http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:22:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mayor Mick announced breaking news at today's Bricktown Association meeting — Fortune Magazine has ranked Oklahoma City No. 1 in its list of top 50 places in the United States to launch a business. As a small business owner myself, I have to agree. For more info, read CNN's article. http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=200 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=182 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=170 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=133 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=129 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=91 [caption id="attachment_110" align="alignleft" width="181" caption="Christian Pitt"][/caption] 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 ... http://www.oskocommunications.com/blog/?p=82