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f you pay attention to our thriving music scene, you’ve likely heard the phrases “Tulsa Sound” and “New Tulsa Sound” bandied about with sometimes-careless frequency.

So what is the “Tulsa Sound”?

For many, it defines a golden era roughly spanning the ’50s to the ’70s, when luminaries like Leon Russell and JJ Cale were creating a sonic patchwork of disparate musical influences—rock, country, blues, jazz—that developed into a region-specific genre of its own.

For others, it’s a buzz-phrase that comes with a built-in sense of importance and history—“New Tulsa Sound” has become a popular label for a crop of contemporary local artists

who are carrying on the musical traditions started by Leon, Rocky Frisco, Steve Pryor, Elvin Bishop and Dwight Twilley, among many others.

When Horton Records and Brian Fontaine put out “The Colony Presents: The New Tulsa Sound” compilations several years ago, no one involved intended the label as a genre descriptor—the collection included indie rock, electronica, country and jazz. It covered artists from all points on the genre spectrum, not just direct descendants of the old heroes. But over the last few years, the label has taken on a more traditional life of its own, and it might be time to put it to rest.

The Tulsa sound, to me, is an aspirational state of being, not a genre. Branjae and the Filthy Animals (page 20), a supergroup of local artists, defy easy categorization. Neo-soul? Maybe. To me, it’s a group of talented friends sharing love from the stage.

That’s the new Tulsa sound.

Boulevard Trash (page 28) is a distro and venue that creates a connection point for Tulsa’s young punks, started by two passionate punk rock elders who do what they do for the people— the musicians and the fans—not the money. Now, as the venue struggles through code challenges with the City, the community has rallied to support it through fundraising. That’s the sound of Tulsa.

Local rapper Mike Dee (page 30) is known for his ferocious stage presence and socially and politically charged lyrics, but offstage he is, by all accounts, a quiet, introverted guy who has little interest in self-promotion—a friend of mine recently described him as “possibly the nicest guy in Tulsa.” That, to me, is the sound of our city. You make your art with fierce conviction, you challenge the old ways, and you do it in a spirit of love and inclusion.

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Mr. Batchelder (YourVoice, Oct. 7-20) is incorrect when he states doubt about Glossip’s guilt. These days, people form opinions, then cherry-pick things they read online to support their agendas. We’ve become a nation of know-it-alls who foolishly ignore facts that present the whole picture.

When Glossip was picked up, he thought the cops hadn’t yet found the murder. He stated physical facts that only someone who’d been giving directions or was present at the scene could offer. Only after he realized the cops knew of the murder, did he shut up and change his story. He was found guilty and given death

by TWO separate juries. A recent juror interview said the facts made it abundantly clear he was guilty. I’m more inclined to trust the decision of two separate juries and several appeals courts, educated with far more facts, than I am dingbats with political agendas who have led themselves to believe they’re experts by reading a few articles online.

Mike Allen

3. Former Tulsa County District Attorney, S.M. “Buddy” Fallis Jr., said, “Sometimes, in law enforcement you get a feeling everybody’s bad but they’re not. It takes a toll. You get mad at the world.” After 14 years in office, Fallis resigned when his family told him that he should because of his negative attitude.

4. We limit Presidents to eight years and state legislators to 12 years.

Recent corruption scandals in the Tulsa police department and now the sheriff’s office convince me that we should limit law enforcers to 12 years in power.

Love always, Virginia Blue Jeans Jenner

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EASIER WAY

Regarding Barry Friedman’s “Gone Glanz,” (Oct. 21-Nov. 3) the ousted Tulsa Sheriff was in office way too long, 26 years.

The best way to insure that Stanley Glanz’s corruption doesn’t happen again is statutory term limits for all of our law enforcers—judges, district attorneys, sheriffs and cops.

Here’s why: 1. Lord Acton warned us that “power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

2. The wife of a Tulsa politician said, “you become corrupt the first ten minutes you have power.”

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The coming of Ben Carson In Tulsa to sell books and save America

by BARRY FRIEDMAN The event at the Barnes and Noble store on 41st Street east of Yale won’t start until 11:30 a.m. but a line began forming before 6 a.m. outside the store to see the presidential candidate1.

The arrogance of GOP Presidential Candidate Ben Carson, though, arrived even earlier.

“That would demonstrate (a person has) no idea how much knowledge it takes to be a neurosurgeon,” Carson said.

“You’re not the first one to say that, which shows me people have no idea what they’re talking about when they make that comparison.”2

That was Carson talking to Tulsa World reporter Randy Krehbiel the day before coming to town to peddle his latest book, A More Perfect Union, his latest tome on how the Left is destroying America. Carson was annoyed because Krehbiel, a solid political reporter, had the temerity to ask him about what it takes to be president and if, in fact, Carson is as qualified as a career politician. Carson chafed at the suggestion (while essentially calling Krehbiel a moron) that looking at people’s brains didn’t prepare him, for example, to build a coalition to fight ISIS. “What you reall y need is the ability to put things together,” Carson said. “I certainl y have the ability to do that. When I was in charge of pediatric 8 // NEWS & COMMENTARY

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neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, it wasn’t even on the map. I had to build all of those different divisions until by 2008 U.S. News and World Report ranked us No. 1 in the nation.

The suggestion, Hippocrates, that scheduling the pediatric anesthesiologist rotation prepares one for the White House is as laughable as the notion that operating

on conjoined twins helps one hammer out a wheat deal with India3.

A word about this book tour.

Carson suspended his presidential campaign—evidently he loves commerce more than he does country—for two weeks in October to tour bookstores in the south and southwest, states in which a Ben Carson mannequin would carry in the 2016 election, so let’s not read too much into

how early the crowds queued up or how mesmerized they were.

More importantly and the point here, on issues from domestic battery4, free speech5, to Muslims6, to women’s reproductive rights7, Ben Carson can be a monstrous and delusional constitutionally challenged zealot with a dog whistle8.

One example: On the Second Amendment, he told KRMG in advance of his Barnes and Noble gig, “It is there so the populace could fight against the government if it decided it wanted to dominate them.”9 Populace … dominate, who talks like that?

I know. Someone who tells an insupportable story about being held up at a Popeye’s organization and boasting about how he told the gunman to attack the cashier.10 To his premise, though, someone want to show me where in the constitution the founders hid that passage about how the populace needs guns to fight the government?

Carson also believes it is the lack of Second Amendment rights that exacerbated the Holocaust, because, as we all know, the only thing that stops a bad Nazi in a Panzerkampfwagen is a good Jew with a Ruger.

The retired neurosurgeon says “the likelihood of Hitler being able to accomplish his goals would have been greatl y diminished if the people had been armed.” 11

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(Continued from page 8) Yugoslavia lost more than a million, many who were armed; Poland lost more than 5 million, many who were armed; Russia lost more than 19 million, many who were armed, but apparently if more Jewish families in Hamburg in 1937 had kept guns in the cupboard, they could have minimized the Final Solution.

His ignorance of the bravery, futility and impossibility of the time is astonishing and insulting?

An estimated 7,000 Jews perished during the uprising, while nearl y 50,000 others who survived were sent to extermination or labor camps.

By May 16, the ghetto was firml y under Nazi control, and on that day, in a symbolic act, the Germans blew up Warsaw’s Great Synagogue.12

And what is it with Carson’s peculiar affinity for Nazi metaphors anyway?

There was this: In an interview with Newsmax host J.D. Hayworth today, Ben Carson said that if people want to know the truth about President Obama, they should simply “read ‘Mein Kampf’ and read the works of Vladimir Lenin.”13

Lovely.

When another reporter asked if he was reall y comparing President Barack Obama to Hitler, Carson said, “No. I am saying in a situation where people do not express themsel ves, bad things can happen.14

Of course that’s what you were doing.

And then there was this: Neurosurgeon Ben Carson stood by his controversial comparison of the United States to Nazi Germany in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday.15

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ny’ and completel y missing the point of what is being said,” he added.

The burden of being Ben Carson. Nobody hears the subtlety of his insight, just the dissembling; still, he promises to soldier on.

“I know you’re not supposed to say ‘Nazi Germany,’ but I don’t care about political correctness,” he said in an interview last year. “You know, you had a government using its tools to intimidate the population.

We now live in a society where people are afraid to say what they actuall y believe.”

Just. Stop. It. Who exactly is afraid? Cliven Bundy? Ted Nugent? You? Williams had said Obama looked “elegant” that night.

And Carson responded: “Like most psychopaths.

That’s why they’re successful. That’s the way they look. They all look great.”16

That was back in March.

This was two weeks ago.

“It’s nice to know that people are actuall y listening to what I’m saying as opposed to how it’s being reinterpreted,” Carson said.17

We heard you the first time, the second time, the third time, so, no, it’s not the media; it’s you. It’s not the reinterpretation, it’s your intent. You blame political correctness, though, hiding behind your faith and well-rehearsed exasperation should anyone call you on your absurdity, paranoia, detritus.

Your demeanor—how calming, how learned, reporters and candidates still call you Doctor Carson, as if that meant anything, carried any weight, outside an operating room.

There were “doctors” at Soboibor, Treblinka, Bergen-Belsen and Auschwitz, too, and I know you’re not supposed to say that, but I don’t care about political correctness, either, so if you think I’m comparing you to Nazis, you’re just focusing on the words and

completely missing the point of what I’m trying to say. Your honorific helps to sell books, doesn’t it, (as well as selling nutritional supplements that you can then lie about selling),18 makes people wait in line to hear your great, gentle wisdom, and stern warnings about a constitution in peril? Obama is a tyrant, a psychopath, his government the Third Reich, his health insurance initiative (and abortion) worse than slavery19. You speak to the uninformed, insane, unhinged, but you’re soft-spoken, well-liked, a doctor, so people are listening. It’s us against them, prepare yourself, you say. The Muslims, gays, liberals, immigrants, media, feminists, socialists are coming for you, for me, our guns, our way of life— just like the Nazis did 70 years ago. It could happen here. Join me in defeating them. Oh, yeah, buy my book. I’ll sign it.

It is a campaign that traffics in fear, xenophobia, death porn.

“Not onl y would I probabl y not cooperate with him, I would not just stand there and let him shoot me. I would say ‘Hey, guys, everybody attack him! He may shoot me but he can’t get us all,’” Carson said.20

That was his reaction to the shooting at Umpqua Community College.

Carson’s photo of himself holding up a sign reading “I am a Christian” went viral following reports that the shooter at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon, had asked students whether they’re Christian.21

Parents of dead sons and daughters had to watch and listen to this self-glorifying tripe, how their freshly buried children didn’t defend themselves properly, had to watch them be used as props to defend faith and guns.

Let me finish on a personal note. When it comes to the blowhards, the mendacious and the duplicitous around these parts, I try to spare no snark in this column and gladly throw all the rhetorical rotten fruit in their direction I can, but this time, it’s different. Ben

Carson, who he is and what he’s selling, is different. I could tell you that’s because I’m Jewish and my daughter goes to school 103 miles from Umpqua Community College, but it’s more than that. a

1) newson6.com: Line Forms Ahead Of GOP Candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s Visit To Tulsa 2) Tulsa World: Dr. Ben Carson says he has what it takes to be president 3) theodyseeonline.com: Ben Carson: A Man of ‘Firsts’ For The GOP 4) salon.com: Ben Carson: “I’m not sure” domestic violence is a huge problem 5) hotair.com: Ben Carson: let’s have the Department of Education go after “extreme political bias” 6) forward.com: Why I Love Article VI — and You Should, Too 7) The New York Times: Ben Carson Calls for Ban on Abortion in All Circumstances 8) buzzfeed.com: Carson On Secret Service: “I’m In Great Danger” Because I Challenge “Secular Progressive Movement” 9) KRMG: Dr. Ben Carson stops in Tulsa, but on KRMG first 10) mediaite.com: Ben Carson: Why Would I Lie About Getting Held Up at a Popeyes?

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(Clockwise) Fish tacos, margarita, outside Cafe Olé and Shrimp Caribe | VALERIE GRANT

Olé weather Cafe Olé offers fresh Southwestern fare and a cozy patio

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all is upon us and Cafe Olé has the ideal setting waiting for you. Imagine gathering with friends, sitting next to a crackling fire on a covered patio, drinking an award-winning margarita and diving into a delicious Southwestern dish. As co-owner Don Jones likes to say, “It’s Olé weather!”

When Jones and his silent partner bought the restaurant in 2013, they inherited only two menu items: the margarita and the Olé queso. The queso is made with melted cheese, peppers, onions and spices. I asked Jones what made the margarita so special and he had one answer: freshsqueezed lime juice, prepared every day.

