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Shoefiti and Hip Hop
TuttiFreshy has some cool shoefiti paintings, and a solid Johnny Cash / Eazy E mashup on his site. He also takes on shoefiti theories: A shoefiti artist will wait until the middle of the night to fling a pair of tied shoes over a low-hanging utility wire. With any luck, the shoes will wrap themselves [...]
Published by admin on January 6th, 2011 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Melbourne Shoefiti: Schoolies?
Tania from the blog Myrtle and Eunice snapped a few pictures of shoefiti in Melbourne Australia in December, and offered some thoughts on who she thinks may be behind those shoes hanging from a wire down under. No, she doesn’t think this is drug related: Anyway, no straight-thinking dealer type is likely to lurk and [...]
Published by admin on January 4th, 2011 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
A Prostitute’s Take on Shoefiti
A German journalist interviewed me about shoes hanging from powerlines, and asked if I had any interesting stories about theories I’ve heard. Click here to read what a prostitute once told me about shoefiti in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Published by admin on January 3rd, 2011 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 2 Comments »
2 Frat Boys with 1 Girl in 1 Night?
A former George Washington University student sent in this explanation for what a shoe tree near campus meant: At GWU, shoefiti meant that two frat brothers just bedded the same woman in the same night. There was a rather impressive shoefiti tree at 21st and G, but it appears to have been cleaned up.
Published by admin on December 30th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
A Police Officer’s Take on the Meaning of Shoefiti
In a recent comment on Shoefiti.com, a police officer named Jim Wheeler shared his thoughts on the meaning of shoes hanging from powerlines: Being a Police Officer for over 20 yrs. and 18 as a K-9 Handler, narcotics interdiction officer for the last 8. I can attest to the tennis shoe theory.I can of course [...]
Published by admin on December 26th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti’s Impact on Mobile Home Parks
Niche Investment Network offers a run-down of signs that a mobile home park is overridden with crime, including shoes hanging from power lines: Shoes don’t grow on power lines. Have you ever noticed a pair of tennis shoes hanging from a power line? That is the universal sign for “drugs sold here”. When someone is [...]
Published by admin on December 13th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti in East Lake, Birmingham, Alabama
A resident of the East Lake community of Birmingham, Alabama has posted a list of what she’s learned since moving to that part of town. Among the observations is her newfound knowledge regarding shoes hanging from powerlines: 6. When you see shoes hanging over power lines it means somewhere nearby you can buy drugs.
Published by admin on November 18th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
How Shoefiti Influences Home Buying: Zillow.com
A home buyer posing a question on Zillow’s Real Estate Advice boards asks what can be done now that they’ve purchased a home only to find out that it’s next door to a drug house: We bought a home in Bay Area. CA last May. Police came to our neighbors home last month and arrested [...]
Published by admin on May 8th, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 2 Comments »
A Marine’s Personal Experience with Shoefiti
A recent commenter named Robert explains his involvement with shoefiti in the 1980′s In the late 80’s, I was in the U.S. Marines. On your last day of serving 4 years of active service, guys would throw a pair of combat boots up in the air on power lines. I guess it was to say [...]
Published by admin on January 1st, 2010 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Why Bother Removing Shoes from Powerlines?
North Minneapolis residents and activists John Hoff and Peter Teachout spent a few hours last night cleaning up the neighborhood by removing shoes hanging from powerlines. Hoff, who runs a blog about the struggle in North Minneapolis against drug dealers, prostitutes, and copper thieves, explains why he thinks it’s important to remove shoes from powerlines: [...]