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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Emile on Oct 14, 2013 11:30:24 GMT 1, I think ink by the fact the buyers faces aren't blurred out would make me think that they were ok with the vid going out.. So, had been informed after purchasing... Not sure on the legalities of this.. But just a hunch every credit to everyone involved in this shennanigans
I can't imagine anyone complaining about being in a video after they have bought a painting worth $$$ for $60
Additionally, I can't imagine they were informed about the pieces after they walked away.. cause what would stop them from phoning a friend who could then come back and buy 20 more?
I think ink by the fact the buyers faces aren't blurred out would make me think that they were ok with the vid going out.. So, had been informed after purchasing... Not sure on the legalities of this.. But just a hunch every credit to everyone involved in this shennanigans I can't imagine anyone complaining about being in a video after they have bought a painting worth $$$ for $60 Additionally, I can't imagine they were informed about the pieces after they walked away.. cause what would stop them from phoning a friend who could then come back and buy 20 more?
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Goooogle Male
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Goooogle Male on Oct 14, 2013 11:30:35 GMT 1, Starting to think that loads of people on here have missed the point And please, no more PDF jokes, after 121 pages it's actually STILL not funny! You're NOT in any exclusive gang and you had NO prior knowledge of ANY events so please, stop trying to pretend to be something that you're not. STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go...
Starting to think that loads of people on here have missed the point And please, no more PDF jokes, after 121 pages it's actually STILL not funny! You're NOT in any exclusive gang and you had NO prior knowledge of ANY events so please, stop trying to pretend to be something that you're not. STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go...
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Dr Plip
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Dr Plip on Oct 14, 2013 11:32:12 GMT 1, Once again, different reactions from people. I was Banksy fanboy gushing to some friends this morning, when one said that she thought the video sounded quite mean to his fans. A sort of "look what you could have had".
I guess it depends on how you want to take it?
Once again, different reactions from people. I was Banksy fanboy gushing to some friends this morning, when one said that she thought the video sounded quite mean to his fans. A sort of "look what you could have had".
I guess it depends on how you want to take it?
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 11:34:09 GMT 1, OG... Nice.
OG... Nice.
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Dr Plip
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Dr Plip on Oct 14, 2013 11:34:46 GMT 1, I think ink by the fact the buyers faces aren't blurred out would make me think that they were ok with the vid going out.. So, had been informed after purchasing... Not sure on the legalities of this.. But just a hunch every credit to everyone involved in this shennanigans I can't imagine anyone complaining about being in a video after they have bought a painting worth $$$ for $60 Additionally, I can't imagine they were informed about the pieces after they walked away.. cause what would stop them from phoning a friend who could then come back and buy 20 more? Usually for public broadcast, a company will seek a release (in case they get sued at a later date or summin'?). But I don't see Banksy Corp being too worried about posting their faces on YT. No YouTuber seeks releases.
I think ink by the fact the buyers faces aren't blurred out would make me think that they were ok with the vid going out.. So, had been informed after purchasing... Not sure on the legalities of this.. But just a hunch every credit to everyone involved in this shennanigans I can't imagine anyone complaining about being in a video after they have bought a painting worth $$$ for $60 Additionally, I can't imagine they were informed about the pieces after they walked away.. cause what would stop them from phoning a friend who could then come back and buy 20 more? Usually for public broadcast, a company will seek a release (in case they get sued at a later date or summin'?). But I don't see Banksy Corp being too worried about posting their faces on YT. No YouTuber seeks releases.
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Dr Plip
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Dr Plip on Oct 14, 2013 11:38:00 GMT 1, I would like to think they were not informed, it would be great if they were to just throw them up on a wall and actually enjoy looking at them regardless. However, i would just love to see their faces when and if they eventually do find out. I hope the lady's children appreciate the nice gifts that she bought for them. And her keen haggling skills.
I would like to think they were not informed, it would be great if they were to just throw them up on a wall and actually enjoy looking at them regardless. However, i would just love to see their faces when and if they eventually do find out. I hope the lady's children appreciate the nice gifts that she bought for them. And her keen haggling skills.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 11:39:40 GMT 1, At last. Something arty that the missus is interested in !!! Probably cos their grabbing a bargain !! B What its all about.
