OK Sweetheart knows how to write a pop tune, whether it’s a slow ballad or a peppy, full-band sing-along. The Tulsa quintet showed both sides of their prowess during its set. The latter were marked by enthusiastic clapping from the band and audience. This energy carried over to the songwriting, as the bass lines were […]
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Photo: Doug Schwarz It doesn’t take more than a minute or so into Defining Times’ new record, Separate Tongues, to sense the intimacy, closeness and trust the Oklahoma City alternative band members must feel for one another. You’d think they’d been playing for a decade, not a year and a half. “It’s a brotherhood,” front […]
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‘Tongue’ anatomy
Life and death, love and happiness — these are the pursuits that have obsessed mankind for generations. Now they manifest in two pithy, oneact plays being staged at the University of Central Oklahoma. Written in 1978 by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin, “Tongues” and “Savage Love” originally were performed by the playwrights themselves. The works […]
Posted inArts & Culture
‘Tongue’ anatomy
Life and death, love and happiness — these are the pursuits that have obsessed mankind for generations. Now they manifest in two pithy, oneact plays being staged at the University of Central Oklahoma. Written in 1978 by Sam Shepard and Joseph Chaikin, “Tongues” and “Savage Love” originally were performed by the playwrights themselves. The works […]