Recurring Themes
News of the Weird’s favorite animal was called “heroic” by Argentine researchers in a July issue of the journal Paleontology. Had it not been for high-performance South American scarab dung beetles, they wrote, gargantuan prehistoric mammals would have choked vast areas of the continent knee-deep in manure. The researchers found that, by burying tennis-ball-sized “food…
Recurring Themes
News of the Weird’s favorite animal was called “heroic” by Argentine researchers in a July issue of the journal Paleontology. Had it not been for high-performance South American scarab dung beetles, they wrote, gargantuan prehistoric mammals would have choked vast areas of the continent knee-deep in manure. The researchers found that, by burying tennis-ball-sized “food…
Motherland
With documentaries, your film is at the mercy of what how real life unfolded in front of your camera. “Motherland” was somewhat shortchanged. It feels bad to knock it, given its subject matter, but it lacks the emotional buildup and, thus, eventual release that one expects. Jennifer Steinman’s film introduces us to five women who…
The New District of Calamity
For years, News of the Weird has touted the magnificently dysfunctional municipal government of Washington, D.C., as the “District of Calamity,” but improvements have been made, and the nation’s capital has been overtaken by the disaster that is Detroit. A Detroit News investigation revealed in June that the police department has routinely downgraded obvious “murder”…
The New District of Calamity
For years, News of the Weird has touted the magnificently dysfunctional municipal government of Washington, D.C., as the “District of Calamity,” but improvements have been made, and the nation’s capital has been overtaken by the disaster that is Detroit. A Detroit News investigation revealed in June that the police department has routinely downgraded obvious “murder”…
Creme de la Weird
David Shayler, 43, used to be a British MI5 intelligence officer, but apparently went downhill after a controversy with superiors and today lives as Delores Kent, in full female dress, and believes “in (his) heart” that he is the Messiah who will save mankind from its upcoming 2012 doomsday by turning billions of people on…
Urban Legends Come to Life
In the American version (which actually happened at least once, in Bucks County, Pa., in the 1980s), cynical cops use a photocopier “connected” by a crude wire to the suspect, and a sheet of “He’s Lying” paper in the output tray, as a “lie detector” test. In July, the Tel Aviv, Israel, Police Department used…
Filthy Rich – Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos
ording to the cover of “Filthy Rich,” Brian Azzarello (“Joker,” “100 Bullets”) wrote it. But so steeped it is in the loving basics of classic noir, you’ll almost swear James M. Cain had something to do with it. Azzarello’s book is the first title to be released in the new Vertigo Crime line of small-sized,…
Urban Legends Come to Life
In the American version (which actually happened at least once, in Bucks County, Pa., in the 1980s), cynical cops use a photocopier “connected” by a crude wire to the suspect, and a sheet of “He’s Lying” paper in the output tray, as a “lie detector” test. In July, the Tel Aviv, Israel, Police Department used…
Least Competent People
Least Competent Cops: Officers in Forrest City, Ark., arrested Lawrence Harden Jr. in June for robbing a liquor store. They cuffed him, shackled him, and head-stuffed him into their SUV, but he got out and ran away. Police dogs found Harden an hour later, and he was re-cuffed, re-shackled and re-head-stuffed into a squad car.…
Least Competent People
Least Competent Cops: Officers in Forrest City, Ark., arrested Lawrence Harden Jr. in June for robbing a liquor store. They cuffed him, shackled him, and head-stuffed him into their SUV, but he got out and ran away. Police dogs found Harden an hour later, and he was re-cuffed, re-shackled and re-head-stuffed into a squad car.…
Creme de la Weird
David Shayler, 43, used to be a British MI5 intelligence officer, but apparently went downhill after a controversy with superiors and today lives as Delores Kent, in full female dress, and believes “in (his) heart” that he is the Messiah who will save mankind from its upcoming 2012 doomsday by turning billions of people on…
Reports of gambling addiction increase as it becomes big business for Oklahoma
Casinos are intoxicating. Although it was once an illicit activity in Oklahoma, casinos provide excitement and escape for rural and city dwellers. The lights, music, friendly staff and the sound of a jackpot can send even the most casual of gamblers over the edge. AVOIDING SYMPTOMS EARNINGS A Chance to Change, a counseling service center…
Great Art!