Narnia innit.
At last. Something arty that the missus is interested in !!! Probably cos their grabbing a bargain !! B What its all about. Narnia innit.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by ABC on Oct 14, 2013 11:41:09 GMT 1, Pure genious, just shows he is still about the art and impact value over money IMO. Im sure PC would authenticate, after they are the real deal.
Pure genious, just shows he is still about the art and impact value over money IMO. Im sure PC would authenticate, after they are the real deal.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Agent Provocateur on Oct 14, 2013 11:42:22 GMT 1, Think a small part of my brain imploded last night, or should that be a part of my small brain!
Banksy needs his own government health warning, he's a seriously disturbed and sick individual... in the best possible way.
Spirit summed everything up very succinctly in his post, eloquently put sir.
My only other thought was the connection to the 'Concrete confessional' piece that was revealed the same day the 'Spray Art' stall was open. I know Banksy said in the interview the show was organic and he didn't really have a plan, but the organisation for this must have taken months to sort, draw, cut, build and find locations etc etc
With the premise of 'Better out than in' being a return to the streets, and the reticence he voiced in the interview about how his career has changed with success, plus his disillusionment with the art world's fixation with monetary value rather than artistic merit... could I speculate it was planned that these two pieces (confessional and spray art stall) would always happen on the same day?
As a subtle confession of his past sins (getting too caught up in the success and riding the wave of ever increasing popularity and prices), he paints a priest receiving (his) confession whilst at the same time he sells original canvases for peanuts (atoning for his misdirection), ultimately giving two fingers to the art establishment and what his art stands for.
I know, I know...
Think a small part of my brain imploded last night, or should that be a part of my small brain!
Banksy needs his own government health warning, he's a seriously disturbed and sick individual... in the best possible way.
Spirit summed everything up very succinctly in his post, eloquently put sir.
My only other thought was the connection to the 'Concrete confessional' piece that was revealed the same day the 'Spray Art' stall was open. I know Banksy said in the interview the show was organic and he didn't really have a plan, but the organisation for this must have taken months to sort, draw, cut, build and find locations etc etc
With the premise of 'Better out than in' being a return to the streets, and the reticence he voiced in the interview about how his career has changed with success, plus his disillusionment with the art world's fixation with monetary value rather than artistic merit... could I speculate it was planned that these two pieces (confessional and spray art stall) would always happen on the same day?
As a subtle confession of his past sins (getting too caught up in the success and riding the wave of ever increasing popularity and prices), he paints a priest receiving (his) confession whilst at the same time he sells original canvases for peanuts (atoning for his misdirection), ultimately giving two fingers to the art establishment and what his art stands for.
I know, I know...
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 11:46:03 GMT 1, LOL AP, stop thinking and eat your porridge!, have a day out somewhere, zoo or summat, give brain rest.
LOL AP, stop thinking and eat your porridge!, have a day out somewhere, zoo or summat, give brain rest.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by ABC on Oct 14, 2013 11:48:49 GMT 1, That's what we used to do when they were ยฃ100 ish each, all about the image rather than the artist, how times have changed, that's why this stunt is so refreshing. Kids with guns was ยฃ125 if I remember.
That's what we used to do when they were ยฃ100 ish each, all about the image rather than the artist, how times have changed, that's why this stunt is so refreshing. Kids with guns was ยฃ125 if I remember.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 12:00:05 GMT 1, This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but I hope this talk of values and money doesn't ruin the breath of fresh air that has wafted through this forum for the past couple of weeks. Not since Adam Neates street drop have I enjoyed this place so much. Roll on the next piece (and peace)ย Well said @mickeep!!
