It’s Good to Be a British Prisoner (continued)
A British prison research organization revealed in July that, over the last 10 years, the country’s notoriously generous inmate furlough program has seen almost 1,000 of its prisoners escape, including 19 convicted murderers. (The government said the rate of “non-return” is less than it used to be.) The East Anglian Daily Times reported in July…
Least Competent Criminals
Questionable Judgments: Christopher Lister, 21, pleaded guilty to a home burglary in June in Leeds (England) Crown Court. He and two pals had attempted to steal a plasma TV in broad daylight last year, but witnesses easily identified Lister. He is 7 feet tall and lives only a few doors down from the crime scene.…
Update
News of the Weird reported in 2003 on San Francisco artist Jonathon Keats’ project to sell “futures contracts” on his brain cells (provided science discovers how to keep them alive after he dies), with $10 buying a million of Keats’ radically imaginative neurons. In a new recent project, which critiques today’s hyperactive media, Keats has…
Least Competent Criminals
Questionable Judgments: Christopher Lister, 21, pleaded guilty to a home burglary in June in Leeds (England) Crown Court. He and two pals had attempted to steal a plasma TV in broad daylight last year, but witnesses easily identified Lister. He is 7 feet tall and lives only a few doors down from the crime scene.…
I Love You, Man
2009 Whether extolling the virtues of Sex Panther cologne in “Anchorman,” playing a spirited round of You Know How I Know You’re Gay? in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin” or just ranting about the inane nomenclature surrounding coffee in “Role Models,” Paul Rudd is cinematic comedy’s current king of smart smarm. He’s long been very, very funny,…
Race to Witch Mountain
2009 “Race to Witch Mountain” is that rarest of cinema birds: a family film that is actually for the entire family. It’s also one long chase scene, which doesn’t leave much room for character or plot development, but it does start things off with a bang. Jack Bruno (Dwayne Johnson) is a repentant ex-con now…
It’s Good to Be a British Prisoner (continued)
A British prison research organization revealed in July that, over the last 10 years, the country’s notoriously generous inmate furlough program has seen almost 1,000 of its prisoners escape, including 19 convicted murderers. (The government said the rate of “non-return” is less than it used to be.) The East Anglian Daily Times reported in July…
Update
News of the Weird reported in 2003 on San Francisco artist Jonathon Keats’ project to sell “futures contracts” on his brain cells (provided science discovers how to keep them alive after he dies), with $10 buying a million of Keats’ radically imaginative neurons. In a new recent project, which critiques today’s hyperactive media, Keats has…
Family Values
Thomas Stites, 25, was charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child in Manitowoc, Wis., in June, thus becoming the fourth Stites brother to face sex charges recently. (In addition, brother Michael Stites’ wife and their son have also been charged with sexual assault.) Mykal Carberry, 13, was arrested in Hyannis, Mass., in March and…
Fetishes on Parade
Former elementary school principal John Stelmack, 62, was sentenced in July in Bartow, Fla., to five years in prison for a collection of child pornography, even though no child was directly involved. Without the aid of computer software, but rather, using scissors and paste, Stelmack had meticulously placed photos of the faces of young girls…
Former President Jimmy Carter plans Norman speech
President Jimmy Carter will be one of the featured speakers at the regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant, a group he helped form, in Norman on August 7. In a telephone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, Carter said the group is intentionally multiracial and is arranged around non-divisive areas of Baptist doctrine. “The meeting in…
Family Values
Thomas Stites, 25, was charged with first-degree sexual assault of a child in Manitowoc, Wis., in June, thus becoming the fourth Stites brother to face sex charges recently. (In addition, brother Michael Stites’ wife and their son have also been charged with sexual assault.) Mykal Carberry, 13, was arrested in Hyannis, Mass., in March and…
Fetishes on Parade
Former elementary school principal John Stelmack, 62, was sentenced in July in Bartow, Fla., to five years in prison for a collection of child pornography, even though no child was directly involved. Without the aid of computer software, but rather, using scissors and paste, Stelmack had meticulously placed photos of the faces of young girls…
Former President Jimmy Carter plans Norman speech