“If I had portrayed Hitler in his underpants,” explained Belgian artist Jan Bucquoy at the opening of his museum in July in Brussels, “there would not have been a war.” Bucquoy has displayed, in glass cases, the drawers of prominent Belgians, but also exhibits “Warhol-type” drawings of underwear-clad celebrities as he imagines them (like Margaret…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
You are currently getting more miles per gallon and more bang for the buck than you have in a long time. Your IQ is creeping higher. Your knack for scoring good parking places is at a peak. I’ll even go so far as to say that it’s been quite a while since you’ve been teased…
Norman native reveals how ‘The Collector’ escaped foreclosure to make box-office killing
“Hopefully, people who saw the ‘Saw’ movies will see that ‘The Collector’ does have that feeling,” said Liddell, a Norman native and University of Oklahoma graduate. “There are parts of it with traps set up throughout the house that will give you all the thrills that the ‘Saw’ series does, but to me, it’s actually…
Oklahoma policy can take lottery winnings from deadbeat dads
If this isn’t for the children, then nothing is. When lottery supporters argued five years ago the need for Oklahoma to get into the scratch-off and Powerball business, they made the claim that it would help Oklahoma children. Apparently, they weren’t kidding. We just thought they were talking about how the state’s lottery fund would…
Cracks in health care
The mother of one of my congregants recently died of cancer. When the cancer was discovered, it had progressed to the point of being untreatable. She had been in pain for a while, but like many folk, just toughed it out. She didn’t go to a physician just to see what might be the problem…
Reports of gambling addiction increase as it becomes big business for Oklahoma
Casinos are intoxicating. Although it was once an illicit activity in Oklahoma, casinos provide excitement and escape for rural and city dwellers. The lights, music, friendly staff and the sound of a jackpot can send even the most casual of gamblers over the edge. AVOIDING SYMPTOMS EARNINGS A Chance to Change, a counseling service center…
Fanny pack experiences revival as retro fans buckle down, strap on
ormal” style=”MARGIN: auto 0in”>”In a way, fanny packs have long been embraced by Americans,” he said. “They are a regular for vacationers, hikers and hipsters alike. I didn’t invent the fanny pack, I just made it better. “The way I see it, one can’t pretend like they aren’t wearing a fanny pack, so fanny packs…
Transplanted French athlete enjoying success as Okie
Mention figure skating, and thoughts of firearms and marksmanship really don’t come to mind. In fact, it would be fair to say the two are pretty much on opposite ends of the sports spectrum. That’s what makes Clarence Robinet’s latest accomplishment not only unique, but impressive. Recently, the French-born Oklahoma City resident successfully defended her…
Oklahoma City business conducts Segway tours
We don’t know about you, but here at CFN headquarters, we’ve spent many an afternoon maligning the activity of walking. It’s just so overrated. Y’know what’s not overrated? Standing, slouching, leaning, we dare say even lounging ” now those are activities we can get behind. Luckily, a new company agrees with us. Sure Beats Walking…
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
The monsoon rains have not blessed eastern India with their usual downpours this year. In response, frustrated farmers have resorted to a radical ritual: asking their unmarried daughters to get naked and plow the fields. They believe that this will embarrass the weather gods into acting correctly. In general, I approve of being creative in…
Funny People
“Funny People” is a very good 90-minute movie wrapped inside a 140-minute indulgence. Its darkly comic take on mortality, ambition and regret marks a decidedly mature outing for writer/director Judd Apatow (“Knocked Up,” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”), but its periodic brilliance is tripped up by a filmmaker who doesn’t know when to say when.…
Jessica Tate – Streetlamp Symphonies
