Tuesday, 29 June 2010

Pregnant at 15 and a 2-1 lose

So team amsterdam went to the oh so sunny "up and coming" CARDIFF?.........................for some of the most fun weve had in years!!!

It all started with our 4 hour drive from LUTON? which was so much more convenient and easyer then flying to Cardiff? And then checked into our 5star hotel "The blue dragon!" Which presented us with a number of gifts, including the stereo typical cardiff chav adidas track suit, left for us in our wardrobe, a handful of cummy tissues stuck in the holes of our lovely cieling and just to spoil us they threw in a pregnancy test!.........whilst on the subject if your a 15 year old slag who stayed at the blue dragon this week and are stressing out........ its ok you are pregnant so the benefits will be through your post within the next 8-9months.

Moving on..........so we strolled to the venue bumping into our old friend Denise Black....you know miss July? Anyway so we got to the venue which was a real funky little joint with a cool vibe and had some funky atmosphere it was a little dead but we still had our positive head on after our relaxed check-in. The DJ was serious banging out CLASSICS (mad props to this guy who actually held a record for playing the longest hip hop DJ set of 72 hours!)

After meeting the Team Cardiff who were really cool guys (Except one who when i asked would you like a jaega shot? looked at me as if ide just called his mum a va jay jay) we got off to a nice steady start drinking shit loads of warm/hot beer. Being closely watched by the 20 strong crowed.

We knew we didnt have a chance in hell of winning so went for the ultimate stereotypical insult consisting of a sheep Amsterdam style............... "coz we dont give a $*%T holmes!" It was all based around a sheep strip bar and was pretty strong and really fun to draw! Cardiff came back at us with a portrait of the 3 of us all mashed up like we always are trippin on mushrooms and stuff! But this wasnt a good trip......... it was a bad trip! With the legendary ninja playing the mushrooms like drums and a wizard feeding us trippy tea with sheep surrounding us and messing with our heads!

After being told by a friendly local "mate no offense but your piece is a bit S*%T these guys smashed you!".......no offense taken? We went onto the judging which was suprising with the first judge going our way! 1-0 then it was the crowd vote who went crazy for their home team and then kept very quiet for us even though i offered them £50 for a shout? 1-1 The last vote also went to the home team so a final 2-1 score to Cardiff who all then went home, leaving us to make some new friends who consisted of two girls who claimed they were pretty cool but in reality were far from there desired altar ego. After our eventful day we strolled home with a group of 15year old kids wanting to fight us.

All in all a trip we will always remember soooooo am looking forward to our last game of the round against team London peace......................team Amsterdam.


The blue dragon


Thats right kill them all!


Sjoco Sjon with his new tracky!


Congratulations!


Good dreams!








Lenny would!


Raahaahammed (get it!)


Beer


Cardiffs finished piece


Our finished piece


See ya!

Monday, 21 June 2010

London 3-0 Hamburg 18th June

Whilst we may have suffered a disappointing draw against Algeria in the football on Friday, we came out WINNERS in the Secret Wars stakes!
The Book Club played host to London's pivotal battle against Hamburg with both teams fighting for a win and potential place in the final..
The battle kicked off at 11 and the crowd were eagerly anticipating what might appear on the walls considering England and Germany's long standing rivalry! And what was produced was a mix of pigs, hamburgers, the queen and Mr Gauky's freedom campaign.

A combination of home support from the crowd and two favorable judge votes meant that London triumphed on home ground, securing those all important points and knocking Hamburg down a place in Group 4!















Tuesday, 8 June 2010

CARDIFF 2 LONDON 1

After a triumphant away win for Cardiff in London, it was time for what was to be the biggest grudge match of the tournament.

Buffalo bar was the venue for a second time running. With the Bank Holiday in full swing punters arrived early to get the party started. The London team rolled deep with there own private bus full of team members and fans alike. At 10.30 the venue was suitably rammed, our host Ruffstylzs called out the artists and the battle commenced. The Cardiff team came through with a good piece that depicted the London bus getting smashed up as it drove over the Seven bridge on its way to Wales. London drew a Welsh Rarebit being served up on a dinner table by a butler, about to be eaten by what looked like a hungry english man. The battle was very close, Cardiff's piece worked well as a whole, London produced an excellent collaboration, the rabbit was my personal favourite.