I'm loving it all, but the market stall has to be my favourite - pure fuckin' class - and, the best thing is, we're not even half way through the month yet!! I
Bring it on, Banksy
This isn't aimed at anyone in particular, but I hope this talk of values and money doesn't ruin the breath of fresh air that has wafted through this forum for the past couple of weeks. Not since Adam Neates street drop have I enjoyed this place so much. Roll on the next piece (and peace)ย Well said @mickeep!! I'm loving it all, but the market stall has to be my favourite - pure fuckin' class - and, the best thing is, we're not even half way through the month yet!! I Bring it on, Banksy
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Ruggs on Oct 14, 2013 12:03:26 GMT 1, Would love to see an interview with those guys, especially the Chicago chap, who purchased the canvases.
Would love to see an interview with those guys, especially the Chicago chap, who purchased the canvases.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by lha on Oct 14, 2013 12:07:22 GMT 1, I know Banksy said in the interview the show was organic and he didn't really have a plan, but the organisation for this must have taken months to sort, draw, cut, build and find locations etc etc I think the same AP - this must have taken a lot of serious planning, Banksy and his team must have been working on this for quite some time
I know Banksy said in the interview the show was organic and he didn't really have a plan, but the organisation for this must have taken months to sort, draw, cut, build and find locations etc etc I think the same AP - this must have taken a lot of serious planning, Banksy and his team must have been working on this for quite some time
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by maxf on Oct 14, 2013 12:08:33 GMT 1, I wonder if any of these will disappear only to turn up in years time as 'lost pieces'?
Great piece of performance art anyway - jealous I wasn't there, but even if I was in NY I'd probably have walked on by, even if looking at the pics with hindsight it's pretty clear they are more than the typical market stall ban-sky canvas copies.
I wonder if any of these will disappear only to turn up in years time as 'lost pieces'?
Great piece of performance art anyway - jealous I wasn't there, but even if I was in NY I'd probably have walked on by, even if looking at the pics with hindsight it's pretty clear they are more than the typical market stall ban-sky canvas copies.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by howies on Oct 14, 2013 12:12:41 GMT 1, He has probably had a mini bon Fire with the rest of the canvases while toasting the success of it
He has probably had a mini bon Fire with the rest of the canvases while toasting the success of it
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Damien on Oct 14, 2013 12:18:40 GMT 1, He has probably had a mini bon Fire with the rest of the canvases while toasting the success of it he could easily , then just spray up a dozen originals whenever he has a free afternoon
He has probably had a mini bon Fire with the rest of the canvases while toasting the success of it he could easily , then just spray up a dozen originals whenever he has a free afternoon
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by tonysantos2001 on Oct 14, 2013 12:23:32 GMT 1, Starting to think that loads of people on here have missed the point And please, no more PDF jokes, after 121 pages it's actually STILL not funny! You're NOT in any exclusive gang and you had NO prior knowledge of ANY events so please, stop trying to pretend to be something that you're not. STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go... There is no PDF, grow up!
Starting to think that loads of people on here have missed the point And please, no more PDF jokes, after 121 pages it's actually STILL not funny! You're NOT in any exclusive gang and you had NO prior knowledge of ANY events so please, stop trying to pretend to be something that you're not. STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go... There is no PDF, grow up!
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ricardob
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by ricardob on Oct 14, 2013 12:37:42 GMT 1, Read this...disgusting. He could spray a few rats around the area and have a BBQ with the residents.
Life in a 'dog cage': Manhattanยs secret tenement offers hell for $10 a night AUGUST 05, 2013 $10 a night for your own cell ยIt was horrible ย like an animal shelter
A block of 32 cubicles, each approximately 90 inches by 58 inches, separated above the door frame by chicken wire at the Sun Bright Hotel.
