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Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Bill

Bill — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:44:51 +0000

Again I think the Somero family is out of touch and need to move out

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:31:17 +0000

I did put my last name on the road, they know exactly who wrote what where. but since it doesnt look bad on the roads and it doesnt say anything vulgar people dont mind it being there. i think that it is really funny that the people that complain about the paintings typically dont live in the mascenic area. and yes, our artwork is very “ghetto”. that was a lie. our “artwork” is actually not that ghetto at all. we just paint our names on the road, driveways, or parking lots, or wherever we think it should go. for the most part signs are left untouched because of the money it takes to replace them, but as always there are always a few that think its ok for “just them” to paint the signs. I wouldnt expect to see this tradition ending anytime soon, so until then, ill stay curious as to what ‘09 will paint on the roads!

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Time Journal Mod

Time Journal Mod — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:41:40 +0000

That’s wonderful Kevin. We are all “excited” too to see all the wonderful ghetto art sprayed on the roads. If you actually want to be thought of as creative and appreciated you’ll have to appeal to a greater audience. “All the adults know about it and no one cares.” Lets modify that to say, “All my friends and cousins and anyone that doesn’t have to look out their window at it doesn’t care.” Hoping to see your kids names in lights someday on the roads of New Ipswich is an incredible accomplishment. This time just make sure they sign their last names too. I do believe the part about the New Ipswich Police blocking the main road through town, probably just to stay cool looking in the eyes of local kids, while they vandalize state property. The problem with the whole thing Kevin is that you don’t own a driveway. Once you do and someone paints your mailbox, stop sign, end of your driveway, etc, etc you will feel different. Trust me when I say the cops know they will not stop it. Over the years they have done practically nothing to try to suppress it, which is why they have earned a place on Rotten Neighbor.com. Like every event in history, large or small, only when someone gets killed, something is done. This will be no exception. Lets hope it’s not your future child the paramedics are scraping off the roadway lying next to his or her name in the dead of night. However, it would make identification of the body easier. Blog me back in 15 years…when your mailbox is stolen.

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:06:19 +0000

Wow, it’s crazy people like you that get kids like me arrested. spray painting your name on town hill and in front of your driveway is a tradition in new Ipswich, it always will be. all the adults know about it, but no one cares. everyone is always excited to drive up town hill and see what creative things us kids came up with this year. no one writes anything vulgar or bad on the hill, just class of XX (whatever year it is, mine was 08) and our names. back when my brothers graduated the cops actually blocked town hill off so they could paint without worrying about cars. its no different than how our school allows us to paint the roof leading up to our soccer field. My name’s on the roads, and so are all my friends, and i hope to see my kids names up there.

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by A

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:18:23 +0000

On that note, I think the billboard thing is a great idea! I now live in a small community in NE Texas, and my daughter attended (and graduated) from the high school here.
Every year the senior class painted on the side of an old cotton gin/ mill.
Some years the class opted to white wash it, instead. The point is, is that every one knew about it and participated. My daughter was dissapointed that her class did not “get to”, as the gin no longer is there.
But the idea is that, somehow…even across 1800 miles, kids still desired to show thier pride on graduating by PAINTING something. Weird, huh?
I imagine that the class did it at night, and seemed to be “sneaking” and doing something that was not really hurtful, but still “bad”…why kids do this, who can say?
Maybe the key is to direct that kind of “independence” and find a really cool adult to steer the kids to a place that is already pre-selected, to paint up a storm. Who knows???
I, myself, think graffitti is not always pretty, and yes is a defacement of public property.
With all the kids so artistically inclined we (or “they”) should encourage the kids to use their imaginations on that night to display something truly great to the town!! Pick a wall to paint a mural, or something…declare it theirs!
I am not joking when I say artistically inclined, either…I know those kids have a lot of enthusiasm, and if directed can still be “persuaded” to do the right thing.
They just want people to make a big deal of them…and we love our kids, so why not use OUR brains and teach them something without making them seem/feel like typical criminals?

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Time Journal Mod

Time Journal Mod — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:20:39 +0000

It’s no doubt a ritual. Perhaps a billboard to spray paint up in town built by all the carpenters in town would be a solution. Put it up 3 month over the summer, then take it back down until next year. But it’s not about how the adult population demands it or wants it to be. It’s about being a kid, doing the exact opposite, and not having the sense to know the true impact that it truly has on the area. It may never stop, but at least it needs to be toned down a bit.

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Time Journal Mod

Time Journal Mod — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:07:56 +0000

Entries without capital letters on every word at the start of a sentence, and the use of the F word, actually gets your comment deleted.

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by A

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:12:36 +0000

Way back in the “Old days” when the Greenville Trestle was still around, the high school seniors would spray paint on it, after graduation. After the trestle was removed we (the class of ‘87) spray painted the road. I will admit that it included the whole class. This was 50 graduates, of all class, color and creed that were represented by that class. We were actually PROUD that every single one of us participated. Yes, I am almost 40 now, and have a 19 year old and a 14 year old. I do think this is a by-gone thing. I was surprised that the kids brought the graffiti into town, on town hill, of all places. The trestle was located on 31, between Greenville and Mason, on the way to Wilton.
Maybe I am admitting a crime, that I vowed NEVER to say, but it was not concidered then as a true crime. Like I said, it was a “right of passage”, and only was done by each graduating class, or members of the class.
I am not sure if that is the only time, now days, that the graffiti happens…but I think our “Class of ‘87″ wore off pretty fast, maybe the paint was different then? Maybe we painted the road, but did not “spray” paint it…and that is the difference?
Anyway, I still smile. Get indignant, but it is a ritual that has happened since I can remember, from when I was a little kid. ( So that would be at least 1978)…..NOTHING NEW!!!!!

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by entice

entice — Fri, 30 May 2008 01:11:18 +0000

Entice says : I absolutely agree with this !

Comment on New Ipswich NH, Another Year in Graffiti by Tom S

Tom S — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:32:26 +0000

The New Ipswich police do not care to take action to stop this. Chamberlain and the rest of them all have their own agenda, such as sucking the life out of the 15 minutes of illegal alien fame that has now past them by. I’m sure they will say it’s a matter of resources. Personally I just don’t think it’s an issue they want to win and stop. Lets not offend the young minority in town, because the police as a department over the years has probably tried to build a trusting relationship with the students. So lets keep this illusion of a relationship alive at the expense of property owners aka the tax payers. Remember kids, the relationship ends the second you graduate or speak out against the department or an individual officer. Then the “buddy system” doesn’t include you anymore. What a surprise. The police should arrest the culprits! However, they don’t want to.