Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Sunday, April 12, 2009
RIP AFROE 42
The off-duty Chicago police detective accused of drunken driving and causing an accident that killed two people Friday morning was released from the hospital today and is in the custody of police.
His bond hearing was rescheduled and he will appear in court Sunday morning, officials said.
Joseph Frugoli, 41, slammed into a disabled car on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Friday, igniting the fiery crash that killed two people, authorities said. Frugoli, who sources say was drunk with a blood alcohol content three times the legal threshold, was charged Friday evening with two counts each of reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence and one count of leaving the scene of a crash involving death.
Frugoli's attorney, Greg Smith, left the courthouse at 26th Street and California Avenue without comment. The family of one of the victims in the crash, Fausto Manzera, was in the courthouse as well but also left without comment.
Andrew Cazares, 23, of the 7700 block of West 62nd Place in southwest suburban Summit and Manzera, 21, of Chicago died in the crash, which occurred a little after 3:35 a.m. north of 18th Street on the southbound Dan Ryan Expressway. Cazares apparently had pulled his red Dodge over to the side of the Dan Ryan, possibly to deal with a flat tire, when the vehicle was struck from the rear by a Lexus SUV, state police said.
Manzera's family said by phone Saturday morning that they were still grappling with the news of the 21-year-old's sudden death. A constant stream of friends and family had visited the home of Manzera's father since news spread of the fatal crash Friday morning, said Mike Rihani, Manzera's brother-in-law.
"He was definitely a focused person, always full of life and full of character," Rihani, 24, said Saturday. "When he walked in a room, he would brighten everyone's mood. He always had a smile on him, he lived life to fullest."
Manzera planned to graduate from DePaul University next spring, Rihani said. He hoped to travel Europe before returning to Chicago and seeking work in marketing.
A graduate of De La Salle Institute high school, Manzera played soccer and was an avid skateboarder, Rihani said. But his main passion was art, which had practiced since a young age.
"He was very creative," Rihani said. "He just loved living his life."
Rihani said Manzera and Cazares were on their way back to Manzera's Bridgeport home from a night out with friends when they experienced car trouble and pulled over to the shoulder of the Dan Ryan Expressway. Manzera called a friend shortly before the crash and said he thought Cazares' car had a flat tire, Rihani said.
Manzera's family had heard few details about the nature of the crash, Rihani said. Though Frugoli lived less than a half-mile away from Manzera's family in Bridgeport, the two did not know each other, Rihani said.
Manzera is survived by an older sister and his parents, Rihani said. Saturday, they were remembering the young man known as "Afro" with a favorite quote by which he lived his short life: "and at the end of your existence what accomplishments do you have to show for yourself ... stay focused."
Regardless of how well I knew AFROE his life and work was well RESPECTED and always will be. Once again my heart goes out to his family and friends! I will do a piece for him THIS MORNING and wish HIM NOTHING BUT THE BEST!
PHOR CMK
Friday, April 10, 2009
Rest In Peace
Afro KYM. A graffiti writer from CHICAGO died last night. My heart goes out to his Friends and
Family! Peace out to the KYM CREW! Make sure ya'll toss this guy up! BIG UPS!
Peace
Phor CMK
Thursday, April 9, 2009
RAMONE
Creative Minds Kombine
We had a chance to sit down with RAMONE in the Bottomless Pitt and
talk with him on his role in "Creative Minds Kombine " and his thoughts
on Keath Sodapop. Here is what he said:
Yo this is RAMONE taking a few minutes to give you all a look into my life. I'm not sure
if I have met all the CMK members, but so far I have not met a single member with any
negative vibes or side ways actions. I have been chilling here in the Bottomless Pitt located
out in Bridgeport CHICAGO with Keath Sodapop who not only do I love as a friend but a
son as well. We seem to have some of lifes more important issues on the same wave length.
In the FUTURE, I believe will hold many positive experiences...
I 'll be updated with ya'll enjoy the movie and look out for future projects with the " Florida FISHERMAN " . . . RAMONE CMK
That's right...
Just got done watching "THE JERK" from 1979 with Steve Martin. Shits a classic. Peep that if you get a minute. About to through on "Harsh Times" with Christian Bale AWESOME flick! Now off to my LAB chillin with Cream Sodapop on her dayoff...
Ks.
Ks.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
The sketchbook MADNESS
Keath Sodapop
Phor CMK & Switch CRS S3 LUV
Argue DAM CRS
Sick AIR CMK
Jusme CMKHere's a few favorites from KEATH's vault. No particular ORDER!
