On Toughness - Carl Valle (Fri 05 Jul 2013)

Gerald - Slug / Leichardt (Wed 02 Jul 2013)
Carl Valle (*) writes On Toughness (*):

the mental (*) component of what is toughness (*) is something of a debate.

The ability (*) to get up and do another is sometimes more valuable than elaborate periodisation.

Pushing the body is a balance, and nobody knows the outcome until the most important meet.

via Unwritten History of David Hemery (*) by Carl Valle (*).

Been doing a bit of pushing lately at training - lots of repeat efforts - 200's, 500's, 1000m and 2k's. Love it because it is different for me and because of the insights mentioned above.

Love and Forgiveness - Slug - Darlinghurst (Fri 13 Jul 2012)

Love and Forgiveness - Slug - Darlinghurst (Fri 13 Jul 2012)
Detail - Love and Forgiveness - Slug - Darlinghurst (Fri 13 Jul 2012)
Just around the corner from Brett Whiteley's Studio. He is in good company.

Gerald (1 of 2) - Wilson Lane / Newtown (Fri 25 Nov 2011)

Gerald the Dog (*) (1 of 2) - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Fri 25 Nov 2011)
Saw this a few weeks back and decided to photograph it recently. Gerald lives on.

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)
Lurking ominously just a few roller doors up the street is this sign ..

Gerald the Dog - A Clean Slate - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Our favourite, though seriously led astray, pooch, is transforming before our eyes.

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Regent Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Longdown Street / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Longdown Street / Newtown (Thu 16 Dec 2010)
Up early this morning and had a wander around Newtown with my Camera. Walked down this street in the opposite direction to which I walked along it a few weeks ago. This just jumped out at me. Had a nice conversation with the fellow in the right side of the photo. He thought I was from the Council. Said to him that I just liked photographing some of the more creative pieces of graffiti you can find around the place once you start looking past the tags. Some of it hits you in the face, but there are some more subtle things going on .. more later.

flickr photo sets by baddogwhiskas

flickr photo sets by baddogwhiskas
Lots of Sydney based graffiti photographs on flickr by baddogwhiskas. Includes sets on SLUG and Syke.

flickr set of Syke by baddogwhiskas (12 Dec 2010)
flickr set of Slug by baddogwhiskas (12 Dec 2010)

Mugging For The Cameras by CabGodot (01 Dec 2010)

Mugging For The Cameras by CabGodot
Third of the new format for the roundup of all Sydney Street Art.

Voiceover recorded in the cab on a wet night, with musical backing “Heavy Heavy Heavy” by Ronaldo Pino and “Crosstown Traffic” by Jimi Hendrix.

This one features a look through the Balgowlah Boneyard, which is the Burnt Bridge Creek...

Rain Stops Play by CabGodot (21 Nov 2010)

Rain Stops Play by CabGodot
for the Wallup website of all the Sydney street art, found by a Sydney Cabbie, here.

2nd Video from CabGodot. Reveals the true identity of his female french passenger in his first video.

Gerald the Dog - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Sat 20 Nov 2010)
A lot of changes since Sat 20 Nov 2010. Not much remains. Our poor pooch, Gerald the Dog, has been virtually rubbed out. The end is near. His little friend to the right has acquired some eyes (similar to Gerald's), a nose and a mouth. Not sure what the Bulletin Board text is about. There is some more text in blue that merges with the blue background. Pretty sure I know what the first word is - can't make out the rest.

Gerald the Dog and Friend - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog and Friend - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog and Friend - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog and Friend - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
A new Character - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Sat 20 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Out of Paint - Slug - Soudan Lane / Newtown (Sun 21 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - "Out of Paint" by SLUG - Soudan Lane / Newtown (Sun 21 Nov 2010)
Gives an idea of how SLUG works. For most artists, a portrait always starts with the eyes. The hands are also another important feature for an artist (at least this is what I have observed from watching Star Portraits). We see both here before SLUG runs out of paint. We can also the result of small fire that has melted the paint on the wall.

