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The latest issue of the free pdf graffiti magazine Bloodwars is out.

UP 41, which should have been released in November has been delayed. New date is mid-december. We’ll post an exact date on thsi website as soon as we have one. Sorry about it folks.
Read below for more info on the content of UP 41.

The winter issue of 2009 takes a closer look at two scandinavian writers with completely different approach: The raw expressions of Black from Copenhagen and 10 years of trains and walls from Stockholm native Recks.
We’re also happy to present some of the most recent works from “The Man Machine”, Fher. undoubtly one of Stockholms most active writers ever. don’t miss his panels, wholecars, walls and bombings and read what other writers has to say about him.
UP 41 will also take you all the way to Canada and a report from a small but active train scene. The “clean trains” in the country of ice hockey is a well kept secret.
From Canada we move south and stop in the Big Ease. In New Orleans the battle between writers and a vigilante known as “The Gray Ghost” has been going on for more than 10 years. don’t miss that story.
On top of that this issues Old School session is a chat with Copenhagen legends The Dark Roses. Jacob Kimvall talks about Duanes pieces in his Top of The Line series. And as always the latest gossip in Word is.

In the end of september and in the around the 20th of october the new OTR Blackbooks will get released. Here are some detailed informations about the books.

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Check out this video Interview with RIME / MSK from Los Angeles. When you see his paint stash you know that he knows what’s good paint and what’s not - MTN =)

There’s a big interview with german graffiti artist Omsk167 on SensesLost with lots of pictures.

Six “intelligent and well-educated” Australians have been jailed for causing damage put at £70,000 during a six-month graffiti spree in London. Read the whole story at BBC.

Check out the trailer of We Ride By Train 2 DVD. It’s available at BombingScience.

Here is an exclusive video interview of ANDRÉ, globe-trotter street-artist and now hype bar and hotels entrepreneur.
It seemed interesting to talk with him about GRAFFITI, and especially his feelings on his impression about that art. A discussion in the midst of a photo shoot for a portrait of SPRAY MAGAZINE and just a few hours before the opening of his new parisian bar Le Montana. Not the perfect quiet moment, but anyway we’ve got some great interesting answers, and nice images. Check it out!

Who knew dripping paint on a wall could get you worldwide fame! Well if you’re the mastermind behind a revolutionary brand such as KRINK you may well be on your way. Not content with regular paint and spray, Craig Costello (aka KR) set out to concoct a mixture to blow minds and fill his pockets with loot! An avid artist, KR was always on the look-out for something more - a step away from the filled-in fonts and tags that were becoming the norm in the graffiti scene. With a clever package and a simple solution, KRINK dripped its way around the globe, “allowing KR’s trademark aesthetic to develop in the hands of artist and vandals worldwide.” Sneakerfreaker caught up with the man behind the brand on the eve of his first local tour!

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If you aren’t tired of the 100th interview with the photographer Alex Fakso from Italy here is another one.

Italian-born, Alex Fakso began his career in the early 90s as a skate photographer. He subsequently embarked upon a more targeted personal quest which led him to record the entire process of graffiti writers in action, in both train and subway depots. A skater and graffiti writer himself, he has a raw, direct, uncompromising approach to photography and is always looking for images that portray hard and extreme situations.