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pop Let the Graffiti come Blake Baldwin SK8 Park is about to see its first coat of graffiti art this weekend. And POP has the inside scoop of the upcoming event.

- 100 Thousand Poets - Q&A with Matt Barse

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THE DISH

by Kendall Brown

Fat girl and fat Norman

By Kendall Brown POP Editor

I’ve always had what my mother lovingly refers to as “child-birthing hips.” Large even as a child, I grew up hearing all of the euphimisms one uses to refer to fat — “big boned,” “pudgy” and “fullfigured” to name a few. I come from a family known for their large German women and their love of cooking, and my mother knew how to talk around the ‘f-word’ when it came to me.

My fifth grade classmates weren’t quite as kind, however, dubbing me the fat girl of the class and relegating me to the sidelines of school dances and skating rinks. Have you ever tried to shop for extralarge clothing in the junior section of a department store?

That special experience of my childhood convinced me that, were Dante around today, he’d reserve a level of his Hell for clothing designers.

So there I was, a fat 12year-old, growing up in the same society where we focus more on the size of Ophrah’s waistband than her career and where sex kittens built of rib bones and sugar-free Redbull sell Disney Channel clothing to grade schoolers.

Then, in the eighth grade, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease and in two months I dropped from 150 to 92 pounds. Disease or not, I was ecstatic. Here, now, was my chance to live life as only the skinny girls had experienced

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it.

How wrong I was. Because here’s what I learned when I went back to school in my brand new, skeletor-skinny form: being “fat” isn’t something that’s circumstantial.

No, here in America, “fat” is a scalding-hot brand that, once it’s been pressed to your forehead, is burned into your flesh forever. You cannot outrun it, and you certainly better not try to outlive it.

Television programming and clothing ads teach us that if a fat person has the audacity to lose weight, we have the right to discuss just how they lost it — and judge them no matter the answer. If you don’t believe me, try to remember the last time you talked about Kirstie Alley that it wasn’t related to her ever-fluctuating stomach. My classmates (and their parents) guessed everything from anorexia to a sudden case of AIDS. So that’s how my love-hate (heavy on the hate) relationship with my own body began. Sadly, although the details of my story might be different, it’s a theme that millions of American men, women and children have experienced. We live in a society where we warn teenage girls more about gaining the “freshman 15” than about rape statistics on college campuses. People here are so terrified of being fat they’re willing to risk “anal leakage” in order to get skinny. We teach, from the cradle on up, that if you’re fat you better not con-

sider yourself beautiful. If you’re fat, accept your spot at the back of photos, wear only dark clothing that hides your rolls and never, under any circumstance, love your body.

Afterall, corporate America doesn’t make money off of body acceptance. If you hate yourself, you’ll shell out big bucks to try to change yourself.

Maybe what needs to change, however, isn’t people’s bodies but their attitudes.

That’s where Fat Positive Norman and their event this past weekend, Voluptuously Vogue, come in. I never seen such a celebration of curves.

Men and women of all shapes and sizes coming together to celebrate the beauty of the human body. The models at the event posed, stretched out on couches and perched on stools, not in ignorance of their fat, but in blissful celebration of it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a sight more beautiful, people more beautiful.

So which side of the skinny-fat spectrum am I landing on nowadays? Well, at 168 pounds and a curvy size 12 (what American Apparel considers an extra-large) I’d definitely have to say I’m fat. And I’ve never felt more beautiful than I do now. I’m a card carryiing member of Fat Positive Norman. Eat it, corporate America.

Go online (http://tntne.ws/fatpositive), to see some of our Fat Positive experience videos.

D ESSERT

Dara Marie’s Bakery Darla Rottschaefer nominated the frosted sugar cookies from Dara Marie’s Bakery as her favorite dessert in Norman this week. Said Rottschaefer: “I love the frosted sugar cookies from Dara Marie’s Bakery! I get them as a treat for myself or I will buy them as gifts. They are delicious!” Dara Marie’s cookies are $.99 apiece, $5.49 for a half-dozen or $10.99 for a dozen. The bakery is located at 1420 N. Porter Ave. The Dish is a weekly feature dedicated to reader suggestions on Norman’s culinary highlights. Next week’s category: sandwich — who makes your favorite? To nominate, email pop@normantranscript.com.