BRIDGEPORT CHICAGO
Bridgeport, one of 77 community areas of Chicago, is a neighborhood located on the city's South Side. It is bounded, generally, on the west and north by the Chicago River, on the east by Canal Street, and on the south by Pershing Road.
Historically, much of the neighborhood was originally an Irish-American enclave. In the 1830s, large numbers of immigrants from Ireland started settling in this working-class neighborhood. Many of the same Irish immigrants who helped build the Erie Canal later came to Chicago to work on the Illinois and Michigan Canal. Because of inadequate funding for the project, the State of Illinois began issuing "Land Scrip" to the workers rather than paying them with money. A large number of those Irish-Americans who received the scrip used it to purchase canal-owned land at the northern end of the canal where it meets the south branch of the Chicago River. The original Bridgeport village, named "Hardscrabble," centered here on what is now the diagonal section of Throop Street [1] on the northwest side of the Bridgeport community area. The area later became known as Bridgeport because of its proximity to a bridge on the Chicago River that was too low to allow safe passage for boats, so cargo had to be unloaded there. Finley Peter Dunne later wrote about this area in popular sketches around the turn of the 20th century. His Mr. Dooley character lived on "Archey Road" (present day Archer Avenue, Chicago in Bridgeport. See also South Side Irish.
Although the Irish are Bridgeport's oldest and most famous ethnic group, Bridgeport has also been home to a large number of other groups. Many Lithuanian-Americans settled along Lituanica Avenue, which runs between 31st Street and 38th Place one block west of Halsted Street in what was once called "Lithuanian Downtown" and the center of Lithuanian settlement in Chicago . Today, there are also large numbers of first and second generation Mexican-Americans and Chinese-American who, like the Irish immigrants of the 19th century, have also settled in the Bridgeport area due to its affordable housing and proximity to their work. In 2008 the Chicago Sun-Times listed Bridgeport as one of the four most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in Chicago, alongside Albany Park, West Ridge, and Rogers Park.
Bridgeport's Polish history can be seen in its two churches in the Polish Cathedral style: St. Mary of Perpetual Help and St. Barbara. The Art Institute of Chicago has recently done restoration work on the paintings in the Shrine Altars at St. Mary of Perpetual Help which date back to 1890, with further plans calling for restoration of the stained glass windows and to complete the painting of the interior ceilings and rotunda. The influence of other Eastern European immigrants to Bridgeport is evident at St. Jerome Croatian Catholic Church, which holds services in both Croatian and English.
U.S. Cellular Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, is often thought to be geographically located in Bridgeport. This is a misconception. The stadium is actually located one block to the east, in the Armour Square community area.
Bridgeport has long been one of the city's political hotbeds, having been home to five of Chicago's 45 mayors. They are, in order of service: Edward Kelly, Martin Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, Michael Bilandic, and Richard M. Daley. The most prominent example of the neighborhood's influence on Chicago politics is illustrated by a 46-year long stretch (1933-1979) in which a Bridgeport native held the city's highest office. The current mayor Daley no longer resides in Bridgeport.
Bridgeport is served by the Bridgeport News, a neighborhood newspaper delivered weekly on Wednesdays to homes throughout the neighborhood. The area is also served by two Chicago Transit Authority train stations, although one of them is technically a few blocks outside of the neighborhood.
Notable Residents: Mayor Richard J. Daley; Mayor Richard M. Daley; Jon Sadowski (movie and TV actor); Greg Yersich (member of Minnesota Twins organization); Kevin O'Malley (head of Washington Mutual Bank in Chicago); James Balcer (alderman); Danny Sayre Jr. (professional softball player).
Monday, April 6, 2009
BEASTMASTAH!
Frank Frazetta, born on the 9th day of February, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York, discovered the wonders of drawing before he was three, when he sold his first crayon drawing to Grandma - for the tidy sum of one penny. It was through her interest and encouragement, that he continued his drawings through those early years. When he hit kindergarten, his teachers were astounded that there was a child only 5 1/2 drawing better then ten-year-olds. Throughout Elementary School, Frazetta created comic books with the main character a snowman and an array of assorted characters.
By the time he was eight, one of his teachers, who was fascinated by his talent, approachedFrank's parents and persuaded them to enroll him in Art School - The Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts. The Academy was little more that a one-floor, three-room affair with a total of thirty students, all adults. It was manned by a single teacher, Classical Italian Artist - Michael Falanga. To this day, Frank can remember the look of skepticism as he was signed in. You could easily imagine the Professor thinking "Oh no! Not another child prodigy!" Nevertheless, he sat him down with pencil and paper and asked him to copy a picture of a group of ducks. About 30 minutes later, he returned to check on his progress, took one look at the drawing, grabbed it and leaped into the air shouting, "Mama Mia, Mama Mia! We have a genius here!"
