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Message • friday • nov. 12 • 2010
also inside: NAC members ride free • Sugarland is wide open • Shad wins award nominations • ‘The Joneses’ tackles capitalism • Fascinating tale of unchecked greed
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Fascinating tale of unchecked greed It’s a sad fact in our country that it now takes millions of dollars to get elected to a major public office. And whenever there are millions of dollars floating around, there’s always someone out there ready to steal them — like former lobbyist and all-around crook Jack Abramoff, the star of “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” (2010), a revealing documentary about the corrupt world of campaign financing. As president of the College Republicans in the late 1970s, Jack Abramoff helped ignite a revolution in the party. Abramoff was sick of liberals. He hated the liberal ’60s, hated liberal government policies and especially hated the stranglehold the Democrats held on Congress for the past 40 years. Abramoff wanted the right people in office: conservatives who believed in God, country and family values. He also wanted to make an obscene amount of money so he could live the lavish lifestyle he so loved. Using his good looks, brains and considerable charm, he found a way to make both goals happen — as the most powerful lobbyist in Washington, D.C. Whether it was exploiting sweatshop workers in the illegal garment
Mary Anne Hempe Forgotten Video industry he supported in Saipan, ripping off Indian gaming to the tune of $45 million or “buying” a fleet of casino cruise ships with a bogus bank draft (after which the former owner was murdered in a mob hit), Abramoff made a fortune. He lived like a king, but didn’t keep all the cash for himself. A huge chunk was used to pay off members of Congress to vote Jack’s way on key legislation that would allow him to keep the game going. Eventually, Abramoff was caught and sentenced to four years in prison. Paroled this past June, he’s now working in a pizza parlor in Baltimore. Writer/director Alex Gibney shows that Jack was far from the only one at fault; he just took advantage of a system that was already corrupt. It’s a sad, yet fascinating, tale of unchecked greed and power, made all the more tragic since it appears that nothing much has changed since then. But change takes time, along with courageous people willing to take the plunge when the odds seem insurmountable. Take the example of Doris Haddock, a 94-year-old great-
Films playing at Warren Theatre New Releases: • Morning Glory: A TV producer is charged with reviving a struggling morning show. Stars Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton. PG-13. • Skyline: Los Angeles comes face to face with an extraterrestrial force that threatens to take up the entire human population. PG-13. • Unstoppable: A unmanned freight train with combustible cargo threatens a city as rail workers attempt to stop the disaster. PG-13. Now Showing: • Due Date: A father-to-be takes a wild road trip cross country with an eccentric actor in an attempt to make it in time for his child’s birth. Stars
Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. R. • For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry directs and produces this movie that relates the struggles of women. R. • Hereafter: This drama centers on three people who are dealing with their views of the afterlife, shaped by their own personal life experiences. PG-13. • Life As We Know It: After the death of their best friends, two happily single people find out that they have been deemed guardians for the surviving toddler. PG-13. • Megamind 2D/3D: Super-vilian Megamind finds himself without a hero to battle and finds himself bored. He creates a new nemesis, who turns out to be a rotten
egg. PG. • Paranormal Activity 2: Trying to capture the culprit in what a family thinks is a series of break-ins, they set up cameras around their home. What they discover is much more horrendeous. PG-13. • Red: With his life threatened by an assassin, former agent Frank Moses assembles his team to help him survive. PG-13. • Saw 3D: A group of Jigsaw survivors seek the support of a self-help guru, but his dark secrets put them all in danger. R. • Secretariat: When Penny Chenery agrees to take over her father’s stables, she finds hope in a horse that promises to do great things on the race track. PG.
grandmother and the subject of “Run, Granny, Run” an inspiring documentary about “Granny D’s” 2004 bid for the Democratic Senate seat in New Hampshire. Already famous for walking 3,200 miles cross country in 1999 to bring attention to campaign finance reform, Doris “Granny D” Haddock decided to throw her hat into a bigger ring in 2004, when the Democratic Senate candidate abruptly pulled out of the race four months before the elections. Refusing to take any money from special interest groups (whom she can’t stand), “Granny D” had only $200,000 to make a difference. It would have been tough on someone a third her age, and in fact it’s pretty tough on “Granny D,” as she battles the big politicians for even a modicum of respect. I loved her prayer the night before her debate, and the debate itself, where I was on the edge of my seat. “Granny D” lived to celebrate her 100th birthday in January 2010. She died in March, but leaves the wonderful legacy that is “Run, Granny, Run.” You can find both “Casino Jack and the United States of Money” and “Run, Granny, Run” at Hastings. Check ’em out!
