TA Wall & Factory Nov 2009

I've been meaning to post these but only got around to doing it today. These pics are from the TA Wall and Factory on the 19th November. The walls seem to be gaining more hits as writers continue to hit them up mostly with tags and throw ups. A couple of pieces have gone up here and there but there still remains a good deal of open grey space yet to be painted.

I've gone by since on my way downtown and noticed more activity but have not been able to stop and get any new pics. Now that the recent snow storm just hit it will be interesting to see how serious the city or MTQ are about keeping the area buffed even in this kind of weather and if writers will take the opportunity to drench the area in paint.

Here's a pan shot of the upper TA Wall from November. As you can see not much up at all,  however, LUXER seems to have made a statement to the buffers "Buff me now! Useless fucks" after a row of consecutive hollow throw ups into a final fill in going back a number of meters. A few others got up too but nothing of major import.

Besides that, there are a few "Fuck the police" tags and some other comments towards the buffers by a couple of writers.

The lower TA Wall had a couple of nice pieces but was mostly covered by tags and throw ups. It seems that this wall, along with the upper section, has become a free-for-all zone for writers. I think it will take some time before these walls are back to being covered in color and style like they were only a short time ago. Not many pics as there wasn't much of substance but still a couple of good hits.

The Factory remains as it has been for sometime now, although a majority of the activity has been moved to the second floor and rooftop with the demolition of the ground floor by construction workers. New stuff goes up all the time, there are always some solid burners among the countless tags and throw ups mixed into layers of paint left by countless writers. As most of the recent activity in this area has been in the Factory,  a majority of my shots were done here.

 

 

 

I got a few good pan shots too. Here's one from the entrance off of the lower TA Wall. It's slightly fuzzy in some places but does the trick. The stairs to the right go up to the second floor.

 The following shot is from the top of the stairs that lead to the second floor showing the open walk ways leading to the neighboring rooms.

These next two are of the second floor. Both are from the same room but from different ends. The second was taken from atop of a platform.

The rooftop had some interesting stuff too. Some nice pieces and a few birthday shout outs. I was able to get some great shots this time.

One of my favorite shots of the day by Sberk incorporating the window and far wall into his piece.

 I'll be going back to the Wall and Factory in the next few days if the weather and light permits. I'll post more soon.

CBR Dec 4th 2009

Took a trip to CBR last Saturday to check out recent activity. Here are some shots I snapped. I've been trying to get a solid pan shot of this spot from end to end for a while but the uneven ground and angles are not conducive to such a thing. I'll work on it and hopefully I'll get something soon enough. Until then, these will have to do.

This was a piece done by a young local writer named RAZOR who was recently murdered. Check out the story here. You can see a couple R.I.P.'s markered in on the fill-in. Young kid, shame it happened. R.I.P.

Arguably my favorite shot of the day. The lighting was beyond perfect.

All in all there were a few nice pieces up and lots of new tags, cross outs, and throwies. Smak and Sage hit up a couple of spots, Tosk, Kicker, Hops, and Arson had a couple hits up too. Some others, OPK and MY crew hits, seemed to stand the test of time over the last month or so.

I'll post some flics from the TA Wall and factory soon as well as some fresh stuff from the streets.

Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar - 2004

Greg Cartwright sums up his approach on the third album from the Reigning Sound with the title, Too Much Guitar -- here, Cartwright moves the old-school soul influences that were in the forefront on Break Up Break Down and Time Bomb High School to the back burner in favor of a hip-shakin' set of loud and primal guitar-based rock & roll. While Cartwright's passion for R&B is still prominent in these songs (and their performances), here it manifests itself in a set of tunes that take Stones/Pretties-style raunch and filters it through '60s garage rock bashing in the manner of the Sonics or the Misunderstood. In short, this thing goes bash, pound, bash through 14 high-impact cuts, and Cartwright's passionate vocals jockey for position against his revved-up guitar bashing, while bassist Jeremy Scott and drummer Greg Roberson flail away for all their worth in support. Cartwright also reaffirms his status here as one of the best songwriters in the nuevo garage scene on Too Much Guitar -- while the performances may value impact over nuance, the songs are smart, soulful, and emotionally powerful, and the lyrics speak of a maturity that's a far (and welcome) cry from the cars'n'girls blatherings of most new garage outfits. While some fans might miss some of the soulful undercurrents that made Time Bomb High School so memorable, if you want to hear Greg Cartwright rock on out, then this album will convince you that Too Much Guitar is never enough.-AMG



Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar - 2004/rs
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Reigning Sound - Too Much Guitar - 2004/mu