Comments on: Taki 183 returns! http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/05/13/taki-183-returns/ The World's Best in Art, Culture, and Entertainment Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:19:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: dr. ego http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/05/13/taki-183-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-3967 dr. ego Wed, 13 May 2009 21:04:05 +0000 http://theworldsbestever.com/?p=17121#comment-3967 saying that one person started graffiti is bullshit. you can call names like taki 183 or cornbread (who wrote actualy earlier then taki) why does history always want to be that black and white and give credit to 1 person. paint markers and spraypaint are repsponsible for the start of graffiti as we know it now. not just one human being. saying that one person started graffiti is bullshit.
you can call names like taki 183 or cornbread (who wrote actualy earlier then taki)
why does history always want to be that black and white and give credit to 1 person.

paint markers and spraypaint are repsponsible for the start of graffiti as we know it now. not just one human being.

]]> By: TAKI 183 RETURNS « WHATYOUWRITE.COM http://www.theworldsbestever.com/2009/05/13/taki-183-returns/comment-page-1/#comment-3965 TAKI 183 RETURNS « WHATYOUWRITE.COM Wed, 13 May 2009 19:56:11 +0000 http://theworldsbestever.com/?p=17121#comment-3965 [...] On July 21st, 1971 the headline ‘Taki 183′ Spawns Pen Pals appeared in the NY Times.  On May 13th, 2009, Taki 183 got a website.  The first two lines of the Times article read as such “Taki is a Manhattan teenager who writes his name and his street number everywhere he goes. He says it is something he just has to do.”  I didn’t want to pay for the rest of the article but, you can (or if you’re smart, download it from his site or peep it after the jump.)  I am more concerned with spending my money on one of the spraypainted prints that are for sale on his website.  Yes, that tag above is original, and spraypainted by Taki himself.  True graffiti history. (via) [...] [...] On July 21st, 1971 the headline ‘Taki 183′ Spawns Pen Pals appeared in the NY Times.  On May 13th, 2009, Taki 183 got a website.  The first two lines of the Times article read as such “Taki is a Manhattan teenager who writes his name and his street number everywhere he goes. He says it is something he just has to do.”  I didn’t want to pay for the rest of the article but, you can (or if you’re smart, download it from his site or peep it after the jump.)  I am more concerned with spending my money on one of the spraypainted prints that are for sale on his website.  Yes, that tag above is original, and spraypainted by Taki himself.  True graffiti history. (via) [...]

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