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Headline: Gamer dies in Internet cafe...and no one notices From the story -- Rong-yu died at his computer while playing League of Legends . But that's not even the bad news. No, the bad news is that, horrifyingly, no one at the Internet cafe noticed. When a waitress finally spotted him, he had been dead for nearly nine hours. ...
Oklahoma Lefty - 5:10 p.m.
Roseanna Barr is running for President . Specifically she is running to be the Green Party nominee. From the story -- The actress-comedian said in a statement that she's a longtime supporter of the party and looks forward to working with people who share her values. She said the two major parties aren't serving the American people. "The Democrats and Republicans have proven that th...
Oklahoma Lefty - 4:01 p.m.
Interviews of Oklahomans who are concerned about the drum beat preparing Americans for war against Iran. Calling themselves "Americans Against the Next War," the group held a rally for peace in... ...
Mainstream Baptist - 12:28 p.m. - 9 clicks 
Doesn't taking scripture literally deny the poetics ofdivinity? To say that the book of Genesis is a literal transcription, nota beautiful metaphor for the infinite process still ongoing, is heresy for thispoet. If the Bible, for instance, is literal, metaphor goes out the window.Because how can you separate the literal 6 days from the various chapters ofostensible poetry? And who choo...
Oklahoma Lefty - 6:01 a.m.
1. “No Division” by HotWater Music (from No Division) 2. “True Believers”by Hot Water Music (from The Bouncing Souls / Hot Water Music Split ) 3. “Goodbye Again” byLucero (from 1372 Overton Park) 4. “The Weight ofGuilt” by Lucero (from Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers) 5. “Sink, Florida ,Sink” by Against Me! (from As the Eternal Cowboy) 6.&nb...
Oklahoma Lefty - 5:04 a.m.
Listen - strange animals, lying in trees, distributing shadows, is no basis for a system of weather prediction. I mean if I went around saying I was a meterologist just because some furry rodent threw his shadow at me, they'd put me away. True weather prediction derives from a mandate from science, not from some farcical mammalian ceremony. ...
Sinister - Thu 2:28 p.m.
Hype is helium: the monatomic force that causes a cultural product to exceed its normal boundaries, float upward, and crowd out everything around it. Hype works when an artist or art work hits an already partially exposed common nerve, setting off a mass discussion about issues that go far beyond whatever product started the chatter. Sometimes what's left behind after hype turns out to matter a ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Thu 1:48 p.m.
(Will Oklahoma progressives get shut out of the political debate this legislative session? What type of progressive political agenda, if any, could be successful? In posts this week, Okie Funk is giving its preview of the 2012 Oklahoma Legislature.) Let me start with the caveat that the record is clear that I do NOT support any cut to the state income tax right now because such a cut, eve...
Okie Funk - Thu 11:07 a.m. - 11 clicks
(Will Oklahoma progressives get shut out of the political debate this legislative session? What type of progressive political agenda, if any, could be successful? In posts this week, DocHoc is giving his preview of the 2012 Oklahoma Legislature.) Let me start with the caveat that the record is clear that I do NOT support any cut to the state income tax right now because such a cut, even if i...
Blue Oklahoma - Thu 11:07 a.m. - 10 clicks
1. “Great Expectations”by The Gaslight Anthem (from The ’59 Sound) 2. “Angry Johnny andthe Radio” by The Gaslight Anthem (from Sink or Swim) 3. “Dead Man Shake”by Grandpaboy (from Dead Man Shake) 4. “Lush and Green”by Grandpaboy (from Grandpaboy EP) 5. “Good Enough” byJohn Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls (from Everything the Hard Way) 6. “Drive Into th...
Oklahoma Lefty - Thu 5:01 a.m.
Another win for Romney down in Florida. Right now, it seems like the nomination could be ether Romney or Gingrich and since both candidates has stated that they are in this thing until the convention, it really could be either candidate's race to win at this point in time. Here are the results: Mitt Romney - 46.4% Newt Gingrich - 31.9% Rick Santorum - 13.3% Ron Paul - 7% ...
Otter Limits - Wed 6:05 p.m.
After reviewing the debacle that led to war in Iraq (see previous blog), it's time to note the similarities between the media coverage preparing Americans for war with Iraq and the preparations... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Wed 12:40 p.m.
Associated Baptist Press is reporting that Timothy Goeglin, former staffer at the White House Office of Public Liaison under Karl Rove during the Bush administration, has credited Southern Baptists... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Wed 12:04 p.m.
"An Introduction of Sorts" and "Dead Friends Don't Pay Debts" by Red City Radio Thanks to Playful Prairie for the find . ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Wed 10:05 a.m. - 3 clicks
1. “Thatcher Fuckedthe Kids” by Frank Turner (from Campfire Punkrock) 2. “All the ThingsYou Know” by Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves (from Chris Wollard & TheShip Thieves) 3. “Good Enough” byJohn Moreland & The Dust Bowl Souls (from Everything the Hard Way) 4. “Smoke” by Lucero(from 1372 Overton Park) 5. “Sometimes” byPerfect (from When Squirrels Pl...
