Dfest update: Colourmusic kickoff party
Armed with a stage full of streamers and a surprsingly scuzzy sound, Colourmusic took stage at Tulsa’s Blank Slate. This show kicked off Dfest and it wasn’t a dissapointment. The venue was packed as Nic, Ryan and Colin were joined by Bryan Thompson of Mayola. Colin said it was freezing two hours before he started playing, but that was not the case once the men started playing. Pumping fists and soul-pounding guitar noise ensued.
Colourmusic at Blank Slate
George Lang and I caught Colourmusic before its show for an interview. Make sure to keep your eyes on newsok.com for that video and plenty more we plan on making. My secret weapon to approaching all these artists is…
Wristbands
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DFEST UPDATE: The Boom Bang release music video
DFEST IS ONLY 4 DAYS AWAY…
OKC garsurpunk (that’s garage, surf and punk put together) outfit The Boom Bang released a music video recently for the song “Tokyo Roll.” Make sure to check them at the Electric Circus at 7:10 p.m. on Friday at Dfest. Its tunes will in fact turn you into a zombie and rock you into submission until you are, in fact, a fully re-animated corpse. If you don’t believe me, give this a watch.
COUNTDOWN TO DFEST: Stillwater’s Other Lives join with headliner Delta Spirit
DFEST IS ONLY 9 DAYS AWAY…
Until DFest begins, I’ll be posting updates about as many artists as I can. The first update highlights a local band that joined a group of California folk rockers known as Delta Spirit.
In April, Stillwater’s Other Lives sang a few songs with Delta Spirit for the famous French blog Blogotheque. It turned out to be a wonderful combination. Try finding Other Lives frontman in every video. It’s like a very indie version of “Where’s Waldo.” He looks like this.
Jesse Tabish
Delta Spirit – People Turn Around from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Delta Spirit – Strange Vine from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
Delta Spirit – Trashcan from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.
MUSIC VIDEO: Weird Al “Skipper Dan”
I’ve always had a soft spot for Weird Al, but it’s odd to see him not singing a parody in this new song.
DVD REVIEW: “The Haunting in Connecticut”
I guess this is why they call it "throwing up."
2 stars out of 4
Nothing immediately scary comes to mind when thinking about Connecticut, but “The Haunting in Connecticut” tries to change that.
The horror film, based on true events, follows the Campbell family as it moves to an affordable and completely haunted Victorian house that’s close to a cancer treatment center.
Eldest son Matt Campbell (Kyle Gallner) has cancer, but he’s nowhere near as sick as the twisted history of his new home. After choosing to live in the basement (sigh), Gallner starts seeing things that go bump in the night and perform terrible rituals on the dead.
His hallucinations are possible side effects of his cancer treatment, so he tries to keep his visions to himself.
After enduring countless ghost sightings, a surprisingly convincing Gallner starts to freak out his family; most notably his mother (Virginia Madsen, who also gives a solid performance).
The most chilling problems occur because “Connecticut” gets lazier as it gets longer. It’s slow and predictable. The film is full of nauseating close-ups of corpses, which get old quickly.
Although some sequences can be intense, the film continually reuses the same scare scenarios. Flickering lightbulbs and games of hide-and-seek can only work so many times in one movie.
WORTH CHECKING OUT
Kyle Gallner stars as the freaked out son in “The Haunting in Connecticut.” Be ready to see him a lot soon. Not only will he be starring in the latest “Nightmare on Elm Street” translation, but also he will have a part in Diablo Cody’s (writer of “Juno”) latest film “Jennifer’s Body” with Megan Fox.
As if I didn’t have enough reasons to be afraid of girls … this film’s preview alone gives me at least two dozen more.
Something amazing to do on July 3
The Oklahoma City Museum of Arts is showing “In a Dream.” It’s a captivating documentary about artist Isaiah Zagar, who made a 50,000-square foot mural out of glass and tile. Basically, the film is an honest and artsy freakout. See for yourself below.
The film is showing at 5:30 p.m and 8 p.m. on Friday, July 3.
IN A DREAM: Extended Trailer from Herzliya Films on Vimeo.
TRAILER WATCH: “Spread”
Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) plays a Hollywood playboy with a voice that sounds so incredibly stuck up that I needed valet parking to merely watch the trailer below.
TOP FIVE most interesting ways Billy Mays pitched items
Pitchman Billy Mays died yesterday, but his entertaining commercials will live on in my brain forever. It’s mostly because he yelled at me so loudly, but also because his commercials were always creative. Here are five examples of how Billy Mays made his products more interesting than the stuff in your house.
5. Using an American flag in a wind tunnel (35 seconds into commercial)
4. Using a gardening tool to mix paint (1:12 into commercial)
3. Driving a drill straight into tile (36 seconds into commericial)
2. Embarrassing the same toilet brush twice (beginning and end of commercial)
1. Turning into a human washing machine (46 seconds into commercial)
New character photos from Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”
Photo by: ew.com
Photos from Tim Burton’s upcoming “Alice in Wonderland” film have surfaced. Johnny Depp is taking on the role of the Mad Hatter, who looks like a subdued Carrot Top. Anne Hathaway is playing the White Queen and Helena Bonham-Carter, Burton’s worldly love interest, is the Red Queen.
I’m hoping for something a step above Burton’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” which was the equivalent to a dozen dental cavities. USA Today gives you the chance to explore more photos of the film here. Check it out.
The saddest story ever told
Photo by: AP
No one should sorry for me when they read this.
I am generally an uncool person, but good things sometimes happen to everybody. For example, I was accidentally blessed with a very cool present last year. The iPhone had been out for a few months and somehow my mother put her name in a box and got drawn as a winner of the first generation iPhone. She’s generally terrified of technology more advanced than a game of Tetris, so I was presented with the iPhone.
When I held the phone I felt twice as interesting and twenty times as snobby as a Sharper Image store. That’s a good feeling because all I had to do was pull the phone out of my pocket and look bored. Automatically people would react to the phone. There was nothing to it.
However, that’s changed so much lately. The 3G came out, and I was mildly fazed. I thought Apple would be done releasing new things for a few years, but then today Apple releases the 3G S. It’s so slightly different that I need it more than anything.
I watched the 3G S commercial last night, looked at my now horribly dated phone and gave it a terrible, cold stare. I wanted to throw it over my backyard fence and forget about how it crossed me.
Don’t bother calling me to cheer me up because I use my phone as a coaster now.
