street art

1. Scarabeus Theatre - Theater company producing and promoting performances in streets and outdoor spaces to make art accessible to audiences of non-theater goers. www.scarabeus.co.uk Mama
2. The Art of Urban Cycling- Lessons from the Street

   The Art of Urban Cycling

   Lessons from the Street:
   • Book by Robert Hurst.
3. Banksy - [Bristol] Graffiti artist shows and explains some of his best work. www.banksy.co.uk Mama
4. ekosystem.org :: graffiti posters stickers trains street art ... - Worldwide Graffiti news and Street art galleries. ... Street-art tourist report from Prague + Sweza has a new website. www.ekosystem.org Mama
5. A Sweet Gar Named Desire: New Orleans joins street art craze - [CNN] cnn.com Mama
6. Royal Street Art Galleries and wine - Photos of the New Orleans Wine and Food experience including vintner dinners and the Royal Street Stroll. goneworleans.about.com Mama
7. Art for arts' sake - Art for arts' sake free art event on Julia Street in New Orleans. goneworleans.about.com Mama
8. White Linen Night in the Arts/Warehouse District of New Orleans - White Linen Night on Julia Street in New Orleans. A night for art, wine, martinis, and fun in New Orleans' Arts/Warehouse District. goneworleans.about.com Mama
9. Dirty Linen Night - A fun night on Royal Street in New Orleans. Art galleries, shops, wine tasting, entertainment and refreshments all on Royal Street's Dirty Linen Night. goneworleans.about.com Mama
10. Havana Street retro clip art and stock illustration - Retro clip art, stock illustration and custom design. Visit us for downloadable retro clip art and stock illustration, all created by the artists at Havana ... www.havanastreet.com Mama
11. Taking It to the Street - Making Your Martial Art Street Effective

    Taking It to the Street

    Making Your Martial Art Street Effective:
    • Book by Marc Animal [MacYoung]Create?.
12. Art, Photos & September 11 - Street - Art, Photos & September 11 - by Peter Marshall for About Photography. photography.about.com Mama
13. Billy Rose Theatre Collection - Archive at the New York Public Library devoted to the theatrical arts. The collection encompasses performance, from street corner to stage to stu ... www.nypl.org Mama
14. Easy-Drop - stencil art and other street art hk.geocities.com Mama
15. Street Art Gallery Online - Automotive Art Gallery First Time Visitors: Welcome to my automotive "Street Art" Gallery, where ... STREET ART GALLERY 6758 Limpkin Drive Orlando, FL 32810 407-758-9458 e-mail: streetart@gbiznet.com ... www.mystreetart.com Mama
16. Fish Out of Water - Fish are swimming out of water on the streets of Baltimore, come see! baltimore.about.com Mama
17. King Street Traders Antiques & Fine Art - King Street traders and Gallery located in Malvern in Chester County Pa. offers a large and interesting art and antique show rooms. www.kingstreettraders.com Mama
18. Applied Fighting Methods. Practical Street Self-Defense and Mixed Martial... - Kin Kuen Do - Applied Fighting Methods of Gilbert Arizona. Is based on JKD, Jeet Kune Do Concepts, Kickboxing, Trapping, Grappling, Kali, Escrima. PRACTICAL ... kinkuendo.1afm.com Mama
19. Armored Fish of Fish Out of Water in Baltimore - Fish are swimming out of water on the streets of Baltimore, come see! baltimore.about.com Mama
20. Graffiti Women- Street Art from Five Continents

    Graffiti Women

    Street Art from Five Continents:
    • Book by Nicholas Ganz and Nancy [MacDonald]Create?.
21. Sherlock Holmes: Baker Street Dozen - Table of Contents - TABLE OF CONTENTS "Yes, my correspondence has certainly the charm of variety..." - Sherlock Holmes in The Noble Bachelor Return to Entrance - Book News - ... bakerstreetdozen.com Mama
22. Street Art 3D - ... Threedimensionell Street Art for german Telekom This Promotion was done for the the most popular telecommunication-group. In most of the large german citys street artists painted a magenta colored ... www.european-street-painting.com Mama
23. Eltononline Street Art - Virtual street art gallery showcasing art, logotypes, and graffiti in the streets of Paris, Madrid, and all over the world. www.eltono.com Mama
24. Old Street Art - An online original art gallery for up and coming artists. Art is displayed with colour photographs, descriptions, artist information and pricing. www.oldstreetart.com Mama
25. Wooster Collective - ... Powered by Movable Type Thu >> Apr 20, 2006 "Plant More Native" Houtlust showcases another terrific outdoor campaign that takes its cue from street art. Last year the Auckland Regional Council ... www.woostercollective.com Mama
26. Grand Rapids Graffiti and Street Art - Covers the underground graffiti and street art scene walls and trains by local and non-local artists. Includes organization profile, gallery, photo categorization primer and contact information. www.equalized.org Mama
27. The Rock Garden of Fish Out of Water in Baltimore - Fish are swimming out of water on the streets of Baltimore, come see! baltimore.about.com Mama
28. William Shakesperch of Fish Out of Water in Baltimore - Fish are swimming out of water on the streets of Baltimore, come see! baltimore.about.com Mama
29. The Art Of Rebellion- The World Of Street Art

