OUDaily.com | Tyler Branson

May 6, 2009 | 0 comments

Of all the time wasting, soul-sucking Web sites, Twitter has emerged from the social networking shadows to become one of the most popular, and addictive, of them all, promising if anything to make it to a creepy episode of VH1’s “Remember the 2000s?” in the very near future. And while excessively annoying, Twitter is getting increasingly celebrated by nearly everybody– CNN, my sister, even Shaq. READ MORE

Book Review: Legacy of OK captured in poem

May 5, 2009 | 0 comments

“Work is Love Made Visible” by Jeanetta Calhoun Mish tells a story like an old photo album recalls memories past. Her writing exemplifies the Oklahoma character of resilience, strife, determination and hard work. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Damion Suomi - Whiskey and wild women

May 4, 2009 | 0 comments

The self-titled debut album from Damion Suomi on P is for Panda Records is an uproarious, honest folk-fusion – combining different elements of gritty acoustic guitar, whiskey-bent lyrics and a charming pop sensibility that welcomes multiple listens without getting trite or old. READ MORE

COLUMN: iGoogle replacing human interactions

May 1, 2009 | 3 comments

Google is taking over the world. Here we sit, at the very beginning of a technological revolution that 30 years from now will likely be unrecognizable to us. READ MORE

Event prompts music lovers to ‘Come Together’

April 24, 2009 | 0 comments

The Norman Music Festival is a big deal. Organized by the Norman Arts Council, the festival began last year with around 30 bands and 15,000 attendants. READ MORE

Man Man finally set to play festival after year-long wait

April 24, 2009 | 0 comments

Fate, friends and heavy touring can be attributed to Philadelphia rock group Man Man’s journey into Norman Saturday, as the group is performing on the main stage of this year’s highly anticipated Norman Music Festival. READ MORE

Rapper Jabee represents hip hop at Norman Music Festival

April 24, 2009 | 0 comments

Oklahoma rapper Jabee was one of the last acts signed to play the second Norman Music Festival. But the musician, one of Oklahoma’s most promising hip hop artists, said just being invited to play is validation of the hard work he’s been putting into the Oklahoma music scene. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, April 15

April 15, 2009 | 0 comments

The Daily’s Tyler Branson and Katie Parker offer advice every Wednesday based on issues concerning students. READ MORE

Local musician takes new approach in creating upcoming album

April 14, 2009 | 1 comment

Dorian Small is a busy man. Part time gardener, carpenter, glass-blower, landlord, musician and recently a full-time dad, Small has built for himself an opportunity to spend every waking hour of the day doing something. He’ll be even busier April 25 when he headlines the Dreamer Concepts stage at the Norman Music Festival. READ MORE

Student brew business going strong

April 10, 2009 | 0 comments

Hard work and persistence may have paid off for one OU senior, whose craft brewery in Oklahoma City opened its doors—and its taps, to the Sooner state this March. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, April 8

April 8, 2009 | 2 comments

The Daily’s Tyler Branson and Katie Parker offer advice every Wednesday based on issues concerning students. READ MORE

Meet the band: Getting to know tea leaf green

April 7, 2009 | 0 comments

Tea Leaf Green, the San Francisco-based rock group scheduled to headline the Jagermeister Stage at this year’s second annual Norman Music Festival, knows music festivals. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, April 1

April 1, 2009 | 0 comments

The Daily’s Tyler Branson and Brittany Burden answer questions concerning the Medieval Fair this weekend. You can submit your own questions at our Facebook group, “OU Daily Advice.” READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Getting to know Black Angels before NMF

March 30, 2009 | 0 comments

Austin, Texas rockers, Black Angels, known for their psychedelic sound and incessant drones, will make their way to Main Street in Norman April 25 as part of the 2nd annual Norman Music Festival. Psychedelic rock has its hits and misses, and the Black Angels are no different. READ MORE

Dedication to faces of the past

March 30, 2009 | 0 comments

The Edward S. Curtis exhibition, “Gathering Fragments,” celebrated its opening reception Friday night at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, March 25

