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My name is ____

Magnificent Bird“A few years back, a former bandmate and I were exchanging mix CDs of some of the stranger music we were into, and we were giving the CDs these long, ornate titles, mostly to make each other laugh. I believe I titled one Magnificent Bird: Or How to Fall All the Way Down and […]

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Great ‘Wall’

Filmmaker Mike Walsh latched onto Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when he was 3 years old. His much older brother would come home stoned and play the 1979 double album on Walsh’s Fisher- Price record player. “It gave me nightmares and, ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with Pink Floyd,” he said. Being about isolation and […]

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Great ‘Wall’

Filmmaker Mike Walsh latched onto Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when he was 3 years old. His much older brother would come home stoned and play the 1979 double album on Walsh’s Fisher- Price record player. “It gave me nightmares and, ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with Pink Floyd,” he said. Being about isolation and […]

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Great ‘Wall’

Filmmaker Mike Walsh latched onto Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” when he was 3 years old. His much older brother would come home stoned and play the 1979 double album on Walsh’s Fisher- Price record player. “It gave me nightmares and, ever since then, I’ve been fascinated with Pink Floyd,” he said. Being about isolation and […]

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Downtown gets down

More small-business owners flock to renovated buildings along Main and Gray as the area gains a reputation as one of Central Oklahoma’s most vibrant and eccentric districts, defined by locally owned boutiques, galleries, pubs and diners celebrating a progressive arts scene. The unique sense of community convinced Corey and Julia Gingerich to leave Los Angeles […]

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Woody would pick ’er

BEST IN ROCK The Non The Non describes itself as “experimental,” and obviously, its four members’ willingness to stretch boundaries has paid off. That the band does it without words — being instrumental — makes it all the more amazing, crafting melodic soundscapes that move listeners’ minds as they quicken the pulse — from 2007’s […]

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