Likewise, Jones credits the quality of the food to fresh ingredients and never cutting corners.

For instance, they use Hatch green chilies from New Mexico and fresh blue corn tortillas that are not color-dyed, unlike the blue corn found in some other restaurants.

The family-oriented vibe of Cafe Olé probably stems from Don and his wife Leslie being so hands-on. The Joneses’ experience in food and hospitality goes back to when they co-founded Tulsa staple Peppers Grill; more recently, Don ran the Bass Pro Shop restaurant Uncle Buck’s Grill before taking over Olé.

When it was time to order, Jones suggested we try the Tortas Cubana, Shrimp Caribe and the fish tacos. The Tortas Cubana was honestly one of the best sandwiches I’ve had in a very long time. The combination of beef, pork and guacamole was

outstanding. The sandwich came with a fresh side of Olé coleslaw and jalapeño cornbread.

The Shrimp Caribe was delightfully sweet with seven shrimp sautéed in garlic, cilantro, tomatoes, onion and peppers, served over rice. I was especially excited to try the fish tacos because I’d heard very good things. After my first bite, I knew why. The golden-baked tilapia fillets were served with coleslaw, guacamole, red onion, cilantro and lime.

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Cafe Olé is inviting, fresh and authentic. The warm patio and excellent service, food and drink make it one of my favorite spots to share time with family and friends. a

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PEARL DISTRICT El Rancho Grande The Phoenix Café Lola’s Caravan

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Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stonehorse Café Wild Fork

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DECO DISTRICT Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli

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Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Williams Center Café

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GREENWOOD Abear’s Fat Guy’s

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MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bangkok Thai Super Buffet Bravo’s Mexican Grill Bros. Houligan Celebrity Restaurant Daylight Donuts Supershop Eddy’s Steakhouse Felini’s Cookies & Deli

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I-44/BA INTERCHANGE Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Gogi Gui Growler’s Sandwich Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar Mazzio’s Italian Eatery

Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Roo’s Sidewalk Café Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue

NORTH TULSA Amsterdam Bar & Grill Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers

Harden’s Hamburgers Hero’s Subs & Burgers Los Primos Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market

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Arnold’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers Burger House Charlie’s Chicken Jumpin J’s Knotty Pine BBQ Hideaway Pizza Linda Mar

Lot a Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Sandwiches & More Union Street Café Westside Grill & Delivery

Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli

Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen

BRADY ARTS DISTRICT Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café

Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern Zin Wine, Beer & Dessert Bar

CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Doe’s Eat Place Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery La Madeleine

Lucky’s Restaurant Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Oklahoma Kolache Co. Palace Café Panera Bread Phat Philly’s The Pint Qdoba Mexican Grill SMOKE. Te Kei’s Tucci’s Café Italia Zanmai

EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s

Jay’s Coneys Josie’s Tamales Kimmy’s Diner Korean Garden Leon’s Smoke Shack Lot a Burger Maria’s Mexican Grill Mariscos Costa Azul Mariscos El Centenario Mekong Vietnamese Pizza Depot Pizza Express Porky’s Kitchen Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili RoseRock Cafe Señor Fajita Seoul Restaurant Shiloh’s of Tulsa Shish-Kabob & Grill Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse Tacos San Pedro Taqueria la Cabana Timmy’s Diner

ROSE DISTRICT BruHouse Daylight Donuts Family Back Creek Deli & Gifts Fiesta Mambo!

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Everything about it is love SHARING AND CARING WITH BRANJAE AND THE FILTHY ANIMALS

Kristin Ruyle PERCUSSION

BY JOHN LANGDON PHOTO BY MELISSA LUKENBAUGH

Jason Booze DRUMS

Sam Jones GUITAR

Branjae Jackson VOCALS

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Sam Jones, guitar: “Bruce Wayne Forgot” (rubber Batman mask, nice clothes, no pants).

Jason Booze, drums: A luchador.

Kristin Ruyle, percussion: A cyborg.

Taylor Graham BASS

Nathan Wright GUITAR

BRANJAE AND THE FILTHY ANIMALS aren’t an easy band to categorize. Branjae, a wayfaring high-priestess of soul, steeped in R&B and looking over the horizon to new sources of inspiration, is joined by a band that includes members of such diverse local bands as Count Tutu, Captain Comfy, Sam & The Stylees, Ego Culture and Green Corn Rebellion, to name a few.

The members’ eclectic musical backgrounds create a potent, danceable mix that joyously bounds through different feels and styles.

The band recently came by the office to bring our season of Courtyard Concerts to a spectacular and triumphant close.

After the grand finale, Branjae, the Filthy Animals and I broke out of the Courtyard and (with apologies to Beau Adams for totally biting his style) headed to Lefty’s On Greenwood for some day drinking and the most freewheelin’ Courtyard Concert Q&A we’ve done. The conversation touched upon band names tried on before settling on the Filthy Animals—including Branjae and the Boyfriends, Branjae and the Buttermilk and, one they used for just one show at the Deli in Norman, Branjae and the Horrifically Endowed. They also discussed writing songs together and what everyone was for Halloween (the interview was on Nov. 1, after all, so this was a necessary topic of discussion.)

Branjae and the Filthy Animals plan to begin recording an album in January. Catch their next Tulsa show at Fassler Hall on Dec. 11.

For now, so long from the Courtyard. We’ll let you know when the turtles come out of hibernation.

HALLOWEEN COSTUMES: Branjae Jackson, vocals: Zombie Storm (like Storm of the X-Men, but a zombie version).

Taylor Graham, bass: Powers.

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Nathan Wright, guitar: Fela Kuti.

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BEST WAY TO SPEND A SATURDAY: SJ: Jacob Fred said hiking. I’ve got to top that. Running through the forest.

TG: Grilling out, starting to drink a little too early and then the night goes on and you go and see a good show or play a show.

That’s a solid Saturday.

BJ: I want to be outside on a Saturday. To be one with the universe. It’d be an amazing Saturday to be flowing in the songwriting realm. Songwriting is about moments. So I’d like to spend a nice Saturday creating moments. A free-for-all sort of day.

CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: SJ: We’re all listening to Hiatus Kaiyote. I’m listening to Vulfpeck. A lot of Tool.

BJ: I’m spinning jazz records nonstop. Coltrane. Nancy Wilson. I’m in a jazz tornado. It’s all I want to listen to. I’m swept up in it. I’m like Dorothy. I like the old stuff. It reminds me of soul music, which is what I was brought up on. I’ve got to go backwards before I go forwards.

TG: A lot of Brothers Johnson.

Most underrated funk band ever, in my opinion.

KR: Lots of Jurassic 5, like constantly lately. And Dr. John, a lot as well.

NW: This whole summer I was listening to a lot of Afro-Cuban stuff, Afrobeat, a lot of Latin stuff. But now that it’s getting a little bit cooler I’m listening to more Bjork again and Grizzly Bear, stuff like that.

JB: I’ve been listening to a lot of Snarky Puppy. I’ve been delving into it more and just having my brain hurt.

FAVORITE LOCAL HANGOUT: BJ: I’m really enjoying Mix Co. The venue is in the artist’s hands, however they want to use it. They’ve had some really cool soul music in there, Mike Cameron’s shows, some jazz and some MUSIC // 21

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It’s all love. Every way you look at It’s a piece of the soul. It’s a gift when p

funk and some Tulsa Sound. And I like the lighting. Everyone looks hot.

come together with lots of different styles, and it’s interesting to see how it develops. As an artist, I’ve done a certain style up to this point, and the Filthy Animals is a transition into something different. I’m loving it.

TG: It was cool seeing the [Swunky Face] Big Band show there. It felt like you were in the ’40s or the ’20s or whatever era.

You feel fancy.

MOST MEMORABLE FILTHY ANIMALS SHOW: NW: Opening for Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey and Thundercat [at Higher Plains Music Festival.]

KR: I love this band so much, because you take the music seriously, but you don’t take yourselves seriously. In some bands people will say, “This is how this has to be,” but you guys are like, “No, I’m not attached to that, you have another idea? OK, cool.”

JB: It was an early show and we even started playing like, 10 minutes early, and the audience was already awesome.

TG: A rule that I try to bring is, don’t ever write off an idea. Even if you hate it, try it with an open mind. Give it an honest chance.

TG: Especially on a Tuesday night for Tulsa to show up like that. I met people in the crowd that had come from Fayetteville and other cities for it.

NW: We’ve done a really good job of not dictating what other people’s parts are. So we’ve been able to maintain a whole lot of creative freedom as individuals.

SJ: There were so many great musicians at that show. I remember being captivated by Thundercat, and then looking to my left and right and seeing some of the best musicians in Tulsa doing the same thing.

SJ: No one of us knows the exact formula for a great song, but we can cumulatively come to something awesome.

BEST SHOW EVER IN TULSA: JB: For my personal experience, it was five or six years ago when MUTEMATH came through Cain’s Ballroom. At the time they were my jam, and I love their drummer’s approach to that particular style of music.

NW: When I was a freshman in college and saw [JFJO’s] Race Riot Suite. It was cool seeing people around me doing big things. Inspiring.

TG: George Clinton at the Flytrap. That show changed my life forever.

BJ: I was at that show. Wow! We were at that show together.

SJ: I was too. We were all at that George Clinton show together.

TG: And we didn’t even know it.

BJ: We weren’t filthy yet.

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KR: Beck at the Cain’s was amazing. With the puppets.

SJ: Earth, Wind and Fire at the Brady Theater.

TG: I was there.

SJ: You were there? Shut the fuck up.

THREE DESERT ISLAND ALBUMS: TG: D’Angelo – Voodoo; Michael Jackson – Thriller; Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life.

NW: Dawn of Midi – Dysnomia; Bjork – Vespertine; Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon.

SJ: Harry Belafonte’s Greatest Hits; Little Dragon Tales: Chinese Children’s Songs. Look it up. Paul Simon – Rhythm of the Saints.

JB: Hiatus Kaiyote – Choose Your Weapon; The Police – Synchronicity; Tito Puente – Mambo Birdland.

BJ: Michael Jackson – Off the Wall; Brandy Norwood – Full Moon; Chet Baker – Chet Baker Sings.

KR: Elima Kinkungu. He’s this mind-blowing Congolese artist.

Any one of his albums. Funkadelic – Maggotbrain; Taj Mahal – Mo’ Roots.

ON COLLABORATIVE SONGWRITING: NW: We write individually a kind of a framework. We have a back catalog of tons of unfinished songs. We throw a bunch of stuff into the hat and Branjae will pick one that really inspires her and she’ll get at it. And then we’ll start jamming it and fleshing out the parts.

BJ: Other times I’ll write lyrics and a melody and bring it to the Filthy Animal that I feel will have the right feel for the song. Sam writes more Latin and rock. Taylor’s gonna funk shit up. Nathan is kind of all over the place. He’s got a classical background. We’ve

TG: That’s why I prefer to write with people. Music is all about people communicating. It’s like you’re telling a story, and if you’re the only perspective that story is being told from, it’s one-sided.

You get more people in, it’s more rounded, more diverse, it’s got different phases in it.

ON TULSA’S CULTURAL CLIMATE: NW: The conditions are right right now. There are lots of places opening up that want music. There are lots of people that are graduating high school and college that have really cool bands. Everybody has access to good music.

I know some younger bands that are kicking some major ass right now. Zach Short’s kicking ass.

The dudes from Ectoplasmic Sex Weapon. Maybe they’ll have a different band name some day, but they’re really, really stellar. These kids are kicking butt, and it’s pushing the older generations to push a little harder.

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it, it’s love. people share it.

15, playing coffee shops and wherever, we were shitty, but we made other people think, “Oh, these kids are doing this.”

And now I’m at the same place where I’m thinking, “These kids got something.” It’s an evolutionary progression.

NW: The history of music is very segregated, culturally. It used to be that what you listened to was your culture. A Spotify subscription would blow anybody’s mind 15 years ago. There’s a lot more openness. A lot less tribal warfare between genres and bands.

Any week I might see a classical show and then hit up the Cypher and see some rappers.

I can dip my hands in a lot of different genres and it’s cool because no one is giving me shit about it.

BJ: I love that people are crossing genres. We’ve all been circulating and working in different ways and now it’s sort of becoming a togetherness that will, in turn, make the scene larger. I like when I go to a hip hop show and see my boy Jordan Hehl, who plays jazz, up there just grooving. We’re all here.

TG: That’s the beautiful thing to me. That community. The artists. They’re making it grow.

It’s amazing. You can go out on a Monday, and there are people out, wanting to see music. Not just there to have a drink or watch a game. They’re there to see music. It’s all growing, and it’s all growing together.

MUSIC IS: KR: It’s the ultimate human connection, within the band and between the band and the audience.

NW: It’s a very specific way of communicating feelings and pulling people closer together.

I love music because of how interesting it is intellectually. How it’s developed through human culture. How it doesn’t have a set of rules, just a set of tendencies that are attractive to humans aesthetically for different reasons. And then I like it as a lifestyle. It’s been the best way

that I’ve found to live. It amplifies everything about my life.

JB: It’s art for your ears. It can make me feel such a broad range of emotions, and also depending on whatever I’m feeling, it can elicit something even deeper.

NW: I heard a saying: “Art is to decorate space, and music is to decorate time.”

TG: It’s everything. It’s every emotion you’ll feel. You can get lost in that emotion or you can bounce yourself out of it. It can change your whole life, just like that.

SJ: It can be emotion, it can be communication, it can be expression. It’s very interpretive.

It’s always evolving. It’s so basic and yet it’s so unexplainable.

BJ: It can make a person really feel that they are in the present moment. When people go to shows and go crazy, they’re not losing their shit because they’re questioning things. They’re living in the now and in the moment and it feels good. It’s what we all need. The energy coming from the band to the crowd and back keeps the energy moving and the love wheel turning.

It’s all love. Every way you look at it, it’s love. It’s a piece of the soul. It’s a gift when people share it.

And music is challenging.

I’m in kind of a weird place now, artistically. I’m growing and developing and changing, and I have to accept the changes and love myself enough to say it’s OK. To say it’s OK to change, to not worry about the outcome of the change. Music helps me discover who I am.

It’s an entity that continues to expand as long as we allow it to expand. As long as there are creatives out here who are thinking outside of the box and thinking of ways to express themselves, we can find ways to create music that other people relate to or are holding onto or waiting for, though they didn’t even know it’s what they needed. That’s why I love it, and that’s why I listen to it and that’s why I make it. a

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Hello again, dear Tulsa Fiawna Forté’s ‘Deciduous’ is pure rock ’n’ roll F i aw n a Fo r t é Deciduous a va i L a B L e nov. 14

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magine a barn in the swamplands of the Gulf Coast, where locals come to dance after midnight, the old wooden floor creaking from strain, condensation dripping from the ceiling onto a throng of writhing, sweating bodies. Imagine the band that might play there—all driving rhythms and bluesy guitar riffs and ferocious, soulful vocals.

Now imagine if that band filtered its primal sound through the prism of breezy, early ‘60s rock—hearkening to a time when rock music was more interested in making you move your hips than bang your head.

This particular brand of rock isn’t what Fiawna Forté has always done—but then again, Fiawna Forté rarely does the same thing twice. With the upcoming “Deciduous,” her fourth full-length release (but just her second with a full band, following her 2010 debut “Transitus”), Forté seems to have made a conscious effort to veer away from the indie vibe of her debut and into pure, booty-shaking, roof-raising rock ’n’ roll.

It should be noted that Forté is well suited to both the indie and the more traditional flavors of rock. Her distinctive voice— as comfortable in an emotive whisper or a melodic warble as in a fierce, growling yawp—defies easy genre classifications; she evokes feelings, not labels. Listen to the 11 tracks on “Deciduous” and I guarantee you’ll be knocked flat at least once per song by her fiery, raw vocal power.

After the barreling opener “Stella,” the album jumps immediately to what is perhaps its

highlight, “Love Ain’t Lovin’ Me.” The tune (and its spiritual twin, the slower-tempo “Ramona Mona”) drips with bluesy southern sweat—along with sneaky flourishes of laid-back surf rock—and peaks as Forté unleashes her inner beast to deliver that signature wailing gut punch.

The album plays like a perfectly paced live show, and near the end it becomes clear this construction was calculated. Toward the back half of the penultimate track, “I Only Really Love Ya (If I Act Like I Don’t)”—one of the album’s finest numbers, which Forté co-wrote with her husband (and drummer) Phillip Hanewinkel—Forté slips into old-school bandleader mode, introducing each member of the group (rounded out by Zac Hardin on upright bass and Hank Charles on lead guitar) as each takes a solo for a few bars before Forté brings it all home with a rollicking, anthemic coda.

Finally, for an encore, it’s just Forté and her acoustic guitar with the wistful, achingly gorgeous “Goodbye, Dear Tulsa,” a ballad Patsy Cline would’ve killed to get her hands on. It bids a perfect, somber farewell following an otherwise pulverizing collection of rockers, which neatly sums up the entire experience: When the sweat and blood’s run dry There’s not a single tear in anyone’s eye All that’s left is goodbye, dear Tulsa Goodbye

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From left: Joules Scott-Key, Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw and Joshua Winstead of Metric | COURTESY

Pagans with synths Metric takes a digital turn

by MEGAN SHEPHERD

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or over a decade, Canadian rock outfit Metric has herded a cult-like following through a five-record discography, each album full of soaring riffs, crashing beats and fist-waving anthems. Tunes like “Help I’m Alive” and “Combat Baby” are quintessential Metric, but the band’s latest album, Pagans in Vegas, presents a more digitized turn.

Emily Haines’ insistent soprano—familiar from the days when I was a brooding 17-year-old girl myself, listening to Broken Social Scene in my bedroom—is all there on Pagans, but is more smoothed out by production

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than ever. Taking heavy cues from Depeche Mode and their ’80s pop comrades, Pagans in Vegas is a deep dive into the band’s synth side, and fans have choice feelings.

Tulsa will have the opportunity to witness this new turn live on Nov. 17 when the band makes a tour stop at Cain’s. I chatted with guitarist Jimmy Shaw to hear why this fiercely independent rock band is opting for a more electronic turn.

The Tulsa Voice: Pagans in Vegas feels like a departure from where you’ve been in the past (it’s syn-

thier than ever). Can you talk a bit about that evolution?

Jimmy Shaw: An interesting thing happened. We decided to take 2014 off completely, which really didn’t work because by April of 2014, Emily [Haines] and I had realized that we’d written two whole records. And I didn’t really know what I was writing for. I was just writing because it’s winter in Toronto and you’re either like, snow-shoeing or writing. And she was just writing because she was traveling and she had her little guitar and she was just doing what she always does, you know? And she was in New York and writing

on piano. And that’s when we would normally go, OK now we have the basis of material to start sketching out a Metric record.

And we would take the piano songs and we would add live guitar and bass. And we would take the synthy stuff and we would add live sounds and guitar and bass. And that’s how a lot of Metric records got made.

And this time around, the synthy stuff sounded a lot more fleshed out. It didn’t want to change into something else. It felt like it was wholly living in its little world, and it was working just fine.

It just wanted to be that. It didn’t want to go through some huge November 4 – 17, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

transformation. And same thing with Emily’s predominantly piano stuff. It felt like it needed to stay in the moody cinematic and not get bumped up by like 40 BPM, and have a rocking guitar and a dance beat put behind it.

So we allowed the two things to reside on either side of the origins of where Metric music comes from, what our musical background actually is.

Pagans is one of the records, and there’s another record that we recorded while we were on the road with Imagine Dragons that is really the other side. It’s got the piano stuff, it’s kind of moody.

of my personality mixed with 16 other peoples’ personalities, and what they would do with magic.

You know?

But I saw a lot of other people try to incorporate that into their four-person planned band, and it just didn’t work. So for me, I made a lot of conscious efforts to just ensure that influence didn’t cross a line. You know, that is what it is, but Metric is what it is.

TTV: Talk about some of the standout shows of your career. To you, what makes a show great?

TTV: I heard it’s going to be kind of a complement.

JS: They definitely complement each other in the way that salt and pepper complement each other. They’re really opposite. I mean if people are going, “Oh my god, you really did something way off base,” I don’t know what’s going to happen next because it’s so far. But whatever man—it’s music. People listen to ’90s pop and then they listen to Diana Krall late at night.

TTV: It’s kind of ridiculous to think about getting worked up over bands doing new things.

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JS: Yeah, I don’t know, it’s like: I went into my studio, I smoked the same weed that I always smoke, and I made music. Yeah, it was on a different instrument, what am I supposed to do?

TTV: What was it like taking lead vocals on “Other Side?” Is that something you’d wanted to do for a while? We don’t get much of that in other records.

JS: It’s cool. I mean, I don’t really like singing, because I feel like there’s a huge amount of responsibility that comes with it. You can’t drink as much on tour. You can’t like, get lost after the show and smoke a pack of cigarettes and end up in a gutter and sing the next day. Not that I do that every day, but I like to know that the option is there.

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But it wasn’t really a plan, but when we were finishing it, the record needed one more song, and it was there, and I don’t know. Everyone really supported me to do it. Emily was like, we totally need it. The record needs it. It’s part of this whole experience. Just shut up and do it.

TTV: “The Shade” is a big standout on the new album. Any favorite tracks or tunes you’re really stoked about?

JS: I really like “Cascades” because I feel like it’s sort of the epitome of what that record is to me. It’s really the leaving behind of all those other instruments that we’ve used for so long. And not like we’re going to stay there forever, but I just think it’s so cool.

It sounds so different to me and really referential to all the music I loved—all the early German and Noibot work. I don’t know, I just really enjoyed making that.

TTV: A lot of Metric’s members have key ties to other bands— bands that have been hugely influential in the world of indie music. Does that ever influence your songwriting?

JS: To be honest with you, if it’s influenced the songwriting, it was influenced by the fact that I was trying so staunchly to not let it influence it. I mean, Broken Social Scene was a completely different thing that I, and probably anybody else, ended up in by accident. And it was never like the music that I would’ve designed. It was just part

JS: Every single person’s willingness to participate.

I could name shows like Radio City where Lou Reed sang “Pale Blue Eyes,” and that was probably the thing I’ll remember, like, one second before I die.

There are these shows that happen every once in a while, and there was one show on the European tour. I don’t know why it was in Munich but it was in Munich, and it was a small show, kinda shitty club, but every single person in the room was willing to just like go there. And when that happens, the energy just spirals upward and goes out of control, and the roof blows off the joint.

It’s kind of the point of rock ’n’ roll to do that. It’s like, free yourself, and free everybody else in the room of whatever bullshit that’s going on in the rest of their life, and for 45 minutes or 90 minutes, nothing else exists other than that sound at this moment.

And when that happens and really connects, and it’s the responsibility of every single person in the room to make it happen. But when it happens, it’s like church, man. It’s like rock ’n’ roll church. a

METRIC: T H E TO PA Z TO U R w/ Hibou at Cain’s Ballroom tues., nov. 17, D o o R s at 7 P . m .

$24-$39

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Boulevard Trash is a local punk Mecca, but shows are currently on hold until the venue is up to code.

Save the Trash

Tulsa punk rock hub connects musicians from around the country

by MITCH GILLIAM

Y

ou may not know Tony and Michelle Cozzaglio, but dusting a local punk show could turn up their prints.

With the internationally celebrated Fuck You We Rule OK fest, Punk Rock Flea Market and big shows like Sloppy Seconds and The Dwarves, the couple certainly stays busy.

Now, all-ages shows at their Boulevard Trash shop (4612 E. 11th St.) are in jeopardy and the community is rushing to help.

Tony, a Michigan native, moved here several years ago to be with Michelle, who he met while touring with Al & The Black Cats.

After a few months of settling in, he started booking shows in Tulsa. His inaugural Tulsa gig was for Denver street punks The Bad Engrish at The Vanguard; according to him and Michelle, “it was a total shit-show.” Although “everyone was way too drunk,” and “the cops got called,” Tony approached Vanguard owner, Simon Aleman, with a more ambitious idea.

“Hey, you remember that horrible show where the cops came?”

Tony asked. “What if there was a whole weekend of that?” To Tony’s surprise, Aleman was interested.

During 2013’s Fourth of July weekend, the first FYWROK sold out and exceeded all expectations.

Brady business owners balked at the bullet-belted youth, but the punks packed hotels and drained bars. Aleman was so impressed he asked Tony to book the next FYWROK 12 months in advance, while the first one was still going.

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“We didn’t realize that the fest would unite all these different scenes, like Texas and the West Coast,” Michelle said.

FYWROK is the only pure street punk fest of its size in the country, and Tulsa’s Midwestern location made it an ideal place for bands across the nation to converge. This last year, punks carpooled from as far as Canada, and the fest sold out the first day tickets went on sale.

The Cozzaglios began promoting smaller one-off shows and events after Tony and local musician Mike Williams (Merlin Mason) approached Amanda Chea, who agreed to host punk shows and the Boulevard Trash distro booth at her Creative Room.

“For many kids, shows at the Creative Room were their first punk shows ever,” Michelle told me.

When the Cozzaglios started the Punk Rock Flea Market, they hit another success. The first Flea Market had 15 vendors and a few hundred shoppers. The most recent installment grew to 50 vendors and 1,500 attendees. It was supposed to be an annual event, but the American Legion asked them to come back seasonally.

After the Creative Room closed, Tony and Michelle began hosting interim all-ages shows at White Flag in the Blue Dome, but they wanted a permanent space. They pooled their cash and opened the Boulevard Trash brickand-mortar on 11th Street.

“It’s a young punk’s job to have fun at shows,” Tony said, “and an old punk’s job to make those shows happen.”

For a while, shows at Boulevard Trash were perfect. Local underage favorites like the Riot Waves finally had a permanent place to play. It was the hub the couple had always envisioned.

But then things got complicated. Neighbors complained to the city and the fire marshal got involved. The initial grievance stemmed from patrons hanging out on the roof of the venue, which is part of a strip mall.

“By the time the complaint got to the fire marshal, it said we were an ‘illegal nightclub serving alcohol to minors,’” Michelle said.

The fire marshal was harsh on the phone, but softened when he saw the reality: the couple owned a store and threw occasional private parties. Still, he put a moratorium on shows until Boulevard Trash is up to code as a proper venue.

Right now, the Cozzaglios are focused on raising money to make the necessary renovations to meet that code. In the mean time, they’re promoting occasional gigs at Yeti and Fur Shop while they wait to hear exactly how much those renovations will cost.

“We’re focusing on saving the space, but when Negative Approach calls, you answer,” Tony said.

For Riot Waves drummer Colton Applewhite, losing Boulevard Trash would be a serious blow.

“The scene would start dying out, because kids wouldn’t have a place to go anymore,” he said. But losing Boulevard Trash is still a big “maybe.” There was a successful crowd-funding campaign that raised $2,500, and a benefit show raised just shy of a grand for the possible remodel. A good chunk of the donations were from outof-town bands that have previously played the space.

Now, the industrious couple is playing the waiting game while the exact price of renovations is determined. They are hopeful, but remain realistic. “If it hits the ten thousands, that’s where we have to call it quits,” Tony said.

“We only lease the space, and doing any major renovations would not be smart.”

Until they get a concrete idea of what the renovations will cost, they don’t want to “accept another nickel” from the community.

Regardless of financial constraint, the couple will continue to provide clothes and records to Tulsa’s young punks, bring national acts to Tulsa and make sure the nation’s biggest street punk fest continues to happen each year. For now, if you want to help, they only ask that you keep going to shows and pop by the store. Records and coffee are always on. a

BOULEVARD TRASH 4612 E. 11th St. R e ta i L h o u R s : THURS.-SAT., 2-6 p.m.

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musiclistings Wed // Nov 4

Sat // Nov 7

Cain’s Ballroom – Iration, The Green – 7 p.m. – ($20-$318.50) Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Harry Williams and Friends Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Crow Creek Tavern – Dan Martin – 8 p.m.

Dusty Dog Pub – Steve Pryor Holy Mountain – Creepoid, Contra – 7 p.m.

Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore Mamasota’s – Mark Bruner – 6 p.m.

Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m.

On The Rocks – Don White – 7 p.m.

Shrine – Quiet Company – 8 p.m. – ($5-$7) Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7 p.m.

Soul City – Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls – 8 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – The War and Treaty – 6 p.m.

Soundpony – Straight White Teeth – 10 p.m.

Tin Dog Saloon – Jake Flint – 8 p.m.

Yeti – The Dwarves, Lizard Police, Merlinmason, Worse than Before – 8 p.m. – ($10-$12)

Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cain’s Ballroom – Rock n’ Folk n’ Chili Cook-Off – 5 p.m.

– ($15-$20) Centennial Lounge – Bullfinger Chapman Music Hall, PAC – Tommy Emmanuel, Jackie Bristow – 7 p.m. – ($25-$55) Cheri’s Tavern – Glam R Us Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash – 9 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Seven Day Crash Crow Creek Tavern – Vinify Dusty Dog Pub – Scott Ellison Four Aces Tavern – Fortunate Sons Fur Shop – Potato Pirates, OC45, Merlinmason, The Last Slice – 9 p.m.

Gypsy Coffee House – Weather for Strangers Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Great Big Biscuit – 9 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Eastman – 5 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Marvin – 9 p.m.

Hunt Club – FM Pilots John H. Williams Theatre, PAC – Bora Lee Piano Concert – 3 p.m.

Mamasota’s – Flamenco w/ Johnny Beard and James Ruggles – 7 p.m.

Mercury Lounge – DL Marble – 10 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – Ritual ft. Noizmekka, Nick at Night w/ Crystal Vision, Darku J, Jef Diamond Nitro Lounge – Wes Hayes, Nick at Nite Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi – 9 p.m.

Pickles Pub – Mike Barham River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Jumpshots – 9 p.m.

Shrine – The Schwag – 8 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – Soul Night w DJ Sweet Baby Jaysus – 10 p.m.

The Run – Echelon Tin Dog Saloon – Jake Flint – 9 p.m.

Woody Guthrie Center – Kristi Rose and Fats Kaplin – 7 p.m. – ($15-$17) Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Robby Vanvekoven

Thurs // Nov 5 Baker St Pub – Drive – 9:45 pm Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Brady Theater – Straight No Chaser – 7 p.m. – ($29.50-$59.50) Centennial Lounge – Don Who ?

Cimarron Bar – Billy Snow Colony – Honkytonk Happy Hour w/ Jacob Tovar Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Bill Holden – 8 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Bobby & Matt – 3 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 7 p.m.

Hunt Club – Jacob Dement Mamasota’s – Paul Benjaman – 7 p.m.

Mercury Lounge – The Toasters – 10 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – DJ Matt Dodd Pickles Pub – Chuck Dunlap, Red Sawyer River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Jumpshots – 7 p.m.

Soundpony – Purple, Dead Shakes – 10 p.m.

Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Brandon Jackson

Fri // Nov 6 AHHA – Tulsa Oratorio Chorus Bobbisox – David Dover – 9 p.m.

Brady Artist Studio – Seth Dazey Caz’s Chowhouse – Josh Caudle Centennial Lounge – Nightingale Cimarron Bar – Levee Town Colony – Steve Pryor Crow Creek Tavern – Travis Kidd Dusty Dog Pub – OK Stew Garden Deva – Jim Tilly – 11a.m.

Gypsy Coffee House – K-Sides Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Darrel Cole – 9 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 5 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Marvin – 9 p.m.

Hey Mambo – 7 Blue Trio Hunt Club – Jonas Wilson, Dusty Pearls Mainline Art & Cocktails – Dean DeMerritt Mason’s – DD Duvall, Jim Tilly Mercury Lounge – KALO, Dustin Pittsley – 10 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – Difuser, Psychotic Reaction Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Imzadi – 9 p.m.

Pepper’s Grill - South – Sea of Time – 8 p.m.

Pickles Pub – 6th Avenue River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – The Jumpshots – 9 p.m.

River Spirit Event Center – The Pointer Sisters – 7 p.m. – ($25-$45) Shrine – The Magic Beans – 8 p.m. – ($5-$10) Soul City – The Zuits – 8 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – Nervous Curtains – 10 p.m.

Woody’s Downtown Lounge – DJ Mikey Bee Yeti – Gravity Feed Zarrow Center – Mark Gibson THE TULSA VOICE // November 4 – 17, 2015

Sun // Nov 8 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Open Jam Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Night Thing Crow Creek Tavern – The Fingers Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgz – 3 p.m.

Fur Shop – The Punknecks – 9 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – Buddha Bless Sundays Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Mike Steinel Quintet – 5 p.m. – ($5-$20) Vanguard – Ian Moore and The Lossy Coils, Rachel Dean – 8 p.m. – ($15-$20) Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Robby Vanvekoven

Mon // Nov 9 Bishline Banjos – Mipso Cain’s Ballroom – Gogol Bordello, Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas – 8:15 pm – ($26-$41) Colony – Singer/Songwriter Night Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7 p.m.

Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m.

Soundpony – Wakasa/Bombs – 10 p.m.

Yeti – Cypher 120

Tues // Nov 10 Cain’s Ballroom – An Evening with Lucero – 8 p.m.

– ($20-$35) Dusty Dog Pub – Darrel Lee Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Runnin’ On Empty – 7 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – Jeff Hail Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5 p.m.

Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7 p.m.

Tin Dog Saloon – Steve Sutherland

Vanguard – Ghost Town, Dangerkids, Palaye Royale, Bad Seed Rising, Sounds Like Harmony – 7 p.m.

– ($15-$25)

Wed // Nov 11 Cain’s Ballroom – Veteran’s Day Dance with The Round Up Boys – 7 p.m. – ($7, Free for veterans) Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Harry Williams and Friends Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Dusty Dog Pub – Scott Ellison Hunt Club – Josef Glaude Mamasota’s – Mark Bruner – 6 p.m.

Mercury Lounge – Jimmy Smith of The Gourds – 10 p.m.

Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m.

On The Rocks – Don White – 7 p.m.

Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7 p.m.

Soundpony – Shmu, Scales of Motion, Echo Bones Sunvow – 10 p.m.

Vanguard – That 1 Guy – 8 p.m. – ($15) VFW Post 577 – Veteran’s Day at VFW Post 577

Thurs // Nov 12 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Cimarron Bar – Wayland – 7 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Red Dirt Battle of the Bands Colony – An Evening with Jared Tyler Dusty Dog Pub – Sweeny and Campbell Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Austin Cobb – 8 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Audio Crush – 7 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – REO Speedwagon – 8 p.m. – ($50-$55) Hunt Club – Beau Tyler Mamasota’s – David Hernandez – 7 p.m.

Mercury Lounge – Travis Linville – 10 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – DJ Matt Dodd Pickles Pub – British Invasion of Tulsa River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Zodiac – 7 p.m.

Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Tyler Russell Yeti – Negative Approach, Fang, Child Bite, The Penny Mob (formerly Out of Time) Leech – 9 p.m. – ($12)

Fri // Nov 13 Centennial Lounge – Calvin Youngblood Cimarron Bar – Midnight Run Band – 9 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Amped Colony – Adam & Chris Carrol Crow Creek Tavern – 50 Whiskey Downtown Lounge – Jackson Taylor & The Sinners, WhiskeyDick – 7 p.m. – ($10-$15) Dusty Dog Pub – Steve Pryor Four Aces Tavern – David Dover Gypsy Coffee House – Andrew Michael Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Jason Young Band – 9 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Another Alibi – 9 p.m.

Hunt Club – Smunty Voje Mercury Lounge – Von Stomper – 10 p.m.

Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Dustin Pittsley Band – 9 p.m.

Pepper’s Grill - South – Jennifer Marriott Band – 8 p.m.

Pickles Pub – Mojo Risin River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Imzadi – 9 p.m.

Shrine – Mountain Sprout – 8 p.m. – ($8.25-$10) Soul City – Symon Hajjar – 8 p.m. – ($10) Soundpony – Soundpony Goes Latino Again – 10 p.m.

The Run – Sucker Punch Vanguard – Girls at the Rock Show w/ Sovereign Dame, The Violet Hour, Brother Rabbit, Serafem – 8 p.m. – ($5-$7) Woody’s Downtown Lounge – DJ Spin

Sat // Nov 14 American Theatre Company – Fiawna Forte Album Release - Deciduous w/ The Fabulous Minx – 8 p.m. – ($10) Bobbisox – David Dover – 9 p.m.

Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Bull & Bear Tavern – Feelers – 8 p.m.

Cain’s Ballroom – Young the Giant, Wildling – 8 p.m. – ($27-$42) Centennial Lounge – Johnny Paul Adams Cheri’s Tavern – DB Cooper Cimarron Bar – Smokin’ Crawdadz – 8 p.m.

Cimarron Bar – Smokin’ Crawdadz Colony – Four Times a Lady w/ Chloe Johns, Erin O’Dowd, Adrienne Gilley & Kalyn Barnoski Four Aces Tavern – T4 Gypsy Coffee House – Terry Aziere Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Jason Young Band – 9 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Traveler – 9 p.m.

Hunt Club – MusicLynx Showcase Mamasota’s – Flamenco w/ Lon De Ada – 7 p.m.

Mercury Lounge – Jack Grelle – 10 p.m.

Osage Casino - NINE18 Bar – Dustin Pittsley Band – 9 p.m.

Pickles Pub – 50 Whiskey River Spirit Casino - Five O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Imzadi – 9 p.m.

Soundpony – Steph Simon – 10 p.m.

The Shrine - Salsa Night - D¹Calle Meets Mezclave w/ special guest from Cuba, Raphael Gonzalez-Rios The Run – Fuzed Vanguard – Star Wars vs Star Trek: Sci-Fi Cosplay Dance Party – 8 p.m. – ($8-$10) Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Patrick Winsett

Sun // Nov 15 Cain’s Ballroom – The Leftover Last Waltz II – 6 p.m. – ($24-$30) Cimarron Bar – Open Jam Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Night Thing Crow Creek Tavern – The Fingers Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgz – 3 p.m.

Nitro Lounge – Oklahoma Flow Tribe Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – 7 Blue Trio – 5 p.m.

Woody’s Downtown Lounge – Patrick Winsett

Mon // Nov 16

Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5 p.m.

Colony – Singer/Songwriter Night Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7 p.m.

Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9 p.m.

Yeti – Cypher 120

Tue // Nov 17 Cain’s Ballroom – Metric, Hibou – 8 p.m. – ($24-$39) Dusty Dog Pub – Darrel Lee Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7 p.m.

Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Uncrowned Kings – 7 p.m.

Hunt Club – Preslar Monthly Music Showcase Nitro Lounge – Jeff Hail Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5 p.m.

Silver Flame – Bobby Cantrell – 7 p.m.

Tin Dog Saloon – Josh Yarbrough Vanguard – MURS, King Fantastic – 8 p.m. – ($15-$40)

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The unassuming emcee Mike Dee quietly carves out a niche in Tulsa’s hip-hop scene

by MARY NOBLE

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f you’re a local hip-hop fan, chances are you’ve witnessed Mike Dee bless Oklahoma stages with his loud, aggressive, fast-paced style. He raps with the mic in his right hand while his left hand gestures rhythmically, his eyes widening as the song continues to build.

Despite Dee’s energetic stage presence, on a personal level he’s one of Tulsa’s more reserved emcees—his unassuming, downto-earth demeanor comes through in his music and in person. When I messaged him to ask if we could talk, he asked why I chose him, as if there were a better option. This attitude is precisely what makes Dee so fascinating.

Michael Dee was born in Greenville, Mississippi, but moved frequently; it wasn’t until high school that his family finally settled in east Tulsa. Dee attributes his introverted qualities to this frequent moving.

“I didn’t want to be seen,” Dee told me over drinks at Mixed Company. “I was just trying to stay in my little corner and not be bothered.”

This shyness worked in his favor. Rather than spend all his time with friends, he devoted himself to his craft, and it paid off: Dee is a self-taught beat producer and guitarist, responsible for the production on seven of the nine tracks on his 2013 album Mikey’s Room.

Dee was selective about his friends but formed close relationships with a few key people, including his cousin and local emcee Surron the 7th, who introduced Dee to rap. As teenagers, 30 // MUSIC

“Kaplow,” a track from his first EP The Sound of Redemption, demonstrates Dee’s capacity to be soft and reflective. It discusses the vicious cycle created by fatherless homes, from both the child’s point of view (“Pops wasn’t round so he had to look around”) and the father’s (“Use em to feed his need for comfort”).

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Dee and Surron spent their time at each other’s houses, writing and practicing.

“We would just freestyle up on cassette players,” Dee said. “Have one on one side of the room playing a beat while we were rapping into the other one.”

Dee counts Surron as one of his most important influences.

The respect is mutual.

“I’ve watched him teach himself how to produce beats, play guitar and engineer,” Surron told me. “Not to mention his aggressive style that I can only assume derived from years of hunger and passion, a deadly combination that could easily destroy any competition.”

Dee began his career as a Christian emcee, with the initial goal of offering his two younger sisters a positive alternative to the popular music they enjoyed at the time.

But as time passed, the hypocrisy he witnessed within the church caused him to distance himself from organized religion.

“Come to find out the Christian scene can be just as dark as any

other scene,” he explained, not with disdain or bitterness but in a matter-of-fact way, alluding to the fact that no one should be held to a perfect standard.

Even though Dee made a shift to secular rap, he stuck to nonviolent lyrics and positive themes, and made a conscious effort to keep the cursing to a minimum.

“I want everybody to be able to recite my stuff.”

Some may assume that positive lyricism means skirting around real issues. That’s not the case here.

Dee fearlessly addresses harsh realities, often touching on social issues like teen pregnancy, racism and the prison system.

In January, Dee released “Fail,” which confronts current issues involving race and police brutality.

If they can’t kill you now put that ass in jail they put dirt up on your name as they put dirt up on your grave Look ya momma in the face and tell her you should be ashamed

In the hip-hop scene, it’s common to disguise insecurity with excessive boasting. Dee doesn’t do this, but he’s not immune to self-doubt; he even raps about it on “In My Head.” While he may not always recognize the full extent of his talent, his fellow rappers do. “[Dee is] the nice guy that’s just mean enough to make sure he doesn’t finish last,” said Derek “First Verse” Clark, a member of Oilhouse and frontman for Verse and the Vapors. “I feel like you can put him on a stage with any group of emcees and he can convince you he’s the best up there.”

“Luckily for them he’s the humble type who chooses to focus more on his craft and less on being the center of attention,” Surron continued. “Which leaves him in a complex situation because at this point the only thing missing is notoriety and major support from his city. But there are two things I’m certain of, he’s working on that and the best is yet to come.” a

Editor’s note: This story was adapted from the music blog “Reflections of a Hip Hop Head.”

For more of Mary’s perspective on the local rap scene, visit reflectionsofahiphophead.wordpress.com November 4 – 17, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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NEW TRADITIONS They’re still relatively young, but we hope to celebrate these fall traditions for years to come.

Desi and Cody at the 2014 Rock n’ Folk n’ Chili Cook-Off | MARISSA BURGER

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THE LEFTOVER LAST WALTZ ROCK N’ FOLK N’ CHILI COOK-OFF

Also in its second year, also at Cain’s and also featuring Paul Benjaman is The Leftover Last Waltz. The evening features an onstage screening of Martin Scorsese’s film on The Band’s star-studded final performance, The Last Waltz, one of the greatest concert films ever. Admission also includes a full Thanksgiving meal with turkeys smoked by Burn Co. and dishes from Blue Moon Cafe, Lucky’s, Mr. Nice Guys, Tallgrass Prairie Table and Livi Lee’s Donuts. Benjaman will perform prior to the screening and Kalyn Barnoski and May Yang will do live silk screens of posters for the event. Proceeds benefit the music education programs at the Woody Guthrie Center.

Nov. 15 at Cain’s Ballroom, 6 p.m., tickets are $24 in advance and $30 at the door.

The Horton Records Rock n’ Folk n’ Chili Cook-Off is back for its second year at Cain’s Ballroom with a night of great music and all-you-can eat chili from Tulsa restaurants and musicians. On the bill are SIMO, Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps, Paul Benjaman Band, Mike Cameron Collective w/ Count Tutu, Pilgrim, Electric Rag Band, Sports, Levi Parham and Rachel Dean w/ Tim Gray. There will also be door prizes, a raffle, a silent auction and live art. Nov. 7 at Cain’s Ballroom, 5 p.m., tickets are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and $12 for active military personnel and veterans (box office only.)

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Living room experiences Chamber Music Tulsa brings Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio to town

by ALICIA CHESSER

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n the time before recordings, if you wanted to hear a big symphonic composition, you had to wait until some orchestra near you wanted to do it, which could be 30 years, said violinist Mark Kaplan of the Weiss Kaplan Stumpf piano trio.

Chamber music was conceived as a way to bring otherwise inaccessible musical experiences into one’s own neighborhood. Composers began transcribing their orchestral works for trios or quartets so people could hear them by playing them with each other at home. Before long, composers began writing music tailored to this more intimate environment.

“Most audiences who come to chamber music concerts feel much more connected to the players and to the music because of the intimacy,” Kaplan said.

Chamber Music Tulsa devotes its programming to these “living room experiences,” bringing internationally recognized quartets and trios into small and mid-sized venues for audiences to experience up close.

On Nov. 14, the Weiss Kaplan Stumpf trio will perform a “salon” concert (with wine) in the PAC’s Westby Pavilion, followed the next night by a program in the larger Williams Theater.

The first concert features the Beethoven Trio in C Minor, Op. 1, No. 3 and the Haydn Trio in C Minor, Hob. XV:13.

“Beethoven’s Opus 1 trios were dedicated to Haydn,” Kaplan noted. “He had studied with Haydn, but it was not necessarily the most cordial teacher/student relationship. Like many unbelievably gifted people, Beethoven maybe didn’t have the easiest time giving up things he wanted to do, even 32 // ARTS & CULTURE

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if he didn’t quite know how to do them yet.”

The second concert features a Brahms trio that Kaplan described as “just glorious fun, with a very Hungarian aspect”; the famous Beethoven “Archduke,” and a 1998 piece in two movements by American composer Pierre Jalbert.

Each of these pieces, especially in the case of Beethoven, asks a great deal of the musicians.

“I think of it the way actors do,” Kaplan said. “You look to your own experiences to provide nourishment for understanding these different emotional worlds.

The technical part of that is turning that into something you do with your instrument. A lot of people think great technique means you can play tons of notes very fast and in tune. But I use the word ‘technical’ to mean: you have a musical, emotional conception of the piece. How do you turn that into reality?”

Kaplan, a graduate of Juilliard, has played solo engagements (on a 1685 Stradivarius) with the great national and international orchestras and serves as professor of music at Indiana University.

Kaplan’s musical relationship with pianist Yael Weiss and cellist Paul Stumpf (both also accomplished soloists) goes back many years.

“It’s a fascinating process,” Kaplan said. “In a piano trio the pianist has tons of notes, so her style determines a great deal. Often the strings act as a kind of unit, so they have to understand each other’s style of articulation and bowing and vibrato and phrasing and all that.”

Underneath it all? Trust. “We communicate mostly by playing; we don’t tend to talk a lot about musical things,” he continued. “At some point after you’ve played a lot, when you have the right kind of respect for the people you’re playing with, then you can

do things different ways and not completely decide things because you’re very sensitive to each other in moment of performance.” “[Chamber ensembles are] maybe the most democratic institutions on the planet,” CMT Director Bruce Sorrell said. “At any given moment, everyone in the group is aware of what the leading voice is, how they fit into that scheme, where the energy is derived. No diva mentality here.

Working together on a very close basis, contributing to a performance where essentially everyone is equal leads to a devotion to quality, and an equally interesting human dynamic of cooperation and respect.”

Those things are true in many kinds of musical ensembles, and certainly there’s nothing like the glory of being overwhelmed with grandeur in a concert hall. For me, though, chamber music is more like going to a one-act play, sitting face to face with artists as their relationships unfold before my eyes. It’s the deep satisfaction of presence, intimate and surprising: like the best possible home. a

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Sun., Nov. 15 3 p.m. Williams Theatre, Tulsa PAC 2:15 p.m. Pre-concert lecture Brahms: Trio in C Major, Op. 87 Jalbert: Trio (1998) Beethoven: Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, “Archduke” November 4 – 17, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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BIKE CLUB! HOW TWO WHEELS ARE CHANGING TULSA KIDS // BY ANDY WHEELER We all have seen those ubiquitous inspirational quotes on social media or waiting area walls. It usually has a tree or an ocean setting, maybe even a kitten in the background. It has some quote about overcoming or patience or patiently overcoming——any one of a thousand nebulous ideas. It sits there. It hopes to engage someone. Someone may read it. Ponder it. Then ultimately move on with their life.

It is a clever sentence in a clean font on a nice background.

Motivated and passionate people change the world, not signs or slogans——not even a really, super, very, cute Instagram post. #realtalk A local effort to change the lives of Tulsa kids began last year and was started by some motivated and passionate people. It is called Bike Club. Actually, it should be called, “Bike Club!” We’ll get to that.

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EMERSON STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN BIKE CLUB ___ PHOTOS BY MELISSA LUKENBAUGH

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BIKE CLUB

is the effort to bring the joy of bicycles to Tulsa Public Schools kids. It started at Emerson last school year and has grown to five more this year. Bike Club pairs 20-25 kids with a local cycling team to maintain a 4:1 student-to-volunteer ratio for weekly meetings throughout the school calendar (September to May).

The benefits for the kids have been remarkable and immediate: students taking pride in their work, increased engagement in classes, significant changes behaviorally, etc. The teachers and administrators where Bike Club has reached have gone all in for Bike Club. The volunteers leave Bike Club giddy. Everyone gets something positive from Bike Club. To the point where most people I spoke with about Bike Club would, at some point, exclaim, “Bike Club!” Everyone is excited about it. Bike Club!

The story of Bike Club has to be heard from the source. Organizers agreed to give me the scoop over breakfast at the Corner Cafe at 11th and Peoria.

“This whole thing is a guerilla operation,” said Gary Percefull, a Tulsa School Board member and Bike Club facilitator (who ordered the Sampler Breakfast).

He knows where to go and whom to speak with to get things done.

He consults, volunteers and cheers on Bike Club.

Mike Wozniak (veggie omelet, no green peppers) said it started through BPAC (Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee through Indian Nations Council of Governments, a regional planner for Northeast Oklahoma), which he joined to see how he could bring about change in how Tulsans view bikes. And, to get more butts on bikes.

Humble Sons Bike Co. co-owner [see sidebar] Jason Whorton (Western Omelet, no onions) was connected to Wozniak through BPAC. “Mike called me and said, ‘I wanna’ get a bunch of bikes!’”

Whorton’s role in Bike Club is The Guy Behind the Curtain––he quietly runs the program.

Wozniak had no program and no curriculum. He just wanted to get bikes in schools to teach kids the joy of riding a bike. Whorton 36 // ARTS & CULTURE

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joined with Wozniak after the first phone call. It wasn’t until later Whorton thought about waivers and liability and training. You know, grown up stuff.

Percefull, who also met Wozniak through BPAC, was recruited for Bike Club training despite missing a key component.

“Wozniak lent me his bike,” Percefull said. “I didn’t have a bike.

Mike and Jane met with [Emerson Elementary Principal] Tammie States and [Emerson Social Services Specialist] Heidi Mayer and they were enthusiastic about it.” Bike Club was born.

Part of the wonder of Bike Club was how well it was received. They received free pizzas, tours of city hall and museums, and free bike gear.

The downtown area and the community at large supported Wozniak’s vision and came out of the woodwork to help.

Some of the best things in the inaugural Bike Club were not material.

“The feeling I had was I wanted to be up at Emerson helping out more,” Wozniak said. “I thought that was a happy result of the whole thing.”

Last year’s Emerson Elementary Bike Club met every week and the kids responded.

“I’ve just seen positive changes,” States said. “They have taken more of a leadership role. Not only in Bike Club but in their classrooms. They feel good about themselves because they are a part of something that is unique.”

Bike Club immediately became a part of Emerson Elementary’s culture. In fact, several children who have gone on to middle school have come back to Emerson to see “Mr. Mike.”

“One of the best things from the first year was this kid who lived in the shelter. He was homeless,” Wozniak recalled.

“We had a contest. I had five sets of Legos for the five kids who could ride the most laps during Bike Club. This kid rode like 5 miles. He wanted those Legos so bad. But this kid who came in sixth, who wasn’t going to win any Legos, this homeless kid gave the sixth place kid his Legos just to be fair, in the spirit of sport. I thought that was great.”

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HUMBLE SONS BIKE CO. is dedicated to providing bicycles, helmets and locks to every deserving child it can reach, and they are always looking for support.

In 2008, brothers-in-law Jason Whorton and Tommy Chavez wanted to create a nonprofit to give back to the Tulsa community. They went from delivering just 22 bicycles in their own trucks to delivering more than 1,000 annually through a network of partners. They have distributed 4,500 bikes since 2008.

This year (with the help of over 250 volunteers) they also assembled and gave away 1,000 bicycles benefiting 20 organizations including several foster care programs, youth service organizations and elementary schools.

Bike Club is just one part of Humble Sons and will provide 7,200 cumulative hours of Bike Club programming to its six participating schools during the 2015-2016 school year.

BIKE CLUB PROGRAM: Six elementary schools – Cooper, Emerson, Jackson, Lee, Remington and Robertson. Schools are paired with local cycling teams and meet weekly (normally Tuesdays) after school from 3-5 p.m. September-May (30 weeks total). Each club has around 20-25 student riders and maintains a 4-1 volunteer/student ratio. Humble Sons also partners with several outside groups (Hornsby, BMX performers, Tulsa Police Department Bike Patrol and USA BMX S.T.E.M program have all committed to making stops at each school).

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.HUMBLESONS.ORG.

Tulsa Public Schools also thinks Bike Club is great and want to expand it. Bike Club organizers agreed but wanted to increase the number of participating schools carefully after the first year. TPS was quick to jump at the chance.

“We are really excited to expand,” said Elizabeth Hebert, assistant athletic director and physical education director for TPS. “Last year we had one bike club at Emerson Elementary and it was extremely successful. We wanted to build a model out of Emerson and expand it to five additional schools this year. We think of Bike Club as something that is a win-win for everybody involved.”

Hebert explained TPS enthusiasm: “Research shows if students stay involved in any extracurricular activity, they tend to perform better academically as

well as have less behavioral issues. This is a chance for them to be involved in something healthy and extremely positive.

“I’ve heard from the principal and the teachers at Emerson Elementary Bike Club, they have built a lot of pride around this program,” Hebert added. “The teachers have commented that if they are having a potential issue with a student in Bike Club in their class, they talk about how it might affect their participation in Bike Club. That student has straightened up.”

“Bike Club has given them extra motivation.” Bike Club!

The five additional Bike Clubs this year are: Cooper, Jackson, Lee, Remington and Robertson.

“We don’t know the potential really. We are trying to keep it a small group right now so that we get this right before we expand to more,” Whorton said.

Volunteers were pulled from Wozniak’s connections as an amateur racer and member of Team Soundpony. “Getting enough volunteers for Bike Club is the biggest challenge for us,” Whorton said.

Lucky Lamons, president of the Foundation for Tulsa Schools and member of the bicycle group Team 36P, is one of those volunteers. Wozniak and Lamons found themselves on a group ride together one morning.

Wozniak told Lamons about his plan for Bike Club and Lamons was intrigued enough to begin volunteering his time with Emerson’s Bike Club.

It was a natural fit. “So last year I rode once a month with the kids of Emerson Elementary,” Lamons said. “And then Wozniak and I decided, ‘Hey, we got a lot of bike clubs in town, why don’t each one of our bike clubs adopt one of our schools?’”

Robertson Elementary became sponsored by Team 36P for this school year with 23 students in Bike Club. Every Bike Club has their own supporting bike team as well.

According to Lamons, the benefits are many: It is a healthy activity for kids, it gives them alternatives for transportation, teachers have integrated Bike Club maps into geography lessons, team and relationship building, and this year the curriculum has expanded. “The bike club at Emerson started journaling after their rides. That teaches them writing and public speaking,” Lamons said. Bike Club is becoming a part of each school’s culture.

Bike Club’s biggest champion might be Principal States.

“They just light up on Tuesdays when it’s Bike Club. They’ll tell me first thing in the morning, ‘We’re going to do this in Bike Club,’ They look forward to it. It gives them a purpose for getting up in the morning,” States said.

“It’s just so valuable to them.

It is absolutely one of the best things that has happened to Emerson as far as outside people coming in and providing this experience,” States said.

“It’s just so awesome. You never get over that initial, ‘Wow. This is so cool.’”

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The Book of Mormon Tues., Nov. 17 through Sun., Nov. 22 $40-$135, Chapman Music Hall, PAC, tulsapac.com South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s foulmouthed satire of religion and first-world privilege finally comes to Tulsa. The winner of nine Tony Awards tells the story of two naïve Mormon missionaries sent to Uganda to proselytize the Good News, only to run into brutal warlords, AIDS, famine and general third-world malaise that collides with their sheltered, upbeat view of the world. Cue the song-and-dance. The Book of Mormon has been widely praised as one of the best and funniest musicals of all time.

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Giving Spirits: A Whiskey Tasting Experience

Fri., Nov. 6, 7-10 p.m., tickets start at $100 Renaissance Hotel, okfoodbank.org Sample fine spirits from around the world at this benefit for the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. A variety of breakout sessions are offered, focusing on the nuance and craft of whiskey-making. Local chefs will demonstrate the art of cooking with spirits. For the connoisseur, a limited-access VIP Tasting will showcase rare whiskies from elite distilleries.

Keep ‘em Flying: WW2 Hangar Dance Sat., Nov. 7, 6-11 p.m., $35 Tulsa Technology Center, Riverside Campus, caftulsa.org

The Commemorative Air Force Spirit of Tulsa Squadron invites you to step back in time at its annual Hangar Dance. Take swing dance lessons surrounded by beautifully restored warbirds as a big band plays the hits of the ’40s. A WW2 newsreel theater experience, vintage radio broadcasts and a vintage canteen will take you back to the time of your parents and grandparents.

The event also includes warbird dogfight simulators, historic displays and games, exhibits of WW2 art and a silent auction.

McNellie’s Pub Run

Sat., Nov. 7, 3 p.m. $10-$50 Blue Dome and Brady Arts districts McNellie’s Pub Run is a 4-mile race and 1-mile fun run through the Blue Dome and Brady Arts districts. Thirsty runners may choose to accept the Guinness Challenge and drink three pints of Guinness while running the race. And whether you take the challenge or not, all participants over 21 receive a free beer.

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Tues., Nov. 10 through Sun., Nov. 15, $20-$65 Chapman Music Hall, PAC, tulsapac.com OH, FUUUUUDGE! The saga of Ralphie Parker and his Red Ryder BB Gun comes to the stage in this musical adaptation.

Note to audience: Pink bunny PJs are optional but encouraged.

11/11

Veterans Day at VFW Post 577 Wed., Nov. 11, 8 a.m.-1 a.m.

VFW Post 577, vfwpost577.org

VFW Post 577 is honoring Tulsa veterans with an all-day blowout. The Veterans Day Parade route through downtown ends at Post 577, and they’ll give you plenty of reasons to stick around.

Playing the Banquet Hall Stage are The Muskogee Wild Card Band, The Plums, Joshua Yarbrough & The Give Back Band, Trouble Comin’, The Luke West Experience, Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front, TanTrum, The Blue Dawgs, Gypsy Cold Cuts, Don Who ? and Sneaky Pete. Playing upstairs at Centennial Lounge are Fortunate Soul, The Moonshine Drifters, British Invasion of Tulsa, Travis Kidd, Larry Arnett and the Chris Hyde Trio. Jay Kincade will emcee the show, and other festivities include a raffle for a Harley Davidson Custom Chopper and an all-you-can-eat breakfast and dinner. The first 100 attendees will receive a free ticket to the TU versus Navy game on Nov. 21. Breakfast starts at 8 a.m.; music starts at noon. Free admission; breakfast and dinner are $5 each.

Art Directors Club of Tulsa’s Block Party Fri., Nov. 13, 6 p.m., $4, free entry for block artists Living Arts, artdirectorsoftulsa.org

Art Directors Club of Tulsa invites you to its seventh annual Block Party, a fundraiser showcasing the Tulsa creative community as they transform simple 3.5-inch wooden blocks into one-of-a-kind art pieces. The blocks are silently auctioned with proceeds benefiting local student artists. Expect prizes for the best blocks and the block with the highest bid, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and live music.

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11/13

Congregation B’nai Emunah Centennial Celebration

Fri., Nov., 13, 6 p.m., $25 Congregation B’nai Emunah, tulsagogue.com

Built in 1916, Congregation B’nai Emunah was the first permanent structure representing Jewish life in Tulsa. This event will kick off the Synagogue’s centennial celebration. The evening includes a Shabbat dinner, a musical performance, remarks from former Oklahoma Secretary of State Susan Savage and featured speaker actor and director Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou, Leaves of Grass) who grew up attending B’nai Emunah.

The Drunkard and The Olio

Every Saturday at 7 p.m., $12-$18 Spotlight Theater, spotlighttheater.org On Saturday, Nov. 14, Spotlight Theater will complete its 62nd season of the melodrama, The Drunkard. The production is the longest-running play in the country. More than 3,000 Tulsans have participated at the theater and more than a quarter-million have seen the show.

The building that houses Spotlight Theater also carries a historical significance. Originally called the Riverside Studio, “Tulsa’s Taj Mahal” was built by famed architect Bruce Goff in 1928.

Tulsa Community Foundation has created a fund to raise money to restore the building to its original glory.

Architread Bike Tour

Sun., Nov. 15, 1-4 p.m., $30 Starts and ends at Soundpony, facebook.com/architread Join Tulsa Foundation for Architecture and the American Institute of Architects for this bike tour of unique Tulsa architecture. The 8-mile tour will feature 10 stops, including Art Deco skyscrapers, historic neighborhoods, breweries and new projects under construction. Helmets are required.

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EVENTS

COMEDY

Artworks by May Yang and Jason Lockhart // Oklahomans for Equality’s showcase of local art for November will feature prints, mixed media and paintings by May Yang and Jason Lockhart. Yang and Lockhart are members of the local art collective E.T.A. // 11/5-11/30, Dennis R. Neill Equality Center, okeq.org

Mike Baldwin, David Beck // 11/4-11/7, Loony Bin, $2-$10, loonybincomedy.com Pop Up Players // 11/5, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com

PERFORMING ARTS

Squeaky Clean Stand Up // 11/7, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com

Nanyehi // This musical by Becky Hobbs and Nick Sweet tells the story of Nanyehi, known in English as Nancy Ward, a Beloved Woman of the Cherokee who worked as a peace negotiator and ambassodor to European-Americans. // 11/5-11/7, 7:30 p.m., Hard Rock Casino-The Joint, $15, $10 for Cherokee citizens, hardrockcasinotulsa.com The Cat in the Hat // Dr. Seuss’s mischievous cat comes to town with Thing 1 and Thing 2 in tow for a one-nightonly performance at the PAC. // 11/6, 7 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, $10, tulsapac.com Fusebox // Fusebox is a fusion-themed event that includes dance, poetry, comedy, burlesque, acrobatics, pole dance, live music and featuring a performance by Washington D.C. fusion belly dancer Ebony Qualls. // 11/7, 8 p.m., Liddy Doenges Theatre, PAC, $20, tulsapac.com A Salute to Veterans - A Concert to Those Who Served // Fort Sill’s 77th Army Band will perform a Veterans Day concert of patriotic music, benefiting the Military History Center in Broken Arrow. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Military History Center. // 11/8, 2:30 p.m., Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center, $5, okmhc.org The Great Gatsby // Jay Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan and Nick Carraway jump off the page and out of the valley of ashes in Simon Levy’s stage adaptation of the great American novel, the only one authorized by the Fitzgerald Estate. Presented by Theatre Tulsa. // 11/13-11/22, Liddy Doenges Theatre, PAC, $18-$22, tulsapac.com The Ioudenitch Family // Stanislav and Maria Ioudenitch a Cliburn Piano Competition Gold Medalist and an award-winning violinist at the Curtis Institute, respectively, join Signature Symphony for this celebration of Tchaikovsky’s 175th anniversary. The evening will also include performances of compositions by Johan Strauss II and Pable de Sarasate. // 11/14, 7:30 p.m., VanTrease PACE, $25-$50, signaturesymphony.org America’s Got Talent Live // Former contestants from the TV talent show perform at the Old Lady on Brady. // 11/14, 8 p.m., Brady Theater, $29.50$49.50, bradytheater.com Weiss Kaplan Stumpf Trio // Pianist Yael Weiss, violinist Mark Kaplan and cellist Peter Stumpf are each award-winning soloists who have toured the world as an ensemble playing contemporary music and new takes at centuries of classics. Their debut performance in Tulsa will include Brahms’ Trio in C Ma jor, Op. 87, Jalbert’s Trio No. 1 (1998) and Beethoven’s Trio in B-flat Ma jor, Op. 97, “Archduke.” // 11/15, 3 p.m., John H. Williams Theatre, PAC, $5-$25, tulsapac.com

Crayons // 11/6, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com

Ryan’s Drinking Problem // 11/6, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com

Old Timey Comedy Town // 11/7, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10 Sunday Night Stand Up // 11/8, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Gabriel Rutledge, Brad Tassell // 11/1111/14, Loony Bin, $2-$10 Laughing Matter // 11/12, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com Dear Diary! // 11/13, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, 11/14, 8 p.m., $10 2 Legit 2 Sit! // 11/13, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Comfort Creatures // 11/14, 10 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com Cian Baker says Laugh It Up, Tulsa // 11/15, 8 p.m., Comedy Parlor, $5

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B I -W EE KLY BI TS This weekend, in celebration of Native American Month, the Circle Cinema will exhibit a rare, Oklahoma-grown gem: the 1920 feature-length silent film, “The Daughter of Dawn.”

An estimated 75% of all silent-era films have been forever lost. “Dawn,” first known to exist due to a collection of production photos (which will be exhibited in the theater’s gallery) and a copy of the script, was feared to be among them, until a private investigator offered it to the Oklahoma City Museum for $35,000. Too rich for their blood, it was later acquired by the Oklahoma Historical Society and digitally restored in 2013.

It was inducted into the National Film Registry that same year.

Shot over three months in the Wichita hill country with a cast of over three hundred Comanche and Kiowa tribespeople, “The Daughter of Dawn” tells the story of a love triangle between the eponymous Dawn and two warriors who vie for her heart. Something of a Native American docudrama (a trend at the time), the film features naturalistic scenes—from the herding of buffalo to handto-hand combat—that highlight the courage and emotion of its characters.

It’s a timeless relic of cinematic storytelling whose themes are inherent to the human condition, even today. The restoration looks stunning, and the film itself is a haunting treasure.

“The Daughter of Dawn” opens Nov. 6 at the Circle Cinema, in cooperation with the OK Pop Museum.

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Don’t shy away

Two of 2015’s best films show darker side of human nature

by JOE O’SHANSKY Beasts of No Nation If you ignore the news, it’s easy to forget that the world is a scary place. It’s even easier if you’re a white American.

The worst part is this: insularity disconnects us from the truly fucked up places on earth. The places where barely recognizable civilization can be toppled, opening a chaotic vacuum to be filled by conflagration, exploitation, corruption, despotism, and incomprehensible death. From Idi Amin to Pol Pot to Kony, there are ideologies written in blood that feed the powerful while the weak fall (or are honed) by barbarism that should, in a better world, no longer exist.

Because those places always seem far away, their scope and complexity eludes us. The reality that there are people like us—people with the same human fears, joys, and sorrows—who will never know a peaceful life becomes an abstraction.

“Beasts of No Nation” is a stark reminder.

Adapted, directed, and shot by Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Beasts of No Nation” is his long-gestating passion project, conceived before “True Detective” made him one of the hottest properties in Hollywood.

Based on the book by Uzodinma Iweala, “Beasts” tells the story of Agu (Abraham Attah) a young boy separated from his family after his West African village is overrun by a government junta. Barely escaping execution, Agu falls in with a loose band of rebels. Under the tutelage of the Commandant (Idris Elba), Agu becomes a child soldier, participating in seemingly random raids that are part of the larger resistance.

Agu quickly learns to tow the line. Those soldiers who fail the initiation are murdered, and those who thrive are molested by the Commandant, a charismatic father-figure, as he teaches them to kill.

Before long, Agu is cleaving heads with old machetes on a harrowing journey into the heart of darkness, one that leaves him scarred both physically and emotionally.

I haven’t seen something so beautiful and powerful since the 2002 Brazilian gut-punch, “City of God.” For those who have seen Fukunaga’s 2009 film “Sin Nombre,” it should come as no surprise that “Beasts” achieves a masterful depth with its characters, and a gorgeous near-perfection in its storytelling. What’s truly awe-inspiring, though, is the authenticity on display. The tangible dramatic currents, shot with humor at the

oddest moments (as in life), that highlight how Agu is changed, perhaps irreparably, by the brutal realities of the world.

Our worldview is changed, too, through the sheer, artful force of Fukunaga’s cinematic will.

“Beast of No Nation” is, perhaps improbably, one of the best films of 2015.

Steve Jobs It’s not news that there is often a wide gulf between a film’s critical and financial success. And, by definition, a proportionate disconnect between critics and audiences.

That’s apparent in the existence of “Grown Ups 2” or the unfailing success of Michael Bay—who might be an actual cyborg who defied his programming because he wanted to direct movies just that much.

Sometimes that current flows in the other direction. Case in point: “Steve Jobs,” a film that severely underperformed in its first weekend in wide release, despite great reviews and a killer limited opening. Was it because the somewhat rocky production was laid bare to the world among the flotsam of the Sony e-mail hack? Was it the perception of Academy-bait? Was it the man himself, a tech guru November 4 – 17, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

icon who is really not much of a mystery to most people (this will be the fourth film about Jobs in as many years), and who was famously kind of an asshole to begin with? (That’s my bet.)

It’s unfortunate. “Steve Jobs” is a propulsive, engaging, expertly made anomaly that pulls few punches concerning its subject and showcases its creators at the top of their game.

Pulling from from Walter Isaacson’s biographical tome, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin and director Danny Boyle take a slightly esoteric approach to the narrative, which is told in three acts across three product launches. First, the 1984 debut of the Macintosh (which was more memorable for its Orwell-inspired commercial). Next, the 1988 launch of the NeXT Computer, a solo attempt at a stylish black cube that went nowhere (after Jobs was fired

by Apple). And finally, the premiere of the iMac in 1998 (after he’d been rehired to save the company). “Halt and Catch Fire” fans will be happy.

Sorkin is as sharp here as he was with “Moneyball.” For an almost entirely dialogue-driven film,

Michael Fassbender in “Steve Jobs” | COURTESY

“Steve Jobs” is breezily paced, compelling and unpretentious.

The contained, episodic nature of the film sketches Jobs (Michael Fassbender) and his relationships in a sort of negative space, revealing unseen events through conversations. The falling out between Jobs and Apple CEO John Sculley (Jeff Daniels), Jobs’ slow acceptance of paternity over his daughter (amid a fraught relationship with her mother, played by Katherine Waterston), his frenemy bond with Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen), the combative rapport with his longtime partner Joanna Hoffman (Kate Winslet)—it all

plays out with a strange resonance.

While the script is undeniably a product of Sorkin (walk-and-talks and shallowly drawn female characters) it exhibits atypical restraint and nuanced intimacy.

That’s a quality shared with Danny Boyle’s direction. Focusing on the performances, he dials down his typically stylized approach to something more subtle.

He shoots the three acts in three different mediums: 16mm film, then 35mm, and finally digital, imparting handsome, delicately tangible shifts in tone.

The performances are great, and each of the cast has his or her

moment to shine (I’ll always love Daniels in anything). Fassbender is unforgettable in the role, which is a sort of thankless one for all its brilliance. At the end of the day Jobs was selfishly driven, somewhat cold, and oftentimes a prick.

While the film paints him with those flaws, it also softens that image. Because maybe that’s what it takes to change the world.

The results, on film and in life, speak for themselves. Just ask Siri. a

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by Chuck Shepherd

The Continuing Crisis For an October report, Vice Media located the half-dozen most-dedicated collectors of those AOL giveaway CDs from the Internet’s dial-up years (“50 Hours Free!”). Sparky Haufle wrote a definitive AOL-CD collector’s guide; Lydia Sloan Cline has 4,000 unique disks; Bustam Halim at one point had 20,000 total, before weeding to 3,000. (The AOL connoisseurs file disks by color, by the hundreds of packaging styles, by number of free hours, and especially by the co-brands—the rare pearls, like AOL’s deals with Frisbee and Spider Man. Their collections, said both Halim and Brian Larkin, are simply “beautiful.”

Is It Really a “Problem” ?

Among those struggling with psychological issues in modern America are the rich “one-percenters” (especially the mega-rich “one-percent of one-percenters”), according to counselors specializing in assuaging guilt and moderating class hatred. London’s The Guardian, reporting from New York, found three such counselors, including two who barely stopped short of comparing the plight of the rich-rich with the struggles of “people of color” or out-of-closet gays. Sample worries: isolation (so few rich-rich); stress, caused by political hubbub over “inequality”; and insecurity (is my “friend” really just a friend of my money?).

Can’t Possibly Be True Stories surface regularly about a hospital patient declared dead but who then revives briefly before once again dying. However, Tammy Cleveland’s recent lawsuit against doctors and DeGraff Memorial Hospital near Buffalo, New York, reveals an incident more startling.

She alleges that her late husband Michael displayed multiple signs of life (breathing, eyes open, legs kicking, attempted hugs, struggles against the tube in his throat) for nearly two hours, but with two doctors all the while assuring her that he was gone. (The coroner came and went twice, concluding that calling him had been premature.)

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lung from CPR following his initial heart attack–an injury for which he could have been treated.

People Different From Us It would be exhaustive to chronicle the many ways that the woman born Carolyn Clay, 82, of Chattooga County, Georgia, is different from us. For starters, she was once arrested for stripping nude to protest a quixotic issue before the city council in Rome, Georgia; for another, her driver’s license identifies her as Ms. Serpentfoot Serpentfoot. In October, she filed to change that name – to one with 69 words, 68 hyphens, an ellipsis and the infinity sign. One judge has already turned her down on the ground that she cannot recite the name (though she promised to shorten it on legal papers to “Nofoot Allfoot Serpentfoot”).

Justice Served Hinton Sheryn, 68, on trial at England’s Plymouth Crown Court in September, denied he was the “indecent exposer” charged with 18 incidents against children dating back to 1973 – that he would never do such a thing because he would not want anyone to see his unusually small penis. In response, the prosecutor brought in a prostitute known to have serviced Sheryn, to testify that his penis is of normal size. Sheryn was convicted and sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Undignified Deaths The naked bodies of a man and a woman, both aged 30, were found in August 40 feet beneath a balco-

ny —in the moat surrounding the Vauban Fort castle on an island in the English Channel. Police speculated that the couple had fallen during exciting sex “gone wrong.”

A woman was killed in an accidental head-on collision in Houston on June 18 as she was racing after another car. She was angrily chasing her estranged husband, who was with another woman, but neither of those two was hurt.

(The driver of the crashed-into SUV was severely injured.)

Least Competent Criminals Jorge Vasconcelos, 25, was traffic-stopped in El Reno, Oklahoma, in October because he was reportedly weaving on the road, but deputies detected no impairment except possibly for a lack of sleep. Then, “out of nowhere,” according to a KFOR-TV report, Vasconcelos, instead of quietly driving off, insisted that he was doing nothing wrong and that deputies could check his truck if they thought otherwise. They did – and found an elaborately rigged metal box in the engine, containing 17 pounds of heroin, worth over $3 million. He was charged with aggravated trafficking.

In July, artist Hilde Krohn Huse, shooting a video alone in a forest near Aukra, accidentally got hung upside down naked in a tree for nearly four hours.

In October, hunters who had shot two elk near Narvik were informed that they had inadvertently wandered into an area of the Polar Park zoo (and that, thanks to them, the zoo’s elk population was now down to three).

A News of the Weird Classic In the midst of (2010) World Cup fever, readers might have missed Germany’s win over host Barbados in June for the Woz Challenge Cup, following an eight-team polo tournament with players not on horses, but Segways. The sport is said to have been created by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, whose nerd-populated Silicon Valley Aftershocks competed again (in 2010) in Barbados (but last won the Cup in 2007). Wozniak lamented that his own polo skills are fading, but the San Jose Mercury News reported that Woz’s fearlessness on the Segway seems hardly diminished. a 10/21 SOLUTION: UNIVERSAL SUNDAY

Weird Norway Norway’s notorious 77-murder terrorist Anders Breivik (serving only 21 years because that is Norway’s maximum sentence) complained in September that he was feeling so oppressed behind bars that if conditions didn’t improve, he would go on a hunger strike and starve. himself.

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free will astrology

by ROB BREZSNY

SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21):

Is it possible to express a benevolent form of vanity? I say yes. In the coming weeks, your boasts may be quite lyrical and therapeutic. They may even uplift and motivate those who hear them. Acts of self-aggrandizement that would normally cast long shadows might instead produce generous results. That’s why I’m giving you a go-ahead to embody the following attitude from Nikki Giovanni’s poem “Ego Tripping (there may be a reason why)”: “I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal / I cannot be comprehended except by my permission.”

ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1978, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield began selling their new ice cream out of a refurbished gas station in Burlington, Vermont. Thirty-seven years later, Ben & Jerry’s is among the world’s best-selling ice cream brands. Its success stems in part from its willingness to keep transforming the way it does business. “My mantra is ‘Change is a wonderful thing,’” says the current CEO. As evidence of the company’s intention to keep re-evaluating its approach, there’s a “Flavor Graveyard” on its website, where it lists flavors it has tried to sell but ultimately abandoned. “Wavy Gravy,” “Tennessee Mud,” and “Turtle Soup” are among the departed. Now is a favorable time for you to engage in a purge of your own, Aries. What parts of your life don’t work any more? What personal changes would be wonderful things?

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Before he helped launch Apple Computer in the 1970s, tech pioneer Steve Wozniak ran a dial-ajoke service. Most of the time, people who called got an automated recording, but now and then Wozniak answered himself. That’s how he met Alice Robertson, the woman who later became his wife. I’m guessing you will have comparable experiences in the coming weeks, Taurus. Future allies may come into your life in unexpected ways. It’s as if mysterious forces will be conspiring to connect you with people you need to know.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Small, nondestructive earthquakes are common. Our planet has an average of 1,400 of them every day. This subtle underground mayhem has been going on steadily for millions of years. According to recent research, it has been responsible for creating 80 percent of the world’s gold. I suspect that the next six or seven months will feature a metaphorically analogous process in your life.

You will experience deep-seated quivering and grinding that won’t bring ma jor disruptions even as it generates the equivalent of gold deposits. Make it your goal to welcome and even thrive on the subterranean friction!

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here’s the process I went through to create your horoscope. First I drew up a chart of your astrological aspects. Using my analytical skills, I pondered their meaning. Next, I called on my intuitive powers, asking my unconscious mind to provide symbols that would be useful to you. The response I got from my deeper mind was surprising: It informed me that I should go to a new cafe that had just opened downtown. Ten minutes later, I was there, gazing at a menu packed with exotic treats: Banana Flirty Milk . . . Champagne Coconut Mango Slushy . . . Honey Dew Jelly Juice . . . Creamy Wild Berry Blitz . . . Sweet Dreamy Ginger Snow. I suspect these are metaphors for experiences that are coming your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The Beatles’ song “You Never Give Me Your Money” has this poignant lyric: “Oh, that magic feeling, nowhere to go.” I suggest you make it your motto for now. And if you have not yet begun to feel the allure of that sentiment, initiate the necessary shifts to get yourself in the mood. Why? Because it’s time to recharge your spiritual battery, and the best way to do that is to immerse yourself in the mystery of having nothing to do and nowhere to go. Put your faith in the pregnant silence, Leo. Let emptiness teach you what you need to know next.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Should a professional singer be criticized for her lack of skill in laying bricks? Is it reasonable to chide a kindergarten teacher for his ineptitude as an airplane pilot? Does it make sense to

Place the numbers 1 through 9 in the empty squares so that each row, each column and each 3x3 box contains the same number only once.

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complain about a cat’s inability to bark? Of course not. There are many other unwarranted comparisons that are almost as irrational but not as obviously unfair. Is it right for you to wish your current lover or best friend could have the same *je ne sais quoi* as a previous lover or best friend? Should you try to manipulate the future so that it’s more like the past? Are you justified in demanding that your head and your heart come to identical conclusions? No, no, and no. Allow the differences to be differences.

And more than that: Celebrate them!

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): In the mid-19th century, an American named Cyrus McCormick patented a breakthrough that had the potential to revolutionize agriculture.

It was a mechanical reaper that harvested crops with far more ease and efficiency than hand-held sickles and scythes. But his innovation didn’t enter into mainstream use for 20 years. In part that was because many farmers were skeptical of trying a new technology, and feared it would eliminate jobs. I don’t foresee you having to wait nearly as long for acceptance of your new wrinkles, Libra. But you may have to be patient.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Regard the current tensions and detours as camouflaged gifts from the gods of growth. You’re being offered a potent opportunity to counteract the effects of a self-sabotage you committed once upon a time. You’re getting an excellent chance to develop the strength of character that can blossom from dealing with soul-bending riddles. In fact, I think you’d be wise to feel a surge of gratitude right now.

To do so will empower you to take maximum advantage of the disguised blessings.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): You are slipping into a phase when new teachers are likely to appear. That’s excellent news, because the coming weeks will also be a time when you especially need new teachings.

Your good fortune doesn’t end there. I suspect that you will have an enhanced capacity to learn quickly and deeply. With all these factors conspiring in your favor, Capricorn, I predict that by January 1, you will be smarter, humbler, more flexible, and better prepared to get what you want in 2016.

MASTER

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): American author Mark Twain seemed to enjoy his disgust with the novels of Jane Austen, who died 18 years before he was born. “Her books madden me so that I can’t conceal my frenzy,” he said, even as he confessed that he had perused some of her work multiple times. “Every time I read *Pride and Prejudice,*” he wrote to a friend about Austen’s most famous story, “I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” We might ask why he repetitively sought an experience that bothered him. I am posing a similar question to you, Aquarius. According to my analysis, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to renounce, once and for all, your association with anything or anyone you are addicted to disliking.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The Sahara in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert on the planet. It’s almost the size of the United States. Cloud cover is rare, the humidity is low, and the temperature of the sand can easily exceed 170º F. (80º C.). That’s why it was so surprising when snow fell there in February of 1979 for the first time in memory. This once-in-a-lifetime visitation happened again 33 years later. I’m expecting a similar anomaly in your world, Pisces. Like the desert snow, your version should be mostly interesting and only slightly inconvenient. It may even have an upside. Saharan locals testified that the storm helped the palm trees because it killed off the parasites feeding on them.

Brag about a talent or ability that few people know you have.

Tout one of your underappreciated charms. t h i s w e e k ’ s h o m e w o r k // T E S T I F Y AT F R E E W I L L A S T R O L O G Y. C O M .

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ACROSS 1 Absolute chaos 7 “Great Balls of Fire” singer Jerry Lee 12 Bachmann or Lea 19 Plaza girl of fiction 20 Medicine cabinet item 21 Like a path around Earth 22 Angels’ division 23 Definitely not on a winning streak 25 “The Day the Earth Stood Still” star Michael 26 Like some proportions 27 Middle East gulf 28 Avoids the truth 29 Shipwreck signal 30 “Common Sense” pamphleteer Thomas 31 Monkeyed around (with) 33 Complex 36 They can become unhinged 38 Farm measure 42 Vandalize 43 “... happily ___ after” 44 Miss, after marriage 45 Readily available 47 Be earlier than 50 Cohort of Larry and Curly 52 One spelling for a group of eight 53 Ate voraciously (with “down”) 54 How some races run 57 Salacious material 58 Hamlet’s big brother 59 “Don’t you just ___ it when ...?”

60 Beans used for tofu 61 Drive-in feature 64 Miscues on a diamond

66 Dull pain 70 Give the old heave-ho 71 Hectic episodes 72 Atlas or Minuteman 76 Read the riot act 79 Powerful attractions 82 They make calls from the plate 83 Glass part 84 Frog-to-be 85 Airport sign holder, e.g.

86 Card just below a jack 88 “Little of this, little of that” dish 90 Mauna ___, Hawaii’s highest peak 91 About 92 Bushy-tailed carnivores 94 Very small ruminant 97 Lady’s pants alternative 99 Get more than frosty 101 Did a marathon 102 “Beware the ___ of March” 106 Place to worship from 107 Medicine cabinet powder 108 Boss 111 Discouraged 114 “Make yourself ___” 115 Where many wish for peace 116 Timid-acting 117 Advantageous to all 118 Generosity 119 Word on some mazes 120 Fragrances DOWN 1 Chicago footballer 2 Fashion model or magazine 3 Current direction

4 Property claim holder 5 City of Francis and Clare 6 Apportion (with “out”) 7 More batty 8 Dickens’ mysterious Mr. Drood 9 Reacted to a really bad pun 10 Suffix with “concert” 11 Roman forum participant 12 Get one’s ___ worth 13 “Flashdance” singer Cara 14 “Elementary” network 15 Frisco’s Nob ___ 16 Small needle bag 17 Lingerie material 18 Caribous’ cousins 20 Think creatively 24 Air freshener targets 30 Improved, as a road 32 “Divine Comedy” penner 33 Playful rascals 34 They pull in pushers 35 Relinquish, as land 37 Foreboding sign 39 Readies for swallowing 40 2:1, e.g.

41 Item written in a diary 45 Orange-yellow pigment 46 Wedding couple?

48 Grand ___ (wine label word) 49 Immature salamanders 50 Neatened, as a lawn 51 To each his ___ 52 “Beetle Bailey” canine

54 Acts of the Apostles?

55 Toss or hurl 56 Two in a row?

58 Midterm, e.g.

62 Cringe in fear 63 Baseball stats 64 Cheese in a ball 65 Young herring canned as a sardine 66 Reunion attendee 67 Carved gemstone 68 Bouncing off the walls 69 Corrects text 71 Muhammad of the ring 73 Mug relative 74 Needing repair 75 Confused conflict 77 Layered cookies 78 Sea eagle 79 Consumed greedily 80 Legal statutes 81 Mark with a branding iron 86 Ark contents 87 Like some makeovers 88 Place for a blast furnace 89 Sensitive 92 Liquor measures 93 Not participate in 95 Titillating 96 “Frasier” character 98 Philosopher Immanuel and namesakes 100 ___ celebre 102 “American ___” (TV show) 103 Honorific of Spain 104 Item in many still-life drawings 105 Hidden catch 108 Fancy marbles 109 Bypass 110 Some army officers (Abbr.)

112 Anger 113 Day of many fed. holidays

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