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The songwriter, Michelle Shocked, says the song is specifically about Michael Stewart. Michael was a young graffiti artist who was arrested while writing. While under arrest, in the presence of eleven transit cops, Michael Stewart was strangled to death. When his case was heard by the Grand Jury not one cop was found guilty. Most of the lyrics in graffiti limbo are about the struggle all graffiti artists in NYC have had with police and city government. Former Mayer Ed Koch is famous for his crackdown on graffiti. Transit police began to fine and arrest anyone who painted graffiti for any purpose, and with the Clean Car Program of 1984 graffiti became the primary focus of the Vandal Squad. Although the squad boasts ending the graffiti problem of the subway system, the graffiti art movement has thrived since the 1980's. Graffiti will always be a part of street art, while moving to the worlds of fine art, clothing, comics, and design from companies like American Graffiti Graphics and Elite Gudz.
Yes, Graffiti is a Criminal Law violation.
it is a type of graffiti.. looks like bubbles
The term 'graffiti' derives from the Greek graphein ('to write'). Graffiti (sing. graffito) or SGRAFFITO, meaning a drawing or scribbling on a flat surface
The duration of American Graffiti is 1.8 hours.
American Graffiti was created on 1973-08-11.
The Production Budget for American Graffiti was $777,000.
American Nerd has 240 pages.
The duration of More American Graffiti is 1.83 hours.
American Nerd was created on 2008-05-13.
American Graffiti was released on 08/11/1973.
More American Graffiti was created on 1979-08-03.
The movie American Graffiti, directed by George Lucas, was released in 1973. The film's sequel, More American Graffiti, was released six years later in 1979.
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American Graffiti
The Making of 'American Graffiti' - 1998 - TV was released on: USA: 15 September 1998 (DVD premiere) USA: 6 October 1998 (featured on American Graffiti laserdisc)