No pants, more fun.

That kind of shit you wish you'd see on a late night tube ride!!

"Stencil VS Sticker".. Art.

Stencil is a form of graffiti that uses paper or cardboard, in order to produce an image or text that can be created over and over again in a fast and easy way. The cardboard is cut out, and the image created is sprayed across or rolled over in order to be transferred to a surface. This particular style of graffiti has reportedly being around for at least 30 years, although no one can pinpoint its exact origins. An Australian photographer named Rennie Ellis put out a book in 1985 titled “The All New Australian Graffiti” in which he documented some of the earliest examples of stencil art to appear in Sydney and Melbourne. Early in the book, Ellis noted that US photographer Charles Gatewood had sent him pictures of stencil graffiti appearing all around New York City and looked very similar to those of Sydney and Melbourne. In Europe, two French artists by the names of Blek le Rat and Jef Aerosol started to mess around with this new form of graffiti in the early 80’s spreading their art around Paris and Tours respectively and it was not until many years later that the most well known contemporary graffiti artists, Banksy from Bristol, brought stencil and street art forward to a much wider audience. Both Blek le Rat and Jef Aerosol belong to the very first street art pioneers of the 80’s leaving their mark in many other cities such as London, Brussels, Lisbon, Amsterdam and Chicago just to name a few. Blek le Rat studied architecture and was one of Banksy’s main influences. Both of their work can be seen in many group and solo shows as well as art festivals, and Jef Aerosol even published a book about street art titled “Vite Fait, Bien Fait”. Banksy’s art on the other hand was not very welcomed due to its graphic depiction of cops, children and elderly people, especially during the first few years when his stencil pieces began popping up all around London and Bristol. Nevertheless as his fame grew and the attention over his work began to rise, it led to a rather unexpected turn of events,  since on 21 February 2007, Sotheby's auction house in London auctioned three of his works, reaching the highest ever price for a work of that kind which was over £102,000 for his “Bombing Middle England” piece. That was the smack on the side of the head of conventional art forms that would change the street art culture for good.

Sticker Bombing is a rather new form of street art through which an image or message is displayed by using a sticker. Most of the times stickers of this kind either promote some kind of political agenda or message, or they may be included in some kind of art campaign which is promoted through sticker bombing. The main reason behind the use of stickers is that compared to graffiti they pose less danger for the person who is carrying them since they can be placed much faster reducing the chances of getting caught in the act. Name tags and United States Postal Service mailing labels are  among the most popular stickers nowadays. BNE from New York, D* Face from London and of course Shepard Fairey, are a few of the street artists that made sticker bombing popular around the world. BNE started out as a typical graffiti artist in the 90’s but then switched to stickers, bombing the BNE tag all around New York city posting enormous amounts of stickers reaching up to 10 thousand per year. In May 2006 the mayor of San Francisco offered 2,500 dollars as a reward for anyone that had to offer any information concerning BNE’s identity, who was eventually charged for vandalism after the city’s police department started noticing BNE stickers all around town from parking meters to traffic signs. D*Face also used stickers among other mediums in his numerous sold out exhibitions in London, and he was heavily influenced by  Shepard Fairey’s Obey Giant campaign, probably the most well known street art campaign up to date. Its worth noting that the format in which this specific campaign started was actually a sticker, reading the infamous quote “Obey Giant has a Posse”. Other well known streets artists or collectives include Robots Will Kill, Under Water Pirates and 14Bolt.


Written by Alexis Seitanidis.

Cheeky rhyme skills from Mystro.

One of the friendliest artists from the British Hip Hop scene.

"80 Blocks from Tiffany's"

It's pretty much the most real documentary ever produced. The doc follows two gangs (Savage Skulls & Savage Nomads) from the streets of New York back when the culture we constantly rinse today was born.

He's got the steeze!

Alexis Seitanidis is a 29 year old guy from Athens, Greece. He loves turntables like Alexander Bakayannis loves ice tea. He is passionately into music, spinnin records, surfing the web and being annoying(as he said). He's a significant contributor of the Shoubilicious web page by writing all the "VS" articles and sharing views and knowledge with all of you. Being around with him all these years I can tell you he's a really sentimental person(trust me you can't really tell from the first sight), musically talented and funny(although sometimes you might think he's on period). He's definitely got the STEEZE!

