Masterful Czech Graffiti #6: Slovenian Dicks Edition

The title says it all. Hanging out in Ljubljana, Slovenia in June was an outstanding and unique experience. My only knowledge prior to going to Ljubljana was that it was just a funny name in the window of the Eastern European travel agency next to Bon's all-day breakfast spot in Vancouver. But it's actually a fucking amazing city. The city rents out cruiser bikes for 5 Euros a day. It's flat and very green. Beers run about 2 Euros. There's an exciting and vibrant free living commune with bars and clubs in a three-block compound which was formerly a Yugoslav military base. The women are beautiful and they all speak English. But the icing on the cake for me, though, was the inexplicable dick graffiti literally plastered all over this town. Without further ado, some highlights of the many dicks of Ljubljana:

Romance!

Happiness!
True love!
Self-portrait!

...and finally the piece de resistance, a daring three-dick Baile Funk masterpiece (with my rental bike in the foreground)!

I've been moving around a lot recently. More to come. 

Masterful Czech Graffiti: #5

I could lie and say I haven't had time to update this blog, but I've basically been spending my time in the past few months going on aimless yet epic walks, sitting on my ass trying to watch Two and a Half Men and Touched By an Angel in Czech, and playing a SHITLOAD of Earthbound for SNES. I have no regrets.

I guess the good news is that during these epic wandering treks I've seen a lot of stupid shit recently and I've been pretty good about bringing my camera around with me. So without further ado:

Plunder!

Reverberation!
Redundancy!

ESL!
Gangland!

Brutal honesty!

Personal Favourite!
Uttering threats!
Rawk!
Size!

Malaise!

Emo!
Indiscriminate rage!
Dripping cock!
Unpleasant wishes!

More soon!

Masterful Czech Graffiti: #4

To make up for the serious lack of graffiti photos over the past two months, I will now unleash a warm torrent of photo action all over your sultry, volunteering eyes. Here we goes, starting with the most astounding piece I've seen yet:

Masterful Czech Graffiti: #3

I've decided that the tags in this city speak for themselves, so from now on I'm not going to try and add clever captions, because that's just not working out. All I will say is that I was walking through Prague with my parents and my girlfriend when I saw these two, and that this next one is far and away my single favourite of all the graffiti I've seen in Prague so far. Props to my babygurl Deidre for spotting it:

Masterful Czech Graffiti: #2

I apologize in advance for the awful formatting of this blog. Blogger is not very user-friendly or intuitive.

Anyways... You know how everyone holds within themselves the innate dream to just drop everything they're doing and write 'shit' on the wall? Well I guess some people are dreamers, and some are doers.

Such finesse.

I've recently moved to a new neighbourhood called Zizkov, and have been walking around a LOT over the past couple days, thus exposing myself to a great range of graffiti themes. All of the forthcoming photos were taken over the course of a two-hour walk. 

Take a second to consider that these people are taking time out of their days to translate their tags into a second, or even third, language for the viewing pleasure of those who speak English. That's pretty impressive when you think about it.

The first two tags which inspired me to take out my camera that day. Short, sweet, well put (not to mention punctuated):

My friend Matt stumbled upon a blue "CRIPS" tag his old Prague neighbourhood. This was a most beliwdering sight in Zizkov, completing my confusion over Matt's find.

Just down the block, a public service announcement, imaginably to combat the prevalence of 'BLOODS' tags:

The Hell's Angels confirming their presence:

And what the hell, how about some nine-year-old millenium paranoia to round out an excellent walk:

Masterful Czech Graffiti: #1

This is a feature I just know will become a mainstay on this blog.  The #1 and #2 national passions in the Czech Republic are (as everyone will agree) picking wild mushrooms and going to the store to buy yogurt, respectively. But did you know that the #3 national pastime is graffiti, followed closely by hating on narcissists and warmongers?

Take as proof this 'beaut' I found on the street the other day:

...and its poetic complement, just a few metres further down the wall:

Homer Simpson sits, watching his favourite cop show, McGarnigle.

Chief (On TV): You're off the case, McGarnigle!

McGarnigle: You're off YOUR case, Chief!

Chief: What does that mean, exactly?

Homer (screaming at TV): IT MEANS HE GETS RESULTS YOU STUPID CHIEF!