Archive for May, 2007
Sheriff Candidate Pledges to Take on Shoefiti Epidemic
Nelson County, Virginia resident, and prospective sheriff candidate, Tommy Stafford, outlines his platform and includes a shoefiti mention: Nelson County Life Magazine :: Stafford for Sheriff? As Sheriff I would let turkeys drive truck drivers in cages. I would form a regional task force to fight the growing shoefiti epidemic (page 38). And because I [...]
Published by admin on May 15th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Nelson County, Virginia
The Nelson County Life Magazine has been covering the local shoefiti issue for some time now, including a feature story in the April 2007 issue. They’re now receiving shoefiti updates from loyal readers: Nelson County Life Magazine :: Shoefiti update NCL reader and local Computer Tutor, Leslie France of BlueWebWeaver, sent us this shoefiti update [...]
Published by admin on May 14th, 2007 tagged Shoe Sightings, Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Big Fish’s Shoefiti Makes Her Smile
Sarakastic from Daily Dose of Happy reflects on how happy the shoes hanging off telephone wires in the movie Big Fish makes her. Daily Dose of Happy: Big Fish However, it was like being in a dream, except the dream was really cool. It had some of the best images ever, like the shoes hanging [...]
Published by admin on May 13th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Inspired by Shoefiti
Marina Kapow reflects on being inspired by shoes dangling from power lines on her LiveJournal blog: marina – art and things. it was raining afterwards, too and i didnt stand under cover while we waited for a cab. i loved everything, i loved driving through fitzroy. i loved the dirty streets and the store fronts [...]
Published by admin on May 12th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Theories on New York City Shoefiti
Dainty Dynamite takes a look at why shoes hang from powerlines in New York City. She’s also noticed an outbreak of cans of Red Bull tied together and hung from powerlines: Running down what’s behind hanging sneakers Urban lore has it the hanging high-tops mean “Drugs sold here.” Others say they appear where a child [...]
Published by admin on May 10th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Mentions | Comment now »
Shoefiti Theories Abound in Toronto
Murray Whyte tries to get to the bottom of this shoefiti thing in a column for the Toronto Star and uncovers a plethora of theories on why shoes hang from powerlines: Down at the heel, flying high “It means someone got laid for the first time,” says one young woman, smiling for the camera. “It’s [...]
Published by admin on May 6th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti in the Press | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti Included in PC World’s Top 25 Web Hoaxes & Pranks
PC World ranks and breaks down 25 popular web hoaxes and pranks, and includes a mention of sneakers hanging from powerlines: The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks – Yahoo! News 23. Lights-Out Gang Member Initiation (1998) People have a tendency to believe e-mail messages that come from authority figures. In 1998, a message purportedly [...]
Published by admin on May 5th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Texas
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Young Slob!, originally uploaded by Rich Anderson. A pair of shoes in Texas have been hung from powerlines with a caption, “Young Slob!” sketched on the soles. That must have involved [...]