A little off topic video about a very early form of internet. In 2009 when strong newspapers like the New York Times are struggling to stay in business, one can only look to the past for clues of what will happen in the future and this short report from 1981 says alot.

Loads of updates up on the Write4Gold site about the 2009 competitions. Check out the freshly announced crews for Denmark and Italy, the new event for Write4Gold Mid Europe in Vienna and much more, all found right here.

Having a little chat about graffiti in the UK.

Hiphop in Russia 2000, check out a fresh video about the oldschool in a new and upcoming scene, language in the video is english, footage is from enormeous Moscow…

Smash 137 is not only busy smashing out amazing quality and qaunteties of graffiti, he also has two very nice sites, the Smash137 site with loads of photos and the SmashTrash site with tons of crazy outlines.

The crazy kiwi crew, TMD from New Zealand, have a new website up, featuring their amazing graffiti burners, designs and news. Check it out right here.

Very nicely produced video with Foes Crew painting an underpass in Dundalk, Ireland.

From the UK comes Wordplay Magazine #5 with a collection of the best graffiti from the past year, featuring writers from all over the UK, covering surfaces from trains, tubes, girls, walls, tracksides, HOFs & more! More info at their Myspace here and their website here.

Timelapse video from Sao Paolo, Brazil where two big roller pieces gets done in broad daylight…

Horrible news from Sydney, Australia where the judicial system apparently thinks its a good idea to send an 18 year old girl with no prior criminal record to jail for 3 months for doing single tag on a cafe. Damage is estimated at 200$ for the 30×60 cm tag. Read the crazy story here.