Given the silly name and bright, Simon & Garfunkel-inspired harmonies, Brooklyn folk-rock act Girlyman sounds like it was born out of a happy place. The thing is, it wasn’t. “Our first rehearsal was scheduled for Sept. 11. We were putting together press kits and complaining about how crappy doing it was … what an upstream […]
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R.I.P., The Bavinger House: 1955-2011
Local architecture nerds decry the move as a travesty; the Bavinger House Conservancy sees it as “an opportunity for everyone to own a part of history,” per its website, “for this holiday season.” It’s another strange chapter in the home’s storied history. Designed by University of Oklahoma College of Architecture then-chairman Bruce Goff, the abstract […]
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R.I.P., The Bavinger House: 1955-2011
Local architecture nerds decry the move as a travesty; the Bavinger House Conservancy sees it as “an opportunity for everyone to own a part of history,” per its website, “for this holiday season.” It’s another strange chapter in the home’s storied history. Designed by University of Oklahoma College of Architecture then-chairman Bruce Goff, the abstract […]
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A cut above
Operations such as Artisan’s Pride Quality Meats, 1965 W. Lindsey in Norman, believe they offer not only a better product, but personal service once common in another era. “We provide a lot of advice,” said Daniel Hyden, production manager. “We offer cooking and seasoning tips or what cut of meat to use.” The small shop […]
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A cut above
Operations such as Artisan’s Pride Quality Meats, 1965 W. Lindsey in Norman, believe they offer not only a better product, but personal service once common in another era. “We provide a lot of advice,” said Daniel Hyden, production manager. “We offer cooking and seasoning tips or what cut of meat to use.” The small shop […]
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Come on, Pilgrim
Since it doesn’t matter, let’s all dress up in headdresses and build tepees, then have a group of white people dressed like colonialists come and bash up crap, leaving the land wrecked and ravaged. Sounds like a party, no? Oklahoma City electro-collective Dance Robots, Dance! recently promoted a Nov. 23 “Special Pilgrims & Indians Theme […]
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Come on, Pilgrim
Since it doesn’t matter, let’s all dress up in headdresses and build tepees, then have a group of white people dressed like colonialists come and bash up crap, leaving the land wrecked and ravaged. Sounds like a party, no? Oklahoma City electro-collective Dance Robots, Dance! recently promoted a Nov. 23 “Special Pilgrims & Indians Theme […]
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Current event
Recording music inside his home in the out-of-the-way Oklahoma town of Amber, Depth & Current singer/ guitarist Chris Harris often heard some bizarre sounds via CV radio that weren’t always necessarily his own. “Living out in the country, I would hit these distortion pedals and hear these crazy preachers and alien conspiracy theorists and government […]
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Current event
Recording music inside his home in the out-of-the-way Oklahoma town of Amber, Depth & Current singer/ guitarist Chris Harris often heard some bizarre sounds via CV radio that weren’t always necessarily his own. “Living out in the country, I would hit these distortion pedals and hear these crazy preachers and alien conspiracy theorists and government […]
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Chrome extension
It’s not multiple personality disorder, exactly. Many of the area’s finest musicians, after all, flit between multiple projects, playing a festival here, helping on a record there. Local pop musician Steven Battles is familiar with the phenomenon, having backed Norman acts like The Nghiems and Jacob Abello. When Battles lends a hand to electro-pop act […]