Yes, that's right. Last week, historic Plymouth Rock was the target of vandals bearing blue spray paint and they scribbled the initials MLD and the word "folk" on the rock and its granite portico. The graffiti also included at least two Stars of David and one cactus-like symbol. Maintenance workers from the state Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs power washed the graffiti off on Monday morning. [Patriot Ledger], [WCVB]
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We saw Banksy in Boston (Allston, Chinatown, to be specific) earlier today, but it seems the famed street artist may have made his way over to 25 1 Essex Street in Central Square as well. Anyone else spot the artist today? Were you loitering at the time?
Photographer and longtime Allston resident hbp_pix has today's photo of the day. We're digging the supersaturated blood-red wall and drippy blue graffiti. Very vivid and abstract. Kind of reminds us of John Lennon's sketched self-portrait. Taken during yesterday's March photo walk in Allston.
Animal New York found a graffiti artist who either can't spell Brooklyn or Brookline, or is perhaps named Brooklin. Any way you slice it, Brooklin is not to be fucked with. One question remains: what's Shepherd Fairey's stance on Brooklin?
Flickr user Brad Searles captures a new X-Men themed graffiti mural in Allston. Dorky, we know. The artist(s) may have tried to avoid charges of copyright infringement by labeling the assortment "Text Men," but we know Nightcrawler when we see him. Because we are nerds.
With the recent Shepard Fairey craze around Bostonist, we decided to take at some of the work of local street artists. Our search helped lead us to this photo by hargo. We love the capture of the fresh, bright colors contrasting against the aged and faded sign on the building. The geometric shapes also keep our eyes moving about the frame trying to make sure we don't miss anything.
It was bound to happen. A day after street artist Shepard Fairey protested the timing of his arrest, somebody at the Wooster Collective street art blog has run a lengthy narrative suggesting a Boston police conspiracy designed to bring down Our Popular Mayor.
The Globe reports that Shepard Fairey, prolific paster of paste-ups and purveyor of Obama-flavored Hope™, was arrested on his way to DJing an "Experiment" at the ICA last night. Two outstanding warrants, but the article doesn't specify the nature of the artist's alleged crimes—perhaps it has something to do with the contents of this map? Might a presidential pardon be in order?
--Graffiti artist Adam Brandt, who may possibly be "Spek," was arrested and "charged with 16 counts of tagging and 16 counts of malicious wanton destruction to property." [Boston Globe]
Happy first weekend of September - and happy Labor Day weekend, too, for our American cities! Let's take a look at what's been happening around the Ist-a-verse. The deaths of two firefighters shook Bostonist this week. Boston's firefighters bent over backwards all week long - first, they fought flames pouring from the Boston Tea Party museum, and then a restaurant fire killed two and injured many more. Their efforts make everything else - like Tom...
This week ended with the launch of the seventh and final Harry Potter installation. But while the world was consumed with Pottermania, it's important to remember that there were more serious things going on in the world, too - two of them in -Ist cities. Sampaist was shocked when a passenger jet crashed into the center of Sao Paulo, killing at least 200 people. The airplane, an Airbus A320, skidded off the runway at the...
Holy smokes! Giant fish on the MTA, Paris Hilton in jail, then out, then in again, Al Gore, goatses, blumpkins, Matt Damon, and baby art critics! It's been a busy week across the Ist-A-Verse, and here's a smattering of what's been going on. In Gothamist's neck of the woods, they found out that many things are possible: A man caught a 40+ pound fish off the Rockaways and took it home on the subway. Graffiti...
Seattlest has a talk with the photographer from last week's "Segway Mom" and then experiences some dissension in the ranks over the question of wine vs. beer. It's not West Side Story, but about as close as they'll get. They're also still waiting on some inbox relief after a spammer is arrested. As Chicagoist counts down the days to its third anniversary party, they found all-organic pizza to be underwhelming amidst the hoopla, tried...
LAist is experimenting with blogging dates from J-Date, but finds the best men are found offline. Some date vicariously online and that is one reason why porn is big -- really freaking big -- so they ask if they should cover XXX since the heart of it lays in the city's San Fernando Valley. A writer grapples with her food porn photography obsession, another gets censored on Flickr, one gets scooped by the LA...
A BPD officer has been arrested on drug-related charges. The officer, Jose Ortiz, has been on the force since 1986 and worked in the Back Bay and the South End. Details on the arrest were murky at first, but Ed Davis' opinion on Ortiz was clear. His statement is chock-full of irate zingers, such as "Ortiz disgraced his badge and dishonored his brother and sister officers" and "Good cops don’t like bad cops." And, if...
With all that went down this week, we thought we thought we'd cheer everyone up by giving everyone a double dose of dogs. It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions this week at DCist. Like the rest of country, we were floored by the news of so many dead coming out of Virginia Tech, and with so many of the victims and their relatives from the D.C. area, we felt it important to pay...
