“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home),” Darlene Love (1963) OK, the Phil Spector-produced classic is hardly obscure, but a song so rich, soulful and downright stirring can’t be excluded. Plus, it features Oklahoma’s own Leon Russell on piano (back in his studio session days) with a performance that was good enough for Spector to toss him […]
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Smag 7: Dinner and a drink
Hollie’s Flatiron Steakhouse1199 S. Service Road, Moore 799-0300 Hollie’s is selling sirloin, an 8-ounce fillet and a 20-ounce, bone-in ribeye done on a flat iron grill. Pretty popular right now is its Purple Perfect Margarita, featuring Chambord. Don’t think your only choice is beef! Try tasty oven-roasted chicken, fish, pork chops or St. Louis ribs. […]
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Freddie vs. all
Freddie Gibbs’ story is one like many rappers before him: He was a 20something who had taken up drug dealing … and wound up a convicted felon, before music saved him. “It gave me something to focus on, something I love. That had always been my problem … I just didn’t have a passion for […]
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Insidious
What little optimist left in me thinks it could have been worse; at least our son wasn’t sent into a coma by a malevolent demon he encountered in the attic. That’s the situation facing the Lambert family in “Insidious,” opening Friday. From the creative talents behind the “Saw” and “Paranormal Activity” franchises, this welcome twist […]
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Liberals ‘blather without restraint’
Bill complains in Phil Bacharach’s rather brief “interview” story (“‘Real Time,’ red state,” March 16, Gazette) about how so very tough it is for liberals to survive as a minority in Oklahoma City! Try being a conservative in Hollywood — I know that turd-rich environment from nine years’ effort, in the process finding conservatives aplenty, […]
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Streetcar for the car-free
It is hard to believe, but that feeling of confinement and limited freedom so many of us experienced for a few days after the storm hit, is the everyday experience for tens of thousands of people living right here in our community. You’ll find clues that point to this fact throughout the city, particularly in […]