Nosey and The Two Kings

I love trains and I love the artwork, graffiti, whatever you call it that is also displayed on the sides of trains. To me its a moving art gallery of many different styles. Styles that I will probably never see again. So whenever I see a train come by (often while I am having a beer at Wiseacre) I grab my camera and go see what is coming my way.

So I was in my car going down Broad Avenue when I was stopped by a train. This happens all the time and I actually enjoy when it happens. So instead of like most people trying to find a quick way around the train I happily pull out my camera and see what today's train brings me. There was the usual mix of gang tags, sloppily written curse words and one or two decent characters drawn on some train cars.

It was here I first noticed one of my favorite people Nosey had tagged the railway crossing blocker thingy. Then I noticed Vini's awesome Jerry Lawler sticker right next to it. So I took a shot of those with the train in the back ground with my 135mm lens. Then I thought "well it would be cool if there was something on one of the trains that would make the Jerry Lawler sticker more relevant." Sure enough about 3 boxcars down I saw some lettering that spelled "King" and presto you get the image seen above. Serendipity had struck!

So next time you are at the train tracks take a break and look at some cool artwork going by. Look closer and you might see something you might not have noticed before.

Marc Gasol of Memphis

Last April I was fortunate to be part of the camera crew for Craig Brewer's short film Of Memphis. This video was to promote how awesome our Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol is. Also since he is a free agent there is hope that this will help him make up his mind. I had a little time to take some photos behind the scenes.  

Wiseacre Memphis Wrestling Mural

Wiseacre Brewing already had a very cool mural that I called Southern Devastators up for some time. Now the same artist Nosey42 has put up a new collaboration with Birdcap celebrating the storied history of Memphis wrestling. It features Jerry "The King" Lawler vs Andre The Giant. Andy Kaufman and the Mid-South Coliseum are thrown in as good measure. It is my understanding that these murals will be rotated out once a year or so so you will have plenty of time to come check it out. As always you can check out more Memphis street art at my Memphis Street Art Page on Flickr.

 

Breezy

I first met Breezy working on a local film production in Memphis, TN. We hit it off immediately and she has become an integral part of the Memphis film community. She is one of those people you can rely on to do the job well and learn fast. Besides working for Choose 901 she is also quite a good photographer and go-to videographer. Here she was kind enough to pose for one of the first in a series of local Memphians I hope to profile on the blog.