Ta b l e o f C o n t e n t s

Music reviews, 4 100 Thousand Poets, 5 Let the Graffiti come, 6-7 Q&A with Matt Barse, 8 Movies, 9 Social Calendar, 10 Book reviews, 11

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Brick Fields builds a worshipful house of blues

Runaway with some good bluegrass

Byron Berline Band “Runaway” Double Stop Music (2011)

Brick Fields “Gospel Blue” Self-Released Brick Fields is the multi-instrumental husband and wife team of Rachel Brick (vocals) and Larry Brick (guitars). On this disc they’re also backed by a full band.

Brick Fields is based in Eureka Springs, Ark., one of the funkiest little ‘burgs’ in America. Brick Fields’ sound combines gospel with the kind of gut bucket blues found in sin-soaked gin joints and reflects to a degree the contradictions in their town.

Overlooking Eureka Springs with its long-standing tolerance for homosexuality, rowdy saloons and assorted daily debauchery is the 67 foot tall Christ of the Ozarks statue. When Rachel “Fields” Brick sings “I’m hopelessly addicted to you/ God knows…” on

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track 4, it’s apparent she’s not referring to the temporary comfort of heroin but there’s still a measure of dissonance, especially with Casey Terry’s hot saxophone wailing lewdly behind her.

Brick’s vocals on “How Long” have a steamy lasciviousness that’s not cooled by lyrics that are ostensibly longing for the Rapture. It’s not difficult to imagine a more worldly rapture rocking through this song.

“Go On With The Soul” is another slow burner that combines a torrid sax solo and intricate guitar with the lady’s gently powerful pipes.

Brick Fields is a brick house of blues with a steeple on top.

— Doug Hill

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Looking for a collection of fun, engaging bluegrass music with an emphasis on rock standards presented with plenty of fiddle, mandolin and traditional instrumentation?

Well, you’re in luck. Long-time fiddle player Byron Berline, an absolute Oklahoma treasure and living legend has recently released a wonderful disc of 16 tunes titled “Runaway” and the tracks the six-piece Byron Berline Band range from original instrumentals to a peppier cover of The Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses,” first recorded by Berline’s old pal and Flying Burrito, Gram Parsons, who died in 1973. In fact, a song here, “Farther Along,” was performed at the funeral of Byrd Clarence White, which Berline and Parsons attended, and just a few months before Parsons’s untimely passing.

Based in Guthrie, Berline has played with all the greats. In a recent interview I conducted with, Berline told me about playing and recording with bluegrass legend Bill Monroe to members of The Byrds and other Laurel Canyon bands from the 60’s and 70’s. He’s done it all and with “Runaway,” the songs flow almost effortlessly.

Berline sings some of the tracks as does Greg Burgess (fiddle/guitar) and Jim Fish (guitar). John Hickman plays banjo, the bassist is Richard Sharp and Steve Short is on drums. A fine collection of musicians if there ever was one.

“Heart Full Of Soul,” made into a hit in

1965 by The Yardbirds, Berline and company turn this melancholy classic – using an acoustic guitar to echo that Jeff Beck-played sitar-like guitar riff on the original. And the pace on this one is a little faster and the Gregorian chantesque backing “oh, oh, oh”’s are intact. A real beauty of a song.

Also from ’65 was “Run For Your Life,” a dark and underrated Beatles song from “Rubber Soul” which Berline and band have fun with. It’s also a song that translates well into bluegrass, interestingly enough.

And while we’re looking at their covers of mid-60’s stuff, I have to note their cover of “Last Train to Clarksville,” the peppy, jangly tune made a huge hit in ’66 by The Monkees.

Berline has a nice mandolin solo on this one.

In the liner notes, Berline notes that he is friends with Monkee Michael Nesmith and “that we used to make country records together when we lived in L.A..” Very cool!

Other highlights are “Hello Mary Lou,” the old Ricky Nelson tune, a swell cover of Chuck Berry’s “Memphis” and a dynamite cover of Jack and Woody Guthrie’s “Oklahoma Hills.”

And just as a side note, the Byron Berline Band is performing each night of the Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival starting Sept. 29 in Guthrie. For more information visit www.oibf.com.

— Andrew W. Griffin

100 Thousand Poets

Photo by Faith Awuor

Awuor was one of non-profit organization Maisha Arts and Cultural Camp’s (MACC) Kenyan students. MACC will be participating in 100 Thousand Poets for Change along with several other groups.