March 25, 2009 | 0 comments

This week, The Daily’s Katie J. Parker and Tyler Branson answer questions about spring break’s loose ends. If you would like to submit a question, join our Facebook page, OU Daily Advice. READ MORE

Norman Music Festival update

March 23, 2009 | 0 comments

The Norman Music Festival is still looking for volunteers and vendors for the all-day event, scheduled for April 25 on Main Street. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, March 11

March 11, 2009 | 0 comments

Every Wednesday, The Daily publishes readers’ questions in our advice column. To ask a question, join our Facebook page, OU Daily Advice. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Despite misleading single, U2 rocks

March 10, 2009 | 0 comments

If the lead single “Get on Your Boots” is any indicator, then “No Line on the Horizon,” U2’s twelfth studio album, is a recording burdened with NASCAR-ready guitar riffs, jumbled, bizarre lyrics and weirdo trash-can drum breakdowns. But the good news is it isn’t. READ MORE

U2 expected to play at OU this fall

March 9, 2009 | 12 comments

Campus is buzzing with the recent announcement that rock band U2 will be performing at the Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Oct. 19 as part of their 360° tour. READ MORE

COLUMN: ‘Slumdog’ didn’t blow my mind

March 9, 2009 | 6 comments

It seems everybody is convinced that “Slumdog Millionaire” is the greatest movie made by anyone ever. I reluctantly offer my humble critique of “really?” to the pro-Slumdog hysteria. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, March 4

March 4, 2009 | 0 comments

Every Wednesday, The Daily publishes readers’ questions in our advice column. To ask a question, join our Facebook page, OU Daily Advice. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Jonbear Fourtet, Lamb of God and K'Naan

March 3, 2009 | 0 comments

The Daily's Claire Douthitt, AJ Lansdale and Ty ler Branson take a look at new releases from Jonbear Fourtet, Lamb of God and K'Naan. READ MORE

Shake for Advice: Wednesday, Feb. 25

February 25, 2009 | 0 comments

Every week, the Life & Arts writers will answer questions requested from the readers. To submit your questions, email them to dailyent@ou.edu or join the Facebook group, OU Daily Advice. READ MORE

Rock is more than facial hair

February 24, 2009 | 1 comment

Black Water Rising sounds like every band you’ve ever seen on Ozzfest. It sounds like Creed, which sounds like Hinder, which sounds like Stained, which sounds like Stone Sour. READ MORE

Local band brings back country sound

February 24, 2009 | 0 comments

The Whiskey Trio sounds like the folky, front-porch music your grandpa probably liked. With only two guitars and a fiddle, the Trio embodies traditional music stripped down to the basics. And they like it that way. READ MORE

Student seeks beer for Sooner State

February 19, 2009 | 1 comment

In an innocuous-looking warehouse off of 51st Street in Oklahoma City, Healey, advertising senior, proudly oversees the brewing and bottling of his very own craft brewery, Coop Ale Works. READ MORE

Shake for advice: Wednesday Feb. 18

February 18, 2009 | 0 comments

Every week, the Life & Arts writers will answer questions requested from the readers. To submit your questions, email them to dailyent@ou.edu or join the Facebook group, OU Daily Advice. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Trail of Dead cooks up new rock album

February 17, 2009 | 0 comments

“Century of Self,” the 6th studio album from rock outfit …And you will know us by the Trail of Dead, is loud and eccentric, resulting in an eclectic and often clashing release. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Innovation and honesty in hip-hop

February 10, 2009 | 0 comments

Mainstream hip-hop’s festering decline has been more than evident within the past 10 years, especially considering the mass-produced, lyrically impotent “talent” gracing our radio-waves today. But there is a hip-hop community underground that continues to push the limits of that long-forgotten musical genre. READ MORE

New Music Tuesday: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, and The Ettes

February 3, 2009 | 0 comments

This week in new music: Animal Collective, Fleet Foxes, and The Ettes READ MORE

Tea Leaf Green joins Norman Music Festival

February 2, 2009 | 0 comments

San Francisco rock group Tea Leaf Green has been signed to headline the second stage of this year’s Norman Music Festival, scheduled for April 25. READ MORE

