Photo by Tom Andrews.

What’s your favorite taco?
Ok..I LOVE tacos..Always have, always will. I have a few standard places that I go to for nostalgia..King Taco, Titos Tacos and Los Burritos on Santa Monica west of Fairfax, I don’t strictly go to those places though. Pretty much every Mexican restaurant I go to (which is quite often, if not daily), in whatever city I may be in, I will order at least one taco. I like both hardshell and tradtional. Asada, pastor, pollo, lengua, you name it…even potato tacos. How can anyone not like tacos?

How did you get involved with WCA?
WCA was founded by Rival (Rest In Peace), Miner and PJay, with Sed and Rak, in 1985. Previous to that it was called ‘ISM’ crew, short for International Style Masters. That was the summer of 1985..the heyday of the Pan Pacific yard. At the time I didn’t personally know them, we saw each other at the Pan, but never kicked it or painted together. I was pretty much solo at that point, and had been hitting spots around town by myself…no crew. A few weeks, maybe a month later, high school started..Fairfax High to be exact. WCA had been born already, and Vice67 (Sel), Coozie, Risky and Design9 were already down. The day before school started, I did a Pyro (then spelled PIRO) piece on the big wall in the middle of the courtyard at the school, so the next morning everyone would see it…and everyone did. At recess, I was sitting off to the side watching everyone’s reaction who looked at my piece. Rival, Miner and PJay came up to me, and Rival asked if I did the piece. Saying that I did, he instantly asked me if I wanted to join their new crew…WCA. I agreed, and from that point on, and still to this day, we were all family. So I wasn’t a founding member, but rather an OG, and when I say OG WCA, I refer to the select few that were in the crew in ’85-’86, up to the point when we battled K2S at Belmont in ’86. I share a very strong bond with my brothers from that time period…we ate, slept and shit WCA for decades, and for me, I still do.
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The book Barrio Calligraphy is long out of print, and only 300 copies were made the first time around, so Wave Manual‘s S. Rodriguez scanned some pages for your viewing pleasure. The entire site is on flickr, check out a few samples above and below. Click for larger images.

The complete volume is also available as a downloadable PDF, along with more info on the original book.

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Live painting by RISK x OG Abel x REVOK. The Seventh Letter and OG Abel Clothing line debuting their Summer & Fall 2012 Collections at Agenda Long Beach.

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We attended the opening reception for the Artist’s Choice show presented by Jack Rudy’s Koolsville. The family and I stopped by before we went out to dinner. Great art, lots of people and a lot of nice cars. Check it out if you have a chance @ Good Time Charlie’s Tattooland 2641 W Lincoln Ave Anaheim, CA 92801

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A stop motion video of Mike Giant painting on Haight Street in 2011. Over the course of the video he talks about his career as a writer, from his initial inspiration to where he is today, 22 years later.

“Surrounded by the rugged mountainsides and overgrown by brush, the burned-out and crumbling buildings are what remain of the Murphy Ranch, where during the late 1930s a small group hoping to establish a Nazi utopia built an elaborate infrastructure that included a 395,000-gallon concrete water tank, a 20,000-gallon diesel fuel tank and a power station.” – LA TIMES

Definitely a place to check out.

To view more photos on Murphy Ranch, visit cyan79 on Flickr.

Click to view full panoramic image. For more photos, visit cyan79 on Flickr.

A short film by Alex “DEFER” Kizu showing Gaijin Fujita preparing for his show next week at the LA Louver Gallery, “Made in LA”. It’s a quick but interesting look into how he puts together his complex large format works. Music by Ozomatli.

Check out some work from Greg Lamarche “I Can See For Miles” @ Known Gallery. The show is only up for about another week – so check it out. Photos by cyan79.

Greg Lamarche – I Can See For Miles
September 17 – October 8, 2011

Known Gallery
441 North Fairfax Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90036

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LTS / LAST 2 SERVE / LIFE OF KINGS

Click to embiggen. More photos on cyan79‘s flickr.