Episode 38: GRAFFITI WRITING: PART ONE (Late 1980s to early 1990s)

Mike Giant Podcast

Recollections of my early years as a graffiti writer. Subjects discussed include: photographic memory, moving to New Mexico, Cholo graffiti, Breakin movie, Subway Art book, Hip Hop graffiti, Olde English font, Thailand, seeing a writer at work for the first time, Uptown SK8 Posse, Matt Linnell (Circus), Albuquerque ditches, USP, difficulties with spray paint, GIANT, first freeway spot, PBT, Monolithic, 2ZC, CWK, Agree, NY fat caps, Doc, ATK, classified ad in UK skateboard magazine, Tom Brogan, London, Camden Town, EDM, acid house mixtapes, Street Beat, first meeting with Agree and Doc, buff paint, AOT, The All Time Kingdom, photo trading, Agent, Zore, Rafa, Vez, Chicago, recognizing writers, DTE, SB, Lone, rack and return, vintage paint, Wesk, learning security routes, tagging a crane, MC Rock, Dyse, Cheno, Sero, Quasar, Zodak, Zeno, Brisk, the Euclid Yard, Sake, stencil caps, APS crew, Agree dies.