claydwilli Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I’ve noticed a new tag around Houston in the last few months. They are simple tags with the letters “GY.” They do not seem to be done by anyone with any particular talent and are more often than not just black lines on a wall, or the base of a stoplight. This makes me think that they are a new gang tag. They have been showing up in the Montrose and Museum districts and down Richmond towards the Galleria. I was wondering if they might have been transplanted from New Orleans. Does anyone know anything about this?mentioned this fella earlier in the taft/w. gray thread:http://www.houstonarchitecture.info/haif/i...indpost&p=60075i believe "GY"/graveyard, is one person who primarily tags in 4th ward,downton & montrose. modern tagging is not all gang related. i actually see fellas around 6:30am off of w. alabama tagging along the street infull view. the new thing is for fellas to actually include the time the tag was made, which is sort of silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 the new thing is for fellas to actually include the time the tag was made, which is sort of silly.I hope prosecutors use this information at sentencing hearings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted February 12, 2006 Share Posted February 12, 2006 I hope prosecutors use this information at sentencing hearings.well, i think its silly partly because it seems that patrolling would be increased, since indeed, many tags are made around the same time. the area i am talking about is where i ride my bike towork daily and i have yet to see any increase in (or presence of) patrolling, even as the tagging has increased exponentially in that area.yet, they do seem to post citations on the empty buildings that are tagged in quite a hurry... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
groovehouse Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 yet, they do seem to post citations on the empty buildings that are tagged in quite a hurry...increased patrolling for graffiti probably ain't gonna happen, it seems like it's easier for the city to post citations on the buildings rather than the taggers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TJones Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 I've seen an actual full name tag of "GRAVEYARD'S" with a couple of tombstones and such , not just a "GY", right around Montrose and Dallas, by an entrance to a dwelling on the fence facing the street. I was wondering the significance of it. I think I know now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Great Hizzy! Posted February 13, 2006 Share Posted February 13, 2006 There was an article in the Chronicle just last week on the city's plan to step up its anti-graffiti campaign, which includes cooperative efforts from residents and businesses in various communities. "Gray" paint seems to be the weapon of choice in erasing the unwanted graffiti in many cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 sorry folks but i just had to post this i can only hope you can make the connection... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 i can only hope you can make the connection... I get it. Don't think of the gray graffiti abatement paint ("elephant snot") as a blight on the landscape; think of it as our own Rothko-esque public art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77017 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 GY does stand for graveyard. Its the name of their crew, its not one person. GY was started by Yano, Meat and Verb as a merger between 2 crews, Yano's RTL, and Meat and Verbs DTS. Now GY is Bones, Abel, Lingo, Epic, Germ, and a few others. And no, none of them are black refugees from New Orleans you rumor monger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 gee, and here i thought it was cheap ob/gyn ads... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverrat Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 gee, and here i thought it was cheap ob/gyn ads... Hey...no humor on this board, please. This is a laff-free zone..take it to Comedy Central where it belongs, or the "Suits" will dematerialize you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 Hey...no humor on this board, please. This is a laff-free zone..take it to Comedy Central where it belongs, or the "Suits" will dematerialize you !!There's actually plenty of humor on this board. It's just your Spongebob imitations that were humorless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 GY does stand for graveyard. Its the name of their crew, its not one person. GY was started by Yano, Meat and Verb as a merger between 2 crews, Yano's RTL, and Meat and Verbs DTS. Now GY is Bones, Abel, Lingo, Epic, Germ, and a few others.I'd love to put a cap in all of their helmets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 increased patrolling for graffiti probably ain't gonna happen, it seems like it's easier for the city to post citations on the buildings rather than the taggers!Part of the problem is that taggers have to be caught in the act, and they work quickly.We have a law on the books preventing people from carrying open containers of alcohol, which is supposed to cut down on public intoxication and drunk driving. We even have a law in Texas preventing people from carrying wire cutters (left over from the days when free-range cattlemen battled ranchers.) So why not pass an ordinace against carrying spray paint? I can think of no good reason why anyone should be toting around five cans of spray paint at three o'clock in the morning. Perhaps the threat of fines or jail time would discourage people from doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 sorry folks but i just had to post this i can only hope you can make the connection... Why doesn't someone go out and spray the words "STAMP OUT GRAFFITTI" where most of it is painted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 There's actually plenty of humor on this board. It's just your Spongebob imitations that were humorless.OUCH ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77017 Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 BRILLIANT !!! Except you are assuming that spray painters can read English.Of course they can, GY is all white guys from the Montrose except for one, who's a white guy from L.A. . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidtownCoog Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 GY is all white guys All they are missing is the "A". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 14, 2006 Share Posted February 14, 2006 amen to that! What I can't understand is why at least one freaking cop can't see these dudes up on a friggin' highway sign? WTF? Our growing graffiti problem is making our city look like crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hydepark Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 All they are missing is the "A".Before Katrina, in all the areas I fuss about ... in the loop around Montrose they were tagged with yarI saw that one from montrose down to allen parkway and down on yes ...Tremont Tower and there is more now behind wendys and one the back corner of Tremont towers since they got it all off the westhiemer side. I have seen more, but Yar seems to not be around anymore?Some of them are really talented, I just wish they could find a construcitve use for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torvald Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Before Katrina, in all the areas I fuss about ... in the loop around Montrose they were tagged with yarI saw that one from montrose down to allen parkway and down on yes ...Tremont Tower and there is more now behind wendys and one the back corner of Tremont towers since they got it all off the westhiemer side. I have seen more, but Yar seems to not be around anymore?Some of them are really talented, I just wish they could find a construcitve use for it.GY was around before katrina... seems like it was mostly "meat" & "verb" in my area. when they paint over things with grey its just a new canvas for the next round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 sorry folks but i just had to post this i can only hope you can make the connection... No, I can't. I guess I'm slow, dense, and dim-witted. You'll have to enlighten me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
77017 Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 No, I can't. I guess I'm slow, dense, and dim-witted. You'll have to enlighten me.I think Ashikaga is George Takei from star trek. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeightsGuy Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 No, I can't. I guess I'm slow, dense, and dim-witted. You'll have to enlighten me.Pretty sure he's referring to Rothko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Pretty sure he's referring to Rothko.Who is Rothko? I've never been into those outer space shows like Star Trek, so I've also never heard of George Takei, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Mark Rothko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashikaga Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Mark RothkoIn my view, when the camera was invented, art became a needless luxury. Or, like Karl Marx said about religion: "The opiate of the masses". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinite_jim Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 GY does stand for graveyard. Its the name of their crew, its not one person. GY was started by Yano, Meat and Verb as a merger between 2 crews, Yano's RTL, and Meat and Verbs DTS. Now GY is Bones, Abel, Lingo, Epic, Germ, and a few others. And no, none of them are black refugees from New Orleans you rumor monger.RESPECT TO THE OPPRESSED ARTISTS!keep on keepin on, give this town REAL culture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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