The hot, dry weather, with temperatures often reaching triple digits, brought a severe drought to Oklahoma, causing an estimated $2 billion in farming losses, according to Oklahoma Agricultural Commissioner Jim Reese. The weather helped spark wildfires, here in Oklahoma City and elsewhere in the state, which have destroyed and damaged homes, other buildings and vehicles, […]
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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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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 […]
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Blade battle in Baja Oklahoma!
The State Fair of Texas doesn’t start for pert near two months, but the OU-Texas buildup is already reaching a fever pitch. Did another Texas fan nearly castrate another male member of the Sooner Nation in the 405, resulting in stitched cajones? Well, not that kind of sad sack story at Henry Hudson’s Pub, but […]
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‘Water solution’
First, diversion of Oklahoma freshwater from its flow to the Red River would increase the salinity of the Red River, already saline from flow of the Salt Fork, near the boundary of Oklahoma with Texas. Deliberate increase of the salinity of the Red River is forbidden by the Red River Compact (RRC), to which Oklahoma, […]
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‘Dino’ might
The Rev. Steve Kern says, “I challenge (James) Nimmo to refute the observable evidence that has convinced me that dinosaurs and man lived at the same time.” The so-called evidence of dinosaurs (excluding birds) coexisting with humans is so horrid that it is widely held in disrepute even in creationist circles. The most common claim, […]
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Hero worship
9 p.m. Friday VZD’s Restaurant & Club, 4200 N. Western VZDS.com, 524-4203 $5 When Brooklyn native Rich Russell decided he wanted to be a country singer after years of drinking up indie bands in hip, New York City neighborhoods, he knew the perfect place to go: Texas. “Austin is a really hip, indie-oriented city, but […]
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Getting Kinky
Blue Door audiences catching Kinky Friedman’s solo Saturday-night performance should expect music, political commentary, Q-and-A and a book signing from the singer/songwriter/novelist/failed gubernatorial candidate from south of the Red River. Friedman, probably best-known for his “Asshole from El Paso” cover that parodied Merle Haggard’s “Okie from Muskogee,” embarks on his “Springtime for Kinky Tour 2011.” […]
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Oklahoma to showcase film, music and interactive business at SXSW
From March 14-17, the state will transform the bar Friends into Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge for four days of film, interactive and music events. The Oklahoma film party, Red Dirt Reel, will be held on Monday, March 14, to showcase Oklahoma’s financial and artistic benefits to to SXSW Film attendees. Oklahoma’s first interactive event at SXSW, […]
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Juice is loose
The University of Central Oklahoma’s Department of Theatre Arts recently was invited to present its production of the dark comedy “Mr. Marmalade” from its 2010 season at the regional Kennedy Center for American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) later this month in Amarillo, Texas. The KCACTF is a nationwide program that promotes college theater production. Last […]