ZooThousandDeuce

Hahaha, looks like someone didn’t know how to use thin tips back in 2002!  Look at the sign-off on the upper right hand corner of the K….”GANGSTA”.

Clip Of The Week by Beto Guerrero (06/29/08)

New Toy

Our boy CHUK Nasty just got a new toy. A 2008 R6 for the summer. Be on the lookout for us stunning around your hood sometime in the new future.

DEAS WAI, FP - Interview

I first knew of the name DEAS (Spelled DEIS at the time.) back around 1998-2000? when I would see about every LA bridge hit up with the letters, DEIS & ESEL. Over the years I would see his shit here and there, (In person might I add. Not on the internet.) as I watched his already complex bombing letters turned into detailed pieces and evolved into what it is today. In my opinion, he is one of the most well-rounded writers pushing graffiti in the west coast to date. Has walls, can piece, bombs freights, and has been consistent for a good couple of years now. The SAC Team was lucky enough to get in touch with DEAS and ask him a couple of questions on his current thoughts of the graffiti scene and where its heading towards for the future. - SKATE ALL CITIES

SAC: What do you write?
DEAS: Deas One

SAC: What crews do you push and what are their underlying meanings?
DEAS: CBS Cant Be Stopped, WAI Writers And Illustrators and FP Fatal Phumes

SAC: How did you come up with your name and what’s the meaning behind it?
DEAS: HAHA… Well shit, I used to skate and well I thought that DECK would be pretty cool. I realized how quick people were to call me DICK so I nixed the DECK bit and changed it to DECE. It kinda evolved from there.

SAC: When did you start and how did you get into the graff game?
DEAS: Started back in like 94. I mean I did dumb shit before that like taking a crayon and scrawling up the school at night but 94 is when I used paint and made it a mission to get up.

SAC: What are your reasons behind doing graffiti? (i.e. fame, fun, bitches, etc.)
DEAS: Honestly… when I used to skate all my older homies used to write. They would pull out streaks and catch wreck on everything but I never paid attention to it. Then I was like damn…all that getting chased seems fun. Then it became some anarchist type shit basically telling the world to fuck off.

SAC: Who or what are your influences in terms of where your style is derived from?
DEAS: Shit. I have many influences. My first influences were TOLSE, CISCO, UNIT, MEAR, and AXIS. Now they vary too drastically to name.

SAC: If you had to choose one and only one, would it be Quality or Quantity and why?
DEAS: Sometimes I feel that it should only be about quantity and other times I feel quality by far surpasses that quantity aspect of the game. I guess the key would be a fine blend of both.

SAC: What’s your best surface to paint?
DEAS: Steel!

SAC: How do you feel about the documentation of graffiti on the internet and the aspects involved with it such as internet fame?
DEAS: I dont know man. I see the ups and the downs. The downs out weigh the ups by far. But there are ups. I think.

SAC: What is your definition of “All City”?
DEAS: All City is being in up in every major city within your county. Not just a tag here or there. But Spots on every major highway and good street shots as well.

“I realize now the meaning of “by the skin of my teeth”. Still always wonder what all those bodies were doing there?” - DEAS

SAC: Who are some of the most slept-on writers putting in work lately?
DEAS: Damn. Well I know that kid AUGS is hated on pretty hard but that dude is hella slept on.

SAC: Which brand of paint do you prefer using and why?
DEAS: Krylon for the sharp clean cuts and Rusto to blast shit out.

SAC: Rack or Buy?
DEAS: Used to rack when I had nothing to lose but I’m getting old. I BUY MY SHIT!

SAC: Any memorable or crazy missions you would like to share with us?
DEAS: Damn. Way too many missions to pick one but I will try. Well there was this one really cool story that seems like some X-Files shit. Me and ESEL were about to hit this roof top in Down Town Los Angeles when we noticed some crazy shit within the building. Like piles and piles of people practically laying on top of one another. So we are tripping and ding our investigating when an alarm sounds and like no joke… we we’re pretty much surrounded. Cops all over the damn block as far as I could see. We broke on some movie type shit from roof to roof. Barely got away on that one. I realize now the meaning of “by the skin of my teeth”. Still always wonder what all those bodies were doing there?

SAC: Best place(s) you’ve ever painted?
DEAS: Oh man. Cincinnati freeways. SLEEPING!!!

