3Horse Productions’ Michelle Colbert and Zoo Amp manager Russ Garrett Photo: Mark Hancock Michelle Colbert, president of 3Horse Productions, the new leaseholders, not only wants to allay those fears, but tout all the work that’s been done to make the venue bigger and better than ever. “We’ve done all kinds of great things out here. […]
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Howard stern
OKC Downtown Airpark rendering He made a name for himself as a photographer for the likes of The Allman Brothers Band and Delaney & Bonnie. When the management of the latter refused to pay him, they instead offered him the opportunity to promote a concert for New Riders of the Purple Sage. Pollack accepted and, […]
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Dewey decimate
Aka Jesse McDermott, Binns was born in New Mexico, but ended up in Lawton via a baseball scholarship to Cameron University. Although he still lives in Lawton, Oklahoma City is his musical home. “I kind of think of Dewey Binns as kind of a character I’ve created,” he said. “It’s definitely Oklahoma City-based, as far […]
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Skating Polly — Lost Wonderfuls
But it’s not that these girls are so young, or even that they’re so good at such a young age. Rather, what makes Skating Polly — and its sophomore LP, Lost Wonderfuls — such an anomaly is how brazenly Mayo and Bighorse embrace their youth, weaving a playful, seemingly innocuous sense of melody through unabashedly […]
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Pump up the volume
A few months ago, Cain’s — a highly respected, mid-sized live music venue in Tulsa — announced that it had booked two of my favorite touring bands, Tame Impala and Local Natives, for shows within a day of each other. Normally, this news wouldn’t be so eyebrow-raising for me. Tulsa is just a short drive […]
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The Flaming Lips — The Terror
In it, he detailed — with a vague, yet purposeful candor — the internal struggles endured by both he and his bandmates, ruminating on a metaphysical desire for control over one’s life and, conversely, the self-inflicted, masochistic chaos that can often accompany it. These pleas for understanding, he ultimately concluded, were nothing but exercises in […]
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Songs of the South
The Kamals Photo: Stephen Carradini Taking place March 12-17, the event’s switch from the single-story Friends Bar to The 512, a two-story location, allowed for two stages without too much noise interference, which is almost always a problem at SXSW. The open-air upstairs stage had a bit of peripheral sound invasion, but even during Samantha […]
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Tangled web
The site in question, zooamp.com, was set up by Howard Pollack’s company, Facilities Management Group (FMG), which had managed the Zoo Amp from 2003 until last summer, when the Oklahoma City Zoological Trust awarded the venue’s management contract to another company. The parting between FMG and the city was acrimonious, with both sides exchanging barbs […]
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Oh, yeah
This fall’s co-headlining tour between Ty Segall and Thee Oh Sees finds both acts in new territory. Longtime favorites of the underground garage-rock scene, the groups are far more used to playing in venues that double as closet-sized dive bars or warehouse backrooms, but as they begin to command more sizable crowds, they find themselves […]
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Howard’s end?
The current contract for Zoo Amp management and operation held by the Facilities Management Group expires in December. FMG’s successor is 3Horse Productions. The contract has been at the center of controversy for months, as FMG owner Howard Pollack, his employees and attorneys have criticized the deal. Pollack, who has had the Zoo Amp contract […]