om/jessicatate”>Jessica Tate has assembled an eclectic, 11-song collection of jazz standards and Americana mainstays that serve a very worthy mix of well-met expectations and impressive song ideas. Collectively, the songs on “Streetlamp Symphonies” represent opposite ideas that strike a balance with almost no struggle. Tate is anything but typical singer/songwriter. First, she hugs a harp…
Gallery features exhibition of three diverse artists
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Conan O’Brien spotlights Oklahoma City, sorta
Too often, the national news concerning Oklahoma is decidedly negative in nature: tornados, low rankings in health, obesity, teen pregnancy or smoking, and basically anything that comes out of the mouth of our two senators or a certain state representative. But it’s not all bad, after all. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates…
Tall Tales reboots at Campus Corner confines of The Deli
Their hair is graying and less plentiful. Mullets are cropped away, resurfacing as beards. Like their bellies, the musicians’ sound has fattened from the feedings of nicer equipment. NOT DISTORTED ENOUGH SMATTERING OF SONGS HALLOWEEN DEBUT Members of Tall Tales once gigged with The Fleshtones, Agent Orange and The Neighborhoods. The Oklahoma-based band, which performed…
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I wouldn’t be surprised if your whole life passed instantly before your eyes one day soon. Not because you’ll come close to literal physical death or anything dangerous at all, but rather because you will have a brush with a magic power that could be yours in the future — a magic power that will…
Julie & Julia
Hailing a tour-de-force performance by Meryl Streep is a bit like championing the sunrise. Yes, it’s amazing “? but it’s a phenomenon that just keeps happening over and over again. In “Julie & Julia,” Streep (“Doubt”) again demonstrates why no praise is too hyperbolic to throw her way. As Julia Child, the iconoclastic chef whose…
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Talk to yourself more and better. Not just with streams of chatter that meander aimlessly. Not with darts of self-deprecation mixed in with grandiose fantasies. No, Taurus. When I urge you to talk to yourself more and better, I mean that you should address your self with focused tenderness. I mean that you should be…
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I started producing some good work within ten years of launching my writing career, but I didn’t hit my stride until the 18th year. From what I hear, many other skills require a long training period as well. According to an Aikido adept I know, for example, a practitioner may require 30 years to master…
A Whiff of Injustice
William Dillon was released in November after 26 years in prison when a DNA test ruled him out as the murderer. He was the second Florida man recently freed by DNA after being positively identified at trial by a star police dog, Harass II, whose trainer Bill Preston had sworn could amazingly track scents through…
Expert director, well-tuned cast turn in impressive take on ‘Hamlet’
If you are in the mood for tragedy, hie thyself down to the Myriad Gardens Water Stage for Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park’s production of “Hamlet,” which is notably well-directed by Steve Knight. Even if you’re not in a dark mood, hie thyself anyway. Knight is as expert an interpreter of Shakespeare as you will…
theSTART shows no signs of slowing
Nothing’s come easy for theSTART, and the members are fine with that. One of the first groups to reach back into New Wave and blend it with a chunky rock crunch, its trendsetting style hasn’t yet snared the attention of other novelty acts, despite forming more than a decade ago, well before its sound was…
A Perfect Getaway
is Hemsworth, “Star Trek” and Marley Shelton, “Grindhouse”), but these two look like a couple who would, you know, murder you on the trail and steal your money. OBVIOUS DISCOMFORT Kale is offended by Cliff’s obvious discomfort in his presence and refuses the ride. Later, Cliff and Cydney meet Nick (Timothy Olyphant, “Hitman”) on the…
Academy of Contemporary Music celebrates first crop of students
