Archive for the 'Shoefiti Theories' Category
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A Shoefiti Artist Speaks
Shoefiti comedy. What’s next:
So a few months ago when I first became aware of this issue, I asked my wife if she was selling her ass when I was away. The result was the same as answering the “Does my butt look too big in this?” question wrong. I picked up both shoes she had [...]
Published by admin on October 8th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 2 Comments »
A Breakdown of Shoefiti Theories
Jon on his Vox account breaks down a series of shoefiti theories he’s found after getting turned on to the concept after snapping some photos of shoes hanging from powerlines:
One explanation is that it is indeed a sign of a gang’s turf. Another explanation was that it signified where either crack cocaine or heroin was [...]
Published by admin on October 6th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 1 Comment »
More Shoefiti Theories
Could shoe tossing become a family event? Or, is it already one? Bernie DeKoven from Funsmith takes at look at the issue on his blog:
Bernie DeKoven, funsmith: Shoe Tossing
Many are the theories that embrace the various phenomena known by some under the general rubric of Shoe Tossing. Yet, from the various manifestations of shoefiti [...]
Published by admin on September 14th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti Strikes Jacksonville, Texas
An article in the Jacksonville Progress takes a look at the motivations behind shoefiti in this Texas town:
What is the meaning of flinging shoes over power lines?
Daniel discounts the prevailing notion that tennis shoes dangling from power lines mark the location of houses where drugs can be purchased. Or that they mark gang territories. [...]
Published by admin on September 12th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories, Shoefiti in the Press | Comment now »
Shoefiti = Meth House in High Desert
Kristine lives in the high desert of California where shoes hanging correlates with nearby meth houses:
keisler: So true!!!
…you know that shoes hanging over a telephone wire means theres a meth house nearby.
Published by admin on July 19th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 2 Comments »
Shoefiti = Drug Dealing in New Mexico
A New Mexico resident weighed in on a “secret powerline codes” post on Museum of Hoaxes explaining her perspective from the Southwest:
Secret Powerline Codes (Comments)
I’ve been told by more than one police officer that sneakers hanging from power lines mean there is a drug dealer nearby. Not necessarily right where the sneakers are, but [...]
Published by admin on July 17th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti means drug dealer lives nearby
Bitful posts interesting, “what I’ve learned this week” posts with random looking into new insights, including this one on shoes hanging from a wire this past week:
bitful » Blog Archive » 7 things I did not know last week
Shoes hanging on a Wire is usually a sign that a dealer lives nearby, or that [...]
Published by admin on July 9th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
David W. Boles on NYC Shoefiti Meanings
David W. Boles explains shoes on wires in a post on his Urban Semiotic blog:
Shoes on a Wire « David W. Boles’ Urban Semiotic ™
“Shoes on a Wire” is a well-known street semiotic that drugs are nearby and available for purchase.
In New York City there is a special sort of whistling Dealers use to [...]
Published by admin on July 7th, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | 1 Comment »
Shoefiti as a Tribute to a Band that Rocks Hard
If a band throws down hard in a live performance, should they be honored by throwing shoes over a powerline as a memorial to their awesome performance?
There Should Be Pairs of Shoes Hung From Wires in Memorial
So, uh, where were you last night at around 10:20 p.m.? What’s that, not at the Pour House? [...]
Published by admin on June 22nd, 2007 tagged Shoefiti Theories | Comment now »
Shoefiti = The Ghetto?
Wirthless5502 correlated shoes hanging from electrical wires iwth the ghetto in a recent post on his LiveJournal blog:
wirthless5502 - The Adoptee
However they didn’t light up the old lady. They merely went from house to house, into the confines of the neighborhood to attempt to stash themselves away into the crack-house like homes in my [...]