Hip-hop emcees wrote rap songs about all kinds of things in the 1980s, but one subject they rarely broached was their parents’ medicine cabinets. Today, however, the most pervasive (or at least the most infamous) subsect of the youngest generation’s rap movement seems obsessed with bragging about opioid and prescription drug abuse. Andre Stubbs, also […]
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Far Western shows Japan’s country music and bluegrass scenes at deadCenter Film Festival
The documentary screens 7 p.m. Saturday and 12:30 Sunday at Harkins Theatres Bricktown 16.
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L-Smooth proves himself a hip-hop purist on Era of an Emcee
Era of an Emcee establishes rapper L-Smooth as a thoughtful lyricist.
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Chicken-Fried News: Social climber
Neu-hesher rockers Avenged Sevenfold had to take a break mid-set during the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival at the OKC Downtown Airpark. It wasn’t because of an ironic lack of energy but because someone climbed the scaffolding tower. And the band, along with everyone except the crowd, feared for the person’s safety. After 15 minutes […]
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Mayhem sets OKC date with Korn, Ice T and more
Headliners include Korn, Avenged Sevenfold, Body Count Featuring Ice T, Asking Alexandria, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, Emmure, Miss May I, Mushroomhead and more. Tickets go on sale April 7, organizers said in a media statement to Oklahoma Gazette. This year’s event, one of the largest heavy metal touring festivals in the world, will include […]
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Cop Hater
Now on DVD as part of MGM’s Limited Edition Collection, “Cop Hater” is based on the first novel in Ed McBain’s long-running “87th Precinct” series, released one year prior. One wishes it had kicked off a franchise, but subsequent films were only loosely related and sporadic (only on TV have the characters achieved any semblance […]