Films playing at Robinson Crossing • Case 39: A social worker tries to save a girl from abusive parents, but soon finds herself in over her head. R. • Despicable Me: An evil world dominator plans to steal the moon. His scheme is thwarted when he takes in three orphaned girls. PG. • Inception: Dom Cobb is a thief of dreams. His job has cost him many precious things. With one task, he could get it all back. PG-13. • Let Me In: A shy, bullied boy befriends a young vampire girl who lives in his apartment complex. R. • Takers: Successful bank robbers run into problems on their last heist. PG-13. • The Switch: When an unmarried woman turns to artificial insemination, her best guy friends neglects to tell her he replaced the sperm sample with his own. PG-13. • Toy Story 3: After their owner goes to college, Woody and the gang are sent to a daycare center. G. • Wall Street Money Never Sleeps: Gordon Gekko is back, out of prison and serving as an advisor to his possible future son-in-law who discovers the dark side of Wall Street and greed. PG-13.
Films playing at Hollywood Spotlight New Releases: • Morning Glory: A TV producer is charged with reviving a struggling morning show. Stars Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton. PG-13. • Skyline: Los Angeles comes face to face with an extraterrestrial force that threatens to take up the entire human population. PG-13. • Unstoppable: A unmanned freight train with combustible cargo threatens a city as rail workers attempt to stop the disaster. Stars Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. PG-13. Now Showing: • Due Date: A father-to-be takes a wild road trip cross country with an eccentric
actor in an attempt to make it in time for his child’s birth. Stars Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. R. • For Colored Girls: Tyler Perry directs and produces this movie that relates the struggles of women. R. • Hereafter: This drama centers on three people who are dealing with their views of the afterlife, shaped by their own personal life experiences. PG-13. • Jackass 3D: These crazy guys are at it again with dangerous stunts, this time in 3D. R. • Megamind 2D/3D: Super-vilian Megamind finds himself without a hero to battle and, consequently, finds himself bored. To conquer the lack of purpose, he creates a
new nemesis, who turns out to be a rotten egg. PG. • Paranormal Activity 2: Trying to capture the culprit in what a family thinks is a series of break-ins, they set up cameras around their home. What they discover is much more horrendeous. PG-13. • Red: With his life threatened by an assassin, former agent Frank Moses assembles his team to help him survive. Stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Mary-Louise Parker, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren. PG-13. • Secretariat: When Penny Chenery agrees to take over her father’s stables, she finds hope in a horse that promises to do great things on the race track. PG.
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Students’ art sends anti-tobacco message By Aaron Wright Gray pop editor
Using the power of art and voice, students in local high school art and media classes are sending a message about their views on tobacco use. Working from an idea proposed by the Norman student organization Students Working Against Tobacco, these art and media students will show work in an exhibit titled “Dreamer 29: SWArT ‘Not Us This Time’” that will open 6 p.m. today at Dreamer Concepts, 324 E. Main St. The show will feature public service announcements, as well as 2D and 3D
art pieces. “We wanted to give students an opportunity to express their feelings and attitudes about tobacco companies and tobacco through artists’ representations,” Judith Blake, a Norman High School media teacher, said in a release about the event. The show will be curated by two Norman High School seniors, Jennifer Torres and Marie Herrea, who have been involved in art for several years. This will be the first time both girls have curated a show, although they have had their work featured in many curated and juried shows.
The girls will be in charge of getting the artists’ statements and information to display next to their work. They also will work with Amber Clour, executive director at Dreamer Concepts, to display the art pieces and PSAs in the gallery. Torres said the girls will be looking for pieces with heart that seem to speak the artists’ minds. “Seeing the different work — it’s inspiring,” Torres said. Clour said this is only the second time that a Dreamer Concepts show has been curated by students. The show also will be juried by Norman Mayor
Cindy Rosenthal, Tracey Strader with the Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust, Jason Bagby with Pilgrim Films, Douglas Elder with the Firehouse Arts Center and Kris Glenn with Sports Talk Radio. Juried categories include Best Message, Most In Your Face, Best Billboard and Best Public Service Announcement. Winners will be announced at the show today. The show will remain on exhibit until Dec. 3 during Dreamer Concepts regular hours, from noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.