Spring is when we get busy here in the Ist-A-Verse. Very busy. But, after staying bundled-up indoors all winter, it's nice for us to be out, about, and collecting things to write about for you. Here's a glimpse at what's been keeping your favorite citybloggers busily away from home and out of bed. For LAist, strong winds attacked LA on the same day the Feds raided the Crips. Not to fear, though: the Japanese version...
Austinist gets arty with an interactive guide to SXSW, loved some local art galleries and a new art exhibit and lamented the possible loss of "Friday Night Lights" production to New Mexico. Bostonist was happy they finally found an Anna Nicole Smith connection to their fair city and that an Apple Store was opening up. They were less happy that new rules have been established limiting underage shows and that their Governor is spending...
We'd like to start this week's run-down by wishing a very happy birthday to parent blog Gothamist, which turned four on Friday. If it wasn't for them, the rest of us wouldn't be here. They celebrated their birthday by nabbing an interview with Entourage star Adrian Grenier, who misses NYC public transportation when he's working in LA. They also reported on NYU students protesting a band whose name is also known as a slur,...
Valentine's Day is only a few days away, and we here across the network wanted to express would like to tell you, in the spirit of the holiday, just how much we love you, our readers. Don't let it get to your heads, though. There are plenty of things we love, you included. Just be glad you're not amongst the things we hate. SFist saw their beloved mayor enter rehab, and they loved the opportunity...
Five out-of-town - and a few out-of-nation - graffiti artists are accused of tagging MBTA cars in Braintree. While they went to court, Boston police grew jittery because of an impending "graffiti convention." The lawyer for the Braintree Five, including two Germans and a Swiss, says that they were out looking for something to eat. But, when MBTA police pulled them over, they smelled paint fumes, had a Berdvosky/Stevens flashback, and brought them in. If...
The Graffiti Research Lab, or GRL, is a group "dedicated to outfitting graffiti artists with open source technologies for urban communication." They'd like you to know that they were not part of the Great Lite Brite Incident of 2007 yesterday. The company Turner Broadcasting hired for their marketing initiative, Interference, Inc ripped off ideas that the street artists at GRL had posted and used it for commerce – pretty much opposite the goal of GRL. Interference, by the way, has posted an apology on their website after being down for most of the day yesterday
We at Interference, Inc. regret that our efforts on behalf of our client contributed to the disruption in Boston yesterday and certainly apologize to anyone who endured any hardship as a result. Nothing undertaken by our firm was in any way intended to cause anxiety, fear or discomfort to anyone. We are working with Turner Broadcasting and appropriate law enforcement and municipal authorities to provide information as requested and take other appropriate actions.
One thing's for sure - Mayor Menino is no fan of "Mooninites," or what the Globe calls "little square-shaped men frowning and making an obscene gesture." Most important, "Mooninites" are the objects that have tormented Boston law enforcement since lite-brite displays of the object were found attached to the city's sensitive spots - like by bridges and highways.
We can just imagine the scene. Globe reporter tries to get hip with Street Art. Stalks Myspace, meets up with, and interviews Pixnit about her experience, technique, and dreams. Fluff piece is written up and sits on the editors' desk for about a month until a nice, slow news day hits. Say January 3? The article runs. Readers write in (and leave comments), angry with the soft handed and accepting tone of the original article. A few of those complaints are run with a picture in the January 5th edition. The Globe looks for a way to react. They put their local crime beat reporters to the task of getting an article in print about how graffiti is bad. Half written already, the article just waited for the Boston Police to deliver the goods – January 7 the blotter already was marked by the arrest of a pair in Mission Hill for dropping the Tel tag on buildings overnight.
It is surely true that Bostonians, more than other people, carry grudges and nurture grievances. Whether this is a product of the forced closeness and resulting small indignities of cheek-by-jowl city living, or of our severe, cold-climate, Puritan disposition, Bostonist cannot say. But one need look only as far as local bloggers (ourselves included) to see evidence of the Hub's pervasive grumpiness. Still, we were somewhat surprised to discover the graffiti in the Back Bay (pictured below) urging violence against one of our nation's most beloved sitcom actors and insipid-home-video-show hosts.
San Francisco is proud host of a new reality show called "How to Get the Guy" that's unfortunately not a descendant of Will and Grace, Queer Eye, The L Word, American Idol etc. Also a biodefence lab is coming to the East Bay and SFist teaches wine pairing. Getting on the wrong train sucks. Getting on the wrong train and becoming the victim of what will later be described as a "stabbing spree" really sucks....
Given Bostonist's recent interest in graffiti and street art, as well as a few connections we have to a certain street art site, there was no way to avoid letting our readers know about SPOTHUNTERS, the newest installation to open at the New Art Center in Newton.