100 Thousand Poets unite for change

By Kendall Brown POP Editor

Norman will experience the winds of change Saturday when local group Outlaw Poets host community activist event 100 Thousand Poets for Change. The event, slated to run from 2 until 10 p.m. at Downtown Sound, 115 S. Crawford Ave, will bring together some of the largest non-profit movements in the area for a day of awareness and activism. The event is being held in conjunction with 100 Thousand Poets for Change events happening around the world on the same day.

“100 Thousand Poets for Change in Norman is an exorcism of fear and helplessness, held in solidarity with over 450 communities in 95 countries

around the world,” Norman 100 Thousand Poets organizer Zakk Flash said. “We're gathering in the heart of Norman to celebrate an After-The-End-ofThe-World Party: the resurrection of true grassroots hope, the continual rebirth of our community, and communion with the holy spirit of sustainability.”

Flash first found out about the 100 Thousand Poets for Change movement while he was touring as a poet this summer. While he was performing in Washington, Diamond Dave Whitaker, one of the original beat poets, turned him onto it.

“And thus began the process of planting lightning in our fair city,” Flash said. “Norman is teeming with underground, progressive action. Its my sincere hope that this event will both shine a light upon all groups involved and act as

cross-pollination. We’re stronger united as a movement than we could be as individual actors.”

That’s what the movement is all about — uniting individual activists, with individual passions, into one movement for the greater good. The event on Saturday will feature organizations working in a broad spectrum of efforts, with everything from local food cooperatives to organizations working internationally.

“Each organization involved has something to offer,” Flash said. “Critical Mass...brings alternative modes of transport to the attention of the gasguzzling. The Oklahoma Food Cooperative sings the gospel of sustainability by bringing Oklahoman goods to Oklahoma tables. Third Space Library supports community involvement in radical action.

I've also asked for participation from Wishing Well and Maisha Arts and Cultural Camp because it is essential to remember that we are a global community and both of these organizations epitomize that fact.”

The event will be come-and go, with several speakers spaced throughout the day. In addition, local documentary “Women Behind Bars” will be screened during the day. Many of the directors of the participating organizations said that they are excited to participate in the event and be surrounded by fellow activists. One of the participating organizations, Wishing Well, which opperates internationally, will speak to the other attending activists about harnessing creativity for good.

“Creative events like this are at the heart of Wishing Well,”

Wishing Well founder and president Ryan Groves said. “We are speaking to the community about how creativity can change the world. Wishing Well is a prime example of that and we hope that we are able to ignite others’ creative sparks on Saturday.”

Flash said that, ultimately, the event hinges on community involvement, and that the organizers hope to see Normanites out in droves to participate.

“I expect to see each and every one of your beautiful faces at the party,” Flash said.

“Bring a poem, song, or story to share. Wear pajamas, a bunny disguise, formal wear or the costume of the person you’ll be five years from now. Keep your coins, folks; we’re asking for real change.”

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Let the Graff

By Kendall Brown POP Editor

This Sunday a group of graffiti artists will descend upon Norman, cans of spray paint in hand. For an entire day, the paint will be flying as a piece of Norman becomes covered in the bright, graphic styling of these artists.

Don’t worry, however, because it’s all legal.

That’s thanks to an event being sponsored by the Norman Public Arts Board, the Norman Arts Council and the city with an endorsement by the Parks Board. The event is called CRE8 ‘n SK8 (Create and Skate) and will run at the Blake Baldwin SK8 Park, located at Andrews Park, 201 W. Daws. The skate park will be closed Saturday in preparation for the event and to allow for coats of primer paint to be applied, and then the artwork will begin early the next morning, with the event opening up to the public at 10 a.m. until approximately 7 p.m.

The legal graffiti project, unique to Norman, is the brainchild of local tattoo artist Andy Jacobs. Jacobs said that the idea for the project was inspired by public art he had seen before moving to Norman.

“When I lived in Rapid City, S. D., they had a portion of the downtown alley that was blocked off for an art alley,” Jacobs said. “They got permission from the owners of the buildings and the city to put up any artwork they wanted in the alley, from sculpture to brush paint to spray paint to

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wallpaper — all kinds of different ideas. You would turn into the alley and it was just this cacophony of color and visions and levels and heights. It was really interesting.”

A 2-D artist at heart, having worked in tattoos, cartoons, air brushing and other forms of art, Jacobs did not lose the itch to paint graffiti murals when he moved to Norman. So he began to search for legal ways to satisfy the urge, and when he met Sara Kaplan, of the Native Roots Market, an idea began to take form.