“Burning Up” by NHS student Braeden Webb is an example of art that will be shown in the “Dreamer 29: SWArT ‘Not Us This Time’” exhibit. Photo Provided
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‘The Joneses’ tackles capitalism, consumerism “The Joneses” is a drama about the darker side of Capitalism as I have never seen before. It follows one family, the Joneses, and their community as everyone tries to capture the lifestyle the Joneses present. However, there is something big the neighbors don’t know about the Joneses. Starring Demi Moore (“Mr. Brooks”) and David Duchovny (“The X-Files”) as Mr. and Mrs. Jones, with Amber Heard (“Zombieland”) and Ben Hollingsworth as their high school-aged children, the family dazzles the neighborhood — where the average income is $100,000 — as they move in. Their outward appearance is that of the perfect family. On top of that, they always have the latest and greatest things — from their home furnishings to clothes, electronics and
Kelsey MartynFarewell DVDs On Parade vehicles. Each family member seems to be a natural trend-setter with their group of friends, as they all ease quite nicely into the new community. Naturally, everyone wants what the Joneses have, but one neighbor family pays a big price in their pursuit to get it all. Without revealing too much, the Joneses have a big secret. While you will find out early in the course of the plot, the neighbors are left in the dark for most of the film. The dynamic at the start puts Mrs. Jones as the head of the household, who is in charge of keeping the family in line. As the film goes on, the dynamic starts to shift, as Mr. Jones becomes more of
the household head and the kids begin to stray from their ideal images and get into some serious trouble. While all this may sound a bit cryptic, I hate to give away the big reveal in advance because it was so much fun to experience the surprise. The overall message of the film points out the danger of trying to “keep up with the Joneses.” Perhaps another message the film presents is that nothing is as
it seems, especially if it seems too good to be true. However, there is also an interesting love story between Mr. and Mrs. Jones that also helps drive the storyline. The film looks stunning, as I expect a film about decadence should. The colors are bold and rich, with a crisp and clean quality. The set designers and prop masters must have had a ball putting the ideal Jones home together. Supporting cast members of note include Gary Cole (“Office Space”), Glenne Headley (“Mr. Holland’s Opus”) and legendary model Lauren Hutton. Together the cast is spectacular. In particular, the relationship between Moore and Duchovny is quite interesting. They have quite the on-screen chemistry and were easy to watch. Their performances both carry and drive the
movie. I was disappointed that there were no special features on this DVD. I would have enjoyed hearing some director and actor interviews about the film’s messages and their process of working on it together. All in all, for an interest-
ing film that will make you question the purchases you make every day, check out “The Joneses.” You can find it in your local store’s new releases section. Please send your comments, questions and DVD recommendations to Kelsey at DVDsOnParade@ hotmail.com.
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NAC members ride free for holidays pop staff reports The Norman Arts Council announced today that any 2010 member can now ride the 2nd Friday Circuit of Art trolley for free. NAC members who show their membership cards to the Cleveland Area Rapid Transit driver will get free rides. 2nd Friday Circuit of Art is offering everyone in the City of Norman a chance to see a wide diversity of art. All events are free and open to the public from 6 p.m. until at least 9 p.m. More information is available online at www.2ndFridayNorman.com. For information on other Norman Arts Council events, visit www.NormanArts.org, or call the NAC office at 405360-1162. November’s featured events: FORM+FUNCTION LAB, 123 E. Main St., Suite 200 — Beau Mansfield will play music at 9 p.m. There will be a silent auction and blank Coroplast canvases for painting. IRON STARR BARBECUE, 575 S. University Blvd., will have guests from SWAN playing throughout the night. STASH, 412 E. Main St., will showcase the works of Clark Brown. Clark has created a new, limited edition series of giclées, where he produces computer-generated art onto museum quality
archival canvas, creating bright, vivid colors using the latest in printmaking technology. SONDER MUSIC, 225 E. Gray St. — The Norman Women’s Collective and the Norman Queer Alliance will host their annual Women’s and Queer Arts Fest from 7 to 9 p.m. GALLERY 123, 123 E. Main St., is having a holiday event, “One Peace At A Time.” On those days, the gallery will donate 10 percent of all sales to Food and Shelter for Friends. HALL OF TATTOOS, 328 E. Main St., will have a guest airbrush artist on hand making custom T-shirts. GRAY OWL COFFEE, 223 E. Gray St. — Gray Owl will celebrate its one-year anniversary. They will have new work up by Alan Hatcher, an artist from Norman who now lives in Chicago. It’s their first show to have one person fill the entire space. They also will have three bands: Pa Pa Win, The Workweek and Penny Hill. FIREHOUSE ART CENTER, 444 S. Flood, will have the opening of the Holiday Gift Gallery. MAINSITE CONTEMPORARY ART, 122 E. Main, welcomes the Gloss and Grime group of artists for a short show and blow-out event from 6 to 10 p.m. Heidebrecht will do a sound art installation. FRED JONES JR
MUSEUM OF ART, 555 Elm Ave., will have mosaic tiles for art activities, live music by the OU School of Music, two short films by the deadCENTER Film Festival and free admission from 6 to 9 p.m. MARISSA’S EATERY, 318 E. Main St., will have live music and artist Kim Kueteman, who will perpetuate Huktiana’s story through South West and Native American designs. In addition, they will be offering a sampling of food selected from their fusion menu. THE CRUCIBLE, 110 E. Tonhawa St., will showcase a new artist display and original woodcarvings and didgeridoo’s from Tulsa’s James Wallace. Also, Native American earrings, beaded and quill work by Sheri Plenty Bull, with the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, will be on display. SANDALWOOD AND SAGE, 322 E. Main St. — “Works of Love” by Anna Love will be on display. Arabesque will perform and free five-minute massages will be offered. JACOBSON HOUSE, 609 Chautauqua Ave. — Photos from Emilio Amero’s “Mexican Indigenous Photos” will be featured from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. A lecture on Amero will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. A book signing of “El Rio sin tacto” will follow at 9:30 p.m.
