Like A Walking Tour With Cell Phones

I have been a fan of Yellow Arrow for a while. For those of you who don't know, Yellow Arrow is a form of electronic graffiti. Basically, you have these yellow arrow stickers that have serial numbers on them. If you are posting one (anywhere), you text the serial number to Yellow Arrow and add your own little message. Then, when someone stops by your yellow arrow, they can text that same serial number and Yellow Arrow will text back your message.

So now, they have taken it one step further. They have created a walking tour of DC's Punk Scene. The website has short documentaries for each stop on the tour. The docs feature Ian Mackaye (Fugazi), Dante Ferrando (Owner of the Black Cat), Marion Barry, Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses) and many other people who all witnessed the changes in DC during the late 70's and early to late 80's. The films also stress how much the city has changed over the years and without saying it explicitly, talk about DC's urban gentrification. As Ian Mackaye says at one point: "Punk rockers are the Storm Troopers for gentrification."

This is possibly one of the coolest things I have ever seen. If y'all are into punk or the DC music scene period, you should check this out.