Capitol After hitting home runs with their first two albums, members of The Band have been living down that legacy. This abridged compilation of a 2005 Band boxed set contains 19 tracks, with a deluxe-edition DVD including six film clips. The CD starts with a rousing recording of Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks, […]
NULL
Posted inArts & Culture
The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark
2007 Still mourning the loss of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”? Well, it’s back “? sort of “? with the debut of “The Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark,” the first in a planned series of DVDs featuring “MST3K” alum providing hilarious commentary tracks to some truly terrible movies. Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett […]
Posted inArts & Culture
CityRep celebrates first five years
Five years ago, Oklahoma City Repertory Theatre, aka CityRep, began with a group of old friends who had studied theater together at Oklahoma City University. Behind their first modest season of three productions was a dream to establish and maintain Oklahoma’s first fully professional theater. Michael Jones, founding company member and frequent CityRep director, explained […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The 38th Time Was Not a Charm
In June, Indian farmer Shiv Charan Yadav, 73, failed his high school gateway exams (normally given at age 15) for the 38th time, and what’s worse, he had vowed the first time not to marry until he passes; he said he would immediately start studying for number 39. In May, the San Antonio (Texas) Independent […]
Posted inArts & Culture
Abstract artist’s landscapes open to interpretation
Byron Shen’s “The Harvest” is devoid of detail, instead opting for hints of land, hills and sunset. This elusiveness of abstract art is exactly what drew him to develop his landscapes. “It’s not that you can’t see a beautiful literal landscape differently, but that’s what it will always be,” said Shen, whose “Passages” exhibit is […]
Posted inMusic
Ryan Adams – Easy Tiger
e:smarttags” /?>Americana. Recorded at the legendary Electric Lady Studio in New York City’s Greenwich Village, the album finds Adams’ perhaps aided by sobriety’ managing to focus on writing and arranging some of his most tear-wrenching and honest songs. “Oh My God, Whatever, Etc.” is an album standout, as is “These Girls.” Bluegrassy banjos […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies
emerg.jpg” hspace=”10″ src=”/Images/Imported/Book%20review%20thumbnails/littlebookofbigmedicalemerg.jpg” width=”100″ align=”right” vspace=”10″ border=”0″ /> By Dr. Stuart Fischer and Mark D. SteiselHatherleigh Press People being more active in summer can mean more injuries, which might make “The Little Book of Big Medical Emergencies” handy. In simple, concise, bullet-pointed entries, it covers all the uh-oh biggies, including drowning, strokes and even gunshot […]
Posted inArts & Culture
All Will Be Revealed
y “? certainly the only one all year to involve a porn-addicted customer, a mental institution, a failed polar expedition and the very real possibility of ghosts. Siegel’s novel is not prurient, but its lyrical language and strong characterization intrigues the senses. Siegel makes good on the multiple-meaning title, enveloping the reader in his richly […]
Posted inMusic
Digitalism – Idealism
Astralwerks Do you want something completely new and original or something really fun? If you don’t mind two German kids reworking a Cure song and some sometimes-generic electronic music, “Idealism” is an upbeat dance-the-night-away album. The pair sampled and reworked The Cure’s “Fire in Cairo,” rebranding it “Digitalism in Cairo,” and adding a […]
Posted inArts & Culture
The Mystery Science Theater 3000 Collection: Volume 11
2007 Out of nearly 200 episodes that comprised the late, lamented “Mystery Science Theater 3000” television series, all but maybe three are a guaranteed good time, which makes every box set Rhino Home Video puts out a must-buy. For the uninitiated, “MST3K” involves a space-stranded host forced to heckle excruciatingly bad movies with […]