Higher education’s long and storied history of the contentious relationship between college students and cantankerous administrators has been documented in such timeless gems as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “PCU.” That eternal rift is about to be tested as Scott Booker takes the helm of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central…
Former President Jimmy Carter attends New Baptist Covenant conference
Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a group of several hundred Baptists from at least seven different Baptist denominations on Aug. 7 in Norman. After giving his personal testimony about his own faith journey, including growing up in a predominantly black community in Archery, Ga., Carter told the assembled Baptists that “Christians can and must reach…
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I climbed the endless steps to the sanctuary, brushing off large spiders that kept landing on me. I stood in the rain for hours waiting for the gates to open. The guardian of the threshold wouldn’t let me in until I answered his tricky and sometimes insulting questions. Through it all, I maintained my patience…
Concrete returns to Holdenville
The pavement bearing the moniker of famed oilman T. Boone Pickens has returned to Holdenville after a fuss kicked up over his taking it from his grandmother’s former home, according to a recent story. The piece of concrete ” into which a young Pickens etched his name while the stone was wet in 1946 “…
Cracks in health care
The mother of one of my congregants recently died of cancer. When the cancer was discovered, it had progressed to the point of being untreatable. She had been in pain for a while, but like many folk, just toughed it out. She didn’t go to a physician just to see what might be the problem…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
You are currently getting more miles per gallon and more bang for the buck than you have in a long time. Your IQ is creeping higher. Your knack for scoring good parking places is at a peak. I’ll even go so far as to say that it’s been quite a while since you’ve been teased…
Edmond studio hosts etiquette classes
If you or your family suffer from bad manners, see Ms. Sniketywiggins for any and all remedies. Her tea party at Unpluggits Playstudio, 575 Enterprise Drive, Suite 110 in Edmond, will transform any rude little girl or boy into a refined guest fit to have dinner with the queen. There to crash every tea party…
Will OKC’s decreased revenue change MAPS 3’s final blueprint?
Last week, Oklahoma City Council Ward 4 Councilman Pete White asked a simple question toward the end of the City Council meeting about sales tax revenue projections. The question came in light of a new report showing city sales tax revenue for the month of July was down significantly. VOICED CONCERN REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN HISTORICAL DATA…
Norman gallery to display Angelina Jolie statue
Angelina Jolie is coming to town! Well, a bronze statue of the Oscar-winning actress, at least. Not only barefoot, but totally nude. And she’s breastfeeding. With a baby on each Voight. Now that’s what we call “A Mighty Heart,” indeed. Created by New York-based artist Daniel Edwards, whose clinically accurate sculpture of Britney Spears giving…
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
What tricks have you employed to outwit your fears in the past? Remember them. Review them. Next, think about the people who have inspired you to be more courageous than you imagined were capable of. If you take these two actions, you will prepare yourself well for the week ahead. I’m not saying that the…
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I started producing some good work within ten years of launching my writing career, but I didn’t hit my stride until the 18th year. From what I hear, many other skills require a long training period as well. According to an Aikido adept I know, for example, a practitioner may require 30 years to master…
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
I’ve borrowed a fable from the ancient Greek writer Aesop to create a parable you can use in the coming weeks. Once upon a time there was a very thirsty crow. Rain hadn’t fallen in a long time, and the creek from which she’d always drunk had dried up. Searching and searching for a bit…
Government in Action!