“In November I met Sara, who is on the Public Arts Board, and I told her I thought it would be fun to do a graffiti mural project at the skate park,” Jacobs said. “Over the next five or six months whenever we ran into each other at different public events we would chat about it. Then in May she called me and said she’d talked to some people and said it looked like we were going to be able to do it.”

Originally, Jacobs considered bidding the project as a solo undertaking, but quickly decided that wasn’t the route he wanted to take.

“I just decided there’s two ways to go with the project,” Jacobs said.

“Either I bid the project to do a mural and I have to do it all myself, and have to commission, buy and recruit volunteers to help create my vision, which doesn’t always go well, especially when you’re working with artists, who want to do their own stuff. Or I do what I can do on my own, and invite others to participate, and then it becomes something larger than myself.”

Jacobs and Kaplan began to work together to secure a group of talented artists for the event that would bring diverse styles to the project but also stay within community-friendly parameters for their artwork. All of the artists have graffiti-friendly styles, and many of them have worked in mural form before, but may not have had an opportunity like this before, where the art form is sanctioned and embraced by the city and community as a whole.

“Although we call it a graffiti project because it’s a graffiti art style, technically graffiti is illegal vandalism, and because we have a sanctioned space, it’s not illegal vandalism,” Jacobs said.

“It gives these guys an opportunity that a lot of people don’t have. Some of these guys have worked in situations where they were doing quality artwork, but it wasn’t in a sanctioned spot. So for real graffiti artists to have a spot where it’s legal for them to put up their work and to have the paint supplied to them so they don’t have to fund it is a real incentive to come participate.”

Kaplan agrees that the project is a great way to offer artists a chance to express themselves legally and said that the hope is that the project may cut down on some of the illegal forms.

“Graffiti is an art form, but it’s usually an illegal art form,” Kaplan said.

“We thought that maybe if we gave some of these artists a legal way to display their artwork, it would kind of help curtail some of the illegal, unwanted Graffiti in the city.”

fiti come Along with the professional artists, as well as give other up-andthe public is encouraged to particicoming artists an opportunity.” pate in the painting, and sections of The CRE8 n SK8 crew will the skate park will be designated for also show off their Graffitianyone in the community to come style artwork in an add their touch, too. For anyone that indoor, gallery setdoesn’t feel comfortable enough with ting soon, for a can of spray paint to freehand, the those artists will have stencils prepared so that that anyone, even young children, will will be able to add their touch to the be project. They will also have a special unable commemorative 2011 CRE8 n SK8 to make it stencil that, for a small donation, out on Sunday. people will be able to spray on TAlthough the date for shirts that they bring with them so the show is as of yet that everyone can take a little piece undecided, Jacobs said of the event home with them. In he hopes it will be ready addition, the crew will be selling rafby either October or fle tickets for a chance to win a speNovember’s 2nd Friday cial skate backpack, with the drawing Circuit of Art event. to be done at 4 p.m. on Sunday. All “We have a handful of proceeds from the T-shirt donations photographers and a videogand raffle ticket sales will go directly rapher that are going to help back to the Public Arts Board to help document and commemorate the fund future projects like this. event and the work, so when it’s Jacobs said that he hopes that finished we’re going to have both those future projects will include finished and in-progress artwork that more graffiti-style projects like this we’re going to hang in Dreamer one.

Concepts gallery for a weekend “What I’d like to do, ideally, is if show,” Jacobs said. “We’ll have the the event goes well this time, that artists there to talk about their work every year we’d redo it and make it and promote their work and promote an annual event in which we’d come themselves.” out and redo it from the ground up For more information, call the every time,” Jacobs said. “That way, Norman Arts Council at 360-1162. you give the artists Make sure to check out our site who started this (http://tntne.ws/cre8nsk8) to see our year an opportunity to do more stuff great videos for the event, before and and show more after. work in the future

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The participating artists have been given fairly open parameters for their individual contributions to the project, although a theme of extreme skateboarding and skating has been discussed. Jacobs said the biggest thing is to make sure it is all community and family friendly, so no nudity, no political or religious statements, no gang-related signs and no violence. The CRE8 n SK8 crew is also prepared in the eventuality of someone coming along and adding their own inappropriate graffiti to the project after the city-sanctioned mural is complete on Sunday. They will monitor the artwork from here on out in case that happens.

