The Liquidator

Makes a small splash, but you won't die laughing.

Comedy
Rod Lott
One of many spy flicks released amid the height of the 007 craze, 1965's The Liquidator may look and sound like a James Bond imitator — what with a winning animated credits sequence set to a Lalo Schifrin song belted out by Shirley Bassey — but it's actually a spoof, as quickly becomes clear.

 

Thursday, August 16, 2012

Still whipped

What decade is it again? When a band as good as Devo comes knocking and rocking, the answer matters not.

Music
Phil Bacharach
Blondie and Devo
7 p.m. Thursday
Zoo Amphitheatre
2101 N.E. 50th
zooamp.com
364-3700
$42.75-$114.75

 

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Rock of ageless

That Aug. 31 show of Def Leppard, Poison and Lita Ford proved nothin’ but a good time.

Music
Louis Fowler
For one sweltering night, everyone at the Zoo Amphitheatre — young and old, black and white, old-school hesher and decked-out hipster — were 16 years old again, living in the much-missed year of 1987, all without a single hint of irony.

 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Something Big

Oh, it’s ‘Something,’ all right: in questionable taste.

Comedy
Rod Lott
When I think of Dean Martin, I think of cocktails, not cowboys. Making a long-overdue DVD bow, 1971's Something Big outfits the Rat Pack veep in Western wear for a comedic go-round as one Joe Baker.

 

Monday, October 8, 2012

Zorro

Z marks the spot, occasionally.

Action
Rod Lott
It wasn't too long ago you could find crap copies of 1975's Zorro in the dollar-store DVD bins. For a Blu-ray release, Somerville House has cleaned it all up digitally, improving everything but how dull it sometimes is.

 

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Solid Goldberg

Music-biz legend Danny Goldberg brings his years of experience to the ACM@UCO Master Class series.

Music
Louis Fowler
Danny Goldberg
7 p.m. Thursday
ACM@UCO Performance Lab
329 E. Sheridan
acm-uco.com
974-4700
free

 

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The Flaming Lips — Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn

Rock
Louis Fowler
The Flaming Lips’ latest cover album, Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts of Dawn, is a song-by-song remake of King Crimson’s 1969 classic, In the Court of the Crimson King. Naturally, it’s only available on hard-to-get, limited-edition colored vinyl.

 

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

T.I. — Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head

Hip Hop/Rap
Ryan Querbach
Atlanta rapper T.I. has released Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, his eighth studio album and the first since his most recent stint in prison. The title is no doubt a reference to his legal troubles on federal weapons charges, but it also makes reference to the Marvin Gaye song of the same name, which is sampled in the album’s opening track.

 

Thursday, January 3, 2013

‘Hyde’ and shriek

The strange case of ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ comes to the stage in a Broadway-bound musical.

Performing Arts
Rod Lott
Jekyll & Hyde
7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Wednesday, Jan. 16, through Jan. 20
Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker
okcciviccenter.com
297-2264
$20-$60

 

Wednesday, January 9, 2013