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contents Hair by The First Ward | Paintings supplied by Sasha Malchi Home | PHOTO BY MICHELLE POLLARD

H A I R S PA C E :

A u g u s t 5 – 1 8 , 2 015 // vo l. 2 no . 1 6 N E W S & C O M MEN TA RY

The First Ward and the art of context

A license to wait

B Y DEJON KN AP P

Folding chairs and government spending BARRY FRIEDMAN // 8

FOOD & DRINK

On top of the Rose District The Rooftop brings affordable ambience to Broken Arrow

20 24 // S traighten up

JENNAH JANE // 12

26 // Adventure (non)essentials

Zac King, straight shooter

Molly Bullock, fashionista

Posture and health profile go hand in hand

Deconstructing a stylish summer road trip

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A RT S & C U LT URE 30 // S pam alert!

Alicia Chesser, ni-sayer

Theatre Pops takes on Python classic o n s tag e

32 // C reatively creepy Megan Shepherd, auditor TGAS explores the work of Charles Addams

28 School’s in Session: Education events on Tulsa campuses

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Review of Jacob Tovar’s debut album

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editor’sletter

In our quest to be something other than our naked, hairy, perfect selves, humans have taken the proverbial fig leaf to some inspiring highs and depressing lows.

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hatever the existential and ethical quagmires of the style and fashion industries (and there are plenty), we all make daily decisions about how we present ourselves to the world.

As a preschooler, I would meticulously style an outfit each morning, cross the street to play with the neighbors, return home to change outfits and repeat this routine several times in a day. My mom’s always been a stylish gal,

and I undoubtedly picked up some pointers during our hundreds of hours at T.J.Maxx. But all those costume changes seemed to point to something more instinctual.

Whatever that is might well be summed up with a word that’s been widely used by my grandmother, mother and cousins for decades. As I’m sure you did not guess, that word is jazzy.

At age 4, jazzy described my polka dot spandex bike-riding outfit (and my bike, of course).

At 12, Contempo Casuals (RIP) was doing some pretty jazzy things for me. Nowadays, my favorite jewelry, Hawaiian print anything or even just a great pair of cutoffs can make me feel jazzy, because I’ve realized over the years that jazzy is really just a state of mind.

Still, I wonder why we externalize style. Whence comes the glee of plastering my neck and arms with temporary dinosaur, horse and Hello Kitty tattoos?

Why is there nothing quite like a

plush new pair of socks, the fit of my favorite jeans or the thrill of a fresh haircut? We like to feel good, inside and out, and style is a means of expressing our vitality.

This issue celebrates that expression in its many forms. a

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viewsfrom theplains

A license to wait Folding chairs and government spending

by BARRY FRIEDMAN In which I argue with a stranger about fiscal policy.

On 21st Street between Southwest Boulevard and Chandler Park, along this testosterone-filled road of salvage yards, warehouses and surplus supply stores, sits the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety.

It is an unremarkable building, as it should be. The air conditioner, if working at all, is struggling to keep up with the July heat.

Two rows of plastic chairs, one against the wall, one against the window, outline the lobby. My father and I take a number from the bakery-style ticket machine and find seats next to two complaining men.

“Shit, I waited three hours yesterday,” says one.

“Hell, I don’t even know what I’m doing here,” says the other. “I’m from Illinois, lived in California. They know I got a license.”

“What number for you, pal?” the first guy asks my dad.

“89.”

The red neon counter on the wall reads 67.

“Dad, I’ll be right back.”

“I know I have to wait out there,” I say to the man behind the counter in the main room, “but I wanted to make sure this is where you come to replace lost licenses?”

“Yes it is,” he says pleasantly. “Be with you as soon as we can.”

“I bet they have only one guy back there,” my father complains as I return.

Moments later, that one guy is standing over me.

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“It occurs to me this is one of the things that happens when you cut spending and shrink government on the way to drowning it in a bathtub.

You run out of folding chairs and force people to stand in hot, crowded lobbies.”

better) over at Oklahoma Policy Institute.6 The reality in recent times is, in good times as well as bad, Oklahoma can’t balance its budget.

Our state tax system is no longer generating the revenue needed to pay for basic public services.

Back at Public Safety …

“Damn taxes are too high,” the guy says to nobody in particular.

“They just cut,” I try to say— “—Damn straight,” says the other man next to him.

“This is bullshit!”

“Listen, I couldn’t help notice that you were carrying a copy of a birth certificate.

We don’t accept those here.

I have to get back, but didn’t want you waiting just to be disappointed.”

Nice.

“We have the original.

Thanks for checking.”

People keep entering. Some stand along the window, some brave the heat outside, some head back to their cars.

The indicator coughs.

68 …

Two men enter—they look like father and son; then a woman; a young couple; another couple; a man with a bicycle; a man, lopsided, in pain. The place is now uncomfortably crowded.

69 …

“Government, huh?” the guy asks my father, pointing to all the people waiting.

“What number?” he asks a man by the window.

“I got 101 yesterday. They got to 90 and said they were closing, said to come back.”

“You ain’t never going to be seen by these people.

They’re probably all in the back, eating lunch.”

72 … 73

“What?” he asks.

“Oh, please, they just cut your taxes,” I mumble louder, “and it made things worse. Besides, look around. There’s no state money being wasted here.

There aren’t enough chairs, for Chrissakes.”

“Nothing.”

“Taxes are too high.”

It’s 10:30.

“They’re not eating lunch,” I mumble.

70 … 71

It occurs to me this is one of the things that happens when you cut spending and shrink government on the way to drowning it in a bathtub1. You run out of folding chairs and force people to stand in hot, crowded lobbies.

The Oklahoma legislature recently refused to cancel2 the tax cut this year, including the tax breaks given3 to oil producers who don’t want or need it—even though the state was running a deficit, even though we had to raid4 the Rainy Day Fund, even though we cut5 Medicaid, even though we could have accepted Affordable Care Act money, even though ...

If you want to understand this bait and switch, read David Blatt (nobody in the state covers it

“Look, you can bitch about high taxes or bitch about the wait to get a driver’s license, but not both. Pick one.”

“Government takes too much of my damn money.”

“Well, there’s your answer.”

And here’s your reward.7 Taken together, the two tax rate reductions will pump $237 million into the private sector and serve as “an important tool for job creation and economic development,” said Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican elected in 2010.

Economic development?

Really, governor—job creation?

David, you were saying8?

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homans. The average middle-income household will see its taxes lowered $31 a year, or $2.60 per month. Forty percent of households will get no benefit at all. Yet the cut will add some $50 million to the budget hole for the upcoming fiscal year and $150 million in 2017, when our budget outlook is likely to look equally grim.

Lovely. Thirty-one dollars for the year? Shall we invest in technology stocks, open a business, or just take the kids out for burgers?

It’s debatable whether cutting taxes does much good, anyway 9.

Analysis of six decades of data found that top tax rates “have had little association with saving, investment, or productivity growth.” However, the study found that reductions of capital gains taxes and top marginal rate taxes have led to greater income inequality. Past studies cited in the report have suggested that a broadbased tax rate reduction can have “a small to modest, positive effect

on economic growth” or “no effect on economic growth.”

Bernie Sanders, line one.10 74 … 75 “Government,” the guy says, “is by its nature inefficient. They should let private industry take this over.”

“Inefficient, really? The government sends out11 about 60 million social security payments every month, and you know how many are lost? Hey, dad, your social security check ever been even late?”

“Never. Deposited in the account on the fourth, like clockwork.”

(You would have thought we had rehearsed it.)

“You want efficiency,” I say to the guy, “that’s efficiency. As for private industry, it’s done such a bang-up job in prisons and classrooms, I can’t wait to see

care board approves Medicaid budget cuts 6) Oklahoma Policy Institute: The state budget deficit is not just oil prices 7) The Huffington Post: Mary Falling Signs Oklahoma State Income Tax Cut Into Law 8) Oklahoma Policy Institute: Halt the tax cut 9) The Atlantic: Tax Cuts Don’t Lead to Economic Growth, a New 65Year Study Finds 10) Bloomberg Politics: Bernie Sanders Eyes Top Tax Rate of More Than 50 Percent 11) The Washington Post: Obama’s ‘70 million checks’ per month: Actually, it’s even more than that.

their work at the DMV. And, remember, government doesn’t make a profit off taxpayers; Halliburton does.”

