Working as a musician in OKC can mean going to extremes to earn $62.50 — or significantly less. “We were supposed to get a guarantee of $250, and we were supposed to get a free pizza,” Elecktra said, recalling a show at a now-closed venue. “The drummer had something crazy come up and needed to […]
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Halloween Guide: Rock monster
Gwar 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 Diamond Ballroom 8001 S. Eastern Ave.
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Halloween Guide: Blood count
Drac & the Swamp Rats 8 p.m. Oct. 31 Blue Note Lounge 2408 N. Robinson Ave.
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Pitter patter
The Premature E-Jack-O-Lantern Party 9 p.m. Saturday The Paramount Room 701 W. Sheridan Ave. facebook.com/theparamountroom Free In the 2017 Letterkenny episode “The Haunting of MoDean’s II,” Wayne, to much delight, references an annual pre-Halloween party called “Premature Ejacu-lantern.” Letterkenny fan and Mt. Terror synthesizer player Jeremiah Holland, who named his own event after the joke, […]
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Dancing days
Daybreak Festival Oct. 24-26 Big Creek Events County Road 143, Byars daybreakfestival.com $20-$299 To be honest, if the organizers behind Daybreak Festival were making a playlist instead of scheduling a lineup, electronic dance music (EDM) might not be their first choice. “I don’t know that much about electronic dance music,” said Darren Bond, owner of […]
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Stage warning
Before you can watch Tenacious D’s 2018 sort-of animated sci-fi rock opera Post-Apocalypto on YouTube, you must click through a screen warning: “This video may be inappropriate for some viewers.” Go ahead and apply that same warning to the text beyond this sentence. In anticipation of the D’s Oct. 20 show at The Criterion, 500 […]
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Sunshine songs
EmiSunshine and The Rain 7 p.m. Oct. 19 Rodeo Opry 2221 Exchange Ave. ohfo.org 405-297-9773 $7.50-$15 The girl was 9 years old, but the song she sang was 75 years older. A YouTube video of young EmiSunshine singing Jimmie Rodgers’ “Blue Yodel No. 6” in a flea market in Sweetwater, Tennessee, became popular enough to […]
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Evolving experience
Just before we called Kali Ra frontman David Goad for this interview, he was practicing what he calls “angry yoga.” “I stand bending back, and I flash my genitals and scream for, like, an hour,” Goad said. “I feel refreshed.” Kali Ra 8 p.m. Oct. 11 89th Street – OKC 8911 N. Western Ave. 89thstreetokc.com […]
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Aural interludes
X Ambassadors’ second album is also a second try. X Ambassadors 6:30 p.m. Oct. 13 The Jones Assembly 901 W. Sheridan Ave.