AUSTIN CHRONICLE BEST OF AUSTIN 2009 CRITICS PICKS: Best New Artsploitation Venue/Gallery: The Fifth Gallery

Best New Artsploitation Venue/Gallery: The Fifth Gallery
Failure is not an option. Failure T-shirts and slyboots streetwise Krink bomber markers, however, are, with locally grown hip-hop and neu-wave artworks, John Gomi's exploding plastic inevitably cool Kozik-y thingamawhatsits, and owner Marc Zuazua's Downtown-hepcat cool as well. Both the tiniest and coolest new music and art venue to come up from the gutter since, well, Gomi. Huzzah, yo!
305 E. Fifth, 669-6558 www.thefifthgalleryaustin.com

WED. IS ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN DAY!!!

SSSSOOO, I WOKE UP WITH THE CEILING IN MY KIDS ROOM CAVED IN TODAY, SO I'VE BEEN CLEANING, CLEANING, CLEANING, & NOW ITS OFF TO BENDER BLENDER @ THE SHOP FROM 7-11-ish SO, I'LL LEAVE YOU THIS POST FROM MICKEY MOUSE CLUB. ENJOY.

ONLINE SHOP MOSTLY UP & RUNNING

PLEASE CLICK IMAGE & CHECK OUT OUR NEW ONLINE SHOP THANKS

FRIDAYS @ THE 5th FRIDAY'S JAM(REPOST FROM 5th BLOG)

Heres proof. Our weekly open jam session is really starting to get popular, we had a lot of cool folk come through to hang out and listen, and a lot of talented musicians that plugged in and played. This marathon jam session went from 9:30 to past 4 in the morning. We knew it was time to wrap it up when the street sweepers rolled by. Anyways-heres some pics.

Karthik of HOUR BAND

Steel sculpture by John Weber

Aaron of BLACK RODEO and his bro Joe sharing the drum kit

Austin MC Problem Child came through and dropped some freestyle

DJ ROCK WELL on the turntables

Our friends Mary Anne and Kindsey (who took a few photos)

like this one...awesome.

Problem Child

este homie Juan Gomi

Victor of City of Hungry Ghosts

SHOT ON SITE, OR IT LIKE WHERE'S WALDO FOR DRUNKS.

FIND THE CAT STICKER IN THIS PICTURE.

PHOTO BY JOHNGOMI

NEW ARRIVALS: MAXIMUMROCKANDROLL #316

MRR magazine #316 (Sept ‘09) features killer cover art courtesy of Guillem of Barcelona’s DESTINO FINAL, and an epic interview with classic crusters AMEBIX, from their recent US tour… There’s an interview with Oakland’s own BORN/DEAD, one with an Australian hardcore band MEATLOCKER, and some more heavy hardcore with Florida’s DIVISIONS. We got a European tour diary from Chilean punkers ALTERCADO, and a feature on the three day hardcore punk party that is the No Way Fest. There’s the buzzsaw pop-punk of SOMETHING FIERCE from Houston, and MUTATING MELTDOWN, who are continuing the Austin lady-made art punker tradition… There’s a Lance Hahn feature on Crass Records’ poet in residence Nick Toczek, an interview with Isy from the Cowley Club, an anarchist community center and show space in Brighton, UK, as well as an Albany scene report, and a piece on Albany’s teenage dirtbags ANAL WARHEAD. All of this plus the usual columns, news, movies, books, and the most extensive record review section in punk!

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHO STOPPED BY THE GALLERY TODAY!

ROBERT RODRIQUEZ IS SHOOTING MACHETE ACROSS FROM THE 5TH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, & WE WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET A SURPRISE VISIT FROM ACTOR DANNY TREJO.