The outside of the Sun Bright Hotel. IT'S a human kennel. Less than a 10-minute walk from Soho is the Sun Bright Hotel - where men pay $10 a night to live in tiny cells bounded by chicken wire. It's a single-room-occupancy hotel that has been operating since the late 19th century and where today men live side by side in filth. "It was horrible โ like an animal shelter," a first responder, recently summoned to the hotel, told The New York Post. "I picked up a suit on the wall and roaches fell out," the rescuer said, "hundreds of them." Nestled on the edge of Chinatown between the Bowery and Elizabeth Street, the hotel on Hester Street is minutes from Balthazar, where the $135 cรยดte de boeuf for two would cover half a month's rent at the Sun Bright. Only men are allowed in the units on the third and fourth floors, the hotel's most hellish. The accommodations there measure 7 by 5 feet (2.13m x 1.52m), smaller than the average 8-by-10 solitary-confinement cell in an American state prison. Roaches, bedbugs, fleas and other vermin infest the building. Hot hallways reek of rotting trash, sweat and urine. "They keep all the garbage all on this floor," lamented John Arkue, a disabled construction worker who has lived on the third floor for 15 years. "Sometimes the garbage sits here. Like on a Saturday, we don't put the garbage out." Arkue's shirts hang from the cage's ceiling, as well as an empty bird cage he found on the street. A twist of electrical wires and an extension cord drape from the cage, connecting a cell full of appliances to a single outlet. A small flat-screen television is perched on a bulky TV set, near a DVD player. There's a rice cooker and a microwave with a coffee pot โ and a dead roach โ on top. A jar of mayonnaise is out, though Arkue has wedged a refrigerator beneath the bed.
HELLHOLE: John Arkue sits in his home at the Sun Bright Hotel, a filthy single-room-occupancy hotel outside Chinatown where tenants are packed into chicken-wire cages. Source: "We got roaches, we got flies, you know?" he said, as a roach scaled his beige wall. "Did you look in the bathroom?" Arkue asked. "It's falling down, the ceiling and stuff." More than 100 men on the floor share one bathroom with two shower stalls, four toilets and one urinal. Wet, moldy spackle peels off the ceiling like snakeskin. Black mold spreads over filthy walls in two shower stalls. "I called the inspector a couple of times to come and check it," he said. "They don't do nothing." The city Department of Buildings has slapped the Sun Bright with 46 summonses since 1988. It has 22 open violations, nearly all issued in 2011, for converting the second and fifth floors into a hostel and for installing laundry equipment on the second floor. In 2012, a tipster told the DOB that 12 people were crammed into a single hostel room. Two responding inspectors were denied access. A third found no violation. A Post reporter observed about 125 rooms on both the third and fourth floors. The certificate of occupancy indicates only 83 are permitted per floor. David Rodriguez, 74, has lived in his cage for 16 years.
Read this...disgusting. He could spray a few rats around the area and have a BBQ with the residents.
Life in a 'dog cage': Manhattanยs secret tenement offers hell for $10 a night AUGUST 05, 2013 $10 a night for your own cell ยIt was horrible ย like an animal shelter
A block of 32 cubicles, each approximately 90 inches by 58 inches, separated above the door frame by chicken wire at the Sun Bright Hotel.
The outside of the Sun Bright Hotel. IT'S a human kennel. Less than a 10-minute walk from Soho is the Sun Bright Hotel - where men pay $10 a night to live in tiny cells bounded by chicken wire. It's a single-room-occupancy hotel that has been operating since the late 19th century and where today men live side by side in filth. "It was horrible โ like an animal shelter," a first responder, recently summoned to the hotel, told The New York Post. "I picked up a suit on the wall and roaches fell out," the rescuer said, "hundreds of them." Nestled on the edge of Chinatown between the Bowery and Elizabeth Street, the hotel on Hester Street is minutes from Balthazar, where the $135 cรยดte de boeuf for two would cover half a month's rent at the Sun Bright. Only men are allowed in the units on the third and fourth floors, the hotel's most hellish. The accommodations there measure 7 by 5 feet (2.13m x 1.52m), smaller than the average 8-by-10 solitary-confinement cell in an American state prison. Roaches, bedbugs, fleas and other vermin infest the building. Hot hallways reek of rotting trash, sweat and urine. "They keep all the garbage all on this floor," lamented John Arkue, a disabled construction worker who has lived on the third floor for 15 years. "Sometimes the garbage sits here. Like on a Saturday, we don't put the garbage out." Arkue's shirts hang from the cage's ceiling, as well as an empty bird cage he found on the street. A twist of electrical wires and an extension cord drape from the cage, connecting a cell full of appliances to a single outlet. A small flat-screen television is perched on a bulky TV set, near a DVD player. There's a rice cooker and a microwave with a coffee pot โ and a dead roach โ on top. A jar of mayonnaise is out, though Arkue has wedged a refrigerator beneath the bed.
