Carson had previously told Oklahoma Gazette he was looking at a possible campaign after current Rep. Dan Boren, D-Muskogee, announced his decision to not seek re-election to the seat he has held since 2005. Carson represented the district in eastern Oklahoma from 2001 to 2005. He left the office when he instead chose to run […]
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Side of ska
Sings Sunny Side Up frontman Lance Godfrey, “Growing up in suburbia, nothing ever seemed too strange / But little did they know that we’re all secretly deranged / One chance to get out, guitar in hand / I proudly stand out from the crowd.” Emblematic of youth and capturing the promise of escape, the expression […]
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Bite size
Your top-notch restaurants: “American — Cattlemen’s; Asian — Fung’s Kitchen; Mexican — Mama Roja; and Indian — Gopuram.” Favorite comfort food: “Rice, especially the rice served at Cafe do Brasil.” Favorite cocktails: “The caipirinha, also served at Cafe do Brasil, and the Persephone at the Paseo (Grill).” Culinary stars you would love to meet: “Rick […]
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Erasing David
It’s a great idea for a stunt film, but terribly executed — a doc for the overly paranoid and the flat-out clueless. Before going off the grid, Bond requests documents from companies he’s done business with and is absolutely stunned — stunned — at the devious, nefarious things he learns. Amazon knows everyone he’s sent […]
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Network marketing
Owners of the house at 1145 N.W. 39th have taken to “The Social Network” to find a buyer. Visitors to facebook. com/1145NW39thSt can tour the residence’s rooms via photos, as well as be enticed with wall posts that touts its convenience to nearby retail shops and eater ies along Western Avenue: “City restaurants are a […]
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The Walkmen, Peelander-Z to headline Norman Music Festival 4
According to Holly Jones, NMF publicity chair, the approximately 150 local bands playing the festival will be announced in the next week. In all, some 200 musicians will perform on 12 stages. The festival coordinators are playing coy with the rest of the main stage, as well as the headliner of the second stage. “We’ll […]