Thursday 31 July 2008
Monday 28 July 2008
Phi Life Cypher...
The other week i had one of those moments where you just want to lose it and hit something. why? bloody computers i tell ya.
mine crashed hard and i was faced with losing everything ive done over the past 4 years (yes i know i need to start backing up but its hard with out a working cd burner!)
anyway, thank fuck, it got fixed and no problems. i did however find a load of flicks id forgotten all about so have been slowly uploading them.
these are all from a phi life cypher gig that didnt really happen a while back now.
mine crashed hard and i was faced with losing everything ive done over the past 4 years (yes i know i need to start backing up but its hard with out a working cd burner!)
anyway, thank fuck, it got fixed and no problems. i did however find a load of flicks id forgotten all about so have been slowly uploading them.
these are all from a phi life cypher gig that didnt really happen a while back now.
Wednesday 23 July 2008
Tuesday 22 July 2008
The Iranians use Photoshop!
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/in-an-iranian-image-a-missile-too-many/index.html?hp
Saturday 19 July 2008
Friday 11 July 2008
Dpm get sentenced....
GANG OF EIGHT “UNTOUCHABLES” SENTENCED FOR GRAFFITI CONSPIRACY
Eight graffiti vandals have been sentenced today to one of the largest graffiti conspiracies to be brought to trial.
The group, collectively known as the DPM crew, targeted trains and railway infrastructure across England from 2004 until their arrest in 2006. Their crimes cost the rail industry at least £600,000.
The eight pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to conspiracy to commit criminal damage, following a major graffiti investigation by British Transport Police codenamed Operation Shuttle.
They were today handed sentences ranging from suspended jail terms and community service to jail terms of up to two years.
In sentencing Judge Christopher Hardy said: "This was a wholesale self-indulgent campaign to damage property on an industrial scale".
He also commended the work of BTP officers attached to the inquiry.
Detective Superintendent Michael Field, who led the inquiry, said the group was responsible for 120 offences across the rail network.
"This group targeted the rail network in a guerilla-type fashion. Often masked and working under the cover of night they would strike at railway depots and sidings across the country to scrawl their crew name.
"As the evidence shows the tags used were pure vandalism. There is nothing artistic in what this group engaged in.
"They sought only to gain some sort of kudos by branding trains, station walls and platforms with the name of their so-called crew. They thought they were untouchable. Frankly, some of their scrawlings could best be described as school pupils having to re-write lines on a chalk board for detention or other punishment.
"Now the courts have handed them a different type of sentence and hopefully these vandals and others that seek to gain notoriety through such activity may be forced to rethink their actions."
Most of the DPM crew's activities were concentrated in south London. Areas targeted included Grove Park, Orpington and Croydon Tramlink depots and Dartford sidings. However, they also committed crimes in Liverpool, Manchester and Sunderland, as well as in Amsterdam, the Czech Republic and Paris.
Most of the men were arrested in June 2006 and charges were laid in October and November that year. Operation Shuttle took British Transport Police more than seven months to complete.
Four of the men were caught red handed as a result of a covert surveillance operation.
The prime mover in the DPM crew was Andrew Gillman, who today received the longest jail term of two years for his crimes. Just before Christmas 2007, whilst on bail, he took a casual job under a false name with the BBC. As part of his job, with the Art Department for Eastenders, he helped decorate the outdoor set at Elstree studios tagging it with "NEAS", "DPM" and references to "MOODY" (believed to be graffiti writer James Dutka, who was known as "MOODY" and died in 2002).
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taken from the BTP site..
its harsh i know, but for the considerable amounts neas did 2 years aint that bad!
anyone else hear the rumours of how he was likely to get 10 years?
Eight graffiti vandals have been sentenced today to one of the largest graffiti conspiracies to be brought to trial.
The group, collectively known as the DPM crew, targeted trains and railway infrastructure across England from 2004 until their arrest in 2006. Their crimes cost the rail industry at least £600,000.
The eight pleaded guilty in Southwark Crown Court to conspiracy to commit criminal damage, following a major graffiti investigation by British Transport Police codenamed Operation Shuttle.