SAC: What are your Top 5 Colors?
DEAS: Teracotta, Teal Blue, Safety Green, Ultra Flat Black, Harbor Blue

SAC: Who are the Top 5 Bombers of all time?
DEAS: Ayer, Tolse, Cisco, Oiler, 125

SAC: What has being a graf writer done for you so far?
DEAS: HAHAHAHA! Fuck up my life!

SAC: What is your advice to the new jacks that want to get into the graf game?
DEAS: If you’re gonna do it. Do it whole heartedly! No pussy shit! All or nothing.

SAC: Where do you see yourself in the game 15 years from now?
DEAS: Lounging in Acapulco with young honies serving me up!

SAC: Any thanks or shout-outs?
DEAS: Thanks to my kids for keeping me sane. Thanks to RICKS for being inspirational! Cheddar Time.

AUGOR MSK - Interview

(Here’s another interview that we did back in late 2007 with AUGOR.  Just FYI, some of the content on here might be old. Like we said before you can see more of these interviews in our web forum. - SKATE ALL CITIES)

SAC: Who are you and what crews do you run with?
AUGOR: I write AUGS/AUGOR from CBS.

SAC: What does CBS stand for?
AUGOR: The original meaning that drew me to the crew in the first place was CITY BOMB SQUAD; therefore that’s the meaning I choose to represent in my work.

SAC: Can you tell us a little bit about why you do what you do?
AUGOR: Some say it’s a gift, some say it’s a curse. I look at it in comparison to any drug or sexual addiction. You either do one piece or tag and don’t like how u feel afterward and never do it again, or u are instantly hooked and have no control over it, even if it means your freedom or death. Besides the deep-rooted physiological reasons, I do it for the passion and love of my art. Always wanting to improve and defy what has been expected of me from others and myself. I feel hatred amongst writers only adds fuel to the fire for them to want to progress and work harder, so I always keep that in the back of my head as a little encouragement for whenever I paint. Coming up in the graffiti game, who were some of the most influential to you? Many ranges of styles and personalities have inspired me. the first people crew I saw up a lot was a hood crew called SDK, around the west Adams area. Denie and Asen from 7UP always had a lot of roofs and tags around. There was this one Jewish kid who went to my school when I was in 7th grade, some little small jewish private school, I was like the only minority, but he was this bad ass rebel 8th grader with a big jew frow. He wrote INVER from SND . I used to write something else back then that had similar letters so his style was a big influence on the flow of mine. I remember he’d come to school all painted up and dirty and I wanted to be that. I remember he got into beef with people who are now my close friends but fuck man just picture a kid that barely hit puberty bombing the fuck out of shit going at it with “the big dogs”. Last I herd the beef got too deep for him and he found god or some shit so fuck him he’s a pussy, but he Coulda Been Something. The period of DEIS and ESEL’S reign of terror on LA bridges was mind boggling. The constant alien hybrids of ZES, and RETNA also played a key part in the innovation of doing what I do today.

SAC: Seeing as how you are a bit of an artist. How do you feel about the merge of graff and art galleries?
AUGOR: There are a few in particular that I feel are doing it the “right” way. Most I see as kind of primitive and ignorant to the approach of the gallery scene. We as graff artists have so much raw talent; yet approach everything with an enclosed mentality. I feel a lot of artists get ripped off for their work in these shows. Im all for making money off of what I’m skilled at, usually those who aren’t skilled enough to be shown are the ones who attack that whole scene.

SAC: Where do you see your graff and art in lets say, the next ten years?
AUGOR: Ten times better; hopefully at its peak of evolution, and a trademark for graffiti in general. Moreso, instead of just doing spot after spot in a redundant color fill, accompanied with outine, 3d-border etc, id like to delve into the world of installations which I am currently studying. Spots that take weeks of planning out out with a team assisting me, incorporating the surface I’m painting on along with colors and being sight specific with each new piece create. That is something id defiantly like to see happen a lot more with my work in the next 10 years.

