New Fumes isn’t technically a local act. However, one gets the feeling this is its home away from home, as the Dallas-based experimental brainchild of Daniel Huffman returns to Opolis this Friday. “I’ve lived all over the metroplex,” Huffman said. “Now I feel like half the time I live in Oklahoma City.”It started in the […]
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Face time
Clara Luper A wayfaring painter shares eight years of her experiences on three continents through portraiture in her first solo art exhibition, Legacy … Oklahoma & Beyond, currently on display at Urban Roots cafe in the Deep Deuce district. Ebony Iman Dallas’ exhibition highlights 11 influential figures in her life, from a local mother, a […]
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Vulgar incident
You’re doing something right when the powers that be shut your show down early. Denton, Texas’ experimental duo Vulgar Fashion endured this rite of passage on May 30, when the owners of a posh Dallas nightclub called The Dram instructed the two to call it quits a mere 20 minutes into their set. The band […]
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Range rovers
When Ruth Smith and Derek Kutzer began making music together as Blackstone Rangers in 2011, they didn’t know what kind to make. Today, the now-trio — with the addition of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bornhorst — still, proudly, doesn’t know. “We haven’t honed in on our sound, and I don’t think that we should, honestly,” Smith said. […]
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Fish takes the bait
Credit: Brad Gregg But there are two cheeks to every ass, right? What about Fish’s side of the story? “I was being open and honest at the time and I’m being open and honest now,” he said in response. “At the time, I felt strong about the decision on a personal level. It wasn’t anything […]
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Something Fishy
Credit: Brad Gregg Unless you’re the Dallas Mavericks, of course. The poor little Mavs have had kind of a rough season (or two). And when things seemed like they couldn’t possibly be worse, Fisher — whom the team signed with the wild expectation of keeping him for more than nine games — wasted no time […]
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The Factory
Skipping theaters and debuting on DVD free of digital bells and whistles, the Dark Castle Entertainment thriller exactly lacking in famous faces, with John Cusack and Jennifer Carpenter in the leads as partnering police detectives in snowy Buffalo, N.Y. Mike Fletcher (Cusack, The Raven) is an 18-year veteran of the force obsessed with a longtime […]
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Amanda Earhart — Tell Me What You Want
Her debut EP, Tell Me What You Want, is characterized by funky, bright instrumentation with a mellow groove that harkens back to an age before Auto-Tune. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Earhart shows off an impressive vocal range throughout the six songs. Whether she’s singing low and level, like in “Tell Me What You […]
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The pig flew the coop
Credit: Brad Gregg Now we hear that Valentine will be on the upcoming 10th season of reality TV’s Top Chef. Turns out OKC patrons weren’t the only ones who liked his candied bacon sticky buns. Top Chef: Seattle will air Nov. 7. Unfortunately, those buns will fly south after that, as he’s accepted a job […]
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Live. Local. Leaving.
Mitchell, who has been with KOCO for 18 years, called the move to Texas the toughest decision he’s ever had to make. “It’s all very bittersweet,” he said. “I think it was a combination of a perfect storm — if you want to use a weather term — of an opportunity there. I’ve loved my […]