They were today handed sentences ranging from suspended jail terms and community service to jail terms of up to two years.
In sentencing Judge Christopher Hardy said: "This was a wholesale self-indulgent campaign to damage property on an industrial scale".
He also commended the work of BTP officers attached to the inquiry.
Detective Superintendent Michael Field, who led the inquiry, said the group was responsible for 120 offences across the rail network.
"This group targeted the rail network in a guerilla-type fashion. Often masked and working under the cover of night they would strike at railway depots and sidings across the country to scrawl their crew name.
"As the evidence shows the tags used were pure vandalism. There is nothing artistic in what this group engaged in.
"They sought only to gain some sort of kudos by branding trains, station walls and platforms with the name of their so-called crew. They thought they were untouchable. Frankly, some of their scrawlings could best be described as school pupils having to re-write lines on a chalk board for detention or other punishment.
"Now the courts have handed them a different type of sentence and hopefully these vandals and others that seek to gain notoriety through such activity may be forced to rethink their actions."
Most of the DPM crew's activities were concentrated in south London. Areas targeted included Grove Park, Orpington and Croydon Tramlink depots and Dartford sidings. However, they also committed crimes in Liverpool, Manchester and Sunderland, as well as in Amsterdam, the Czech Republic and Paris.
Most of the men were arrested in June 2006 and charges were laid in October and November that year. Operation Shuttle took British Transport Police more than seven months to complete.
Four of the men were caught red handed as a result of a covert surveillance operation.
The prime mover in the DPM crew was Andrew Gillman, who today received the longest jail term of two years for his crimes. Just before Christmas 2007, whilst on bail, he took a casual job under a false name with the BBC. As part of his job, with the Art Department for Eastenders, he helped decorate the outdoor set at Elstree studios tagging it with "NEAS", "DPM" and references to "MOODY" (believed to be graffiti writer James Dutka, who was known as "MOODY" and died in 2002).
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taken from the BTP site..
its harsh i know, but for the considerable amounts neas did 2 years aint that bad!
anyone else hear the rumours of how he was likely to get 10 years?
Thursday 10 July 2008
Bomb the system film...
bomb the system has been out for a while now, but ive only just got round to watching it...
and it was a bit of a waste of time. to be honest, im not really sure about it. the plot was a bit wierd, the acting was so so, editing was a bit gay but i suppose for a feature lenght film about graff and its sub culture it could have been a lot worse.
heres the link if you want to check it...
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8490341284264198189
and it was a bit of a waste of time. to be honest, im not really sure about it. the plot was a bit wierd, the acting was so so, editing was a bit gay but i suppose for a feature lenght film about graff and its sub culture it could have been a lot worse.
heres the link if you want to check it...
http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=-8490341284264198189
Sunday 6 July 2008
Jam Flicks...
here we go, in no particular oder....
everything you need in a good jam: good weather, lots of paint, lots of people in good moods, banging tunes, sunburn and lots of mcdonalds....
everything you need in a good jam: good weather, lots of paint, lots of people in good moods, banging tunes, sunburn and lots of mcdonalds....
Saturday 5 July 2008
Jammin'....
so saturday saw the jam to celebrate Tems' birthday....
it got quite messy, but was a fucking good day...
started early, mulshing walls at 10 am. the first beer got cracked open shortly after and it went from there!
ive over 100 pics from the day, which i cant really be arsed to sort through right now - so have a pic which has might be out of focus depending on whether or not your looking at the floor...
maybe ill post more tomorrow...
it got quite messy, but was a fucking good day...
started early, mulshing walls at 10 am. the first beer got cracked open shortly after and it went from there!
ive over 100 pics from the day, which i cant really be arsed to sort through right now - so have a pic which has might be out of focus depending on whether or not your looking at the floor...
maybe ill post more tomorrow...
Friday 4 July 2008
3.DPM
Now this story has been getting a bit of press recently...
