Metagraffiti collects more than 20 short films from all over the world. With two long essays about graffitifilm and a running time of over 120 minutes Metagraffiti is a vibrant testimony of the development of today’s graffiti art. Directors for the DVD is amazing Andreas Johnsen and Akay, its published by Dokument in Stockholm, Sweden and available here with more info.

New Copenhagen graffiti fanzine out, in 300 copies, available in local selected shops. But also available in online format right here.

The Molotow and Friends project is updated with more nice work, this time from Zomby, Scheme, Tilt and Ewok. See all the updates and photos here and check out the new Molotow and Friends Flickr too.

Bean One has a live calligraphy show coming up at the finest shop in Florence, Italy, Gold – Your Local Street Dealer.

The opening scene of the movie Body Rock from 1984 about a streetdancer in NYC. I need to find this one and watch it, untill then, enjoy the first 4 minutes of cheesy 80s music, streetdancing and wholecar action…

Westcoast legend Saber MSK AWR is staying busy in the new year and already has a new 2009 print out, very dope artwork, signed, numbered and limited in 100 copies, very affordable and available at his nice website right here.

Danish graffiti history rolling right here, The infamous A-Line Vandals home video from 1991, featuring burners by Rens and Sek on the old Copenhagen S-trains. Remember, this is 18 years ago…

The mother of all graffiti forums and one of the leading brands in the graffiti media for the past 16 years, 12ozProphet, has been relaunched for 2009 with a new lineup of blogs, check it out right here…

Rash , a 73 minute documentary about graffiti and streetart in Melbourne, Australia, more information here.

In the Australian case of Cheyane Back, the 18 year old girl who recently was convicted to 3 months in jail for 1 tag, we found this interesting article from Professor Chris Cunneen, NewSouth Global Chair in Criminology in the Faculty of Law of the University of New South Wales, here.
“By going to jail, she will however have the opportunity to meet and talk with women who have been previously imprisoned and with women who have far more extensive offending histories than hers. She will learn quite a lot about crime and prison culture.
And what of the cost to us, the taxpayers? According to the Productivity Commission’s 2009 report, the cost per prisoner per day in New South Wales is $280.60. The cost to put Cheyane Back in jail for three months will be over $33,600. Frankly, I would have preferred to have seen her meet with the owner of the property she damaged and clean up her mess.”