Small Town Management: After haggling for a while at its June 16 meeting, the county board in Lincoln, Neb., finally voted, 2-1, to reimburse Shum Darwin for his pants, which went missing at the jail after Darwin was arrested. The city’s liability was clear; the debate was about whether the pants were worth $12 or…
Fat’ Jack Ross considers himself stockbroker for sports bettors
Golf shirt, flip-flops, a cell phone, and “Fat” Jack Ross is ready for work. A quick meeting at the casino, then off to Vegas in the afternoon before heading to Florida next week to meet with some clients and then finalize more syndication for a radio show in the fall. LUCK BE A NORMAN LANDLORD…
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Your upcoming adventures will probably make no sense — unless you redefine what constitutes “sense.” If you do that, your adventures could make absolutely lucid sense in a backward, upside-down way that will rejuvenate you sexually, spiritually, and emotionally. Here’s another approach to understanding the point I’m trying to make: The epic drama you’re about…
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Visionary philosopher Buckminster Fuller said that “Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.” If that’s true, Cancerian, you’ve got a lot of resources available to you right now, although they will have to be converted from their smoggy and effluvial state. So for example, if you’re a songwriter, the noxious emotions floating around could…
Norman native reveals how ‘The Collector’ escaped foreclosure to make box-office killing
“Hopefully, people who saw the ‘Saw’ movies will see that ‘The Collector’ does have that feeling,” said Liddell, a Norman native and University of Oklahoma graduate. “There are parts of it with traps set up throughout the house that will give you all the thrills that the ‘Saw’ series does, but to me, it’s actually…
A Whiff of Injustice
William Dillon was released in November after 26 years in prison when a DNA test ruled him out as the murderer. He was the second Florida man recently freed by DNA after being positively identified at trial by a star police dog, Harass II, whose trainer Bill Preston had sworn could amazingly track scents through…
Oklahoma policy can take lottery winnings from deadbeat dads
If this isn’t for the children, then nothing is. When lottery supporters argued five years ago the need for Oklahoma to get into the scratch-off and Powerball business, they made the claim that it would help Oklahoma children. Apparently, they weren’t kidding. We just thought they were talking about how the state’s lottery fund would…
Concrete returns to Holdenville
The pavement bearing the moniker of famed oilman T. Boone Pickens has returned to Holdenville after a fuss kicked up over his taking it from his grandmother’s former home, according to a recent story. The piece of concrete ” into which a young Pickens etched his name while the stone was wet in 1946 “…
Conan O’Brien spotlights Oklahoma City, sorta
Too often, the national news concerning Oklahoma is decidedly negative in nature: tornados, low rankings in health, obesity, teen pregnancy or smoking, and basically anything that comes out of the mouth of our two senators or a certain state representative. But it’s not all bad, after all. We have one of the lowest unemployment rates…
Phase’ features new score, reworked dialogue
Every true film fan is well-acquainted with the theoretical game of giving a movie flop a mulligan by re-imagining the work with tweaked cast lists, reworked story lines or even a major overhaul that might salvage an otherwise interesting premise. ONE-AND-ONLY ORIGINAL SCORE A recent incursion by six-legged invaders into the home of Brian Hearn…
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
I’ve borrowed a fable from the ancient Greek writer Aesop to create a parable you can use in the coming weeks. Once upon a time there was a very thirsty crow. Rain hadn’t fallen in a long time, and the creek from which she’d always drunk had dried up. Searching and searching for a bit…
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
The monsoon rains have not blessed eastern India with their usual downpours this year. In response, frustrated farmers have resorted to a radical ritual: asking their unmarried daughters to get naked and plow the fields. They believe that this will embarrass the weather gods into acting correctly. In general, I approve of being creative in…
Eastbound Route 66 offers whale of good time with great sights, greasy spoons
With summer days stretching out like miles of asphalt, a day trip along Route 66, starting smack dab in the middle of our own metropolis, is a great way to make a few new memories. Recently, we got our kicks on Route 66 by heading eastbound, beginning in Edmond and ending in Claremore, with several…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In the days ahead, you may not realize what you’re looking for until you find it. I advise you, therefore, to put into action the following five-point plan. Suppress any know-it-all tendencies you might have. Revive your childhood talent for being voraciously curious about everything. Ask more questions than you’ve ever asked before. Figure out…
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
I climbed the endless steps to the sanctuary, brushing off large spiders that kept landing on me. I stood in the rain for hours waiting for the gates to open. The guardian of the threshold wouldn’t let me in until I answered his tricky and sometimes insulting questions. Through it all, I maintained my patience…
Edmond studio hosts etiquette classes
If you or your family suffer from bad manners, see Ms. Sniketywiggins for any and all remedies. Her tea party at Unpluggits Playstudio, 575 Enterprise Drive, Suite 110 in Edmond, will transform any rude little girl or boy into a refined guest fit to have dinner with the queen. There to crash every tea party…
Government in Action!
