Rudyard's British Pub

Gulf Coast Reading Series featuring
Olga Mexina, Thomas Calder, and Meghan L. Martin
(7pm Free)

 

Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
https://www.gulfcoastmag.org/

Gulf Coast is proud to present its 2013-2014 Reading Series, featuring twenty-one readers from the University of Houston’s nationally-acclaimed graduate program in creative writing. All readings are free and open to the public. They begin at 7 p.m. on Fridays in the upstairs room at Rudyard’s British Pub, 2010 Waugh Dr., Houston, Texas, 77006.

 

Originally from St. Petersburg, Russia, Olga Mexina (poet, translator, editor) was transported to New York City at the age of twelve. She grew up in Brooklyn and received her BA from New York University. Olga spent a third of her life on airplanes between New York and Moscow. Her work appeared in The Pedestal Magazine, Mad Hatter’s Review, Big Pulpand others. Olga lives in Houston with her four-year-old daughter, Elsa.

 

Thomas Calder received his BA in English from University of Florida in 2008. He is currently working on his MFA in Fiction at the University of Houston. He is an assistant editor at Gulf Coast, a teaching assistant at the University of Houston and a creative writing teacher for the non-profit organization Writers in the Schools.

 

Meghan L. Martin is a poet and Theresa A. Wilhoit Fellow, whose work can be found in The Adirondack Review, The Bitter Oleander, Cream City Review, DIAGRAM, The DMQ Review, Event Magazine, The Fiddlehead,Hunger Mountain, PRISM International, Ryga, and an anthology calledParadigm.

 

 

Followed by
Born Liars * The Guillotines * City Life * The Freakouts
(10pm)

 

Born Liars - (Houston, TX)
https://myspace.com/thebornliars
Every time these guys hit the stage I imagine it must be similar to seeing the rock bands that came out of New York and Detroit in the late 70s–gritty and raw, guitar-fueled rock that’s big on riffs, short on substance, and the better for it. Born Liars’ tight garage rock is something no local band comes close to imitating. Frontman Jimmy Sanchez is the Joe Strummer of Houston punk–sedate but snarling–and songs like “Go Back One Day” (from one of the band’s two 7-inch releases this year) and “View From Here” from 2006’s Exit Smiling never fail to leave me with a better appreciation of music. – Houstonist

This Houston quartet’s songs combine the streetwise switchblade blues of Exile on Main Street-era Stones with some of the Replacements’ boozy entropic tendencies, and their live shows usually result in bloodshed, bail bonds or both. – Houston Press

These guys have all of the grit and songwriting chops of the Carbonas at their punk… I love bands like this who can actually write a decent pop song yet they are determined to remain punk as fuck. If you like the most rugged and straightforward of the Douchemaster-type bands you’ll be way into this. – Sorry State records

 

Guilloteens (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Guillotines/392228790871021

The Guillotines were founded by Robert Conn on guitar (The Pagans, The Defnics, The Plague, AK-47′s) and co-founder and wife Jewels (Chelsea Hotel) on bass. Since the band’s inception, their only goal was to play the same loud, fast, and furious punk rock ‘n’ roll they helped create during the original punk movement in the 70′s. The band is rounded with Marc Munroe (The Hot Things) on drums and Pablo Ono (Electric Frankenstein, Texas Terri Bomb, The Hot Things, BlackNovas, Die Cobra) on guitar. Their music is pure and unapologetic and their live shows are an aural assault on your senses. Want to more? Just ask or go to a show!

 

City Life (Sorry, No verifiable link)

Freakouts (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/TheFreakouts

“quintet from Houston, TX sure has a visual style that grabs you right from the start with two women who won’t take your shit and will kick you in the nuts if you try to give them any of your it. “…”This two song single has punk, power pop, and early new wave styled songs that are hook-laden and get you dancing and singing along with them after the first listen. The sharp edges mixed with the poppier playing combine to make this one fun-filled ride that you want to keep going longer than two songs. They have a mix of THE RUNAWAYS, AND THE DONNAS, plus their own touches that create a sound that gets a smile on your face and a bounce in your step as soon as you first listen to them.” Rick Ecker - Altered Frequencies