MEMEstreets

moody bipolar

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:00:03 +0000

stencil graffiti.

before the sidewalks were here

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:54:12 +0000

Stencil graffiti.

the end

admin — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:23:35 +0000

Over the 2009 Holidays I realized that I was pretty much burned out with this photoblog in terms of the thrice-weekly publishing schedule, so I’m bring that to a close. The site stays up, and I probably will continue posting on an intermittent basis if I have good photos; I am, however, abandoning the ritual of scheduled posting. So, only “the end” for now…

-Steve Campbell

“flamehead” stencil graffiti

admin — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:00:55 +0000

Stencil graffiti. Looks like a shrunken head with it’s hair on fire.

ceramic elephant

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:00:24 +0000

Not graffiti, actually. Building ornamentation from the SOMA area of SF.

eddie (stencil graffiti)

admin — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:05:10 +0000

After an unplanned Thanksgiving vacation, MEMEstreets is back. Child’s face, flashing a peace sign. Stencil graffiti from downtown San Francisco.

juke

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:23:16 +0000

According to Wiktionary, the word “Juke” originates from several sources. It could be from a rural US language called ‘Gullah’, where it means “wicked or disorderly” (I got a ticket for that once). Or it could be from the South in the US and refer to “a roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution”. Here it became a verb meaning to play music for people to dance to, thus giving us the name for a “jukebox”. (Guess “Juke” could also refer to a DJ, then).

2 birds stencil graffiti

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:49 +0000

Stencil graffiti of two birds, found in the Mission district of San Francisco.

flower power stencil graffiti

admin — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:00:06 +0000

Stencil graffiti of a bong.

knife stencil graffiti

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:03:49 +0000

Knife stencil found in the lower Haight-Ashbury. It’s so smeared I can’t read the letters on the hilt, but it seems to say either “pain”, or “gain”…