“I unfortunately took the road less traveled and decided to try to jump from the billboard to a rooftop in a distance kind cleared the gap but didn’t grasp the roof…” - AUGS

SAC: I’ve seen a couple pics of some unfinished billboard fronts. Got any interesting chase stories you’d care to share?
AUGOR: If I was to tell all I could write a novel, which I’ll probably do when im older; yet I can recall the most recent one. It was some bill in Highland Park I forget exactly, Already handled one that night and still had some liquid courage in me so I decided for another. Two writers and I get on it proceed to paint each paint a different side of it. I finished my 3 color fill and was moving on to outlining and 3ding my name when I see them quickly shift to my side of the bill, they said something about cops so I thought they said to just lay down because they were roaming the streets. The cops shined the side of the billboard that the other 2 were on and I could feel the heat from the light. The cops continued to drive with the light on to the side I was on. Lit us up like daylight. One jumped out the car and yelled, “freeze motherfucker” with his gun drawn and the other passenger cop was making his way from the sidewalk towards the ladder. I could smell my freedom slowly blowing away from me, I forget how the other 2 got down but I guess e each made a distraction for each other. I unforcinatly took the road less traveled and decided to try to jump from the billboard to a rooftop in a distance kind cleared the gap but didn’t grasp the roof, fell from the roof into a pile of concrete bricks head first. Got up amazingly and proceeded to escaping. Unluckily the direction I went led me to a huge barb wire fence, I couldn’t reach the top due to panicking to much and decided to go through the middle of the bard wire, if you watch the movie SAW in the part where the guy has to make a choice whether to go through the bard wire or die then you’ll get a glimpse of that situation. So I plow through the razor metal loose my shoe in the process and fall into some parking lot for an apartment, where I see the other 2 running in as well. We run as a trio and climb on some houses and run into the sidewalk where the car is parked. Once in the car I realize im bleeding everywhere, I apparently crack my head open from the drop and cut my face and stomach from the barb wire, I got home and showered blood wouldn’t stop coming out my head, figured id sleep it off. Luckily my mother saw the blood and demanded to see my head. She exclaimed that she could see my skull through the cut. I was rushed to emergency and had to get 8 staples, if I didn’t go the doctor said I would have died in my sleep from blood loss.

SAC: Seeing as how this interview is going on the net. How do you feel about graffiti and the internet? Good or Bad?
AUGOR: It has its pros and cons, like mainly any means of information. I see more positives than negative. When I first got into graff the only real la based site was guerillaone.com, which mainly focused on “the big dogs” in graffiti the only underrated small time site I saw back then was some low budget site called LA CREWS. I remember it had a list of every la crew and some cool action shots of heaven mobbing and bus rocking. The internet has made graffiti viewers spoiled, we expect updates every other day of new stuff; yet before wed have to wait a month or two for that new issue of big time to come out. I wish it was like the olden days for more respect and value went into viewing a piece. I really don’t care about the rampant shit talking or arguing people constantly have going on over the net. Its America if someone wants to rage over the comp on some fuck augs! Shit after spanken it in their moms basement all day, more power to em hahaha. The good outweighs the bad. We get to see styles from other areas and cities that we wouldn’t know existed. Plus the buffing today is crazy, if it wasn’t for the net a lot of work writers do would not be seen. Plus its not like only toys frequent the net, every “real” writer I know goes on this shit so they should stop fronten like they’re above it. The only downside to me is the open forums. A lot of times when u look into a writers mind and are able to read his thoughts, opinions, and philosophies you either loose or gain respect for that person. In most cases I’ve lost respect. We all have our own egos whether they’re expressed in big headedness or extreme humbleness i.e.” fake props”

SAC: How do you feel about legal beagles? The ones whom may have mad style yet have never really done any real dirt?
AUGOR: Legal writers or aerosol artists or whatever term or label is upon them today, have gotten a lot lazier over the years, and in many ways are getting permission to do stuff that can be done overnight illegally. I remember like 5 years back when I was in junior high and was a hardcore skate rat, after skating Fairfax high nothing beat posting in the Melrose alleys with my boy NEKO and getting stoned to a sick ass MEAR character, or RYGAR’s shit. The passion in their paintings was alive and would set emotions inside me that I don’t see today with most legal walls. The funny thing is back then the best paint that was used for there walls was krylon mostly, now we even have better paint but are not grasping the same concepts the old masters of aerosol art displayed. So the legal scene right now I don’t really feel. There are a few that have amazing talent though, such as Lotus, Midzt, Totem, Clowns but the bad far outweighs the good.

