Ohio metal band Lo-Pan loves to tour. “Most of us are very strongly connected to our performance,” said drummer Jesse Bartz. “That’s how we want to earn our fans.” How much does Lo-Pan like touring? So much so that Bartz’s answer to almost every question ended up related to hitting the road: On the story […]
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Bang on!
A rundown of a Boom Bang show reads like a rap sheet: destruction of property, public nudity, fireworks and lots of drunk and disorderly conduct. Although the Oklahoma City act itself isn’t engaging in the extreme stage antics quite as much, the legion of fans it’s built up is more than picking up the slack […]
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Komeback
News of bands reuniting for a show, a tour or an album is almost always met with anticipation and jubilation from the music-loving public. Bands like Kustom Kar Kommandos are the reason for the “almost.” “We annoyed as many people as we could back then,” said vocalist John Manson. “There were probably a few people […]
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CFN Quote of the Week
—Muneer Awad, lawyer and executive director of the Oklahoma chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), quoted in the “Shariah Shock” article in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Spring 2011 Intelligence Report. Awad and CAIR were asked to fight for businesses not willing to “pick fights” if the amendment approved in State Question 755 […]
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‘We don’t eat puppies’
Brecheen justifies his objections to the anti-puppy mill bill by writing in the Jan. 11 edition of the Durant Daily Democrat: “Imagine if your cattle, swine, horses or poultry were being subjected to similar invasive inspections under guidelines established by bureaucrats who think meat comes from a plastic wrapped Styrofoam tray. We wouldn’t be too […]
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Blasting off
ACM@UCO is not quite 2 years old, but it’s already paying dividends for its students. See The Rockettops, an indie-rock quartet taking what its players have learned and packaging it into a model for other students to follow. Singer Jordan Smith, bassist Michael Bewley and guitarist Earl Moreno met at the school and formed the […]
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Cork and canvas
At some point, we forget how much we enjoyed art, even the nascent scribbles of would-be artists who exchange their creativity for organized sports, homework, video games and television. We put down the crayons, brushes and pens, and pick up other “more important” things. Marie Ensign and Aaron Hasley intend to help Oklahomans reconnect with […]
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Leggo my emo
Jimmy Eat World isn’t known as a political band, but its four members have been active in their native Arizona when it comes to their favorite member of Congress, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. They’ve played a few fundraisers for her in the past, and so they were particularly distraught, like most Americans, in the wake of […]