President Jimmy Carter will be one of the featured speakers at the regional meeting of the New Baptist Covenant, a group he helped form, in Norman on August 7. In a telephone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, Carter said the group is intentionally multiracial and is arranged around non-divisive areas of Baptist doctrine. “The meeting in…
More Sci-Fi Movie Ideas
Researchers in Japan and Spain found recently that Argentine ants, normally highly aggressive and territorial, are actually one huge global colony with three expanding centers: a 3,700-mile-long stretch in Europe, a 560-mile strip in California, and a swath of Japan’s west coast. Researchers hypothesized the kinship because, when members from those groups were thrown together,…
Audience of One
klong shoot in Italy, when the production is beset with problems. Those troubles are nothing with the ones awaiting back home. Without giving details away, Gazowsky becomes a figure of tragedy, and also contempt, as he cowardly shirks legal responsibility by hiding behind his beliefs. It’s a gut-churning moment, yet there are more. Crewmembers never…
More Sci-Fi Movie Ideas
Researchers in Japan and Spain found recently that Argentine ants, normally highly aggressive and territorial, are actually one huge global colony with three expanding centers: a 3,700-mile-long stretch in Europe, a 560-mile strip in California, and a swath of Japan’s west coast. Researchers hypothesized the kinship because, when members from those groups were thrown together,…
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
So much to say and do. So little time. Is it OK if I pepper you with pithy hints? It’s the only way to fit everything in. Here goes. There’s strength in numbers, Libra. So travel in packs. Round up support and whip up group fervor. Always say “we,” not “I.” Add at least one…
Remington Park switching up schedule for increased exposure
Parlays are nothing new to Remington Park. In fact, it’s one of the most popular wagers when talking about the horse racing side of Oklahoma’s premier racetrack and casino. This fall, however, Remington officials are betting on a different type of parlay they believe has the potential to help further promote their overall product on…
OKC hosts The Links Central Area conference
Between today and Sunday, nearly 500 professional women will converge on Oklahoma City, seeking inspiration and ideas they can use for the benefit of their communities. The Links Inc., a not-for-profit organization for professional women of color, will hold its regional, annual conference in the metro, and members say it’s the first time they can…
Invited Artists Gallery exhibits results of hour-long urban photography experiment
n the Invited Artists’ Gallery, an inconspicuous hallway in The Underground concourse beneath downtown. The exhibition runs through Oct. 15. “It’s a very socialist show in many ways: Everyone’s got equal material, equal time, equal warning, equal rules, equal presentation,” event organizer Romy Owens said. But the results of this timed experiment are anything but…
New law requires doctors to fill out a lengthy report after each abortion
Gov. Brad Henry, a self-described pro-choice Democrat, signed House Bill 1595 into law on May 21 of this year. The bill, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, puts Oklahoma into the top five strictest states in terms of abortion reporting requirements. ‘A FORM OF JUDICIAL RAPE”WE WANT TO HELP THEM’ ‘AN INSULT TO ALL…
Despite Rocketplane’s woes, Oklahoma Spaceport remains operational
The original reason for its start may no longer be visible in the state, but that hasn’t stopped the Oklahoma Spaceport from slowing down operations. Created to function as a launch pad for suborbital space tourism, the Spaceport near Burns Flat has found other ways to generate business and keep folks busy out there. SPACE…
Oklahoma’s Baptist newsletter apparently enhances documents
What would He do? Probably not this. The July 16 edition of the Baptist Messenger, the official newsletter of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, featured a photo of Holy Warrior and State Rep. Sally Kern’s “Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality.” However, this one had a little addition. Unlike the one actually signed at the…
Edmond music store closes its doors
For decades, Randy’s M&M customers left with media, movies and music. But the buyers once eager to check out vinyl records, 8-track cassettes, VHS tapes and more modern formats like CDs and DVDs proved unwilling to check back in with the Edmond retailer, which closed its last store with a final liquidation sale on July…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
