Well I definitely let the ball drop this week. I ended up letting the holiday get away from me and didn't get a chance to get a post around. But rather than throw something together to fill the spot on Tuesday, I figured I would just let it slide just this once. This is generally my issue with holidays, I let myself get distracted by all the goings on that I end up forgetting to do something. However, it was a nice day spent with my parents so I can't be too annoyed. Since it is the end of the year I do feel like I need to do some reevaluating of things associated with the blog. There are things I've let slide that I should probably restart and adjust how I present things across the outlets, but that's a thought to be discussed later. For now I thought I'd look at this interesting collection I found over in Bloomfield.
Starting with the sticker on the top, we have a local tattoo parlor. Armature Tattoo Co is a parlor actually located pretty close to where I found this sticker over in Bloomfield. I'm fairly certain they are still an active shop, I haven't gone down Liberty in a while to see if their shop is still open, but I would say since they did just post the other day on their Facebook page it seems likely. The only reason I hesitate is because their domain recently expired and just takes you to Go Daddy where it let's you know it's pending deletion. It may just be something where they haven't gotten around to renewing their domain, although I swear I was on their site fairly recently when I was looking for possible artists I'd like to go to. They do have a Twitter as well however they haven't appeared to use that since 2014. Like most of the parlors I've linked to though, they are a group that have a variety of styles for their customers to choose from. The next sticker that caught my attention was the Jukebox sticker. I have to say I wasn't sure what I was expecting when I went to the site at the bottom of the sticker, but I will admit that I was a little surprised to be taken to a rapper's site. Jukebox is a rapper out of Ohio who released his first album in 2016. In the little blurb about him, he mentions that he was a part of two other bands before attempting to go out on his own. He's got a couple of the tracks from his album Tales from the Black Hole as well as a few videos from a previous band and the album. Jukebox's sound is certainly a different a one. He has a bit of a slower method of rapping while the music behind him is a mix of that driving beat you'd expect in rap and a slightly experimental spacey electronic thing. Almost remains me of Flobots and their sound. He definitely looks to be a character, I'm just not sure how active he is now. I don't see anything on his page from this year but I also can't really say I looked for other outlets of his. The one that drew my attention the most though was the Sabo sticker. Since I started this project up, the Sabo stickers have been a pretty big presence in the Bloomfield area. I can't recall if I've seen this particular one or one of the other Sabo stickers in other areas but I know I used to pass them all the time on my walks through this particular neighborhood. Part of what that has always caught my attention is just how simple the designs of these stickers are, with that graffiti stencil feeling that they all seem to have. I also enjoy the gas mask, although I do have a bit of soft spot for a good doomsday's element in anything. Now I did try to find the artist behind this, I'm just not sure I did. There is a street artist called Sabo out there, who is fairly prolific, but I don't quite see a similarity between his style and this sticker. He is a conservative graffiti artist who has created some very eye-catching political statements. All of his pieces are very anti-Left and typically do their best to feel realistic and recognizable, which doesn't fit in with the stencil style of the stickers I've seen. I tried to do a little digging through his site for something that looks similar to tonight's sticker but it doesn't look like he's got much posted that's older than 2015. There is also the fact that he appears to be located around Hollywood, although that doesn't really mean much. I tried to see if I could pull something up more locally tied, unfortunately the closest thing I found was another photographer's post of a Sabo sticker. It would certainly be intriguing if this is the same Sabo but I can't help being severely doubtful of this.
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