HELLHOLE: John Arkue sits in his home at the Sun Bright Hotel, a filthy single-room-occupancy hotel outside Chinatown where tenants are packed into chicken-wire cages. Source: "We got roaches, we got flies, you know?" he said, as a roach scaled his beige wall. "Did you look in the bathroom?" Arkue asked. "It's falling down, the ceiling and stuff." More than 100 men on the floor share one bathroom with two shower stalls, four toilets and one urinal. Wet, moldy spackle peels off the ceiling like snakeskin. Black mold spreads over filthy walls in two shower stalls. "I called the inspector a couple of times to come and check it," he said. "They don't do nothing." The city Department of Buildings has slapped the Sun Bright with 46 summonses since 1988. It has 22 open violations, nearly all issued in 2011, for converting the second and fifth floors into a hostel and for installing laundry equipment on the second floor. In 2012, a tipster told the DOB that 12 people were crammed into a single hostel room. Two responding inspectors were denied access. A third found no violation. A Post reporter observed about 125 rooms on both the third and fourth floors. The certificate of occupancy indicates only 83 are permitted per floor. David Rodriguez, 74, has lived in his cage for 16 years.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by ricardob on Oct 14, 2013 12:38:16 GMT 1, continue... "I pay $310 - just for a little home, just for a little bed," the retired cabdriver explained. His foam mattress is disintegrating. Mary and Jesus watch over him from a postcard-size print on a wooden shelf. "Somebody died on the other side, and he was there about 15 days," the Puerto Rico native recalled of his late neighbour. The management, he said, never cleaned the room after the body was removed. "They left it dirty. It smelled very bad - a dead man!" he said. Room No. 159 still belongs to the dead man in a way, residents said. His personal items were never tossed, the bed never cleaned, and junk left by others is thrown into the cage. Items include a red shopping cart, a striped pillow and magazines on the floor. Bugs crawl around. An orange blanket covers the amorphous pile. Rodriguez alerted a senior center, but no one helped, he said. He looks joyfully at a framed, glossy picture of a racing horse named Sunshine is Life. "I paid $20 for this," he said. "I played horses for 55 years." Rodriguez says he suffered a heart attack three years ago and is a diabetic. Baby roaches crawled at the bottom of a bag holding his medications. An aluminum baseball bat, he said, is his only protection. "There's a whole bunch of nuts around here," he said. "I don't feel comfortable, but what am I going to do? I can't do nothing," he added. "I can't pay $1,000 for an apartment." Rodriguez's fears are not unfounded. In 2006, Lin Senfeng ran down from the fourth floor to the lobby drenched in blood, leaving a gory trail. He confessed to police that he stabbed to death the man next door, Yang Yinhua. The two men, living in the cramped quarters, had argued with each other for two years. Almost all of the tenants on the fourth floor are Asian men who speak no English. The building was sold for $14.8 million in June to Bowery 88 LLC, which shares its address and suite number with the headquarters of clothing retailer Dr. Jays. A call to Dr. Jays founder Raymond Betesh was not returned. Outside the hotel, 15-year resident Michael Fidler, 66, a double amputee, "closes" his sidewalk stand of DVDs. He packs up his movies so he can prepare dinner: sardines and mayo between two slices of raisin bread. He hobbles on ill-fitting prostheses and uses a walker. His plastic pegs didn't fit when temperatures soared. "My legs swelled up in that heat," he explained. The six-story building has no elevator. On the way out, another man, who works in a restaurant, said matter-of-factly that this was the life the residents can afford in the city. "We're not millionaires," he said.