As time passed, the Professor became so impressed with Frank's ability that he vowed to send him to a famous Art School in Italy. Unfortunately, Michael Falanga died and the dream of Frank attending Art School died with him. Mr. Falanga's school disbanded shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, in Elementary School, he was awarded the Art Medal and on Graduation Day the Principal gave such a flattering speech that it made Frank's parents beam with pride.
In 1970 Doubleday's Science Fiction Book Club embarked on an aggressive program of reprinting Edgar Rice Burroughs' interplanetary adventures. Naturally, Frazetta's phenomenally popular covers for Ace and Lancer made him the only logical choice to illustrate the series. His paintings for A Princess of Mars, the first in the series, was so perfectly "Frazetta".
Although Frank and Ellie were quite comfortable in their long Island home and were keeping busy raising their four children, they moved back to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn to be closer to family. While there, Ellie had saved some money and taken a gamble by starting a small business called Frazetta Prints. It consisted of just 5 posters of some of Franks early work. She worked diligently with a few distributors to get Franks artwork into the public eye. Now some 28 years later it has blossomed into an empire of over 150 different prints, books, lithographs and literally anything that pertains to Frank's art.
While living in Sheepshead Bay for only 1 1/2 years, Frank stilled longed for open space and privacy. With his son starting high school and the school violence getting out of control, Frank decided to set out and fulfill his longtime dream. They started out in search for that old farm house and lots of land. I recall driving with my Dad for days in western NJ and PA for his dream place - to no avail. The prices had sky rocketed in the past 10 years and anything my Dad liked as already well out of his price range. All the quaint old farms and parcels of land had been bought up and developed upon. Dad turned to me and said, " I can't believe I waited to long, there is nothing left. We drove hundreds of miles with not even one prospect.
Then, low and behold a Realtor in Stroudsburg, PA said. You know, there is this old place just out of town that has 67 acres and a pond. But the house is extremely run down and practically worthless. My Dad said lets take a look. My Father always told me, you can always fix or replace a home, but there is no substitution for land and privacy. Dad always had great foresight, especially when he first laid his eyes on the house. He imediately fell in love with it. Sure, the house was run down, the rolling fields were over grown with brush and trees, the entire place was seemingly never maintained. Maybe even since the turn of the century! The asking price was one which Dad could afford, the only thing holding my Father back from closing was that someone had already put in a bid! Just $500 less than the asking price. The offer was refused and to my Dad's disbelief the potential buyer had walked away from the deal! Before you could put a period on the end of the previous sentence, my Father said "I'll take it."
Oh Boy! All I could think of was how much my Mom loved my Dad, to move into this place. There was a lot of work to be done in order to turn this run down house into a home. Mom and Dad were determined to make this place home for their 4 children, and with the aid of a mop, Kubota tractor and lots of hard work this old house had transformed into the now beautiful estate where 3 of the 4 children, and 9 grandchildren reside. In just 6 months the place was beautiful, the fields were cut, the house was painted, the children were hitting golf balls, fishing and playing hide & seek on the property. That very same year a developer had offered my Dad 4 times more then the purchased price. With no disrespect to the gentleman my Father said polietely, " no thank you, this is our home now. " Some 29 years later the now beautiful estate will welcome the addition of the newHis recovery sparked a creative renewal and in the early 1990's Frank reemerged in to the market. He allowed a few of his originals to be sold at auction at Sotheby's and Christie's, where they went for high five-figure sums.
Frazetta finished a lovely oil entitled "The Princess and the Panther" and it was used on the cover of Heavy Metal magazine. This was followed by the publication of Small Wonders in 1991, a book by Kitchen Sink Press devoted to reprinting many of Frazetta's funny-animal drawings from the 1940's. This was closely followed by the publication of Kitchen Sink's Pillow Book, a collection of Frazetta's watercolors from many stages of his career. Most of these watercolors were personal productions designed to be given as presents on certain holidays (Ellie would often encourage Frank to paint her a watercolor for Christmas, Mother's Day, etc.) or simply done to amuse himself. The book has a small selection. There are another hundred images that have never been seen before.
