Features
Rod Lott
Want to know what movies knocked the socks off the Oklahoma Gazette film crew this year? Too bad!
Wednesday 19 Jun
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Random thoughts on the Oklahoma City Thunder
Sports
Royce Young
What’s the best way to riff on different things you’ve been thinking about but don’t really have a reason or hook to write about them? Rank them, that’s what.
Roast with the most
The metro-based Elemental Coffee brings a brewing passion to Oklahoma City.
Food and Drink Features
Carol Cole-Frowe
It’s “big,” with tastes of blackberry and chocolate and an incredible mouthfeel. A fine wine, maybe? How about an aromatic Southern Ethiopian coffee from the highaltitude Sidama region and the Michicha village?
Just Joshin’
No joke: One of regional rap’s brightest stars is a white kid from suburban Tulsa, fresh out of college. Meet Josh Sallee.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Josh Sallee is a 2010 graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, facing the same frightening job market as fellow grads across the country. Luckily, he doesn’t have to worry about it — at least for now — because he’s got another gig lined up that’s been serving him pretty well.
Fold me now
With a new album co-written by a superstar novelist and plans for more experimentation, Ben Folds will rock the suburbs as long as they exist
Music
Stephen Carradini
Ben Folds with Street Corner Symphony
7 p.m. Tuesday
Cain’s Ballroom, 423 N. Main, Tulsa
www.cainsballroom.com, 918-584-2306
$32-$34
Wolf men
The duo that comprises folk-pop’s acclaimed Peter Wolf Crier proves to be howlingly good
Music
Joshua Boydston
Peter Wolf Crier with Retribution Gospel Choir and Sherree Chamberlain
9 p.m. Saturday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
www.opolis.org, 820-0951
$8 advance/$10 door
Everything matters when it comes to charity stripe
The Thunder get free throws right
Sports
Clark Matthews
If football is a game of inches, basketball is a game of millimeters. The difference in swishing a perfect jump shot and having the same shot swatted into press row is predicated on any number of small things.
Roping in ears
With a debut album as fresh as morning dew, Braids entangle ears nationwide with their purposeful patterns of experimental rock
Music
Joshua Boydston
Braids with Native Lights and Gentle Ghost
9 p.m. Wednesday Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
www.opolis.org, 820-0951
$8
’Ham it up
As DJ Bronzai, Jon Mooneyham isn’t your typical record-spinner. He’s on a mission to save the state from bad music. That means you, Ke$ha.
Music
Joshua Boydston
DJ Bronzai
9 p.m. Thursday
VZD’s Restaurant and Club
4200 N. Western
www.vzds.com, 524-4203
