You’ve made lists, stood in lines, unwrapped gifts and turkey-dined. Christmas is the season for giving, but even those who’ve been bad all year deserve a break. Get out of the house, forgo family festivities and stuff your live rock stocking with three offerings from Oklahoma music magi. CHRISTMAS EVEDJ Jeremy Dawson 8 p.m. Electro […]
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OKC band reaches end of road
The rock ‘n’ roll road has ceased for Streets of Thieves, a metro metal band ending its four-year run with a show in Oklahoma City. In an e-mail, singer Dirk Mathews wrote the breakup was neither “happy” nor “unhappy,” and came as the band’s four members moved on to separate commitments in the military, at […]
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Oklahoma City’s Academy of Contemporary Music accepts applicants
Students eager to enroll in Oklahoma City’s new Academy of Contemporary Music may now apply for admission, organizers said. Patterned after an acclaimed British school and directed by Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker, the University of Central Oklahoma academy is set to open fall 2009, offering students courses of study in vocal, guitar, bass and […]
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Electric Touch charged, ready to light up a ‘Green’-themed Christmas show
Switching on less than two years ago, the Austin, Texas-based Electric Touch has quickly charged through the South Texas music grid and is generating enough current to power performances throughout the high-profile music festival circuit. SHINY GLOSSOKGREENFEST The band’s energy is derived from immediately catchy pop songs that fuse layers of straight-ahead rock guitars with […]
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Momma’s Man’ presents boring story of a man afraid of real life, growing up
Opposite the feeling most adults get after such a trip, Mikey decides his holiday visit with his parents just wasn’t enough, in “Momma’s Man.” Lying about trouble with his flight, Mikey (Matt Boren) leaves the airport and heads back to his childhood home, insisting to both mom and dad ” and his wife ” that […]
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Minutes Too Far says goodbye
It seems that the clock and rock are about to stop for local band Minutes Too Far. Ending an eight-year run, the Bethany pop-rock outfit bid farewell to fans and its 22,000-plus Internet friends through a posting on its MySpace page. “We’ve been all over this beautiful country, met hundreds of amazing guys and gals, […]
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Quirky, beloved Oklahoma City-area arts publication ceases printing
Michael Taber hasn’t received a paycheck in nearly three years. By raiding his personal savings to supplement advertising revenue, the 37-year-old editor and publisher of the Oklahoma City-based arts publication NONzine has managed to squeak by, assembling just enough money to pay for press runs and reimburse a few delivery drivers for their gas expenses. […]
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The City Lives join Rejects on tour
City Lives have joined The All-American Rejects as a tour opener and eager students of sold-out shows and international audiences. The Oklahoma City five-piece will return with the Rejects for Friday’s Diamond Ballroom show with Jet Lag Gemini and local rockers Aranda. Drummer Eric Pennell said audience response has been “way better” than the band […]
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Paseo pioneer passes
A well-known business owner and adored local personality died unexpectedly last week, prompting a lyrical send-off from local poets and a open-mic-style memorial organized by area musicians and performers. Craig Roche, co-owner of the Galileo Bar & Grill, died Nov. 18 at the age of 59. Born in Patterson, N.J., and raised in Gardener, Mass., […]
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Filmed in abandoned OKC gas station, ‘Splinter’ spreads to local screen
Hand-scrawled signs warn would-be trespassers away from the abandoned gas station in east Oklahoma City. Surrounded by concrete cracked by overgrown weeds, the small building is slowly sloughing off into piles of brick and rubble. The last of the station’s customers left years ago, paying only $1.38 for a gallon of unleaded. Last summer, the […]