Funk Show @ SubV Oct 28 2011

It's been a year since the tragic deaths of Jays, Aber, and Ricardo and there are a lot of people still feeling it out there. Tomorrow people are going to see a lot of RIPs up throughout the island as many will no doubt be on the streets paying homage to their fallen comrades. RIPs have been going up all year really, shout outs off of pieces, even throw ups and pieces from others here and there. At SubV hosted the Funk crew for a show that was partly a commemoration for their friends and partly to showcase some of their other works (and those of other Funk crew members), photos, and memories. It was a nice show, lots of stuff up on the walls, and some live body painting. There were some original Jays pieces, and some great photos of memorable moments he had with some of his friends and crew members. Even some family passes through and they seemed pleased with the show ans set up too. I was able to test out the new lens and it worked well, here are some shots from the show.

As well, there are Jays t-shirts for sale at SubV, for those of you interested, with the proceeds going to the Dylan Ford Scholarship Fund. I'm not sure where the proceeds for the sale of anything original by Jays or Aber goes too, but if you are interested you can inquire here at SubV. And if you are interested in purchasing anything I'm sure that all the art will be up at SubV for the month. So call or drop by the shop to inquire.

And remember to be safe out there this week.

Stay posted. Rooftop Edition vol. 1 this week and more.

 RIP Jays, Aber, and Ricardo. You are not forgotten.

Streets in Memory: November 2010

If the Montreal streets were any indication of how writers were feeling about the loss of Jays, Aber, and Ricardo in Turcot, then people were pretty choked up and hurting last November. Many still are. Through out the month I was amassing quite the number of RIPs and shout outs to these guys from all over the island. I even have a bunch from December when I finally got my ass over to the Viau wall and from everywhere else. It was the largest response I'd seen in a long time to the death of someone from the local subculture. You can still see RIPs to Zuel & Trop (and I was not covering the scene as much when they passed I believe). And recently I've flicked some for Kill6, a young writer who passed recently as well. There was also the RIPs and murals put up for Joe BG a couple of years back after he died in a house fire. RIPs for Jays & Aber though have so numerous that I had to partition off a segment for November just to cover what I got, and I definitely missed a bunch out there.

 

Well, here they are, some of them reposted just to have them all in one spot. Some of these are just stuff they both did too, not RIPs, but I figured they had a place here anyway.

I also have a bunch of shots from December and a few from the beginning of the year. A huge long wall from Viau that I'm sure I've already seen posted on 12 oz. too but I'll post my pics from when I rolled through in December anyway. Till then keep posted, I also have a bunch of shots from Toronto from a few weeks ago that I'll be posting soon too.

RIP Jays & Aber.