Any plans you had back in the innocent good old days of 90's but not anymore?

I always admired the lives musicians have. I'm not even going to mention the amount of money they make, assuming we've talking about the successful ones. It's the whole lifestyle that surrounds them and especially the fact that they get to travel all around the world to show people something they possibly created overnight in their own bedroom. But if you asked me now I'd say that if I was given the chance I would still get involved in the music industry but instead of being a musician myself I would rather be the one who would make a star out of them.

Pictures by Alexander Bakayannis

Tuna of the Day!

She's got the steeze!

Anna Elizabeth Beer is a 20 year old lady from Winchester, UK. She loves painting like the Queen loves to see her face on stamps. She's heavily into Music(violin & piano), History and Drawing and she's looking forward to be become an Architect.

Which is your favourite type of music?

I can't pinpoint one specific type! What I listen to depends on so many things. The type of music I listen to defines what I'm feeling at the time. Music that really speaks to you is always attached to a specific time/place or memory. It evokes & has a deeper significance. I do tend to have playlists for moods though.. or sometimes a particular word or lyric springs to mind so I have to listen to the song. For playing violin and piano, I only have a classical repetoire.

Who is your favourite painter?

Vermeer & Gustav Klimt & Monet each of these have been inspirational in my presentation of a subject.

Vermeer's painting are for me beautiful studies of light, and tend to have subtle exuberance to them.

On the other hand Klimt's paintings are extravagantly exuberant but the underlined message was actually a stand against the fiercely beaurgois society at the time. His work is personal statement. Monet greatly inspired the way I paint & use colour. Sophie Calle's work fascinates me. Her work constantly questions and explores; wether herself or another subject, the voyeuristic theme of her projects I find intriguing & she documents beautifully. I always discover a little bit more about myself after studying her work!

Any plans you had back in the innocent good old days of 90's but not anymore?

I wanted to be a ballerina! Really, really, really... I still dream about it sometimes but I know its just a dream; I don't think I'm flexible enough these days. My mum gave me a choice: violin or ballet - in the end violin won, and I stuck to gymnastics. I think the thing with dancing is its another way of engaging with music & amp; I can never resist a good shake-up on the dance floor!

Beta Ride it

www.myspace.com/betagetthis

I worship the mighty horse!

Pictures by Alexander Bakayannis

Tuna of the Day!

Recorded at Blackscale Habbit studio
"Life's a Play" is a song written by Jocasta featuring Alkistis Geropoulos (vocals)

Picture by Alexander Bakayannis

Don't donate your soul.

Zamie's video art basically shows the current situation of the human mindset and how that is manipulated by others. True story!

Here's Zamie's explanation:

Historically, man has the need to believe in something.

Faith helps him understand and interpret the world.
He explained, through mythology, all environmental conditions.
Mythology and religion are hugely based on creating myths.
This led man to blind submission without following any common sense.

When I was assigned with the project titled "Myth" I asked myself:
Where did those strong religious beliefs go?
People have been following Religion for ages, but today it seems they stopped.
What took its place?

Music by D-Jahsta

Tuna of the Night!

To all the riders.. Enjoy!

He's got the steeze!

Maximilian A. L. Smith Jones is 22 year old gentleman from Cheltenham, UK. He loves skating like a pedo loves kids. He's into Skateboarding, music, writing, learning languages and he's looking forward to become a professional pick pocketer. He still claims that he's half black, half swedish although he isn't. He loves Hip Hop like Paris Hilton loves lollipop.

Listen to the following interview, as maxi analyses the skateboarding and hip hop scene from he's own point of view.

Who is your favourite skater and Hip Hop artist?

Any plans you had back in the innocent good old days of 90's but not anymore?

Tuna of the Day!

NY vs LA.. Art scene.

