BBC1 came in search of the H-town music scene and houston-so-real (houstonsoreal.blogspot.com) made sure London found it.

Founder/creator of houston-so-real, Matt Sonzala (left) with London's DJ Semtex

DJ Semtex

DJ Chill holding court

DJ Chill behind the wheel

Bun B

I wonder if Matty has a similar pic of me somewhere?

TRAE

I am my brothers keeper FREE DINKIE

Devin the Dude:
on the mic, making it look pimpishly easy.

Devin starts to feel nimble

if you are interested in high quality copies of these photos, drop me a line - eric_s_thompson@hotmail.com

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On Wednesday night Diplo was in town and it was NUTZ. You gotta check out these pics !

I was able to get some pretty nice shots, and afterwards we all went over to KPFT studio's for some Vodka and LIVE air time on "Damage Control" hosted by DJ Chill and Matt Sonzala. If you want to see a full write up on the shows (and the sheer madness back at the radio station) check out Matt's blog at www.houstonsoreal.blogspot.com .

Opening for him were two bands from Brazil that were Full-On. Crazy, high impact energy stage antics and all about putting on a very memorable performance. This set of pictures below are of

"CSS" - Cansrea der Sexxy .

- Bonde do Role-

this band hit the stage like a riot, and were one hell of a lot of fun afterwards, back at the radio station.

mean while back at KPFT,.... DJ Chill and Matt Sonzala have another episode of Damage Control Radio underway....

Sooooo........ being kinda of a blogging noob, I have just gotten hip to how to drive the "comments" section of my blog. If you posted a comment in the past, but never saw them pop up _ well that was on me. But now I have a handle on it - so feel free to sound off if the spirit moves you, and I will make sure your comments are published.

out.

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The people's movements are alive and well in Southern Mexico.
Last year I had an oppurtunity to spend some time in Oaxaca, and Chiapas- and was very taken by the political posters I would see on the streets. These aren't "great" photos, but give some insight into the life and politics of the campensinos and urban poor.

In my own words....

A Pretty Smile

Flag Wars

These photos were taken in front of the Israeli embassy in Houston, on July 17, 2006. The protest was in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.










Protest is always in fashion












This lady in the white Jaguar felt the need to drive very close to the curb where demonstrators were assembled. When she finally got one to touch her car, she jumped out with an aire of righteous indignation.

Apparently Houston's finest bought her act.





the crowd voices their outrage.

429-CFW in case you can't make it out

A face of concern





This little girl was sounding off and meaning every word of it.




Mothers speak up and speak out





The Houston Police were on hand...






. In the next set of photos, a man (Herb Rothchild)is told to move by police, he politely declines... you'll be able to gather the rest. But I have to admit, the old dude took it like a champ.








*One note to this set of photos, this guy was arrested for having a sign counter to Israeli policy on the East side of the street. But if you will look in my other photos- two people were allowed to stand on the East side of the street waving an Israeli flag and yelling at the protesters. Perhaps they just didn't like Herb's politics.

Being Heard





Faces in the crowd








So maybe I am a bit immature and enjoy sophmoric humor, but i couldn't help myself from wondering... What is the FOX NEWS guy doing with his microphone to these well fed Zionists?

Protest is always in fashion

This lady in the white Jaguar felt the need to drive very close to the curb where demonstrators were assembled. When she finally got one to touch her car, she jumped out with an aire of righteous indignation.

Apparently Houston's finest bought her act.





the crowd voices their outrage.

429-CFW in case you can't make it out

Mothers speak up and speak out

A face of concern

Never miss an occassion to mix ponies and protestors.

The Houston Police were on hand...






.

This little girl was sounding off and meaning every word of it.

The Houston Police were on hand...

In the next set of photos, a man (Herb Rothchild)is told to move by police, he politely declines... you'll be able to gather the rest. But I have to admit, the old dude took it like a champ.








*One note to this set of photos, this guy was arrested for having a sign counter to Israeli policy on the East side of Richmond Ave. But if you will look in my other photos, two people were allowed to stand on the East side of the street waving an Israeli flag and yelling at the protesters. Perhaps they just didn't like Herb's politics.

Being Heard

Faces in the crowd

So maybe I am a bit immature and enjoy sophmoric humor, but i couldn't help myself from wondering... What is the FOX NEWS guy doing with his microphone to these well fed Zionists?

Protest is always in fashion

Flag Wars

These photos were taken in front of the Israeli embassy in Houston, on July 17, 2006. The protest was in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and Palestine.