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Special limited run of these official gold Colossus of Roads Pins from @toughtimespress x @colossusofroads just hit their shop! Limited to 50 pieces ——> toughtimes.co • • • • • #patchgame #pingame #pin #colossusofroads #roads #freight #train #moniker #pins #graffiti #oil #tracks #railroad #hobo #art #lapelpin #hatpin #enamelpin #gold #hobocode #hobelore #trackside #toughtimespress

It made my day to come across this. #colossusofroads #buzzblur https://www.instagram.com/p/CMIxQDlDJYz/?igshid=1gvvogtkvj6qd

buZ blurr in Fluke 11, 2013. Interview by Mark Lewis. @colossusofroads @markstuartlewis @fluke_publishing #buZblurr #flukefanzine #colossusofroads #gypsysphinx #flukezine #zine #zines #moniker #monikers https://www.instagram.com/p/CL7Ijsljd6y/?igshid=1y1thai6k64g

Happy 77, buZ! I miss you (and Emmy’s chocolate pie). #colossusofroads #buzblurr (at Arkansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEO9wxqD3iI/?igshid=exda9vu86ydo

[LINK IN BIO] Bill Daniel’s moniker zine from 1989. Bill sent this to someone who wrote to him, in response to a zine review in Factsheet Five. The guy wrote back and said, “You must know buZ blurr,” who does the Colossus of Roads moniker. Bill wrote him back to inquire, since he had not yet met any of the moniker writers he was searching for. The guy sent Bill a letter back, with buZ’s mailing address. Bill connected with buZ and that’s how “Who is Bozo Texino?” began. We talk about it in Bill’s interview in the new issue of Fluke! @bill.daniel @buzblurr @colossusofroads #colossusofroads #buzblurr #billdaniel #monikers #flukefanzine #whoisbozotexino #monikermonday https://www.instagram.com/p/CEAd0NqDYRg/?igshid=o30f8tbxnml7

[LINK IN BIO] Fluke 18 has a buZ blurr (Colossus of Roads) piece on first meeting Bill Daniel, who is interviewed in this issue. Bill was in search of Bozo Texino and buZ was the very first railroad moniker writer he found on his journey which also led to The Rambler, Herby and eventually Grandpa (Bozo Texino). #buzblurr #colossusofroads #monikermonday #moniker #monikers #billdaniel #whoisbozotexino (at Arkansas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDJrx5BDlq2/?igshid=n4h6dlgk4vgp

[LINK IN BIO] Fluke 18 has a ten page interview with Professor Susan A. Phillips of Pitzer College and author of The City Beneath: A Century of Los Angeles Graffiti. Susan has been researching graffiti since 1990 and shares with us her vast knowledge and discoveries, including graffiti dating back to the early 20th century by legendary hobo A-No. 1. She also talks about Bill Daniel, buZ blurr and Chaz Bojórquez, as well as others. Susan explains the different motives of graffiti writing by trans, queer and straight people—men and women. She also discusses protest graffiti and uses the George Floyd protests as an example to illustrate her perspective. There’s a lot more in the interview and if you haven’t read her new book, it’s a tome of information! Thank you, Susan. “There’s a delightful tension between known and unknown in the graffiti world. It’s one of the things I love about it. In fact, I prefer that tension to knowing the whole story sometimes. One point of view would be that the whole story is something we can never know—even about our own lives.” -Susan A. Phillips #susanaphillips #thecitybeneath #graffiti #graff #colossusofroads #buzblurr #billdaniel #monikermonday #monikers #flukefanzine #flukezine #georgefloyd #georgefloydprotest #losangelesgraffiti #losangelesgraff #chazbojorquez #señorsuerte https://www.instagram.com/p/CC3hnsIjs6I/?igshid=e3o6nn8yhls7

[LINK IN BIO] From the new issue of Fluke, Susan A. Phillips speaks on buZ blurr & Colossus of Roads: “As Colossus of Roads, he has utilized the North American Railroad platform for his work. His clandestine, railroad-related writing continues the tradition of railway worker graffiti through time. The long history of this practice includes such figures as J.B. King, Bozo Texino, Herby and The Rambler—names well known to you and your readers. Colossus of Roads stands apart from all of them because of his intellectual depth, his wry cleverness, and his unique awareness of his place in the history of art.” #colossusofroads #buzblurr #flukefanzine #flukezine #moniker #monikers #monikermonday https://www.instagram.com/p/CClcnp5jpKT/?igshid=1gg0obv4mzwt8