He leans forward in his chair, shakes his head disgustedly, starts to say something, points his finger, decides against it, leans back in his chair as he crosses his arms, then leans forward again to say something before waving me off.

No rush. We’re going to be here for hours.

76 … 77 a

1) CNN: Republicans wisely break with Grover Norquist 2) News9: Oklahoma’s $600M Budget Shortfall Has Some Questioning Upcoming Tax Cuts 3) StateImpact: Why One Oklahoma Oil Executive Doesn’t Think Oil and Gas Tax Cuts Are Needed 4) The Oklahoman: New Oklahoma state budget expected to be smaller than current one 5) The Oklahoman: Oklahoma health

“Views from the Plains” appears each issue and covers Oklahoma politics and culture—the disastrous, the unseemly, the incomprehensible … you know, the day-to-day stuff.

Barry Friedman is a touring standup comedian, author and general rabble-rouser.

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THE ROOFTOP 214 S. Main St., Broken Arrow 918.806.2603 MON-WED 11 a.m.-midnight, THU-SAT 11 a.m.-2 a.m., SUN 11 a.m.-midnight Clockwise from l eft, The Rooftop patio, Cannolis and the Top Shelf Margherita pizza

On top of the Rose District The Rooftop brings affordable ambience to Broken Arrow

by JENNAH JANE | photos by VALERIE GRANT

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roken Arrow’s only rooftop bar and restaurant, The Rooftop is nestled in the Rose District just steps away from owner Jason Scarpa’s other concept, Main Street Tavern.

Though indoor seating is also available, the patio is the perfect space for late summer dining, and outside heaters make it comfortable enough to enjoy wintertime games and events on the restaurant’s 144-inch high definition projection screen.

The Rooftop’s house wines start at $5 a glass, and everything on the menu is reasonably priced between $5 and $12. I got things started with The Caribbean Queen cocktail, a concoction as sweet as it sounds with Gosling’s black seal rum, crème de banana, pineapple and cranberry.

The appetizer options include two types of Bruschetta: Traditional and Modern, which trades in the

classic recipe of tomatoes, garlic, basil and olive oil for gorgonzola, Italian sausage, capers and whiskey-and-balsamic-soaked raisins.

We went with the HummusTrio—a decision no one regretted. Basil, garlic and red pepper dips come with chewy, twisted house-made breadsticks. I imagined the dough was a teaser for the pizza to come. As a practiced hummus maker myself, this blend was surprisingly smooth and not at all overpowering. Though the red pepper and garlic dips were a hit at our table, I preferred the basil, which had the most punch.

At The Rooftop, guests can build their own masterpiece pizza or choose a Rooftop Specialty pizza. The Top Shelf Margherita pizza is topped with what you’d expect, but it’s put together in a way you wouldn’t expect from a sports bar.

The ingredients are so fresh you’d think they were imported that

morning. Feta Is Betta’ comes with garlic glaze, spinach, feta, mozzarella and parmesan, finished with a roasted chili oil for added heat.

The hot Bacon and Guac sandwich comes on sourdough bread with a savory blend of smoked provolone, Gouda and aged cheddar. The delicious dish was perfectly toasted, with a generous amount of crisp bacon (the only acceptable bacon, in my opinion).

We also tried the Dagwood, a cold sandwich served with a side of citrus penne pasta. Generous portions of turkey, ham and roast beef are folded into layers of cheddar, mozzarella, lettuce and horseradish mayo. Though layered, the Dagwood was reasonably sized for practical consumption, with no struggle to get a perfectly constructed bite. The toasted hoagie was soft enough to bite through, without being too bulky, and complemented the layers of meat and cheese.

Between bites of sandwich and Springtime Spinach Salad— complete with raspberry vinaigrette dressing and pistachios for added crunch—I began working on my delectable Cannoli.

The not-too-sweet crème filling contained little surprises of chocolate pieces. The outer shell crunched with cinnamon and was garnished with powdered sugar and luscious blueberries and strawberries.

I’ve tried the best Cannolis around—in Little Italy at Chicago Town, and the world famous #1 Cannoli King at New York City’s Caffe Palermo. These places set the bar high, and this Cannoli came pretty darn close.

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SAVE THE DATE FOR RESTAURANT WEEK! CELEBRATE NATIONAL SANDWICH MONTH Ever heard the phrase, “the best thing since sliced bread,” and wondered why the slicing of bread is held up as the benchmark of all human achievement?

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Miso Pork Bahn Mi Radish kimchi, fresh mint, spicy sesame aioli, Hawaiian cabbage slaw. Tallgrass Prairie Table is a Farm to Plate restaurant located in the heart of the historic Blue Dome entertainment district in downtown Tulsa.

Try Our Reuben! We are Tulsans who truly love what we do and provide for our friends in town and travelers alike. Those who know us know the passion we put into each sandwich is as important to us as the top quality ingredients that we use.

Come get ya one, and join the family!

212 N. Main St. | 918.779.4303

313 E 2nd St | 918.933.4499

HIDEAWAY PIZZA 7 Metro locations Hideawaypizza.com

Legendary sandwiches go with legendary pizza… A new standout has been added to our traditional favorites: the CHICKEN PARMESAN! Our seasoned and breaded chicken breast is topped with Hideaway’s marinara sauce, mozzarella and grated Parmesan, then baked to mouthwatering perfection! Served with our addicting homemade potato chips!

402 E 2nd St | 918.938.6382

1305 S Peoria Ave | 918.382.7428

DECO DELI

415 S Boston Ave | 918.938.6858 With a menu focusing on fresh, seasonal and local produce, Deco Deli, located in the the historic Atlas Life Building, offers a wide range of sandwiches, wraps, salads, soups, smoothies, and more. For those downtowners on the go, there is a healthy selection of prepared foods and beverages.

Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM For catering orders, call 918.938.6858

CAFÉ SEVILLE

STEAK STUFFERS

Our sumptuous Seville Chicken Griller is layered between a homemade bun with our specially marinated chicken breast, grilled fresh pineapple, applewood smoked slab bacon and tangy Swiss cheese. We top it off with a drizzling of housemade honey-mustard sauce.

Now, that’s a sandwich “tall” with flavor.

We are closed August 9th-16th for renovations. Patio dining coming soon!

Recognized as the one and only original Philly Cheese Steak restaurant in Tulsa, Steak Stuffers has been in business 27 years. We didn’t learn it, we lived it having stores in Philly. With or without, your choice! Also selling Philly Chicken.

Monday-Friday — 10am to 7pm Closed Saturday and Sunday

10021 S Yale Ave | 918.209.5779

THE TULSA VOICE // August 5 – 18, 2015

7846 E 51st St | 918.743.7474

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dininglistings TU/KENDALL WHITTIER

SOUTH TULSA

Big Al’s Health Foods Bill’s Jumbo Burgers Billy Ray’s BBQ Brothers Houligan Calaveras Mexican Grill Capp’s BBQ Corner Café Duffy’s Diner El Rio Verde Freddie’s Hamburgers Guang Zhou Dim Sum Hoot Owl Coffee Company Jim’s Coney Island Las Americas Super Mercado & Restaurant

BBD II Baja Jack’s Burrito Shack Bamboo Thai Bistro Bellacino’s Pizza & Grinders Bodean’s Seafood Restaurant The Brook Camille’s Sidewalk Café Cardigan’s Charleston’s Cimarron Meat Company Dona Tina Cocina Mexicana El Guapo’s El Samborsito Elements Steakhouse & Grille The Fig Café and Bakery First Watch Five Guys French Hen Gencies Chicken Shack Gyros by Ali Hebert’s Specialty Meats Helen of Troy Hideaway Pizza India Palace

Lot a Burger Maxxwell’s Restaurant Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts Mr. Taco Oklahoma Style BBQ Philly Alley Pie Hole Pizza Pollo al Carbon Rib Crib BBQ & Grill The Right Wing Route 66 Subs & Burgers Tacos Don Francisco Tally’s Good Food Cafe Umberto’s Pizza

