Monday, March 2, 2015

Noted



A reader shared this from along First Avenue between East Fifth Street and East Sixth Street… What should we do with this information? Turn around?

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Originally the message was rendered in the Data 70 font, which we old folks remember from 70s sci-fi movies and graphics. Another tagger was rude enough to completely obscure the original stencil. So i guess it was reworked with sloppy white letters as a push back. This graffito is by OTTO.

DrBOP said...

Well, I think OTTO was released from the hospital floating on air.....and what he was trying to say is that the suture (was) fucked.....

....errrr, sompin'.

Anonymous said...

Turn around? I wish I could. There would be no cell phone or texting zombies, among many other things, to tolerate.

This same sentiment appeared spray-stenciled in the futuristic 'checkbook' font on a building if I recall correctly, on 7th street near Ave A about four or five years ago. I'm glad it's turning up again. I totally agree and I'm glad I'm not alone! The thought is right on the money. When you think about it, what era of the East Village or New York, or popular culture for that matter would you rather live in? The past or 'the future'?

Yeah...that's right. The future totally fucking sucks!

Anonymous said...

"As I sit and bathe in the wave of nostalgia
For an age yet to come"

Anonymous said...

To Anonymous, funny you said that. I tell my kid to watch out for "Pod Zombies", the text morons who clog up the sidewalks. Oh, i see that i'm also "anonymous". I didn't bother to have a name, but this is OTTO.

Walter said...

Yeah, it did. But there's hope...It's much better in Indiana

Anonymous said...

Wait a minute. The future sucked? Did I miss it? Can we start over? I was slightly overwhelmed by my busy text-messaged life (well, what we call a life). But s

Anonymous said...

Guess I'll just stay right here then. :(

Ken from Ken's Kitchen said...

Another tagger was rude enough to completely obscure the original stencil.

Yup. The future indeed sucked.

Anonymous said...

Bliss is in the present moment.

Anonymous said...

I might take this seriously.