Oklahoma Lefty - Wed 8:08 a.m.
Allison Road - Gin Blossoms (from the album New Miserable Experience) S. Soup - Sebadoh (from Bakesale ) Hit That - The Offspring (from Splinter) Miranda - All (from Pummel) Pardon Me - Weezer (from Make Believe) Pushover - Face to Face (from Laugh Now, Laugh Later) All My Loving - The Beatles (from Meet the Beatles!) 1953 - Dropkick Murphys (from Going Out in Style) Primeval - Th...
Otter Limits - Wed 5:49 a.m.
Hopefully until it's finished (finally). I realized the problem with it was that I didn't have enough stuff in the plot - I didn't know enough about why the stuff was happening, and I couldn't make everything come together in a way that made sense. I think I've got that all sorted out now (in my brain at least), and it's just a question of getting it down on paper. It'll be good t...
Sinister - Tue 1:29 p.m. - 2 clicks
(Will Oklahoma progressives get shut out of the political debate this upcoming legislative session? What type of progressive political agenda, if any, could be successful? In posts this week, DocHoc is giving his preview of the 2012 Oklahoma Legislature.) A few years ago, one of my politically active conservative friends and I were having a heated political discussion that ended with him ass...
Blue Oklahoma - Tue 1:29 p.m. - 11 clicks
Spinner put together a pretty fascinating article recentlyentitled LanaDel Rey: Can Artifice Survive in the Age of Adele? . The article discussed how in 2011 the massesembraced an artist that went completely against the modern pop music grain—Adele—andhow in turn those same masses (or at least the music blogging community) hasturned against an artist that in many ways embodies the ...
Oklahoma Lefty - Tue 8:22 a.m.
T he Republican noise machine —fueled by Blowhard Radio and the shills at Fox News—is alive in well in T-town. How do we know? It was in the Tulsa World on Sunday when the paper published details of a GOP focus group run by SoonerPoll.com. Newt Gingrich was the favorite of the 11 registered Republicans who participated in the study—but only a slight favorite (see post below). But the "b...
Alternative Tulsa - Mon 6:48 p.m. - 20 clicks
Traci Royse, Music Minister at NW Baptist Church in Ardmore, Oklahoma sings "I'd Rather Have Jesus" at the church's 58th anniversary on January 29, 2012. Here's a link to the videocast of the 58th... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Mon 3:24 p.m. - 12 clicks
Title: To Sell the Truth ( Amazon , iTunes , Interpunk , AllMusic , Wikipedia ) Artist: Youth Brigade ( Facebook , MySpace , Last.fm , BYO Records , AllMusic , Wikipedia ) There were two bands in the early 1980's punk scene thatwent by the moniker Youth Brigade. One hailed from Washington , DC and was part of the same scene thebirthed Minor Threat...
Oklahoma Lefty - Mon 8:09 a.m.
Go - Pearl Jam (from the album Vs) Anna Theme - Stavesacre (from the album All Stars and City Lights) Roadside - Rise Against (from the album The Sufferer and the Witness) The Un-Manifest - Haste the Day (from the album Attack of the Wolf King) Fortunate Son - Creedence Clearwater Revivial (from the album Willy and the Poor Boys) Along the Way - Bad Religion (from the album Back to the Know...
Otter Limits - Mon 6:27 a.m. - 2 clicks
from Kurt Hochenauer's Okie funk : College Tenure Under Fire In Oklahoma Sun, 01/29/2012 A bill that could abolish tenure and threaten academic freedom at state college campuses has been introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature. State Rep. Corey Holland , a Republican from Marlow, has introduced House Bill 2598 , an approximately four-page measure that, if approved, would put profes...
PhotoTune - Sun 9:23 p.m. - 22 clicks
G ood ole Newt Gingrich —the gift that keeps on giving. Didya hear about his moon colony idea? Winning! But seriously, Sooner fans, Gingrich was the favorite Republican presidential hopeful in a focus group of 11 GOP voters held in Tulsa three days after his victory in South Carolina. As reported in today's Tulsa World , Gingrich was the choice of four voters , while Mitt Romney got t...
Alternative Tulsa - Sun 3:02 p.m. - 19 clicks
A bill that could abolish tenure and threaten academic freedom at state college campuses has been introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature. State Rep. Corey Holland , a Republican from Marlow, has introduced House Bill 2598 , an approximately four-page measure that, if approved, would put professors and administrative staff on an annual contract system. The bill states that " . . ....
Blue Oklahoma - Sun 1:22 p.m. - 13 clicks
1. “Harnessed inSlums” by Archers of Loaf (from Vee Vee) 2. “Rooftops” byAlkaline Trio (from Alkaline Trio/Hot Water Music [ Split CD]) 3. “ Atlantic Sea ” by Broadcaster (from Joyride) 4. “Silence [Demo]”by Descendents (from Rareage!) 5. “Together Crossthe Happy River” by Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves (from Drag the River /Chris Wollard & The S...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sun 8:26 a.m.