continue... "I pay $310 - just for a little home, just for a little bed," the retired cabdriver explained. His foam mattress is disintegrating. Mary and Jesus watch over him from a postcard-size print on a wooden shelf. "Somebody died on the other side, and he was there about 15 days," the Puerto Rico native recalled of his late neighbour. The management, he said, never cleaned the room after the body was removed. "They left it dirty. It smelled very bad - a dead man!" he said. Room No. 159 still belongs to the dead man in a way, residents said. His personal items were never tossed, the bed never cleaned, and junk left by others is thrown into the cage. Items include a red shopping cart, a striped pillow and magazines on the floor. Bugs crawl around. An orange blanket covers the amorphous pile. Rodriguez alerted a senior center, but no one helped, he said. He looks joyfully at a framed, glossy picture of a racing horse named Sunshine is Life. "I paid $20 for this," he said. "I played horses for 55 years." Rodriguez says he suffered a heart attack three years ago and is a diabetic. Baby roaches crawled at the bottom of a bag holding his medications. An aluminum baseball bat, he said, is his only protection. "There's a whole bunch of nuts around here," he said. "I don't feel comfortable, but what am I going to do? I can't do nothing," he added. "I can't pay $1,000 for an apartment." Rodriguez's fears are not unfounded. In 2006, Lin Senfeng ran down from the fourth floor to the lobby drenched in blood, leaving a gory trail. He confessed to police that he stabbed to death the man next door, Yang Yinhua. The two men, living in the cramped quarters, had argued with each other for two years. Almost all of the tenants on the fourth floor are Asian men who speak no English. The building was sold for $14.8 million in June to Bowery 88 LLC, which shares its address and suite number with the headquarters of clothing retailer Dr. Jays. A call to Dr. Jays founder Raymond Betesh was not returned. Outside the hotel, 15-year resident Michael Fidler, 66, a double amputee, "closes" his sidewalk stand of DVDs. He packs up his movies so he can prepare dinner: sardines and mayo between two slices of raisin bread. He hobbles on ill-fitting prostheses and uses a walker. His plastic pegs didn't fit when temperatures soared. "My legs swelled up in that heat," he explained. The six-story building has no elevator. On the way out, another man, who works in a restaurant, said matter-of-factly that this was the life the residents can afford in the city. "We're not millionaires," he said.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 12:44:25 GMT 1, STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go... There is no PDF, grow up! LOL @ TS getting worked up. Sorry TS.
STILL gutted that no-one PM'ed you the PDF eh..? Let it go... There is no PDF, grow up! LOL @ TS getting worked up. Sorry TS.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 12:46:02 GMT 1, Just another classic, brilliant Banksy stunt. It's funny that this particular 'piece' seems to have created more genuine feelings/emotions than any of the others. It's a piece on the art market and money. People who were saying they wanted to puke because of the gushing over Banksy and use of the word genius are now using the word genius after this piece. Not a piece about war or a piece about the treatment of animals but a piece about money. If you're upset/disappointed about not being there to buy a Banksy canvas for $60, just ring someone up you love and tell them you love them.Give someone you love a hug and tell them that you love them. You'll feel better. This place can be brilliant though here also there is too much emphasis on value/money. If you would really love a Banksy canvas then try and paint one of his images yourself.It's a Banksy image and I'm sure you and Banksy would enjoy it on your wall. Unless it's just about the money.
Just another classic, brilliant Banksy stunt. It's funny that this particular 'piece' seems to have created more genuine feelings/emotions than any of the others. It's a piece on the art market and money. People who were saying they wanted to puke because of the gushing over Banksy and use of the word genius are now using the word genius after this piece. Not a piece about war or a piece about the treatment of animals but a piece about money. If you're upset/disappointed about not being there to buy a Banksy canvas for $60, just ring someone up you love and tell them you love them.Give someone you love a hug and tell them that you love them. You'll feel better. This place can be brilliant though here also there is too much emphasis on value/money. If you would really love a Banksy canvas then try and paint one of his images yourself.It's a Banksy image and I'm sure you and Banksy would enjoy it on your wall. Unless it's just about the money.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by tonysantos2001 on Oct 14, 2013 12:54:45 GMT 1, There is no PDF, grow up! LOL @ TS getting worked up. Sorry TS. I don't get worked up, I just think that to carry on a joke that, in all fairness, wasn't even that funny to begin with over 100 pages is just pathetic! It just reeks of sad, pathetic individuals that want to try and feel like that they're somehow "in the know" when in reality they know jack s**t!