Small Town Management: After haggling for a while at its June 16 meeting, the county board in Lincoln, Neb., finally voted, 2-1, to reimburse Shum Darwin for his pants, which went missing at the jail after Darwin was arrested. The city’s liability was clear; the debate was about whether the pants were worth $12 or…
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
What tricks have you employed to outwit your fears in the past? Remember them. Review them. Next, think about the people who have inspired you to be more courageous than you imagined were capable of. If you take these two actions, you will prepare yourself well for the week ahead. I’m not saying that the…
theSTART shows no signs of slowing
Nothing’s come easy for theSTART, and the members are fine with that. One of the first groups to reach back into New Wave and blend it with a chunky rock crunch, its trendsetting style hasn’t yet snared the attention of other novelty acts, despite forming more than a decade ago, well before its sound was…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In the days ahead, you may not realize what you’re looking for until you find it. I advise you, therefore, to put into action the following five-point plan. Suppress any know-it-all tendencies you might have. Revive your childhood talent for being voraciously curious about everything. Ask more questions than you’ve ever asked before. Figure out…
Former President Jimmy Carter attends New Baptist Covenant conference
Former President Jimmy Carter addressed a group of several hundred Baptists from at least seven different Baptist denominations on Aug. 7 in Norman. After giving his personal testimony about his own faith journey, including growing up in a predominantly black community in Archery, Ga., Carter told the assembled Baptists that “Christians can and must reach…
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Visionary philosopher Buckminster Fuller said that “Pollution is nothing but resources we’re not harvesting.” If that’s true, Cancerian, you’ve got a lot of resources available to you right now, although they will have to be converted from their smoggy and effluvial state. So for example, if you’re a songwriter, the noxious emotions floating around could…
Local companies turn to Twitter, Facebook for communication link with customers
It was only a matter of time until businesses got wise to online social networks. And why wouldn’t they? As the Internet-savvy know, Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites give users a chance to be seen and establish the all-important circle of friends. INFANCY VIRTUAL ADVERTISERS Apply this model to a local business ” say,…
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I wouldn’t be surprised if your whole life passed instantly before your eyes one day soon. Not because you’ll come close to literal physical death or anything dangerous at all, but rather because you will have a brush with a magic power that could be yours in the future — a magic power that will…
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
Your upcoming adventures will probably make no sense — unless you redefine what constitutes “sense.” If you do that, your adventures could make absolutely lucid sense in a backward, upside-down way that will rejuvenate you sexually, spiritually, and emotionally. Here’s another approach to understanding the point I’m trying to make: The epic drama you’re about…
Will OKC’s decreased revenue change MAPS 3’s final blueprint?
Last week, Oklahoma City Council Ward 4 Councilman Pete White asked a simple question toward the end of the City Council meeting about sales tax revenue projections. The question came in light of a new report showing city sales tax revenue for the month of July was down significantly. VOICED CONCERN REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN HISTORICAL DATA…
Local companies turn to Twitter, Facebook for communication link with customers
It was only a matter of time until businesses got wise to online social networks. And why wouldn’t they? As the Internet-savvy know, Facebook, Twitter and other popular sites give users a chance to be seen and establish the all-important circle of friends. INFANCY VIRTUAL ADVERTISERS Apply this model to a local business ” say,…
Oklahoma City business conducts Segway tours
We don’t know about you, but here at CFN headquarters, we’ve spent many an afternoon maligning the activity of walking. It’s just so overrated. Y’know what’s not overrated? Standing, slouching, leaning, we dare say even lounging ” now those are activities we can get behind. Luckily, a new company agrees with us. Sure Beats Walking…
