Continuing yesterday’s coverage of White Migration 2010, we bring you news of a New York Time’s article that is so good, I won’t even hate on it.  Turns out the NYT just figured out that most of the Mission has known for a while: the art is leaving the neighborhood:

But with wider recognition, street art in the Mission appears to have lost a bit of its edge, though much captivating work is still being produced there. Now some of the freshest and most thought-provoking pieces are turning up elsewhere, like the spray-painted and stenciled images found in neighborhoods like SoMa, the Tenderloin and Bayview-Hunters Point.
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“In neighborhoods like SoMa, Bayview-Hunters Point and the Tenderloin, the work feels more expressive and free,” said Justin Giarla, owner of the White Walls gallery in the Tenderloin, which is presenting an exhibition of works by the graffitists Blek le Rat and Above. “The street art scene in the Mission is comparatively much more structured.”
(link)

Who do we make our pariah?!  I want to protest something!  Is it Precita Eyes?  Is it Mission Loc@l?  Is it David Campos?  Is it American Apparel?  Is it Banksy?  Is it that nasty bowl of Ramen I had last night? LET’S BREAK SHIT.

Blek le Rat, the Godfather of stencil art, is having an opening at White Walls this Saturday at 7pm (warning PDF).  There have been a few comments on UP/AL that have claimed that all the stuff that went up around the city the other week was not all Banksy but actually Blek le Rat.  Eh, I’m not qualified to make that call but it’s definitely interesting timing.

Anyways, SaffronSicko offers a solid preview:

Come all you Hippies, Trippy’s & Beaubippies. Calling all Hipsters, No Shifters & Culture Sifters. Listen up Bohemians, Fauxhemians & Banksy Maniacs. The Godfather is Here & Now.
Blek Le Rat will be showing at the White Walls this coming Saturday night May 1st from 7-11p. So head on down to Myrtle & Larkin for some fun and Street Ed. British graffiti artist Banksy has acknowledged Blek’s influence saying “every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well, only twenty years earlier.”  (link)

Sidenote, has fauxhemian officially replaced “Cool Kid” as the new word to describe a hipster?

Anyway, be sure to check out SaffronSicko’s preview of the show on flickr.

Troy says “OMG WTF” over at Caliber. (pictured)

Bonus: Julie got some roof access on Dolores. (not pictured)

Before you click play, know that this video is unwatchable, unless maybe you’re into early-90s MTV camera shake or hella loved The Blair Witch Project. But I thank Hood Rat Stuff With My Friends for shooting it anyway, if only to give you a sense of the force of a Murder City Devils live show. I am old. I don’t fit into the age demographic tagline of this site, and neither do my friends, but all of us were up front and center for this show when they came by last February. I had bruises and a pretty busted kneecap to prove it. The reunited Devils come back our way again in May, for two shows, on the 6th at GAMH and the 7th at Slim’s. Pre-sale tickets go on sale at 10AM today, but because I don’t want to make this too easy for you, I’m not posting the passwords. They are easy enough to find. These shows will be amazing. Ninety percent of the crowd will be shitfaced on whiskey. If you are lucky, maybe the drum kit will be set on fire like back in the day.