So you may have noticed that I’ve been uploading pictures without any kind of explanation. My bad. On the rare occasion that I leave my apartment and walk the streets, I sometimes encounter something that I feel compelled to photograph with my camera phone. Mostly, at this point in time, that thing has been sidewalk stencils. A few weeks ago, I came across a Barak Obama stencil on Haight and Laguna (it’s at the bottom of this page). I believe I snapped that and sent it to my mother or my sister (both of whom tend to be on the receiving end of random stuff from me) without a caption or any kind of accompanying information. Again. My bad. Next came the LEGO mini-figure stencil that I found on Potrero Hill on 18th Street. I sent that photo to the LEGO team at Flashpoint and the partner who works on the account sent it on to LEGO HQ in Connecticut. Finally, on Saturday, as I walked along Sanchez to the yarn store, I found the Jesse’s Girl stencils that I posted below. The series caught my eye and even tho the sun was shining too brightly for me to get really good snaps, I bent down and gave it a go. Only problem is that the stencils are not as well defined as others I’ve seen. I can’t tell who the people are. I definitely see the lyrics to Jesse’s Girl accompanying each photo — reason enough for me to take photos at that point and to see later if anyone could make out the faces. Anyone?
March 24, 2008...10:14 pm
Sidewalk scribbles
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March 25, 2008 at 4:47 am
Well, the faces are definitely from the video, but they don’t line up frame for frame. So don’t use the stencils for karaoke.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adaYUM5wl7c
The closest one to syncing up is “I play along with the charade” at around 0:48, matching IMAGE_066.
Nice finds.
March 25, 2008 at 4:50 pm
The fact that you figured that out makes me believe that you just may be crazier (or have more time on your hands) than me.