Noise-pop act Merchandise is something of a ghost on the Internet — a rarity in this digital age. It takes some deep Googling to find it. And yet the group is finding its way, only recently accepting the help of a publicist and booking agent … and only because lead singer Carson Cox met them […]
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Groove for good
Issues of human rights have become increasingly prevalent in today’s political discourse. Yet throughout this ever-fervent election season — one where finger-pointing has a tendency to overshadow more practical approaches to civil liberties — it’s a discussion that often finds itself lost in the bickering and politicking that frequently inhabits the campaign trail. As Groovefest […]
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Thumbing it
More than 870 people turned out at Wantland Stadium to form a continuous chain, breaking the previous record of 846 that had been set by the University of Missouri at Rolla. The chain remained intact for five minutes while the event was videotaped and photographed to send to Guinness World Records, which is expected to […]
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‘Bad’ teacher
In the AMC cable series, which kicked off its fifth and final season Sunday, Bryan Cranston portrays Walter White, organic chemistry teacher by day, meth manufacturer by night. Since nearly the start, Breaking Bad staff writers call upon Nelson to ensure their series’ science is solid. “It was a little bit of a difficult decision […]
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Everything’s Jake
Singer-songwriter Jake Germany took a comical approach when it came time to write, record and release his debut full-length album, Cardboard Kids. “We already had this story concept laid out for the album, so we thought, ‘Why not just go ahead and make it into a book?’ Then, with a couple of us being big […]
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An economy for everyone
It is all too easy to yield to a certain dark fatalism, or on the contrary, to invest all one’s hopes in fundamental change on the federal level. While much room for improvement remains in national politics — from ending the farce known as “free trade,” to tackling the debt, and we must hold national […]
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Not everybody’s ready for some football.
When I was 8, my dad woke me early one Saturday morning and told me we were going on an adventure. Being 8, I immediately concluded the adventure included horseback riding. I even put on a bright red sweater with a galloping horse on the front, just to drive home the point that I expected […]
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Big ideas
The Big Ten Conference has a dozen members after the Nebraska Cornhuskers recently joined the 11-member league. The Big 12, which used to be the Big Eight (after it was the Big Seven and Big Six, mind you), officially has 10 members, although Texas A&M is trying like hell to join the Southeastern Conference. If […]
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Gone with the wind
At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the University of Central Oklahoma’s Wind Symphony puts its lips to a concert of 20thcentury classics at the campus’ Mitchell Hall Theater. On the program are compositions by Sergei Prokofiev, Roger Nixon, H. Owen Reed and Ingolf Dahl. “Besides the lush scoring and soaring pictorial themes, the pieces are well-crafted, with […]
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Hey! Do This
Heat this With a self-described sound of “countryfed punkabilly,” The Reverend Horton Heat is bound to bring the blaze to The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 9. Opening is Joe Buck Yourself. Tickets are $15; save your wristband to get in free to an afterparty with The Hooten Hallers at Blue […]