Photo Slideshow: Scott Hartman and Green Corn Revival play in Bricktown
I can easily say Green Corn Revival is the best band from Weatherford you’ll hear this year.
It makes a lot more sense to say the western rockers are one of the best local bands in the state.
With the help of ACM@UCO student Scott Hartman, both bands performed a free show in Bricktown on Thursday.
Here are a few shots from the show.
Make sure to check out the line-up for the Lower Bricktown concert series because there’s plenty more free shows this summer.
- Poppe
Photo Slideshow: Rascal Flatts at the OKC Arena
Rascal Flatts was all over the place Saturday night.
They rocked the OKC Arena and a TV special on ABC.
Click the slideshow to see the Flatts and opening acts Luke Bryan and Chris Young.
- Poppe
Photos: The Pretty Black Chains CD release weekend
The Pretty Black Chains caused quite the ruckus this weekend.
The Oklahoma City-based quartet performed to a sold out crowd at Cain’s Ballroom on Friday in support of The Smashing Pumpkins.
On Saturday, the band packed The Conservatory in Oklahoma City for its CD release.
Here are a few photos from the 20 hours I spent following the band around.
Now, to get some sleep.
-Poppe
Video: Sunday Lane singing “Find Your Way”
Tulsa native Sunday Lane met with me shortly after her EP release this summer and to film a song with her brother. I just got around to posting the results.
Lane goes to school in Florida so she won’t be playing in Oklahoma any time soon, but keep her on your radar. She has a lot of potential and she can sing without getting distracted by motorcycles.
Now that’s talent.
-Poppe
Photos: Blackwatch Studios hosts Norman concert series
Norman recording destination Blackwatch Studios invited local acts The Boom Bang and The Pretty Black Chains to play alongside Texas band The Burning Hotels. It’s definitely not the usual concert experience at The Deli, which is known for its local blues and country acts.
Regradless, it’s good to see Norman embracing Blackwatch which is becoming one of the most consistent music tastemakers in the state.
-Poppe
Video: Sugar Free Allstars performing in downtown Oklahoma City
I ganged up with the Oklahoma City kiddie band rockers Sugar Free Allstars shortly after FreeTulsa! to film a couple song off its latest release “Funky Fresh and Sugar Free.” Chris Wiser and Rob Martin invited several of their youngest fans to help out.
The duo received attention from Time’s website earlier this year in a photo essay detailing the top kid’s musicians in the country.
Let’s hope the Allstars never grow up too much.
-Poppe
Actor Bill Pullman loves making movies in Oklahoma
Actor Bill Pullman speaks at the Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club in southwest Oklahoma City, Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Pullman is in town working on the movie "Bringing Up Bobby". Photo by David McDaniel, The Oklahoman
This story ran in Thursday’s edition of The Oklahoman.
Bill Pullman is in love.
It’s not with actress Mary McDonnell who played alongside Pullman, 56, as the first lady in “Independence Day,” or Sandra Bullock’s character from the romantic comedy “While You Were Sleeping.”
He’s infatuated with Oklahoma.
Why else would the New York native actor take a break from his role in the Oklahoma film project “Bringing Up Bobby” on Wednesday morning to discuss his movie career with about 60 young listeners, ages 5 to 18, inside the boiling hot gymnasium at The Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club in southeast Oklahoma City?
Pullman answered dozens of questions ranging from his role as the space captain Lone Starr in “Spaceballs” to what it’s like to know Will Smith.
Pullman said production for the film wraps up on Aug. 14, but he’s eager to spend more time in Oklahoma.
“We’ve had good luck with lots of different locations,” Pullman said. “The great thing about Oklahoma City is that it’s a big city but it’s also kind of a small town, and you get to meet a lot of interesting people that have been very supportive of the movie.”
Pullman visited the Boys & Girls Club at the invitation of club program director Shaun Hunt, 28, who met Pullman at a house party in Nichols Hills last weekend.
Pullman said he doesn’t normally visit with new people when he’s busy making a movie.
“This is an interesting city… that has a great community spirit,” Pullman said. “And I thought that’s the kind of thing I only would hear about. I wondered if I would ever get the chance to see it.”
Besides visiting the south side of Oklahoma City, Pullman and the “Bringing Up Bobby” movie crew enjoyed a visit to Pops on Route 66, spent time inside the Round Barn in Arcadia and filmed near the twisted red sculpture in Leadership Square in downtown Oklahoma City.
In “Bringing Up Bobby,” Pullman plays an Oklahoman named Kent who accidentally hits Bobby (Spencer List) with a car and brings the child back to health with the help of Mary (Marcia Cross). Pullman said the inspiration to write the film came to director Famke Janssen after she spent time in Oklahoma visiting the family of her boyfriend at the time.
The film is the first directing job for Janssen. She is best known for her performances as the psychic mutant Jean Grey in the “X-Men” trilogy.
Pullman previously visited the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum to receive the Wrangler Award for his 2000 television movie “The Virginian.”
Last year at this time, Pullman was wrapping up his acting role in the film “The Killer Inside Me,” which was based on a novel penned by pulp writer and Anadarko native Jim Thompson.
Pullman said he thought Thompson was a very important writer and “The Killer Inside Me” was interesting because of its merciless and unnerving portrayal of a serial killer dealing with psychosis. The film has received backlash for its graphic violence toward its female characters.
Pullman said he remembered seeing the film for the first time at the Sundance Film Festival when it received boos.
“There are certain movies you do that just aren’t gabfests right away,” Pullman said. “I think it’s not good for everyone’s experience to immediately have to give back. You’re in turmoil, emotionally.”
Pullman was still processing what he saw on-screen and didn’t discuss the movie with the crowd after the film.
“I wish I hadn’t been there,” Pullman said.
But as the negative buzz relaxed, Pullman said he was glad to hear the film fared well at Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
“I was glad I was part of it,” Pullman said. “And I was glad Oklahoma made the movie.”
-Poppe
Photos: FreeTulsa! Day Two
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Photos: Day One of FreeTulsa!
The first day of FreeTulsa! had me missing the feeling of having thousands of people swarming the downtown streets of Tulsa like at DFest, but at least the local talent was there to play.
Mayola and BRONCHO easily were the festival’s highlights. Having only 30 minutes to put up their instruments, play a set and remove their equipment, these bands still managed to perform at a level that can be matched to national touring acts.
Incredible stuff.
Look out for more pictures from day two of the festival.
-Poppe
Photo Slideshow: Sunday Lane
Tulsa native Sunday Lane released her EP “Bring Me Sunshine.”
Lane has been playing around Tulsa this summer before she heads back to school Florida.
She has a great deal of talent, so make sure to look out for her next summer.
-Poppe