"TV- http://www.itvlocal.com/london/news/?void=200103
BTP-Media Release
NINE GUILTY OF MAJOR GRAFFITI CONSPIRACY
Nine vandals have pleaded guilty to one of the largest graffiti conspiracies ever brought to trial.
Paul Stewart, 26, from Lewisham had pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy charge, but changed his plea to guilty at Southwark Crown Court yesterday (11 June 2008).
Eight others had previously pleaded guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Criminal Damage at Southwark Crown Court following a major graffiti investigation by British Transport Police. Another vandal, Mark Goss, was previously dealt with in 2007 and pleaded guilty to one count of Criminal Damage which also involved Andrew Gillman.
The vandals, collectively known as the DPM crew, targeted trains and railway infrastructure across England from 2004 until their arrest in 2006. Their crimes cost the rail industry at least £600,000.
‘These vandals thought they were untouchable,’ commented Detective Superintendent Michael Field, who led the inquiry. ‘They would often be masked and conducted almost military style operations in the belief that nothing could be proved against them.
Most of the DPM crew’s activities were concentrated in south London. Areas targeted included Grove Park, Orpington and Croydon Tramlink depots and Dartford sidings. However, they also committed crimes in Liverpool, Manchester and Sunderland, as well as in Amsterdam, the Czech Republic and Paris.
The conspiracy charges cover a two year period and 120 offences. Most of the men were arrested in June 2006 and charges were laid in October and November that year. The police inquiry, known as Operation Shuttle, took more than seven months to complete. Four of the men were caught red handed as a result of a covert surveillance operation.
The prime mover in the DPM crew was Andrew Gillman. Just before Christmas 2007, whilst on bail, he took a casual job under a false name with the BBC. As part of his job, with the Art Department for Eastenders, he helped decorate the outdoor set at Elstree studios tagging it with “NEAS”, “DPM” and references to “MOODY” (believed to be graffiti writer James Dutka, who was known as “Moody” and died in 2002).
‘This was major crime on a vast scale,’ said Detective Superintendent Field. ‘Graffiti not only scars the railway environment, it contributes to the fear of crime and costs operators thousands of pounds in equipment downtime as well as cleaning. Those costs have to be born by someone, and that someone is ultimately the fare paying passenger.
‘Graffiti is an attack on the community and the environment. It is anti-social and destructive and it’s a crime we take very seriously. The people who have been convicted are certainly only part of the DPM crew. We will continue to be proactive in investigating and prosecuting graffiti crime wherever it occurs on the rail system.’
Those convicted for Conspiracy are:
**Im not going to post names here**
Also convicted:
10 Mark Goss, 22, from Sidcup (Criminal Damage) tag- "RUST/TURES"
James Teasdale was sentenced at Southwark on Tuesday, 27 May 2008. He was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay £300 compensation. He had previously served a custodial sentence for related graffiti offences in north west England in 2006.
Mark Goss, 22, from Sidcup, Kent was sentenced for Criminal Damage at Southwark on 12 March 2007. He was given a 10 month sentence (five months of which were suspended), together with an ASBO."
Im amazed that in our current society, what with everything going on be it terrorism / the credit crunch / letting serious criminals off with fines / not being in the Euro's / not being good at Wimbledon, that our judicial system is seriously considering sending down 9 young men for committing graff!
We all know that graff is illegal, and im not advocating it but still - prison terms?? For doing something that can be painted over?? Surely something else can be found for these people to do to repay a debt to society.....
sheeesssh, i mean Naiomi Campbell gets 200hrs community service for smacking up 2 police people (then again she is rich), Chris Langham gets off with kiddie porn in the smae week those 2 kids from manchester went down, Daze in Scotland getting hit with over 2 years for a couple of trains and tracksides!! Our country is fucked...
Wednesday 2 July 2008
Your stash...
those who know me, know what hobbies i love. over the past few years, ive built a collection of flicks of the equipment i use the most. maybe ill post more soon....
unfortuneatly, out of all of these i have shit all supplies at the mo
unfortuneatly, out of all of these i have shit all supplies at the mo
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