“Now that you’re asking, I’m actually about to turn 46 this Christmas. I’m very excited. I’m going to spend it with the kids. You know, we’re gonna have a good vacation, nice Christmas and it’s gonna be good.” —Edmond pop moppet Greyson Chance, age 14, to The Associated Press
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Out like a lion
We speak of hard-partying, hard-rocking band Kings of Leon, whose members hail from the Sooner State. In the midst of the group’s U.S. tour, the guys decided to call it quits with 29 dates to go. Heck, even reportedly overheated singer Caleb Followill threw in the towel in the middle of KoL’s Dallas gig. After […]
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Young love
It’s not hard to give a ballpark description of Young Widows’ sound, but pinpointing it is a whole other ball game. “It’s heavy rock music, but it’s not classic rock and it’s not metal,” singer and guitarist Evan Patterson said. “There’s this gray area that doesn’t get explored because people want to belong to these […]
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Getting Kinky
Blue Door audiences catching Kinky Friedman’s solo Saturday-night performance should expect music, political commentary, Q-and-A and a book signing from the singer/songwriter/novelist/failed gubernatorial candidate from south of the Red River. Friedman, probably best-known for his “Asshole from El Paso” cover that parodied Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee,” embarks on his “Springtime for Kinky Tour 2011.” […]
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Cutting up
I love breathing mercury, arsenic and caustic gases. I’m glad my children will have increased opportunities for severe asthma, allergies or cancer. I’m glad for “cheap” energy costing them only the mountains and the integrity of their drinking water. Glad intestinal or life-threatening diseases are also great possibilities, as the water infrastructure and treatment options […]
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Irish eyes are frowning
Of course, I’m not a full-fledged connoisseur, so I don’t know for sure; but doesn’t hand-temperature interfere with liquor-temperature when you hold it right in your hand like that? (I could go on with what the pictured pint says about the callused senses of a contemporary, hardworking Oklahoma Cityan; but — like I said — […]
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Freddie vs. all
Freddie Gibbs’ story is one like many rappers before him: He was a 20something who had taken up drug dealing … and wound up a convicted felon, before music saved him. “It gave me something to focus on, something I love. That had always been my problem … I just didn’t have a passion for […]
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Hang in there
Although, I did polish off a bottle of wine a couple weeks ago. And before you freak out, it was over an outstanding birthday dinner at Ludivine, as opposed to drinking by myself with the lights off while sobbing and talking to the cats. Thank God it was the former, not the latter, because I’m […]
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B-day wishes
I’ve never made a big deal about birthdays, but I do like to treat myself to something nice (and that doesn’t mean expensive). So, to celebrate my last year of 20s, I’m looking for unique, pretty things. I headed first to Notting Hill Antiques (7200 N. Western; 842- 1500) for my Anglophile fix. I’ve had […]
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CFN Tweet of the Week
“I just found out I’m in the movie coming out the Mechanic they play one of my sex scenes woohoo” —Oklahoma adult film star Jesse Jane