Renewed interest in the work of Frazetta reached a fever pitch in the middle 90's. A number of people arose with new projects and ideas. Randy Bowen convinced Frank to help him co-create a bronze sculpture of Frazetta's signature oil, The Death Dealer . Glenn Danzig, a longtime Frazetta fan, collector, and emerging rock star, decided to begin his own publishing company, Verotik. He commissioned Frank to produce a book of pencil drawings based on monsters and demons. This extraordinary volume was intitled, Illustrations Arcanum, and it immediately became a wild hit. The quality of the art and the beautiful production values blended to energize Frazetta's name in the art world. Danzig followed this success with a series of Death Dealer comics, other assorted fantasy-supernatural theme productions, a series of sculptures based on Frank's Fire and Ice models, and a new character entitled, Jaguar God, for which Frazetta painted several amazing oils. Danzig's company presented the Frazetta name to the newest generation and they responded.My guy SNOE let me use this guy's VIDEO and it's off the the chain! I highly encourage people to watch it! Very good and very encouraging.
-KS
Sunday, April 5, 2009
THE GREAT STATE OF WASHINGTON
THE State of WASHINGTON...I like to give a shout out to NIBL & BSERK. Here's a few of my recent favorite's!
Captain Meow Kills . . .
KS
RUSTO
HIGH-SEAS HISTORY
There’s a high-seas adventure story behind the creation of Rust-Oleum coatings. Captain Robert Fergusson didn’t intend to start Rust-Oleum Corporation nearly a century ago. He lunged for the container of raw fish oil before it spilled on his rusted metal deck.
But the Scottish-born sea captain noticed that his spill stopped the spread of corrosion. This observation led him to create the world’s first rust-preventative paint. But it wasn’t easy.
The Captain landed and settled in New Orleans to spend years conducting painstaking (and smelly) research. He finally settled on a fish-oil based paint that stopped rust, dried overnight and left no lingering aroma. Rust-Oleum Corporation was born.
Today Rust-Oleum Corporation is a worldwide leader in protective paints and coatings for both home and industry. We offer a wide product range including decorative fashion paints, durable industrial roof repair coatings and, of course, the famous rust-fighting formula that started it all.
KRYLON
KRYLONKrylon’s Heritage
Sixty-one years ago, a Philadelphia businessman revolutionized the paint industry and founded Krylon, Inc., the first and still largest supplier of aerosol paints in the world.
Krylon Products were introduced in 1947 by Foster & Kester, a manufacturer of brush-on clear protective acrylic coatings used in the commercial art business. In the late 1940’s, DuPont Corporation developed the first aerosol package, which combined gas and liquids in a formula that could be sprayed from a single can. Howard E. Kester creatively devised a way to blend his coating products into an aerosol, which had many advantages over the brush-on method.
Shortly after Kester brought his idea to market, DuPont introduced Nylon. Kester was so impressed with this development that he dropped the first “n” from nylon, added the first and last letters of his own last name, and the Krylon moniker was born!
Initial sales of Krylon aerosol clear coatings were limited to the art and advertising trades. Then in the early fifties, color was added to the coatings and sales grew quickly with endless boundaries.
Today, Krylon is known for its commitment as an industry leader in product innovation, package design, project inspiration and color. Our range of products expands beyond the home and into your backyard with multi-purpose, plastic, specialty, rust preventative, brush-on and craft products.
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Create a free hand original design on an empty aerosol spray paint can. Artist is granted complete freedom of design. May the illest can win. Please take a moment to view some examples in our examples album so that you can get an example of what it takes to KILL A CAN.
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Meeting Of Styles
Int. Meeting Of Styles 2009 - Beyond Materialism
- 08-10 May, Thessaloniki (Greece) - confirmed
- 29-31 May, Sofia (Bulgaria) - confirmed
- 05-07 June, London (England) - confirmed
- 12-14 June, Wiesbaden (Germany) - confirmed
- 11-12 July, St. Etienne (France) - open
- 17-19 July, Lleida (Spain) - open
- 24-26 July, Zurich (Switzerland) - confirmed
- 07-09 August, Venice (Italy) - confirmed
- TBA August, Wroclaw (Poland) - open
- TBA August, Belfast (Ireland) - confirmed
- TBA August, St. Petersburg (Russia)- open
- 04-06 September, Montreal (Canada) - confirmed
- 11-13 September East Coast (USA) - open - no venue yet
- 18-20 September, Chicago (USA) - confirmed
- 25-27 September, Bay-Area (USA) - confirmed
- 02-04 October, Mexico City - confirmed
- TBA November, Sao Paulo (Brasil) - confirmed
- TBA November, Seixal (Portugal) - confirmed
http://wallstreetmeeting.de/?page_id=26
Very soon they finally will have the Media-Store online to offer you the MOS2002 and 2003-DVDs as download as well as the real Rap-stuff you dont get on the commercial mainstream.
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