This is an 8-week, fixed gear only race series. The series will be run similar to Autumn Attack, only this time, the races are pre-scheduled and you are encouraged to come with a team on the nights of team races.

July 10- Team Race (come with a team of 2)
July 17- Indie Scratch Race (3 laps)
July 24- Team Time Trial (come with a team of 4)
July 31- Team Race (if your teammate sucked, you can come with a new one) (Double Points)
August 7- Scratch Race (4 laps)
August 14- Handicap Race (The ones with the most points start later)
August 21- Team Race
August 28- Scratch Race (1 lap sprint) (double points)

PRIZES: Each night, the winner gets two-thirds of the nights money. The other third will be put into the grand prize, which will be split between the top male and female racer. Also, Bike Works, Trackstar, Fortynine-Sixteen, Reload and Fyxomatosis (Andy White).

Mondays starting July 10, 9pm reg, 9:30 race ; $3
@ Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Park
Info: thursdaynight.fixed@gmail.com

Advice for aspiring New York graffiti writers, from across the pond:

“If you want to be assured of immortality in the fleeting annals of graffiti, all you need to do is spray paint on the door of New York City councilman, Peter Vallone Jr.”

Hitting a billboard off the Manhattan Bridge works pretty well too.

If you didn’t make it to ABC No Rio last night, you’re still in luck. Bidding on the artwork at If They Come For You in the Morning continues tonight.

This painted car hood, lying among the auto garages (some say ‘chop shops of dubious ownership’) on Pacific Street in Crown Heights, reminded us of a couple other projects challenging traditional attitudes towards cars. (Anyone seen the rest of this car driving around?)

Like a good pair of jeans, the Fiat Scratch only gets better with age. It’s a prototype car coated with multiple layers of contrasting paint, so owners needn’t fear the scratch and can start attacking it with sharp objects. If you’re boring, just wait for it to happen naturally.

Even cooler, is Jonathan Schipper’s slow motion car crash, “The Slow Inevitable Death of American Muscle.” No movement is visible as the two are cars are crashed into one another over the course of an entire month. You’ll have to wait for the full sized piece.

New paintings, drawings and installation by Rich Jacobs
Fuse Gallery

Opening Reception:
Saturday, July 29th
from 7 to 10 pm

Exhibition runs through September 9, 2006
Gallery hours during exhibition are
Wednesday through Saturday, 2 to 7 pm

Fecal Face does a good job interviewing Rich Jacobs (w/ many photos of his art).

Wednesday, July 26, 2006
From 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Crotona Park

http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/index1.aspx?BD=19221

This is a Free Concert. All CityParks Concerts Start at 7:00PM and are Rain or Shine.

Cold Crush Brothers were rocking their pure hip-hop on the streets of the Bronx years before multi-member rap groups caught the attention of the world.

With peers like Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five and The Funky Four Plus One, CCB spearheaded the coming together of dance, beats, scratching and storytelling that would galvanize African-American culture and, eventually, the rest of the world. Classic tracks like “The Weekend” and “Fresh, Wild, Fly And Bold,” stand as evidence of CCB’s musical prowess. The group’s talent and dedication to true hip-hop remains undiminished.

High Writer

You could duct tape a spray can to a broomstick, with a door hinge and a piece of string, or buy the High Writer when The Graffiti Research Lab auctions it off at the Benefit Art Show for Daniel McGowan on Thursday night. Besides catching 15 foot high tags, you could use this contraption to disable surveillance cameras or touch up the ceiling molding in your apartment. Follow the link for a video in action.

Dunny Series 3

Kidrobot releases a new Dunny Series on July 27th featuring featuring artists Tilt, Huck Gee, Ron English, Flying Fortress, Attaboy, Craola, Tokidoki, Mishka, CW, Touma, Joe Ledbetter, Alex Pardee, Friends With You, Tristan Eaton, D23, Abe Lincoln Jr., and Feric. Grab a set before it’s only on Ebay.

The Village Voice’s Power Plays reports that Greg Singer, the owner of P.S. 64 near the west end of Tompkins Square Park, has begun stripping the terra cotta facade. As Singer was awarded an alteration permit before the building was landmarked in June, he has the legal right to destroy the landmarked facade by October. With the facade removed he can go to court to overturn the building’s landmarked status.

Check out post demolition renderings from the East Village Community Coalition after the jump.

Continue reading: P.S. 64 is Under Attack

On Thursday and Friday night, Visual Resistance cosponsors If They Come for You in the Morning, a benefit art show at ABC No Rio to support Daniel McGowan.

Thursday, July 27 & Friday, July 28, 2006, 5-10pm
ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St, Lower East Side, NYC

“The show will feature some of the most respected and prolific street artists working today, including the Barnstormer´s David Ellis, Banksy, Swoon, Borf, Chris Stain, Arofish, Kelly Burns, GoreB, Josh MacPhee, and MOMO, as well as veterans of the landmark political comics journal World War 3 Illustrated, including Eric Drooker, Seth Tobocman, Peter Kuper, Nicole Schulman, and Christopher Cardinale, as well as dozens of other participating artists.”

Visual Resistance has been previewing the show and the work looks amazing. Bring some cash and take it home.

More details on the show.

Stencil detail by Borf.

This is an 8-week, fixed gear only race series. The series will be run similar to Autumn Attack, only this time, the races are pre-scheduled and you are encouraged to come with a team on the nights of team races.

July 10- Team Race (come with a team of 2)
July 17- Indie Scratch Race (3 laps)
July 24- Team Time Trial (come with a team of 4)
July 31- Team Race (if your teammate sucked, you can come with a new one) (Double Points)
August 7- Scratch Race (4 laps)
August 14- Handicap Race (The ones with the most points start later)
August 21- Team Race
August 28- Scratch Race (1 lap sprint) (double points)

PRIZES: Each night, the winner gets two-thirds of the nights money. The other third will be put into the grand prize, which will be split between the top male and female racer. Also, Bike Works, Trackstar, Fortynine-Sixteen, Reload and Fyxomatosis (Andy White).

Mondays starting July 10, 9pm reg, 9:30 race ; $3
@ Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Park
Info: thursdaynight.fixed@gmail.com