bombing or do a piece on the way home.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

Blade

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

Egs

Binge

Finsta

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

Food , Water, Shelter

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I’m lucky because it’s summer in Australia.

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

I can’t remember

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

Sketch book

Computer

Coffee

Skateboard

markers

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

Sketch Books and artwork.

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

Travel

Learn another language

Have fun.

19. earliest memory

fighting with my brother

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

I’m trying to think of new excyting ways to paint my tags.

Shout out to all the Flies, Foes, SDM and F1 crews and all my friends worldwide.

Check out more from Aeon Here !

Mulit-named and multi-skilled flowmaster – MKAE drops in for some wordage…Fuckin’ Oath

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

I’ve gone by many names over the years, most notably mkae. After a few brushes with the law in 2009 I’ve juggled names, and I’ll keep my latest under wraps. If you know, then you know. I’m a current member of the VTS and NR crews, as well as the 70k crew during it’s short lifespan. I’ve been doing it since I was 11 years old.

2. Favourite 3 colors?

Black, blacker, blackest

3. Favourite 5 pieces of all time and why – (please include links)

probably my all time favorite is this dondi wc which everyone should also also have in their list

cliff159 – classic stuff

duster & lizzie – imagine seeing this roll by. You’d shit a brick

superkool 223 – best rap name of all time

mean3/dez/skeme – best window down e2e of all time? I think so

4. Favourite city and why ?

the state of california is my favorite place on earth. Never again do I want to be parted from authentic mexican food and in-n-out burger

5. Favourite food / drink /?

Double double animal style (look it up), carne asada super burrito from pancho villa at 16th and valencia in SF, steak tacos with cheese and sour cream at 3am at the taco truck at international & 1st in oakland, or the fried chicken sandwich from bakesale betty in oakland. I could honestly go on all day about food I love.

Favourite drink is an icy glass of water on a hot summer’s day, or a red bull when I need a pick-me-up

6. Biggest vice ?

drink and drugs. Right now I’m free of both

7. Biggest Gripe ?

religion

8. Favourite shoe?

All time is the nike air jordan V in black, but I mostly wear beat up vans

9. Favourite 5 tracks ?

the moody blues – nights in white satin

joy division – too hard to pick just one, they didn’t make a bad song

gorguts – nostalgia

echo and the bunnymen – the cutter

nas – ny state of mind

10. Perfect day?

I had many last year. 2009 kicked a lot of ass. Hopefully 2010 follows suit.

11. Whos the most famous person on your phone?

Remio VTS or lee spielman (from trash talk)

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

my brothers and my old man because I rarely get to see them

13. 3 things you cant live without . . .

the wife, her cooking, the cat

14. i am lucky/unlucky because . . .

I am lucky cos my wife can cook

I’m unlucky cos I keep buying dud lottery tickets

15. Last time you were caught doing something ?

caught writing on something that didn’t belong to me in los angeles a few months ago.

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

2 krink pens, google phone, a glass of water, my ipod, my dick

17. what would u grab from your burning house?

My wife has instructed me to load the cat into a backback and flee the residence if there is ever a fire. I’ll grab my imac on the way out too cos it cost me a bundle and I love it to death

18. 3 things to do before you die ?

only one thing to do, live

19. earliest memory

I actually remember seeing graffiti on a wall by a trackside when I was in the back seat of my parent’s car and wondering what the scribble meant. I knew it was words, and I knew I wanted to find out. I couldn’t have been more than 3 or 4 at the time. I’ve now spent 2 thirds of my life doing that scribble.

20.  any upcoming projects- shouts – final words !

well, I plan on writing my name on a ton of shit that doesn’t belong to me next year. I’m also returning to school to try get a lil edumacation, and hopefully travel a bit.

Shouts to the missus for putting up with my shit, the homies remio, enron, hot carl, karl 123, twigger, jurne, jake, hesh, baby crud (chin up, mate), omye, honke, mink, bonus, take2, all the tda heads and the other irish homies, pukey and the rest of the skater homies, the 70k dudes scattered around the globe, I miss our time together in melbourne. If I forgot you, sorry, I’ll give you a high 5 and a hug when I see you again.

More from the MKAE here . . .

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