“Keep exploring what it takes to be the opposite of who you are,” suggests psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. This advice is one of his ideas about how to get into attunement with the Tao, also known as being in the zone or getting…
Club plans weekly ‘Rock vs. Rap’ showcase
If local rappers hope to find a foothold in Oklahoma City, they need lure their audiences out of dance clubs and into music venues to watch hip-hop performed live. In an effort to help the local rap scene establish itself, the Bora Bora Club, 2415 N. Walker, is pitting rap against underground rock with its…
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
The Norwegians used to have a concept called svoermere, which meant something sweetly futile or deliciously unprofitable. While I can see the appeal that your particular version of svoermere has had for you, Gemini, I think it’s time to think about moving on. According to my reading of the omens, you have both a right…
Despite Rocketplane’s woes, Oklahoma Spaceport remains operational
The original reason for its start may no longer be visible in the state, but that hasn’t stopped the Oklahoma Spaceport from slowing down operations. Created to function as a launch pad for suborbital space tourism, the Spaceport near Burns Flat has found other ways to generate business and keep folks busy out there. SPACE…
Gallery adopts regular, public hours
An Oklahoma City gallery that has recently adopted regular, public hours combines works from nationally known artists with tribal art created in Oklahoma and from cultures throughout the world. Nault Fine Art, 1114 N. Walker, specializes in contemporary pieces in varying media, like paint and photography, created by artists from all over the country, said…
State Fairgrounds hosts monthly flea market
Treasures, antiques and home decorations can be found each month at the Buchanan’s Vintage Flea Market. The market is held the first weekend of every month at Oklahoma State Fair Park, 333 Gordon Cooper, said manager Bryan Buchanan. The market started in 1980 and has vendors from around the state and beyond. “We sell a…
Walter Trout is back and swimming in American circles, including OKC
It’s been a long ride, but Walter Trout’s made up for a lot of lost time. He’s gone from blues sideman to hit European rocker to American blues guitar staple in the course of 30 years, building a fervent fan base that appreciates his eclectic tastes. MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS ERASING THE GAP Trout started playing original…
MAPS in perspective
The seeds of the future successes of the MAPS initiatives were planted 24 years ago in the summer of 1985. While Oklahoma City languished from an oil bust, two initiatives sought to change things for the better. First was a citizens group for in-depth public opinion polling on what voters thought were the city’s problems,…
The Ugly Truth
Of all 10 producers credited on “The Ugly Truth,” you’d think one of them would have raised his or her hand and said, “Wait a second “? this script is absolute crap. Can’t we do better?” Perhaps the reply would have been, “Do we even need to? We’ve got Katherine Heigl, and in the bank…
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
The Biblical book of Isaiah prophesies a future time of undreamed-of harmony and cooperation. “The wolf will romp with the lamb,” reads one translation. “Cow and bear will graze in the same pasture, their calves and cubs will grow up together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.” I have it on good…
Unconventional Medicine
British construction worker Martin Jones, 42, who lost one eye and was blinded in the other in a 1997 explosion, regained his sight this year as a result of surgery in which part of his tooth was implanted in the eye. Dr. Christopher Liu of the Sussex Eye Clinic used a piece of tooth because…
Curtis Peoples works to balance harder rock interests with coffeehouse style
The thing people often forget about musicians is that they don’t always choose their audience; sometimes, it picks them. SOLO SHOWS FOUR WEDDINGS GENDER DISPARITY Attention isn’t always the easiest thing to come by, so why would a performer chase away those with an interest, particularly when they’re attractive? Is solo artist Curtis Peoples complaining…
Rob Brezsny
Internet addiction has risen to epidemic proportions in China. In early 2009, psychologists in Shandong province began offering an alleged cure that involved the use of electro-shock therapy. Parents of 3,000 young people paid Dr. Yang Yongxin and his team over $800 a month to hook their anesthetized teens up to machines that sent electricity…
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
The Biblical book of Isaiah prophesies a future time of undreamed-of harmony and cooperation. “The wolf will romp with the lamb,” reads one translation. “Cow and bear will graze in the same pasture, their calves and cubs will grow up together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox.” I have it on good…
