I actually think graffiti can be a form of art, but random spray-painting just doesn't qualify.  It's just the same as littering, which is rude and stupid, not an expression of creativity.

Please just tag and graffiti in the Graffiti Graveyard. I strolled along the Lakewalk today and only noticed some on that ship house bike rental building. Later I passed by the entrance to the Graveyard peering into a sea of art. There appears no effort to paint over that place (except by graffiti artists) because it's out of sight. Maybe the Graffiti Graveyard should have a boardwalk running through it.

Perhaps everyone who's ever been to a Whiskey at the Gallows show should be sent to Guantanamo Bay and they can sort it out there.

I bet the Whiskey at the Gallows next show (5:30pm at Legacy Glassworks on June 1st) will have some extra attention now.

For the projected cost of the NorShor, the city could clean up graffiti for 106 years.

It really pisses me off when it's in some of our beautiful city parks. Chester Creek has a bunch of new stuff this year -- sprayed on rocks, etc.

@ B-Man.  Well said

There has been much on the Miller Creek Trail which starts in Lincoln Park for the past couple of years. Both the graffiti and vandalism to the few old stone walls that remain are heart breaking.

Just walking down to the local park in Lakeside - random scribblings on the rocks...  Bad form.  Somebody should hide out and paint the hands of these vandals red - and then do this to them the next day:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pillory_9105377.jpg

Two words: Paintball guns.  See how they like getting tagged.  I have an urge to hang out on the Lakewalk afterhours this week to see if I run into these punks.  Something tells me I will.

It also constitutes a certain degree of assault. I can't be sure to what amount, but a quick check with the local constabulary would probably shed some light on how much trouble you could find yourself in.

IMO, time served and a hefty fine (at the very least) seems a little disproportionate to the insult or injury caused to the perpetrator of the crime. Just your luck the tagger is the child of a somewhat well off family with a good lawyer. Crime or no, a civil suit would likely take a larger chunk of your money.

Hey, I played guitar in the group, we had nothing to do with this. I lived in Duluth from 2007-08 and was as upset as anybody, if not more so, that our name and several other great musical act's names were defamed in some punk fan's attempt at idol worship down the Lakewalk. We canceled shows in protest of this, and addressed our fans that this isn't cool. Art is one thing, but petty crime is another. This event actually sent Whisky at the Gallows into a spiral causing us to break up. I'd appreciate it if the link to my Facebook would be removed. Thanks.

Whiskey at the Gallows tagged the heck out of the city of Menomonie, Wisconsin, too. Word has it that Josh Grose himself did all the tagging. He should be held responsible.