http://dirtythirdstreets.com Posting flicks. Interviewing artists. Talking shit. Working towards a sense of place, an understanding of regionalism as it pertains to street art in the Dirty South, aka the Third Coast, aka the Dirty Third. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:52:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This photo of a Dual mural in Austin came over the transom last week. http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/07/02/speak-of-the-devil/ http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/07/02/dual-houston-street-art/ This whole compound has a post-apocalyptic feel, like nature has reclaimed her domain over humans, but we’re dealing with a castle, so it’s like the future is now…or something. This last one kind of looks like a Yar!, but there’s no name, so I’m not so sure. http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/30/malibu-grand-prix-castle-code2-ayer-rubix-and-yar/ I'm not sure who did these, but they're pretty cool. I assume they didn't last much longer than the festival. http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/27/little-wooden-houses-at-the-westheimer-block-party/ I had a fantastic afternoon recently, exploring the remains of the shuttered Malibu Grand Prix & Castle complex over on the West Loop between 290 and I-10. Not only were there tons of tags to document, but I also got to hang out with some ducks and take a general ... http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/25/malibu-grand-prix-castle-abels-and-takes/ Here we have three messages scrawled on a bridge on Cutten Road in northwest Houston, all worthy of commentary. Damn straight. The death of UGK's Pimp C was tragic. He will be missed. Um, no. South Park Mexican was a pedophile. He had sex with little girls. And we're not talking about ... http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/23/rip-pimp-c-and-free-spm/ These posters have been popping up all over Houston lately, but I saw this particular specimen back in March during South by Southwest in Austin. http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/20/starve-wheatpaste-austin-houston/ Anyone know the story on these? How about this and this and this and this? http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/18/kitty-monsters-austin-wheatpaste/ I need to start documenting more truck bombs, although sometimes it can be tough to get the camera out in time. I swerved around this one to make sure the other side didn't have a "t" or a "p," but nope, "chea" it is. http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/16/chea-truck-bomb-in-downtown-houston/ http://dirtythirdstreets.com/2008/06/13/busy-austin-south-congress-stickers/