Dive into the archives.
- Big Huge Econocrises-a-rama: Welcome to the Recession
Here’s a red, white, and blue, but mostly blue, roundup of really interesting articles and views about the American economy. Ultimately, the aim was to take all of this information, and amalgamate it into one cohesive post for spicy readership worldwide, but alas, I’m not sure how to feel. Thrifty? Yep. Worried about my [...]
- Sixteen Tons: A Narrative in Stickers
A few weeks ago I got on a bus and trekked over to downtown Lansing, Michigan. Armed with “Hello My Name is” stickers I made a path around town, slapping up their distinct red and blue. I wanted to use stickering/graffiti to tell a narrative, writing a few words upon each name tag — [...]
- Snow Graffiti: Protest with Kool-Aid
Armed with a chemical spray pump and Kool-Aid, Spicy Agents Nate and Paul recently descended upon the grassy, but snow covered expanses of East Lansing.
Despite the cold, they worked furiously. The message: MSU Burns coal, it keeps us green. Though there were unforeseen obstacles in their way, they persevered and sprayed their way [...]
- Blog Love: Anthro.pophago.us
Quinn over at Anthro.pophago.us has been blowing Spicy’s mind, dropping quality content left and right. Detailing the finer points of graffiti, academia, food economics, sex toys and more, Anthro.pophago.us is the newest addition to our feed reader. You should check it out yourself.
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- Cat vs. Mouse: A Portrait of Graffiti and the Vandal Squad
The vandal squad (and ghost squad) was a thing I heard a lot about while in NYC last summer. This NPR clip does a nice job with an expose on their relationship to the world of graffiti and how the two interact. I’m not sure the laws are still the same. Either [...]