The Big Apple and the City of Angels. The heart of the east and the heart of the west coast. Two of the most well known and adored cities of the United States and the whole world.  Needless to say that their contribution to the field of arts is beyond any doubt. Personally I've only been to New York and at that period of my life the only thing I cared about was getting my hands on new Game Boy cartridges, which I barely remember buying from a small electronics store run by two Indian guys, two blocks away from where I was staying. The Beastie Boys last album named “to the five boroughs” is a tribute to their home town that hosts some of the most recognizable landmarks around the country including Times Square, Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Home to the Knicks and the Yankees, the city’s contribution to entertainment is enormous since it is highly responsible for the flow of numerous television hits such as F.R.I.E.N.D.S, Sex and the City and Saturday Night Live, which are all filmed in studios located across the city. Various cult films such as Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull and Scent of a Woman had the streets of New York as their main setting, not to mention 1983’s “Wild Style” , the first hip hop motion picture ever to be released since New York was the city that gave birth to the hip hop movement in the beginning of the 70’s. The film features one the most famous graffiti artists ever to come out of the Big Apple, George Quinones. New York is also home to a number of artists ranging from musicians to painters to writers to actors to street artists. Names such as Miles Davis and Public Enemy,  Steve Buschemi and Rita Heyworth, Henry James and Stanley Kubrick are just a few of the countless stars that developed their own exceptional talents in the city of New York.  New Yorkers can also brag about two widely well known spots that the city holds, both located in the borough of Manhattan, Studio 54 located at 254 West 54th street and CBGB’s at 315 Bowery and Bleeker. During the 70’s Studio 54 was one of the most, if not the most, well known clubs around the world and it is commonly believed that it was the place where disco was born.  CBGB’s on the other hand despite being closed down in 2006, has been an iconic presence in the city’s subculture. It has staged numerous shows for legendary bands such as the Ramones down to local later turning big punk and hardcore bands such as Agnostic Front. Besides constant referencing in movies and television, it was even used in an ad campaign at the time when New York was a candidate for the Olympic Games of 2012.

On the other hand Los Angeles being the second largest city in the country seems like a totally different world.  The tall skyscrapers and the bright lights of downtown New York, now give place to the coastal palm tree infested roads of Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Just a couple of kilometers drive away, the Hollywood sign seems more like a sign of mayhem if one thinks about all the good times the city has witnessed till today.  Especially when it comes to music and films it would be fair to say that some of the biggest names in US history came out Los Angeles. Numerous record companies including Capitol, A&M and Warner Brothers have studios or offices downtown so it was easy for their scouts to spot the talent that flourished around town even from the early 50’s with the very active African-American music community, all the way to the late 90’s through a wide range of genres and musicians. Rock bands that came out of LA and made millions of fans all around the world include the Doors, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. Rap also claimed a piece of the action especially during the mid 90’s with artists such as Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre and Ice Cube. Los Angeles is also home to a number of institutions that hold a direct link to film production such as the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as well as the American Film Institute. The city is also hometown to one of the biggest poets of our time Charles Bukowski who spent most of his lifetime in Hollywood, that attracted many other well known authors like Scott Fitzgerald and Tennessee Williams throughout the years. It would also be fair to say that Los Angeles is a key area in the development of cartoons since that was where Walt and Roy Disney in 1923 came up with the idea of the Walt Disney company, the largest media and entertainment company worldwide today.

Written by Alexis Seitanidis

Film of the Night!

She's got the steeze!

Lydia Fleur Wilkinson is a 21 year old lady from Worcester, UK. She loves writing like a fat kid loves cake. She's into music, art, fashion and she's looking forward to open her own Art Gallery. She's a big fan of London's lifestyle and she mentioned that she can't imagine herself living anywhere else in the near future! 

Who is your favourite writer?

Thoreau and Joseph Conrad.

Thoreau's writings influenced many public figures like political leaders, reformers, activists and naturalists. I love the simplicity in his theories and his way of thinking, is something we're still missing.

Conrad is just more psychologically realistic, modern and romantic.

Any plans you had back in the innocent good old days of 90's but not anymore?

I wanted to become an Archeologist. I love the history of arts, languages, symbols. I wanted to explore the world and find the true meaning of life! (Laughs)

Photos by Alexander Bakayannis

..go "Cohete" GO!

Here's the promo of Cohete Surfboards short film. All surfing footage comes from Hellenic and Costa Rican spots. The result is Shoubilicious!
More to come.. stay tuned!

Tuna of the day!

Tuna of the Night.

Big tune forthcoming on Immerse 019.
Immerse was launched in May 2006 by Kidkut. Originally formed through a love for innovative and interesting music, the goal of immerse is to support producers pushing these sounds.