“When I bid this project, I have a good friend of mine, Todd Jenkins, who is an artist at The Crucible and skates at the skate park almost every day that he works at The Bronze Foundry, so he’s got his fingers on the pulse of the kids that skate at that park,” Jacobs said. “So I asked him if he would help me to monitor it and we’re hoping to have a handful of paint left over so that if something inappropriate does happen after the event, we can go back and clean it up pretty easily. That’s one of the reasons we’re using Montana paint, because it’s specifically for Graffiti use. It’s designed to not be able to be cleaned off, as opposed to Krylon and the cheap spray paint you buy at Wal-mart, so theoretically somebody could take a cheaper form of spray paint, spray over the stuff we put up, and we could just soap and bubble it off and still keep what we have.”

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This week POP was able to connect with local filmmaker Matt Barse. Barse is a veritable ‘jack of all trades’ when it comes to filmmaking, having worked as a director, writer, producer, editor and cinematographer on several different projects. Most recently, he completed a film titled “I Said I would Never Paint that Way Again”, which Barse managed to fund through a successful online Kickstarter campaign. When talking to Barse, it’s easy to see that he lives, eats and breathes filmmaking, and his dedication to the craft is evident in his work.

Q: Can you describe your work for us?

A: It’s kind of all over the place. I really enjoy horror movies, and I enjoy making them, but my body of work has really focused on the human condition, relationships and why people end up where they do. I enjoy and relish in the visual aesthetic of horror movies I live and breathe it. But human relationships, be it a close intimacy between lovers or peeps just hanging out, I love documenting that on screen.

Q: Tell us about your film, “I Said I Would Never Paint That

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Matt Barse Way Again.”

A: The film tells the unique story of five American Indian artists who have pooled their talents with the intention of inspiring wellness among American Indians and others. Formed in 2007 they have become known as the Urban Indian 5. The group has been capturing the attention of an ever expanding audience. They have had showings at the University of South Dakota, Chi Gallery in Oklahoma City, and the Southern Plains Indian Museum in Anadarko. They have also been featured at the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic’s Red Feather Gala and appeared in the national publication Native Peoples and locally in Oklahoma City Downtown Monthly and the Oklahoma Gazette .

But there's so much more. This is a film of hope and of change.

The artists are Gerald Cournoyer (Lakota), Brent Greenwood (Chickasaw/Ponca), Shan Goshorn (Eastern Band Cherokee), Thomas Poolaw (Kiowa) and Holly Wilson (Delaware/Cherokee).

Q: What drives you to create?

A: My dad’s a writer, and he tells

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me he writes “fact based fiction.”

He bases his works on experiences he’s seen or either gone through.

And that’s kind of how I work with movies. I was actually called out on my latest short, I let my ex-girlfriend read the script, and she replied almost immediately and said, “Wow, that sounded a lot like us when we broke up.” I didn’t realize I was documenting our break up, and if you watch the movie, I know, at least, that’s not how things went down, but I guess I take elements that I see and hear and put that into the movie. A lot of it is me, some if it is what I see and hear, and it just goes from there.

Q: Why choose film as your medium?

A: Movies are a big part of my family. My cousin quoted “The Princess Bride” at her sisters wedding. (Mawwige. Mawwige is what brings us togetha.) Our holidays end up with us deciding what movie we end up seeing. I’ve lived and breathed movies as long as I can remember. The movies that inspired me as a kid where “Time Bandits”, “Escape from New York,” and “On Golden Pond”. I would watch those religiously. Each of those flicks had something that struck me, and I think at that young age, four, I wanted to do what those filmmakers where doing.

Q: What’s your process like?

A: I don’t know. I was in Wal-

Mart the other day just trying to by some groceries, and I had and idea

for three movies, just by watching if work sucks, if you’re having a bad peeps in there! I basically take what day —just look at the big picture. happens to me on a day to day Don’t focus on the negative things. basis and the ideas come from there. It goes back to my dad talkQ: What’s next for you?

A: We’re submitting “Lovely ing about writing fact based fiction.

I like looking for the truth in people, Day” to film festivals, and finishing the documentary “I Said I Would why they make the decisions they Never Paint This Way Again.” make, why they choose to be who their with. Relationships fascinate Q: What influences and inspires me, why they work, why they don’t you? work.

A: Life inspires me. When I leave I tend to cut movies to music, it's to go outside everyday, I’m inspired. just how I've always worked. Music Walking in Wal-mart inspires me. is so important, Driving down the and I've been street inspires me. lucky to work Matt’s Favorites People interacting with a ton of Before going to screenwith each other local musicians ings: Henry Hudson’s inspire me. I’m all who have lent Eat at: BJ’s about the human their music to my Play at: Mr. Bills condition. movies, such as Late night: Louie’s Klipspringer, Em Website: www.lowdownQ: What are you and the entertainment.com favorite books?

