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Embrace the Horror

New slaps from Where's My Hippo?, Kater, and Mute in front of JR on Melrose.

9 semi-trucks. That's what it takes to shoot a commercial . . . damn. Wonder what it takes to make a movie!?

Filming on Melrose early this morning for a Sony Playstation commercial.

They rented out the empty Planet Funnk building that Zombie, KilleD and Mute recently hit up.

And we just want to point out that even though some people don't like it, this urban environment, with its graffiti, street art and stickers, are why companies choose locations like Melrose to shoot. (i.e. Street Art is Good for Business).

Click the jump for more, including action shots of the commercial.

This shot below is of the commercial itself. The kid walking walks out of the store and the kid on the bike rides by.

Mute

Mute paste on Melrose.

Mute Mummy

John Wellington Ennis shooting footage of us taking a picture of a hand-painted wheat-pasted mummy from Mute.

It Wasn't Me!

It was That Noise!

Mute hand drawn sticker up with 'That Noise'.

. . . Comes Around

Wow. It seems like half of Melrose was chompin at the bit waiting for Jonny 'No' Style to finish his mural, and the show of force is nothing less than impressive . . .

What goes around, definitely came around.

It all started when Jonny Style buffed and ripped down some dope street art at this spot the very next day after it went up. Well, Melrose talked back, and Jonny's mural was 'enhanced' back to the streets the very next day, in return.

We knew all along that it was only a matter of time before Jonny's mural got replaced-but we are amazed at how quickly it happened, and with the show of force from Melrose's street artists. We count no less than 8 separate artists who laid the smack down on Jonny Style the very first night. From paint to pastes to graffiti, the street art solidarity on Melrose amongst all different types of street art mediums is impressive.

Getting in on this action are KilleD, Mute, Koffinz, Zombiel, splatter paint, two separate tags, and X, who politely says "No Thank You".

All this action might confuse some people, but it is all about who has earned a place on the streets. True street artists risk violence, imprisonment, fines and abuse to put up their art. If you just roll up to a spot in the middle of the day, ask the owner for permission, bring out a ladder and start painting, then you are just an artist painting outside-not a 'street artist'. And if you roll up on piddly little scooter to start painting, you are just a fuckin tool~

And we realize that there might be some readers who might prefer a mural like Jonny's to street art, and if that's the case, you are definitely following the wrong blog~

We stand firmly with the street artists, and feel that Melrose is much better with Jonny absent, than any shitty Jonny absinthe~

Feel the Horror

Even if we missed out on the pastes (after they were buffed after less than day on the streets), we did manage to snap some pics of some hand drawn and hand cut stickers from Mute and KilleD.

Feel the Horror~

The Buffman Caught in Action - its Jonny Style--Get the Fuck Back to France!!

Jonny Style caught red handed buffing this beautiful wall on Melrose . . .

While driving home from the dentist this morning, we spotted some fresh new work from Mute and KilleD popped up overnight on the earlier posted 'One Sick Kid' wall. The new stuff looked awesome--but we didn't have our camera on us at the time, so we couldn't get any pics.

By the time we made it back with a camera, nearly all the art had been buffed--including the 2 brand new pieces which we hadn't even flicked yet, and we caught Jonny Style picking at the wall.

We were pretty pissed to see this going down. The wall was taking shape beautifully. We exchanged some pretty heated words with Jonny Style. He plans to put up a painting and claims that he is 'saving' the wall from posters.

Well, its amazing how quickly the tables turn. And while one piece from Jonny on Melrose might be charming, any more is already too much. We thought your scooter was quaint-now we know it is just your bitch-mobile.

What bothers us most about this buffing is his assumption that his painting is somehow 'better' than the fresh artwork that consistently turns up on this wall. We love the constant communication of the streets. We love new pieces, and especially big, collaborative walls like this one. No matter how interesting a painted mural might be, it is ultimately stale.

This all reminds us of when Kai re-appropriated a family wall earlier this year from an active artist spot, to a mediocre permanent mural. The difference here is that Jonny does not have the family ownership of the building to back him up.

As we told Jonny when we caught him buffing, the disrespect he has shown the artists of Los Angeles will undoubtedly be returned, and his piece won't last long.

We can say that we are no longer fans, and he can take his Faffi-rip off's back across the ocean to the land that might give a fuck. Melrose has plenty of style of its own, Jonny, and its way fucking cooler than what you bring to the table.

Get the fuck back to France, and good riddance~