Rob Brezsny
Internet addiction has risen to epidemic proportions in China. In early 2009, psychologists in Shandong province began offering an alleged cure that involved the use of electro-shock therapy. Parents of 3,000 young people paid Dr. Yang Yongxin and his team over $800 a month to hook their anesthetized teens up to machines that sent electricity…
Curtis Peoples works to balance harder rock interests with coffeehouse style
The thing people often forget about musicians is that they don’t always choose their audience; sometimes, it picks them. SOLO SHOWS FOUR WEDDINGS GENDER DISPARITY Attention isn’t always the easiest thing to come by, so why would a performer chase away those with an interest, particularly when they’re attractive? Is solo artist Curtis Peoples complaining…
New law requires doctors to fill out a lengthy report after each abortion
Gov. Brad Henry, a self-described pro-choice Democrat, signed House Bill 1595 into law on May 21 of this year. The bill, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, puts Oklahoma into the top five strictest states in terms of abortion reporting requirements. ‘A FORM OF JUDICIAL RAPE”WE WANT TO HELP THEM’ ‘AN INSULT TO ALL…
Big Brother turns his eye to bloggers
There he goes again. Big Brother has proposed new endorsement guidelines, some of which are aimed at bloggers who review or promote products or services. The Federal Trade Commission guidelines would allow the government to go after bloggers it believes make false claims or fail to disclose conflicts of interest. Is that a good idea:…
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Constant vigilance, my friend. That’s what I advise. Be attentive to details you sometimes gloss over. Wake up a little earlier and prepare for each encounter with greater forethought. Stare a little harder into the hearts of all those whose hidden motivations might detour your destiny. Monitor every communication for hints that all is not…
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You’re primed to cancel a jinx in the coming days, Taurus. You could help someone (maybe even yourself) escape a bewitchment, and you might be able to soothe a wound that has been festering for a long time. In fact, I’m playing with the fantasy that you are now the living embodiment of a lucky…
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
Constant vigilance, my friend. That’s what I advise. Be attentive to details you sometimes gloss over. Wake up a little earlier and prepare for each encounter with greater forethought. Stare a little harder into the hearts of all those whose hidden motivations might detour your destiny. Monitor every communication for hints that all is not…
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
“Keep exploring what it takes to be the opposite of who you are,” suggests psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of the book Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. This advice is one of his ideas about how to get into attunement with the Tao, also known as being in the zone or getting…
MAPS in perspective
The seeds of the future successes of the MAPS initiatives were planted 24 years ago in the summer of 1985. While Oklahoma City languished from an oil bust, two initiatives sought to change things for the better. First was a citizens group for in-depth public opinion polling on what voters thought were the city’s problems,…
Can’t Possibly Be True
Until Mayor Sharon McShurley changed the protocol this year, fire stations in Muncie, Ind., had been delivering reports to department headquarters downtown by dropping them off in fire engines. McShurley ordered the department to learn how to send reports by e-mail. In June, the New York Police Department spent $99,000 on a typewriter repair contract,…
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
It’s Freedom from Want Week! For Cancerians only! During this uncanny grace period, you might actually feel perfectly contented. It’s quite possible that you’ll be free from the obsession to acquire more security, more love, more proof of your greatness, more chotchkes, more everything. You may even make the shocking discovery that you don’t need…
Can’t Possibly Be True
Until Mayor Sharon McShurley changed the protocol this year, fire stations in Muncie, Ind., had been delivering reports to department headquarters downtown by dropping them off in fire engines. McShurley ordered the department to learn how to send reports by e-mail. In June, the New York Police Department spent $99,000 on a typewriter repair contract,…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups too full. Sometimes this is cute. Sometimes it’s a problem for those who don’t like Cabernet Sauvignon sloshed on their handwoven Persian rugs. This week, however, I predict there will be little or no hell to pay for overflowing. So go ahead and transcend your containers, you…
