CFN
Gazette staff
Lots of press releases cross our desk. Recently, these titles least screamed “Stop the presses!”
Thursday 23 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: cody
PR BS
Reggie Bush! Reggie Bush!
CFN
Gazette staff
Lots of press releases cross our desk. Recently, these titles least screamed “Stop the presses!”
Calvinist theory
Not satisfied with his previous recordings, Norman singer-songwriter John Calvin molds 'Wax' with a simple sincerity.
Music
Joshua Boydston
John Calvin with Desi & Cody and Young Readers
10 p.m. Thursday
Kamp’s Deli & XIII X Lounge
1310 N.W. 25th
819-6004
$6
Depart it
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
Red Dirt renegade Cody Canada returns to town with his new band, The Departed, for a 7 p.m. Thursday outdoor concert at Pepe Delgados, 786 Asp in Norman. Formerly the front man of the Yukon-based Cross Canadian Ragweed, Canada and company are touring in support of their forthcoming album, Adventus, due Nov. 13. Uncle Lucius opens. Admission is $5. Visit thedepartedmusic.com.
Thursday
Hey! Read This:
• Cody Canada interview
Magic Mike
Abracadoldrums!
Drama
Rod Lott
Please believe me when I say that my dislike for Magic Mike has nothing to do with being heterosexual. It has everything to do with mediocre acting and a mess of a script. And I say this as one of the civilized nation’s biggest Steven Soderbergh’s apologists who will defend the goodness of Haywire and Contagion to the point of fisticuffs if we must.
SXSW 2013: Bowlsey / Desi and Cody / Brave
A triple treat of tuneage.
Music
Stephen Carradini
After an unusually easy commute and parking job, I settled into a chill afternoon at The Buffalo Lounge with Bowlsey, Desi and Cody, and Brave.
Songs of the South
Which Okie acts at this year’s South by Southwest are poised for greatness in the years to come? Our SXSW correspondent picks five that are alive with pleasure.
Music
Stephen Carradini
Year three of the Oklahoma Film & Music Office’s Buffalo Lounge at the South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas, built on past successes by adding space and a slew of new bands to its proceedings.
Better off Red
Grady’s 66 Pub devotes its stage to preserving Oklahoma’s Red Dirt roots, one band at a time.
Music
Louis Fowler
For almost two decades, Grady Cross was a member of Cross Canadian Ragweed, one of the most popular Red Dirt bands ever to cross the Red River. After years on the road and in the studio, he hung up his guitar to spend more time with his family in Yukon.
