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All photos © / Pesky Humans The artist district near downtown is one of the most heavily pieced areas of the city. The prevalence of artists and the isolation associated with being so close to train yards, freeway interchanges, and the LA River make this one off the best spots to do a piece that will stay up for more than a couple of weeks without city interference. I haven't shot this spot in...

This is a second set of alleys in the City of Commerce near Goodrich and Whittier....

I was tipped off by my boy Eddie B to this alley spot off of the 5 and Atlantic in the City of Commerce. The story is that a graffiti crew did a sick piece in the alley, and the residents and businesses adjoining the alley liked the looks of it and have since allowed crews to decorate both sides of the 2 block alley. What's more, in a part of town that is...

I made another trip under the bridges crossing the LA River and was pleasantly surprised to find a maze of catacombs covered in graffiti. This spot is both a proving grounds for artists honing their craft as well a a private place with lots of huge surfaces for crews to do larger pieces with a lesser risk of arrest. It is a landscape dominated by massive interior spaces, crushed top to bottom with every...

All photos © / Pesky Humans I drive the 101, 110, and 10 freeways on a daily basis. Since a lot of my freeway time is, thus, spent in heavy traffic, I have had ample time to check out the vast spectrum of graffiti decorating the otherwise bleak domain of beige, gray, and black that is the hallmark of LA's freeway system, river basins, bridges and streets. I have come to respect and admire...

You may already be aware that there is a major bee die off going on right now, threatening the bulk of the US fruit and vegetable supply. Let's hope that this awesome video was made during happier times for the honey bee, and that no bees were harmed during the making of the video. Using a complex system of live insects, models, droplets of liquid and lots of pies, director Richard De Aragues has...

Photo by Wathana Lim It would be nice to be able to make light of my last article, and its many entertaining and inspired comments, but it is pretty tough to do that given what happened at the end of Tuesday's May Day immigration protest culminating in MacArthur Park. By most accounts, and as has been demonstrated by several different video recordings of the situation, there was an absolute loss of control on the...

Photo © Andy Sternberg Tomorrow, tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents will take to the streets to draw attention to the shoddy state of labor and immigration laws in the United States - for the fifth or sixth time in the last 6 months. Call me shitty, but I am over it. It's an excuse for kids to skip school, and if you have to go through downtown to get to work, it's...

Roots rockers Shadwrack & the Greedy Souls, and Wayne Kramer of the Motor City 5 at the Hotel Cafe last evening. All Photos © / Pesky Humans Way more after the jump......

I won't spoil the effect of this clip by explaining what happens. I will only say that it caused tears of laughter to stream down my face for about 10 minutes. I am sure LAPD would have done much better than this. Enjoy! ©...