From Norman to NYC, Champian Fulton is back for a string of shows
A good jazz singer is a luxury, like an extra olive in a vodka martini. It’s an extravagance that only comes with a little seasoning and hours propped against or at the bench of a black Steinway. That’s where Champian Fulton comes in. The Norman native has been on a six-year sojourn through the jazz…
Club plans weekly ‘Rock vs. Rap’ showcase
If local rappers hope to find a foothold in Oklahoma City, they need lure their audiences out of dance clubs and into music venues to watch hip-hop performed live. In an effort to help the local rap scene establish itself, the Bora Bora Club, 2415 N. Walker, is pitting rap against underground rock with its…
TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
You’re primed to cancel a jinx in the coming days, Taurus. You could help someone (maybe even yourself) escape a bewitchment, and you might be able to soothe a wound that has been festering for a long time. In fact, I’m playing with the fantasy that you are now the living embodiment of a lucky…
The Ghostlight Theatre Club starts its second season in Paseo Arts District
The Ghostlight Theatre Club was named for artistic director Lance Garrett’s fascination with the tradition of leaving a stage light turned on when the theater is dark and empty. While the “ghost light” serves a real safety purpose, as most theaters don’t have stage lighting switches located near the door, there is mystical side to…
Paseo district presents annual Faerie Ball
Sprinkle some fairy dust, wiggle your wings and prepare to dance the night away at the annual Faerie Ball in the Paseo Arts District. The kid-friendly night starts with flower crown-weaving and wing-making in the “Fairy Glen,” located behind The Art of Yoga, 2920 Paseo, said Lorrie Keller, artistic director of Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan.…
Oklahoma City woman’s blog generates police’s interest in murder case
It’s not every day that a suspect involved in a murder case will tell all on her Web site. Until just recently, anyone who wanted to log in could judge for themselves. According to police, Terri Rehm, a wannabe model, is allegedly involved with several others in the murder of an Oklahoma City man. Well,…
Edmond music store closes its doors
For decades, Randy’s M&M customers left with media, movies and music. But the buyers once eager to check out vinyl records, 8-track cassettes, VHS tapes and more modern formats like CDs and DVDs proved unwilling to check back in with the Edmond retailer, which closed its last store with a final liquidation sale on July…
Unconventional Medicine
British construction worker Martin Jones, 42, who lost one eye and was blinded in the other in a 1997 explosion, regained his sight this year as a result of surgery in which part of his tooth was implanted in the eye. Dr. Christopher Liu of the Sussex Eye Clinic used a piece of tooth because…
Former Mayor Ron Norick discusses how current MAPS proposal differs from first
The name is the same, the funding method is the same, but everything else is quite a contrast from the first time the city undertook a massive public improvement project. ONE-CENT SALES TAX ‘PIE IN THE SKY’ POSSIBLE FAILURE Oklahoma City leaders are in the middle of finalizing a proposal for another Metropolitan Area Projects,…
Designer makes for a colorful subject in ‘Valentino: The Last Emperor’
Welcome to the world of haute couture, where grown men argue passionately about whether an overpriced dress looks more beautiful with 20 strips of sequin-laden material or with 18. Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, known to followers of fashion as just Valentino, opts for the lesser number, but becomes agitated when an associate prefers the greater.…
The Hurt Locker
Iraq War movies thus far have largely missed the mark. With the exception of last year’s “Body of Lies,” most treatments “? both fictional and documentary “? of the Iraq experience have felt premature and slightly half-baked with the filmmakers groping for clarity of meaning that isn’t yet available. This is because filmmakers naturally recognize…
The Donnas motor by metro to celebrate 16 sweet years
It’s been 16 years of stealing boyfriends, skintight jeans and fast guitars, but the women behind this fierce California foursome aren’t the same garage queens they once were. 16-SONG ALBUM TWO MOVIES The Donnas ” collectively, vocalist Brett Anderson, guitarist Allison Robertson, bassist Maya Ford and drummer Torry Castellano ” released “The Donnas Greatest Hits:…