If they were proper contributors to this board then they would actually try and add something to it, not troll in a pathetic attempt to get a rise out of people or whatever reasons they have.
I suspect these are the same people that are only interested in Banksy for profit NOT for the art!
I genuinely pity those guys, man, must be a pathetic existence they lead!
There is no PDF, grow up! LOL @ TS getting worked up. Sorry TS. I don't get worked up, I just think that to carry on a joke that, in all fairness, wasn't even that funny to begin with over 100 pages is just pathetic! It just reeks of sad, pathetic individuals that want to try and feel like that they're somehow "in the know" when in reality they know jack s**t! If they were proper contributors to this board then they would actually try and add something to it, not troll in a pathetic attempt to get a rise out of people or whatever reasons they have. I suspect these are the same people that are only interested in Banksy for profit NOT for the art! I genuinely pity those guys, man, must be a pathetic existence they lead!
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Deleted on Oct 14, 2013 12:56:27 GMT 1, Where you been fella?.
Where you been fella?.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by urbanhangings on Oct 14, 2013 12:58:53 GMT 1, Couple of things don't sit right with me on this video. Call me a cynic but there a few things I would like to point out.
The guy from Chicago deal seams a bit weird. The body language between both of them suspects that they know each other. Do you think the seller had let someone know about this and told a friend to come and buy these? Seems a large amount to buy in one go and the seller asks him if he wants to buy another. Also the guy is grinning from ear to ear when the seller gives him a hug the expression of pure joy from a hug from a stranger? Also it sounds like the word lottery is used at the end of the exchange.
Any thoughts or is it me silly?
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Couple of things don't sit right with me on this video. Call me a cynic but there a few things I would like to point out.
The guy from Chicago deal seams a bit weird. The body language between both of them suspects that they know each other. Do you think the seller had let someone know about this and told a friend to come and buy these? Seems a large amount to buy in one go and the seller asks him if he wants to buy another. Also the guy is grinning from ear to ear when the seller gives him a hug the expression of pure joy from a hug from a stranger? Also it sounds like the word lottery is used at the end of the exchange.
Any thoughts or is it me silly?
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by iamzero on Oct 14, 2013 13:07:05 GMT 1, It's even made the Radio 2 news now. Hilarious.
It's even made the Radio 2 news now. Hilarious.
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Ruggs on Oct 14, 2013 13:10:17 GMT 1, Wakey, wakey!
Wakey, wakey!
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Banksy - Better Out Than In - New York - BOTI, by Dr Plip on Oct 14, 2013 13:10:40 GMT 1, Couple of things don't sit right with me on this video. Call me a cynic but there a few things I would like to point out. The guy from Chicago deal seams a bit weird. The body language between both of them suspects that they know each other. Do you think the seller had let someone know about this and told a friend to come and buy these? Seems a large amount to buy in one go and the seller asks him if he wants to buy another. Also the guy is grinning from ear to ear when the seller gives him a hug the expression of pure joy from a hug from a stranger? Also it sounds like the word lottery is used at the end of the exchange. Any thoughts or is it me silly? Sent from my C5303 using proboards Cynic.
I know what you mean though. I'd like to know what was said. I work with blind people, so I'll see if I can track down one that can lip read and run it past them.
Couple of things don't sit right with me on this video. Call me a cynic but there a few things I would like to point out. The guy from Chicago deal seams a bit weird. The body language between both of them suspects that they know each other. Do you think the seller had let someone know about this and told a friend to come and buy these? Seems a large amount to buy in one go and the seller asks him if he wants to buy another. Also the guy is grinning from ear to ear when the seller gives him a hug the expression of pure joy from a hug from a stranger? Also it sounds like the word lottery is used at the end of the exchange. Any thoughts or is it me silly? Sent from my C5303 using proboards Cynic. I know what you mean though. I'd like to know what was said. I work with blind people, so I'll see if I can track down one that can lip read and run it past them.
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