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Otter Limits - Sat 9:20 p.m. - 2 clicks
F ans of Oklahoma legend Woody Guthrie can celebrate the singer's centennial year right here in T-town. The University of Tulsa has announced a day-long Woody Guthrie symposium for Saturday, March 10 at the school's new Lorton Performance Center. The event will feature panel discussions, a luncheon featuring the Texas activist and writer Jim Hightower , as well as a benefit concert at the ...
Alternative Tulsa - Sat 12:26 p.m. - 23 clicks
Heart is Gone - Roustabouts (from the album The Only One) Of Pirates, Cowboys and Lawyers - Ryan Harvey w/Tom Frampton (from the album The Revolution Will Not Be Amplified) My Best Friend - Weezer (from the album Make Believe) May the Future Forgive Us - Fall City Shakedown (from the album Birds + Leaves) Haight Street - Anberlin (from the album New Surrender) Brushing of the Wings - Traind...
Otter Limits - Sat 10:28 a.m.
1. “All the GoodTimes” by Fifteen (from There’s No Place Like Home (Good Night)) 2. “Crazy Arms” by TheLazy Cowgirls (from How It Looks--How It Is) 3. “Hey Darlin’ DoYou Gamble” by Lucero (from 1372 Overton Park) 4. “Slow Down” by TheMethadones (from Ill At Ease) 5. “I’ll Get By” byMike Williams (from Landlocked EP) 6. “Seventeen” by Red Forty (fr...
Oklahoma Lefty - Sat 7:50 a.m.
James Hansen, Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies has released the above video of global temperatures for the last 131 years. He predicts a record breaking annual temperature... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 27 - 2 clicks
Getting ready to record some vocals for Otisburg this morning. Hopefully today's shuffle will help me prepare for that. Beautiful Day - U2 (from the album All That You Can't Leave Behind) Who We Are - Haste the Day (from the album That They May Know You) Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants (from the album Flood) Brace Face - Nerd Alert (from the 2009 Demo) Nearly Impossibl...
Otter Limits - Jan 27
At the end of William Faulkner's brilliant 1936 novel Absalom, Absalom! , Quentin Compson is asked why he hates the South, which leads to one of the most famous last paragraphs in American literature: "I don't hate it," Quentin said, quickly, at once, immediately; "I don't hate it," he said. I don't hate it , he thought, panting in the cold air, the iron New England dark: I don't. I ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 26
Preston Clegg's sermon on "Church Freedom: Saints in the Light" at the CBF Oklahoma Fall Gathering on October 15, 2011. Preston is pastor of Spring Creek Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. He is... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 26 - 3 clicks
From TPM 1/25/12: "An Oklahoma Republican is pushing a bill to outlaw the use of human fetuses in food..basically enhancing flavor for artificial flavors.” State Sen. Ralph Shortey introduced a bill on Tuesday...Though...he is not aware of this occurring in Oklahoma, or anywhere for that matter, Shortey cited research he did on the internet that claimed that some companies use embryonic st...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 26 - 3 clicks
I meant to post this earlier but I guess I forgot to. The winner of the South Carolina Republican Presidential primary by a pretty good margin (and quite surprisingly) is former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. Not only did he take first place but he proved to many people that Mitt Romney is not necessarily the Republican Party's golden boy for the nomination. Gingrich beat out Romney by over...
Otter Limits - Jan 26
Jolene - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (from the album Love Their Country) Forever - Dropkick Murphys (from the album Live on Lansdowne ) End of Your Time - Smoking Popes (from the album Destination Failure) When the Love is Right - Tourniquet (from the album Carry the Wounded) I Hung My Head - Johnny Cash (from the album American IV: The Man Comes Around) Unconditional - Face to Fa...