SAC: If you could hump any one, whom would it be and why?
AUGOR: Jordan Capri hands down, nothing would be better than grubbin that toddler muffin. OK that really had nothing to with this shit but had to spruce it up a bit.

SAC: Who is your inspiration these days?
AUGOR: My inspiration to create graf comes from more than just graffiti. Just looking at graffiti for your only means of artistic relief is pretty limited. The guys I grew up looking at and getting inspired by have either become total legit artists, and I still find their work valid and innovative, or have fallen off and put out new styles that are untrue to their origin. Therefore I find more inspiration in artists, and illustrators. Such as the surreal mastery of HR.GIGER, DALI, ROBERT VENOSA, and to some extent ERNST FUCHS. I’m compelled by the amazing illustrative concepts produced by GREG CAPPULO, TODD MCFARLANE, ANGEL MEDINA, ROBERT BOWEN, ALEX PARDEE, this list can go on and on, I’m defiantly more passionate about their work than what I see on the walls today. Most crews have styles to similar where as before there was more styles that differed amongst each.

SAC: I’ve seen some freights by you. What do you think of that whole “freight scene”?
AUGOR: At first I was really ignorant to the freight scene, and still know very little. Being from my crew a lot of guys in it are involved and deeply passionate about the freight scene so naturally I show interest in what others around me are involved in, for me to understand them a lot better. I’ve done a few that I liked, end to ends are pretty fun, but it’s not something I see myself doing as a habitual thing. Most cats retreat to the freights when their bombing career is on the tight rope, id rather just focus on something else then trying to hold onto whatever piece of illegal graf I can.

SAC: If you were to leave this world today, How would you want to be remembered and what would your closing line be?
AUGOR: Well in life there’s people that love you and hate you, I’m not going to be remembered the same by everyone, and I’m proud of that. I have a lot that I still want to accomplish and don’t feel that I’ve proved to myself and others my full potential, I’m still coping with being of age to go to big boy jail, I do miss juvie hahaha. But I’d like to be remembered as a artistic visionary who pushed the line of what is legal or illegal and questioned the need for permission due to the excessive amounts of work that takes hours on end at night to produce.

SAC: Now this is where you give your props and tell your enemies to suck one. Do it up!
AUGOR: Well, there’s many writers I see showing that they have heart and passion but there are few who I find ignite emotion in me with their work, they don’t push themselves there scared to show their ass on the wall, so no props to anyone, cuz coming up none you motherfuckers showed any to me. Even though I was humble in the beginning I feel there is no reason to be now, you all made me who I am so really hate yourself if u hate me, like I giva fuck who’s liken my shit, quit liken it, I’m dying ta quit!

Rollin Thunder

Here are some pics that I just received from the homey out in Paris, France. They are of the METRO that we smashed a couple of weeks ago rollin through Paris city.

AREK BA, NSF - Interview

Losing the camera out in Europe has kind of slowed down the progress of the blog a bit. I mean, I can write about what we did over the past couple of days but what fun is it without pictures right? So in order to keep you entertained with daily blog updates we’re throwing in some old interviews that we have in our web forum under the Cross Examination thread. We also have interviews with other well known writers such as TLOKS, CRAOLA, DEAS, AUGOR just to name a few. If you’re impatient like alot of us you can always view them online in our web forum. (Just register with a valid email address.) Otherwise you’re going to have to wait for us to publish them day by day. Here is an interview that I did back around 2005 with AREK BA, NSF. Hope that you enjoy.

SAC: What do you write?
AREK: Arek

SAC: What crews do you push and what are their underlying meanings?
AREK: Ba=Burning America,Born Again,Bombs Away..etc. Nsf=Non Stop Freights,Non Stop Flava etc…

SAC: How did you come up with your name and what’s the meaning behind it?
AREK: Well to start back in like 87 ish it was Are….I was straight toy,sharpie markers bombing bullshit polls,behind shopping centers etc…Well later in 89-90 I added the “k” due to the way a Baltimore tag could freak a “k” or an “r” at the end of your word….And honestly no real meaning,except at one time in my life it truelly was “Arek”…..

SAC: When did you start and how did you get into the graff game?
AREK: 1986 early 87,when I met Jase aka Master and some freinds….

