thatgirl

she's a dj. yeah, that girl right there.she just so happens to go by "thatgirl" too. and if you ever see her on the bill, rest assure she will have your yearn for good music satisfied. she spins throughout the bay area, so, if you get a chance to dance, find her gig. her web site is coming soon!

san jose underground

this tunnel is symbolic to san jose's underground scene and when i speak of underground, i speak of hip hop. in most metropolitan cities of our size in population (1+ million), this hidden gem would be a graffiti artists' wet dream and underground hip hop would be alive and prospering. this is a perfect place for them to call home and create some dope pieces. an underground art gallery if you will.

this location is perfect, simply because it's not visible to the public, whom most hate and don't understand graffiti art and fight hard to keep it out of public view. i've been dieing to go in there, with protection of course, to see what could be a really dope art walk or, disappointing ambitions.

it was neither, leaning towards disappointment. i'd say about 1/3 of the tunnel has graff and the graff that's in it is mediocre. on this day, there were only 2 good pieces up and the rest were, lets say, elementary. i've been in here a couple of times since this photo and only noticed 1 new piece and it was really good. maybe i will do a series of it and perhaps one day run into the artist who is putting up the dope shit. too early to tell at this point if it's the same person or a small battle going on where one artist paints over the others' piece.

perhaps shedding more light on this place will encourage more colorful, creative activity here.

perhaps...