Otter Limits - Jan 26
O h no! Tulsa's Big Bad Tulsa Government is watching your new trash cart. Even worse, Big Bad will be forcing you to— heavens! —recycle. Or maybe all of this is just made up by a bunch of paranoid people who have been listening to way too much talk radio. For those of you keeping score at home, we're referring to changes proposed by the city's Trash Board to buy new trash carts, whi...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 25 - 5 clicks
N ames make news , editors say. Yes, they do—and was the case in Tulsa this week when evangelist Richard Roberts , former president of Oral Roberts University (and son of the late Oral Roberts), was arrested early Tuesday for driving under the influence. Ouch! Some details of the complaint, courtesy of the Tulsa World : Roberts was clocked driving his Mercedes (naturally!) at 93 mph i...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
At least State Senator Ralph Shortey thinks there could be. Oklahoma GOPer Proposes Bill To Outlaw ‘Aborted Human Fetuses’ In Food You really cannot make this stuff up and I swear on all that is chocolate, this is not from The Onion. I mean really, when you think they can't get any nuttier, another one comes along. ...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
Meredith Stone's sermon on "Bible Freedom: Understanding Scripture as a Living and Liberating Authority" at the CBF Oklahoma Fall Gathering on October 15, 2011. Meredith is the Women in Ministry... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 25 - 2 clicks
Remember that recent diary about an Oklahoma legislator who has proposed a bill to "outlaw aborted fetuses" in food? It was another field day for Kossacks to point and laugh at my adopted state. And with fodder like that, it's not easy to rise up and defend the mental well-being of Oklahoma voters. Slight comfort that the bill's author clarifies that he only means to address the use of embryo...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
I've been trying to respond to each of The Oklahoman editorials, published on NewsOK.com, that criticize that Occupy Wall Street movement to highlight the sheer inanity and cluelessness of perhaps the most conservative newspaper in the country. The newspaper, which is now owned by Colorado billionaire Philip Anschutz, doesn't "get" the Occupy movement, and it has undoubtedly spent thousands ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 25 - 3 clicks
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Alternative Tulsa - Jan 24
Kyndall Renfro's sermon on "Religious Freedom: Recovering Memory" at CBF Oklahoma's Fall Gathering on October 15, 2011. Kyndall, a native of Oklahoma, is a recent graduate of Truett Seminary now... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 24 - 2 clicks
Well, it's good to know that lawmakers are finally cracking down on this problem : A bill introduced in the Oklahoma Legislature has some folks scratching their heads, as it prohibits "the manufacture or sale of food or products which use aborted human fetuses." The bill states: No person or entity shall manufacture or knowingly sell food or any other product intended for human consumpt...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 24
Dr. Lavon Brown's sermon on "Soul Freedom: The Priesthood of All Believers" at the CBF Oklahoma Fall Gathering on October 15, 2011. Dr. Brown is the retired Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 23
R emember when conservatives embraced things like facts? Believe it or not, there was a time when right-wingers made rational arguments based on real-world facts. A few still do, but the overheated world of wingnut radio and television (That's you, Rush. And you too, Sean.) no actual facts are necessary. The truth is whatever you want it to be. Which brings us to a Rich Santorum town h...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 23
By Nathaniel Batchelder Director, Peace House Oklahoma City Pray cooler heads will guide America in the dialogue and decision-making over Iran's position in the world. Iran does not have nuclear weapons, and there is no certain evidence that such a program is under way. Certainly Iran has the right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and the interests of world peace demand th...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 23
W hat happened to Rick Santorum , the former Pennsylvania senator and world-class homophobe? Lost in all the Newtmania from South Carolina was the fact that Santorum—the choice of many leading evangelicals— finished third yesterday, well behind Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney. And this was in South Carolina, home to many, many evangelicals. Some of them, apparently, fell under the spell of New...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 22
It's not often that members of Oklahoma's ultra-conservative Congressional delegation, including U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn, and I agree on an issue, but the growing opposition to the SOPA and PIPA bills has created an interesting coalition of disparate proportions. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), pending in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), pending...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 22
T he AltTulsa gang fell behind last week—sorry!—and what a week it was in the Republican presidential sweepstakes. The most recent headline, of course, is the return of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich , who pulled off a big victory over his rivals in yesterday's South Carolina primary. In recent debates, Gingrich delivered the kind of Red-meat Republican rhetoric (yawn…) that Southerner...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 22
Tom Guild is a retired Professor of Business from the University of Central Oklahoma. He is currently running for United States Congress in Oklahoma's 5 th district against Congressman James Lankford . He is running for the Democratic nomination of this office. You can view more information about him at his website here. Below is an interview that I conducted with Tom via e-mail this pas...
Otter Limits - Jan 20
Holy Ghost Haunted - John Moreland & the Dust Bowl Souls (from the album Everything the Hard Way) 21st Century Opium War - Ryan Harvey (from the album Blowback ) Rudie Can't Fail - The Clash (from the album London Calling) State of Love and Trust - Pearl Jam (from the album Rearviewmirror ) Hey Suburbia - Screeching Weasel (from the album Boogadaboogadaboogada !) Christian Rock...
Otter Limits - Jan 20
A qualified decision by the President Barack Obama administration to deny, at least for now, a permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline, which would originate in Canadian tar sands and go through Oklahoma, was met with incredulous, political hyperbole by Gov. Mary Fallin. Her reaction ignores any potential environmental impact caused by the pipeline's construction, the possibility of a cat...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 19
John Moreland is an alt-country/rock artist based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has been releasing EPs and LPs since 2006 both by himself and along with the bands Black Gold Band and his new band, the Dust Bowl Souls. Here is an interview that I conducted with him via e-mail today, January 18.............................. 1. When did you first start play...
Otter Limits - Jan 18 - 6 clicks
TITLE : A Man Without a Country AUTHOR : Kurt Vonnegut YEAR PUBLISHED : 2005 PUBLISHER : Seven Stories Press Another one of the few Vonnegut books that I haven't read. From what I have heard about this book, this is less a work of fiction than it is a commentary on life and politics in America. In fact, I found the book itself in the non-fiction section of the library rather than the f...
Otter Limits - Jan 18
It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite - NOFX (from the album So Long & Thanks for All the Shoes) Self Destruct - The Roustabouts (from the album The Only One) The Reason - Defiance, Ohio (from the album Midwestern Minutes) Rusty Cage - Soundgarden (from the album Badmotorfinger ) One Eighty By Summer - Taking Back Sunday (from the album Where You Want To Be) Driving Nowhere - Helmet ...
