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“BUILD TO REBUILD” ART AUCTION FOR HURRICANE SANDY VICTIMS | Boston, Ma

TTHU suports all things large or small to help support people in need (excluding – terrorists, douche bags, ugly people, carnies and bugs just because!). So if you can make it out to the THE NORTH STAR BAR in boston outside of North Station Thursday, november 29th at 7:00 I could not only mean you [...]

Posted November 29th, 2012 /

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“FEAR NO ART 4″ RECAP | FOURTH WALL PROJECT | MARKA 27 AND FRIENDS…

This show was just simply fantastic! good people, good art and nice weather to top it off TOO BAD I WAS SICK and could not enjoy myself as much as I would have liked to. But seriously the art was awesome and even though my photos are terrible and do not give anything that I [...]

Posted November 11th, 2012 /

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KENJI NAKAYAMA | BASIC SIGN PAINTER FONT

So I try to pow wow with the wonderful Kenji Nakayama at least once a week as long as he is not running around the globe chasing swag for his job. So my last visit Kenji showed me his sign painting font/alphabets that he uses. This is one of his favorite and most basic fonts [...]

Posted August 27th, 2012 /

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Street Art | Dark Cloud | Custom Guitar

Check out this custom painted guitar by none other than Dark Cloud…

Posted July 2nd, 2012 /

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TTHU SNEAK PREVIEW OF THE “TOO FAR GONE” SHOW AT THE HELLION GALLERY | PORTLAND, OR

I met up with Kenji Nakayama & Dana Woulfe last week for a lil preview of there show on July 5th at the HELLION GALLERY in Portland OR. These two guys are a powerhouse team in the art world in my opinion. Dana and Kenji are mixing two completely different styles, to produce something that [...]

Posted June 26th, 2012 /

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Thatsthehookup Podcast S01E08 – NYC to Amsterdam

We are back after a small hiatus! In this episode we introduce our new announcer, our halftime “pound a beer for America,” as well as discuss Kenji Nakayama’s NYC takeover, strip clubs…

Posted June 1st, 2012 /

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“PROCEED & BE BOLD” A SHORT FILM ABOUT SIGN PAINTING FROM JOSH LUKE FROM “BEST DRESSED SIGNS”

I absolutely love sign painting. I feel like sign painting is one of the most interesting and comforting forms of art that i have ever been around, it has so many stylized technical elements to it that its hard not to be a little curious about the skill thats involved in it. I have been [...]

Posted May 15th, 2012 /

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Kenji Nakayama | Woodward Gallery NYC | Opening Party

When your art is this badass, it usually comes with a certain arrogance. But when it comes to Kenji, he is the most humble, honest, respectful, a little bit shy, and straight up an all around good dude. So you can imagine that his first NYC solo show this past Saturday (May 6th), at Woodward [...]

Posted May 8th, 2012 /

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MAY 4TH | FIRST LOOK AT THE KENJI NAKAYAMA SOLO SHOW with BIGJUS

Here is some pre show photos of me and Kenji seeing the gallery for the first time after the work was hung “AMAZING”.. I have been to lots of art shows over the years, but this felt and looked different, it felt like there was something bigger going on and the vibe was positive as [...]

Posted May 7th, 2012 /

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The ProSho S01E07 – Jeff Soto, NYCHOS, Kenji Nakayama, Rime & KC, Indiana Graffiti Video

What’s up y’all? In our latest installment of The ProSho we discuss Jeff Soto’s Chevy Cruise propaganda, my new favorite writer Nychos from Vienna, Austria, Cinco de Mayo festivities, and we show you some graffiti footage I shot in Indiana backed up by Spose’s new album.

Posted April 25th, 2012 /