Big Brother turns his eye to bloggers
There he goes again. Big Brother has proposed new endorsement guidelines, some of which are aimed at bloggers who review or promote products or services. The Federal Trade Commission guidelines would allow the government to go after bloggers it believes make false claims or fail to disclose conflicts of interest. Is that a good idea:…
Paseo district presents annual Faerie Ball
Sprinkle some fairy dust, wiggle your wings and prepare to dance the night away at the annual Faerie Ball in the Paseo Arts District. The kid-friendly night starts with flower crown-weaving and wing-making in the “Fairy Glen,” located behind The Art of Yoga, 2920 Paseo, said Lorrie Keller, artistic director of Theatre Upon a StarDanceSwan.…
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Are you a gelatinous pool of longing yet? Are you a perfumed garden of madly blooming purple explosions? Are you throbbing and gooey and half-nauseous with that delicious sickness some people called love? If not, I don’t know what to tell you. By all astrological reckoning your gut should be swarming with drunk butterflies and…
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
You Sagittarians are famous for filling your cups too full. Sometimes this is cute. Sometimes it’s a problem for those who don’t like Cabernet Sauvignon sloshed on their handwoven Persian rugs. This week, however, I predict there will be little or no hell to pay for overflowing. So go ahead and transcend your containers, you…
From Norman to NYC, Champian Fulton is back for a string of shows
A good jazz singer is a luxury, like an extra olive in a vodka martini. It’s an extravagance that only comes with a little seasoning and hours propped against or at the bench of a black Steinway. That’s where Champian Fulton comes in. The Norman native has been on a six-year sojourn through the jazz…
GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
The Norwegians used to have a concept called svoermere, which meant something sweetly futile or deliciously unprofitable. While I can see the appeal that your particular version of svoermere has had for you, Gemini, I think it’s time to think about moving on. According to my reading of the omens, you have both a right…
Inexplicable
According to the Pentagon, there are only 566 surviving U.S. prisoners of war from the Vietnam era and 21 from the first Gulf War, but the Veterans Administration has been paying POW-labeled disability benefits to 966 and 286 people, respectively, according to an April Associated Press investigation. The AP found that, even though the Pentagon…
Oklahoma native billionaire admits to taking city property
You can’t go home again, says the old adage. On the other hand, if you have enough money, you can just pay someone to carve it up and bring it to you. Ask T. Boone Pickens. The Oklahoma-born oilman billionaire did just that when he ordered a piece of concrete into which he wrote his…
Metro rock bands gather for benefit concert for young dreamers
Rock for a cause Friday at Bricktown Live as Hundredsomethings, The Clark Kent Party, Shaman and Austin-based Fatback Circus join for a concert benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma. Adam Patten, front man of Hundredsomethings, organized the show after receiving an e-mail from a friend and foundation staffer concerning the charity’s Summer for Wishes campaign.…
Metro rock bands gather for benefit concert for young dreamers
Rock for a cause Friday at Bricktown Live as Hundredsomethings, The Clark Kent Party, Shaman and Austin-based Fatback Circus join for a concert benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oklahoma. Adam Patten, front man of Hundredsomethings, organized the show after receiving an e-mail from a friend and foundation staffer concerning the charity’s Summer for Wishes campaign.…
Oklahoma native billionaire admits to taking city property
You can’t go home again, says the old adage. On the other hand, if you have enough money, you can just pay someone to carve it up and bring it to you. Ask T. Boone Pickens. The Oklahoma-born oilman billionaire did just that when he ordered a piece of concrete into which he wrote his…
CANCER (June 21-July 22):
It’s Freedom from Want Week! For Cancerians only! During this uncanny grace period, you might actually feel perfectly contented. It’s quite possible that you’ll be free from the obsession to acquire more security, more love, more proof of your greatness, more chotchkes, more everything. You may even make the shocking discovery that you don’t need…
Former Mayor Ron Norick discusses how current MAPS proposal differs from first