PEARL DISTRICT El Rancho Grande The Phoenix Café Lola’s Caravan

Ike’s Chili Papa Ganouj JJ’s Hamburgers

BROOKSIDE Antoinette Baking Co. Biga Billy Sims BBQ Blue Moon Bakery and Café The Brook Brookside By Day Café Ole Café Samana Charleston’s Claud’s Hamburgers Cosmo Café & Bar Crow Creek Tavern Doc’s Wine and Food Egg Roll Express Elmer’s BBQ La Hacienda Lokal The Hen Bistro Hibiscus Caribbean Bar and Grill HopBunz In the Raw

Keo Lambrusco’Z To Go Leon’s Brookside Lokal Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Ming’s Noodle Bar Mondo’s Ristorante Italiano Old School Bagel Café Pei Wei Asian Diner R Bar & Grill Rons Hamburgers & Chili Señor Tequila Shades of Brown Sonoma Bistro & Wine Bar Starbucks Sumatra Coffee Shop Super Wok The Warehouse Bar & Grill Weber’s Root Beer Whole Foods Market Yolotti Frozen Yogurt Zoës Kitchen

UTICA SQUARE Brownies Gourmet Burgers Fleming’s Goldie’s Patio Grill McGill’s Olive Garden P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

WO ODLAND HILLS

BLUE D OME The Krazy Olive La Crêpe Nanou La Flama Mahogany Prime Steakhouse McNellie’s South City Mr. Goodcents Subs & Pastas Napa Flats Wood Fired Kitchen Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Nordaggio’s Coffee OK Country Donut Shoppe Pita Place Redrock Canyon Grill Ripe Tomato Ron’s Hamburgers and Chili Sushi Hana Japanese Fusion Thai Village Tres Amigos Mexican Grill & Cantina White Lion Whole Foods Yokozuna Zio’s Italian Kitchen

Pepper’s Grill Polo Grill Queenie’s Café and Bakery Starbucks Stonehorse Café Wild Fork

Albert G’s Bar & Q Bramble Dilly Diner El Guapo’s Cantina Fassler Hall Joe Bots Coffee Joe Momma’s Pizza

Juniper Lambrusco’z McNellie’s S&J Oyster Company STG Pizzeria & Gelateria Tallgrass Prairie Table Yokozuna

DECO DISTRICT Atlas Grill Billy’s on the Square Boston Avenue Grill Deco Deli

Elote Café & Catering Mod’s Coffee & Crepes Tavolo The Vault

DOWNTOWN 624 Kitchen and Catering All About Cha Stylish Coffee & Tea Baxter’s Interurban Grill Bohemian Pizzeria The Boiler Room The Boulder Grill Café 320 Casa Laredo Coney Island Daily Grill Foolish Things Coffee Grand Selections for Lunch The Greens on Boulder Lassalle’s New Orleans Deli

Lou’s Deli MADE Market in the DoubleTree by Hilton Mazzio’s Italian Eatery Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar Oneok Café Oklahoma Spud on the Mall Seven West Café Sheena’s Cookies & Deli Steakfinger House The Sushi Place Tabouli’s Ti Amo Topeca Coffee Williams Center Café

TERWILLEGER HEIGHTS Bill & Ruth’s Blue Rose Café Burn Co. BBQ The Chalkboard Dalesandro’s

Elwoods Mansion House Café Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili La Villa at Philbrook

GREENWOOD Abear’s Fat Guy’s

Lefty’s on Greenwood

MIDTOWN Albert G’s Bangkok Thai Super Buffet Bravo’s Mexican Grill Bros. Houligan Celebrity Restaurant Daylight Donuts Supershop Eddy’s Steakhouse Felini’s Cookies & Deli

Golden Gate Lambrusco’z Mary Jane’s Pizza My Thai Kitchen PJ’s Sandwich Shoppe Phill’s Diner Trenchers Delicatessen

I-44/BA INTERCHANGE Big Anthony’s BBQ Bill & Ruth’s Subs Billy Sims BBQ Binh-Le Vietnamese Chop House BBQ D’Oro Pizza Desi Wok Fiesta Cozumel Gogi Gui Growler’s Sandwich Grill Hideaway Pizza Himalayas – Aroma of India Ichiban Teriyaki Jumbo’s Burgers Las Bocas Las Tres Fronteras Le Bistro Sidewalk Cafe Mamasota’s Mexican Restaurant & Bar Mazzio’s Italian Eatery

Monterey’s Little Mexico Nelson’s Buffeteria Pho Da Cao Pickle’s Pub Rice Bowl Cafe Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Roo’s Sidewalk Café Royal Dragon Sezchuan Express Shawkat’s Deli & Grill Speedy Gonzalez Grill Spudder Steak Stuffers USA Tacos Don Francisco Thai Siam Tokyo Garden The Tropical Restaurant & Bar Viet Huong Villa Ravenna Watts Barbecue

NORTH TULSA Amsterdam Bar & Grill Admiral Grill Bill & Ruth’s Christy’s BBQ Evelyn’s Golden Saddle BBQ Steakhouse Hank’s Hamburgers

Harden’s Hamburgers Hero’s Subs & Burgers Los Primos Moonsky’s Cheesesteaks and Daylight Donuts The Restaurant at Gilcrease White River Fish Market

WEST TULSA

Tulsa Broken Arrow

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Arnold’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers Burger House Charlie’s Chicken Jumpin J’s Knotty Pine BBQ Hideaway Pizza Linda Mar

Lot a Burger Monterey’s Little Mexico Ollie’s Station Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Sandwiches & More Union Street Café Westside Grill & Delivery

Asahi Sushi Bar Baker Street Pub & Grill Billy Sims BBQ Bistro at Seville Bluestone Steahouse and Seafood Restaurant Brothers Houligan Brothers Pizza Bucket’s Sports Bar & Grill Charlie’s Chicken Chuy’s Chopsticks El Tequila Fat Daddy’s Pub & Grille Fat Guy’s Burger Bar Fish Daddy’s Seafood Grill Fuji FuWa Asian Kitchen Firehouse Subs The Gaucho Brazilian Steakhouse Haruno Hungry Howie’s Pizza In the Raw on the Hill Jameson’s Pub Jamil’s Jason’s Deli

Jay’s Original Hoagies Keo Kit’s Takee-Outee La Roma Lanna Thai Logan’s Road House Louie’s Mandarin Taste Marley’s Pizza Mekong River Mi Tierra Napoli’s Italian Restaurant Oliveto Italian Bistro Ri Le’s Rib Crib BBQ & Grill Ridge Grill Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili Savoy Shogun Steakhouse of Japan Siegi’s Sausage Factory & Deli Ti Amo Italian Ristorante Wrangler’s Bar-B-Q Yasaka Steakhouse of Japan Zio’s Italian Kitchen

BRADY ARTS DISTRICT Caz’s Chowhouse Chimera Draper’s Bar-B-Cue Gypsy Coffee House Hey Mambo The Hunt Club Laffa Lucky’s on the Green Mexicali Border Café

Oklahoma Joe’s Prhyme Downtown Steakhouse The Rusty Crane Sisserou’s Spaghetti Warehouse The Tavern Zin Wine, Beer & Dessert Bar

CHERRY STREET 15 Below Andolini’s Pizzeria Café Cubana Chimi’s Mexican Food Chipotle Mexican Grill Coffee House on Cherry Street Doe’s Eat Place Full Moon Café Genghis Grill Heirloom Baking Co. Hideaway Pizza Jason’s Deli Kilkenny’s Irish Pub & Eatery La Madeleine

Lucky’s Restaurant Mary’s Italian Trattoria Mi Cocina Oklahoma Kolache Co. Palace Café Panera Bread Phat Philly’s The Pint Qdoba Mexican Grill SMOKE. Te Kei’s Tucci’s Café Italia Zanmai

EAST TULSA Al Sultan Grill & Bakery Big Daddy’s All American Bar-B-Q Birrieria Felipe Bogey’s Brothers Houligan Casa San Marcos Casanova’s Restaurant Charlie’s Chicken Cherokee Deli Darby’s Restaurant El Centenario El Gallo Loco El 7 Marez El Refugio Azteca Super Taqueria Fiesta Del Mar Flame Broiler Frank’s Café Fu-Thai Garibaldi’s The Gnarley Dawg Hatfield’s

Jay’s Coneys Josie’s Tamales Kimmy’s Diner Korean Garden Leon’s Smoke Shack Lot a Burger Maria’s Mexican Grill Mariscos Costa Azul Mariscos El Centenario Mekong Vietnamese Pizza Depot Pizza Express Porky’s Kitchen Ron’s Hamburgers & Chili RoseRock Cafe Señor Fajita Seoul Restaurant Shiloh’s of Tulsa Shish-Kabob & Grill Stone Mill BBQ & Steakhouse Tacos San Pedro Taqueria la Cabana Timmy’s Diner

ROSE DISTRICT BruHouse Daylight Donuts Family Back Creek Deli & Gifts Fiesta Mambo!

