April 2012
10 posts
SWEET SURPRISES
Well aren’t these lil’ tear drops just the sweetest? The sprayed sentiments above are a perfect example of graffiti’s potential to surprise, delight and improve city life for everyone. I found them on my way to work, in an alleyway off McCaul street. They make me smile each time I pass them.
Caroline
THE WRITINGS ON THE WALL
I happen to like tags. In fact, I actually prefer to walk down a heavily tagged alleyway than I do a clean, sterile street. For me, graffiti is part of what living in a city is all about. It gives a city its pulse, and it’s integral to the unique character of a neighbourhood. Sure, some tags are offensive and stupid (few people like to find a big Fuck You written on their fence); but...
GOOD ARTISTS: BLOOD OF THE YOUNG // REILLY HODGSON...
Who are you? I’m Reilly Hodgson. I make pictures and I also publish books and other editions using other people’s pictures. // What is on your ipod/bookshelf? Trap music and hardcore. Zines and early 00’s screamo records. // Where do you seek inspiration? ”The wrong side of the tracks” // When did you start creating? I used to draw awful comic books and sonic the...
NEON IS HOT THIS SUMMER
In case you haven’t figured it out already, Vanessa and I are obsessed with neon. I think my infatuation for florescents probably has something to do with the fact that they were all the rage when I started to care about clothing and music circa ‘93. I blossomed into adolescence in the era of Bodyglove bathers, Jem & the Holograms, 90210, fanny packs, Skip-Its and...
WE'RE STUCK IN THE NINETIES
Tonight Caroline and I are hosting an ELECTRIC CIRCUS dance party; and so naturally we got to thinking about our golden age, the nineties. Nostalgia led us to our personal archives of nothing books and grade school agendas. Below are some memory lane highlights (!!)
Vanessa
WHAT'S OLD IS NEW AGAIN
Pictured here are two greeting cards that I’ve received recently: above is an e-valentine that Caroline crafted cleverly on Photoshop, which I love because it puts me right where I belong (next to Paul Newman); and below is an antique postcard that my friend Amanda gave me for my birthday in March. Amanda spotted this hand-coloured, embossed birthday beauty at the recent Toronto Postcard...
TWINSIES
A few weeks ago, I accompanied Caroline on her mission to Bateman’s Bicycle Company. She was considering buying a new bike; but I was only flirting with the idea myself, and I simply thought it would be fun to join her on a test ride around the neighbourhood. It was one of those balmy March days, after all. We left our bags with Robert (read: Mr. Bateman, the establishment’s super...
MAGAZINE DAZE
I know we don’t usually re-blog; but today was one of those days spent stuck between the pages of an expensive magazine, and I feel compelled to share my discoveries with the world. I picked up TANK on College Street this morning, not worrying that its cost was going to mean eating peanut butter as a meal substitute for the latter part of April. I was seduced by the spread sampled below,...
CROWNS OF LOVE
As my nearest and dearest know, I’m obsessed with Toronto (obviously), crowns (deep background), crafts (who isn’t?), florals (duh!) and Tavi Gevinson (goddess); so when Toronto-based Petra Collins posted her DIY Crown of Love project on ROOKIE this past winter, I mobilized. Caroline, Chloe, Isabel and myself spent a Saturday evening drinking hot-toddies, eating candy, listening to...