So to the judging. London won the first vote from Associated Minds head honcho Mayor. He liked the different styles on offer and the clean lines. Then for the crowd vote. This was too close for my liking, Cardiff just pulled through with 1.3 decibel lead. One all. The last vote went to Miguel Pirez a local producer and ex graff head. He called Cardiff.

Cardiff did well to win but London were very close to getting the away win they needed. Too close in my opinion. Over all it was a great nights entertainment. There were a lot of new comers who had missed the previous battle but had heard of the event via Facebook or through a friend. It seems each event is busier than the last and Secret Wars is spreading fast in South Wales.




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Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Oh my god, what happened in hamburg???
The XXX team came, smoked, drunk and kicked our ass with a 2:1

hmmm, what should I say, took me 2 weeks even to write about it ;)

anyway, it was a great night! there was lots of vodka in the house and I guess everybody was drunk.

Just check the two pieces out and I can still tell you, it´s really fun to hang out with the amsterdam guys!

Next battle on the 18th in london - see you all there!

Piece Hamburg




Piece Amsterdam


Some more impressions:







Monday, 10 May 2010

SECRET WARS WALL UPDATE - LONDON

A little update on the slowest wall we have ever done!

CHU and Discoteck added their magic to the top and are now on the home stretch.... One more artist to come and then walla! One sick Secret Wars wall.



Photo by CHU

Sunday, 9 May 2010

hello, took again some time, but here we go...

hamburg went to amsterdam for the up in smoke tour 2010.

it was quiet a long journey but finally we arived in XXX-city with sunshine reggae.

We stayed o.k in the stayokay hostel and went to the really nice venue called "sid lee gallery."

Mr. K picked us up, and it took us seconds to realise, that the battle and the night would be pure fun!
At the venue we met wayne horse, chaz and other people and all of them were just cool and relaxed - we just felt soooo good - and it was not only because of the drugs ;)

Before we started we brought those guys some jägermeister bottles to remind them for the battle they had against london.



So the battle started and two very nice pieces were the result.
The story/concept of the amsterdam piece was just drawn so noice! wow!

Our team painted a reminder for the tripple X guys not to drink and draw, so the jägermeister deer throwed the artists up.

Amsterdam won 2:1 but HAMBURG got the CROWD VOTE! that was fuckin´amazing - the whole trip and time in amsterdam was off the hook!
thanks again to all the artists, the crowd, the venue for the great time!
We see you guys on thursday in hamburg, and we are ready to booze with ya´ll!

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

Travel Club - London 2 Cardiff... England needs to bring the noise!




SECRET WARS TRAVEL CLUB
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GROUP 4 BATTLE
LONDON >>>>>> CARDIFF>>>>>>>LONDON
DATE: MAY 30TH 4PM (PICK UP) / BACK 5AM 31ST

After the humiliating loss to Cardiff on home soil last week - it has put us (TEAM LONDON) in a delicate position in the league.

To have any chance of qualifying we have to now travel deep into the welsh valleys and some how grab a victory.

This can be done and London have done it before....

So to boost our chances we have booked a luxury coach for 50 people to travel alongside team LDN...We need really loud people with big voices so we can win that all important crowd vote!!

These seats will be first come first serve - and you will need to pay upfront via Paypal (details will be emailed to you once your seat is confirmed).

--------MAY 30TH
Departs London (Secret Wars HQ) @ 4;15PM
MAY 31ST
Arrives back in London around 5AM
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We are selling the seats really cheap - £10

The coach has a toilet and DVD screens, we will be screening some good movies on route (Warriors, and more)...

If you would like a seat than email: TRAVELCLUB@SECRETWARSEUROLEAGUE.COM

state your full name / contact details / and how many you want

WWW.SECRETWARSEUROLEAGUE.COM