Graffiti & Yo-Yo's

Dismantling the Bomb

Let's ask ourselves, honestly, what is cooler then graffiti art? I bet you can't name five things. If you can, well, I don't particularly want to hear it. This site is a most enjoyable experience. The main movie itself is pretty interesting, especially getting different people in the art and graffiti world's perspective, though I would have liked more explanation as to what an "art prostitute" is exactly. Beyond the video, however, there is much more to enjoy and learn. For example, there is a section that explains the terminology within the graffiti world. If that's not good enough, there's a whole gallery of graffiti art that you, the informed reader, can take a long look at. As far as the mechanics of the site go, it's easy to navigate, though you might not recognize some of the terminology, which is good they have a whole section about it. You're able to view artists and even send in your own photos to the site as well. Also, in closing, I'd like the nice little disclaimer located at the top of the main movie as well as the opening interviewee's need to cover his face to preserve his secret identity.

YoPittsburgh

While Yo-yoing, like graffiti art maybe one of the coolest things ever, this shockwave movie about kids doing hardcore yo-yo tricks is killing my buzz. While the tricks are cool and, believe me, extremely hard to do, the site simply does not do it justice. The movie was choppy and honestly did not look like someone put a lot of time and effort into making it. On the mechanics of the site, well, frankly it was just annoying. If I could have turned off all the annoying sounds when my mouse passed over the different parts of the website, I would have been much happier. Too be honest, YoPittsburgh was the second site I viewed after Dismantling the Bomb, so perhaps it simply had a tough act to follow. Still, those kids in the movie must have felt pretty cool, all things considered.