The name is the same, the funding method is the same, but everything else is quite a contrast from the first time the city undertook a massive public improvement project. ONE-CENT SALES TAX ‘PIE IN THE SKY’ POSSIBLE FAILURE Oklahoma City leaders are in the middle of finalizing a proposal for another Metropolitan Area Projects,…
Oklahoma City woman’s blog generates police’s interest in murder case
It’s not every day that a suspect involved in a murder case will tell all on her Web site. Until just recently, anyone who wanted to log in could judge for themselves. According to police, Terri Rehm, a wannabe model, is allegedly involved with several others in the murder of an Oklahoma City man. Well,…
Remington Park switching up schedule for increased exposure
Parlays are nothing new to Remington Park. In fact, it’s one of the most popular wagers when talking about the horse racing side of Oklahoma’s premier racetrack and casino. This fall, however, Remington officials are betting on a different type of parlay they believe has the potential to help further promote their overall product on…
Oklahoma’s Baptist newsletter apparently enhances documents
What would He do? Probably not this. The July 16 edition of the Baptist Messenger, the official newsletter of the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, featured a photo of Holy Warrior and State Rep. Sally Kern’s “Oklahoma Citizen’s Proclamation for Morality.” However, this one had a little addition. Unlike the one actually signed at the…
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Are you a gelatinous pool of longing yet? Are you a perfumed garden of madly blooming purple explosions? Are you throbbing and gooey and half-nauseous with that delicious sickness some people called love? If not, I don’t know what to tell you. By all astrological reckoning your gut should be swarming with drunk butterflies and…
Designer makes for a colorful subject in ‘Valentino: The Last Emperor’
Welcome to the world of haute couture, where grown men argue passionately about whether an overpriced dress looks more beautiful with 20 strips of sequin-laden material or with 18. Valentino Clemente Ludovico Garavani, known to followers of fashion as just Valentino, opts for the lesser number, but becomes agitated when an associate prefers the greater.…
Inexplicable
According to the Pentagon, there are only 566 surviving U.S. prisoners of war from the Vietnam era and 21 from the first Gulf War, but the Veterans Administration has been paying POW-labeled disability benefits to 966 and 286 people, respectively, according to an April Associated Press investigation. The AP found that, even though the Pentagon…
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
So much to say and do. So little time. Is it OK if I pepper you with pithy hints? It’s the only way to fit everything in. Here goes. There’s strength in numbers, Libra. So travel in packs. Round up support and whip up group fervor. Always say “we,” not “I.” Add at least one…
Walter Trout is back and swimming in American circles, including OKC
It’s been a long ride, but Walter Trout’s made up for a lot of lost time. He’s gone from blues sideman to hit European rocker to American blues guitar staple in the course of 30 years, building a fervent fan base that appreciates his eclectic tastes. MAYALL’S BLUESBREAKERS ERASING THE GAP Trout started playing original…
Couple started small, but amateur collectors ended up with impressive assembly
to their decision to donate. While the 2,500 works in “Fifty Works for Fifty States” embrace important American and European arts movements of the 20th century, conceptual and minimalist works are the two styles most associated with the collection. “In minimalism, the artist works to lowest color and state,” Dorothy Vogel said. “It’s not very…
OKC hosts The Links Central Area conference
Between today and Sunday, nearly 500 professional women will converge on Oklahoma City, seeking inspiration and ideas they can use for the benefit of their communities. The Links Inc., a not-for-profit organization for professional women of color, will hold its regional, annual conference in the metro, and members say it’s the first time they can…
Dragonball Evolution
2009 Try as he might, director James Wong was unable to breathe any semblance of life into “Dragonball Evolution,” a dead-on-arrival, live-action adaptation of the extremely popular manga. As a skilled practitioner of pop concepts in the past “? see his work in the Jet Li vehicle “The One” and all the odd-numbered “Final Destination”…
How Bruce Lee Changed the World
2009 Despite starring in only four martial-arts flicks, Bruce Lee remains one of cinema’s all-time brightest stars. The History Channel documentary “How Bruce Lee Changed the World” describes why. The 90-minute feature’s thesis is that Lee not only left his indelible mark on the modern action film, but forever altered the way Asians were portrayed…