SAC: What are your reasons behind doing graffiti? (i.e. fame, fun, bitches, etc.)
AREK: A release like playing a sport….And who doesn’t do it so one’s name can be seen or travel all over…..

SAC: Who or what are your influences in terms of where your style is derived from?
AREK: A kid from Baltimore That used to write SEK,Kar,Mask,Shaken all from B-more…

SAC: If you had to choose one and only one, would it be Quality or Quantity and why?
AREK: Quality….Don’t get wrong it’s been a yr or two where numbers was the thing I strived But I really aint trying to prove anything these days…If I can get out a couple times a week to hit some freights I’m happy…The buff in Bmore now is crazy so streets Im really limited for now.

SAC: What’s your best surface to paint?
AREK: Metal….

SAC: How do you feel about the documentation of graffiti on the internet and the aspects involved with it such as internet fame?
AREK: For some its a quick way to get there name around. And others a good way to network with people who may have never had a chance to talk to. Kinda like a double edged sword.

SAC: What is your definition of “All City”?
AREK: Someone who is well saturated all city.

“Practice makes perfect. And dont forget where you come from.” - AREK

SAC: Who are some of the most slept-on writers putting in work lately?
AREK: Thats tough, really depends on where you at.

SAC: Which brand of paint do you prefer using and why?
AREK: I’ll use anything,shit today I used Martha Stewart to fill a peice in….lol Nah,for real I got a real easy and cheap way to obtain Montana,so I guess that would be it. But for real American Accents and Rusto come in handy also.

SAC: Rack or Buy?
AREK: Kinda buy or should I say fair exchange for paint…But my racking days are very limited.

SAC: Any memorable or crazy missions you would like to share with us?
AREK: Too many to list.

SAC: Best place(s) you’ve ever painted?
AREK: Any train yard, lay-up, etc.

SAC: What are your Top 5 Colors?
AREK: 1. Choclate Brown Montana, 2.Nutmeg American Accents, 3.Jungle Green Krylon, 4.Blue Violet Montana, 5.BBQ Black Rusto.

SAC: Who are the Top 5 Bombers of all time?
AREK: In Baltimore - Zek and Shaken, DC - Disco Dan, NYC - Veefer or Dec.

SAC: What has being a graf writer done for you so far?
AREK: It’s been some sort of crazy therapy in a way….Met plenty of cool people….And a couple of nice come ups.

SAC: What is your advice to the new jacks that want to get into the graf game?
AREK: Practice makes perfect. And dont forget where you come from.

SAC: Where do you see yourself in the game 15 years from now?
AREK: Just the abillity to progress with each year I make it thru.

SAC: Any thanks or shout-outs?
AREK: My crew’s BA and NSF. Thats bout it.

LA Benefit Skate Jam - RIP Cynthia Perez

Aside from the crazy heat this past weekend we thank all the heads that came out to show their support for Cynthia Perez. For anyone that didn’t show up you guys just missed out on a positive thing that all of us were trying to do for the community to stop gang violence in memory of Cynthia. On top of the community coming together you guys also missed out on our product tosses which consisted of $1 raffle tickets that could have gotten you our new HAELER boards, DIAMOND shirts, CHOCOLATE boards, KREW hoodies and bunch of other stuff. Just ask the kids that won the raffle. They probably bought only $5 worth of tickets and won a ton of stuff. Some of them even won twice!

Skate All Cities & Friends - Garvanza Skatepark 2008

“R.I.P. Cynthia Perez Delgado”

Holding down the fort with the products.

Gabriel Martinez - Noseslide

Randy Chew - Smith Grind

Gabriel Martinez - Crooks

Randy Chew - Frontside Bluntslide

Mike Morales - Frontside Tailslide

Local Park Ripper - Tre Bomb down the 6

Local Park Ripper - Frontside Feebs down the Rail

Backside Grab

Randy Chew - Feeble Grind

Gabriel - Raffling Off Products

Skate All Cities x Midlife Crisis 2008

Clip Of The Week by Steve Cuellar (06/22/08)

Sketching All Cities

One of the lil homeys (Nick from Myspace) sent us a message with a couple of sketches that he did for our boy RICKS.  Haha, goodshit.  Much love for all our fans.