Eastbound Route 66 offers whale of good time with great sights, greasy spoons
With summer days stretching out like miles of asphalt, a day trip along Route 66, starting smack dab in the middle of our own metropolis, is a great way to make a few new memories. Recently, we got our kicks on Route 66 by heading eastbound, beginning in Edmond and ending in Claremore, with several…
Frontier City hosts ‘Survivor’ experience
The reality television show “Survivor” brings challenges to contestants in exotic places like Panama, Tahiti and … Frontier City? This season at the Oklahoma City theme park, guests can experience the CBS hit series without sleeping outside, joining secret alliances or having to decide which person to kick off the island. The half-hour show is…
Adam-12: Season Three
1970-1971 Growing up as a child of the ’70s, you were either an “Emergency!” person or an “Adam-12” person. My allegiances lay with “Emergency!” “? after all, it had the purr-rific Julie London “? but there’s nothing wrong with “Adam-12.” Both were created by Jack Webb, and set in his “Dragnet” world. With its third…
Norman gallery to display Angelina Jolie statue
Angelina Jolie is coming to town! Well, a bronze statue of the Oscar-winning actress, at least. Not only barefoot, but totally nude. And she’s breastfeeding. With a baby on each Voight. Now that’s what we call “A Mighty Heart,” indeed. Created by New York-based artist Daniel Edwards, whose clinically accurate sculpture of Britney Spears giving…
Norman, Edmond try to become friendlier to bicyclists, hoping to earn national distinctions
Five years ago, one of Tim Tillman’s goals was to make the City of Edmond prioritize becoming friendlier to bicyclists. About that same time, the city was considering adopting a master transportation plan that would run through 2030. GOAL IN MIND NO STANDARDS REVAMPING The problem, Tillman said, was that the plan did not have…
Great Art!
“If I had portrayed Hitler in his underpants,” explained Belgian artist Jan Bucquoy at the opening of his museum in July in Brussels, “there would not have been a war.” Bucquoy has displayed, in glass cases, the drawers of prominent Belgians, but also exhibits “Warhol-type” drawings of underwear-clad celebrities as he imagines them (like Margaret…
Tall Tales reboots at Campus Corner confines of The Deli
Their hair is graying and less plentiful. Mullets are cropped away, resurfacing as beards. Like their bellies, the musicians’ sound has fattened from the feedings of nicer equipment. NOT DISTORTED ENOUGH SMATTERING OF SONGS HALLOWEEN DEBUT Members of Tall Tales once gigged with The Fleshtones, Agent Orange and The Neighborhoods. The Oklahoma-based band, which performed…
Norman, Edmond try to become friendlier to bicyclists, hoping to earn national distinctions
Five years ago, one of Tim Tillman’s goals was to make the City of Edmond prioritize becoming friendlier to bicyclists. About that same time, the city was considering adopting a master transportation plan that would run through 2030. GOAL IN MIND NO STANDARDS REVAMPING The problem, Tillman said, was that the plan did not have…
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Talk to yourself more and better. Not just with streams of chatter that meander aimlessly. Not with darts of self-deprecation mixed in with grandiose fantasies. No, Taurus. When I urge you to talk to yourself more and better, I mean that you should address your self with focused tenderness. I mean that you should be…
Academy of Contemporary Music celebrates first crop of students
Higher education’s long and storied history of the contentious relationship between college students and cantankerous administrators has been documented in such timeless gems as “National Lampoon’s Animal House” and “PCU.” That eternal rift is about to be tested as Scott Booker takes the helm of the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central…
Merlin and the Book of Beasts
2009 This is no “Excalibur.” Heck, it’s not even any given episode of “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.” What it is is a SciFi Pictures Original, and more often that not, that’s a bad sign, so don’t say you weren’t warned. “Merlin and the Book of Beasts” casts “Battlestar Galatica” alum James Callis as the wizened…
Nights and Weekends
2008 I have now watched my first film in the love-it-or-loathe-it “mumblecore” movement, which is characterized by a DIY aesthetic, improvised scripts and, apparently, utter boredom. “Nights and Weekends” stars Joe Swanberg and Greta Gerwig (who also serve as its writers, directors and producers) as James and Mattie. They’re in a long-distance relationship. He visits…