Hideaway Pizza In the Raw

Main Street Tavern McHuston Booksellers and Irish Bistro Romeo’s Espresso Cafe The Rooftop

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HAIR SPA

RESEARCH ON NUTRITION, health care and relationships points to a clear distinction between quality and quantity for life outcomes. It’s not about how much you eat, how long you live or how many friends you have, but the quality of it all that defines your experience.

When it comes to services like a doctor’s visit, a massage or a haircut, it’s rare to find professionals who make their craft look effortless and leave you feeling content, connected and at your best.

When you finally find a gem, you keep coming back.

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Tucked away in the Blue Dome District, The First Ward salon is one of those places. Unknown to most who walk by it, the salon has no sign, no hours posted, only a turquoise door that opens to an old wooden staircase.

The threshold brings a distinct energy shift from the hot concrete outside. Owners Jessica Bond and James Sherrod joke that it’s leftover from The May Rooms, the space’s earlier incarnation as Tulsa’s longest running and most notorious brothel, which operated from 1936 to 19791.

At the top of the stairs, the corridor gives way to an abundance of natural light

spilling through the salon’s oversized windows. In an instant, the chaos and impersonal touches of a typical hair salon are forgotten. Salon Manager Cheyenne Scarborough makes each client comfortable with a seasonal cocktail or fresh cup of coffee. Bond, Sherrod and stylist Krystle Morris float with calm confidence through the airy space as conversations drift between the four salon chairs (with only three stylists, the fourth chair is usually reserved for merry guests).

Though minimalist, the space feels warm and inviting. Every last detail holds the same rare and relaxed thoughtfulness embodied by Bond

and Sherrod. Pretense has no place here, yet the luxury of The First Ward experience is undeniable.

Bond got her first taste of exemplary customer service as a 5-year-old at Disney World, which she naturally thought was the most magical place on earth. When she reflected back on that visit years later, she realized that the theme park was created solely to make people feel special.

“I’ve been over it 100 times, and I’m so fascinated by that place because Disney was just a man that wanted people to be happy,” she says.

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ACE

ple a relief, you know. I know some people think it’s cheesy, but I think that’s really nice.”

Bond had her eye on the space near 1st and Elgin long before she and Sherrod moved to New York City six years ago.

She’d even casually mentioned to a friend that if the space became available, she would open a salon there. As clients of Bond and Sherrod already know, their instincts are impeccable: In just three years as full-time stylists in Manhattan, Bond was working tents at Fashion Week and Sherrod was styling the hair of Victoria’s Secret models. They were mentored by some of the industry’s top THE TULSA VOICE // August 5 – 18, 2015

The First Ward and the art of context

BY DEJON KNAPP | PHOTOS BY MICHELLE POLLARD

talent, people Bond says were kind, giving and open. In most respects, they had made it in the big city.

But New York had given them a deflating glimpse behind the curtain of the industry—disingenuous product marketing, uninspired styles, cookie-cutter beauty ideals and the impersonal speed of mass production. Though their experience had been invaluable, they wanted more control over their business practices and needed a change of pace.

By the time the First Street space became available, Bond and Sherrod had moved from New York to Austin and

were traveling back and forth to see weekend clientele in Tulsa. The location was ideal—“second floor, private, in a busy neighborhood without being in your face, an apartment living room kind of feeling,” Sherrod says. “If you’re going to invite people into your space, you just treat them like they’re in your home, because that salon experience is so much more pleasant than a hair factory.”

Initially, they enlisted Morris, an acquaintance, as a temporary stylist through the holidays to help her out of a jam.

She’s since become a beloved friend, respected colleague and permanent member of

The First Ward family. For the past three years, they’ve shared ideas on technique, people, philosophy and career goals. Opting for quality over quantity, the stylists have grown their clientele slowly as they’ve nurtured the salon’s culture and value.

The First Ward philosophy is about making you the best you. It’s about seeing your beauty even if you don’t, and knowing you deserve to feel good. It’s about seeing you in the context of your life.

If you visit the salon, the stylists will get all up in your business. They’ll ask about your morning routine, your tolerance for maintenance FEATURED // 21

COMING THIS FALL: THE FIRST WARD’S FIRST-EVER LOOK BOOK THE FIRST WARD 324 E. 1ST STREET

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY TUES-SAT 11 A.M.-7 P.M. 918.770.8908 THEFIRSTWARDSTUDIO.COM

The First Ward’s second-floor space in the Blue Dome District is the former home of The May Rooms, Tulsa’s longest running brothel.

and how much time you spend outside. They want to know you—office-dwelling workaholic, adventurous world traveler, rebel or traditionalist, structure loving or wild and untamed. Every decision they make with your hair depends on it.

“Context, context in everything,” Sherrod says. “Why would I put this haircut on someone when they’re going to spend 40 minutes styling it?

Yeah, it looks sharp and well executed, but they’re going to do it one time and never do it again, because it’s not in context with their lifestyle or look in general. You have to style to context. And we believe that first with the work we do, and that just flows through everything we create.”

The intensely personal nature of their work demands that the stylists seek out plenty of fresh perspective. Traveling to 22 // FEATURED

new places (Bond and Sherrod just returned from Paris and Copenhagen) and meeting the people who live there is an essential source of inspiration.

In addition to giving their creative minds time to reset, travel informs their work with local and global trends and new perspectives on beauty.

Though Bond, Sherrod and the team treat their craft with the utmost respect, they also don’t take themselves too seriously. This is never more apparent than when The First Ward throws a party. Whether it’s their annual Tulsa Tough watch party or the infamous “Fist Wad”— complete with a DJ and a “pay half price or roll the dice” game of hair Russian roulette—this crew knows how to let loose.

In January, The First Ward held an Instagram contest to treat one lucky winner to a

new look. Bond was feeling restless after the holidays and wanted a project that would give her full creative license.

As the entries rolled in, Morris showed Bond the women’s photos and shared what she knew about each one. They realized that all seven entrants spent their time helping others—they were social workers, nurses, counselors, advocates and the list went on. The team could think of no one more deserving of a makeover than these bleeding hearts, so they made every one a winner.