Otter Limits - Jan 18
NorthHaven Worship 01-15-2012 from Bruce Prescott on Vimeo. Dr. Mitch Randall leads worship at NorthHaven Church in Norman, OK on the Sunday before Martin Luther King's birthday. The Sunday was... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 18 - 6 clicks
I can't be bothered to try to figure out how to "black out" this blog, but do go tell your lawmakers to oppose SOPA and PIPA, and do your part to help save the Internet as we know it. Here's some important background: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/17/1055592/-Wikipedia, http://sopastrike.com/ ...
Sinister - Jan 17
T exas Gov. Rick Perry was supposed to be the conservative alternative to that wily Massachusetts weasel, Mitt Romney . Perry was the real deal—hard-nosed, business friendly and—most importantly for the Religious Right— a genuine true believer. Well, things haven't worked out so well for Gov. Perry. Besides those conservative qualities the Right loves so much, Perry has proven to be some...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 17
This is one of those stories that just makes you shake your head and ask, Has it really come to this? Climate change skepticism seeps into science classrooms Some states have introduced education standards requiring teachers to defend the denial of man-made global warming. by Neela Banerjee, Washington Bureau, LATimes -- Jan 16, 2012 Reporting from Washington -- A flash point has...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 17
The GOP push to grant personhood to human embryos, which can be viewed as an attack against contraceptive methods, is yet another absurd side show to needlessly incite a segment of the Oklahoma Republican voting base this year, but such an extremist law would surely face a major lawsuit and would never be enacted. Even Mississippi voters-yes, MISSISSIPPI--voted down a similar measure last year...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 17
I have been meaning to do this for a while but it has taken me a while to compile the list. This is a list of the 8 Best Songs that were released in 2011. I was trying to sort the list in order of preference but after several attempts, I discovered that this was a futile attempt. So here is the list in no particular order: Darkness - They Stay Dead (released in March on EP ) This...
Otter Limits - Jan 16
T ulsa's answer to a potted plant —Rep. John Sullivan—is out with his latest "Constituent Issue Survey" and it's more of the same claptrap we've come to expect from the First District congressman. That's right, Sooner fans, Sullivan is still trying to whip up more outrage over the president's health care reform plan. That's the same health plan that— heavens! —requires insurance companies ...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 16
I opened the "Letter to the Editor" section of my local newspaper this morning, and I was amazed at what I saw. I wasn't amazed that it was written by an Oklahoman, but by the lack of intelligence this man seems to have, on top of the enormous amount of bigotry and hate he seems to possess. Recently, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned an initiative passed by Oklahoma voters...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 15
Can't Stop the Killer - Emery (from the album I'm Only A Man) Grace - Stavesacre (from the album How to Live With a Curse) Euro Trash - Dropkick Murphys (from the album Boys on the Docks) Nocturnal - Eve 6 (from the album Horrorscope ) You Fail Sometimes - Number One Gun (from the album Celebrate Mistakes) Homemade Speed - Blatz (from the album The Shit Split) One Foot Before th...
Otter Limits - Jan 15
I always enjoy listening to the Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech, given on Aug. 23, 1963, when we celebrate his life each year. I wonder what our world would be like without King's achievements? This year, I wonder, too, what King would think about our corporate-controlled political world and the burgeoning protests against it. It's going to be an interesting spring and summ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 15
Moyers & Company 101: On Winner Take All Politics from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. Bill Moyers interviews Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 13
TITLE: Gender Blender AUTHOR: Blake Nelson YEAR PUBLISHED: 2006 PUBLISHER: Delacorte Press After reading Blake Nelson's book Rockstar Superstar , I went looking for more of his stuff at the library. This book Gender Blender was the first one I found so I picked it up and read it. Overall, not really as good as my previous read. The writing itself is good, same style as he...
Otter Limits - Jan 13
TITLE: The Rolling Stone Interviews AUTHOR: Various; Edited by Jann Wenner and Joe Levy YEAR PUBLISHED: 2007 PUBLISHER: Back Bay Books Here is another one I picked up from the library recently. This book is a compilation of several interviews from Rolling Stone magazine that were done between 1968 and 2005. It includes interviews with such notable names as Pete Townshend , J...
Otter Limits - Jan 13
T he Tulsa World reported this week that state tax revenues are up —way up. In December, general revenue collections were up 19.3 percent. And for this, we'd like to say "Thank you, President Obama." The Very Red Oklahoma, the Republicans are unwilling to share the credit with that horrible socialist, anti-American Muslim named Barack Obama. On no. Gov. Mary Fallin wants all the ...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 13
Sweet Caroline - Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (from the album Have a Ball) Fight or Flight - Face to Face (from the album How to Ruin Everything) Angels Wings - Social Distortion (from the album Sex, Love and Rock n Roll) If All Else Fails Play Dead - Red City Radio (from the album To the Sons & Daughters of Woody Guthrie) Snooper vs the Red Baron - The Staggers (from the album One ...
