Making A Scene - New York Hardcore - Book

Now this is a book I am definitely going to order. And it will probably be featuring some Graffiti as well ;)
Making A Scene was originally published in 1989 so it will be no news for a lot of you folks that it contains pictures taken by Bri Hurley that cover the years from '85 - '88 when she was hangin' with the boys and girls of the New York Hardcore Scene.
Recently a copy of the original Book went for $150 on ebay. But here comes the good news. Gutter Goose Press is going to release a revised edition with more than 200 of her photographs instead of the mere 79 that were included in the original.
You can read more about Bri in this post on the amazing Double Cross Blog. And on this site you can read up on the book itself. Pre-order starts Sept. 1st. Don't sleep on this. I know I won't. Gotta read that foreword by Freddy Madball. And maybe I will even make the boys over at Tee Till Death happy and order the Shirt as well. After all it was their post that turned me onto the whole matter.

The History of American Graffiti

I've never really been into Graffiti. I do like it but not enough to go out there myself or even learn anything about. I can dig a nice piece when I see it in the streets and I certainly enjoy the influence it has on Hardcore. Gotta love that Breakdown logo to name just one example.
Checking up on the various Blogs I follow I came across some info on a recently released book called "Paint it back: The History of American Graffiti". Unfortunately it was only about a scheduled signing in NYC so I had to browse the web all on my own to find out more. And I did. So to save you the gruelling process of googling yourself just hit the picture below to get more info or click here to order it from a retailer in Germany. Of course you could also just use amazon but as we all know there are reasons not to. I'm sure you'll find another source for the book if you're into that kinda stuff and do not live in Germany.