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Next Episode :: Chief And TheDoomsdayDevice Presents ‘Welcome To Your Doom’

Posted on December 15, 2016 | Leave a comment

After several months of brainstorming and planning, I am proud to announce my latest creative venture. Welcome To Your Doom is a webseries I am creating/curating, and it will be an attempt to move my tastemaker status into the YouTube realm. Each episode will focus on a different topic… some specific to my hometown of Austin, and some specific to people/places/practices I have been a part of over the years. Episode 001 is a focus on the street art of Austin, with pieces I have found online focusing on the Hope Gallery, Jason E, Mike Johnston and REST. Hopefully this series will continue to grow, and everyone out there will allow me to guide them through my influences and experiences. Thank you in advance.

-chief

Deep REST :: Uncovering ‘RESTLESS ARTFORM – A Graffiti Doc About An Austin TX Writer’

Posted on December 8, 2016 | Leave a comment

The city of Austin, although at times in a contentious matter, has long supported hip hop and all of its cultural elements. DJs have thrived in the city, MCs are plentiful and range in styles, and BBoy crews have a safe haven in BBoy City (approaching 25 years of existence). Like most every major city, however, its relationship with Graffiti is a complex one. A few years ago, Egosheriff Films explored this complex dynamic via RESTLESS ARTFORM – A doc about an Austin TX writer. The focus lies on REST, an Austin writer with an interesting past, and plenty of unique (but understandable) viewpoints about how he expresses himself among the madness that is day to day life down here in Weird City. This documentary is very well made (the identity hiding animations are hilarious), and definitely deserves a focus.

-chief