If the posters and flyers for Starbucks and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s latest Mixed Media Event have you thinking “WTF, TFT?” let us help you out: Tha Fucking Transmissions. The local hip hoppers had to acronym-ize their name in order to keep things kosher for the MFAH’s PR team. It happens, and hey, what do we care? We’ll drink wherever there’s a bar and good music.
And solid choice with Tha Fucking Transmissions (you can read that as TFT if it’s too offensive) – the group lets a hip hop vibe guide them through rock influences for tunes as Wu-Tang as they are Red Hot Chili Peppers. Make sure you get there by 9 p.m. or you’ll skip these locals.
The bill also features the flow-rific, tamed Le-Tigre sounds of Glass Candy and Farah, and don’t forget to check out the current exhibits “John Alexander: A Retrospective” and “Learning by Doing: 25 Years of the Core Program.” 8 p.m. to midnight. Saturday, June 21. 1001 Bissonnet. For information, call 713-639-7300 or visit www.mfah.org/mixedmedia. $15. $10 for students. Free for members. – Dusti Rhodes
This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2008.
