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ELEMENTARY LIVING

On killing our citizens

Pershing Studios upcycles historic school into mo dern lofts

Glossip case a cruel and unusual wake-up call

BY MOLLY BULLOCK

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Grandma’s recipe Taino’s offers authentic Puerto Rican cuisine BRIAN SCHWARTZ // 12

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Nicci Atchley, historian

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A brief guide to Tulsa architecture

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alking toward baggage claim at the airport last week, I passed an advertisement picturing a very fine bridge with people paddling down the stream below it. Thinking I’d like to visit a place like that, I realized almost instantly that the banner was a zoomed-in rendering of A Gathering Place for Tulsa. As Nicci Atchley notes briefly in this issue, the Riverside super-park scheduled for completion in 2017 is the result of the largest gift to a public park in U.S. history—$350 million donated and raised by the George Kaiser

Family Foundation. But I’ll get back to that. For this issue, I interviewed structural engineer Tom Wallace and contractor Micky Payne about their work on the highly unusual Pershing Studios project in Owen Park. In addition to their collaborations, Wallace and Payne have a few remarkable things in common. First, both are change-makers with a proclivity for potentially risky, extremely creative projects— usually with overwhelmingly successful results—that benefit Tulsa economically, environmentally and culturally. Both are also politely

reluctant to deflect recognition for their ingenuity and influence. But there’s one thing they won’t hesitate to tell you about: the unprecedented impact GKFF is having in Tulsa. Though there wasn’t space to adequately demonstrate this point in my story, Payne’s sentiments do the job quite well. He said George Kaiser’s contributions to Tulsa are one of the best things that’s ever happened here: “The Gathering Place is going to be wicked. That’s world class. What they’re doing across the street [at the Fox Hotel and Universal Ford buildings]? Absolutely,

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Unlike Robbie Bennett (Sept. 2 edition of Your Voice), I cannot see much that is remarkable in Ted Cruz, other than his cunning. But Bennett has a point about the one-note nature of social commentary in The Tulsa Voice. Although much better written than most such alternative urban publications, this parallels the larger left-vs-right squabble in the U.S. of A.; “You’re crazy!” “No, you’re crazy!” I keep coming back to The Tulsa Voice—especially to read about the arts—but I can always predict the tone in your political articles. It’s the same tone the far right uses to criticize liberals. Not a fresh perspective. Keith Purtell Reasonable doubt about Richard Glossip’s guilt grows with the visibility his case has received over the past several months. Most astonishing is that Richard Glossip was sentenced to death in the first place. His conviction was based on the testimony of just one person: Justin Sneed, who did the actual murder. By accusing Glossip of hiring him to kill Barry Van Treese, Sneed got life, and Richard Glossip got death. Deuteronomy 17:6 states, “On the testimony of two or three witnesses a man shall be put to death, but no one shall be put to

death on the testimony of only one witness.” No other evidence links Richard Glossip to the murder. Deuteronomy is more than 2000 years old, from a time when slavery was common and a man’s family was considered his property. Even then, “only one witness” was not enough to justify a death sentence. Gov. Fallin balked at the Supreme Court’s order to remove the Ten Commandments monument from the capitol grounds. Presumably, she holds the book from which the Ten Commandments are drawn in high esteem. Why then would she defy Deuteronomy 17:6, which would prohibit the execution of Richard Glossip? Nathaniel Batchelder

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On killing our citizens Glossip case a cruel and unusual wake-up call by BARRY FRIEDMAN

mpossible to know where to start, for the life and almost death of Richard Glossip is a continuous loop. “Last minute questions were raised today about Oklahoma’s execution protocol and the chemicals used for lethal injection,” said [Governor] Fallin. “After consulting with the attorney general and the Department of Corrections, I have issued a 37 day stay of execution while the state addresses those questions and ensures it is compl ying full y with the protocols approved by federal courts.” 1

So, why, just minutes before the execution, were the questions about these chemicals so severe that they warranted a postponement? You ready? It turned out Oklahoma didn’t have the right lethal drug to carry out the last step of his execution. Instead of potassium chloride, which stops the heart, the prison had potassium acetate.2

Read that again. The state had the wrong drug! How does that happen? You’d think those in charge would check something like that before they order Glossip’s last meal from Pizza Hut, especially considering the state’s recent history in such matters. When notified of the drug error, Gov. Fallin, wisely, postponed the execution. November 6, the new execution date, just happens to be five days after the new state execution protocols go into effect, giving the state more leeway. Only a cynic would suggest there’s a connection. 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY

Call me a cynic. This, for those scoring at home, was the second stay in September. The first occurred on September 16, when the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals postponed the execution by two weeks to consider new evidence. At that point, some earlier pieces of evidence from the case no longer existed. On the eve of a controversial execution, Fox 25 has discovered key pieces of evidence that could back the claims of Richard Glossip’s innocence were destroyed.3

Lovely, huh? Anyway, the court ultimately ruled against Glossip, which got us to the September 30 date, which, in turn, got us here. The rabbit hole is getting deeper. Back in 1998 (and in the 2004 retrial), Glossip was convicted of ordering the murder of Barry Van Treese, the owner of the Best Budget Inn in Oklahoma City where Glossip worked. According to the testimony, he paid Justin Sneed, a motel handyman, $10,000 to kill Van Treese because Glossip was afraid Van Treese would fire him for embezzling motel money.

During the investigation, detectives quizzed Sneed about Glossip’s involvement. Apparently, it was an open book exam. “Before you make your mind up on anything,” [detective] Bemo cautioned him [Sneed], “I want you to hear some of the things that we’ve got to say to you.” Sneed was read his rights, and then Bemo leaned in: “We know this invol ves more than just you, okay?” Sneed told Bemo that he didn’t “reall y know what to say about” what happened to Van Treese. “Well,” Bemo said, “Everybody is saying you’re the one that did this and you did it by yourself and I don’t believe that. You know Rich is under arrest, don’t you?” No, Sneed said, he didn’t know that. “So he’s the one,” Bemo replied. “He’s putting it on you the worst.”4

The judicial shark was then jumped. Sneed’s daughter, who wrote a passionate letter in defense of Glossip, could not be found (the

phone number on the letter was traced back to an escort service)5. Sneed reportedly told6 a cellmate that he acted alone, but he also told Cary Aspinwall of the The Frontier7 that Glossip orchestrated the murder. There was the preposterousness8 of the thesis itself; Susan Sarandon, who played Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking, called Gov. Fallin a “horrible person” before apologizing9 for calling her a horrible person, even though she still considers her a horrible person; there was the letter to Fallin from Tom Coburn, Barry Switzer and others: If we keep executing defendants in cases like this, where the evidence of guilt is tenuous and untrustworthy, we will keep killing innocent people. 10

And then there was Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater, who said Glossip’s defense team was waging a “bullshit PR campaign.”11 We pause for a moment to remember that we actually want these death penalty cases to go maddeningly slowly. “When the state is putting someone to death,” former District Judge Mark Barcus told me, “the courts must be especially vigilant to make sure due process is followed.” But that leads us to the actual executing, and for that, we paraphrase Bob Dylan: How d’you want this killing done? Competently would be nice. Tuesday night, the state of Oklahoma accidentall y killed a man in the middle of trying to execute him. 12

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(Continued from page 8) botched execution of Clayton Lockett when medical personnel injected him with the death goop but somehow missed his vein. And now Oklahoma officials don’t check to make sure they have the right kind of potassium on hand the day of an execution? Maybe we’re not good at this. (Since 1976, by the way, when the Supreme Court ruled that states could again execute convicted murderers, more than 140013 people have been put to death in America, and Oklahoma has executed 112, more than any other state besides Texas.) The Frontier’s Ziva Branstetter, who, along with Aspinwall, covered the Lockett case for the Tulsa World (both were nominated for Pulitzers), told me she’s not enjoying the latest circus: “Whether you believe Richard Glossip is guilty or not, he certainly has set the bar for skillfully using the media to make his case for a stay. His famous supporters, including sister Helen Prejean and Susan Sarandon, were able to draw international attention to his case and his claims of innocence. It’s clear that the story Glossip and his supporters were able to sell most of the media on contains some pretty glaring errors. Glossip did change his story multiple times, and Sneed’s testimony was not the only evidence in the case.”

She then wondered what needs to be wondered. “But setting that aside, one has to wonder whether prosecutors ever should have sought the death penalty in this case. It seems inherently unfair that the person who beat Barry Van Treese to death received a life sentence while Glossip was sentenced to death.”

She has a point. While it’s not unheard of to cut deals with a low-level criminal to get one of greater stature, Sneed isn’t Frank Pentangeli, and Glossip isn’t Michael Corleone. And just how bad were Glossip’s attorneys in both trials, that 10 // NEWS & COMMENTARY

they weren’t able to impugn the word of Sneed, the actual killer, the main prosecution witness? All of this raises another question, perhaps the most important, the 2,000-volt question: Should we be doing this at all? More on that in a moment. Earlier this year, Glossip petitioned the Supreme Court to contend that Midazolam, the first drug used in the 3-drug execution cocktail (and used on Lockett, poorly) was a violation of the cruel and unusual punishment clause of the Eighth Amendment. Here’s where things got positively ghoulish. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the majority in a 5-4 decision, astonishingly concluded that even if it was cruel and unusual, that just comes with the territory. And because some risk of pain is inherent in any method of execution, we have held that the Constitution does not require the avoidance of all risk of pain. After all, while most humans wish to die a painless death, many do not have that good fortune. Holding that the Eighth Amendment demands the elimination of essentially all risk of pain would effectively outlaw the death penalty altogether.14

The outlawing of which would be fine, one imagines, to those executed who were, you know, innocent. New research finds that almost four percent of U.S. capital punishment sentences are wrongful convictions, almost double the number of people set free, meaning around 120 of the roughl y 3,000 inmates on death row in America are not guilty.15

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote in a separate opinion that it was time to reconsider the whole shebang. “ Given these changes, I believe that it is now time to reopen the question,” he wrote, adding that the p ast 40 years of the death penalty in America have led him to believe “that the death penalty, in and of itself, now likel y constitutes a legall y prohibited ‘cruel

and unusual punishmen[t].’”

In America, we rank 5th behind China, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq in the number of citizens we execute.16 This is the company we keep. By the numbers, the annual cost of the death penalty in the state of California is $137 million, compared to an estimated $11.5 million for a system without the death penalty.17 It’s cheaper not executing people. Nevertheless, with brand new spanking facilities18 Oklahoma is now a one-stop death shop for all your execution needs. In Oklahoma, current law states that if lethal injection is deemed unconstitutional or is just not available, the electric chair is the backup option, while the firing squad is the third option. The new law makes nitrogen hypoxia the backup method, with the electric chair and firing squad serving as the third and fourth options, respectivel y.19

Firing squad? This is the energy we expend. On November 6, Glossip will be given yet another last meal (this will be his third), led to a renovated chamber where a new ultrasound machine will help find his veins, and be put to death. That’s the plan, anyway. Shortly after Fallin’s announcement, Attorney General Scott Pruitt said he wants all state executions postponed until he can find out what the hell’s20 going on. “Until my office knows more about these circumstances and gains confidence that DOC can carry out executions in accordance with the execution protocol, I am asking the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to issue an indefinite stay of all scheduled executions,” he said.

Incompetence, confusion, and recrimination. This is the state of death in Oklahoma. When and if Glossip is ever executed, it will all be over. But none of it will be settled. a

1) KTUL: Gov. Fallin Stays Glossip’s Execution 2) Oklahoma Watch: Wrong Drug Stays Glossip Execution 3) Fox25: Fox 25 Investigation: Evidence destroyed in Glossip case before any appeal was decided 4) Slate: Groundhog Day Nightmare: Oklahoma is about to execute a man who is probably innocent. 5) The Frontier: Skepticism, key details missing from stories on Glossip case 6) Fox44: Former cellmate says Justin Sneed acted alone in murder 7) The Frontier: Justin Sneed speaks up as Glossip’s attorneys continue fight 8) Mother Jones: An Oklahoma Court Just Halted the Execution of a Potentially Innocent Man 9) The Huffington Post: Why Susan Sarandon Is Apologizing To Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin 10) The Huffington Post: Is Oklahoma About to Execute an Innocent Man? 11) The Oklahoman: Oklahoma County DA David Prater dismisses claims of new evidence by convicted murderer Richard Glossip’s legal team 12) Slate: When the Death Penalty Turns Into Torture 13) Death Penalty Information Center: Number of Executions by State and Region Since 1976 14) Courthouse News Service: Supreme Court Upholds Execution Protocol Likened to Burning Alive 15) TIME: More Innocent People on Death Row Than Estimated: Study 16) Statista: Number of executions worldwide in 2014 (excluding China*) 17) Amnesty International: Death Penalty Cost 18) The Huffington Post: FIRST LOOK: Oklahoma’s New Death Chamber 19) The Washington Post: Oklahoma says it will now use nitrogen gas as its backup method of execution 20) Norman Transcript: Pruitt seeks stay in all executions

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Grandma’s recipe Taino’s offers authentic Puerto Rican cuisine by BRIAN SCHWARTZ

here’s not much in the way of decor at Taino’s, a new oasis of tropical food and bonhomie on a strip of Memorial mostly devoted to car lots. The interior looks like a pool hall without the tables. But once the food comes, you won’t think about anything but eating it. Before the food arrives, your eyes are drawn to Ismael Ortiz. He stands behind the counter of the open kitchen, wearing his trademark Yankees baseball cap, always in motion and clearly happy. The pernil pork shoulder ($9) has been roasting six hours and is falling off the bone. It’s so yummy—crispy-crackly and tender at the same time. Mine was accompanied by tostones (fried slices of plantains). Though they come from green, unripe plantains, they have some sweetness to them, along with a meaty, rich filling similar to French fries. And then there’s rice and beans. I ask for my beans separate. Whether red or black (I prefer the black), those long-stewed, delicious beans are the signature dish of Puerto Rican cooking. So, what to order? (Aside, of course, from that pernil.) Does he have any of the slow-cooked stews—those spicy Puerto Rican delights, rich in olive oil and spices, called “guisado” or “fricase”— that are my special love? “Oh, I’m making a nice carne guisada,” Ortiz tells me. “But it won’t be ready for another hour.

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It’s tomorrow’s special because, like Indian curries, guisados get better if left for a day. But you can have it tonight. You can be the first ones. And if you like, you can also have what I’m making here. It’s my own creation. A pork chop stuffed with mofongo with a bit of mojito on top.” That’s not a Cuban drink he’s talking about, but a mildly hot, creamy sauce. We decide to wait. In the meantime, we order the pernil, the pork chop and another dish to fill the hour. I stroll over to the kitchen and watch Ortiz cook.

“I learned from my mom,” he says. “It’s a family tradition.” The food arrives. First comes Bistec Encebollado ($11), a traditional dish. Before being cooked and topped with sautéed onions, the meat is pounded flat, then marinated overnight in adobo mojado, which is a mix of spices, white wine vinegar and olive oil. This gives the meat a fantastic citric flavor. It was delicious. The stuffed pork chop was a close rival. The meat was crisp yet juicy and full of flavor. Ditto for that long-cooked pork shoulder. And the tostones! The black beans! I couldn’t stop eating them.

And then comes the star of the show, the slowly simmered stew. “That’s my Grandma’s recipe!” Ortiz proudly announces. “This is straight from Grandma’s kitchen!” He usually serves it over rice, but I request it in a separate bowl so I can savor the rich, complex flavor. It’s not an easy dish to make. Usually, the meat is seared in annatto oil and then stewed with additional ingredients such as olives, tomatoes, capers, cumin, coriander, oregano, bay leaves and maybe a bit of ham. Ortiz’s version packed a big flavor punch. Our server, also the restaurant’s sous chef, returns. “You must try the flan,” she says, explaining that it was made by Ortiz’s wife, who had a baby the night before. So that explains the spring in Chef ’s step! Of course, we order it, and it’s delicious. Not your typical flan, it tastes more like a rich, delicious cheesecake with fruit syrup on top. “Well I hope you loved it,” Ortiz says. “Here comes the cavalry! I gotta go.” And in came a loud, raucous troop of young kids fresh from school, accompanied by a few smiling adults. Ortiz’s family. a

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Voice’s Spaces: A Voice staff home tour I love taking pictures of flowers, but I have so many that only picking a couple to frame wouldn’t suffice. Add a little Washi tape, and ta-da: a fauxframed collage of happiness to greet my guests when they walk in. Morgan Welch, Graphic Designer

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This space is a great spot to sit around and spend time with my family. The orange chair, a thriftstore find, is one of my favorite pieces of furniture. Josh Kampf, Ad Sal es Mana ger

My favorite parts about my living room are a custom chair and ottoman (formerly a filthy $15 estate sale find), a rug I bought in Jordan, a nearly-free sofa from Craigslist and a pouf that I had reconstructed after my brother’s dog ripped it to smithereens. Moll y Bullock , Mana ging Editor October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

The built environment A brief guide to Tulsa architecture by NICCI ATCHLEY

uring the early 20th century, the oil flowed freely in Tulsa, and the money followed. Talent in all forms flocked here, and businesses—and buildings to house them—sprang up across the city. “Architecture follows development, development follows money and money follows industry,” designer Shane Hood, president of the Tulsa Foundation for Architecture, told me. “That’s going to dictate when we have development booms.” Though Tulsa officially incorporated in 1898, it was the oil strikes at Red Fork in 1901 and in Glenn Pool in 1905 that served as the catalysts for real development. By the 1920s, we were booming. The resulting prosperity put Tulsa on the map as the “Oil Capital of the World,” a title that continued into the midcentury. Tulsa is certainly a melting pot of eclectic architecture, but the Art Deco period was perhaps the only time when Tulsa had a concrete sense of its own architectural identity. As a city, we were not following design trends in the U.S., we were steering the French-inspired style during an era of artistic revolution. Unlike the styles that immediately preceded and followed it, Art Deco had no philosophical basis. It was purely decorative. Perhaps it was the unapologetic indulgence that lent itself to such optimism. But it was also that glamour that contributed to Art Deco falling out of style during World War II, when the world took a turn for the worse, economically and politically. The period’s glitzy and ornate styles of Art Deco and European Revival were suddenly out of fashion; a more streamlined, pared-down aesthetic was in. And so went Tulsa. “We had the largest per capita population of scientists and engineers in Tulsa during the midcentury,” Hood said. “Oklahoma became a hub for the aerospace industry. … Tulsa had a more progressive population during that time because people were moving in from the coasts. There was a lot of fortune seeking and keeping up with the Joneses—people weren’t going to move out to the prairie and not have their cultural comforts.” That forward-thinking influence is still evident in the “contemporary” style neighborhoods established at that time such as Bolewood, Ranch Acres, Sunset Terrace, Park Plaza and Lortondale. For every notable structure in Tulsa, there are even more architects, designers and artists who have put their stamp on our cityscape. In doing so, they’ve imprinted pieces of themselves and shaped how we live. The buildings those visionaries have created continue to tell the story of who we have been, who we are and who we hope to become. Regardless of the era that created them, our buildings have much to say about the legacy of our community. Our buildings and our homes are the structures our heritage built. Designing Tulsa: Oil Capital Architecture

This month at Tulsa Historical Society and Museum, the stories of Tulsa’s architectural heritage will unfold through artifacts representing select Tulsa structures and architects. Featured architects include: Robert Buchner, Charles Dilbeck, John Duncan Forsyth, Bruce Goff, Donald Honn, Blaine Imel, Joseph Koberling, Donald McCormick, Lee Murray, Robert L. Jones, David Murray, Leon Senter Runs through August 2016 // Tulsa Historical Society & Museum // 2445 S. Peoria Ave. //tulsahistory.org // $5 for adults, $3 for seniors. Kids, students and museum members are always free.

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The churches of downtown Gothic Revival Holy Family Cathedral: 1914 122 W. 8th St.

The Mayo of today pairs its original styling with a Beaux Arts-designed ballroom and a current mix of contemporary open-plan rooms and apartments.

First Christian Church: 1920 913 S. Boulder Ave. First Baptist: 1927 403 S. Cincinnati Ave.

Philbrook Museum

Trinity Episcopal: 1926 501 S. Cincinnati Ave.

1926, Edward Buehler Delk 2727 S. Rockford Rd.

First United Methodist: 1928 1115 S. Boulder Ave.

Most early 20th century churches are Gothic Revival, an imposing aesthetic intended to stir emotions and induce awe. Verticality and light are deliberately emphasized through features including pointed arches, vaulted ceilings, a nave considerably taller than it is wide, vertical buttresses, vertical mouldings, elaborate wood carvings, vast structural dimensions and expansive ecclesiastic stained glass windows.

The Mayo Hotel Chicago School/Sullivan-esque

Italian Revival

One of Tulsa’s most significant and sizable residential properties, Philbrook Museum was once the residence of oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his family. The original 72-room Italian Renaissance villa was built on 23 acres. With elaborately carved mouldings and painted ceilings, the interiors are nothing short of opulent. Italian-style characteristics including formal symmetry, ornate columns, towering arches and abundant niches and plinths are present throughout. The residence and manicured grounds make a dynamic, inviting background for Philbrook’s art collection and community events.

1925, George Winkler 115 W. 5th St.

The Mayo is one of downtown Tulsa’s earliest high-rises. The historic building combines the advancing technology of its time with the classical overtones of the two-story Doric columns and stylized ornamentation that were popular during the period and perfected by Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. Abandoned for 20 years, the Mayo was at risk of being demolished (like so many notable Tulsa buildings) until the Snyder family bought and renovated it as a hotel and residences. Once again a gem in our crown,

Boston Avenue United Methodist Church Art Deco with Gothic Revival elements 1929, Adah Robinson and Bruce Goff 1301 S. Boston Ave.

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(Continued from page 19) art teacher, Adah Robinson. It’s rumored that Robinson drew the original concept and renderings, and Goff took them and fleshed them out into workable construction documents. The church’s massive tower and dramatic verticality give a nod to Gothic Revival. The structure features common Art Deco building materials including metal, glass, Indiana limestone, Minnesota granite and terra cotta.

Westhope Textile Block 1929, Frank Lloyd Wright 3699 S. Birmingham Ave.

Tulsa’s only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home was built for Wright’s cousin, Richard Lloyd Jones, the original publisher of the Tulsa Tribune. Westhope is Wright’s only textile block-style home outside of California. The 8,400-square-foot space features alternating columns of glass and concrete walls. Westhope is one of the largest homes Wright created, though it’s considered to be more simplistic in structure and less ornate that many of his other residential designs. When Jones complained that the leaky flat roof was causing rain to fall on his desk, Wright is said to have offered a simple solution: “Richard, move the desk.” 20 // FEATURED

Tulsa Fire Alarm Building Art Deco

1931, Frederick V. Kershner 1010 E. 8th St.

The Tulsa Fire Alarm Building features the pared-down aesthetic of the depression-era buildings so typical of the early 1930s, though it was created a few years before many of Roosevelt's “New Deal” Public Works Administration buildings. The beautifully designed structure integrates clever conceptual motifs into the terra cotta frieze program that was typical of Art Deco. The front of the building features a double-headed dragon that pays homage to its original function as the fire department alarm headquarters. The main room of the building was designed in a unique hexagon shape with towering windows along the back. At just 6,090 square feet, what it lacks in space it makes up for in design.

Lortondale Neighborhood 1954, Donald H. Honn with Howard Grubb 26th Street to 27th Place between Yale and Hudson

Sometimes called the “architect’s ghetto,” Lortondale was established to provide quality, stylish homes at affordable prices. A new

home with many modern amenities could be purchased for about $14,000 and $100 down. Creative types such as architects, engineers, artists, designers and musicians flocked to the community, and it’s still just as hip half a century later. Lortondale demonstrates the midcentury ethos of democratizing design, or—as Lortondale resident and midcentury real estate expert Dustin Thames calls it—”design accessibility.” “Lortondale homes have natural light, texture, open spaces and clean lines in spades,” Thames says. “These elements aren’t novel. In Lortondale, they’re the norm.”

The Vault

Midcentury Modern 1959, renovated in 2012 620 S. Cincinnati Ave.

Formerly the First National Auto Bank, The Vault was converted to a chic midcentury dining space in 2012 by restaurateur Libby Billings with Shane Fernandez and Micky Payne (read about Payne’s latest project on p. 22). The atomic-age Tom Tom Room—First National’s original conference space—now serves as a separate bar/dining area for overflow and private events.

The University Club Tower Googie 1966, Fred Gauger with Bob Piland and Jack Butz 1722 S. Carson Ave.

You say corncob, we say syringe. At 32 floors, The University Club is the tallest all-residential building in Oklahoma. Gauger, an OSU engineering instructor, designed the residential spaces around a centralized core so that each apartment is shaped like a slice of pie. The first major building in the U.S. to be designed by a computer, the tower is constructed of more than 14,000 lightweight blocks with an exterior of glass, aluminum and insulated colored wall panels. Its unique shape gives each apartment a one-of-a-kind panoramic view of the surrounding area.

Prayer Tower Googie 1967, Frank Wallace Oral Roberts University, 777 S. Lewis Ave.

Whether you love or hate the Googie—or, as some call it, Populuxe architecture and design—it is no less significant in American history. Googie’s homage to car culture and space age and atomic obsession are apparent in the Prayer Tower on the ORU campus. Though Wallace intended the October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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(Clockwise from top left) Westhope, The Vault, The University Club Tower, Philbrook Museum, The Mayo Hotel, , BOK Tower, First Christian Church, BOK Center, Center 1, Tulsa Fire Alarm Building and a Lortondale home | COURTESY

building to look like an abstract cross and thorn of crowns, it could just as easily be at home on the set of “The Jetsons.”

BOK Tower Contemporary

1975, Minoru Yamasaki and Associates 101 E. 2nd St.

Internationally known architect Minoru Yamasaki modeled the BOK Tower after another one of his noteworthy skyscraper projects, The World Trade Center in New York. Until the construction of OKC’s Devon Tower in 2011, the 52-floor BOK Tower was the tallest building in the 5 surrounding plains states. The lofty entrance, marble interior and exterior emphasis on verticality is symbolic of commerce and prosperity and looks just like you’d think an urban skyscraper built in the mid-1970s should.

Charles Faudree residential interiors 1977-2013

Internationally known for his French Country-inspired interiors, Charles Faudree is the most recognized interior designer to come out of Oklahoma. His personal touch can be found in numerous Oklahoma residences (including former Tulsa Mayor Kathy THE TULSA VOICE // October 7 - 20, 2015

Taylor’s house and the Oklahoma Governor’s mansion), the countless homes around the world whose interiors were inspired by his many magazine features and books, and his Stroheim fabric line with Tulsa-based textile company Fabricut. No single person has left more of an imprint on Tulsa interiors than Charles.

Center 1

International/Contemporary Henry Aberson Brookside

Having developed incrementally over the past decade, the sleek Center 1 could have just as easily been constructed during the midcentury days of Mies Van der Rohe. It’s quintessential International Style, with a minimal box shape and use of concrete, steel and glass. Developer and retailer Henry Aberson designed Center 1 by standing out on the sidewalk with an artist, looking out across Brookside at an empty parking lot and walking the artist through his vision. “Ninety-nine percent of what he drew is what's currently there,” Aberson says. The success of the center has validated Aberson’s belief that good designers are not necessarily architects. Aberson recently acquired the Consortium on the east side of Brookside and plans to extend his minimalist vision there beginning in early 2016.

BOK Center

The Boxyard

Contemporary

2016, Selser Schaefer Architects, Nelson Stowe Development 3rd & Frankfort

2008, Cesar Pelli

When internationally renowned architect Cesar Pelli was commissioned to design the swirling glass, concrete and steel BOK Center, he approached the project with the intention to create an iconic contemporary landmark that also payed homage to our architectural past. “The BOK Center has an excitement, it has movement and a modernity—all elements that Art Deco architecture has as well,” says Shane Hood, president of Tulsa Foundation for Architecture.

The Urban 8 Near completion, James Boswell 222 S. Kenosha Ave.

James Boswell’s unique aesthetic has shaped midtown restaurants and entertainment venues including In the Raw, Cosmo Cafe, Laffa and the Cain’s Ballroom renovation. His functional-yet-hip sensibility is also evident in these eight small-scale contemporary luxury townhomes, which are designed for urban life in a single-family environment.

The Boxyard district will be comprised of a few dozen metal shipping containers of 320-squarefoot local retail and entertainment spaces. Anchor tenants including Dwelling Spaces and MASA have already committed to setting up shop in the new development, and art workshops and music events are being planned for common areas. The out-of-thebox project is set to open this spring.

A Gathering Place for Tulsa 2017, Michael Van Valkenburgh Riverside Drive

It’s possible that no other single development will change the landscape and quality of life for Tulsans like A Gathering Place for Tulsa. Nearly 100 acres of public recreational development, the park will run along the Arkansas River and include gardens, ponds, a lake, other water features, a boathouse, areas designed for sports and much more. GKFF’s contribution of $350 million for this development is the largest private donation for a public park in U.S. history. a FEATURED // 21

Live/work studio apartment with original chalkboards and vintage-inspired appliances at Pershing Studios

Elementary living

Pershing Studios upcycles historic school into non-traditional housing by MOLLY BULLOCK | photos by MELISSA LUKENBAUGH

epending where you’re standing, the Pershing Studios are between 47 and 97 years old. The former classrooms and offices of the newly renovated school building, now available as work/live studio apartments, feel both startlingly new and extremely old. If you’ve been to Europe, you might recognize in Pershing Studios the peculiar marriage of historic and modern design employed so well and so often there. Architecturally speaking, Tulsans could learn a lot from the Europeans about incorporating the past into our present context. The Pershing Studios seem to have it down, though. Built in 1918, Pershing School underwent additions in ’24, ’27 and ’68. Structural engineer Tom Wallace purchased the building (located in Owen Park at 1903 W. Easton St.) a few years ago with his wife, Susie, as a conversion project. Historic tax credits stipulated that the building remain as close to its original form as

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possible—”to leave it as much school-like as we can,” he said. “Hopefully, we did that in spades here.” Indeed. They’ve succeeded to the extent that in some moments, walking the halls and studying the original cabinetry and chalkboards feels downright eerie. Yet the spaces are beautiful, and the reimagined school feels like an ideal blank slate for the artists, musicians and other residents it’s already begun to attract. Wallace is president and CEO of Wallace Engineering, the structural and civil engineering consulting firm behind projects including Guthrie Green, AHHA, TCC Center for Creativity and many more across Tulsa and the U.S. But Pershing is the Wallaces’ alone, separate from the firm. Financial gain took a backseat to community benefit from the project, which includes 24 units ranging from about 300 to 1,700 square feet and starting around $375 (at press time, about half of the units had already been leased).

“We’re kind of ignorant, in terms of, we don’t look at it from a moneymaking standpoint,” Wallace said. “We looked at it to see if it was possible to make money with this. And if it was, we thought it was a good thing to do for the community that would help maybe revitalize this end of the Owen Park area. And we’ve gotten a lot of feedback that that might be the case.” Tulsa contractor Micky Payne (Happy Hammer Inc.) has managed the project. Despite his highly visible public work on the Cain’s remodel, The Vault, Dust Bowl, both Yokozuna locations, Dilly Deli/Dilly Diner and now the Fassler Hall expansion (to name just a few), Payne flies pretty far under the radar. He’s also one of the founding owners of Soundpony, so he knows a thing or two about grassroots development (the iconic local bar was among the early strongholds of what’s now the Brady Arts District). “I’m the undercover guy, which is fine, because that’s kind of how

I operate everything,” Payne said. “I’ve never really been on the self-promotion kick, just because I think my work will speak for myself. And so far so good. I don’t need to advertise.” Payne had just finished renovating the Wallaces’ home when Pershing School came up for sale. He pitched it to them, leading to a collaboration with architect Mike Abernathie of Sikes | Abernathie, a local firm specializing in historic preservation. Payne said Wallace is the only one in town who could have done the project justice. “Nobody else has the vision to see what it could be,” Payne said. “And also just the styling of it—a lot of people, they take these old structures and they Home Depot them out, or they make them granite and South Tulsa. You need to let the spaces speak to you.” Having shepherded many of the most unusual and widely loved projects in the city as well as some of the most obscure, Payne said (Continued on page 24) October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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(Continued from page 22) he welcomes growth and development, but he stressed the cultural and economic benefits of proceeding imaginatively. “You have one chance, when you’re building a new structure, to make it cool,” he said. “We could make this city Barcelona if we wanted to. We could make it so wicked. “… It’s like, they’re gonna build the Davenport next to the Soundpony—absolutely, build something there. But let’s make it look like the Borg Ship, man. Let’s don’t fuckin’ make it look like Plano. … You’re messing with my mojo because I have to look at it every day. You’re messing with my quality of life because I’m not inspired by my surroundings.” Payne sees sustainable development as essential for keeping costs low and nurturing a thriving, creative community with affordable housing. “In urban renewal in the ‘80s, we tore down so many of our brick structures,” he said. “That’s why we don’t have very many at all. You go to St. Louis or Kansas City, Oklahoma City, and there’s hundreds, thousands of brick structures. Small little brick buildings where there used to be mom and pop stores. The city of Tulsa tore all those down in the ‘80s. “… You have to use the old structures. You can’t be tearing stuff down. That’s basically the bottom line of sustainability— keeping an old structure—and you rehab it instead of demoing it and building a new structure. You can rehab a building cheaper than you can build a new one. Through that, keep the costs low, keep the rents low, keep the prices low.”

*** Wallace has also been a local leader in sustainable development. While planning Guthrie Green with the park’s designers (SWA out of Sausalito, California), Wallace suggested a geothermal heating and cooling system with a well field that would also service the surrounding buildings (including Wallace Engineering). GKFF obtained and matched a federal grant for $2.5 million, and the result is one of the biggest geothermal fields in the nation. “It’s kinda neat,” Wallace said. 24 // FEATURED

“And I’ll take credit for it; it was my idea. But the neat thing is to have somebody as neat as George Kaiser that listens and thinks about things and thought that would be a good thing. Because most clients would just say, ‘No. It’s too much first cost.’ But it cuts the cost of heating and cooling a building in half. … It paid for itself in my building in about five years.” Though Pershing isn’t on geothermal, the well-constructed building is highly energy efficient. Repurposing the existing property also came with a few other unique benefits: picnic tables and mature trees where the playground once stood, a plot for a community garden, a sizable common area in the former cafeteria and kitchen, and—perhaps best of all—a fully restored gymnasium and stage. In keeping with the focus on community over profit, Wallace opted to keep the gym intact rather than use the space to add more units. “All of the professionals that I know that have rental property said, ‘Oh man, this would make a great two or three or four apartments,’ Wallace said. “Yeah it would, but it makes an even better gym. We could make more money turning it into apartments, but it just seemed like such a wonderful amenity that was in great shape when we bought it. What a shame to get rid of it.” “I want it to make money,” Wallace said. “But money isn’t the main thing. Everybody advised me, ‘You’ll never be able to rent those big classrooms very easily. Divide them in half, just tear out all the walls and make it all apartments that are 400 or 500 square feet.’ And it’s true, [the smaller units] are the ones that have leased up right away. So we’ll see if we can lease the other ones. … We’re hopeful that there’s just enough crazy people that want to live in an elementary school.” It’s hard to imagine a shortage of such “crazy people”—the Pershing Studios are unlike any other space in Tulsa. “It’s big city,” Payne said. “And it’s a great alternative to all this. It’s a loft—there may be a few true lofts here in town, but everybody builds North Dallas here. It’s like they can’t fathom not having a bedroom and a closet. I’m like, ‘Free your mind, man!’” a October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Better, not bigger

Two Tulsans convert a Blue Bird school bus into a tiny home by ANDY WHEELER | photos by CHEYENNE BUTCHER

he average size of a single family home in the U.S. has increased 50 percent since 1978, from 1,780 square feet to 2,662. Our nation has collectively eaten a lot of cheeseburgers, but surely not enough to necessitate that kind of expansion. Increased wealth and a culture of conspicuous consumption appear to be primary drivers. The backlash against building bigger gained some ground in 1997 with architect Sarah Susanka’s The Not So Big House, which extolled building better, not bigger, and a return to housing under 1,000 square feet. The economic collapse a decade later began with the subprime mortgage crisis, which made living smaller a necessity for many. The tiny house movement, building homes under 400 square feet, is becoming increasingly appealing for people looking for an alternative and more efficient lifestyle. Tulsans Cheyenne Butcher and Blake Peters had each been drawn to the idea before they met. Butcher is a local artist and photographer; Peters does commercial audio/visual installation. “We liked the concept of living small and minimal,” Butcher said. “And having something that you built yourself.” Searching online for inspiration to construct their tiny house, Peters found something else: a 2000 Blue Bird All American—a school bus—with 282,000 miles. “The bus is actually from Bixby Schools,” he said. “They received bond money to buy new buses, so they were getting rid of this one.” The mileage is low for a bus, and there’s 250-300 square feet

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School supplies found in the dashboard of the bus

of living space. The cost of their future home? “$2,500,” Peters chuckled. For them, preparing to downsize from their current 1,150-square-foot home was an easy decision. “We get sentimental attachments to things that aren’t necessary,” Butcher said. “You don’t need to use all the money; you don’t need to use all the electricity on daily consumption.” “You don’t really spend a lot of time in your house,” she said. “You sleep and you cook. We like camping and hiking. So really, wherever we go, that is our entertainment.” Making use of The School Bus Conversion Network (skoolie. net), a resource-sharing community of people working on similar projects, Butcher and Peters have found everything from basic conversion tutorials to tips for using alternative fuels like vegetable oil and biodiesel. They recently completed demolition on the bus, removing the seats, ceiling panels

(a maddeningly grueling process, as anyone who follows them on Instagram has observed), insulation, flashers and stop signs. “The next step is probably going to be painting the outside,” Peters said. “It is illegal to have a yellow school bus. That shade of school bus yellow is not allowed.” There’s quite a bit of work ahead—plumbing, electrical and a cooking space, among other installations—before their future home is street legal. They also plan to cover the roof in solar panels and install a small wood-burning stove for heat and a smaller propane water heater. Their expected total costs for the home bus? You might want to sit down. Seriously, sit down. “$10,000 to $12,000,” Peters said. They anticipate it will take 8 more months to complete the project. “It all depends on finances,” Butcher said. “It is fun, but it’s also hard work. And we just work on the weekends. Blake has a

full-time job, and we made a deal to not work on the bus without the other person. We dedicate our Saturdays and Sundays to working on the bus.” When the project is complete, Peters and Butcher plan to travel the country with his dog and her cat. In addition selling handmade products online and dealing with the overwhelming everyday options of waking up by the beach/ going surfing, Butcher plans to make a social documentary about people who have chosen minimal lifestyles. With the bus completion still months away, the other specifics have yet to be planned. “Dreaming huge would be transporting it somehow on a barge to Europe and continuing our travels there,” Butcher said. This is not just an acceptance of one lifestyle but a rejection of another. “We’re just pouring our rent into the gas tank instead of giving it to somebody else,” Peters said. “I love all the things being brought to Tulsa,” Butcher said. “Pershing School (see p. 22) is going to be amazing. But to be completely honest, for some [downtown developments], the starting prices are becoming outrageous for Tulsa. It’s like what I used to have when I lived in Chicago, but I can’t afford it. It’s getting more popular. I used to live in Denver on Capitol Hill, and it has doubled in price in the five years since I lived there. Every time I think about it I get angry.” “But then I think, I’m building a ‘skoolie.’ I can build it to what I want it to be. Blake and I are putting our hard work into it. And we can take it anywhere we want.” a October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

Cheyenne Butcher and Blake Peters | ANDRIA WHIPPLE

Butcher and Peters are logging their progress online. Read their tales of great ideas, busted tools, creative problem solving, victory and defeat at bluebirdadventure. wordpress.com, or follow the project on Instagram @bluebirdadventure.

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MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS LIVE! 7:30 p.m. Tues., Oct. 13-Thurs., Oct. 15, $50 John H. Williams Theatre, PAC LA BOHÈME 7:30 p.m. Fri., Oct. 16 and 2:30 p.m. Sun., Oct. 18, $25-$115 Chapman Music Hall, PAC

Seasons of love

La bohème by Lyric Opera of Kansas City | CORY WEAVER Peter Story in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus LIVE! | COURTESY

Relationship wisdom from the stages

by ALICIA CHESSER

erformance is a distillation zone for human interaction. Every moment onstage results from dozens of behind-the-curtain exchanges, not to mention the multidimensional interplay out front between artist and audience. Good theatre gives us a delicious meta-experience: We watch the performers work out their characters’ stories while working out stories about ourselves. Actor Peter Story, soprano Karin Wolverton and tenor Nathan Granner are three very different performers in two very different shows this month: a comic adaptation of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, and Puccini’s opera La bohème. But they agree on one thing: It’s all about relationships. Originally from Jenks, Story came to Men Are from Mars as an accomplished stage and screen actor hungry for the challenge of a one-man show. Playwright Eric Coble turned John Gray’s 1993 self-help classic into the 90-minute event that’s part stand-up, part storytelling. (It lands Off-Broadway later this month.) “It’s all about the Yin and Yang of relationships,” Story says. “We tend to bond with a person who is 28 // ARTS & CULTURE

usually a yang for what we’re a yin on. Problems arise when we stop seeing things from that person’s perspective, regardless of gender. This is all coded in a lot of humor. We end up just asking, ‘Aren’t we idiots?’” “I’m not up here to say I have the perfect relationship,” Story says. But in the 215 times he’s performed this piece around the world, he’s seen “ladies elbowing guys in the ribs, and guys doubling over in laughter, when I share a story of something I do [in my marriage],” he says. “It’s the universalities that make the show so appealing.” Within its generalizations about how men and women “are,” Gray’s bestseller contains some not insignificant wisdom: “By gradually releasing your judgments and blame and persistently asking for what you want, you can create the loving relationships you want, need, and deserve,” he writes. But, he warns, “to keep the magic of love alive we must understand its seasons.” La bohème takes place in winter. Granner says his character, Rodolfo, and his ebullient band of intellectual friends live “a hipster

lifestyle,” in which even poverty can’t hinder their sense of adventure. (Granner himself has led a similar life, for instance playing classical music in rock venues with collaborator Beau Bledsoe.) Into that creative squalor comes Mimi, whom Wolverton describes as innocent, but not naïve. The story of their love affair—sensitively mapped in the composer’s music—turns tragic as he pushes her away, knowing he can’t support her once it’s revealed that she is dying. Their friends Musetta and Marcello represent tempestuous summer, but there’s no restful autumn here. “Mimi and Rodolfo have the winter, and I don’t even know if they make it to spring,” Granner says, unknowingly echoing Gray’s language. “But they have the spring of their relationship, which is sometimes the sweetest part of it.” I’d love to give some of Gray’s relationship advice to the bohemians. (“This would never have happened if you’d just talked to each other!”) But Wolverton notes that without misunderstandings, there would be no tragic theater, no catharsis, and thus no chance to learn from what we’re shown.

Gray’s counsel might apply in rehearsal, too. “If you have the baggage of the last time you performed [the opera], it cannot work,” she says. “But if you’re open and honest and willing to fight for what you think is the best way, people typically respond, ‘Yeah, let’s try it.’ Then sometimes you might realize, ‘I’m totally wrong!’” Wolverton says her biggest challenge is keeping her own emotion detached from what’s happening in Mimi, who keeps her composure amidst the tumult. For Granner, who lost a girl he loved to a car accident in high school, the maelstrom of Rodolfo’s feelings is very real. “You have to lean into the emotion however far you can, but not so far that you destroy yourself,” he says. “All the technique and magic could be lost simply from the fact that you care too much. It’s 90 percent acting, 10 percent letting the emotion come through.” He remembers Wolverton reassuring him: “‘You do whatever you need to do. It’s just good for me to be able to prepare for it.’” Relationship goals, right there. a October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

HisTOricAl MOnOlOGue

Gilcrease Museum Presents James Anderson October 29, 2015 7:00 p.m. Tom Gilcrease Jr. Auditorium In collaboration with The Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington at Mount Vernon, Gilcrease Museum presents a program of living history featuring Tom Plott as James Anderson, Washington’s farm manager. George Washington’s venture into the whiskey business began at Anderson’s urging. He had been involved in the distilling industry in Scotland before Tom Plott as James Anderson immigrating to America in the early 1790s and was convinced that a distilling business would round out Mount Vernon’s complement of economic ventures and generate substantial profits. Plott brings more than 25 years of experience to his portrayals for Mount Vernon. Register online at gilcrease.utulsa.edu – $8/members; $10/not-yet members.

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passingthrough

90 miles an hour

Christian Kane on acting, singing and cooking by JOSHUA KLINE

hristian Kane is a workhorse. Best known for roles on television shows like “Angel,” “Leverage” and TNT’s current sci-fi/fantasy smash hit “The Librarians,” he’s also a successful country musician and a budding gourmand with a popular cooking show on iTunes called “Kane’s Kitchen.” In advance of his visit to Wizard World Comic Con Tulsa (Oct. 23-25 at the Cox Business Center), Kane stopped by Voice HQ for a chat.

to bring romance into the kitchen. It’s not about getting laid. It’s about putting food in one hand and effort in the other and trying to impress someone who deserves to be impressed. So I cuss a little bit, and I yell at these guys, like, “Don’t do this, use your heads, 101, it’s common sense,” and it just became a fun little thing. We put it out there, and it was No. 1 on iTunes. So now we’re gearing up to do Season 2. I love the Internet. I love iTunes. I can always do something and put it online and give it to people. And that’s art, you know what I mean? This was something we did for fun, something I’m doing to give back to my fans who have supported me. It wasn’t supposed to do as well as it did.

The Tulsa Voice: Between the acting and the singing and the cooking, you seem to have your hands full. Christian Kane: Idle hands are not good for me. I have to be going 90 miles an hour with my hands on fire, or it’s just not good. I love acting. It’s never felt like a job for me; I just love it. This is the thing that I got down on my hands and knees at 15 and prayed would happen to me, so I take it very seriously. Don’t tell my bosses this, but I’d do it for free, you know? TTV: Born in Dallas, grew up in Oklahoma, right? CK: Yeah, switched back and forth from Texas for a while. Dad was in the oil business, so we went from Odessa to Norman. I ended up going to the University of Oklahoma. And then I got kicked out of the art school. So one summer, I was probably 22 years old, I just packed up my truck and drove to Los Angeles. I knocked on a management company’s door and said, “I’ll make runs for you guys, make deliveries for you, if you send me out on auditions.” They laughed at me, but a month later I was the lead on a TV show (“Fame LA”). 30 // ARTS & CULTURE

Wizard World Comic Con Tulsa Fri., Oct. 23-Sun., Oct. 25 Cox Business Center Ticket prices vary, wizardworld.com/tulsa Christian Kane as Jake Stone on TNT’s “The Librarians” | COURTESY

TTV: On “The Librarians,” you play Jake, an Oklahoma oilman who’s also an art history expert with an IQ of 190. You’ve said Jake is from a town where it’s “not so cool to be smart.” Is he from Idabel? CK: [laughs] No. John Rogers, who created “Leverage,” wrote this for me. He wanted to make it where I could just focus on the smart aspects—cause I don’t have a high IQ like him—he put it as close to home as he could for me. TTV: Tell me about your band. CK: The first self-released album (in 2000) was just a garage band type thing. We loved it, and it did very well. Then we went to

Nashville. I got a record deal with Sony. I think three days before they were going to release the album, they shelved it. I think Nashville wanted to protect some of the older country style, and they were scared of the new outlaws coming out. And so they were trying to get rid of it. But now they can’t stop it. So then I met Bob Ezrin, who produced my album (The House Rules, 2010). Bob Ezrin did Pink Floyd’s The Wall, KISS Destroyer, that kind of stuff. We had fun with it. I really love this album. TTV: Let’s talk about “Kane’s Kitchen.” CK: It came about as almost a joke. I wanted to teach guys how

TTV: Is this your first Wizard World? CK: I’ve done conventions for about 15 years now. When I first started, it was either “Star Trek” or vampires. And I was on “Angel,” so that helped out, but now it’s really just pop culture. There are so many different genres out there. It’s the age of the geek. And it’s so much fun for people to go and see what they love. But the most important thing for me is I get to shake your hand, I get to give you a hug and say thank you for keeping me alive. Because you watch the show, I survive. It’s love going both ways, man. TTV: What’s next for you? Football? Politics? Ballet? CK: Maybe a food truck! [laughs] I hate to quote McConaughey, but JKL, man. I’m really blessed in life. I just fly by the seat of my pants. a [Editor’s note: This interview has been condensed and edited for brevity.] October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Feel no pain

Courtyard interview with Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey by MITCH GILLIAM

he freeform, jazz influenced instrumental hip-hop trio Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey has been a Tulsa institution for more than 20 years. For the better part of a decade, the internationally known collaboration has included Brian Haas, Josh Raymer and Chris Combs. They recently released The Battle for Earth (see p. 38) and a comic of the same name and will tour the U.S. this month. A day after their blockbuster show with Thundercat at the Vanguard’s Higher Plains Music Festival (which Combs helped organize), JFJO played a stripped-down set in the courtyard.

TTV: People might be surprised to know: BH: People would be surprised to know that I have three nicknames: Billy, Timmy and Jimmy. And also Uncle Bill Steve. CC: Haas is a chronic nicknamer. JR: I’m Ramses, Combs is Combsy or Comber— CC: Haas doesn’t call anyone by his real name. From l eft: Chris Combs, Josh Raymer, Brian Haas | JIM LANGDON

CC: You can take your dogs.

TTV: Most anticipated shows:

TTV: Do you have dogs?

BH: Thundercat last night. [everyone laughs]

The Tulsa Voice: Best way to spend a Saturday:

JR: Between the three of us we have nine dogs.

Chris Combs: What (Jacob) Tovar said.

TTV: Any Cats?

TTV: What was that?

BH: Kinda—we traded a few of our cats for dogs. [laughs]

CC: “Fucking my wife.” [laughs]

TTV: Favorite local venue to play:

Josh Raymer: You guys changed it to something like, “With my wife.” [laughs] Waking up naked though, really late on a Saturday afternoon is a great way to spend the day. And you only get dressed if you got a gig that night, or wanna go see someone else’s gig.

JR: Colony, if I gotta pick one. I’ve just shared so many intimate, fun shows with friends there. Even if there’s nobody there but the people playing, it’s a special place.

Brian Haas: My favorite thing to do on a Saturday is go on a hike. I live in Santa Fe. But, where do I hike when I’m here?

BH: Probably Cain’s, although we don’t get to play there very often. But a great, packed show at Cain’s, I really love that. Also the Vanguard. We had such an amazing show there last night (Higher Plains Music Festival), it’s hard not to mention that place. The guy (Simon Aleman) that owns and books it cares a lot about the music, and that shows. Most venue owners and bookers never go to the shows they book.

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CC: Three-way tie between Vanguard, Colony and Soundpony.

CC: Really looking forward to Father John Misty at Cain’s. BH: I’m just looking forward to our tour. We worked really hard to make this tour happen, so those are the shows I’m thinking about. TTV: Currently listening to: CC: I’ve been listening to a lot of Ry Cooder and Ali Farka Touré. Been digging that and a lot of Neil Young, actually. JR: I’ve been going back and listening to some old Madlib records. I switch it up between old New Orleans stuff and just really funky shit. BH: Let’s see, Run The Jewels put out two records, and I keep going back to those two records. But I keep going back to Mozart’s complete symphonies. Today at the rehearsal space we were listening to the new Flying Lotus (You’re Dead!) for the millionth time. It’s so fun and weird, and unique.

JR: People would be surprised to know that my pit bull’s almost 10 and she looks like she’s 4. TTV: Best Tulsa show ever: JFJO: Last night. TTV: Three albums I’d need on a desert island: [For brevity, the band picked three albums they could all enjoy, though Raymer promised to smuggle more in his pockets.] JFJO: John Coltrane: A Love Supreme, Madlib & Freddie Gibbs: Piñata, Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives and Sevens TTV: Tattoos? JR: You’re embarrassing us. BH: We are fully un-tattooed. We are the only un-tattooed band on Earth, because when most people start bands, the first thing they do is get tattoos. It’s a very important part of playing music. TTV: Music is: BH: When it hits, you feel no pain. a October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Chris Combs, Josh Raymer, Brian Haas. Inset: “The Battle for Earth” comic book | CHRISTOPHER SMITH

Alien blood JFJO goes to battle for earth by MITCH GILLIAM

n Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey’s new comic book, The Battle for Earth, cartoon versions of members Brian Haas, Josh Raymer and Chris Combs protect the planet from aliens out to destroy it. Though they pilot “spirit elk” through space on the magic of wheatgrass and jazz improvisation, the band defends Earth with very Earthly means: They beat the shit out of the aliens with their instruments. I asked guitarist Chris Combs why they used outright violence instead of music in their fight. He just shrugged and laughed: “Um—artistic decisions?” Conceptualized by Combs and illustrated by Joe Cappa, the comic accompanies JFJO’s new album of the same name. Though titles and artwork are identical, the music doesn’t exactly soundtrack the panels. The

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similarity between the works is instead found in their improvisational spirit and overall tone. The trio furiously improvises over the skeletons of 11 songs, all recorded live at Dazzlejazz in Denver. Like the comic, the music takes on whimsical inflections at times (a solid two four stomp can morph into a circus piano vamp) but is consistently scored by a menacing undercurrent. In the book, Cappa’s abundantly toothed, grotesque characters reduce skullfaced E.T.s to a pile of bones. On the album, the band’s heavy (and heavily hip-hop influenced) beats bring the bloodshed. The cartoon musicians discover that with their spirit elk, “the dirtier the improv, the higher we go.” Putting this album’s improv in their ears could send any spirit elk over the damn moon. Drummer Josh Raymer stutter-stops around

his backbeats, throwing fills in gaps you didn’t know existed, while playing whack-a-mole with his accents. Combs’ fingers drip alien blood along his fretboard, oscillating between slink and shred, with occasional metal attack added to the funk assault. Founder and composer Brian Haas guides the crew with his multiple keyboards. A flurry of polyrhythms, Haas’ soloing sometimes pits his hands against each other’s time signatures, occasionally veering out of control and shredding all notions of key in a burst of gorgeous dissonance. It’s all pulled off so effortlessly that, if it weren’t for the applause at the end of some tracks, the album’s “live” status could go unnoticed. An improvised album wouldn’t be unorthodox for a group with “jazz” in its name, but the songs beneath hold their own. Most

betray a love for hip-hop with a lean toward dark funk. A standout track is “Tetherball Triumph,” a reworking of an older song. It’s a slight stylistic shift from the other tracks, with angular stabs from Haas atop a somber, Aphex-Twinnish guitar line. Darting from their respective improv sections, Haas and Combs harmonize on a jarring lead, perfectly in sync on the counter-intuitive pulse. It’s a moment that smacks of hours of practice, executed with an air of believable serendipity. The album is littered with moments like that—like so many mutant skulls beneath the feet of the musicians—and the “artistic decisions” fans have come to expect from JFJO over more than two decades. With every maraca to the head, melodica tube around the throat and guitar through the rib cage, JFJO delivers. a October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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musiclistings Wed // Oct 7 BOK Center – Ariana Grande, Prince Royce – 7:30 p.m. – ($29.50-$69.50) Cain’s Ballroom – *Run the Jewels, Boots – 8 p.m. – ($20-$38) Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Sandite Billiards and Grill – Bryce Dicus – 8 p.m. Soundpony – DJ Why Not – 10:30 p.m. Tulsa State Fair – Dustin Lynch, The Fabulous Two Man Band, All About a Bubble Vanguard – ¡Mayday!, Kap Kallous – 8 p.m. – ($15-$40)

Thurs // Oct 8 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – *Cherub, Hippie Sabotage, Shooka – 8 p.m. – ($15-$30) Centennial Lounge – Gypsy Cold Cuts – 8 p.m. Colony – *Jared Tyler Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 3 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Uncrowned Kings – 7 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Bill Holden – 8 p.m Hunt Club – Grayless Los Cabos - Owasso – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Mercury Lounge – Dash Rip Rock – 8 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Echo – 7 p.m. Soundpony – Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric – 10 p.m. The Shrine – Kris Lager Band, Mouth – 8 p.m. – ($5) Tulsa State Fair – *Charlie Daniels Band, The Fabulous Two Man Band, 4Going Gravity

Fri // Oct 9 BOK Center – *Def Leppard, Foreigner, Tesla – 7 p.m. – ($39.50-$99.50) Cain’s Ballroom – *Modest Mouse – 8:45 p.m. – (SOLD OUT) Centennial Lounge – Blue Dawgs – 9 p.m. Cimarron Bar – Amped – 9 p.m. Colony – Todd Clouser’s A Love Electric Four Aces Tavern – David Dover – 9 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – John Ratliff – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Thomas Martinez – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Swining West – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – Swampfox, Well Hung Heart Mercury Lounge – Brandon Clark and The Big Rig, The Suede Panther – 8 p.m. Nitro Lounge – Bull Finger – 9 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Sheridan Road – 7:30 p.m. – ($5-$20) Peppers Grill - South – The Jennifer Marriott Band River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Hi-Fidelics – 9 p.m. Soul City – Randy Brumley – 8 p.m. Soundpony – *Count Tutu – 10:30 p.m. The Shady Tree – Framing the Red – 8 p.m. The Shrine – Forgotten Space – 8 p.m. – ($12) Tulsa State Fair – *Sean Kingston, The Tom Basler Dueling Piano Show, Weston & The Outsiders Vanguard – My So Called Band – 9 p.m. – ($10)

Sat // Oct 10 Bobbisox – David Dover – 9 p.m. Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Colony – The Dusty Pearls Gypsy Coffee House – Terry Aziere – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Milton Patton – 9 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Urban Addiction – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – Moonshine Miracle Martini’s Lounge – The Blue Dawgs – 9 p.m.

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Mercury Lounge – Elsa Cross – 9 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Hi-Fidelics – 9 p.m. Soundpony – Audra and the Whippoorwills – 7 p.m. Tulsa State Fair – Theory of a Dead Man, The Tom Basler Dueling Piano Show, Lost On Utica

Sun // Oct 11 Bluestone Steakhouse – Bobby Cantrell – 6 p.m. Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 Boulevard Trash – Paper Planets, The Happy Alrights, Quiet Things, The Riot Waves, Much Less – 6 p.m. – ($5) Cain’s Ballroom – Kacey Musgraves, Humming House – 7:30 p.m. – ($30-$45) Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 p.m. Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Sheridan Road – 5 p.m. – ($5-$20) Tulsa State Fair – *Beatlemania, Something Steel, Urban Addiction

Mon // Oct 12 Bluestone Steakhouse – Bobby Cantrell – 6 p.m. Colony – Songwriter Night hosted by Cody Clinton Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 p.m. Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Soundpony – Tim Kaiser – 10:30 p.m. The Shrine – The New Bloods 2, New Batch – 8 p.m.

Tues // Oct 13 Guthrie Green – Tuesday Night Live w/ Myron and Booker Jazz Duo – 7:30 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darrel Cole – 7 p.m. Los Cabos - Broken Arrow – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 p.m. Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7:30 p.m. Woody Guthrie Center – *Michael Fracasso w/ special guest Giulia Millante – 7 p.m.

Wed // Oct 14 Baker St. Pub – John Dempsy – 9 p.m. Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m. Sandite Billiards and Grill – Brandon Jackson – 6 p.m. Vanguard – Upon a Burning Body, Enslaved by Fear, Forever in Disgust, My Final Demise – 6:15 p.m. – ($18)

Thurs // Oct 15 Amsterdam Bar and Gril – Bryce Dicus – 8 p.m. Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Brady Theater – All Time Low, Sleeping with Sirens, Neck Deep, One OK Rock – 6 p.m. – ($27) Centennial Lounge – Pat Ryan Key – 8 p.m. Colony – Honky Tonk Happy Hour Elwood’s – Hosty Duo – 8:30 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 3 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Chad Lee – 7 p.m. Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – The Toptons – 8 p.m. Hunt Club – *Zach Short Group Mercury Lounge – The 24th Street Wailers – 10 p.m. Nitro Lounge – Hellrad – 8 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Zodiac – 7 p.m. Soundpony – *The Van Allen Belt, Swap Meat – 10:30 p.m.

Fri // Oct 16 Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front – 9 p.m. Ed’s Hurricane Lounge – Kelli Lynn and the Skillet Lickers – 8 p.m. Fassler Hall – *Paul Benjaman Band album release party w/ special guests – 8 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – Andrew Michael – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – Hosty Duo Mercury Lounge – Mike and the Moonpies – 10 p.m. Peppers Grill - South – Barton and Long River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Groove Pilots – 9 p.m. Soul City – Desi and Cody – 8 p.m. Soundpony – *Wet Nurse, Lizard Police – 10 p.m. The Shrine – Freaktoberfest – 8 p.m. – ($5)

Sat // Oct 17 727 Club – Scott Ellison Band – 9:30 p.m. Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front – 9 p.m. Colony – *Erin O’Dowd & John Calvin Electric Circus – Skitsnygg – 10 p.m. Gypsy Coffee House – SuperDarren64 – 9 p.m. Hunt Club – Nicnos Mercury Lounge – The Bar Brawl 3 – 10 p.m. River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Groove Pilots – 9 p.m. Roosters Cocktails – Bull Finger – 9 p.m. Soundpony – *The Human Circuit, Helen Kelter Skelter, Beach Language – 10:30 p.m. The Joint – Heart – 8 p.m. – ($55-$65) Vanguard – Opiate: The Tool Experience – 8 p.m. – ($10)

Sun // Oct 18 Bluestone Steakhouse – Bobby Cantrell – 6 p.m. Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5 p.m. Brady Theater – *Jackson Browne, Larry Campbell & Teresa Williams – 8 p.m. – ($29.50-$69.50) Cain’s Ballroom – *The Sword, Kadavar, All Them Witches – 8:30 p.m. – ($17-$32) Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 3 p.m. Guthrie Green – *Josh White, Jr., Kim and Reggie Harris, Rachael and Dominic Davis, John Flynn and Kelly Kristofferson – 2 p.m. Mercury Lounge – The Urban Pioneers – 5 p.m. Los Cabos - Jenks – The Fabulous Two Man Band – 5 p.m. The Shrine – Jon Wayne and the Pain – 8 p.m. – ($8.25-$10) Vanguard – *The Sheepdogs, Radio Moscow – 8 p.m. – ($15-$17)

Mon // Oct 19 Bluestone Steakhouse – Bobby Cantrell – 6 p.m. Colony – Songwriter Night hosted by Cody Clinton Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 p.m. Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 Hoot Owl Coffee – Aaron Krause – 7 p.m. Soundpony – Flyin’ Lion – 10:30 p.m.

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‘Everest’ and ‘The Green Inferno’ offer compelling reasons to stay indoors

by JOE O’SHANSKY

ovies take us to places our lives often won’t: outer space, the depths of the oceans, the darkest jungles or the solitary peak of the highest mountain. There’s a reason you’ll likely never see any of these places with your own eyes. All of them will kill you. And if you want to stand where few, if any, have stood before, not only do you have to be crazy, you’ll probably need the help of at least a couple likeminded lunatics to get the job done. Which brings us to “Everest,” the new dramatic adventure starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jason Clarke, Emily Watson, Josh Brolin and John Hawkes, from the director who gave us the Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg buddy actioner, “Two Guns.” (Don’t worry. I don’t remember it, either.) Fortunately, “Everest” is memorable. The story of the May 10, 1996 storm that killed eight people trapped near the summit is based on well-documented accounts in magazine articles, memoirs and documentaries. Jon Krakauer’s meticulously reported Into Thin Air is not technically the basis for “Everest,” and he

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recently told the Los Angeles Times that the film is “total bull.” But a fictionalized Krakauer, portrayed by the always-great Michael Kelly, figures prominently in the narrative. We’re informed at the outset that one in four Everest climbers never returns. By the ‘90s, a cottage industry of adventure tours sprung up around Everest. Led by seasoned mountaineers, the tours have offered the promise (or perhaps illusion) of a safely guided expedition for capable alpinists who don’t necessarily have what it takes to make it to the peak and back on their own. “Everest” follows two groups of climbers led by Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) and Scott Fischer (Jake Gyllenhaal) as they combine forces and attempt to lead a few dozen impassioned acolytes on the lethal ascent. It all seems to go well, at first. Then a massive storm hits, leaving them trapped and perilously clinging to the top of the world as they’re brutally assaulted with wind and ice in 100-below-zero temperatures. You’ve seen movies like “Everest” before, but this iteration looks better. As a template for

heart-wrenching, vertigo-inducing disaster films, it’s not breaking much new narrative or stylistic ground, which is oddly comforting. “Everest” does, however, spend a fair amount of time developing its characters, with surprising success and memorable performances across the board. Brolin plays the stubbornly independent Texas doctor, Beck Weathers, with sympathetic depth. Watson is great as base camp leader Helen Wilton. Clarke and Gyllenhaal are compelling as the disparate guides who shepherd their flocks through catastrophe. The periphery is filled with famous faces looking concerned—Keira Knightley, Robin Wright, Sam Worthington. Though cinematically, some scenes feel pedestrian, Director Baltasar Kormákur does an admirable job of earning audience buy-in with the characters. That empathy turns to dread when everything goes to hell. The real star of “Everest” is the wilderness. Kormákur frames the impassive peaks with a dark sense of solitude and daunting scope made all the more intense when the fury of nature and inevitable

death are unleashed. His vertiginous cinematography (blown up in IMAX 3D) straddles a line between the dream world and the real one, putting you firmly in that place you aren’t supposed to be. “Everest” is certainly meant for the big screen, and it’s worth the trip. “Everest” is playing now in Tulsa theaters. The Green Inferno As in the case of “Everest,” my aversion to the dangers of planet Earth won’t keep me from observing (at a safe distance) the spectacle of Amazonian cannibals barbecuing a handful of misguided Internet activists. “The Green Inferno” is fan-favorite horror auteur Eli Roth’s long-delayed homage to Ruggero Deodato’s infamous “Cannibal Holocaust” (1980). Credited as one of the genre’s most brutal films ever made (Deodato had to prove in court that he didn’t actually kill his actors), “Cannibal Holocaust” is also one of the earliest iterations of found footage horror. “Inferno” inverts that gimmick while retaining its original spirit. October 7 - 20, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

A passionate activist (Ariel Levy) leads a group of college students into the Amazon, where they chain themselves to trees to stop a gas company from wiping out the natives. Live streaming smartphone footage to thwart armed mercenaries who would otherwise kill them all, the students are successful. But fate intervenes when their homeward plane goes down and the survivors are taken captive by painted headhunters with a taste for human flesh and a tradition of female circumcision. First and foremost, this is a gory cannibal film. Your mileage may vary depending on your appetite for such things. Those fond of goofy, dark humor and bloody viscera (courtesy of “The Walking Dead” gurus) will find a lot to love; though, compared to “Cannibal Holocaust,” Roth has actually dialed back the most offensive elements. My reaction to “The Green Inferno” is pretty much the same

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I’ve had to all of Roth’s films. He has inherent visual chops, a nerd’s love of horror and a sense of bravado that mostly exceeds the actual quality of his films. His notso-lofty goal is to get people laid after seeing a scary movie. “Hostel 2” is probably his best, and the Herzogian backdrop to “Inferno” sets it apart visually and tonally, but neither film is groundbreaking. Rather than misusing archaic stereotypes of native cultures, Roth mocks the social activist’s sense of faux-empowerment. He isn’t highlighting cannibalism and female circumcision to reflect any allegorical politic, even when he thinks he is. Nor does the film come off as a realistic reflection of social activists or indigenous peoples. Roth would rather unspool a grisly, fun horror story than fully sculpt a coherent political subtext. As horror goes, “The Green Inferno” is unapologetic and fairly effective—a gruesome little film that rings true to its exploitation roots. a

Bi-weekly bit: ‘Goodnight Mommy’ The trailers for most upcoming horror films are frighteningly similar: Whispered narration and steely strings frame a creepy locale or CGI phantasm, building to a jump scare or two. It’s almost comical. “Goodnight Mommy” is the opposite. The feature debut from Austrian filmmakers Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala is a master class on establishing a mournful sense of dread without pulling any cheap tricks to get there. The minimalist story finds a woman (Susanne Wuest) recovering from facial surgery with her twin sons (Lukas and Elias Schwarz) at a remote estate in the woods. Eventually, the children begin to doubt whether the woman under the bandages is really their mother. Weirdness ensues.

To say more would subvert the film’s greatest strength: atmosphere. The ultimate twist is telegraphed and familiar, but the chilly tone and unnerving look of “Mommy” stick with you. “Goodnight Mommy” is now playing at Circle Cinema.

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Bright Ideas The Cambridge, Massachusetts, company AOBiome believes we have dangerously stripped “good bacteria” from our skins via “excessive cleaning” and has introduced for sale “Mother Dirt” spray to add it back. Chemical engineer and co-founder Dave Whitlock told WBZ-TV in September that he personally has “not taken a shower in over 12 years,” but instead uses his odorless bacteria-restoring mist twice a day to cover himself with helpful “dirt” that activates the “good” bacteria. The company will soon begin clinical trials to demonstrate whether Mother Dirt (which also comes in shampoo form) can additionally improve certain skin conditions. Your English Teacher Was Right In September, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery concluded that records of an investigation need not be released to the Memphis City Council — because there was no comma. The law requires the records’ release “only in compliance with a subpoena or an order of a court.” Slatery said if there had been a comma after “subpoena,” a council subpoena would get the records, but without the comma, only court subpoenas. And in July, Andrea Cammelleri prevailed on her parking ticket challenge because there was no comma. A West Jefferson, Ohio, ordinance banned parking of any “motor vehicle camper, trailer.” A state appeals judge ruled that, with a comma after “vehicle,” Cammelleri’s truck would have been banned, but without it, only campers and trailers were. Great Moments in Gerrymandering In April, the City Council of Columbia, Missouri, rigged a specially drawn “Community Improvement District” to pass a sales tax increase. Under the law, if the District had no “residents” to vote, the “election” would be decided by the tax-friendly business owners. However, the Council somehow missed that college student Jen Henderson, 23, actually lived there and had registered to vote, meaning the THE TULSA VOICE // October 7 - 20, 2015

business owners could not vote and that the tax increase would be decided by ... Henderson. (In late August, the Council “postponed” the election and at press time were in a quandary, as Henderson said she’s against higher taxes.) The Entrepreneurial Spirit Spike’s Tactical of Apopka, Florida, introduced its version of the AR-15 assault rifle this summer “designed to never be used by Muslim terrorists.” Laser-etched on one side is a symbol of the Christian Crusades and on the other, language from Psalm 144. Spike’s Tactical CEO Angela Register predicted brisk sales: “Men like to accessorize their guns more than women like to accessorize their outfits.” Fine Points of the Law Cormega Copening, 17, and his girlfriend Brianna Denson, 16, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, are old enough to have sex (“adults,” according to state law) but apparently too young to exchange nude photos. Copening was charged with five counts of “sexual exploitation” — for receiving “sexts” from Denson and having nude photos of himself on his phone (i.e., “exploiting” himself). Denson accepted a lesser sentence and is serving a tedious, restrictive probation; she had also been charged with self-exploiting. After much criticism for threatening felony charges and sex-offender

registration, prosecutors offered Copening a similar tedious, restrictive probation in September. Perspective Ten years after Hurricane Katrina left tens of thousands homeless in New Orleans and neighboring Gulf states, many of the 120,000 hastily constructed box-type trailers ordered up — and later condemned for concentrations of carcinogenic formaldehyde — by the Federal Emergency Management Agency are still being used in the U.S., though most living in them have no clue about the risk. The most recent users were oilfield workers in North Dakota boomtowns, but shady entrepreneurs had also bought trailers at FEMA auctions and sold them for tornado and flood victims — after removing FEMA’s “Not For Human Habitation” stickers, according to a major investigation by Grist.org, released in August. People With Issues According to a divorce petition filed by Carole Mundy (and reported in the New York Post in August), her estranged husband Jeffrey Stein (a “top administrator” for New York’s Nassau County District Attorney) drove her to post-traumatic stress disorder with his “lifestyle.” According to the petition, Stein sometimes wore a chastity belt to work and, during sex, wore diapers and “a horse tail” (with an anal plug) and “gallop(ed)” around their home,

used a litter box, had his wife “walk” him on a leash, dressed like a “sissy maid” named “Jessica,” and wanted to be fed and diapered like a baby. Said Mundy’s lawyer, it was “a bedroom nightmare.” A News of the Weird Classic (May 2009) The New Waterboarding: In April, the district attorney in Vilas County, Wisconsin, announced that he was seeking volunteers for a forensic test to help his case against Douglas Plude, 42, who is scheduled to stand trial (in 2009) for the death of his wife. The volunteers must be female, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and 140 pounds, and will have to stick their heads into a toilet bowl and flush. Plude is charged with drowning his wife in a commode, but his version (which the prosecutor believes improbable) is that his wife committed suicide by flushing herself. (Plude ultimately pleaded guilty to reckless homicide.) a 9/16 SOLUTION: UNIVERSAL SUNDAY

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free will astrology by ROB BREZSNY

LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22):

“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth,” wrote author William Faulkner. Some astrologers would say that it’s unlikely a Libra would ever say such a thing — that it’s too primal a feeling for your refined, dignified tribe; too lush and unruly. But I disagree with that view. Faulkner himself was a Libra! And I am quite sure that you are now or will soon be like a wet seed in the hot blind earth — fierce to sprout and grow with almost feral abandon.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You and I both know that you can heal the sick and raise the dead and turn water into wine — or at least perform the metaphorical equivalent of those magical acts. Especially when the pressure is on, you have the power to attract the help of mysterious forces and unexpected interventions. I love that about you! When people around you are rendered fuzzy and inert by life’s puzzling riddles, you are often the best hope for activating constructive responses. According to my analysis of upcoming cosmic trends, these skills will be in high demand during the coming weeks. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Some astrologers regard the planet Saturn as a sour tyrant that cramps our style and squelches our freedom. But here’s my hypothesis: Behind Saturn’s austere mask is a benevolent teacher and guide. She pressures us to focus and concentrate. She pushes us to harness and discipline our unique gifts. It’s true that some people resist these cosmic nudges. They prefer to meander all over the place, trying out roles they’re not suited for and indulging in the perverse luxury of neglecting their deepest desires. For them Saturn seems like a dour taskmaster, spoiling their lazy fun. I trust that you Sagittarians will develop a dynamic relationship with Saturn as she cruises through your sign for the next 26 months. With her help, you can deepen your devotion to your life’s most crucial goals. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks will be a favorable time to break a spell you’ve been under, or shatter an illusion you have been caught up in, or burst free from a trance you have felt powerless to escape. If you are moved to seek help from a shaman, witch, or therapist, please do so. But I bet you could accomplish the feat all by yourself. Trust your hunches! Here’s one approach you could try: Tap into both your primal anger and your primal joy. In your mind’s eye, envision situations that tempt you to hate life and envision situations that inspire you love life. With this volatile blend as your fuel, you can explode the hold of the spell, illusion, or trance. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.” So advised author Ray Bradbury. That strategy is too nerve-wracking for a cautious person like me. I prefer to meticulously build and thoroughly test my wings before trying a quantum leap. But I have observed that Aquarius is one of the three signs of the zodiac most likely to succeed with this approach. And according to my astrological calculations, the coming weeks will be a time when your talent for building robust wings in mid-air will be even more effective than usual. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You are being tempted to make deeper commitments and to give more of yourself. Should you? Is it in your interests to mingle your destiny more thoroughly with the destinies of others? Will you benefit from trying to cultivate more engaged forms of intimacy? As is true for most big questions, there are no neat, simple answers. Exploring stronger connections would ultimately be both messy and rewarding. Here’s an inquiry that might bring clarity as you ponder the possibility of merging your fortunes more closely with allies or potential allies: Will deeper commitments with them inspire you to love yourself dearly, treat yourself with impeccable kindness, and be a superb ally to yourself? ARIES (March 21-April 19): You are destined to become a master of fire. It’s your birthright to become skilled in the arts of kindling and warming and illuminating and energizing. Eventually you will develop a fine knack for

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knowing when it’s appropriate to turn the heat up high, and when it’s right to simmer with a slow, steady glow. You will wield your flames with discernment and compassion, rarely or never with prideful rage. You will have a special power to accomplish creative destruction and avoid harmful destruction. I’m pleased at the progress you are making toward these noble goals, but there’s room for improvement. During the next eight weeks, you can speed up your evolution. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Taurus-born physicist Wolfgang Pauli won a Nobel Prize for his research. His accomplishment? The Nobel Committee said he discovered “a new law of nature,” and named it after him: the Pauli Principle. And yet when he was a younger man, he testified, “Physics is much too difficult for me and I wish I were a film comedian or something like that and that I had never heard anything about physics!” I imagine you might now be feeling a comparable frustration about something for which you have substantial potential, Taurus. In the spirit of Pauli’s perseverance, I urge you to keep at it. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): In 1921, the French city of Biarritz hosted an international kissing contest. After evaluating the participants’ efforts, the panel of judges declared that Spanish kisses were “vampiric,” while those of Italians were “burning,” English were “tepid,” Russians were “eruptive,” French were “chaste,” and Americans were “flaccid.” Whatever nationality you are, Gemini, I hope you will eschew those paradigms — and all other paradigms, as well. Now is an excellent time to experiment with and hone your own unique style of kissing. I’m tempted to suggest that you raise your levels of tenderness and wildness, but I’d rather you ignore all advice and trust your intuition. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The astrological omens suggest you could get caught up in dreaming about what might have been. I’m afraid you might cling to outworn traditions and resuscitate wistful wishes that have little relevance for the future. You may even be tempted to wander through the labyrinth of your memories, hoping to steep yourself in old feelings that weren’t even good medicine for you when you first experienced them. But I hope you will override these inclinations, and instead act on the aphorism, “If you don’t study the past, you will probably repeat it.” Right now, the best reason to remember the old days is to rebel against them and prevent them from draining your energy.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may laugh more in the next fourteen days than you have during any comparable fourteen-day period since you were five years old. At least I hope you will. It will be the best possible tonic for your physical and mental health. Even more than usual, laughter has the power to heal your wounds, alert you to secrets hiding in plain sight, and awaken your dormant potentials. Luckily, I suspect that life will conspire to bring about this happy development. A steady stream of antics and whimsies and amusing paradoxes is headed your way. Be alert for the opportunities. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s a favorable time to fantasize about how to suck more cash into your life. You have entered a phase when economic mojo is easier to conjure than usual. Are you ready to engage in some practical measures to take advantage of the cosmic trend? And by that I don’t mean playing the lottery or stealing strangers’ wallets or scanning the sidewalk for fallen money as you stroll. Get intensely real and serious about enhancing your financial fortunes. What are three specific ways you’re ignorant about getting and handling money? Educate yourself.

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ACROSS 1 Sandwich bread 5 Sonny boys 9 Reveal a secret 13 Raisin rum cake 17 Disturbances 18 Islamic greeting 20 Body-bending exercises 21 Opposed to, to Pappy Yokum 22 Tripped and fell 24 Had one’s go 26 Forest denizen 27 Furbys and pet rocks, for two 28 Beginning or attack 30 “Is it hot ___ or is it just me?” 31 Saudis and others 33 “___ Jail” (Monopoly directive) 34 Crater creator 35 Elizabeth I was the last one 37 Culmination 39 Discharged 44 Elevator pioneer 45 Auction condition 47 Onetime Missouri natives 49 “… with the greatest of ___” 50 “Run, don’t walk” review 51 Game also called “sevens” 53 History Muse 54 Make an impression? 55 Like some questions 57 Japanese fencing sport 59 Howe’er 60 Carpenter’s prop 61 Appealed, as for mercy 64 Biology lab supply 65 “ ___ the ramparts …” 66 Computer dial-up device 69 Drew a bead

71 Ivy League member 73 Hazardous for driving 74 Disconcerting action 77 Achings 78 Great Lakes city 80 Hub of the solar system 81 Action movie plot device 83 One in the race 88 Love handles, essentially 90 Face-cream ingredient 91 Accepted doctrine 92 Cape Canaveral cancellation 93 Two-syllable poetic foot 94 Banquet 96 Ballantine and others 97 Sight for ___ eyes 98 Relative of 93-Across 100 Precipitates, in a way 102 Has a crush on 103 Make a misplay 104 Showing sound judgment 105 Finnish steam bath 107 Some animal tracks 111 Plant producers 113 Brewer’s oven 114 Health facility 117 Was clued in? 119 Pulled ahead 122 ___ Khan 123 1979 hostage locale 124 “Whoopee!” 125 Three feet 126 Having a healthy glow 127 Hemingway moniker 128 Not fatty, as meat 129 Pilots’ announcements, briefly

DOWN 1 ___ de foie gras 2 An image of worship 3 Deliberately lost 4 “Don’t ___ me!” 5 Acclaims 6 “___ for the poor!” 7 Use a cotton ball 8 Wild West watering hole 9 Computer memory unit 10 81-Across gain 11 “Long ___ ...” 12 Cleaning and deodorizing product 13 Alternative to a shower 14 Chills, fever and sweating 15 100 Ethiopian cents 16 Beheaded Boleyn 18 Poke holes in 19 It may be honorable 23 “It’s ___ cry from …” 25 Card-game stake 29 Hardly teetotalers 32 Flower made of ribbon 33 German secret police 34 Preparing to drive 35 Unit of pressure 36 Area once called Deseret 37 Ointment element 38 Commit a computer crime 40 Lay eyes on 41 It might be covered in a job interview 42 Shun 43 Cattle ranchers do it 45 Round, full hairstyle 46 Travel by schooner 48 Flash of reflected light

52 Mixture of different metals 56 Pizzazz 58 Circle, as planets 62 ___ out (just get by) 63 Do the waltz 66 Maladjusted person 67 Pertaining to the eye 68 Fireball 69 “Iron” Mike ___ 70 Cut off 72 Checks 75 Management 76 Superior in slipperiness 78 Weapon with a bell-shaped guard 79 Calls a basketball game 82 A score has two 84 Wire measures, for short 85 Sat down 86 Fairy tale nemesis, sometimes 87 Fish egg masses 89 “Sherlock” producer 91 Spaciousness 95 “Anything ___?” 99 Queen of Mount Olympus 101 Fill with spirit 102 Pear-shaped plucked instrument 105 Old Nick 106 Like an old grate 107 Celestial twinkler 108 Stick you can jump on 109 Aahs’ companions 110 “Is that all right?” 111 Go crazy 112 It’s active in Sicily 113 Creole pod 115 Prefix for “legal” 116 Throws in 118 Nest egg option 120 Blast-furnace input 121 Soap-making compound

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