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April 21, 2003

Takin' ya back to the old school, cuz I'm an old fool thats so cool
Posted by Matt in Day to Day

I saw something that caught my eye the other day and I hope it makes it to the US. First off, skirt lenght here is "WICKED" short (schwing) and second some women wear these white skirts that are see through. Anyway, I was getting off the train and this girl was in front of me. I must say, it was a very nice leopard skin thong that she was wearing. As for other fashions, some of it takes you back to the days of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo". Every night on the way back to my hotel in Utsunomia, I walk down a long corridor and on my left are about 3-5 kids bustin out windmills and backspins. It is complete with the "boom box" blasin the loud music for all to hear. Makes me wish I never gave up break dancing, I would have loved to bust out in some old school moves. I wonder if they ever saw all the movies I grew up with. Of them, Beat Street was my favorite. There was a graffiti artist in it called Remo who dies dramatically after getting in a fight with "Spit", another graffiti artist who was painting over everyones graffiti. Thinking back on it, there is this whole situation which was cool back then but just screams "loser" now. Remo gets his girlfriend pregnant so he gets an appartment for them to move in together. He cant afford any furniture so he graffitis the house with the artwork of furniture. He painted a fridge, a sofa, and some paintings on the wall before falling on to the third track on the subway (the electric track, high voltage).

Anyhoo, graffiti is starting to pop up here. Nothing like it was back home but it is more like the 80's when block letters were cool rather then the so called "wild style" it evolved into. I am curious if in 10 yrs, their graffiti will catch up to us as well.

Well peace out homies - keep it real :-P

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Comments

Brings a whole new dimension to "days go by and still I think of you..."

It's a sign. Now I have to get a Mitsubishi Eclipse. :-)

(for anyone who's confused, be sure to check out the Dirty Vegas video for "Days Go By").

Posted by: Jess at April 21, 2003 10:34 AM

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