Seven Red

The big political to-do on the graf circuit the last couple of weeks involves – yup, you guessed it! – iced tea. Not Ice-T of Cop Killah and, er, Law and Order fame, but the Arizona brand variety you pick up in your local bodega after puffin’ a fatty, or by the gross at Sam’s Club. It seems Arizona Ice Tea was hawking one of their super caffeinated high energy drinks under a graffiti label, dubbing it All City and rockin some styles of dubious provenance on the can, thusly:

If you can’t get your rush quotient rocking a fill in at a busy intersection, just stop by your local 7-11 for some All City, kid. Predictably enough, monumental dumbfuck and well-known graffiti fightin’ Queens politician Peter Vallone called a press conference to condemn this outrage, blabbering on inanely about the general destruction of values and likening this almost insipid marketing gimmick to public praise for strong-arm robbery. Writers have been giving Vallone the business for years, so I’m pretty sure his current demagoguery doesn’t have him worried about losing the blackbook vote. But he may get a couple of free opposition advertisements like this one:

FUCK VALLONE

I’m not sure if it helps or hurts.

But back to the Midway, with some new work from the Brown Line. I snapped these from the Montrose platform. The paint is still wet on these bad boys; I think they went up last Sunday or Monday.

RESO, TESE, JOSK, THAZR (TCK, CMW): Rooftop, off Montrose Platform, Brown line (click for larger view)

Here are a couple of “detailed” shots of the same; the JOSK duster is my favorite of the bunch, style-wise, so I’ll lead with it:

Nice tag, a little too ambitious with the letters for THAZR CMW:

I’m lukewarm on TESE; nice “T,” but the rest is a little boxy and spotty.

Finally, an RE1 from RESO TCK. Somebody teach this boy how to tag. I nominate JOSK, who clearly knows what he’s doing:

That’s all for this week. Next week, I’ll reveal my prototype for Armed Robbery Flakes, a new product line I’m pitching for General Mills.

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