TAKI 183 - The History of Graffiti Culture, Classic Cars and the Future of Street Art
New York Said
English - April 04, 2017 18:49 - 1 hour - 97.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 80 ratingsSociety & Culture art nyc graffiti love newyork photography sex streetart triumph urban Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This episode is very special to me. It’s not often I get to converse with a innovator, a pioneer or a living legend in anything let alone graffiti culture. Today’s guest on the show is TAKI 183.
Before recording a single episode of this podcast I made list of people I would love to have on the show. I threw Taki’s name on there under the dream big column. I wrote it not ever thinking it was a real possibility but here we are lol. That write it down and manifest it stuff I’ve always heard about does have a lot of merit to it, so I’m learning.
TAKI 183 was gracious enough to give me a few hours of his time to talk in-depth about his creative journey at the Auto Body Shop he owns out Yonkers. That being said, it was toward the end of the work day so we had to stop and start depending on if someone in the garage or a client needed to pull him away for a second.
I put a sound effect in between clips to give you an idea of when I had to stop the tape.
This episode was recorded in the waiting area of the garage… So just like when I’m deep in the city, it has it’s own sounds; like refrigerator humming, beeps, doors slamming, car lifts, wheels getting changed, sirens and of course, a healthy amount of welcomed disturbances from folks in the neighborhood.
I could totally edit this stuff out but to me, its all apart of the New York Said audio experience.
Enough with the intro, please enjoy.
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Links to the Stuff they Talked About
The Words: A Graffiti Glossary
Wall Writers: Graffiti in its Innocence
‘Taki 183’ Spawns Pen Pals - Archived New York Times article
The Neighborhood That Went to War Against Gentrifiers
The case of ‘The Butcher of Tompkins Square Park’
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
VMAs celebrated Brooklyn with a KAWS-reimagined Moonman
This episode is sponsored by Gorilla Coffee.