Music
Phil Bacharach
Jimmy Eat World with David Bazan & Band
7 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern
www.diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$22 advance, $24 door
Thursday 20 Jun
OKG Newsletter
Topic: “we
Leggo my emo
Jimmy Eat World is the reluctant luminary of emo, stuck in ‘The Middle’ of the genre, but paying it no mind
Music
Phil Bacharach
Jimmy Eat World with David Bazan & Band
7 p.m. Saturday
Diamond Ballroom, 8001 S. Eastern
www.diamondballroom.net
677-9169
$22 advance, $24 door
Blasting off
Oklahoma, we have no problem. The Rockettops are ready to soar into space from their launchpad at ACM@UCO.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Rockettops with fos and Matt Stansberry Band
7 p.m. Saturday
ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 323 E. Sheridan
acm-uco.com,974-4700
$6
Cork and canvas
A new business combines classic paintings, art instruction and wine to create an evening of culture, learning and fun.
Food and Drink Features
Greg Horton
Most of us grow up with art of one sort or another. Rare is the refrigerator not graced with the crayon scrawls of a fearsome crimson or sky-blue beast that is actually just the family cat or dog. Scraps of bad poetry are stuffed under beds and in drawers, and doodles in spiral notebooks get tossed with the biology notes.
CFN Quote of the Week
CFN
Gazette staff
“We had people in the business community calling and asking us to bring up the international law aspect in press conferences. I think they hoped someone else would stand up because they didn’t want to get muddied.”
Komeback
Late-’80s locals Kustom Kar Kommandos promise their reunion show will be loud and lewd. You’ve been warned.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Kustom Kar Kommandos
9 p.m. Saturday
VZD’s Restaurant & Club, 4200 N. Western
vzds.com, 524-4203
$5
Bang on!
The Boom Bang’s shows may involve silly antics, but the local band is serious about making the best music it can.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Boom Bang with Copperheads and the Purple Church
9 p.m. Saturday
Opolis, 113 N. Crawford, Norman
Opolis.org, 820-0951
$7
Pan-seared sounds
Your fortune reads: 'Lo-Pan will blast your ears with some tasty metal.'
Music
Stephen Carradini
Lo-Pan with Gypsyhawk, Dischordia and Foreign Contaminant
7:30 p.m. Sunday
The Conservatory, 8911 N. Western
ConservatoryOKC.com, 607-4805
$7
Hero worship
Rewriting the rules of alt-country, Lonesome Heroes are so awesome, we could cry.
Music
Joshua Boydston
The Lonesome Heroes
9 p.m. Wednesday, The Deli
309 White, Norman
theDeli.us, 321-7048
Filling a niche
LGBT community news returns, this time with a shorter name and wider coverage area.
News
Emily Summars
The Gayly, a newspaper focusing on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender topics and events, is filling the void left by its predecessor, The Gayly Oklahoman, which closed in 2006 after covering the beat for more than two decades.
