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* WHAT...For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 106
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* WHERE...Portions of central, northwest, southeast, southern,
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Weather Alert

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM CDT SATURDAY...
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...For the first Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 106
expected. For the second Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 108
expected.

* WHERE...Portions of central, northwest, southeast, southern,
southwest, and western Oklahoma and northern Texas.

* WHEN...For the first Heat Advisory, until 8 PM CDT this evening.
For the second Heat Advisory, from 11 AM to 9 PM CDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

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Meet the Band: Shiny Toy Guns

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The Daily sat down with vocalist, Carah Faye Charnow and bassist, Jeremy Dawson of Shiny Toy Guns on Saturday.

The Daily: Tell us about your new album.

Carah Faye Charnow: Well, half of it is already mastered.

Jeremy Dawson: You guys are the first people to know that because it happened last night. It will be done this year, but that doesn’t matter really, we have said that about 16 times this year.

The Daily: What are your favorite kinds of shows to play? Do you like playing at colleges?

Carah: We love it. Because the show is free for the kids, they appreciate it, you know? There is an energy, even though they may not know the band, they are going to come and appreciate it.

Jeremy: Most of our friends that are in bands like MGMT were born in their dorms. They wrote most of their album in their dorm between classes. ... In college you are focusedly ballsy — you take risks; you are dynamically thinking about your life.

The Daily: What do you guys do to get ready for a show?

Carah: We call it “prep time.” It consists of getting aesthetically ready, vocally ready.

Jeremy: “Aesthetically ready”?

Carah: How you look: You don’t want to get warmed up and ready by song four, you want to be ready for song one and already be in that mind set.

The Daily: Where are you guys going next?

Jeremy: Our next show is in San Francisco, in like a week. We play every nine to 15 days.

The Daily: Carah — you are in another band, Versant. How is it managing both bands?

Carah: Well, right now since we are doing a new album right now, we have to dedicate our time, our energy, our heart to that. I love both and I am so happy to get to do both. [But] right now I have to focus on Shiny Toy Guns to do it right.

Jeremy: Polygamy doesn’t work; it might work in Utah, but it doesn’t work in the music business.