    The Art Of Rebellion

    The World Of Street Art:

• Book by Christian Hundertmark.

The Art of Urban Cycling- Lessons from the Street

The Art of Urban Cycling

Lessons from the Street:

• Review:: 'Take responsibility for riding Excellent book for any rider who rides to commute or just rides to live. Blends the learnings of "Effective Cycling :6th edition" and other inner city riding techniques. Provides a non-biased view of riding in the city and it's surrounds and urges all riders to take responsibity for their actions on the road.
• Review:: 'Practical and Sensible The inclusion of the word "art" in the title of this book made me fear that this book would be laying out a pretentious philosophy of cycling as a form of pseudo-mysticism, a bicycle version of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance." Gratefully, these fears were unfounded, and what we have instead is a very sober and practical account of the pleasures, risks, and techniques of cycling in an urban environment. Opening with a brief history of cycling in America, and a discussion of the emergence of the automobile and its effects on urban design, the book moves on to describe and analyze the various kinds of hazards the urban cyclist will face, and how best to deal with them. In doing this, the author avoids the strident sermonizing often characteristic of those who promote "alternative" and "earth-friendly" forms of recreation. Above all, the author emphasizes the importance of constant vigilance as the best way to avoid accident and injury. And, without getting too mystical about it, he points out that this heightened awareness or vigilance in avoiding trouble is - paradoxically - one of the main pleasures of cycling. Cycling, for Hurst, is very much a thinking man's (or woman's) game. The author also discusses cycling clothing, helmets (pro-and-con), and pros-and-cons regarding different types of bicycles (he favors traditional narrow-wheeled road bikes over mountain bikes and their offshoots). In all of this he is non-dogmatic, seeing both sides of every issue. Good is this book is, I gave it four stars instead of five because the author is not a particularly memorable stylist, and I think he could have gone into more detail about the clothing and equipment alternatives. These quibbles aside, I can recommend the book without reservation.
• Review:: 'Well Written and Informative It is rare a book be so informative and yet so entertaining. It is full of all kinds of tidbits, in addition to the practical information on riding in an urban environment. Definately helped me...
• Review:: 'Motivating, pragmatic, entertaining, well written and thoroughly referenced. The best "how to" cycling book out there. I've bought several copies for myself, strategically placed to rarely be far from one. Having ridden in cities for over 40 years, I still found every page, infact almost every paragraph contained a pearl. Pros and cons of controvertial issues are presented, and with excellent references, making the author's recommendations so much more authoritative. Two of many examples: The helmet controversy is addressed, including most the anti-helmet arguments, yet concludes: "Wear a helmet, but don't let it get to your head", which encompasses the notion of 'risk compensation' without directly mentioning it (which would have opened up a real Pandora's box). Mirrors are credited with negating some of the need to look back, but yet Hurst tellingly mentions "Turning back can have almost the same effect as a turn signal". There are literally hundreds of similar insights to safe riding. Safety is the first priority throughout the book, yet it's much too inspiring and humourous to be treated as an instruction manual. Recommended without any reservation!
• Review:: 'Great reading and sensible analyses Hurst has produced a book that is applicable to cyclists of all types, not just urban cyclists. As someone who commutes in a mixed urban/suburban environment, I found the insights and advice to be very practical. Hurst's writing style is casual but brilliant, very conversational but never lacking in substance. The book is well-designed and easy to browse or read at length -- I've done both. It places many aspects of cycling (helmets, bike paths, injuries, and road protocol) in a practical perspective, updating many classic analyses along the way. Highly recommended if you find that reading/learning about cycling is part of why you enjoy cycling.

