“I wanna show you how I love you, but there’s nothin’ there,” Britt Daniel informs an assumedly fictional woman on the fifth track of his Austin, Texas-based band’s seventh studio album, "Transference."
The song is “Written in Reverse” and within, Daniel observes a relationship destined for trainwreck in his signature coolest-friend-you-have voice that’s helped build Spoon’s reputation as the most reliable act in indie rock.
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So I’ll get this out of the way: SEX. S-E-X.
From sappy to sweet, the songs that should be dominating your iPod this week.
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Two more acts have been added to the Norman Music Festival lineup.
The key to writing a good song for Stephen Schwartz is thinking like an actor, he said Saturday after a performance of his latest musical, “Snapshots,” at the Lyric Theatre in Oklahoma City.
The varied and extensive songs of Grammy and Academy Award-winner Stephen Schwartz come together in “Snapshots,” an apt title that accurately describes the way in which we see his talents — briefly.
Hankies will be in abundance at movie theaters this weekend with the opening of “Dear John,” the latest weeper based on a Nicholas Sparks novel, the man who has unleashed “A Walk to Remember” and “The Notebook” on the world.
“Entertainment” is sure to be defined, spelled and likely used in more than one hilarious sentence Friday with the opening of “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” at Norman’s historic Sooner Theatre at 101 E. Main.
The OU community has had a hand in helping those in need after the recent disaster in Haiti, but an event Saturday night aims to help even more.
I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream! The Union Programming Board will be sponsoring a free sundae bar in the Union food court at 8 p.m. Friday.
