I didn’t see the story at the time, I heard some things about it in passing though. Graff is one of those interests that I go on binges with. I mean, I always check the rooftops when I’m on the trains and stuff, but as far following what is actually going on, I’m in and out.

There have been some pretty famous “dissing” incidents. There was “SCANT” going over all the pieces in the Hall of Fame. There was JA, one of the most prodigious “bombers” in NYC history, going over the 250′ x 55′ “SABER” piece in L.A.

You can see before and afters if you scroll through this thread: http://www.citynoise.org/article/561

Did you see this story – http://nymag.com/news/features/32388/ – in New York Magazine, about the guy who’s going around defacing all the “street art” in SoHo (which is itself technically vandalism)?

I have no idea what the ins and outs of the issue are, and the thing was so long and loaded with hipster name-checks that I couldn’t finish it, let alone understand it. I have to say I’m at best mediumwhelmed by graffiti art to begin with. But I thought you’d have a lot to say about it.

The NASA guy, Sig, now works for the Cardinals. He came in for part of the summer to work out of the MLB.com offices, but that was a short while after I left. My girlfriend worked with him though. He has a St. Louis 2007 World Series ring, she has a Mets logo tattoo…

All things considered, I was underwhelmed by the book. I didn’t think the writing was particularly good and I thought there was only half as many pages worth of story as wound up being written.