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NEWSFLASH: There was a pretty significant Easter day earthquake yesterday for us Southern Californians. Registering a 7.2 in Baja California and reaching as far as Arizona, the quake was “the largest in the Southern California area since 1992, the U.S. Geological Survey reported” and was felt in Los Angeles by those of us who weren’t walking or moving around at an Easter party at the Gelatobaby/Carwash house.

The earthquake was also felt by these people, most noticeably the napping guy who is so rattled upon waking up that he tried to get under a coffee table that even I couldn’t fit under and I’m about the size of a fun-size Snickers:

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Stephen Powers (ESPO), one of my favorite graffiti artists (or artists for that matter), is currently working on a Love Letter-an ambitious project in which he’s literally painting a love letter to his hometown of West Philly. In conjunction with The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Steve has been outfitting the city of brotherly love with his signature slogans in his uniquely bold style for this “public art project consisting of a series of 50 rooftop murals from 45th to 63rd streets along the Market Street corridor” which has been ongoing since July of this year.

And if you’ve seen our film Beautiful Losers you’ll have a much better understanding as to why this project means so much to the “handmade myth” known as ESPO (see how Steve eloquently puts it in the Coney Island section of the film).

Click here to see Steve’s amazing murals from the project’s website, A Love Letter For You.

Click here to see a map of the pieces via Philly’s Market-Frankford elevated line.

Also…

Keith Scharwath, one of my favorite graphic designers, recently took a trip from New York and viewed Steve’s love letters how they’re supposed to be seen: by train and up close. Click here to see Keith’s coverage at the Carwash.

(via Keith Scharwath’s Carwash)

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Yes, you read that right, free money! Courtesy of my bearded graphic designer buddy Keith Scharwath in commemoration of the grand opening of his blog Carwash, Keith will be giving away 100 free Gocco prints on dollar bills with a special message printed on each hand numbered bill. In addition to designing the beautiful poster for Beautiful Losers (which is always up on the left side of this site), Keith has worked on a wide variety of design projects ranging from album covers; logos corporate and non; good work for GOOD; and various Nike projects amongst many others. Please help welcome Keith’s new blog, Carwash, to the interwebs by clicking over for some visual stimulation, inspiration and a “free print (or a free dollar)” while supplies last!

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