Tulsa adds “pop” to local color
Got an extra $8 million? If so, hand it over to the Oklahoma Historical Society. They’ve announced plans for a pop culture museum in Tulsa’s Brady District and are in fundraising mode.
According to the Tulsa World, the Oklahoma Pop will be the state museum of popular culture, television, film and the performing arts. Big props [...]
Flaming Lips Controversy: Now the whole world will see how cool Oklahoma is
The controversy surrounding Oklahoma’s official rock song has been all over the news — Rolling Stone, the LA Times, the Rachel Maddow Show, and even the BBC. So for those of you who missed the Flaming Lips press conference/rally at the Oklahoma History Center today, here’s a recap of Governor Henry signing the executive order [...]
Behind the Scenes Breakdown at NMF2
Months of planning, sweating and, sometimes, swearing came to fruition on Saturday at the Norman Music Festival.
For the 25 or so Norman Music Festival board members, thoughts like “What the heck am I doing?” quickly became “Heck yeah, this is amazing!”
It all began two years ago with a crazy idea to host a free music [...]
Read Scott Booker’s lips: Oklahoma’s music scene is about to explode
Do you realize? That OKLAHOMA will be home to America’s first “School of Rock”? Thanks to Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker, the Academy of Contemporary Music at UCO will open its doors in Bricktown this fall. Modeled after and franchised by the original School of Rock in London, ACM@UCO will provide students from all over [...]
David Bazan rocks the (Husky) house
The most amazing concert took place in Oklahoma this past weekend. No, it wasn’t at the Ford Center, or the BOK Center or even Cain’s or the Brady. It was actually at my friends’ house.
Normanites Tyler and Katie Huskerson hosted a David Bazan house show in their 3-bedroom, 1-bath, 2-cat bungalow near campus. I’ll admit, [...]
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic
MAINSITE Contemporary Art gallery director Christian Pitt is mentoring local artists and bringing national attention to Oklahoma’s art scene, she’s planning a free indie music festival with 25,000 people expected to attend, and she’s organizing monthly art walks in downtown Norman.
Through her day job, volunteerism and artwork, Christian is creating magical moments for artists and [...]