It isn’t especially often that three of a city scene’s most exciting live bands wind up on a single bill. But that’s Friday’s free show on the University of Oklahoma campus, and the competition’s set for “fierce.” For the blown-fuse vintage punkers of Broncho (right) ,that means sweating, riffing and mid-song crowd-surfing like never before. […]
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World on a Wire
From “The Matrix” to “Inception” to “Source Code,” the concept of a constructed reality is a popular trope in today’s science-fiction films, but you’ve never seen it tackled as it is in “World on a Wire.” In fact, few have. “No one’s actually seen this before in the United States,” said Brian Belovarac of Janus […]
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PR BS
—“Anthrax’s ‘Worship Music’ Rosary Beads” —“The Supermeal in Seconds!” —“Equal Energy Renews its Normal Course Issuer Bid for 8.25% Convertible Debentures” —“It’s A Sweet New Year with All-New Shalom Sesame ‘The Sticky Shofar’ and ‘Monsters in the Sukkah’ On DVD September 6, 2011 from SISU Entertainment” —“Enrique Igelesias’ ‘Dirty Dancer’ is his 9th #1 Single” […]
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Shirt happens
On the field, the Pokes are sporting nifty new Nike football uniforms this season. OSU’s All-America receiver Justin Blackmon said he’s looking forward to the cool Cowboys unis. “We’ve been an explosive team the last several years, and now we have a look that goes along with that reputation,” Blackmon said in a press release. […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
“His intent is not to destroy, his intent is to create dependency because it worked so well for him.” —U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., on President Barack Obama. The senator was responding to a man asking if Obama wanted “to destroy America” during an Aug. 17 town hall meeting in Langley, according to the Tulsa […]
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The Beaver
Try to separate Mel Gibson the actor from Mel Gibson the potentially crazy man who hurls epithets and anti-Semitic remarks in equal measure. Trust me: If you ignored the work of every Hollywood performer whose offscreen life is effed-up, or whose views don’t align with yours, all you could watch would be a test pattern. […]
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Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff
Pretty good for a man who considered his job to be “nonsense,” in an industry he found “full of hypocrisy and hyperbole.” Bookended by footage of the man receiving his honorary Academy Award — the first cinematographer to do so — in 2001, “Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff” celebrates his lengthy and […]
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Sundress — Sundress EP
Oozy, woozy pop just gushes out of this EP’s six lush tracks, a decidedly more aggressive sound that’s spiked with some My Bloody Valentine guitar-playing and maybe just a hint of acid. Perhaps that’s why Wayne Coyne checked them out at The Loft in Dallas a while back and also why they opened a hometown […]
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Dream Home
Cheng (Josie Ho, “Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li”) has her heart set on a flat appraised at more than $5 million. There’s only one problem: She can’t afford it on her salary as a bank telemarketer, even with her part-time job as a shop salesclerk. Oh, there’s a second problem, too: The apartment is […]
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Ambulance alert
Stephen Williamson (pictured), president of EMSA, made a presentation before the Oklahoma City Council at its Aug. 16 meeting, and told the body that the city would be better served by sticking with the current ambulance service provider. EMSA’s response comes about one month after Oklahoma City Fire Chief Keith Bryant made a presentation to […]