Oklahomans travel to Texas to buy hard-core porn
Oklahoma has some of the strongest obscenity laws in the country, which may be why a place like DW’s Video in Gainesville, Texas, has more Oklahoman than Texan license plates in the parking lot. “Probably about 60 percent of our business comes from Oklahoma,” said Charlotte, who works at the pornographic video store.…
OKC DJ offers live lunchtime mixes on radio
DJ Switch has spun his way out of the club and onto the radio with Friday afternoon’s “Beats for Lunch” program on KVSP-FM 103.5. Program director for Perry Broadcasting Terry Monday said Switch’s weekly show is an outlet for local unsigned talent and gives airtime to good mixes. INSTANT STREET CREDTired of the…
Oklahoma attorney general’s office moves to new home
At the state attorney general’s office, moving from their cramped office at the state Capitol to a newly remodeled two-story building across the street has meant big changes. “It’s nice because we consolidated our offices,” said Charlie Price, the attorney general’s director of communications. “We had people in the first floor of the…
OKC couple finds money in making mermaid tails
People anywhere in the world can swim like mermaids and mermen, thanks to Angela Mullens. In 2000, she performed at the annual Medieval Fair of Norman and created her first mermaid tail. Many would follow. “I came up with a design of my own that was both functional in the water and on dry…
Chocolate can be good for you
While chocolate in itself is not an aphrodisiac, it does contains an amino acid that stimulates the production of endorphins, a brain chemical that dulls pain. “Apparently, people who have just ‘fallen in love’ show elevated levels of this amino acid, indicating that their brain chemistry does change,” wrote Dr. Alan R. Hirsh, the…
Chicken-Fried News obvious OKC report of the week
“The condoms, donated by Planned Parenthood and a program at OU Health Sciences Center, were a way to draw more attention to the edition’s news package.” “James S. Tyree, staff writer, The Oklahoman, reporting Feb. 14 on the student-run Oklahoma Daily newspaper taping condoms to each issue
Norman Beatles experts focus on instruments
Among the speakers at The Beatles Weekend in Norman in February were author Andy Babiuk and collector Russ Lease. Babiuk wrote the definitive book on The Beatles’ instruments, “Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four’s Instruments, from Stage to Studio.” Lease is one of the foremost collectors of the band’s memorabilia. MUSICAL LEGACYWhile researching…
With new CD Of Montreal makes OKC tour stop
Of Montreal’s latest album, “Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?,” is among the most seductive and danceable of Kevin Barnes’ career, yet comes from the most painful period in his life. “I was going through a really difficult time, and I was writing songs as a type of therapy to get through it,” Barnes…
OKC’s CARE Center extends helping hand to abused children
Oklahoma City’s CARE ” or Child Abuse Response and Evaluation ” Center helps children who have faced physical, sexual and mental abuse. Open since 1993, the CARE Center offers children and their families a less intimidating, warmer atmosphere where forensic interviews to determine whether abuse occurred can be done at once. COURTROOM PREPIf…
DJ Funke says mixing for OKC’s Bricktown no different than Vegas
DJ Graham Funke has played parties for Marilyn Manson, Jack Osbourne and porn star Jenna Jameson. But Oklahoma City is no different. “Honestly I’m gonna give the same level of performance for either party,” he said. “Alcohol has the same effect on everybody else. It goes for whether I am even in Oklahoma or…
Obama isn’t black enough?
Sometimes I think America has a death wish. As the national nightmare of the Bush administration enters its final months, an amazing candidate steps forward with a constellation of traits rarely seen in a politician. His race is mixed, his education is classical, his powers of expression are superb, and he understands the role that…
Oklahoma native premieres first film at Sundance
For Oklahoma filmmaker Sterlin Harjo, the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, was work. His feature-film debut, “Four Sheets to the Wind,” was one of 16 in dramatic competition. “I’m doing photo shoots and interviews. That’s all I do all day,” said the 27-year-old Holdenville native. “I screen the movie and go to…
Oklahoma senator calls for mandatory HPV vaccination for sixth-grade girls
An Oklahoma state senator has introduced legislation to make vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) mandatory for preteen girls entering sixth grade. HPV is a family of sexually transmitted viruses. A few strains have been linked to cervical cancer. The newly developed, Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccine would inoculate young girls against four strains…
Mixing classical and jazz, quartet plans Oklahoma performance
St. Louis-based experimental jazz quartet Bach to the Future is apt to perform Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” with an Afro-Cuban flow ” and the possibility of a laser zap thrown in for good measure. “It’s an oddball group,” keyboardist Mike Silverman admitted, albeit one committed to pushing its own musical boundaries through…
OKC recording studio owner says time, money make great music
Henry McMinn of Oklahoma City’s Audyssey Studios said the hardest thing about recording other people’s music is the people themselves. “Everybody’s got the McDonald’s and Wal-Mart mentality: They want you to do it as fast as you can and have it sound as perfect as you can for the minimal amount of money,” he…
MAPS 3: Revenge of the Myth’
It has all the makings of an epic science-fiction adventure film: City leaders are faced with the loss of tax revenue and scramble to find new and innovative ideas to convince the unsuspecting taxpayers that the only way to save the city is to continue a previously successful sales tax. Behind the scenes, we…
Folk dancers perform international numbers in OKC
Slava, the Oklahoma City International Folk Dancers’ performance group, has performed dancers from around the world since the early Eighties. Joan Chambers, who has been folk dancing since 1968, said, “The folk dance group is a very close-knit group of people, and we’ve been sort of a family for years. I think of it…
Oklahoma senator worries about menacing microchips
Danger! Danger, Will Robinson! If only Robby the Robot were with us now. It appears we face a threat from One Step Beyond ” at any moment, a microchip could be implanted in us, according to a state lawmaker. Then, well, mind control is next. But, have no fear. State Sen. Brian Crain, R-Tulsa,…
From Oklahoma governor to RV salesman
David Hall is living proof no matter how far from grace you may fall, there’s still a chance to ride out in glory. For those under the age of 40, a quick history lesson: David Hall became governor of Oklahoma in 1970 after defeating incumbent Dewey Bartlett. He was known as a tough-on-crime politician…
Oklahoma representative’s 100 Ideas initiative to reveal funding sources
Former state Rep. Thad Balkman said last week that the 100 Ideas initiative will reveal who is giving it money to operate, and how much. That announcement came after Oklahoma Gazette requested records under the state Open Records Act from House Speaker Lance Cargill, R-Harrah, and his staff. DETAILED REPORTS According to…
Vasectomy nothing to fear, says OKC doc
According to Dr. William Miller, “everybody, practically” who consults with him prior to scheduling a vasectomy is nervous. “It’s almost universal,” said Miller, who performs approximately 200 vasectomies a year in his office at Integris Baptist Medical Center. “Pain is the No. 1 concern, of course. After that, they come in all flavors.…
Burrito to blame for Edmond man’s traffic mishap
With burritos, consumers mostly worry about the potential for intestinal burn. But for one Edmond man, the food proved the catalyst for a chain of events out of a slapstick comedy. According to a report in the Feb. 13 issue of The Vista, the student-run newspaper of the University of Central Oklahoma, 58-year-old Richard…
Norman designer transforms yesterday’s clothes into today’s fashions
A Norman woman’s redesigned, vintage clothes have been snatched up by University of Oklahoma coeds. Now that she has connected to an eager market, Jessica Khandros is ready to move forward with a new collection. A former model, the 26-year-old Khandros operates Old News Custom Clothing. YOUTH APPEALAfter earning a bachelor’s degree in fashion marketing…
