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Writer Spotlight: Luxer LGF SOB I2W
 Interview by Aprocks
50mm Staff Writer
It’s Monday June 27 a late night and I’m on the 710 heading into the South
Bay. The freeway is calm and almost empty. I’m on my way to meet up with
one of the city’s most active bombers. You’ve seen the name on the
freeways, at yards, on street walls, billboards and the like. There is no doubt
that this cat is putting in work, I’m ta...
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Colossus of Roads
 Interview by Gabe the Saint
50mm Staff Writer
Years ago on my way to school, I would cross the railroad tracks as a short
cut into the eastside of town. It was here in this small train lay over where I
first encountered aerosol style graffiti on freight cars. I was intrigued with the
idea that a piece could actually travel around the country on a rolling canvas.
Because of my new dis...
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Los Angeles Graffiti Pioneer:
Make One STN
 Interview by Gabe the Saint
50mm Staff Writer
Gabe the Saint catches up with one of the pioneers of Graff in L.A. Although he’s not the only one, he is amongst the handful that first graced the walls of L.A. He is highly recognized amongst old-schoolers and Graff-scholars yet rarely acknowledged amongst the new-schoolers. He is a legend of its own kind. A smooth character.I hit him up wit...
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From Crown Hill to the Belmont Tunnel
 Story By Mr. RTD
50mm Staff Writer
From its humble beginnings as part of the Gabrielino Indian Village, into ownership by the Witmer family in the late 1800’s, and the location of Edward L. Doheny’s oil strikes in 1892 the area in and around Second and Lake Shore (Changed to Glendale Blvd) located in the area known as Crown Hill has been richly immersed in Los Angeles legend.
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Writer Spotlight: Sex NCT VS
 Interview by Jimmy Olsen
50mm Staff Writer
Jimmy Olsen: WHY do you write? What causes you to go out and bomb?
In the beginning I used to write for the defiance of the law.. as the days and months and years passed everything changed.. I started to grow and I started to learn about graff. I started to see alot of dope shit around... Now I don't do it for defiance... For about the past 4 ...
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Radio Spotlight: C-Minus
 Interview and Photography
by James Morris
50mm staff writer
One of the mavericks of Los Angeles radio, C-Minus is always up to something. His love for all things genre defying is one of the things I love about this guy. If you’ve ever seen one of his sets or heard him on the air, you’ll know what I mean. He’s like the spazz in the back of the classroom building a homemade bazooka. I ...
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Music Spotlight: Z-TRIP
 Interview and photography by
James Morris
50mm staff writer
Somebody stuck the chocolate in the peanut butter, and a good thing’s happening. Shit, I love it when the underground rears it’s ugly head and cusses out the squares. It’s worth it just to see the looks on their faces. A great thing happens when you get to see an art form come into it’s own and turn people on. I’ve always...
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Music Spotlight: DJ QUIK
 DJ Quik Interview Wednesday Dec 1 2004
I scooped up Gabe the Saint to go meet with DJ Quik on a winter Wednesday in Hollywood... When I heard the meeting place was across from Crazy Girls... dreamy visions entered my brain - kush blunts, dumpin champagne, the entourage of hot biatches at DJ QUIK's beck and call - crawling at his feet... What I found was a little unexpected but dope to witness.....
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Belmont Hearing Notes
Written by Robin Nelson of BelmontArtPark.com
What follows is a description of events from the public appeal hearing this wednesday Dec. 8th at City Hall, before the Planning and Land Use Commission for the appeal of the Belmont Art Park:
After listening to many thoughtful statements from the community, Councilmember Ed Reyes dismissed the appeal without having a discussion with his board m...
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A short history of the RTD
 Story by Mr. RTD
50mm staff writer
I go by the name of MR.RTD and am a historian on yes you guessed it the history of the bus system so remembered in the Los Angeles of the 80’s to many people, especially the writers and riders of the time.
But lets go back for a quick time machine ride through LA transit past.
Until 1958 there were two main competing rail and bus systems owned as pr...
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