Music
Chris Parker
It all happened pretty quickly. One moment, Bang Tango singer Joe Lesté was just Joe McElyea, a 19-year-old from San Diego, Calif. The next, he was a rock star with a major-label deal and a hit video on MTV.
Monday 20 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: just
Bang on!
Despite setbacks, Bang Tango is in the glam-metal game for the long haul, making lots of noise along the way.
Music
Chris Parker
It all happened pretty quickly. One moment, Bang Tango singer Joe Lesté was just Joe McElyea, a 19-year-old from San Diego, Calif. The next, he was a rock star with a major-label deal and a hit video on MTV.
Vidal signs
Music
Joshua Boydston
“A good friend of mine said when she visited the land I’m on right now, ‘Wow, this explains a lot of why your music sounds the way it does.’ There’s Spanish moss hanging off huge, old oak trees with geese and sandhill cranes flying over next to a lake with gators.
Animal prints
Not just stuff for animals, either
Features
Jenny Coon Peterson
Once a year, I give my two cats catnip. Charlie, the smarter of the two, gives it a bit of a sniff and then goes on about his business.
Crown heights
The reigning Queen of Rockabilly, Wanda Jackson puts on a ‘Party’ locally to celebrate her new album with The White Stripes’ leader
Music
Joshua Boydston
Wanda Jackson with Green Corn Revival
7 p.m. Friday
ACM@UCO Performance Lab, 323 E. Sheridan
974-4700, free
CFN Quote of the Week
Wanda Jackson
CFN
Gazette staff
“I was just a little apprehensive, because I was afraid he was gonna try to have me singing this contemporary-type rock stuff..."
CFN Tweet of the Week
Do you get an IMDb credit for that?
CFN
Gazette staff
“I just found out I’m in the movie coming out the Mechanic they play one of my sex scenes woohoo” —Oklahoma adult film star Jesse Jane.
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
Strip club
With a shoestring budget but a deep pool of talent, Oklahoma City University students give stage time to brand-new musicals.
Performing Arts
Charles Martin
OCU Stripped
8 p.m. Saturday-Sunday
Oklahoma City University, Petree Recital Hall
2501 N. Blackwelder
Free, donations accepted
Divine Grace
Don’t hate Grace Potter because she’s beautiful. Love her because she and her band have broken through with old-school rock.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals with Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights
7 p.m. Sunday
Coca-Cola Bricktown Events Center, 425 E. California
ticketstorm.com, 866-966-1777
$17.50 advance, $20 door
Bite Size
Still scared to pick up the sticks?
Bite Size
Carol Smaglinski
The Chork is just what it sounds like — a fork on one end, and chopsticks on the other. The Chork actually has three user options: the standard fork, trainer chopsticks (with the fork at the other end making it easier to handle) and standard chopsticks (the fork end snaps apart).