In typical First Ward fashion, as word spread about the project, like-minded friends and community members jumped onboard: Chimera provided lunch; Spa Southern Hills gave hand and foot massages; Vintage 1740 brought Champagne; This Land Press donated magazine subscriptions and

tote bags (loaded with product from The First Ward’s distributor, Modern Salon Services); local artist Sara Westover created a special painting for each person; Andey Delesdernier spun vinyl; and Cheyenne Butcher photographed the whole shindig. It’s this spirit of collaboration that has drawn faithful clients to The First Ward and made the salon a magnetic center of local creativity. a

1) Tulsa World: Throwback Tulsa: Madam of longtime Tulsa brothel was unrepentant to the end

HAIR BY JESSICA BOND AND JAMES SHERROD AT THE FIRST WARD MODEL - JEN RAGSDALE PAINTING SUPPLIED BY SASHA MALCHI HOME

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Owners James Sherrod and Jessica Bond

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Products available at The First Ward

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BEFORE Right-leaning head (toward dominant arm) strains left side neck muscles

The head doubles in weight, relative to gravity, with every extra inch it moves forward

Dominant shoulder and hand hang lower from excessive pushing/ pulling forces

Guarded chest and shoulders

Forward head compresses vertebrae in the neck, leading to headache and numbness in the arms/hands

Internal rotation in hands pulls shoulder blades away from mid back

Kyphotic curvature, AKA forward head posture

Compression in the spine— 2-3 inches of lost height

Forwardleaning torso taxes erector muscles of the spine and encourages foward-hanging shoulder girdle and tightening of chest muscles

Shadow indicates forward head and dormant front neck

Shoulder girdle slopes forward, shortening chest muscles and giving front deltoids the burden when pushing or lifting

Knees out of alignment with hips and heels

Lower torso leans forward to counterbalance forward head

Forward head collapses neck curvature compresses important arteries and nerves

Dormant front neck muscles due to forward head. Trapezius and upper back muscles compensate to hold the head up

Posterior pelvic tilt strains lower back muscles

External rotation in legs weakens and elongates inner thigh muscles

One foot favoring internal rotation External rotation in feet creates tibial torsion

Jake Miller // Brewer at Prairie

Artisan Ales, Gardener, Bookworm, Fish conservationist

Narrow stance disturbs pelvic position and forces the hips out of socket

Georgia Brooks // Designer for The Tulsa Voice, Illustrator, TV watcher, Lover of socks

Cheyenne Butcher // Artist, Bartender/barista, Bike poloist, Commuter cyclist

John Stehr // Manager at New Heights Rock Gym, Rock climber, Trail runner, Happy camper

Straighten up Posture and health profile go hand in hand

by ZAC KING

A

s a kid, I constantly heard my mom tell me to “Sit up straight!” She actually had a cue I still use occasionally: Pretend there’s a string attached to the crown of your head that’s being pulled upward.

I’d lift my head when she would insist, but when she looked away, I’d forget and collapse back into compression.

Obsessively readjusting your spine in resting positions won’t solve your posture problems, but it’s one piece of the puzzle (arguably the smallest). Our structures are built for adaptive and complex movement sequences. It’s how we got honey from beehives, took down game with handcrafted weaponry and built dynamic,

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durable shelters. Though life for many of us looks a lot different now, we’ve still got all that natural potential. So how can we make the most of it? When it comes to posture and movement, keep five basics in mind: • • • • •

physical environment infant motor development psychosocial factors breathing biomechanical alignment

Degeneration in one of these areas affects all others, and the cycle does a number on us: compressed spines, forward tilting heads, nonexistent spinal rotation, flabby butts, flat arches and the list goes on. If your self-im-

age is taking a hit right now, take a deep breath. I teach this stuff daily but can frequently be spotted with a Disney-film-worthy hunch in my thoracic spine.

So, the teacher can’t even stand up straight—what’s the point? Think about how many years you’ve caved into your computer screen, toughed it out in high heels, sat in traffic, slept on cushy surfaces and complied with the “comfortable,” low-energy-expenditure modern lifestyle—15 years? 24 years?

65 years? Nothing adapts overnight, and ridding your life of every trigger is nearly impossible.

Instead, go easy on yourself as you gradually adopt practices that better serve you.

THE FISHBOWL EFFECT For roughly 150,000 years, humans lived in open spaces as nomads, hunters and gatherers and evolved to assume an endless array of body positions. Urban lifestyles often find us boxed in and unable to move freely, stand tall, play and encounter the unpredictable (which inspires improvisation—a necessity for building functional movement patterns). That’s one reason it feels so good to get outside—this is where our expansive animalistic postures reawaken.

Go outside and freely experiment with natural movement patterns like climbing, crawling, jumping, balancing and laughing.

Open your chest, breathe deeply and rotate your spine. You’ll reap August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

AFTER Retracted chin and sprouted skull decompress spine and counteract “scholar’s neck”

Shoulder blades squeeze together

Shoulder girdle hangs in suspension

Expanded chest

Spinal decompression opens 2-3 inches of height and relieves pressure between intervertebral discs

Head sprouts from anchored tailbone/ pelvis

Head 2-3 inches retracted, relieving upper back muscles

Broad, expansive collarbones

Engaged front neck muscles relieve traps and allow shoulder blades to hang in suspension

Shoulders draw back, broadening the chest and strengthening the mid back

Expanded chest and clavicles

Decompression via anchored tailbone, sprouted head

Extension in mid back allows proper rotation Proper extension in low back

Glutes engaged to do their main job (erecting the torso for bipedalism)

Big toe aligned with ankle, knee and hip

the benefits of evolution by moving with your design instead of against it.

ACTING AGELESS Most kids move through a natural motor development process involving establishment of head control, rolling patterns, balanced sitting, crawling, and bipedal ambulation (walking upright). Chiropractor and functional movement specialist Dr. Andreo Spina writes that parents should allow kids to explore movement at their own pace, as they’re still in tune with natural progressions1.

This stuff is so important that there are fitness regimens for adults to reawaken their childhood movement. Original Strength, founded by kettle-bell instructor Geoff Neupert and restorative exercise specialist Tim Anderson, encourages adults to move like babies. Rocking, rolling, smiling and dancing are all part of promoting postural improvements and movement returns in adults dealing with long-term imbalances.

MIND AND MATTER Research by Harvard psychologist Amy Cuddy suggests that posture THE TULSA VOICE // August 5 – 18, 2015

Alert posture with knees extended but not locked

Heels directly under knees and hips

affects emotional and hormonal balance and vice versa. Guarded, small postures decrease testosterone, increase the stress hormone cortisol, lower confidence and make us unlikely to take risks2.

In Cuddy’s TED talk3, she encourages more powerful and expansive poses, which position us for greater wellbeing and prosperity.

For a humorous but relatable cue, I instruct many of my clients to walk tall and rotate their shoulders with a bit of “swagger.” They typically laugh and assume amazing posture instantly but feel self-conscious about it. I’ve observed that holding my body this way reduces anxiety, improves confidence and enriches my vocal tone. I’ve also noticed that my interactions are more positive and productive when I carry myself expansively, with soft eyes and a gentle smile. It’s contagious; try it, and watch your friends’ mirror neurons engage.

Before you know it, everyone in the room will appear taller, happier and more at ease.

DON’T HOLD YOUR BREATH When was the last time you took a deep, diaphragmatic breath? I can

Feet parallel, big toe aligned with ankle, knee and hip

guarantee it wasn’t when you got cut off on 169 South yesterday.

The diaphragm connects to the sternum, ribs and vertebrae. At full expansion, this muscle creates space for the intervertebral discs of the spine. When stress is high, breathing tends to become shallow, leaving our lower lungs and ribs dormant. At least for me, it doesn’t take much to activate a fight-orflight response: driving a motor vehicle, deadlines, calls from disgruntled family members and sober concerts, to name just a few.

Try this exercise: Take a breath deep into the lower abdomen and exhale all the way with intensity.

It will probably feel extremely foreign, but breathing in this way helps decompress and mobilize vertebrae, strengthen the core and make spinal rotations safer.

BEYOND COMFORTABLE So what is proper alignment? To get an idea, stand tall and keep the outsides of your feet parallel. Unlock your knees and flex your butt muscles. Pretend you’re standing on a block of ice, and anchor your lower body. Sprout your head as high as possible, as if you were trying to see over a fence, and ex-

Feet parallel, big toe aligned with ankle, knee and hip

pose the chest, feeling the opening in your collarbones. Now, brace your abdomen as if someone were about to jab you in the stomach, and breathe behind this shield.

Lastly, lean back, moving only the ankle joints, until you feel the front of your neck light up.

Because you’ve spent your whole life straying from this vital position, this will probably feel extremely uncomfortable. I know it’s a lot; don’t give up. As long as your diaphragm is working, your spine is long and strong and you’re moving with a sense of play, you’re on the right track.

Fitness isn’t defined by hours on a treadmill, and healthy posture doesn’t come from standing up straight while waiting in long lines.

