Hitch bros. on Megawords radio!

The Hitch bros. brough the Chicago sound to Megawords radio this Thursday with a 3 hour all out assault... a new level of room energy in our studios. With the monitors on blast the Hitches schooled us in the sounds they discovered to be most influential to them growing up in Chi-town, including thee heaviest Aphex Twin set i've ever experienced!!!! PEACE in 2007!!!

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays from Megawords Magazine and Smyrski Creative! The photo is from insdie the route 15 trolley on Richmond street, all decked out for the season.

Interview on Philebrity

Joey Sweeney interviewed me about the release of Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia on his blog Philebrity this past Thursday. Check it out here!

Megawords Radio 12.21.06

Another installment of Megaword Radio live sessions took place this week, featuring an improv electronic session with the Reggiani brothers, with Dan Murphy. Despite some techincal issues early in the studio, everything was sorted and came together wonderfully. Next week look out for another fraternal sonic blessing courtesy of the brothers Hitch.

Advertising Age picks Swindle issue 8 as one of their favorite covers of 2006

Yes!Check it out here!

Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia OUT NOW!

PUBLIC WALL WRITING IN PHILADELPHIA
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NEW BOOK CAPTURES PHILLY GRAFFITI THROUGH 1960s, 70s, 80s
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FORGOTTEN CITYSCAPE OF ROCKY & RIZZO REMEMBERED ON FILM

PUBLIC WALL WRITING IN PHILADELPHIA is a book of photographs chronicling the history of wall writing in Philadelphia from the late 1960's through the early 1980's. Images of SEPTA stations and platforms, gang corners and roll calls, anti-graffiti propaganda and buff-men, run-down neighborhoods and the citizens that inhabited them serve to paint a bleak yet timeless portrait of Philadelphia.

The phenomenon of wall writing permeates all the photos: Graffiti in the 11th Street Concourse as dense as overgrown weeds; an image of a young man writing "Tom loves Kate" on a granite wall, a reminder that writers are not all "hoodlums" bent on destruction. Many seek to communicate. Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia will be well received by graffiti aficionados, historians, and anyone interested in the history of everyday urban life.

Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia is published by Megawords Magazine and Free News Projects. 96 pages, black and white, two-color perfect bound softcover, 9.5 x 13.5 inches plus 18 x 24 inch two-color poster. Limited Edition of 1,000.

Get yours at www.smyrskicreative.com/wallwriting

Check out www.megawordsmagazine.com and www.freenewsprojects.com for more.

Beales of Grey Gardens book project - Day One

Yesterday we spent the day in Harlem at the studio of Rebekah Maysles, daughter of the pioneer filmmaker Albert Maysles. Along with her and Laura Coxson, we began to sift through the immense trove of photographs, documents, letters and other miscellaneous errata collected over the years, all surrounding the lives of the Beales as well as the making of the films.

We are quite excited to be working on this project, and we expect the book to be released in late 2007/early 2008 by Free News Projects. Check back for updates!

Megawords Radio 12/7/06

Meagwords Radio continued its live series last night with an improv style set from Don Devore (souls she said, ink and dagger, icarus line, lilys) Gerhardt Koerner & Steve Keller (both of hi-soft and lilys) and Dan Murphy(Megawords Radio,SOTM). It was the first true test of having a full band in the studio and it was a success. Look out for the podcast along with other new podcasts coming soon to the Megawords magazine site. And please check out the already existing shows in the media section of the site.PEACE