My Life In Letters

Episode 53 "149th street. A place to meet or get beat." Featuring Wane 1 COD

Wane sits down and spends time to give us an update to his episode from last season. In Season 1 episode 25 Wane tells us about his life in letters from 1979 to 1986. In this new episode we focus on the entrepreneurial side of Wane and how he created and ran The Writers Bench clothing line. In two weeks we will release our interview in its entirety. See Wanes website waneone.com and his Instagram for the most up to date work @waneonecod

Episode 1 Season 2: "149th street. A place to meet or get beat." Featuring Wane 1 COD

Wane sits down and spends time to give us an update to his episode from last season. In Season 1 episode 25 Wane tells us about his life in letters from 1979 to 1986. In this new episode we focus on the entrepreneurial side of Wane and how he created and ran The Writers Bench clothing line. In two weeks we will release our interview in its entirety. See Wanes website waneone.com and his Instagram for the most up to date work @waneonecod

Episode 52: ATOMS BA 285 OHB

Amuse 126 takes over the hosting chair and Atoms is in the hot seat. 

Episode 51: Recap of the first year of My Life In Letters podcast

Changes are in store. We will be taking a break to revamp,  rebuild, recharge and refresh the podcast. Its been a wild year with lots of ups and downs. Some highlights and thoughts recorded here. 

Episode 50: Jaber the Graffiti Ninja

Episode 49: YES 1 Ya Tu Sabe!

Episode 48: RATH UPS COD 3A

Episode 47: TUKE DF

Part one from the man TUKE DF in Denver Colorado. 

Episode 46: ITSE

Birmingham's finest! Fuck the patriarchy.

Episode 45: BISCO SMITH

From his studio we get to hear about his days at Def Jux and so much more!

Episode 44: Dave Persue Part 2

We left off at the year 2000 in Part 1 of Persue's EP. We pick up where we left off for this part 2. 

Episode 43:TOPR LORDS PCF

Got to catch the man on a cross country road trip back to his California roots after living in the south for many years. 

Episode 42: RENOS HTK

Renos breaks it down for us in this 42nd episode

Episode 41: HAMER Out Late Up Early

Hamer talks us through it while also putting OMAHA Nebraska on the My Life In Letters map. 

Episode 40: DAVER PA

We were blessed to speak with daver and learn more about his life in Baltimore graf.

Episode 39 Christopher DAZE Ellis

What can we say? We got blessed to speak with DAZE!!

Episode 38 NEWS InkHeads PPP

We get to chat with News about life and art and the creation of Inkheads crew among other tales. 

Episode 37: RAMBO 907

A more intimate discussion than usual with bomber and artist Rambo 907.

Episode 36: Sufer MTA CA

From The Bay to LA to Athens we get to hear so much great history with the gunner Sufroc from CA MTA. 

Episode 35: BIO TATS CREW

Super excited to speak with the letter smith of Tats Crew. BIO was generous to talk about his earliest days making walls. 

Episode 34: ANGER Cant Be Stopped

LA through and through. We were blessed to speak with Anger from the mighty CBS crew. 

Episode 33: SKEME 3 Yard King

I true scholar. Skeme spends the time to help us get everything in line. This is a particularly special interview from our vantage point. 

Episode 32: REDS 004-AM7 TKO

REDS breaks it down from her roots in Dade county to today being a national sensation. 

Episode 31: Part 1 TDS

With 13 years of transit bombing in his history Part takes us through the early years of his career. This will be part 1 or 2.`

Episode 30: DOC TC5

Doc takes us on a ride through early Brooklyn history. This is part 1 of 2.

Episode 29: Dirty Badits aka Annica Lydenberg

Excited to get a lettering master on the podcast. Annica teaches us how and why she does it. And how puns fit it along the way. 

Episode 28: TWICK ICP

The Mission District legend talks us through his life in letters from the late 70s onward. 

Episode 27: BEGR BA-D30-AL-WGE

Live from Detroit!! We get to sit down with long time friend BEGR as he breaks down the 90s graff life he was living. 

Episode 26: QUAKE-LORDS-CBS

Quake takes us on a mission to drive us through his whole career. 

EPISODE 25: WANE COD-FC-FBA

Episode 24: EMIT DF-ATT_IMOK

Episode 23: JOLT Burn Unit- NWC. AKA The GuerillaGarden

The Denver local, born and bred takes us on his personal journey from full time hustler to graf standout to community organizer and beyond. 

Episode 22: LADY DIVA VIC aka Tabitha Montenera

Episode 22 we get the honor to speak with Lady Diva aka Tabitha Montenera. Not only did we get to speak about her graffiti career starting in 1984 but we also get to touch on her battle with Cancer. Currently she is still raising funds to pay for her treatments in Mexico.  Please check this link and donate to her go fund me .  www.gofundme.com/tabitha-diva-montenera-cancer-fund

Episode 21: KING 157 RTM

San Jose California KING 157 talks to us from on location in New Mexico. 

