Terrible T-Kid

There is this interview w/ terrible t-kid (a graffiti artist from the bronx that's been tagging since the 70s) that I haven't read yet but really want to. He ran w/ this crew the vamp squad (I want a crew!) that used to cause mayhem and ran around and robbed other writers.


here is a montage of his tags I found on youtube...I only looked at a couple minutes but I'm into it



he's interviewed in this new documentary about graffiti and street art called "bomb it" (click here to watch the trailer). it looks sweet b/c it's not just about old school graffiti but also this:

"While some believe the roots of graffiti can be traced back to pre-linguistic cave markings and the innate human need for self-expression, graffiti remains a highly controversial issue. Graffiti raises important questions that delve deep into our contemporary social structure such as: Who has the right to express themselves? What is a canvas? Where should art take place? If public space is a forum for discussion, which voices will be heard?"

I am so going to buy this shit.


Update: I read the interview, and I am super into what he says about politicians and gentrification:

"Yea, that’s bullshit man, these politicians with the “equality of life”. The bottom line is it’s all about money and that’s what they’re there for. I have yet to see a politician who’s kept his word and improved anybody’s life. Ok, to me, if you’re rich, you don’t need to improve your life any more. If you’re poor that’s when you need to improve your life. These politicians don’t look at it that way. They look at it like – look, let’s get these people who have the money and let’s clean everything up for them so they can be happy and they can feel good about themselves, let’s not worry so much about the run down areas in New York City – such as East New York, such as Brownsville, such as the South Bronx. They trying, they trying, but what are they trying? They trying to gentrify [the neighborhoods]. They not tying to clean up the place for the people, no, they trying to clean it up for the money."