The human body is pretty good at sitting, driving and texting, but it is best at climbing trees, dancing with friends and moving without restrictions. a

1) Onnit Academy: 5 Tips to Help Your Kids Live Upright 2) Psychological Science Journal: Power Posing. Brief Nonverbal Displays Affect Neuroendocrine Levels and Risk Tolerance 3) TED: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are FEATURED // 25

lifestyle

Adventure (non)essentials

by MOLLY BULLOCK

B e a d e d n e c k lac e s The Fair Trade Shop on Brookside, Colors of Etnika at Main & Archer

A dvent ur e - r e a dy swi m sui t

Picnics, swimming holes and back roads don’t require much, but here’s what I’ll be packing for my end-of-summer (read: until October) outings. I procured these items over a decade of traveling, bargain hunting and honing my idiosyncrasies to a fine point—but fellow style-savvy adventurers will find similar items at the sources below.

S ilv e r a nd nat ur a l s t o ne je we l ry

Look for amazing off-season clearance suits at Ascent on Cherry Street

Luxe Studio on Brookside, or make your own at The Bead Merchant at 16th and Harvard

HAT

Clean Hands on Cherry Street.

SCARF

Essen t i a l oi l s

Find fair trade options at serrv.org

Ivy’s Holistic Health (Find her on Facebook)

ZuZu L ux e n atu r a l vega n N av y Ma s c a ra Natural Grocers, Whole Foods

U ti l i ty p ou c h

Deco District Shops at 5th and Boston, Dwelling Spaces, Ida Red

Bracelets

Mij Shop at Miss Jackson’s in Utica Square, edit. on Brookside

C A N VA S T O TE cbstation.com

Te mp ora ry tattoos Oxley Nature Center, The Museum Shop at Philbrook

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Fa nny pack

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Our store is a treasure-filled warehouse of furniture, antiques, art and home decor from around the world. You will always find things you love while roaming around.

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RSU-Art on the Hill

OSU-Tulsa

Even if you’re not heading back to school this fall, our local colleges and universities offer plenty of opportunities to feed your brain, sharpen your skills and learn from experts on a wide range of topics. The following events are open to the public and free or under $100.

Thursday, Aug. 13

Wine & Design Series: Collage Pendants

6-8 p.m.

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. M.B. Brady St.

Lorton Performance Center - TU

Local artist Julie Strauss will give instruction on combining easy soldering techniques with personal collage images to create wearable art. Drink wine as you design a custom pendant with words, text or images on decorative paper backgrounds. These images will be pressed between two thin pieces of glass, wrapped with copper foil and soldered with silver to create a beautiful memory pendant.

The class costs $40. For more information, contact Cindy Williams at The University of Tulsa, 918.631.4402.

Saturday, Aug. 15

OU-Tulsa

Reynolds Center - TU

Extended Pose Figure Drawing

1-5 p.m.

Zarrow Center for Art & Education 124 E. M.B. Brady St.

This studio gives artists the opportunity to draw, paint or sculpt from a nude model holding a single pose for four hours. Use the extended time to create a more fully developed work or a whole series. Bring your own supplies; easels will be provided.

The class costs $25. For more information, contact Cindy Williams at The University of Tulsa, 918.631.4402.

its fifth year. The free festival showcases works by established artisans, rising talents and students from throughout northeastern Oklahoma. The event also includes art demonstrations and live music. All proceeds from the festival will help fund college scholarships for current RSU students and area high school students.

Artists and schools seeking to enter the festival should contact Heather Isaacs at 918.343.7740.

Non-student artists pay $60 to exhibit their work, with $20 from each entry going to the scholarship fund. To sponsor Art on the Hill, contact Katelyn Tittle at 918.343.6816.

Thursday, Sept. 24-Friday, Sept. 25

Wellness: Building Capacity for Tomorrow’s Older Adults 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

OSU-Tulsa North Hall

The sixth annual Linking Gerontology and Geriatrics conference addresses creative ways to build a meaningful and satisfying life, older adults with intellectual disabilities, visual impairment and well being, mental health and more. The two-day conference features breakout sessions and interactive panels with keynote speakers including long-term care policy analyst Dan Timmel and University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Carol D. Ryff, professor of psychology and director of the university’s Institute on Aging.

Early registration costs $50 and includes breakfast and lunch both days. Register at osu-okgec. okstate.edu, or get more information by calling Tammy Henderson at 405.744.8350.

Monday, Sept. 28

The University of Tulsa Fall Outdoor Film Festival 7-9 p.m.

Lorton Performance Center, Gussman Concert Hall 550 S. Gary Pl.

This free festival features an exclusive lineup of student films presented by the Department of Film Studies. Refreshments will be provided.

Friday, Sept. 18-Sunday, Sept. 20

Art on the Hill

10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Sunday Rogers State University Claremore campus

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For more campus events throughout the year, visit thetulsavoice.com/calendar

Monday, Sept. 28

An Evening with Salman Rushdie

7 p.m.

Perkins Auditorium at OU-Tulsa Schusterman Learning Center 41st and Yale

In celebration of Banned Books Week, Booksmart Tulsa and The OU-Tulsa School of Library and Information Studies present British Indian author Salman Rushdie, best known for wildly controversial novel The Satanic Verses.

Friday, Oct. 2-Saturday, Oct. 3

Exploring and Learning in a Digital World: What We Know, What We Need to Know, and Why it Matters 8:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday OU-Tulsa Schusterman Learning Center 41st and Yale

The ninth annual Early Childhood Leadership Institute features keynote speaker Chip Donohue, dean of Distance Learning and Continuing Education at Erikson Institute in Chicago. Donahue directs Erikson’s Technology in Early Childhood Center, where he promotes informed decisions about the appropriate and intentional use of technology in early childhood education.

Registration before Sept. 1 costs $55 for Friday, $35 for Saturday or $75 for both days. For registration information, call 918.660.3907.

Tuesday, Oct. 6

Presidential Lecture Series featuring Erik Larson 7:30-9 p.m.

Donald W. Reynolds Center at The University of Tulsa

Award-winning narrative non fiction master Erik Larson has been well-received worldwide. His most recent book, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, tells the story of the ocean liner’s 1915 sinking. In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, chronicles the life of an American ambassador and his family in Berlin during the first years of Hitler’s reign. The critically acclaimed The Devil in the White City intertwines stories of the Chicago 1893 World’s Fair and one of America’s most infamous serial killers.

No tickets or registration are required for this free event.

For more information, call 918.631.2309.

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Zarrow Center for Art & Education

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Instruction is delivered through innovative programming to educate the high performance technicians that businesses and industries seek today for globally competitive environments. Students choose from 42 ma jors in more than two dozen degree programs earning Associate in Science, Associate in Applied Science or Bachelor of Technology degrees.

Popular ma jors include culinary arts, natural gas compression, power plant technology, orthotics and prosthetics, nursing, IT network infrastructure, watchmaking, photography and 3-D modeling and animation.

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AREAS OF ACADEMIC DISTINCTION

Ranked among the top watchmaking degree programs in the world, the OSU Institute of Technology School of Watchmaking exemplifies the crossroads between precision skill and artistic vision. The school observes a rich heritage of classically trained Swiss luxury craftsmanship since World War II and is backed exclusively by the Rolex brand.

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Spamalot Aug. 7-23, John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa PAC $25, tulsapac.com Spamalot Cast (from left to right): Gavin Wells, Rick Harrelson, Richard Rankin, Christina Elizabeth, Sam Briggs, John Burns | COURTESY

Spam alert!

Theatre Pops takes on a Python classic

by ALICIA CHESSER

T

he dog days—they’re here. Heat so blinding and relentless that rational thinking becomes a massive feat. Endless hours with restless children. Nothing to do but get as naked as permissible and as ridiculous as possible.

Blessed are those who bring us farce in such moments. The genre celebrates the absurdity of human existence with improbable plot twists, exaggerated characters, larger-than-life situations and broad humor. It’s the funhouse mirror-image of tragedy, the gift of laughing at the preposterous nonsense of it all.

Farce has a rich history, from the satyr plays of ancient Greece all the way to “I Love Lucy” and ludicrous YouTube videos.

