Drew Heffron sent us an email about his latest project called Graffiti Critique. Basically, the idea is that you download a PDF file, fill in your comments, and then paste it next to a piece of graffiti as a sort of street based critique of the work.

As the debate about comments on the Wooster site continues, we thought this was a good time to present Graffiti Critique

Personally we dont agree with the rationale or merits of this one, but it did get us thinking about how things are evolving with the web such that graffiti is becoming "content" that is being categorized and metatagged combining technology with more traditional pastes and stickers.

One project we like a lot in this category is Yellow Arrow.

UPDATE: From the comments comes our favorite quote of the week:

"if you want to critique, go stand in a gallery and stroke your chin"

Geraldo Pino: Africans Must Unite
Taken from the album Let's Have A Party reissued on Soundway (2005)

Geraldo Pino: Power To The People
Taken from the album Let's Have A Party reissued on Soundway (2005)

Man, I done fell off. Apologies all around. Murphy has been working like an absolute hound dog on a new mix which, having just finished it, I can safely say is pure fire. Query: what you know about some 22nd century soul, jazzy hip hop, mid tempo disco stepper cuts, and funk break bombs sprinkled with a bit of latin sum'tin sum'tin? Seriously, whatchoo know about it? The as yet untitled mix will be available very soon on The Crate.

In the meantime take in some Geraldo Pino to satisfy the funky African in you. Brought to you courtesy of the folks over at Soundway, the above tracks are taken from Pino's second release, originally recorded in 1974. I learned of Pino via Michael Veal's Fela Kuti bio, in which Fela remembers his early encounters with Pino's pioneering Afro-funk. Particularly evident in the keys work of "Africans Must Unite", the influence seems pretty undeniable. Fela later recounted to another biographer, "After seeing this Pino, I knew I had to get my shit together. And quick!"

Born in Sierra Leone, Pino spent most of his musical career touring through West Africa with his heavily James Brown-influenced band, the Heartbeats. Eventually, they settled in Accra, Ghana, where, according to the record's liner notes, they basically owned the music scene. It was there that Fela first took in the fatback American-style funk drums that Tony Allen would later transform into Afro-beat.