How to Paint Subways and Not Get Caught

made-u-look-xplicit-grafx-2.jpgFirst, don’t sell self-incriminating t-shirts and second, don’t take holidays off. On Christmas Day 2006, the Made U Look crew was at work below Central Park, painting the now infamous “Cash is King” whole train. They painted ten subway cars top to bottom and end to tend, spelling out the crew’s name over 750 feet long. Xplicit Grafx, the international graffiti magazine interviewed Made U Look, helping to shed some light on their feat and confirming speculation that law enforcement actually was behind the sketchy website that popped up to sell t-shirts and a video of the hit.

According to Made U Look, the now defunct website, madeulooknyc.com, was created by “New York authorities, in an attempt to confuse and perhaps slip us up.” “We had nothing to do with any of that – website included and if it was up to us no on would have seen what we did for a very long time.” So if you had the bad sense to order one of those cheesy t-shirts, you can figure some “NYC authorities” have started a file on you.

Photographs and part of the Made U Look interview are excerpted below.

made-u-look-xplicit-grafx.jpg

Last year we found a website selling videos & photos of a MUL whole train performed on the NYC subway. What happened?

On Christmas 2006, 6 members of the Made U Look crew painted a top-to-bottom end-to-end whole train in New York city right under central park, 10 trains in total, 75 feet in length each train. One of the very few ever done and perhaps the first as a crew name spell-out. We did our homework and it still took us a considerable amount of time and a whole lot of luck to pull off. The video sold was not of our actions but of the results of our actions, as were the pictures. The pictures were taken from inside the yard and were better than most of ours. So in a nutshell, New York authorities, in an attempt to confuse and perhaps slip us up, offered their versions of our whole train online. We had nothing to do with any of that – website included and if it was up to us no on would have seen what we did for a very long time. The internet is wak and upgraded a modern magazine’s status to classy in comparison. However we come from a time when the magazines were the wak medium, a time when you had to trade pictures to be in the know. The internet and digital cameras did not exist… And many times you didn’t even get pictures. Sometimes we miss the old days very much.

Screenshot and interview excerpt from Xplicit Grafx 3.8 which is on sale.

4 Responses to “How to Paint Subways and Not Get Caught”

  1. Everyone in NYC is trying to trick you, hustle you or take your money, unless they’re not. Never forget that.

    By Dodge on May 1st, 2008 at 10:46 am
  2. I’ve never given this a try, but I think it’s about time I do.

    By Gloria on March 15th, 2009 at 2:57 am
  3. Ha, I don’t agree with it all but nice none-the-less

    By digital cameras for sale on April 2nd, 2009 at 9:12 pm
  4. Appreciate the info guys, thanks

    By Dillon on April 3rd, 2009 at 11:45 am

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

generic acomplia purchase cialis overnight delivery cheap acomplia online buy generic clomid buy cialis low price viagra without prescription where to buy cialis lowest price levitra where to buy propecia cheap cialis from canada lasix no prescription viagra without rx cheap accutane tablets viagra online without prescription viagra no rx buying cialis online zithromax viagra in uk free cialis cialis us where to buy acomplia find cialis online buy viagra lowest price accutane prescription buy cheap accutane online cialis buy buy generic cialis online acomplia order propecia online lowest price synthroid synthroid without a prescription synthroid online buy propecia online cheap levitra online where to buy levitra cialis online review synthroid prices cialis generic cialis buy drug buy viagra on line viagra pharmacy cialis for order price of levitra zithromax online where to buy synthroid soma generic generic clomid propecia online stores viagra cheap drug cheap generic soma cialis cheap zithromax online cheap order accutane online purchase zithromax online purchase viagra online buy cheap clomid cheap generic propecia zithromax pharmacy online pharmacy cialis cheapest acomplia cost of cialis no prescription viagra free viagra purchase lasix online cialis from india viagra from india order discount cialis soma online stores find no rx cialis cialis no rx required find viagra without prescription approved cialis pharmacy lasix discount