Thinkin’ about Woody
Photo: Robin Carson / Woody Guthrie ArchivesNo one disputes that Woody Guthrie is the most significant Anglo-American folksinger, period. He merged the British ballad musical and storytelling tradition...
View ArticleMind the Fox — Songs for the Needy
The 11-track effort has the feel of a product made for and formulated in a dingy basement with dusty floral couches, shag carpet and tacky wood wall paneling … and I mean that in the best of ways.It’s...
View ArticleSir Toby
Credit: Brad GreggDidn’t know that. We thought the Brits were a snobby group when it comes to music. Heck, they worshipped The Flaming Lips well before these United States — not to mention li’l ol’...
View ArticleThe Phynx
To review the movie, I need only tell you what it’s about. The dictator of communist Albania has swiped dozens of United States “world leaders,” including Butterfly McQueen, Johnny Weismuller, Maureen...
View ArticleBig Jim
From Jim Halsey’s collection are guitars signed by Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney.You may never have heard of Jim Halsey, but surely you’ve heard of the acts he’s discovered, managed or guided the...
View ArticleMiley, The Lips and … The Beatles?
All we know is that it is happening and we are as puzzled by it as you are. Lips frontman Wayne Coyne posted a photo to his infamous Instagram account (@waynewontpostpicsofnakedwomen, in case you...
View ArticleFilm review: A Hard Day’s Night
The Beatles in A Hard Day’s Night. (Photo provided by The Criterion Collection)A Hard Day’s Night5:30 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. SundayOklahoma City Museum of Art415 Couch...
View ArticleChicken-Fried News: Ruff night
(Madeline Hancock)In some weird, slightly OK disturbing way, the budding partnership between Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne and pop starlet Miley Cyrus actually kind of makes sense, age difference...
View ArticleLocal restaurant pours Beatles-themed drink menu
Chris Barrett makes a cocktail at Ludivine. (Garett Fisbeck)Ludivine’s Chris Barrett fell in love with The Beatles’ Revolver when he was in eighth grade, long before he could legally drink but right on...
View ArticlePenn & Teller’s Penn Jillette talks politics, travel and value of truth ahead...
Penn & Teller bring their famed magic act to Oklahoma City on Aug. 19. (Civic Center Foundation & OKC Broadway / Joan Marcus / provided)Penn Jillette, like almost everyone else these days, has...
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