Nah Right and others are reporting that NYC graffiti original Iz “The Wiz” passed yesterday from kidney failure. Iz was one of the principals in the landmark Style Wars—the gruff handlebar-mustached twenty-something kid who took us down into the rail yards. His iconic two-color bomb IZ and train and canvas pieces are known and loved [...]
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R.I.P. IZ THE WIZ
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments
J.G. BALLARD 1930-2009
April 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments
via ballardtribute Via BBC—author J.G. Ballard has died after what is being reported as a “long illness.” Ballard was one of our favorite authors here at L.A. RECORD headquarters and we are very sad to wake up this Sunday morning and find him gone. In his honor we suggest re-reading “The Watchtowers” or “Build-Up” and [...]
