Pidgin band with the jonbear fourtet10 P.m. Thursday Coach’s Brewhouse 110 W. Main, Norman WWW.coachsbrewhouse.com 321-2739 $5 Judging from the muffled horn blasts and sultry guitar riffs recently popping from behind the walls and doors of Norman concert venues, one might think that Parliament-Funkadelic has taken residence there. It hasn’t, but the true culprit is rather convincing. It […]
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The A-Team
Lighten up, America! The very definition of Big Dumb Summer Fun was delivered to you on a silver platter —? make that a tank on a parachute —? and you reject it? Here’s your second chance: “The A-Team” is now on home video, and it’s a solid B. Based on NBC’s 1980s hit television series, […]
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And Soon the Darkness
Don’t cry for me, Argentina “? scream! In this same-name remake of an obscure British psycho-thriller from 1970, two American girls “? straight arrow Stephanie (Amber Heard) and wild child Ellie (Odette Yustman) “? go AWOL from their bike tour through Argentina to explore on their own. The BFFs spend the night at a […]
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Stonehenge Apocalypse
“Stonehenge Apocalypse” is more fun to say than it is to watch. The Canadian production pegs itself as along the lines of Roland Emmerich’s recent “2012,” but it’s more like a 2. The disaster movie is indeed a disaster, aping “2012” in more ways than one. From the start, with its conspiracy-happy radio personality and […]
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Crazy Mama/The Lady in Red
rica. They cross paths with a greaser named Snake, a saucy octogenarian named Bertha, and Stuart Whitman, who can’t keep his filthy paws off Leachman and vice versa. You also get a car crash, an American Indian bonking someone on the head, and Donny Most from “Happy Days” making a “duh” face. With seemingly more […]
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Pastor Shepherd
Based on an Internet character I’ve never heard of prior to seeing this comedy, “Pastor Shepherd” is like a “Saturday Night Live” character spin-off film, minus the TV institution’s built-in pedigree. While it’s not an “It’s Pat“-level disaster, it’s nowhere to close to “Wayne’s World,” either. Or “Wayne’s World 2.” You probably already get the […]
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After rocking a holiday compilation, the bands behind ‘Checking It Twice’ give another gift: a free show
Checking It Twice Holiday Concert 7 p.m. Saturday Meacham Auditorium, Oklahoma Memorial Union University of Oklahoma 900 Asp, Norman nicepeople.bandcamp.com Things have come full circle for Jonathan Fowler and Chris Harris. In May, they met on the back patio of Gray Owl Coffee in Norman to discuss a possible project for Harris’ record label, Nice […]
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Post-divorce, singer/songwriter Kevin Welch embraces acceptance, and finds that the ‘Sky’ is the limit
Kevin Welch 8 p.m. Thursday The Blue Door 2805 N. McKinley www.bluedoorokc.com 524-0738 $20 In a musician’s life, there’s someone who profoundly affected his or her future. For Kevin Welch, it was University of Oklahoma professor John Hadley. As a youth in the Sooner State, Welch had gotten it into his head to become a […]
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Meet the good ol’ boys behind metal’s Texas Hippie Coalition, raised in the backwoods and on Southern rock
Mad Maxx’s Hippie Holiday Bash #1 with Texas Hippie Coalition, Tempesta, Day of Tragedy and One Gun Solution 7 p.m. Friday Samuari Sake House 3034 N. Portland 651-5458 Some men are born for metal. They look the part, sound the part and, presumably, smell the part. Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister is a perfect example of the […]
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Monte Montgomery uses his acoustic prowess to create new sounds and heal old wounds
Monte Montgomery 8 p.m. Thursday Oklahoma City Limits 4801 S. Eastern www.oclimits.com 619-3939 $15 Monte Montgomery is a guitarist of rare skill, blending the delicacy of an acoustic songwriter with the grit of electric blues for a powerful, dynamic sound that at times recalls the work of Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler and Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey […]