Music
Chris Parker
Hinder, Oklahoma’s bad boys of rock, hopes to recapture that old chart magic with its new album, ‘All American Nightmare.’
Saturday 25 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: time
Welcome to your ‘Nightmare’
Music
Chris Parker
Hinder, Oklahoma’s bad boys of rock, hopes to recapture that old chart magic with its new album, ‘All American Nightmare.’
Chicago marathon
Music
Chris Parker
Chicago outlasts the scorn of the 1980s to establish itself as one of the biggest pop acts of all time.
Spectral sounds
Although named after something optical, Young Prisms aim to bring pop audiences something aural. Listen up, Roy G. Biv!
Music
Joshua Boydston
What we were referring to was general pre-writing, pre-recording, pre-show rock ’n’ roll rituals — you know, smoking weed, basically,” bassist Gio Betteo said, laughing. “Nothing spiritual beyond that. People ran with it like we were trying to connect with the spirit of Jerry Garcia or something."
Point: Revise outmoded liquor laws
The business community in Oklahoma City believes the time has come to review laws
Commentary
Roy Williams
The year 1907 was pretty important for our state. It was the year the territorial period ended, and Oklahoma was established as the 46th state. It was also when the state’s laws concerning the sale of alcohol were written into the Oklahoma Constitution.
’Pike psyched
For Americana act Turnpike Troubadours, what lies ahead is nothing but open road and ample opportunities
Music
Chris Parker
Turnpike Troubadours with Rodney Parker & 50 Peso Reward
Saturday Wormy Dog Saloon, 311 E. Sheridan
www.wormydog.com, 601-6276
Tiny Furniture
You’ll have a good time watching Lena Dunham have a hard time in her brainy, but buoyant film
Drama
Rod Lott
Warning: Those allergic to quirkiness may be sent into fits of anaphylactic shock by the DIY indie “Tiny Furniture,” but the immune among us will find something of a rough gem. The microbudget dramedy plays Friday through Sunday at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art.
Assisting in the education crisis
Letters to the Editor
Brandy Becerra
Regarding Clifton Adcock’s story “Radical retooling” (News, Jan. 19, Oklahoma Gazette): As a parent, I sat back frustrated from the sidelines.
CFN Quote of the Week
More screen time for Oklahoma
CFN
Gazette staff
“Nation, recently Oklahoma passed a ballot initiative forbidding the use of Islamic Shariah law. Thank God. It is the only thing keeping Oklahoma’s huge Muslim population from instituting burqa night at the Tulsa Hooters.”
Roping in ears
With a debut album as fresh as morning dew, Braids entangle ears nationwide with their purposeful patterns of experimental rock
Music
Joshua Boydston
Braids with Native Lights and Gentle Ghost
9 p.m. Wednesday Opolis
113 N. Crawford, Norman
www.opolis.org, 820-0951
$8
