Tag: ESPO
Here’s the directorial debut of street art OG Steve Powers aka ESPO. Fittingly, it’s an MF DOOM video–for “Bookhead,” from that rapper’s JJ DOOM collaborative project with producer Jneiro Jarel. In it, the supervillain trades his signature mask for one of those fisheye bodega mirrors and reads a few books. See some of Powers’ other recent […]
Remember that nice mini-documentary we posted a few weeks back, which showed Steve Powers painting a mural for the cover of Kurt Vile’s latest album? As The World’s Best Ever points out, there’s also a limited, custom version of the cover with all of ESPO’s art removed put onto individual stickers, so you can rearrange […]
If the above trailer doesn’t get you jazzed up to paint the shit out of some signs, I don’t know what would. Seriously, this thing looks amazing, plus it features a cameo from sign painting fanatic Steve Powers aka ESPO. Sign Painters begins screening in March. […]
ESPO hooked up with Kurt Vile, Philadelphia’s king of slacker rock and roll, for the cover of Wakin on a Pretty Daze, Vile’s latest album. The artist born Steve Powers created a giant mural in Kensington, Philly, in his sign-painting style, depicting specific images from the record’s lyrics. “I think Wakin on a Pretty Daze is perfect,” says Powers […]