Otter Limits - Jan 13
Crust punk is a form of hardcore punk that was heavily influenced by anarcho-punk bands such as Crass or Aus-Rotten. Musically, it mixes elements of metal and is characterized by its heavy and dirty sound. It is normally fast tempo'd and the vocals are usually screamed, shrieked or growled. Lyrically, songs of this genre are typically political in nature. Some notable bands of this genre in...
Otter Limits - Jan 12
On my lunch break the other day I drove a few blocks away to the new Bricktown location of Guestroom Records. While there I spotted the infamous Shit Split that this band did with Blatz back in 1990 (this album has been re-issued at least 2 times that I know of) and I had to pick it up. Filth was a hardcore punk rock band that originally formed in 1989 in East Bay, California. It was put ...
Otter Limits - Jan 12
State Rep. Mike Reynolds' legislative proposal that could prevent gay people from serving in the Oklahoma National Guard and state Rep. Sally Kern's obsession with supposedly protecting Oklahomans from Sharia Law when they go to court are really just bigoted, freaky sideshows to the main GOP play this year: Cutting taxes for rich people and cutting state government. Progressives, of course, ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 12
This song is my favorite Face to Face song and here is a clip I found on YouTube of Rise Against doing a cover of it. It is amazing!!! ...
Otter Limits - Jan 11
Rise Against was started in 1999 in Chicago, Illinois. This punk rock band was originally called Transistor Revolt, changing their name to Rise Against after signing with Fat Wreck Chords. My friend Dave did a review of their album Endgame on his website here. Here are some Rise Against websites: Official Website Rise Against Wiki article Rise Against Facebook page Rise Against M...
Otter Limits - Jan 11
I'll Follow the Sun - The Beatles (from the album Beatles '65) This Is Only a Test - Smoking Popes (from the album This Is Only a Test) Copping Z - All (from the album Allroy's Revenge) Boot Stamping on a Human Face Forever - Bad Religion (from the album The Empire Strikes First) Mary - Kings of Leon (from the album Come Around Sundown) Here With Me - Descendents (from the album Cool T...
Otter Limits - Jan 11
W ayne Slater, a long-time Texas political observer and columnist for the Dallas Morning News , has done the nation a favor this election year by pointing out the disappearance of George W. Bush. That's right, sports fans, good ole W has completely disappeared from the GOP firmament, despite the fact that he is the most recent Republican president, wildly popular in places like Oklah...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 11
I have not read every biography of Roger Williams that has been written, but I have read all that are in print and those that can still be found on the used book market. Nothing I have read holds a... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 11
A recent editorial in The Oklahoman that argues the state "top income tax rate is too high" is an indication that Republicans and the corporate power structure here have cemented a plan to reduce the income tax again this coming legislative session. It's highly unlikely the plan can be stopped. The activists who oppose the upcoming cut do so with the best intentions but specific efforts and ...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 10
Only a few months since Don't Ask, Don't Tell was recinded and gays and lesbians were allowed to serve openly in the U.S. millitary, a state legislator in Oklahoma is pushing legislation to ban gays from serving in the state's National Guard. Oklahoma's Republicans are often first-in-the-nation when it comes to repressive legislation, or at least attempts at such legislation. As a heterosexual...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 10
By Heather L. Weaver, Staff Attorney, ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief Condemning an entire faith and singling out its followers for disfavored and unequal treatment by the government violates the Constitution, it turns out. That principle might seem obvious to anyone who has read the Constitution, but the State of Oklahoma and its voters did not get the message, prompting a f...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 10
The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 37 page decision, has upheld a lower court's ruling that Oklahoma’s Sharia ban violated the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and was therefore unconstitutional . Appellants do not identify any actual problem the challenged amendment seeks to solve. Indeed, they admitted at the preliminary injunction hearing that they did not know of even a sin...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 10
Y es, sports fans, it's a new year and time for another installment of Urban Tulsa Weekly's "Hot 100," a list purported to be local "up-and-comers." Or so they claim. Let's say, for the sake of accuracy, that the list includes both hits and misses. One major miss is the inclusion of—you guessed it!— UTW publisher Keith Skrzpyczak. According to his own paper, the man is— hyperbol...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 9
Violinist Angela Paganoni plays "Jesu Bambino" at NorthHaven Church in Norman, Oklahoma on the evening of December 24, 2011. ...
Mainstream Baptist - Jan 9
For any who may be reading this series for the first time : this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. And yes , I know Republicans have the trifecta. This entire series is theoretical to begin with, gimme a break. Ohhhhhhhhhhhk! La-homa where the wind comes sweeping down the plain! And t...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 8
Two recent public announcements here illustrate the state GOP's health-care philosophy, which is to protect the profits of insurance companies at whatever cost to patients. First, it was announced that Republican Gov. Mary Fallin, at the request of Republican Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak, signed a new rule that eliminates birth as a qualifying event for health insurance, which m...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 7
T he AltTulsa gang loves to eat , so we were pleasantly surprised to hear Tulsa food blogger Sasha Martin today on the radio program Travel with Rick Steves (thanks, KWGS!). We're not sure how we managed to miss Sasha's blog for so long, but let's make up for it now by saying it plainly: This is creative cooking at its best and Sasha's website is well worth a look. For 2012, we'd like...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 6
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Alternative Tulsa - Jan 6
Glenn Greenwald, writing in Salon.com , has published a thorough piece about the vapid and nauseating political season we're now enduring as reported by an establishment media system that has immeasurably lowered public discourse in recent decades. The breathless, horserace type of media reporting we now endure is more focused on Newt Gingrich's tears for his mother or Mitt Romney's dog t...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 5
Step 1:Randomly stumble upon a site with every conceivable alphabet on it, including those throughout history. Step 2: Look up Klingon (they have it). http://www.omniglot.com/index.htm Edit: Yes, I said Trekkie, not Trekker. I don't take Trek seriously enough for Trekker status. I have too many other interests. ...
