Two NYC Graffiti Icons Talk Painting on Churches, Private Property, Boone Avenue Walls (Ep. 47)
“There’s this psychic geography of the city. Any time you’re walking, you take notes of the things you see, the spots you can hit. And you build this psychological map in your head of everywhere you’ve been, places you’ve painted… Your senses get heightened. I can tell a cop car from three blocks down just based on the temperature of the light.”
Meet Modus and James, two friends at the heart of the NYC graffiti scene. For the last six years, James has co-owned and managed Scrap Yard NYC, Soho’s famous art supplies store and christened by the NYT as a ‘mecca of graffiti culture.’ Modus himself is more than just a casual customer; he’s been leaving his mark on the many walls of New York for over a decade. A renowned writer among the city’s underground, he spends his nights hopping train tracks and flitting through alleyways, always in search of a certain kind of empty space. After all, it will be the site of his next masterpiece.
What’s it like to wander the streets of NYC with the world as your canvas?
Folks, it's episode 47! Tonight we're kicking it at beautiful MIDNIGHTS bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A rockin' dance floor (now open Thursday-Saturday for all you DJ lovers), a backyard for chillin', and some of the nicest bartenders you'll find in NYC. Enjoy!
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00:00 Teaser
00:41 Intro
00:58 A Walk with Modus
03:54 The Boone Avenue Saga
05:31 F*** Private Property
06:53 I Ain't Got No Money // Midnight's
07:51 Scrap Yard & The Youth
10:47 I Feel So Alive
12:26 The Thirties Rollercoaster
14:20 Roadtrip to New York
16:31 Bartending with Cally
17:30 You Can't Let That Rock
19:23 Shout-Outs
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Intro Song: "Brooklyn" by Glass Vaults