BOOKS
Judging A Shitty Book By Its Shitty Cover
Here's the cover to that powerHouse book that glorifies former NYPD Vandal Squad cop “Joe Blow” Rivera and stabs the graffiti community in the back. It's now available on Amazon. Here's a snippet from the book's website description:
"The only book on graffiti told from the perspective of law enforcement, Vandal Squad takes us inside the New York Police Department. Rivera’s fast-paced tales of cat and mouse are presented alongside professional disregard within the Department. Featuring never-before-seen photographs and stories of graffiti’s infamous Top 40, Vandal Squad offers an unprecedented look at the graffiti world from the other side of the game." Sadly, even a 'know thy enemy' approach can't rationalize giving this graffiti-jocking ex-cop any money. |WhatYouWrite|
by ANIMAL on June 13, 2008
Comments (3)
DO NOT SUPPORT THIS BOOK.
This guy lies and he is made fun of by the NYPD on their own forums... (Check NYPD Rant)
Review here:
http://blog.smart-crew.com/2008/11/05/joe-blows-review-of-new-vandal-squad-book-by-joseph-rivera.aspx
Posted by serious face | November 5, 2008 12:20 PM
First off that is NOT the cover of the book but likely a pre-printing mock up. The actual cover has a Seen mural done for the Vandal Squad's Softball Team back in the day. Secondly, without reading the book writers are all "up in arms" about it. Joe Blow actually gives props to some of graf's biggest writers and from a law enforcement prospective doesn't include anything that could be used to cause any writer beef with the police or another crew/writer. It's actually an interesing read from the cop's prospective.
Posted by Shadow | November 15, 2008 8:46 AM
...just when you think you've seen it all...
Posted by JOEY TPA - SL-9 | December 24, 2008 10:53 PM