Ever since I started blogging weekly about the immense amount of things to do musically in the area, I’ve been amazed that nary a week has gone by without something cool going on. I knew that this area wasn’t the worst place in the world for music, but it certainly didn’t strike me as a […]
Archive > October 2009
Fear Not: The Language Barrier
Or, y’know, don’t be afraid of anything. That’s easier said than done, of course, but you know what? That’s a-okay! I’m here for you, ladies and gents, and I’ve come with the first part in that series I mentioned last week. You know, the time when I begged politely encouraged you to get off your […]
Top Five Wednesday: Things You Should Not Do at a Concert
U2 was pretty amazing on Sunday. If you weren’t there, I am sad for you. While I was there, I witnessed some pretty poor concert etiquette. As such, I feel it is my duty to enlighten you as to some things you should not do at a concert. 5. Argue with the security. If the […]
Proustian Solutions
If you’re anything like me (i.e. deeply insane), you’ve probably tried to read Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu in its entirety a dozen times or more. Because honestly: who doesn’t long to spend months painstakingly reading a seven-volume work of French modernist literature for no reason other than having the satisfaction of […]
Buy/Die Tuesday: Get Diverse
There’s a lot of genre variation in the albums being released this week, which is good. If amazing folk and punk albums dropped every week, I’d be broke. This is also the reason that consistent readers will note the lack of a sure bet delineated with a “Buy:” category. There’s not a go-to album that […]
What is brown, made of meat, and shaped like a ball?
That’s right! Meatballs. I am one of those people who really doesn’t like meat sauce on spaghetti. I don’t know what it is about the meat being ground into the sauce, but I just don’t really like it. I think it’s because it’s difficult to get a good serving of meat, sauce, and noodle on […]
Too Much Information
I was relaxing with friends a few Sundays ago, having brunch at a charming out-of-town restaurant. We were enjoying our piping hot coffee and delicious eggs benedict, and we were of course enjoying each other’s company…but more than anything we were enjoying the restaurant staff. Oh wait, did I forget to mention? This restaurant was […]
One Good Weekend
This is the weekend to go to the movie theater. This is the when all of October’s hit movies are coming out. This October 16th sees the release of: Where the Wild Things Are, based off the amazing children’s book by Maurice Sendak and directed by Spike Jonze. Law Abiding Citizen, an action-drama with Jamie […]
Folk Friday: Novi Split
Folk artists aren’t known for their voices. In an alternate universe where Bob Dylan hadn’t become the poet laureate of folk, we may have escaped with some talented vocalists in tow. But as it stands, folk runs low on genuinely talented male vocalists. Fionn Regan (who I will laud some other week) and David J […]
This Weekend Rocks: October 15-18
So, if you’re not attending the OU/saxet game, you’ll need something to do this weekend. And here’s tha hookup. Should Do: Do I really need to tell you that, inexplicably, U2 will be in Norman on Sunday? I didn’t think so.