MotherSuperiors Check out: POP’s A : It’s not a and Falcon Fivevideo choice for Barse at O. http://tntne.ws/mattbarse book, but I’m a big fan of comic books.

“Silver Surfer” is Q: Did you pretty much me on always want to be the printed page. For those of you an artist?

A: I heard a song when I was in not familiar with the Silver Surfer, he's this guy who was granted costhe third grade, and I was trying to mic powers, and through the use of imagine how that would fit into a movie. From that moment, I knew I his surf board, he travels all over space and gets into adventures. He's wanted to be a filmmaker. a very contemplative fellow, observing and commenting on all that he Q: What are your goals as an sees. He has relationship troubles, artist?

A: My goals as an artist is I want just like everyone else, and I guess I really relate to the natural things people to realize there’s a bigger picture out there. If things are bad, that happen to him.

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50/50 Next week:

Sept. 30: 50/50 Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen and Anne Kendrick.

Rated: R What Jeff says: Seth Rogen in a film about cancer. Cancer is funny...right? Right?

Coming soon In two weeks Oct. 7: Real Steal Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly, Kevin Durand and Dakota Goyo Rated: PG-13

New Releases • Abduction — A thriller centered on a young man who sets out to uncover the truth about his life after finding his baby photo on a missing persons website. PG-13 (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Dolphin Tale — A story centered on the friendship between a boy and a dolphin whose tail was lost in a crab trap.

PG. (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Killer Elite — When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service is forced into action.

His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader. R. (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Moneyball — The story of Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball club on a budget by employing computergenerated analysis to draft his players. PG-13. (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14)

Also Showing • Bad Teacher — A comedy centered around a foul-mouthed, junior high teacher who, after being dumped by her sugar daddy, begins to woo a colleague -- a move that pits her against a well-loved teacher. R. (Robinson Crossing) • The Change-Up — A comedy in which a married father accidentally switches bodies with his best friend, leading to a series of wildly complex difficulties. R. (Robinson Crossing) • Contagion — An actionthriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. PG-13.

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Spotlight 14) • Cowboys and Aliens — A spaceship arrives in Arizona, 1873, to take over the Earth, starting with the Wild West region. A posse of cowboys are all that stand in their way. PG-13 (Robinson Crossing) • Drive — A Hollywood stunt performer who moonlights as a wheelman discovers that a contract has been put on him after a heist gone wrong. R. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Final Destination 5 — Survivors of a suspension-bridge collapse learn there's no way you can cheat Death. R. (Robinson Crossing) • The Help — A look at what happens when a southern town's unspoken code of rules and behavior is shattered by three courageous women who strike up an unlikely friendship. PG-13 (Warren Theatre, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Horrible Bosses — Three friends conspire to murder their awful bosses when they realize they are standing in the way of their happiness. R. (Robinson Crossing) • I Don’t Know How She Does It — A comedy centered on the life of Kate Reddy, a finance executive who is the breadwinner for her husband and two kids.. PG-13. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Lion King — Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King. G. (Warren Theatres, Hollywood Spotlight 14) • Rise of the Planet of the Apes — An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in

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NINE NIGHTS IN NORMAN 24 SAT

MUSIC

23 FRI 8 p.m. — Himalaya Naad: Mountain Music of North India, Sharp Concert Hall 10 p.m. — The Del Toros, The Brewhouse, $5 TBA — Hosty Duo, The Deli

TBA — Jared Valouch, The Brewhouse, Free TBA — Saucy Gentlemen’s Club, The Deli OKC: 8 p.m. — Grand Opening Night feat. James Ehnes, OKC Civic Center Music Hall

25 SUN TBA — Mike Hosty Solo, The Deli

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FILM & LIT, PERFORMING ARTS V I S U A L A R T S

27 TUE 8 p.m. — OU Symphony Orchestra, Sharp Concert Hall 9 p.m. — Friends of Music Reception, Gothic Hall TBA — Captain Comfy, The Deli

28 WED

29 THU

TBA — The Dirty River Boys, The Deli

7 p.m. — Why? and Serengeti, Opolis, $15/$17 7 p.m. — Camille Harp, The Deli, Free 8 p.m. — University Jazz Jam, The Brewhouse, Free 10 p.m. — Aaron Squirrel, The Deli

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9 p.m. — Electric Six, Kitten and Mark Mallman, Opolis, $15/$17

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12 p.m. — Tuesday Noon Concert Series: Dolores Leffingwell Voice Studio, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Free

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OFF BEAT

7 p.m. — Travis Linville, The Deli, Free 10 p.m. — The Damn Quails, The Deli

8 a.m. — Jacobson House Powwow Singers, OU Pittman Hall

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8 a.m. — Farmers Market, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Free pop pick

2 p.m. — 100 Thousand Poets for Change, Downtown Sound, Free

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7 p.m. — “Open Score by Robert Rauschenberg”, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, Free 8 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre OKC: 7:30 p.m.

