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Via Colori

The Center for Hearing and Speech takes over Sam Houston Park for an all-out street-painting festival

By Jason Gagnon
Nov 15, 2007

For the next two days, Houstonians will be able to see the dull, gray streets of downtown transformed into works of art right before their eyes. The annual Via Colori (street of colors) festival at the Sam Houston Park this year features over 175 volunteer artists working in the pastel...
Inside the Circle

MFAH screens a b-boy documentary

By Jason Gagnon
Oct 25, 2007

The 1982 documentary Style Wars helped transform the world of graffiti into an indelible art movement, and Houston native Marcy Garriott’s Inside the Circle looks poised to bring the same credibility to the “b-boy” set. The film focuses on two best friends (Omar Davila and Josh Ayres) who are unified...
Hunter Ward Memorial

Featuring local rockers Poor Dumb Bastards, Something Fierce, The Dolly Rockers and more

By Jason Gagnon
Oct 4, 2007

Hunter Ward left an indelible mark on Houston’s rock scene, not just with his music but with his charismatic personality. Whenever you saw him playing with Poor Dumb Bastards or hanging out around Montrose, Ward was always upbeat and enthusiastic. It was impossible to be down when Hunter was in...
Guitar Wolf

Saturday, March 19, at Rudyard's, 2010 Waugh Drive, 713-521-0521.

By Jason Gagnon
Mar 17, 2005

Tokyo's Guitar Wolf is the coolest band on the planet. For almost two decades, the cult garage-punk icons have spread their hip, high-tension rock-and-roll etiquette across the earth and, if you believe the band members, beyond. Along the way, they've destroyed eardrums, speakers and stages in a Sapporo-fueled frenzy of...
Guitar Wolf

Love Rock (Narnack Records)

By Jason Gagnon
Sep 2, 2004

Fuck the Strokes, fuck the Hives, and fuck every other slicked-out overhyped rock band on the planet. If you want real rock and roll, the kind that makes you wanna get all hopped up on booze and dangerous amounts of adrenaline and run around like a maniac bringing glorious chaos...

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