Sinister - Jan 5
While most of us were preparing to celebrate with friends and family on New Year’s Eve, 18-year-old Sarah McKinley of Oklahoma was defending herself and her 3-month-old infant from a pair of armed intruders. ...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Jan 4
Last night's Iowa Republican caucuses were an interesting political exercise that may in the long run prove to be quite meaningless. However, I was struck by how well the outcome of the caucuses mirrors what I perceive to be the current state of the Republican Party. The three frontrunners: Romney, Paul, and Santorum, each represents a particular demographic within the Republican Party...
Sinister - Jan 4
T hat's right, Tulsa boozers! We're Number 1 in Oklahoma. We referring to a Tulsa World analysis that revealed Tulsa County's first-in-Oklahoma ranking "for retail liquor stores' per capita sales." If we understand it correctly, this means Tulsa County residents spend more on liquor, wine and strong beer than any other county on a per capita basis. Tulsa County, the World repor...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 4
M innesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was always a long shot in the Republican bid for the presidency, but the candidate never gave up hope. Indeed, she predicted a miracle, one that would bring huge numbers of Iowa Republicans to her cause. All that ended last night. Bachmann finished a weak sixth in a field of weak candidates, including the hapless Rick Perry and the ethically chal...
Alternative Tulsa - Jan 4
Republicans are poised to pass another reduction in the state income tax this coming legislative session, and it's probably wishful thinking that somehow they can be stopped from further decimating government programs and educational systems in their quest to transfer more wealth to the super rich. The fix is in. How can anyone refuse the Republicans' incredulous offer to lower taxes with no o...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 3
FallinFAIL reports, "Mary Fallin's Family Values Hurt Oklahoma Children." excerpts: "Governor Mary Fallin and Insurance Commissioner John Doak created and signed an emergency rule (365:10-1-15) eliminating birth as a "qualifying event" for individual healthcare coverage." Says the Oklahoma Democratic Party in a press release. "She claims to be pro-life and in one single moment she put...
PhotoTune - Jan 2
(This week, I'm posting excerpts from 2011 Okie Funk and Blue Oklahoma blogs. Click on the headline to read the entire post. Thanks for reading Okie Funk and Blue Oklahoma. -Kurt Hochenauer) Okie Funk's First Take On OPUBCO Sale , Sept. 18. 2011 I have long been a critic of The Oklahoman in this space and elsewhere primarily for the extreme right-wing views on its editorial page. I have...
Blue Oklahoma - Jan 1
I moved around a lot as a kid and young adult. Due to that, combined with my incredible shyness until I was well past adulthood, I don't have any friends in my life now from before I was 30. Then, in 2003, I was forced by personal circumstance (joblessness, health issues) and family need (aging parents) to move to Oklahoma, where I didn't know anyone besides my family. Let me just interject...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Dec 31
Whether you follow the debate about student debt or not, one thing is clear: financial aid for higher education is an investment in our collective future. It is in our best interest to regulate how that investment is stewarded to ensure that our hopes aren't wasted on beer and hot new cars. Those of us who've been to college know the stories. Your dorm-mate who vanished with the Pell ...
Blue Oklahoma - Dec 31
A group of ORU students is campaigning in this weekend for one of their own, Rep. Michele Bachmann , who is running for the Republican presidential nomination. Bachmann studied law at the now-closed ORU law school. The Tulsa World reports this morning that the ORU students will spend the weekend campaigning for Bachmann in Iowa. They'll even earn course credit for their work, th...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 30 - 2 clicks
O klahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe is not especially self aware. Not at all. So when the former Tulsa mayor—a first-rate political operator—claims that the Feds are playing politics, he's ignoring his own extensive history of hyper-partisanship. Inhofe's latest head-spinning hypocrisy occurred earlier this month when Inhofe pounced on a draft EPA report that linked hydraulic fracturing (or frack...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 29
(This week, I'm posting excerpts from 2011 Okie Funk blogs. All these posts also ran on Blue Oklahoma. Click on the headline to read the entire post. Thanks for reading Okie Funk and Blue Oklahoma. -Kurt Hochenauer) So Far Inhofe Quiet On New Arctic Ice Melting Report , May 8, 2011 U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe-and by extension the fossil fuel industry in Oklahoma-has been remarkably quiet about a ...
