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Smart Updates! New York City...

smart crew — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:22:21 GMT

Been slacking on this blog so here's some updates:

Kornberg x Smart x ATG x Too Much Posse

Poorly searched before being thrown into the precinct cell. Sick flick!

BQE Floaters

Action Bronson at Highline Ballroom:

Action Bronson & Statik Selektah "Cirque Du Soleil" (Directed By Rik Cordero)

Smart Spotting...

Anne Hathaway x Sinatra Smart.. Are these kind of spottings played out these days?

Queens team...

Action Bronson on fashion (hilarious):

tatik Selektah "Never A Dull Moment" Music Video feat. Action Bronson, Termanology & Bun B

Promo video by Tom Gould

Jesse Edwards - "Dialogue of the Streets" from Klughaus Gallery on Vimeo.

John Collett & GIGAN - Winter Tour Dates

smart crew — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:56:00 GMT

Fortunately, SMART doesn't just do hip-hop. John Collett and his space/metal band GIGAN winter tour dates. Support this man.

Dark Funeral, Abigail Williams, Inquisition, GIGAN

1/29/2012
Jaxx Nightclub 6355 Rolling Road
West Springfield

1/30/2012
The Gramercy Theatre 127 East 23rd ST
New York NY

1/31/2012
Trocadero Theater 1003 Arch St.
Philadelphia PA

2/1/2012
The Palladium 261 Main St.
Worcester MA

2/2/2012
Cafe Campus 57 Prince - Arthur
Montreal QUE

2/3/2012
Imperial 252 Saint Joseph Est.
Quebec City QUE
2/4/2012
Wreck Room 794 Bathurst M4M 1H1
Toronto ONT

2/5/2012
Montage Music Hall 50 Chestnut St.
Rochester NY

2/6/2012
Peabody's 2083 E 21 St
Cleveland OH

2/7/2012
Blondie's 2281 West Fort St
Detroit MI

2/8/2012
Reggie's Rock Club 2105 S State St
Chicago il

2/9/2012
Station 4 201 East 4th Street
St. Paul MN

2/10/2012
The Osbourne Village Inn 160 Osborne St
Winnipeg MB

2/11/2012
Exchange 2431 8th Ave.
Regina SK

2/12/2012
The Pawn Shop 10551 82 Ave
Edmonton AB

2/13/2012
Dickens 1000 9 Ave SW
Calgary AB

2/14/2012
Sapphire 238 Leon Ave
Kelowna BC

2/15/2012
Rickshaw Theater 254 East Hastings St
Vancouver BC

2/16/2012
El Corazon 109 Eastlake Ave. East 98109
Seattle WA

2/17/2012
Hawthorne Theater 3862 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland OR

2/18/2012
The Grand Ballroom at the Regency Center 1300 Van Ness Ave
San Francisco CA

2/19/2012
Galaxy Theatre 3503 S. Harbor Blvd
Santa Ana CA

2/20/2012
Ruby Room 1271 University Ave
San Diego Ca

2/21/2012
House of Blues Sunset Strip 8430 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood CA

2/23/2012
The Complex 537 West 100 South
Salt Lake City UT

2/24/2012
Bluebird Theater 3317 E Colfax Ave.
Denver CO

2/25/2012
The Roxy 1164 N McArther BLVD
Ok City OK

2/26/2012
Trees 2709 Elm St.
Dallas TX

2/27/2012
Backstage Live 1305 East Houston
San Antonio Tx

2/28/2012
Scout Bar 18307 Egret Bay Blvd
Houston TX

3/1/2012
The Hangar 1511 S Rendon
New Orleans LA

3/2/2012
Orlando FL

3/3/2012
The Masquerade 695 North Ave NE
Atlanta GA

Facebook: www.facebook.com/giganmusic
Twitter: www.twitter.com/colletti2012

Videograf Productions 90's Nostalgia

smart crew — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:30:37 GMT

Meyhem mentioning Videograf today got me looking up some clips on Youtube. Watching these videos definitely brought back some memories. I guess the 80's had their Subway Art/Style Wars and our generation had Videograf. Peace to Carl Weston and Nic One for hyping us up through these vhs videos back in the day (even though we fast-forwarded through most of the piecing)...