• Similar books:
• Effective Cycling- 6th Edition
• Urban Bikers' Tricks & Tips- Low-Tech & No-Tech Ways to Find, Ride, & Keep a Bicycle
• Sloane's Complete Book of Bicycling- The Cyclist's Bible (25th Anniversary Edition)
• Messengers Style
• Bicycling Science- Third Edition

Taking It to the Street - Making Your Martial Art Street Effective

Taking It to the Street

Making Your Martial Art Street Effective:

• Review:: 'It's All the Same...With a Grain of Salt Marc "Animal" [MacYoung]Create? is on another roll. This "ex-streetfighter" turned bookwriter sounds like he's shooting the crap at a party where he's the center of attention and no one can get another word in. At times he sounds full of himself. He starts stories in the middle, very rarely finishes them and pontificates on life and society sometimes where one has no other choice but to fast forward. If I were one of those people listening to him as he told these stories, I'd find myself constantly saying, "So what happened?" or "How did this thing start. What did you do to cause this guy to pick you, of all the people in the room, to want to stomp?" It's frustrating when he gets into his storytelling, only to trail off into social commentary when he's left everyone begging a number of questions. As a journalist, I've heard a great number of stories by a great number of interesting people: death row inmates, wardens, World War II heroes, including infantrymen, submariners and the sort. And most could leave you sitting on the edge of your seat. Sometimes I find myself almost yelling at [MacYoung]Create?'s books: "Can't you give it a rest? Get back to the story. How did you get yourself into this and did the guy ever come back to even the score?" I'd be dishonest if I said I didn't enjoy his colorful language or his stories. His interspection into the other characters in his life aren't given much thought. He'll say things like, I don't know what the guy's problem was, maybe he got a verbal beating from his old lady and hadn't gotten laid that day." What kind of social analysis is this. He'd just been talking about why certain societies rise and fall and now THIS? Grain of salt is how I'd take [MacYoung]Create?, but he is entertaining. He knows that, his editors know that and he's making $$$ on being entertaining. And that's great up to a point. He now has to find ways of making his books not just more of the same. And he's got a real chore ahead of him. ***-1/2 stars
• Review:: 'A missing link for practitioners of "hard" martial arts. Many buyers of this book are undoubtedly practitioners of "hard" arts seeking guidance on application of the more dubious moves of their disciplines in street confrontations. If readers expect to be instructed in realistic applications of Karate or Taekwondo blocks and stances, they may feel misled by the title since such subjects are barely touched upon. [MacYoung]Create?'s purpose here is a different one. "Hard" arts generally teach practitioners to exchange blows at a certain distance. Grappling arts show how to fight an opponent from a clinch or on the ground. Authors like Geoff Thompson emphasize sizing up a potential attacker and resolving with pre-emptive strikes. What none of these address is how to handle the wild onrush of an attacker who has already initiated his assault and who is not going to stand back and trade blows. This book aims to make "hard" martial arts street effective not by re-explaining their existing techniques but by filling in certain gaps, principally by applying "soft" blocking and takedown concepts from Wing Chun and Silat. Karate/Taekwondo practitioners may find this difficult to reconcile with their own styles - unless they subscribe to the opinion (not addressed in this book) that the "hard" arts once had a considerable "soft" content, and that movements like those now labelled "blocks" were originally something else altogether - but is a valuable and effective complement nevertheless. The book also includes good advice on the nature of violence and how to avoid it, and emphasizes "winning while escaping". Stylistically, [MacYoung]Create?'s easygoing tone and humour may or may not please, but behind it is a well written book which succeeds in communicating concept and technique in words. Some sections can at first seem repetitive or difficult to follow (not helped by the lack of clear labelling of photos - my one major gripe), but this is due to the complexity of the concepts examined. This book requires more than one reading to get the most out of it, and will certainly reward those willing to do so.
• Review:: 'answering the critics I love this book, and I really am a huge Marc [MacYoung]Create? fan. I would really like to take this opportunity to answer the critics. First of all, there have been a lot of reviews of this book that basically say "how can we know that Marc has real street experience". Well, true. But how do we know anyone has real street experience ? Like, um, how do we know that Geoff Thompson is not a computer IT consultant who wrote his bouncer bio while riding the train to and from work - i.e. making it up ? the truth is, we don't. But, I have to say, from reading a LOT of what Marc [MacYoung]Create? has written, it has never crossed my mind that he is not for real. In fact, he makes a big deal about saying how the "street" sucks. Also, the gangs that shot at him were probably Mexican gangs in the 1970s or 1980s, not today's gangs. also, regarding knife fighting, he states very clearly that he spent his "knife fighting career" either running away, or retreating. I doubt that if Marc had made it all up, he would state that. It just sounds too realistic to me. Also, see his website www.nononsenseselfdefense.com. That also looks real. I also doubt that Peyton Quinn would associate with Marc, if Marc were a "wannabe". Unless Quinn is too, which I also seriously doubt. Yes, Marc's book is highly silat/kali/wing chun based, but so what ? those are great arts. I do silat, and it is by far one of the most street-effective arts out there. I like the fact that this book is principle-based. for example: take the centerline seems like really good advice to me. Also, many, many people (and I do JKD, so I know), will say, "whoever hits first wins", but Marc makes the point that he has seen guys hit first and then get thrown across a pool table by a guy who could "eat the punch". How often do even the best boxers get a k.o. with ONE PUNCH ? I doubt even Ali or Tyson in his prime could win a street fight that way. One main point in this book is takedowns are a MUCH more effective way to win a real fight than beating someone with your fists, or [worse yet] with kicks. The reason is, many people can "eat" incoming punches if they really want to get to you. However, noone can battle gravity if you throw them down. AND, the floor is very hard. I know this because I have done takedowns on the street, and I can tell you, they DO work. The thing Marc says about protecting the bad guy's head in order not to go to jail also totally rings true, and was totally also my experience, in that I once put an old aggressive drunk down, and had to protect HIS head in that way, to avoid really hurting him. Anyway, the real hype to my are some of the critiques of Marc. he is the real deal, as far as I can tell. This is a great Martial arts, self defense book.
• Review:: 'Principle Based Effectiveness The principles in this book will help make just about anyone more effective in their day-to-day self-defense. I recommend it to anyone who asks me how to improve their basic self-defense knowledge.