Perhaps the greatest 20th-century practitioners were Monty Python, whose films and TV sketches were the epitome of silliness.

Enter (God be praised!)

Spamalot. “Lovingly ripped off ” from 1975’s “Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” the 2005 Tony Award-winning Broadway musical 30 // ARTS & CULTURE

by original Python member Eric Idle toured here in 2013. It returns August 7-23 via Theatre Pops with an all-local cast and crew at the PAC’s John H. Williams Theater.

Theatre Pops itself was born in farce. Founded in 1989 as a group specializing in sex farces like No Sex Please, We’re British and A Bed Full of Foreigners, the troupe began a more serious trajectory when the late, legendary Ken Spence and Randall Whalen took over, producing plays by the likes of David Mamet and Tracy Letts, whose August: Osage County earned them first place at the 2015 TATE Awards. But it has always kept one foot in the “camp,” as it were, with productions like Tinkerbell is Dead and Bard Fiction.

Theatre Pops board member Meghan Hurley said Spence would be amazed that the troupe took on the production.

“I think it’s edgy enough that he’d go see it,” she said. “And Randy would be tickled. He hated the idea of producing a musical because it was too much hassle. I know he loved Monty Python, so I

think he would be having a lot of fun with it.”

Director Jana Ellis, whose credits include Kiss Me Kate and A Midsummer Night’s Dream, said Spamalot’s talented cast members understand the Monty Python humor and are committed to going big with the physicality required to execute it.

Actor Sam Briggs, who plays Sir Robin (a role originated on Broadway by David Hyde Pierce of “Frasier” fame), said the production team has extraordinary camaraderie—a crucial element in any show, perhaps particularly a comedy. A farce like this depends on collaboration.

“I think comedy can be disregarded in a lot of ways,” Briggs said. “It’s a difficult art form to write and perform. Everyone has to work together to find the timing for the laugh or even a funny tender moment. Every actor and actress is giving everything they’ve got, still experimenting and trying not to break when someone discovers something hilarious.”

An array of community collaborations and social media she-

nanigans makes the production a potentially epic distraction from the “ugh” of August. Chefs at Bramble Breakfast & Bar, R Bar & Grill and other local venues have created menus and drinks inspired by the musical, with dishes like “Knights Who Say (Ni)Coise Salad.” Bramble’s Michelle Donaldson has even created her own version of Spam.

Guest stars such as Kathy Taylor, Mary Beth Babcock and the Voice’s own Barry Friedman will join the cast in the role of “Sir Not Appearing.” And the call for photos with show posters around town using hashtags like #SpamUsALot is a delicious opportunity for Python-esque hijinks.

Spamalot invites us to join the performers in celebrating all things outrageous (not just accents) and step together into an experience that’s insane by design. Farce makes life more bearable. And every bit as much as drama, it shows us ourselves—ourselves at our most absurd.

“Sir Robin and I,” Briggs said, “are way more alike than I’d like to admit. a August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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CHAS ADDAMS: FAMILY AND FRIENDS Free exhibit with works by Charles Addams and TGAS students Opens Aug. 7 during the First Friday Art Crawl, runs through Sept. 27 Zarrow Center for Art and Education 124 E. M.B. Brady St. ANNUAL TGAS THROUGH A CHILD’S EYE GALA Inspiring Individuality: The Addams Family November 12 Cox Business Center Ballroom tulsagirlsartschool.org (INSET) ORIGINAL CARTOON BY CHARLES ADDAMS, WITH PERMISSION OF THE TEE AND CHARLES ADDAMS FOUNDATION Kaytlin Kneabl e | COURTESY

Creatively creepy Tulsa Girls Art School explores the work of Charles Addams

by MEGAN SHEPHERD

“J

oanna, unicorn out of your own head...”

It’s a gentle nudge, but Matt Moffett’s comment is enough to make two giggling eighth graders at Tulsa Girls Art School get their eyes and ideas back onto their own papers.

The nonprofit, also known as TGAS, provides visual arts training to underserved elementary and high school age girls in Tulsa. Decked out with whimsical, sophisticated student work, easels crowded corner to corner and wide, ink-splattered tables, the TGAS studio is a haven for creation. Advanced students have the freedom to create as they please, while the intermediates and ‘littles’ usually work from a theme or prompt.

This summer, the girls have been building on the work of Charles Addams, the mastermind behind nearly 60 years of The New Yorker cartoons and the famed Addams Family series. Their Addams-inspired works (think uni32 // ARTS & CULTURE

corn-mermaid hybrids, skeletons and more) will be available at the school’s annual gala (and biggest source of funding), “Inspiring Individuality: The Addams Family,” November 12 at the Cox Business Center Ballroom.

Aside from the gala, TGAS runs on foundation support, art sales and community members’ donations and student sponsorships.

Sustained engagement in students’ lives gives TGAS unique reach and continuity. Students get connected with the program in third grade via a feeder school, and many stay with it until high school graduation.

The girls-only environment allows for hyper-focused opportunities and training that’s hard to achieve in a co-ed setting.

In addition to creating pieces for auction or sale at TGAS events, students receive free art education and instruction, materials, meals, travel, occasional health care and mentoring.

“It’s just our way of doing social work through art,” says Mof-

fett, a local artist and the school’s executive director.

Financial education also factors into the school’s services.

Each young artist has her own micro-savings account, which receives 30 percent of proceeds from the work she sells through TGAS events and shows. All proceeds from students’ senior exhibits are deposited into their accounts to help pay for college (many are first-generation college-bound students). The girls may also use the funds for art and school supplies and their annual art trip.

Though Addams’ work makes for an unusual curriculum, his style and philosophy fit perfectly with TGAS’ playful approach to individuality and creative expression.

“Every kid’s interests are different here, so I like them to learn about all different kinds of mediums and artists,” Moffett says. “Also, to learn about such an American icon as the Addams

Family, the first gothic family to exist in America—especially in the ‘50s when it became really popular, it was just the polar opposite of the perfect family or housewife. Historically, it’s pretty amazing.”

In typical TGAS fashion, the Addams-inspired gala is sure to be like no other fundraiser in town.

“This year, it’s going to be fog on the floor, creepy things, the Addams Family theme, and the girls are making this odd art that we’re going to have for sale,” Moffett says. “We just try to think outside the box. Tulsa’s been so good about supporting us, so we want to give them something fun back.”

Prior to the gala, with help from the Tee and Charles Addams Foundation, TGAS will showcase more than 50 of Addams’ original works for the first time in the Midwest, alongside art by TGAS students. The free exhibit at the Zarrow Center for Art and Education opens August 7. a August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

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Through oCToBEr 11, 2015 Title sponsor of the Gilcrease Museum exhibition season is the Sherman E. Smith Family Foundation.

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I AM Yoga, Art & Music Festival Sat., Aug. 15 and Sun., Aug. 16 Veterans Park, iamyogafestival.com

Veterans Park hosts two days of yoga classes and demonstrations plus workshops, art, music, performances and vendors. Instructors of various disciplines will come from around the country to lead classes. Try yoga set to the music of Prince with The Yoga Room’s Nicole Peltier and experience acro yoga, hoop and belly dancing performances and live music from Green Corn Rebellion, Brujoroots, Sam & The Stylees, Steve Liddell, Erin O'Dowd and more. The festival also includes a conscious marketplace, kids' zone, food and a beer tent. Come and go for free, or purchase a Yoga Pass online for access to classes and workshops in the Yoga Tent and select main stage classes.

Taste of Brookside

Thurs., Aug. 13, 6 p.m., $50-$55 Brookside, tasteofbrookside.com Take a stroll down Brookside as you sample food and drink from local restaurants and vote for your favorite, all for the benefit of Youth Services of Tulsa. Kick off the evening and pick up your ballot with a wine reception at Pohlenz Cucine Moderne (3402 S. Peoria Ave.). After trying some of the area's best dishes and drinks, return to Pohlenz to cast your ballot. Participating restaurants include Biga, Brookside By Day, Cafe Olé, Charleston's, Doc's Wine & Food, The Hen, Hop Bunz, In the Raw, Keo, Leon's, R Bar, Shades of Brown, Sonoma, Whole Foods, Yolotti, Zoës Kitchen and 2014 Taste of Brookside winner Hibiscus.

