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 [...]
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, [...]