Gerald the Dog - "Out of Paint" by SLUG - Soudan Lane / Newtown (Sun 21 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - "Out of Paint" by SLUG - Soudan Lane / Newtown (Sun 21 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - "Out of Paint" by SLUG - Soudan Lane / Newtown (Sun 21 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Sat 20 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Yellow - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Sat 20 Nov 2010)
A recent photo before the Gerald the Dog (with Yellow Skin) finally disappears. Quite a few additions to the piece with the introduction (to me at least) of new character. The new character can be seen near the top center of the recently featured, SLUG PASTE UPS poster.

The above piece has been there since at least Feb 2010. In that time there have been a few additions. I will put up an early photo when I have time to find one.

A new Character - SLUG - Buckland Lane / Newtown (Sat 20 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Relby Street / Enmore (Fri 12 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Relby Street / Enmore (Fri 12 Nov 2010)
Gerald the Dog - Relby Street / Enmore (Fri 12 Nov 2010)

SLUG PASTE UPS !!! 2010 TM - Wilson Street Gallery / Newtown (Tue 09 Nov 2010)

SLUG PASTE UPS !!! 2010 TM - Wilson Street Gallery / Newtown (Tue 09 Nov 2010)
SLUG likes to do his work around Inner City Art Galleries (see yesterdays post and here). Found this poster about a month ago walking along Wilson Street, in the opposite direction to which I usually walk. It had been there for quite a while. Lots of detail in this one. Many characters, some of whom I have seen around other parts of Newtown.

SLUG PASTE UPS !!! 2010 TM - Wilson Street Gallery / Newtown (Tue 09 Nov 2010)
SLUG PASTE UPS !!! 2010 TM - Wilson Street Gallery / Newtown (Tue 09 Nov 2010)

Gerald the Dog - Whately Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
On Wed 01 Dec 2010 I published a post titled ...SUPER SONIC SLUG... where it was observed that SLUG was everywhere.

Had to go to Newtown that evening and in the drizzling rain as I drove down the dark and narrow Whateley Lane between King Street and Wilson Street, I noticed this recent piece by SLUG. Came back early the next morning and the photos below are the result.

The Story of Gerald the Dog starts here back in February 2010. I was aware of the character, but I did not know his name, Gerald, until I saw this Oct 2010 post by the Acid Midget.

Earlier in the year I had noticed quite a big piece (of Gerald) on a large roller door in Buckland Lane, Newtown. I even photographed it with my new mobile phone and it has been my phone's wallpaper ever since. He was a different dog back then. He had yellow skin and was well behaved.

me and my iPhone Wallpaper - Newtown - Sat 20 Mar 2010 - (picasa)
To read in October 2010, the Acid Midget's posts on Gerald was quite funny and put a smile on my face, though I was sorry for the poor pooch's demise. I have always liked dogs and have always tried to be nice towards them and will always say Hello for some reason.

Gerald the Dog - My Phone's Wallpaper ()
Since mid-October, Gerald has been popping up all over Newtown and Enmore and I have taken quite a few photos of poor old Gerald's demise. As the Acid Midget has observed, Gerald has been seriously lead astray in Newtown and his life has gone to the dogs.

Will publish some more photos over the next week or so. Stay tuned ..

Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)
Gerald the Dog - SLUG - Whateley Lane / Newtown (Thu 02 Dec 2010)

... SUPER SONIC SLUG ...

...SLUG... - Sydney Morning Herald Front Page (Wed 01 Dec 2010)
...SLUG... - Sydney Morning Herald Front Page (Wed 01 Dec 2010)

...SLUG... - Sydney Morning Herald Front Page (Wed 01 Dec 2010)
From the front page of todays Sydney Morning Herald.

...SLUG... is everywhere and you could say that after todays front page photo, ...SLUG... has gone SUPER SONIC.


...SUPER SONIC SLUG... - Chippendale - (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
...SUPER SONIC SLUG... - Chippendale - (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
...SLUG... is profilic around the Inner City and I will post some more photos over the next week.

Misty the Cat - Smithers Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)

Misty the Cat - Smithers Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Misty the Cat and the Slug Family 2010 - Smithers Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Misty the Cat and the Slug Family 2010 - Smithers Street / Chippendale (Sun 28 Nov 2010)
Plenty of relations in Enmore and Newtown.

[ Why Misty? It is the name of my Neighbours Cat which also looks remarkably like the Stencil Cat. Misty seems as good as anything. ]