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Sugarland is wide open, optimistic By Andrew W. Griffin pop reviewer
Sugarland, “The Incredible Machine,” Mercury 2010 The new Sugarland album, “The Incredible Machine,” features some big sounds and has enough sugary countrypop bounce that you’re bound to get a cavity from repeated spins. But don’t schedule that dental appointment just yet. Sugarland, as evidenced by the mounting collection of No. 1 country radio hits and a crossover appeal that has attracted the attention of Bon Jovi, R.E.M. and many others on the rock side of the aisle, has a versatile sound that has ever-so-broadened their fan base. That base is bound to expand even further with “The Incredible Machine.” Opening with a Prince-esque church organ feel, singer Jennifer Nettles kicks off “All We Are” by belting out the line “Fire like lightning/Burning up the night/A smoke horizon/Won’t give up the fight.”Then guitarist Kristian Bush, strumming insanely on an acoustic guitar, moves over to a crunchy electric guitar, and things build from there — a cathy chorus and progressive-rock synth chords, courtesy of Bush’s brother and former Billy Pilgrim bandmate Brandon Bush. One of the industry’s best drummers, Travis McNabb (Vigilantes of Love, Better Than Ezra), has been fully embraced by Sugarland. His beats and rhythms on the title track, “The Incredible Machine,” are rock solid and
CD review powerful. Brandon Bush’s keyboard riff sticks in your head like ear candy. McNabb’s old Better Than Ezra bandmate Kevin Griffin helped co-write the band’s latest hit “Stuck Like Glue.” With its handclaps, mouth-popping and so forth, it makes for a unique sort of song to hit the country airwaves. I could have done without the awful video, but I’m not reviewing that. Bush gets equal time as a vocalist on the empowering “Stand Up,” a song that sounds as if it was a tune the Georgia duo might have recorded back in ’89, had they been together then as a folkrock group. “Every Girl Like Me,” with its organ flavorings, is a harmless country-pop ditty, while arena-sized shout-outs pepper the fat “Find The Beat Again.” Both are tasty morsels. “Wide Open” is just that — wide open and optimistic. Nettles closes things out with her soulful voice and a piano on the track “Shine The Light.” Flipping through the CD booklet for the deluxe edition of the album, I noticed interesting photos of the group. Nettles and Bush are shown standing next to a spiral staircase. Is it significant? And then there’s a photo of Bush wearing a black top hat and crossing his arms. Behind him, the background is light and dark. Is this some signal? Although “Love On The Inside,” their previous record, featured more country-focused songs, “The Incredible Machine” is evidence that they are comfortably moving into pop and rock territory. Grade — B
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Shad wins nominations By Doug Hill pop reviewer
Shad, “TSOL,” Black Box Recordings Canada’s open immigration policies lead to albums like this. Shad, whose government name is Shadrach Kabango, was born in 1982 of Rwandan parents in Kenya. His lab technician mom and machinist dad came to North America and raised their son in London, Ontario. Shad has a business degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and presently is working on his master’s at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. He got the Loonies (money) to cut his first hiphop album in 2005, while still an undergraduate after winning cash in a radio station contest TSOL is his third album. Nominated for both Juno and Polaris awards, it was supported financially in part with monies from the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund). Government encouragement for rap music has helped Shad compose this full-length poetic masterpiece of rhyme. Elegant cello, viola and flute arrangements to his articulate free-flow of prose make this music a delight. Track 2, “Keep Shining,” is typical of how Shad rolls. It’s about his respect and love for intelligent, confident and ambitious women. “My mom
CD review taught me where to keep my heart/My aunts taught me how to sing two parts/My sister taught me how to parallel park/And tried to teach me math but she way too smart.” TSOL is an insightful collection of songs that inspires me to sing “Oh, Canada.”
