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July 23, 2008 | Tags: none

So aside from the usual politics, I’ve been fascinated with the happenings in the world of graffiti lately. While perusing the internet and reading about bodies that washed up in the Hudson, rappers performing at the Strathmore, and the oddly “mysterious” death of Baltimore’s K-Swift, I found an interesting little blurb about something graffiti related.

Remember those little vending machine things in the grocery stores and random places where you put in a quarter (back in the day I swear it was less money), turn some metal knob, and a little knick-knack in a plastic container would come out of this little slot towards the bottom? You never really knew what you were going to get and you’d waste all sorts of change getting that one piece of candy that you wanted. Or whatever it was that it was dispensing. Are these things still in stores? I don’t see them much anymore.

Anyway, some creative minds took it upon themselves to start spreading some of those machines again. The catch? The machines are dispensing caps. At the moment, only NY and Rusto fats, but hey. One step at a time. Peep the picture that I’m jacking from animalnewyork.com, where I also learned of this utterly fascinating business plan:

Need a new cap for your can? Well, looks like some clever New Yorkers are trying to make your life a little easier. Now, of course there’s the whole “this is encouraging quality of life crimes!” argument, and I’m sure that Ed Koch is on the verge of a heart attack because of it, but I personally find this kind of humorous. The icing on the cake is that each cap you buy comes with a fortune. Hell, I can barely draw a respectable looking stick figure, let alone have the nerve to start tagging some walls, but I might drop 25 cents on one of those joints just to see what the fortunes say. Standard fortune cookie fare? Graffiti-related predictions of your future?

“Good luck awaits you on 182nd street.”

“Avoid brick. Wooden fences are where it’s at for you!”

Somebody put one of these in the DC area, stat! I absolutely must know what’s inside!

Props to the Smart Crew for keeping me intrigued for the day. Want one of these at your NYC area business? Hit them up and let them know. And, uh...tag legally, kids. If that's even really possible.


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