My Life In Letters

Ive been so busy with projects and expecting our second daughter that I haven't been able to post a new episode in a few weeks. But fear not! New eps are coming. 

I also lost access to the @mylifeinletterspodcast page recently so I haven't even been able to inform you guys to whats going on. 

I really appreciate all your support. And again more MLIL eps are coming. 

Thank you

Adam

Our first European interview live from Italy with the Dutch born Mr JUNE. We span the early days of his graffiti career in the mid 80's in his town just outside Amsterdam. Through his day studying. We will get back with June next season to cover the last 15 years. We hope you enjoy!

This full interview is one of our favorites. Not only does Mone break down the earliest days of his graff career but we also get to learn more about the Mount Vernon perspective as he was and is a suburb writer making himself known in NYC and beyond. Huge thanks to Mone for coming on and as promised on the ep we will follow up with him next season to do a part 2 episode. 

See @rockinitsuckers instagram page to see more of his work or google MONE RIS and let the flood gates open on ya. 

Speaking with MONE got us all sentimental fro the days of Krylon and Rusto, stock caps and no computers. In this teaser episode we remember what it was like to get your hands on a piece of media like Subway Art for the first time. That rush that you may or may not be able to get now a days in our Social Media culture. 

We hope you enjoy this episode and in 2 weeks we will release Mone's full interview. Stay tuned. 

While Mone isn't on social check out the @rockinitsuckers page to see more of his work. 

This is a part 2 to Episode 16 from Season 1 of My Life In Letters. We were so blessed to get the Bay Area native and legend Spie back on the show. We learn so much whenever we get to speak with Spie. He is a natural teacher and student of life. We were particularly grateful to hear stories about Mike Dream and about their travels and his legacy. We hope you enjoy this episode and learn from it. 

In this episode 5 of My Life In Letters we focus on some pf Spies ideas and thoughts on leadership. I dig into the themes that Spie provides around critical thinking and on being our bests selves. 

In two weeks we will release Spies full interview. 

See his Instagram to see more work @agentdecoy and as always you can reach out to me Adam @adamfu or through the MLIL page @mylifeinletterspodcast.

In this 4th episode of season 2 we deliver to you the entire interview that we recorded with GUSTO TFP 4B. He is a Queens native and has stories for day with guys like Faust, Stae2, DCV, Sen2 and so many more. 

we got to hear some great tales of Mentorship on his initial episode and in this full interview we learn about Gusto's immigration story, how he "faked it" into a full time job at MTV as well as good old fashioned "racking" stories with his team. 

We were so thankful that Gusto took the time to sit down with us. 

See  more of his work at @gustonyc on Instagram and his site www.gusto.nyc. 

In this episode we get to speak in detail with Gusto from Queens New York about his experiences with mentorship in the graffiti community and how that shaped him. It shaped him as an artist and writer but also as a designer working in corporate settings. I have researched extensively on mentorship and on what it is to have leaders in our community. 

This is a fraction of the larger episode which will be released on Sunday March 11th. 

You can see more of Gusto's work on Instagram @gustonyc 

In this episode we pick up where we left off last year with Wane, in Season 1, Episode 25. In this second discussion with wane we cover his work from 1986 to the early 2000's. We talk a broad range of topics pertaining to the graffiti culture. Many strong themes come up like business ownership, community building, public speaking and graphic design. 

See Wanes work on Instagram at @waneonecod and see his website to buy work and learn more about the man himself at www.waneone.com

Wane sits down and spends time to give us an update to his episode from last season. In Season 1 episode 25 Wane tells us about his life in letters from 1979 to 1986. In this new episode we focus on the entrepreneurial side of Wane and how he created and ran The Writers Bench clothing line. In two weeks we will release our interview in its entirety. See Wanes website waneone.com and his Instagram for the most up to date work @waneonecod

Amuse 126 takes over the hosting chair and Atoms is in the hot seat. 

Changes are in store. We will be taking a break to revamp,  rebuild, recharge and refresh the podcast. Its been a wild year with lots of ups and downs. Some highlights and thoughts recorded here. 

Part one from the man TUKE DF in Denver Colorado. 

Birmingham's finest! Fuck the patriarchy.

From his studio we get to hear about his days at Def Jux and so much more!

We left off at the year 2000 in Part 1 of Persue's EP. We pick up where we left off for this part 2. 

Got to catch the man on a cross country road trip back to his California roots after living in the south for many years. 

Renos breaks it down for us in this 42nd episode

Hamer talks us through it while also putting OMAHA Nebraska on the My Life In Letters map. 

We were blessed to speak with daver and learn more about his life in Baltimore graf.

What can we say? We got blessed to speak with DAZE!!

We get to chat with News about life and art and the creation of Inkheads crew among other tales. 

A more intimate discussion than usual with bomber and artist Rambo 907.

From The Bay to LA to Athens we get to hear so much great history with the gunner Sufroc from CA MTA. 

Super excited to speak with the letter smith of Tats Crew. BIO was generous to talk about his earliest days making walls. 

LA through and through. We were blessed to speak with Anger from the mighty CBS crew. 

I true scholar. Skeme spends the time to help us get everything in line. This is a particularly special interview from our vantage point. 

REDS breaks it down from her roots in Dade county to today being a national sensation. 

With 13 years of transit bombing in his history Part takes us through the early years of his career. This will be part 1 or 2.`

Doc takes us on a ride through early Brooklyn history. This is part 1 of 2.