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps PG13 12:30 4:00 6:50 9:45 Inception PG13 1:00 4:05 8:00 Toy Story 3 in 2D G 12:15 2:35 7:20 Takers PG13 4:55 9:40
Let Me In R 12:50 4:10 6:55 9:30 Despicable Me PG 12:20 2:35 4:50 7:05 9:20 The Switch PG13 12:55 7:00 Case 39 R 4:15 9:25
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Son Del Barrio, 10 p.m., $5 cover, The Brewhouse
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY
The Stumblers, blues/ rock, 10 p.m., $5, The Brewhouse
Hosty Duo, The Deli, 10:30 p.m.
Mama Sweet, 10:30 p.m., The Deli
Second Friday Circuit of Art, 6-10 p.m., various venues in Norman
Future Islands, Lonnie Walker, Kite Flying Robot, 9 p.m., $8, Opolis
Bungalouski, PaintThings, DJ Jesse Cole, The Hidden Castle, 9 p.m.
Red Dirt Drum Circle with Jahruba, 4:30 p.m., Sonder Music, Dance and Art, 225 E. Gray St.
SUNDAY
14 Mike Hosty solo, The Deli, 10:30 p.m. Travis Linville, 7:30 p.m., Sunday Night Jazz Concert, Santa Fe Depot, free, but donations accepted
MONDAY
15 Marc Cogman, singer/ songwriter, 7 p.m., Othello’s “Race to Nowhere” screening and discussion, Rupel Jones Theatre, 4:30-8:30 p.m., free
TUESDAY 16 Dave McDaniel, 10:30 p.m., The Deli Trivia night, 9 p.m., The Abner, 121 E. Main St.
Camille Harp with Christian Pearson, singer/songwriter, 7 p.m., Othello’s Soye, r&b/pop, 10 p.m., $5, The Brewhouse
20 Seth Glier with Ryan Hommel, Cornerstone Creek concerts, 7 p.m., $15, 1400 Sawgrass Drive, gpilant@gmail.com for reservations
Montu, 10:30 p.m., The Deli
Todd Canedy and Friends, jazz, 8 p.m., Othello’s
Belly dancing, Moe’s Hookah bar, 117 N. Crawford
Osage, classic rock, 10 p.m., $5 cover
“Diary of an Eccentric Architect,” shown at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 7 p.m.
Shearwater, Damien Jurado, 9 p.m., $14, Opolis
Bartok Sonata and Carmina Burana: A Collaboration of Music and Dance, 8 p.m., $8, Sharp Concert Hall
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey with Go Go Pumbay (non-smoking show), 10:30 p.m., The Deli Bartok Sonata and Carmina Burana: A Collaboration of Music and Dance, 8 p.m., $8, Sharp Concert Hall
17 Open Mic Night with Billy Hartless Band, 7-11 p.m., Hilltop Hideaway, 1105 N. Main in Noble Guestroom Records presents, 10:30 p.m., The Deli Emilio Amera exhibit, Jacobson House, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. Saturday, 609 Chautauqua Ave.
Belly dancing, Moe’s Hookah bar, 117 N. Crawford
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Standing Buffalo Gallery Holiday Art Show and Sale, 2-5 p.m., gallery, 106 E. Main St.
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Diva Dompe, 9 p.m., $12, Opolis
Anthony Nagid Jazz Quartet, jazz, 7 p.m., Othello’s
Travis Linville, 7-9 p.m., free show, The Deli
Beth Wood and Nathan Brown, 7 p.m., Santa Fe Depot, Winter Wind Series, $15 Bartok Sonata and Carmina Burana: A Collaboration of Music and Dance, 8 p.m., $3, Sharp Concert Hall Acappella concert, 6-8 p.m., Alameda Church of Christ, 801 E. Alameda, free
23 Easy Lovers, 10:30 p.m., The Deli Trivia night, 9 p.m., The Abner, 121 E. Main St. Bruce Goff: A Creative Mind, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., $5, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, free today
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THURSDAY 18 Karaoke, 7 p.m., Hilltop Hideaway, 1105 N. Main in Noble Off Boyd Jazz, Brandon White and the Essential, jazz/ American, 9 p.m., $5, The Brewhouse Lauren Deger hosts Open Mic night, 9 p.m., Othello’s
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Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Junebug Spade, 9 p.m., $10, Opolis Open Mic Night with Billy Hartless Band, 7-11 p.m., Hilltop Hideaway, 1105 N. Main in Noble Camille Harp, 10:30 p.m., The Deli