Around OKC EAT: Okie Pokie WATCH: Barry (HBO) LISTEN: “Slow Down Easy” by John Moreland READ: Paradise by Toni Morrison LOVE: Exploding Kittens card game EXPERIENCE: a weekend drive to Pops in Arcadia Outside OKC EAT: Old Ebbitt Grill in Washington, D.C. WATCH: Nanette (Netflix) LISTEN: Jaime by Brittany Howard READ: The Testaments by Margaret […]
Paradise
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Hard Work
Further solidifying Oklahoma’s reputation as a germination pool for thoughtful, high-consciousness hip-hop, Changing Frequencies’ (CF) debut album FREQ Work is a full-length mission statement — not only for the Tulsa rapper, but for her society’s future. In no way does FREQ Work demand to be graded on a local-statewide curve; CF is ready to take […]
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Kidnapped!
On a steamy Saturday night, July 22, 1933, two married couples played bridge in the screened-in sunroom of a mansion near downtown. It was after 11:30 p.m., the game starting to wind down, when two armed men — one toting a submachine gun — burst in through the unlatched screen door. One of the women […]
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Sun rises
Ska music might have fallen out of the public eye since its mid-’90s heyday when The Mighty Mighty Bosstones briefly flirted with mainstream success and No Doubt’s ska-adjacent songs dominated radio, but Oklahoma City outfit Sunny Side Up is working to make sure the last horn hasn’t sounded. While the sextet started out simply trying […]