Excited to get a lettering master on the podcast. Annica teaches us how and why she does it. And how puns fit it along the way. 

The Mission District legend talks us through his life in letters from the late 70s onward. 

Live from Detroit!! We get to sit down with long time friend BEGR as he breaks down the 90s graff life he was living. 

Quake takes us on a mission to drive us through his whole career. 

The Denver local, born and bred takes us on his personal journey from full time hustler to graf standout to community organizer and beyond. 

Episode 22 we get the honor to speak with Lady Diva aka Tabitha Montenera. Not only did we get to speak about her graffiti career starting in 1984 but we also get to touch on her battle with Cancer. Currently she is still raising funds to pay for her treatments in Mexico. 

Please check this link and donate to her go fund me . 

www.gofundme.com/tabitha-diva-montenera-cancer-fund

San Jose California KING 157 talks to us from on location in New Mexico. 

Roachi is Roach in Australian. Learn about the culture of Sydney with our first international guest on the podcast. Born in Japan without an ounce of Japanese heritage in him; ROACHI’s art reflects the mind of one who has traveled and experienced various sunsets from around the world. From comics to freights: we track his story and you get a front row seat. Pull up a chair and have a little listen.

Atomik tells us all the story of how his iconic Orange character came to be and how the Miami scene has ebbed and flowed over the years. We were so blessed to get the story from the man himself. We cover Atomik's entire graffiti timeline and have a plan in the works to do another interview with Adam where he will tell tales of what it is to travel and do his graffiti. 

Episode 18 of our podcast features Sloke. Widely regarded as the Mayor of Austin’’s graffiti scene; Sloke shares with us unique insight about the city’s graffiti history. In this wide ranging discussion, he shares everything from how he got started in the artform amidst gang-style writers--to the impact that Style Wars and Subway Art had on his personal career.

Not only one of the most creative writers; Sloke is also incredibly well spoken. With a great deal of introspection and honestly, Sloke makes this episode is informative not only about the scene of Austin--but also about the perfect storm leading to his mark on the city.

This episode touches on everything from; race, gang-violence, the international graffiti scene and love for the artform. Sloke and Atoms’ discussion brings plenty of food for thought to the table.

Merlot talks all things graf, design and life in this 17th episode of My Life In LettersIt ain't where you're from; it's where you're at. After a rough start to life in Seattle, MERLOT stopped nothing short of preserving and overcoming with her art. Check out this episode and learn her progression from the struggles of MySpace to her current presence in Chicago.

From his first piece in 1985 to today Spie has always pushed the envelope artistically and politically. We cover Spies career in making marks from the early 70s til the early 1990's when he teams up with Dream One. 

We plan on recording Part 2 sometime in the summer of 2017.

Enue breaks down his NJ roots, skate culture of the 90's and his personal philosophies around life, graf, DJ'ing and much more.

Please check out our first 14 episodes as well and the merchandise associated with it at my store ATOMSFUJITA.BigCartel.com

Thank you!

Jerry lets us into his world with personal family narratives and tons or great graffiti history starting in DC and Virginia, to San Francisco and ultimately to Portland Oregon where he now resides. 

We get to sit down with the dude AREK BA, NSF, FGS, KMS to talk about his life in letters. He is in Baltimore we are in Bushwick!

We go on location and have the audio to prove it! We get to visit with Cycle in his Queens NY studio talking all things history and art. 

We get to speak with EAST this week. He calls in from The Cypher Shop in Denver. We get to speak about his original days as a B Boy in 1978 in Chicago Land all the way up to his first rooftop spot with his mentor Feski Fes on the Douglas B in 1986. Part two will be coming down the line this year, Keep an ear out for it!

Part one of 2. Apexer talks about his early years in the game. We will be recording Part 2 sometime later in the year. 

Produced like always by @UZIEGO!

We got to roll around The SFC in Skew's Mercedes talking 80's Mission graffiti history all the way up to his new Grammy nominated song that he produced for J Boog and Wash House Music which he is a founding member of. 

Live from his Staten Island studio Chris speaks with us about his career from his Hardcore straight edge days through the creation of RWK in 2001 up to today.

The Windy City decorator; Amuse shares with us his personal story of how he got started in graffiti. Never one to paint a simple style; the same can be said of his interview. Check out this episode to learn about how his family influenced his interest in graffiti and what inspired him to develop more and more styles to this day.

Dave breaks it down from San Diego to Brooklyn in episode 6 of My Life In Letters

What kind of name is “CRASH”? It's the name of a graff legend featured in works like Subway Art, Style Wars and countless of other documentaries and books. CRASH pumps the breaks and explains graffiti history from his perspective with us. Learn from his perspective what bombing was like during the train era and the origins of “CRASH”. 

Alex breaks it down from the Armenian alphabet to Chinatown. 80s graffiti writer and pioneer Neonski sheds some light.

In this second episode of My Life In Letters we had the chance to speak with Doug Cunningham also known as Dug One from TMF known by many as the Godfather of San Francisco graffiti. 

As always the episode was mixed edited and enhanced musically by Zack Dunn aka DJ UZIEGO!! 

We kick off our first podcast with the one and only Zimad. We knew that our first guest had to possess the ability to paint a picture of what graffiti culture was like during it’s infancy stages from NYC. Zimad has been there; done that and continues to get up to this day. He shares with us the process of making one’s own mop tags and even goes out of his way to clarify key points of graff history.