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He Died Immersed In Music: The Tale of Tom Tarbox Kiersted

David Ensminger — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 10:30:00 +0000

To casual observers and critics alike, punk was considered a flash-in-the-pan genre, just another degenerate subculture that would fade quicker than a searing, loud-as-hell album after turning off the electricity. Unfortunately for them, punk was more ...

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In Praise of Drummers: Goodbye Arthur Hays

David Ensminger — Fri, 19 Jun 2020 09:00:00 +0000

Arthur Hays was an irreplaceable figure in music scenes that included San Antonio, Austin, and most recently Houston. A Texas native son born who graduated from high school in the early 1970s, he was a rock'n'roll drum legend whose sheer titanic poundi...

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Disruptive Since ’79: MDC’s Radical American Rock’n’Roll Revisits Houston

David Ensminger — Thu, 02 Jan 2020 11:00:00 +0000

For 40 years, groundbreaking hardcore punk band MDC has proven that commitment works. As a globe-reaching political unit, they foreshadowed The Woke Generation's emphasis on social justice, pro-LGBTQIA fights, environmental awareness, labor concerns, p...

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