Action Bronson "Not Enough Words" Video by Tom Gould & Alexander Richter

smart crew — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:59:52 GMT

Featuring guest appearances by Uncle Paulie and Meyhem Lauren. #smart

Cop the album "Well Done" when it drops tomorrow 11/22/11!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/well-done/id473288366

Smart Smart Smart Smart Smart

smart crew — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:54:04 GMT

Huzzah Remix // Das Racist Show // NYC

Action Bronson X Matt Going Ham

Action Bronson Live on Last Call with Carson Daly from Dante Ross NYC

According to the rap diagram from SPIN below, SMART rappers are running the "New York Rappers That Are At Least Mildly Interesting" section. Meyhem Lauren, Despot and Action Bronson. Click to enlarge.

Action Bronson x Terry Richardson x Happy Socks photo shoot:

Action Bronson performs "Ray Lewis"/"Typhoon Rap" @ CMJ 2011

Buy the new Action bronson x Statik Selektah album 'Well Done' out 11/22/11

Shaz Show Saturday

smart crew — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:15:16 GMT

September Smart Spottings

smart crew — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 14:58:53 GMT

Despot on the remix...

Was surprised to see this Action Bronson character (originally created by Mr. Kiji) recently painted by AROE MSK HA from the UK. Nice one.

No idea what is going on in the flick below...

Did some motivational street art in the abandoned Highland Park fire station.

Sureism Lives! All That Matters...

Abandoned Police Station/Municipal building in Highland Park. No need to shred any important court documents in this city.

Abandoned elementary school in Detroit. Apparently, books are the only things that are not looted from these buildings.

This one below is for Mikey. #curb

Get into the groove...

Fish Tank Flow... DCEVE x SETER x VOR138 x STAE2 #QUEENS

smart crew — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:00:11 GMT

Got a chance to paint this trailer over the summer with a few other QUEENS based guys.

DCEVE SMART x SETER DA GFR

STAE2 GFR x VOR138 DBI

No Promo #Friday

smart crew — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:09:16 GMT

Action Bronson at the BYOB BBQ video on Karmaloop TV. Good to see Action making some big moves. I'm sure you will all see/hear about it. Also, look out for the upcoming show GIRLHATTAN on Karmaloop coming soon.

The homie Wil Robson Scott's first video. Filmed Action here in NY.

Also, check out his new book Crack & Shine International that just came out (No Promo):

There will be a video series hosted by Vans (offthewall.tv) for each city featured in the book.

Action Bronson gettin' that G-Shock money. No Promo.

Peace to SKATEALLCITIES.com for "flowin" some of these over. For some reason, New Yorkers aren't usually big fans of streaks but I love them. Thanks. (No Promo)

Cool track by Shaz IllYork and Meyhem Lauren - "Low Down."

Some recent video work by the talented Tom Gould (No Promo)

Last but not least, here's one for a good laugh...

Next level train surfing in India

smart crew — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:45:15 GMT

Peace to Edward Seymour #spraypaint #history

smart crew — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:25:25 GMT

"Aerosol Spray Paint" in a can (as we know it today) was invented in 1949 by Edward Seymour of Illinois. Ed Seymour devised a novelty spray gun to demonstrate an aluminum paint he had created for painting steam radiators. Rumor has it that Edward's wife Bonnie had given him the idea of an aerosol applicator for paint (taken from spray deodorizers and insecticides at the time.) His "spray paint" invention was only intended to show sales prospects how the paint would look when applied to surfaces. However, it became so popular that Edward went on to create a company "Seymour of Sycamore, Inc." of Chicago, USA, to manufacture his spray paints. To this day, the company is still in operation with multiple facilities totaling 220,000 square feet in Sycamore, Illinois (60 miles west of Chicago.) It also happens that Aluminum, the first spray paint color created, still has the best coverage today.