Episode 20: ROACHI from TG8 3RDS and 4sssssssss CREW

Roachi is Roach in Australian. Learn about the culture of Sydney with our first international guest on the podcast. Born in Japan without an ounce of Japanese heritage in him; ROACHI’s art reflects the mind of one who has traveled and experienced various sunsets from around the world. From comics to freights: we track his story and you get a front row seat. Pull up a chair and have a little listen.

EPISODE 19: ATOMIK 28K-MSG- Aka The Miami Orange guy!

Atomik tells us all the story of how his iconic Orange character came to be and how the Miami scene has ebbed and flowed over the years. We were so blessed to get the story from the man himself. We cover Atomik's entire graffiti timeline and have a plan in the works to do another interview with Adam where he will tell tales of what it is to travel and do his graffiti. 

Episode 18: SLOKE CBS CREATURES Crew AKA The Mayor of Austin

Episode 18 of our podcast features Sloke. Widely regarded as the Mayor of Austin’’s graffiti scene; Sloke shares with us unique insight about the city’s graffiti history. In this wide ranging discussion, he shares everything from how he got started in the artform amidst gang-style writers--to the impact that Style Wars and Subway Art had on his personal career. Not only one of the most creative writers; Sloke is also incredibly well spoken. With a great deal of introspection and honestly, ...

Episode 17: Merlotism AKA the Alphabet Monster

Merlot talks all things graf, design and life in this 17th episode of My Life In LettersIt ain't where you're from; it's where you're at. After a rough start to life in Seattle, MERLOT stopped nothing short of preserving and overcoming with her art. Check out this episode and learn her progression from the struggles of MySpace to her current presence in Chicago.

Episode 16: SPIE TDK- FC- TMC- IRIE Posse (Part 1)

From his first piece in 1985 to today Spie has always pushed the envelope artistically and politically. We cover Spies career in making marks from the early 70s til the early 1990's when he teams up with Dream One.  We plan on recording Part 2 sometime in the summer of 2017.

Episode 15. ENUE COD

Enue breaks down his NJ roots, skate culture of the 90's and his personal philosophies around life, graf, DJ'ing and much more. Please check out our first 14 episodes as well and the merchandise associated with it at my store ATOMSFUJITA.BigCartel.com Thank you!

Episode 14: JOKER Ba IHU aka Jerry Inscoe

Jerry lets us into his world with personal family narratives and tons or great graffiti history starting in DC and Virginia, to San Francisco and ultimately to Portland Oregon where he now resides. 

Episode 13 AREK BA/NSF aka Dave Arek.

We get to sit down with the dude AREK BA, NSF, FGS, KMS to talk about his life in letters. He is in Baltimore we are in Bushwick!

Episode 12: CYCLE aka Christoper Cycle Part 1

We go on location and have the audio to prove it! We get to visit with Cycle in his Queens NY studio talking all things history and art. 

Episode 11. EAST ATT aka E_A_S_T_1 (Part 1)

We get to speak with EAST this week. He calls in from The Cypher Shop in Denver. We get to speak about his original days as a B Boy in 1978 in Chicago Land all the way up to his first rooftop spot with his mentor Feski Fes on the Douglas B in 1986. Part two will be coming down the line this year, Keep an ear out for it!

Episode 10 APEXER aka Ricardo Richey (PART 1)

Part one of 2. Apexer talks about his early years in the game. We will be recording Part 2 sometime later in the year.  Produced like always by @UZIEGO!

Episode 9. SKEW ICP aka Jonas from the Wash House!

We got to roll around The SFC in Skew's Mercedes talking 80's Mission graffiti history all the way up to his new Grammy nominated song that he produced for J Boog and Wash House Music which he is a founding member of. 

Episode 8 CHRIS RWK aka Robots Will Kill

Live from his Staten Island studio Chris speaks with us about his career from his Hardcore straight edge days through the creation of RWK in 2001 up to today.

Episode 7 AMUSE 126

The Windy City decorator; Amuse shares with us his personal story of how he got started in graffiti. Never one to paint a simple style; the same can be said of his interview. Check out this episode to learn about how his family influenced his interest in graffiti and what inspired him to develop more and more styles to this day.

Episode 6 PERSUE aka Swayzee COD aka Dave Ross

Dave breaks it down from San Diego to Brooklyn in episode 6 of My Life In Letters

Episode 5 CRASH aka John Matos

What kind of name is “CRASH”? It's the name of a graff legend featured in works like Subway Art, Style Wars and countless of other documentaries and books. CRASH pumps the breaks and explains graffiti history from his perspective with us. Learn from his perspective what bombing was like during the train era and the origins of “CRASH”.