Tag my stiffy

Posted on August 3, 2011 by AHC McDonald

The street art friends move to Northbridge. And Golden Boy gets a surprise stiffy. Ah fuck it, I’ll add the mo as well. Clancy’s Applecross.

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Gum metal

Posted on August 2, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Had reason to be inside Condor building on business yesterday. It has a metal gumtree inside.Really.

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Cover my hairy shift

Posted on August 2, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Another opaque Perth masterpiece by James N. (Wait, Purple Wyrm?) Every week to the hairdresser? To have what? Sex on the piles of old hair? And isn’t this the sort of note that should be handwritten? Printed, it has the feel of a latent laminator. Nedlands.

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Peppermint Dome

Posted on August 1, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Tshirt design. Added Ammonia rain. It’s up.

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Oxo killed by Bofo Mofos

Posted on August 1, 2011 by AHC McDonald

A poignant and sad shot be Orbea. He didn’t say whether this tableau is still on show or not, but in any case, the behemoth that is Bofo has no doubt crushed the spirit of the Leederville pre hipster generation’s Oxo. The Bofo Mofos must be cackling.
However, Orbea did haiku,
A bow without hair
and a guitar without strings
hope the bongos work.
Le me reply,
Oxford Spares
Curse Mt Lawley’s Luna-cy
Half a clarinet.

Bento suggests this lineup to inject a vibrancy hub into Oxo. (oris it OFO? Oxfo?)

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Outrage Sunday 13 Toast

Posted on July 31, 2011 by rottobloggo

A long long time ago I pitched my brilliant idea about a toast column to an editor: a weekly interview with a Perthonality about their toaster and the way they like their toast. There are some wired toasters out there and people do the strangest things when their eyes are still gummed with sleep. But tragically the editor did not share my enthusiasm. If she had green-lighted Toast Breakfast the Walkleys would have rolled in and I might would be editor of the Times Literary Supplement by now. Instead I’m marooned in fucking Guildford and our toaster blows the fuse because it’s so choked with crumbs and the sparky yells at us in outrage when he shakes our four-slice DeLonghi over the sink.

I am prepared to suffer such indignities when our toaster regularly produces blackened treasures: Amy Winehouse popped out the morning after she died!

I am a toast reporter anyway. This crowd emailed me about their press card: “Union dues mounting? Cost of membership a burden without any real benefit? OfficialWire’s International Press Card is an affordable solution…you’ll find the OfficialWire press card a useful tool that will grant you access to your next story.” Of course that is just the right tack to take with me so I took advantage of the tremendous offer: only 45 quid a year and 35 quid a year afterwards!

I know TWOPers share my concern about homeless toasters: I saw this one in Shenton Park. I showed it my press card and said I was there to get its story and it said:

From a factory deep I burned with hate,
And I lunched on old disgusting crusts froze.
Vegemite and quince paste caused me strife,
I woke to black smoke under a laminated sign.
When I died they found in me a ferret with no nose.

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Weekend Worstoff 162

Posted on July 30, 2011 by AHC McDonald

As the bong inspectors saddle up and start closing in, there’s panic selling on the streets. Seen by Nataliafan#1 Morley Markets.

And Pete F sent some Cairns shots. “kangaroo lined sideboard. awesome.
Kangaroo skin cut & coloured to be gun & soldiers uniform on the wall behind.
& illustrated erotique chinious (french text).
Bonus tail light man to give the elderly something to puzzle over.”
Yes the kangaroo fur lined sideboard is magnificent.And Bento sees that cock graffiti needs to go bigger, have explanatory arrows and captions, AND be near a Cocos to make the grade these days. On the Barrio.Worst well.

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Two Radical Texts

Posted on July 29, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Two subverted discourses, the first from Ljuke, as seen in Charles Gairdner Hospital. has the feel of a sign someone has gone past many times, wondering what demonic message the letters could fashion. Hmm, Minge Anus, Wank, Shit..? No, think again… And men at Work was apparently the best answer. Another one from Kalgoorlie, which really impresses with it’s dusy kerning and bullet pointing. By PJW.

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Oswal mansion, weigh a pie…

Posted on July 28, 2011 by AHC McDonald

Went past this today. Was expecting it to be bad, but it’s not really so much worse than many other Perth dumbarse mansions is it? It is claimed that workers pissed off by La Oswal’s insistence on no meat on the property during building, buried a meat pie somewhere on the land. Possibly the worst aspect to it is that now it will probably never be finished and will be demolished.

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About your sign

Posted on July 28, 2011 by AHC McDonald

By Orbea. The whole scene has a nice Jeffrey Smart feel to it too. Look I should really have left in the company name and phone number, but I gave them some pity credit for the flowers. – But you guys at Xxxx owe me. I’d accept a kilo of limes or a bottle of Mt Gay white rum, which are about the same price these days.And L’il Sis O’ Turnip,  presents more meta-graffiti from East Perth.

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