banksy

sevenELIXIR · Post by **sevenELIXIR** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 5:10 pm

was in the waiting room yesterday reading an article in the new yorker about a graffiti artist named 'banksy.' don't know if he's been mentioned on here yet, but I like his work. dig: http://www.banksy.co.uk/

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 6:54 pm

AWESOME! I dig it

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:33 pm

aye, he's pretty well known here in the UK. He definitely does some pretty amazing stuff... although it kind of annoys me when he espouses all these anarchist DIY culture values then sell his work in exclusive galleries for hundred of thousands of £££ and publishes £25 print books.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:42 pm

Doesn't beat Space Invader tho

dj_todos · Post by **dj_todos** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:29 am

Great what he did with the Paris Hilton cds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm

ross adey · Post by **ross adey** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:19 pm

dj_todos wrote:Great what he did with the Paris Hilton cds.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5310416.stm

hahahahahahahhahaaha, what a fucking hero. i want one o' dem doctored albums. if anyone can get one link a few mp3s please!

jonnyjj74 · Post by **jonnyjj74** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:35 pm

Wow I have never heard of this guy. He has my respect! I don't think people and press in America would be as open to his style of artistic expression as they are in Europe. We are far too paranoid.

YELLOW · Post by **YELLOW** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:20 pm

jonnyjj74 wrote:Wow I have never heard of this guy. He has my respect! I don't think people and press in America would be as open to his style of artistic expression as they are in Europe. We are far too paranoid.

agreed

Flagship · Post by **Flagship** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:30 pm

yeah he's massively well known in the UK, every person I know knows his work..

I always feel embarrassed for saying I like him because everyone says they like him, and yeah, I don't want to be seen as to be like following a crowd or something. basically I don't want to sell out by liking him lol

but he's very good
x

turquoise70 · Post by **turquoise70** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:32 pm

yeah i think jonnyjj74 nailed it. we freaked out when someone put lite brites of Mooninites in the subway station.

i'm still glad he did the CD stunt

that's awesome.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:33 am

Am I going to be the token voice of dissent here? I'm not a fan at all. I've posted this before, but I agree with Charlie Brooker in this Guardian column.

Post by **Aesthetics** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 9:51 am

ross adey wrote:hahahahahahahhahaaha, what a fucking hero. i want one o' dem doctored albums. if anyone can get one link a few mp3s please!

Count me in as well!

I really love this one:

cmx · Post by **cmx** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:06 am

never heard of him before, but i dig his work

Flagship · Post by **Flagship** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:03 am

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Am I going to be the token voice of dissent here? I'm not a fan at all. I've posted this before, but I agree with Charlie Brooker in this Guardian column.

I wouldn't say I am a fan of him because he's some political underground rebel leader, I don't really see it in that way at all. me and my friends do some stencilling and stuff and I just think his is all really good, and most of his work is humourous and some of it is genuinely funny

EDIT: "(I haven't heard her CD, but I'm willing to bet it's far superior to Blur's godawful Think Tank, a useless bumdrizzle of an album, whose artwork was done by Banksy - presumably he spray-painted it on a brick and hurled it through EMI's window, yeah?)."

Think Tank is an awesome album, and the author is referring to Paris Hilton's music being better than it btw.

Cupz · Post by **Cupz** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:52 am

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Am I going to be the token voice of dissent here? I'm not a fan at all. I've posted this before, but I agree with Charlie Brooker in this Guardian column.

hmm...thats one way to look at it...
but you CAN like the art and dislike the artist at the same time...

I mean...would you hate BoC music becouse the brothers are a couple of nerds?
I know I wouldn't...

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:12 pm

A_Northern_Soul wrote:Am I going to be the token voice of dissent here? I'm not a fan at all. I've posted this before, but I agree with Charlie Brooker in this Guardian column.

no i totally agree actually. Although i do think to be fair that his political points are generally more developed than charlie brooker makes out, and that in addtition charlie brooker is a sub-jeremy clarkson middle class wank who pretends to have the viewpoints of a twelve year old to get a rise out of people.

Wrathschild · Post by **Wrathschild** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:32 pm

Infinite E wrote:
A_Northern_Soul wrote:Am I going to be the token voice of dissent here? I'm not a fan at all. I've posted this before, but I agree with Charlie Brooker in this Guardian column.
no i totally agree actually. Although i do think to be fair that his political points are generally more developed than charlie brooker makes out, and that in addtition charlie brooker is a sub-jeremy clarkson middle class wank who pretends to have the viewpoints of a twelve year old to get a rise out of people.

I agree with you guys. But, Infinit E, I totally don't agree with your view on Charlie Brooker, He's fukin class. I'm not much of one for journalism or media critics etc but he is the most entertaining around, he's hilarious and passionate and getting a reaction out of people is a good thing. Don't you like Nathan Barley either? ( He co-wrote it)

Hang on. Maybe you are pretending to have the viewpoints of a twelve year old to get a rise out of people (like me).

peace

Infinite E · Post by **Infinite E** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 12:55 pm

He co-wrote nathan barley? That's pretty surprising... i still find him irritating tbh. And i was being a little tongue-in-cheek in above post- its not like I hate him, just wouldnt hunting down stuff hes written/presented

ross adey · Post by **ross adey** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:04 pm

nathan barley is one of the funniest things to be televised in the last ten years. i bought it on dvd. we used to watch it when i was in college in wolverhampton. from what i've seen, it's a pretty accurate interpretation of how 'up their own arse' some of the media colony are in london.

A_Northern_Soul · Post by **A_Northern_Soul** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:10 pm

ross adey wrote:nathan barley is one of the funniest things to be televised in the last ten years. i bought it on dvd. we used to watch it when i was in college in wolverhampton. from what i've seen, it's a pretty accurate interpretation of how 'up their own arse' some of the media colony are in london.

Nathan Barley was brilliant. Did you ever read TV Go Home? It's where Nathan Barley first appeared, in the fly-on-the-wall documentary "Cunt". Some very funny stuff in the archives.

I think Charlie Brooker is VERY funny. Screen Burn every Saturday is great.