Edward Seymour himself

Seymour of Sycamore, Inc. warehouse facilities in 1996.

We reached out to the company to see if they still had the first can of spray paint produced, as it would be very interesting to see. Unfortunately, they no longer had the inital cans nor photos. The did send over the photo below which is the oldest can in their possession from 1954. It is a chrome yellow can of spray paint with a soup-can like appearance. I believe that under the cap is a rubber nozzle and these cans had to be sprayed downward at a 45 degree angle (please correct me if I'm wrong.) I'm also sure there's all kinds of horrible chemicals in this can.

More Aerosol Facts:

Going further back, the aerosol can was invented by Erik Rotheim of Norway. On November 23, 1927, Rotheim patented a can with a valve and propellant systems - it could hold and dispense liquids.

The first aerosol can (a can than contains a propellant [a liquefied gas like flurocarbon] and has a spray nozzle) was invented in 1944 by Lyle David Goodloe and W.N. Sullivan. They were working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and were trying to find a way to spray and kill malaria carrying mosquitos during World War II for the soldiers overseas.

The 50's wasn't even that long ago and it makes you wonder... If aerosol spray paint was never invented, would graffiti be around as we know it today? If spray paint was invented sooner, would graffiti be at a more advanced stage than it is today?

-Smart Crew

Gimme the Loot... Gimme the Loot...

smart crew — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:39:29 GMT

In light of the UK riots, here's your daily dose of Looting videos...

The following two videos are after the Haiti earthquake. People looting supplies for survival is justifiable but still can be argued...

The following video of so-called "survival" looting in New Orelans after Katrina. This one may be pushing it. Just take a look at Japan after their devastating earthquake. There was not a single looter in sight...

The looting that stemmed from the 1992 LA Riots. People clearly just taking advantage of the chaos with the mobb mentality.

Korean business owners fighting (shooting) back at LA looters at the 1:35 mark. I heard the Turks and Asians fought back (and won) against the looters in Dalston as well.

Some looting footage from Birmingham and London over the last few days. Breaking into electronics and cell phone stores for survival.

A compilation w/ some hip-hop background music. Peace to the guy who installed the wall mount flat screen TV at the Ladbrokes (3:50 mark.)

Last but not least, these videos of looting in Vancouver after they lost the Stanley Cup this year are just purely criminal.

Action Bronson visits Meatopia x Gramercy Theater

smart crew — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:19:22 GMT

Highsnobiety TV - Action Bronson Visits Meatopia from Highsnobiety on Vimeo.

NY Times Music Review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/arts/music/action-bronson-at-the-gramercy-theater-review.html

Efficiency

smart crew — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:13:50 GMT

Git 'er done...

Lacey Duvalle x Smart Crew

smart crew — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:08:02 GMT

This one for the graffiti nerds... Lacey x Smart x Kilz

That other "Smart Crew" #norelation

smart crew — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:34:18 GMT

So Many "Artists" Ruining Trends - Smart NYC Niches

smart crew — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:09:08 GMT

#TRENDING

While on the topic of annoying trends...

Smart Model AVN Receiving Talent, Ice La Fox

smart crew — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:58:28 GMT

Icey...

Spottings Mostly A-Round Town

smart crew — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:01:06 GMT

They got forensics out...

Bootlegging Season

Ice Cream Man... Sha $ Brrrrrr

Fuck yo' couch!

Ghostface, Action Bronson & Termanology - Meteor Hammers
...off the Wu-Tang - Legendary Weapons album

Shooting Mortars Above Raging Tenants - USA

smart crew — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:49:55 GMT

"Most historians have concluded that the Declaration was signed nearly a month after its adoption, on August 2, 1776, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed."

July FOURloko (backstock poison) rooftop celebration

Who are these people?

CON's entrance #Freud

Shirt off immediately...