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What do graffiti artist BVIS (real name: Bryan Herrin) and alleged terrorist Yousef Mohammad Ramadan have in common? What is the lowest common denominator here?
I'll give you all a clue. From the thin Metro Times article…
Despite Mayor Mike Duggan’s crackdown on graffiti, BVIS told Metro Times that he wasn’t afraid of getting caught. […] “I love just getting away with shit,” BVIS told us. “But part of me is like, I know people like it. It feels good to make people smile. But it is mostly the adrenaline rush.”
These two (Herrin and Ramadan) and many, many, oh so many people who, shall we say, work outside of the law (regardless where on the gamut) just can't resist painting a huge, neon red target on their backs. Some people just can't shut up.
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That said, from an Art History perspective, I like BVIS's guerilla art. I like that it's got elements—knowingly or not—of Pop Art, Outsider Art and even Deconstruction.
I also think that the penalty being bandied about is a tad extreme but IANAL. I'll ask my attorney what she thinks.
From the Freep's coverage…
Last week, a search warrant was served at Herrin’s home, police said. After his arrest, he now faces six counts of malicious destruction of property. Each count is punishable by up to four years in prison if found guilty; Herrin faces a total of 24 years. Bond was set at $50,000, which Herrin paid.
When asked whether Herrin's capture stemmed from his interview with Metro Times, [Detroit Police Sgt. Daron] Zhou could not ~~stop nodding and smirking~~ comment.
Snark all mine.
Hey, kids, wanna hear about the worst criminal activity in which I've ever been involved? I could tell you…but then I'd have to kill you.
Freep alt link for your convenience via archive.is
What We Want Now
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cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/13306381
Found this over at one of our regular sites, Michigan Advance, but honestly, it reads like a (not-very) covert ad for author Dave Liske's new book The Flint Coney. Flint Coney?!
That said I'm linking to the updated PBS video from which this comes from which plays less like one big book plug.
Moar Coney! BONUS:
- the original 2015 Made In Detroit broadcast about Detroit's coneys
Tell me you're not craving a couple of dogs now. What's that? You say you're vegetarian? Vegan? Well then…
- Velvet Peanut Butter!, with one of the greatest logos in the modern world ever! "Fresh! Pure! Delicious!"
Found this over at one of our regular sites, Michigan Advance, but honestly, it reads like a (not-very) covert ad for author Dave Liske's new book The Flint Coney. Flint Coney?!
That said I'm linking to the updated PBS video from which this comes from which plays less like one big book plug.
Moar Coney! BONUS:
- the original 2015 Made In Detroit broadcast about Detroit's coneys
Tell me you're not craving a couple of dogs now. What's that? You say you're vegetarian? Vegan? Well then…
- Velvet Peanut Butter!, with one of the greatest logos in the modern world ever! "Fresh! Pure! Delicious!"
"It ain't fair, John Sinclair
In the can for breathin' air"
Stay sick, scratch glass, turn blue, climb walls…but don't get caught!
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Righteous! ✊
…hence the post title.
Thank you for that.
"Discreet messaging," my ass.
I'm assuming (ass = u + me) you're not just blindly grumbling and speaking of the article here…
The costs for such a conversion would surely be high, he and others said. But the costs may not be prohibitive if the project taps the many financial incentives for development that are now available in Michigan. […] Poris noted how the original RenCen towers will soon turn 50 years old, an age that would open them to qualifying for historical preservation tax credits.
“You are seeing buildings, as recent as the ‘70s, being designated historic, and then you can utilize the historic tax credits to renovate them," he said. […] Even though the federal historical tax credit program discourages big modifications to a building's interior, special exceptions can be granted.
[all emphasis mine -- r^2^ ]
Yeah, I kinda bristled at that as well. OTOH, even though it is prime riverfront property, who's going to touch without some kind of tax incentive?
For those who give a rat's ass: I'm looking at this post from both Voyager and Jerboa and both apps completely yet uniquely mangle the citation's footnotes, which render correctly in a web browser.
If you're so interested, you can view source and follow the links from there.
-- your friendly neighborhood OP, r^2^