Buz Blurr's guest appearances

Buz Blurr

The Odd Podcast with Joe Parisi

Look What I Did

Amelia Earhart

Edward Scissorhands

Daniel Johnston

David Austin

Nathan Lee Graham

Eric Allen

Larry Hankin

Jimmy Diresta

Steve Cox

David Harris

David Moscow

Charlotte Stewart

John Massari

Jen Adair

Steve Carlson

OwlTail

This week we got the once in a lifetime opportunity to talk with Buz about his career as an outlaw artist and the impact his art has had around the world. Probably most famous for his "Colossus of Roads" moniker, his art can also be found in galleries from San Francisco to New York. See amazing images from Buz's studio at www.lookwhatidid.net   Support us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/lookwhatidid   Please subscribe!   Member of www.thevoicepress.com

This week we got the once in a lifetime opportunity to talk with Buz about his career as an outlaw artist and the impact his art has had around the world. Probably most famous for his "Colossus of Roads" moniker, his art can also be found in galleries from San Francisco to New York. See amazing images from Buz's studio at <a href="http://www.lookwhatidid.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.lookwhatidid.net</a> Support us on Patreon at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/lookwhatidid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/lookwhatidid</a> Please subscribe! Member of <a href="http://www.thevoicepress.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.thevoicepress.com</a>

Buz Blurr - Colossus of Roads

Legendary boxcar moniker artist Buz Blurr aka Colossus of Roads joins the show to tell us all about his life and the various art projects he's been involved with.  We discuss the hobo culture, graffiti and mail art.  Then we talk about the mysterious "House of Hades" tiles that are scattered around intersections all over the United States.  (It has been speculated that Buz is the artist responsible for these and we get to the bottom of it!)   So what is a boxcar moniker?  It's like old time graffiti drawn on the side of a train car.  They are usually about the size of a basketball or slightly larger and done in one color (usually black or white).  These are not the big sprawling spray paint pieces you see on train cars, but they often share space with them.  The moniker artists were/are sometimes hobos riding the rails, sometimes guys who worked in the rail yards and sometimes just graffiti artists who thought trains made a cool canvas.  A person draws their signature drawing or "moniker" on as many cars as possible, then that car travels all over the country over the years allowing their work to be seen by thousands of people in all sorts of places the artist would probably never be able to physically go.  It's kind of an "underground" art network that has been in existence for over 100 years. And yes, it's illegal. In this particular world of boxcar art, Buz is the top guy around today.  It's estimated that he's drawn his "Colossus of Roads" moniker on 70,000 + train cars.  Chances are, at some point you were sitting in your car waiting for a long train to pass and one of his drawings zipped right past you and you didn't even know it. Get your Odd Podcast T-Shirts here: www.oddpodcast.spreadshirt.com Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/oddpodcast Follow us on Twitter: @odd_podcast Email Joe Parisi- theoddpodcast@gmail.com

Legendary boxcar moniker artist Buz Blurr aka Colossus of Roads joins the show to tell us all about his life and the various art projects he's been involved with.  We discuss the hobo culture, graffiti and mail art.  Then we talk about the mysterious "House of Hades" tiles that are scattered around intersections all over the United States.  (It has been speculated that Buz is the artist responsible for these and we get to the bottom of it!) So what is a boxcar moniker?  It's like old time graffiti drawn on the side of a train car.  They are usually about the size of a basketball or slightly larger and done in one color (usually black or white).  These are not the big sprawling spray paint pieces you see on train cars, but they often share space with them.  The moniker artists were/are sometimes hobos riding the rails, sometimes guys who worked in the rail yards and sometimes just graffiti artists who thought trains made a cool canvas.  A person draws their signature drawing or "moniker" on as many cars as possible, then that car travels all over the country over the years allowing their work to be seen by thousands of people in all sorts of places the artist would probably never be able to physically go.  It's kind of an "underground" art network that has been in existence for over 100 years. And yes, it's illegal. In this particular world of boxcar art, Buz is the top guy around today.  It's estimated that he's drawn his "Colossus of Roads" moniker on 70,000 + train cars.  Chances are, at some point you were sitting in your car waiting for a long train to pass and one of his drawings zipped right past you and you didn't even know it. Get your Odd Podcast T-Shirts here: <a href="http://www.oddpodcast.spreadshirt.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.oddpodcast.spreadshirt.com</a> Like us on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/oddpodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/oddpodcast</a> Follow us on Twitter: @odd_podcast Email Joe Parisi- <a href="mailto:theoddpodcast@gmail.com">theoddpodcast@gmail.com</a>

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