CD Review: ‘Kind of Blue’ unquestionably great

January 20, 2009 | 0 comments

As I listened to the 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition of Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue,” I couldn’t help but find similarities between the philosopher Descartes and jazz musician Davis. READ MORE

Sound off: the year in musical releases

December 9, 2008 | 0 comments

The Daily’s Tyler Branson picks the ten best album releases of 2008, from Kanye West to The Killers. READ MORE

COLUMN: A townie Thanksgiving

November 24, 2008 | 0 comments

I get spoiled as a townie. READ MORE

Students spend less cash, more time with friends by eating potluck dinners

November 20, 2008 | 0 comments

When Ramen noodles no longer supplement the college diet and fast food has left its permanent stamp on the human body, students may turn to other means of food consumption to quell their often inextinguishable hunger pains this Thanksgiving. READ MORE

Legendary opera singer comes to OU

November 14, 2008 | 0 comments

A visiting faculty member widely regarded as one of opera’s greatest singers taught a master class Tuesday night in Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center, and will hold another session at 7 p.m. om Friday, which is free and open to the public. READ MORE

A late-night phone call away

November 13, 2008 | 0 comments

When someone makes the important decision to cap off their night with some after-hours grub, they might forget one thing: a person on the other end has to deal with it. And after midnight, anything is possible. READ MORE

Q&A: Kevin Smith on 'Zack and Miri Make a Porno'

October 29, 2008 | 1 comment

The Daily’s Tyler Branson participated in a conference call with Smith to talk about the film, the controversy that followed it, and, oddly enough, Jason Mewes’ penis. READ MORE

Carved in the name of art

October 24, 2008 | 0 comments

Students sat on a tarp surrounded by a sea of gooey pumpkin insides Thursday outside the Fred Jones Jr. Memorial Art Center, diligently carving and drawing on what they hoped to be winning entries in the Graphic Design Association’s second pumpkin carving contest. READ MORE

CD Reviews: A run for office, ‘oul’ searching and more

October 21, 2008 | 0 comments

This week, reviews of the latest releases from Rise Against, Murs, Jack’s Mannequin and Oasis. READ MORE

Violinist to visit OU tonight

October 14, 2008 | 0 comments

Violinist and concertmaster of the Wichita Symphony Orchestra John Harrison is scheduled to perform at 8 p.m. tonight at the Morris R. Pitman Recital Hall in Catlett Music Center as part of the Norton Artist Series. READ MORE

Grab a drink and pick a song — it’s karaoke night

October 2, 2008 | 1 comment

Amid the familiar sounds of a bar — clinking glasses or the boisterous sea of intermingling voices — two Norman pubs exude some not so familiar sounds every Wednesday and Thursday night, like the Backstreet Boys, Sir Mix-a-lot and even Garth Brooks. READ MORE

OU faculty members to jam at Catlett tonight

September 29, 2008 | 0 comments

Five OU faculty members will perform tonight in Sharp Concert Hall in Catlett Music Center as part of the Sutton Faculty Artist Series. READ MORE

Gamblin’ men: OU students play the felt tables to win big

September 10, 2008 | 1 comment

In a large, smoke-filled casino, amid noisy slot machines and the scattered clamor of people, poker players cluster around felt-topped tables, doing their best to tune out the distractions around them. READ MORE

Ask an artist: Q&A with rapper 'Navigator'

September 2, 2008 | 0 comments

The Daily’s Tyler Branson interviews OKC-based rapper "Navigator" about his new album, pre-show rituals and birthday parties. READ MORE

Comedian Greg Giraldo entertains at Union

August 25, 2008 | 0 comments

Comedian Greg Giraldo, known for his appearances on Comedy Central shows such as “The Root of All Evil” and various celebrity roasts, performed Saturday night in Meacham Auditorium in the Oklahoma Memorial Student Union. READ MORE

Articles by Tyler Branson