  The principles include:

  1 - Understanding that the normal rules of polite society are out the window. (i.e. the "no kicking in the jimmy" rule doesn't apply in a real fight);

  2 - Understanding the different distances involved in fighting;

  3 - Using your opponent's axes and controlling the centerline;

  4 - Using the wedge and other blocking techniques;

  5 - Stepping into your opponent rather than retreating (when appropriate);

  6 - Dealing with kicks;

  7 - Proper and effective footwork;

  8 - Dirty tricks;

  9 - Understanding the realities of street fighting (e.g. "If the guy wasn't sure he could take you, he wouldn't have moved against you in the first place" i.e. he has stacked the deck in his favor and it's your job to unstack it);

  10 - many other useful and important things.

  I cannot recommend this book highly enough to help people augment their training. It won't replace training, but it can certainly help people understand that, when fit and shan collide, there are other things to consider besides a head-high round kick. Things which may just save your life.

  Additionlly, I recommend checking out his website, http://www.nononsenseselfdefense.com/

  As for the negative reviews on this book, it seems to me that many of the people who have knocked this book have done so for one of two reasons:

  1 - they don't like Marc's attitude; or,
  2 - they don't believe his background.

  As for #1, like it or not, fine. To each his or her own. But these reviewers generally complain without ever really engaging the principles contained in the book and their effectiveness.

  Concerning #2, the same idea applies. While I happen to very much believe that Marc has been where he says he has and done what he says he has done, the people who make this argument also do not make many fact-based criticisms of the material inside the book.

• Review:: 'It deserves only 2 stars really Ok, in my mind, the book only deserves 2 stars but I gave it 5 so this review ends up on the top of the list. The list is not chronological because you are to read the good stuff first and buy w/o reading the rest.
  I have been doing kick boxing for three years now. So I guess the book is targeted at people like me. Not professional but also no novice.
  While I find much of the psychological and topographical analysis of a street fight interesting, the actual fighting techniques seem much less strýight forward than the author tries to make believe. Indeed while they might work for Mr.[MacYoung]Create? I don't see how they'll ever work for me. It seems all of his technique is predicated on blocking a punch or kick with his "wedge" technique. Moreover, he considers this "a walk in the park". He claims that blocking becomes easy once you stop looking at the fist/foot that is coming at you but at the "hubs" (read:shoulders, hips) that move before the fist/foot starts flying at you. This, he explains, buys you ample time to eg. take a step forward and drive the wendge into the opponents shoulder hence blocking the punch, or when faced with a front kick to lift your own leg and stomp on the incoming kick before it hits you.
  Well, I personally find it hard to believe that anyone would be able to do this consistently, and cetainly not the average guy like me. Because: If you see a hub moving, by the time you have realized it, the punch or the kick will have connected. You don't have time for a thought, unless the opponent is so slow that he doesn't present a threat in the first place. If the other guy starts moving his foot, you won't be able to lift yours and block his kick by stomping on it. Unless you are Bruce Lee, you would not be fast enough. Try it in sparring, it's way too fast. Most of his advice is based on these blocking techniques being easy to execute. But they
  are not. So the book is not useful, where the actual fighting techniques are concerned. On top of that there is no biography of the author included which gives rise to a credibility issue. Aside his references to his own greatness there is no other feed back on the author included. Maybe he is just a legend in his own mind.

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