Monday, December 31, 2007

The Silo

Stopped at the Silo yesterday, the place if friggin amazing. Total destruction. It looks like the lost elephant graveyard, but with art cars. Come out for La Destrucción today at 4pm!



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funny sign

no trasspassing or its your ass!

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Britt Loves the Block on Main Street


The Seeds, 2007
on view @ CTRL



Petite interview with ex-Houstonian Jackie Gendel HERE.

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Get Your 2 Cents In

Across Alabama from the Menil parking lot, at the corner of Mandell, an abandoned building has been commandeered by taggers for the last few years. Christmas (or somewhere near) meant a busy night and the new stuff is great. DUAL, 2CENT, FRANK and BRANDED plastered the whole facade.










the Jim Love Jack, 1971, was catchin' some pretty light...


Friday, December 28, 2007

La Destrucción: New Year's Eve



La Destrucción
American Wandering Club at The Silo
4601 Clinton Drive
Houston, Texas

44 years after Argentine artist Marta Minujín created the first Happening in Paris the American Wandering Club will usher in 2008 with their own version. In the original La Destrucción the artist destroyed all her artwork, inviting others like Christo and Lourdes Castro to burn paintings and mattresses. Seeking a more collaborative event the American Wandering Club has invited artists to bring work from 2007 to The Silo on December 31st in order to usher in the New Year. At 4:44 pm paintings and sculptures will be lit aflame, immediately followed by a performance by the Windham Brothers.

Please join us at 4 pm New Year’s Eve in the Warehouse District at The Silo, a former grain warehouse without a ceiling and a perfect view of the sky. Festivities will continue throughout the night presented by ACK, the Art Car Klub. Artists will include Betsy Askew, Paul Barces, Joey Bender, Adrian Brooks, Eli Brumbaugh, Sean Carroll, Brian Moss, Brian Rod, Shane Tolbert, and Vanessa Voss. Please call 832-724-9464 for more information.

To Do List: Houstoned Blog about it HERE.

Threadiness

Announcing a new $3 million ad campaign for the city's image has spurred on 8 pages of comments on chron.com, here are some good slogan suggestions.

- Houston, where if you mess with the bull, you get Joe Horn.

"Houston.....PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH HAAAAAH HAAAAH HAAAAAH HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEYA"!

"Houston: A City Without a NEWSpaper"

For all of you that think Houston is bad, try living in Corpus Christi.

It is bad idea to have Barb and old George help this city because all they do is hurt this city...thank goodness their idiot son is going to Dallas...they should move with him, because Dallas is better suited for elitist Republican racists...

"Houston.... Are you my babby daddy?"

Where else are you going to find that is so cheap to live, and your wealth puts you above the law.

Houston is great! Now, go away!




Hollow Men Are We

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organizers Brumbaugh and Calle

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E.T. Scarecrow took a tumble out of the tree

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Turnip Head!

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this is the bus with the skull on the back... no one knew where it was from...
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Adrian Brooks brought a scarecrow to burn...

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there were two rasta concert promoters crashed out who had thrown a party the night before
what the fuck went on there?!?

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constructing the rich scarecrow eating poor scarecrows

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pics by Chester.Soria

The Dimes- that drummer probably doesn't appreciate this pic... haha...






who hired strippers?











Stole a few pics from the Free Press blog about it HERE.

B.


Grant Olney


The Jon Benet

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Enrique's 80th Birthday Party