Or, rather, he sees a life that should be celebrated. The retail arm of Oklahoma City’s celebrated Museum of Osteology (the only skeleton museum in the nation, natch), Skulls Unlimited has tapped a new market: preserving the family pet by cleaning and posing its skeleton. Sound morbid? Villemarette believes it’s actually a touching tribute. “The […]
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Different is good
By: Shannon Cornman Just order something weird, OK? Look, I know it is scary going to new places and trying new things. And when you have finite resources, it seems even more important that you really enjoy the food on which you’re spending said resources. But if you never try anything new, you’re never going […]
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That’s a lot of people zooing it
The new record, despite those triple-digit temps, is 989,622. (For those not into math, that’s a full 6,901 more.) According to the city institution, it helped that its first baby elephant, Malee, celebrated her first birthday this past spring, not to mention the arrival of the male Asian elephant named Rex. Perhaps we can rally […]
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Star bright
Many things have changed during Thirteen Stars’ nearly 13 years as a band: lineups, relationships, jobs and everything else under the sun. It’s come at a cost to its formerly rigorous touring and recording schedule, but with all these changes, its members have plenty to say on their upcoming album, “The Price of Progress.” “It’s […]
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Still Smokin’
There’s a reason why the best blues musicians from the ’60s and ’70s are still the best blues musicians today: They tend to get better with age. Texas-based guitarist Smokin’ Joe Kubek is a perfect example. His first album to land on the U.S. Blues chart came when he was in his 40s, and he’s […]
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Astro boy
Astronautalis hails from what might be the last generation of indie hip-hop. The 29-year old Florida rapper came of age in the late ’90s as a bevy of underground artists emerged, seeking to redefine a mainstream style that’d become stuck in a locked groove of guns, drugdealing, bitches and boasting. Astronautalis, aka Andy Bothwell, honed […]
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Tiki time
It was tiki night at the Martin household, and the adults would be sampling five different rum punches, with the kids testing out their nonalcoholic equivalents. Tiki culture is a nod to Polynesian and South Pacific food, art and architecture that flourished post- World War II as vets returned home from the Pacific theater, bringing […]
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Cheap chow
Aja Bleu Cafe10708 N. Western607-0553 Not free, but pretty frugal, Aja Bleu Cafe offers takeaway and catering. Owner Demetria Dawson said the best bargain on her menu is the lunch cheeseburger, a good deal that comes with french fries and a lemonade for $7.50. And the wings, she says, are outstanding.$$ Soul food Pelican’s291 N. […]
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Mystery meat
Whodunit Dining RoomStarting Tuesday www.whodunit.net 420-3222 The Whodunit Dining Room, a mystery dinner theater troupe, is not for passive audiences wanting to sit quietly in the darkness and admire a cast while trying to power through clinking glasses and scraping forks. The company appeals to more raucous crowds comfortable with characters breaking the fourth wall […]