tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post8236911451673756319..comments2023-09-12T21:32:26.999+01:00Comments on scottish graffiti - Over 20 years of burners: Interview with ER from this Sundays NewspaperMrVerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01960324892002234421noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-55953012052532401112011-07-19T01:33:19.247+01:002011-07-19T01:33:19.247+01:00That was a decent article, good to have coverage o...That was a decent article, good to have coverage of how ridiculous Daze's sentence was.<br /><br />There was no mention of the spots at Pollockshaws hall of fame or the GarnetHill spot either, I know the spot at Garnethill got closed down due to the spreading out of painting in the local area, can't remember what happened at Pollockshaws?<br />Also the spot underneath Kelvinbridge was legal for a short time too.<br />It is a shame that for the size of the city, most of the painting is confined to those small spots.<br /><br />With a bit of planning getting a space to paint is not so hard, I got permission to paint Drylaw aged 15, from the local council in the area - going through the main council could take years, they need a committee review just to change a lightbulb - by going to community meetings and stating my case, with the amount of drug related and gang graffiti on the walls they accepted we'd paint over it all without hesitating, we were never given any money for it.<br />In recent times when writers were fined for painting there I contacted the council again to try to put a stop to it.<br />Drylaw is an area with very little actual graffiti in it too, so it is only tolerated because of this I think, the public there engage with the painters, it's strangely sociable.<br /><br />The wall the ER Crew are in talks with sounds good and maybe it will lead to more things. They've put the work in, done the travel and made a name for themselves.<br />I'm sure someone will saying they haven't done enough handglider tags, don't know any parkour moves, paint the wrong type of arrows or maybe they've done too many whole trees, window down helicopters and mad bouncy castle reaches or some other shit that the internet says is cool.<br /><br />In the end your dead a long time, moaning only gets you there quicker, remember Scottish people are the kings of heart attacks. We used to be great at AIDS too, but Africa beat us at that.Elphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962357228536246474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-42804006181882639372011-07-16T15:49:46.427+01:002011-07-16T15:49:46.427+01:00There seems to be a view that Edinburgh is full of...There seems to be a view that Edinburgh is full of legal spots, and this simply isn't true. The 2 spots that I can think of that may be considered semi legal (drylaw and potter row) have seen folk get fined and arrested, so I don't know how legal they really are. All the other spots are places which have been found over the years, and there is no permission to paint there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-69125461923067170792011-07-16T14:14:14.606+01:002011-07-16T14:14:14.606+01:00I don't know a lot about this but I can smell ...I don't know a lot about this but I can smell hidden cams and progressing cases.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-75125487873158343042011-07-15T14:03:29.236+01:002011-07-15T14:03:29.236+01:00From what ive gathered glagow is all about boming ...From what ive gathered glagow is all about boming and think that these few writers have earned the write to have commisions and wat not... I think also thats what draws me to glasgow more because in edinburgh its too easy to be labbled an artist because theres toooo meny outlets for writers which in a sense is good because it gives you space to paint what you truly want to paint and improve on but stifles the way in which graffiti should truly be done because its made easy by soo meny outlets in a sense. Maybe i just need to try and become a more rounded writer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-66238192377558951132011-07-14T16:47:08.939+01:002011-07-14T16:47:08.939+01:00Anyone know knows a little about this will know th...Anyone know knows a little about this will know the network rail project isnt strictly for the ER, it's been a fairly open project from the start and other non ER writers have been involved in the planning, but it's aimed at people who do illegal stuff on the lines already, hence why recoat probably hasnt been asked to be involved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-67402565002603354112011-07-14T14:29:57.028+01:002011-07-14T14:29:57.028+01:00estums not just a legal wall writer. hes done a fa...estums not just a legal wall writer. hes done a fair bit of street bombin an steel aswell.<br /><br />not sure what i think of this legal wall idea. Okay, so they're sayin only ER can paint it, but you never know whatll happen with that. <br /><br />BTP are sayin its an 'olive branch' so they dont paint the tracks. that must mean theyre gona let them paint it repeatedly. if thats the case, i doubt they're gona be checkin which writers are paintin it, so it might just degenerate into a legal wall with any cunt able to roll up and skoosh itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-66481186225336446392011-07-14T12:32:37.996+01:002011-07-14T12:32:37.996+01:00Pancho - why the fuk would recoat need to be invol...Pancho - why the fuk would recoat need to be involved and offer their input. They dont run graffiti in Glasgow. You cant even call what they do Graffiti.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-76165839960441901372011-07-14T10:49:06.584+01:002011-07-14T10:49:06.584+01:00Any idea on where these walls are going to be? I&#...Any idea on where these walls are going to be? I'd imagine them boards on the south lines from central being one?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-12785050284873451092011-07-14T10:47:45.566+01:002011-07-14T10:47:45.566+01:00surely BTP and in fact Strathclyde Police are frot...surely BTP and in fact Strathclyde Police are frothing at the idea of catching and convicting all the ER boys??!?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-71457871995702635852011-07-14T10:36:28.987+01:002011-07-14T10:36:28.987+01:00No input from recoat ? There's more to Glasgow...No input from recoat ? There's more to Glasgow graff than the ER , if ER are behind the legal walls to be painted on behalf of network rail then it seems a fairly stupid article with acme big gin up his train painting and estum who,s a legal wall painter anyways??????Pancho villashttp://So fuck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-17892976017157660872011-07-13T19:12:58.631+01:002011-07-13T19:12:58.631+01:00iv been told by someone who was at the meeting tha...iv been told by someone who was at the meeting that its not going to be a legal wall anyway, its just a one off commision for the ER, and they are talking about ER possibly painting the other 2 walls aswell, its not going to be a 'legal wall' for everyone to paint if you know what i mean. They want ER to paint these spots for the same reason they want the smug paintings, so other writers dont paint the spots anymore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-53794956340769215272011-07-13T14:26:13.300+01:002011-07-13T14:26:13.300+01:00I for one am NOT going to buy into this "lega...I for one am NOT going to buy into this "legal trackside" business... <br /><br />Network Rail and BTP will just use it to control writers, and find out more about them with cams etc, they'll screw us over. <br /><br />Besides painting it isn't the same once you've got permission. Painting is for yourself AND other graffers, as well as about getting seen by laypeople, Network Rail don't understand or want that...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-50495558538505906342011-07-13T13:05:45.454+01:002011-07-13T13:05:45.454+01:00Sensationalised maybe, but surely that's to be...Sensationalised maybe, but surely that's to be expected. The article on whole was still at least 50% less of a cringer than I preconceived.<br />Big up ER though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-11060254988707653832011-07-13T10:55:02.019+01:002011-07-13T10:55:02.019+01:00For all the drama queen we don,t like our names in...For all the drama queen we don,t like our names in the paper nonsense it wouldn,t take a genius to figure out who half these folk are?? Why take a photo like that anyway the writer in question is fairly deluded if he thinks his identity needs to be kept a secret. I think this article was in-depth but perhaps lacking other opinions from people who are really working on things for the Glasgow scene, gaz mac is a bit out of tiuch IMO.<br />also how can Glasgow be the epicentre of the Scottish graff scene ? Glasgow is fairly irrelevant to people who live in other parts of Scotland weird statement and not one based on fact. Sensationalised article to say the least.Pancho villashttp://Panchovillas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7721082400310248616.post-35388991584767966902011-07-12T12:21:53.798+01:002011-07-12T12:21:53.798+01:00good views put forward, good to see something like...good views put forward, good to see something like this getting into the papers, arakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com