— The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre 8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre

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3 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre

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10 a.m. — Cre8 n Sk8, Blake Baldwin Skate Park at Andrews Park, Free

Friday, Sept, 23, 2011

8 p.m. — Jacobson House Pow Wow Singers, Sharp Concert Hall 9 p.m. — Yellow Fever and Brother Bear, Opolis, $8/$10

8 a.m. — Farmers Market, Cleveland County Fair Grounds, Free 4 p.m. — Mel Chin: Among Others, College of Architecture Joe & Jane Buskuhl Gallery, Free

1:30 p.m. — Neustadt Fesitval of International Literature and Culture, Norman Depot 8 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre

TBA — John Calvin with special guests, The Brewhouse, Free

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TBA — Satan’s Camaro Closing Reception, Lightwell Gallery, Free

6:30 p.m. — Cinematic Artists of Norman Birthday Party, MAINSITE Contemporary Gallery, Free 7:30 p.m. — Neustadt Fesitval of International Literature and Culture, Norman Depot

1 SAT

TBA — My So Called Band, The Deli

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2 p.m. — Ghislain d’Humiéres, Rauschenberg Print Exhibition Guided Tour, Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 7 p.m. — Indie Movie Night, Michelangelo’s, Free 8 p.m. — Secret Garden, Sooner Theatre 11 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre OKC: 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. — The Last Night of Ballyhoo, OKC Civic Center CitySpace Theatre

30 FRI

OKC: 7 p.m. — 12x12 Art Fundraiser for the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition, 50 Penn Place, $30/$35

9 a.m. — 8 p.m. — Neustadt Fesitval of Dracula, Rupel J. International Jones Theatre Literature and Culture, Norman Depot 8 p.m. — Dracula, Rupel J. Jones Theatre

OKC: 7 p.m. — Lyric Theatre’s Broadway Ball 2011, Skirvin Hilton Hotel

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OKC: 7 p.m. — 2011 Bar Wars benefiting Team Kenya, Individual Artists of Oklahoma gallery, $20

Photo Walk

literature

Let’s think and get rich “ What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” Napoleon Hill The famous self-help book, “Think and Grow Rich” was originally written during the great depression in 1937. Famous steel magnate Andrew Carnegie made a suggestion to author Napoleon Hill to refine the 16 principles loosely defined in Hill’s earlier work “The Law of Success” into a more concise 13. As a result, “Think and Grow Rich” and the 13 principles outlined within became Hill’s most resounding success, selling more than twenty million copies before his death in 1970 and establishing him as one of the founders, pioneers and earliest successful producers of the “personal-success” genre.

For Hill’s research, he interviewed, catalogued and anyalyzed the success stories of over five hundred business men and women, most of them millionaires, so that he could develop and define their formula for success in their given fields. “Think and Grow Rich” focuses on how achievement actually occurs and developing an equation which any common person can apply to his/her life to achieve success in any field, monetary or otherwise.

The version I actually came across in the last week rendered the self-help model for success book into the popular, easy to ingest form of the graphic novel.

Illustrated by the simplistic but effective artist Joe Flood, it’s a very informative read for the amount of time it takes to take the volume in. While it might take

you a day or so to intake the principles set forth in the original form of the self-improvement guide the graphic novel version can be taken in and absorbed in far less time.

Working through the volume at a decent pace I got through the graphic novel version in slightly less than an hour, and gleaned a large amount of information from the seventy-fouryear-old literary model for success.

While I can’t say that I completely agree with this noholds-barred and very “The Secret”-like formula for the achievement of financial and overall success, I will say that the graphic novel delivery Joe Flood has created here from Napoleon Hill’s classic selfhelp work is quite effective. I feel like even though I am not privy to the contents of the original work that I have a firm grasp on the principles that were held within.