Blue Oklahoma - Dec 29
The media has never been fair and balanced when it comes to serving Indian people and reporting on events which impact Indian lives. Many Indian leaders have felt that it is critical for Indians to have media which they control. One example of Indian media can be seen in The Indian Journal , a newspaper born in Indian Territory (later known as Oklahoma). ...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Dec 29
I n case you missed it, today is a big news day for Tulsa's Brady Arts District. The headline is this: The Woody Guthrie archive is coming to town. Thanks to the George Kaiser Family Foundation, thousands of Guthrie documents and song lyrics will be housed in a new archive now under construction in the Brady District just north of downtown. The archive is part of a series of art and cultur...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 28
T ulsa City Council Chairman G.T. Bynum has been one of the few voices of reason at city hall in recent years. Some of his colleagues, as Tulsa voters know all too well, have been irrational hotheads. We can't say for sure, but Bynum's thoughtful approach to politics may be due his habit of reading biographies , a habit described in a recent Tulsa World article. Bynum told reporter Bri...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 28
Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma has recently been hammering home her pet issue: eliminating the state income tax that makes up 32.1% of Oklahoma's total budget . After the last three years of deep cuts to the state budget that included a 48.6% cut to the Department of Transportation, a 43.7% cut to the Civil Emergency Management Administration, a complete defunding of the Oklahoma State Depart...
Blue Oklahoma - Dec 28
When OCCC elected to grant a contract to HigherOne to handle its financial aid payments, it did a disservice to its students. HigherOne is known for the kind of predatory banking practices that make the worst banks such onerous institutions. Fees that range from $29 to $38 for insufficient funds, a $50 lack of documentation fee, a $19 per month account inactivity fee after 9 months of no activit...
Blue Oklahoma - Dec 26
The NorthHaven Church Choir in Norman, Oklahoma under the direction of Dr. Mark Lucas perform "Tapestry of Light" by Joseph M. Martin on December 18, 2011. Part Five -- Bethlehem Light and Carols of... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Dec 24
This will be fairly brief as I am going to have to take Adam B's advice to "litigate in Court" rather than in public. While we are very happy that I have said nothing that is not already in the record, and known to the "other side", going forward we need to keep our own counsel about the details. We know you will understand. ...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Dec 24
I t's not exactly breaking news, but it's worth repeating: Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is no fan of Newt Gingrich. Gingrich, of course, is running for the Republican presidential nomination. According to some polls, he's running well in Iowa and South Carolina. But Newt is problem for many Republicans, including Coburn. Why such antipathy? As Sen. Coburn explained earlier this month...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 23
Note: Tornado season goes from January 1 to December 31 As we approach the end of the year, it's hard not to look back and think about the hell most of the United States went through over the last 12 months. The immense southern drought and the resulting wildfires , the flooding in the Midwest , Hurricane Irene , and countless other disasters plagued the country (and the world) this yea...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Dec 23
The NorthHaven Church Choir in Norman, Oklahoma under the direction of Dr. Mark Lucas perform "Tapestry of Light" by Joseph M. Martin on December 18, 2011. Part Four -- Carols of the Quest and A... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Dec 23
Chart produced by Robert Frank, Visiting Professor of Business Ethics at New York University. The index was "constructed to portray the most dramatic element of the middle-class squeeze -- the... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Dec 23
Tapestry of Light, Part Three from Bruce Prescott on Vimeo. The NorthHaven Church Choir in Norman, Oklahoma under the direction of Dr. Mark Lucas perform "Tapestry of Light" by Joseph M. Martin on... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Dec 22
D r. Paul Farmer is not a household name. He should be. As described by author Tracy Kidder in this 2003 book, Paul Farmer is "a man who would cure the world." If that sounds overstated, it's not—at least not if you read this inspiring book. Farmer, we learn, is a highly dedicated—not to say obsessive—physician who has taken on chronic diseases in rural Haiti and other impoverished pl...
Alternative Tulsa - Dec 22
Tapestry of Light, Part Two from Bruce Prescott on Vimeo. The NorthHaven Church Choir in Norman, Oklahoma under the direction of Dr. Mark Lucas perform "Tapestry of Light" by Joseph M. Martin on... ...
Mainstream Baptist - Dec 21
Today I was in Court as the District Judge ruled on a Motion for Summary Judgement in the case concerning the foreclosure on our home. Ruling: In the matter of Standing to bring action - Motion Sustained In the matter of Default and Possession for Plaintiff - Motion Denied The world is a brighter place today, let's go sub-squiggle and find out what happened. ...
DailyKos (Oklahoma) - Dec 19
My husband Matthew wrote this letter & emailed it to AA's top executives based on an experience he had on one of their flights, in which the word "bisexual" was censored from an episode of 30 Rock shown on the flight. Read on. Hello, On November 24, 2011 (Thanksgiving day) I flew with your company on your flight 442 from San Francisco to Miami. The flight and...
Sinister - Dec 14 - 14 clicks
“I was, supposedly, in June and July, dead,” Gingrich said in his dinner speech. “So, it’s great to be back. And I have to confess that while I was hoping wave, we’ve had sort of a tsunami.” - Bloomberg , December 2, 2011 Any resemblance to Newt Gingrich is purely intentional. ...
PhotoTune - Dec 13
