After our cover story about the difficulties local musicians have making money (Music, “Broke music,” Jeremy Martin, Nov. 1), a few musicians reached out to tell us that article didn’t really reflect their realities. “While the fact that the Oklahoma City public does a terrible job of supporting live, local, original music could itself be […]
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Gentle giant
Mammoth Processing, a two-man operation based just south of downtown Oklahoma City, brings a cannabis flower enthusiast’s approach to its concentrates. “Ninety percent of the time, we smoke flower, and 10 percent of the time, for ease and discretion, I smoke a cart. Mammoth is for flower lovers,” co-owner Derek Kern said. “If you don’t […]
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Tackling subjects
Fathers of Football 18 p.m. Friday Rodeo Cinema 2221 Exchange Ave. rodeocinema.org 405-235-3456 $10 He lives in Austin now, but filmmaker Bradley Beesley has spent much of his life thinking about Oklahoma. His documentaries about barehanded fishing (Okie Noodling), the Oklahoma State Penitentiary rodeo (Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo) and The Flaming Lips (The Fearless […]
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Greatest hits
Mix-Tape 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays The Womb 25 NW Ninth St factoryobscura.com Free Neil Diamond’s “Song Sung Blue” reminds Tammy Greenman of a Volkswagen. “I have a very strong visceral memory of my mom driving around England in a yellow VW bug, listening to that song,” Greenman said. “I associate […]
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Cover: Music gamble
They were warned about the heat, but in the end, that wasn’t the problem. “I want to say it was about 107 [degrees Fahrenheit] all day long and super hot,” said David Fitzgerald, owner of DCF Concerts, recalling the 2011 Brady District Block Party The Flaming Lips were scheduled to headline. “The firemen came out […]
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Heavy water
Until it was released on streaming platforms Feb. 4, Colourmusic’s latest album Swimsuit offered fans an old-school music experience — they actually had to pay to hear it. Sold through the band’s website beginning in June, Swimsuit, unlike previous Colourmusic albums, was released independently without a record label. “We wanted to put it out where […]
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Valentine’s Day: Family man
Asking The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne a question he hasn’t heard before seems almost impossible. He has collaborated with Yoko Ono and Kesha and played Madison Square Garden and Beverly Hills, 90210’s Peach Pit in his more than 35-year career. But after he and Katy Weaver were married last month on the roof of Plenty […]
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Amplified knowledge
This year, the Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central Oklahoma celebrates its 10th anniversary. Built originally on a partnership with Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford, England, the institution opened its Bricktown doors in 2009 to 160 students, a figure that would grow exponentially throughout the next decade. Curating a curriculum of […]
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Cover Story: Chicken-Fried News predictions for 2018
CFN looks back on 2017 and makes predictions about what Okies will get up to in 2018.
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A Chainsaw Kittens reunion highlights three days of music for Opolis’ 15 Year Anniversary festival
Opolis’ 15 Year Anniversary festival runs Sept. 7-9 in Norman.