The illustrations are crisp , clean and easy to interpret, and each of the panels convey a specific and important principle of the “Think and Grow Rich” philosophy.

It’s an interesting interpretation of the self-help book, and I can definitely get behind the graphic novel format as it gets a great deal of information across in a short amount of time. So, while I might not agree with the personal philosophies of “Think and Grow Rich” I can definitely get behind the method of delivery. The graphic novel is a format that far too many take for granted, and I think that “Think and Grow Rich” is an excellent example of the formats worth.

— Levi Lee

New York Times Best Sellers 1. THE HELP, by Kathryn Stockett. (Penguin Group.) A young white woman and two black maids in 1960s Mississippi.

2. KILL ME IF YOU CAN, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little, Brown.) When a young man finds a bag of diamonds, he gets the attention of the Ghost, a major assassin, and a rival assassin who wants the Ghost gone forever.

3. THE MILL RIVER RECLUSE, by Darcie Chan.

(Darcie Chan.) Only one man knows an abused widow, which revealed will change many lives in her small Vermont town.

4. BLIND FAITH, by CJ Lyons. (Legacy.) A woman finds no closure after a man is executed for the murder of her husband and son.

5. MILE 81, by Stephen King.

(Scribner.) Unsuspecting drivers wind up dead after pulling into a boarded-up rest stop on a Maine highway.

6. 1105 YAKIMA STREET,

by Debbie Macomber. (Mira.)

Bruce Peyton’s pregnant wife has left him, and he’s not the only one in town with problems; the 11th book of the Cedar Cove series.

7. THE ABBEY, by Chris Culver. (Chris Culver.) Against orders, a former homicide detective begins an investigation into his niece 8. DARK PREDATOR, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley.) A master executioner who has had a long and savage journey returns home to Peru; a Carpathian novel.

9. THE RACE, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.

(Penguin Group.) It is 1910 and the age of flying machines is still in its infancy. Detective Isaac Bell’s new adventure is taking off.

10. ENVY, by J.R. Ward.

(Penguin Group.) As the son of a serial killer, the homicide detective Thomas DelVecchio Jr. atones for his father’s sins while fighting his own inner demons.

POP Staff On Saturday, Oct.1 and Sunday, Oct. 2, the City of Norman and the Norman Arts Council will host Norman’s Worldwide Photo Walk from 4 until 7 p.m. beginning at the MAINSITE Contemporary Art. “2011 is the 4th year for the international event organized by Photoshop software guru Scott Kelby, but this is the first year Norman has hosted a walk,” said Erinn Gavaghan, Executive Director of Norman Arts Council. “A Photowalk is a fun, social event where photographers of all experience

levels spend two hours walking around a designated area shooting pictures of anything that interests them and having fun with other photographers. After the walk, all participants are invited to submit their favorite shots from the walk to the Norman Photowalk Flickr site to be considered for the city’s official submittal to the Worldwide Photowalk competition.”

For more information, visit www.worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/normanok-united-states-downtown/ where you can also sign up to participate in the Photo Walk.

Welcome Satan’s Camaro POP Staff Artists Justin Strom and Lenore Thomas will visit the University of Oklahoma School of Art and Art History starting next week as the collaborative team, Satan’s Camaro.

The visit will coincide with their exhibition of screenprinted work entitled Medieval Techno Show, which will be on view in the Lightwell Gallery from September 30 through October 21. Strom and Thomas will give a free public lecture at 4 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 29, in the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art Auditorium and an opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, September 30, in the Lightwell Gallery of the School of Art & Art History.

“Screen-printing has been the backbone of the OU print department for over three decades,” associate printmaking professor Curtis Jones said. “Having a collaborative duo of contemporary printmakers working in the medium will display how this process is still current and being uti-

lized by artist's today.”

Strom is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking and Digital Imaging at the University of Maryland-College Park.

Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the University of Pittsburgh.

The artists’ said their cooperation allows them to “make work that, at its most basic, involves opposites. We often speak of the work in extremes like Slayer versus My Little Pony as a means to explain how we are thinking when we create these pieces.” Music, art, vintage cars as well as popular culture are just a few of Satan’s Camaro’s influences.

Their meshing together of ideas helps to create a collection of work that is, in the artists’ words, “Slayer meets Stereolab, Halo meets Super Mario Brothers and Skeletor meets My Little Pony.”

The University of Oklahoma’s Lightwell Gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is located on the second floor of the Fred Jones Art Center, 520 Parrington Oval, in the OU Arts District.

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