8/5

Kristin Chenoweth Master Class

Fri., 7:30 p.m., $20-$40, Broken Arrow PAC, brokenarrowpac.com

Tony and Emmy Award winner and BA native Kristin Chenoweth returns to the theater that bears her name to host her second annual master class at Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center. An actress and singer, Chenoweth will lend her expertise to local high school and college talents as they perform in front of a live audience.

8/7

Oh, Tulsa! Biennial

Fri., Aug. 7 through Fri., Aug 28 Living Arts, livingarts.org

This juried, Tulsa-centric showcase features nearly 100 works by local artists inspired by the city we call home. Works in the exhibition both celebrate and critique Tulsa and were selected by Julia Kirt, executive director for Oklahomans for the Arts. The awards presentation and juror’s comments will take place at the show’s First Friday Art Crawl opening at 6:15 p.m.

Brady Arts District’s First Friday Art Crawl: August 7 108 Contemporary – Matters of Dis-Ease: Susan Taber Avila; AHHA – Greenbelt Meridian Project by James and Yiren Gallagher, entertainment by Rebecca Ungerman and Josh Westbrook; Bar 46 – Color Blind Tulsa; Brady Artist Studio – Pottery by Mel Cornshucker & Chas Foote, pottery and jewelry by Donna Prigmore, jewelry by Rachael Dazey; Caz’s Chowhouse – Music by Josh Caudle; Caz’s Pub – Live graffiti art; Chrysalis Salon & Spa – Augmentation: a photo exhibit by Susan Foust; Classic Cigars – Art by John Hammer; Gypsy Coffeehouse – Art

by Zac Heimdale, music by John Ratcliff; Hey Mambo – Mystery artist, music by 7 Blue Jazz Trio; Hunt Club – Jessica Hunt Band; Living Arts – Oh, Tulsa! Biennial; Mainline Art & Cocktails – Tamma Brummell – Linchpin, music by Ashlee Elmore; Mason’s – Art by DD Duvall; Philbrook Downtown – Modern Times: exhibition using simplified geometric shapes and sharp colors conveying the energy and dynamism of modern technology with a vivid graphic impact; Soundpony – Unborn Myths – collage by Jhohn Arlie, Lessons in Fresh; Tulsa Artists’ Coalition – Binary Figments – Timothy Varnell; Woody Guthrie Center – Atomic Woody: Woody Guthrie, Einstein, and the Atomic Age; Yeti – Art by Ryan Caetano, music by Badger and J Brown; Zarrow Center – Chas Addams: Family and Friends, music by Mark Gibson

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thehaps THE BEST OF THE REST EVENTS

Wingapalooza

Sat., Aug. 8, 2-5 p.m., $25 BOK Center, bokcenter.com Tastebuds will be all aflutter at the 2nd annual Wingapalooza. More than 20 area restaurants will present their take on that most versatile of fried poultry, the chicken wing, all vying for People’s Choice and Judge’s Choice awards. Participating restaurants include Baker Street Pub, Baxter’s Interurban Grill, Boulder Grill, Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, Fat Guy’s, Full Moon Cafe, Joe Momma’s, Main Street Tavern, Mazzio’s/Wing Run, McNellie’s, Naples Flatbread, Oklahoma Joe’s, Rib Crib, Renaissance Hotel, Rusty Crane, SAVOR...by SMG, Sponzs Mathis Brothers, Warehouse Bar & Grill, Wingstop and Zaxby’s.

8/9

Stand Ups for Downs

Sun., Aug. 9, $20 The Loony Bin, loonybincomedy.com

The Loony Bin and Bazar Entertainment present an evening of comedy and some big surprises, with all proceeds going to The Down Syndrome Association of Tulsa. Comedians on the bill include Bill Rusk, Billy Bazar, Dianna Jarvis, Sheila Naifeh and more.

A Tuna Christmas

Thurs., Aug. 13 through Sun., Aug. 23, $15 Broken Arrow Community Playhouse bacptheatre7471.wix.com Cool down your summer with a trip to Christmastime in Tuna, Texas.

A mysterious "Christmas Phantom" is vandalizing light displays and decorations in the midst of the tiny town's annual Christmas Yard Display Contest. The play is the second in the hilarious four-part series by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears and Ed Howard based in the "third-smallest town in Texas.” As with every Tuna performance, all 20+ eccentric characters are played by two very talented actors. Terry Abell and Todd Campbell return to the roles following last year's successful production of Red, White and Tuna.

8/13

RAW: Paramount

Thurs., Aug. 13, 7-11 p.m.

Vanguard, rawartists.org/tulsa

RAW: natural born artists is an international community with a mission to provide independent artists with resources and exposure to inspire and cultivate creativity. The group brings artists of various disciplines together for one multifaceted night of expression. RAW: Paramount will feature visual arts, music, fashion, comedy and photography by more than 25 local artists.

8/15

Akin’s 80th Anniversary

Sat., Aug. 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Akin’s Natural Foods, akins.com

Akin's Natural Foods has been been providing Tulsans with healthy and natural foods and products since 1935. To celebrate 80 years of good health, the grocer is throwing a party with free samples from more than 40 vendors, free chair massages, live music from Daniel Jordan and hundreds of items on sale with single-day discounts. Register to win an $800 Akin's shopping spree or one of a dozen reusable shopping bags filled with natural products.

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Second Saturday Walking Tour // Learn about Downtown Tulsa’s unique architecture on Tulsa Foundation for Architecture’s monthly walking tour. Each month’s tour is based on a different theme, providing new insight and showing off quirks of the city’s historic buildings. The tour sets off from Tepoca Coffee in the Mayo Hotel. // 8/8, 10:00 am, Topeca Coffee, $10, tulsaarchitecture.com/ Ok, So…Story Slam // Ok, So… comes together once a month to share true stories based on a given theme.

Audience members rate stories and tellers, and the winner of each month moves on to the annual GrandSlam.

August’s theme is BUSTED. // 8/12, 8:00 pm, Enso Bar, ensobar.com Monty Python’s Spamalot // Catapulting cows, a killer rabbit and a band of mostly incompetent knights around a very, very round table await you in this homegrown production of the multiple Tony Award-winning Spamalot. Theatre Pops presents this local production of the musical comedy “lovingly ripped off” from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Keep an eye out for cameos from some well-known Tulsans, including Kathy Taylor, Tallgrass Prairie Table chef Michelle Donaldson, Dwelling Spaces’ Mary Beth Babcock and the Voice’s own Barry Friedman. // 8/78/23, John H. Williams Theatre, Tulsa PAC, $25, tulsapac.com

COMEDY LaughLocal Comedy Night // 8/5, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook.com/centenniallounge577 Rick Gutierrez, Matt Golightly // 8/5, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $9, 8/6, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $9, 8/7, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $12, 8/8, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $12, loonybincomedy. com/tulsa/ Pop Up Players // 8/6, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/ T-Town “Famous” 8/7, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10-$12, comedyparlor. com/ Ryan’s Drinking Problem 8/7, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Squeaky Clean Stand Up 8/8, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Comfort Creatures 8/8, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor. com/ Sunday Night 8/9, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/ Shrine Comedy 2nd Anniversary show w/ Andre Price, Dianna Jarvis, Dave Short, Evan Hughes, Zach Amon, Josh Jughead Alexander, Becky Adrian and more. 8/10, 8:30 pm, The Shrine, tulsashrine.com/

LaughLocal Comedy Night 8/12, 8:00 pm, Centennial Lounge, facebook. com/centenniallounge577 Robert Hawkins, Tony Dijamco 8/12, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $5, 8/13, 7:30 pm, Loony Bin, $2, 8/14, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $10, 8/15, 7:30 pm, 10:00 pm, Loony Bin, $10, loonybincomedy.com/tulsa/ Improv Club 8/13, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/ Crayons 8/14, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ The Mic Drop 8/14, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor.com/ Stand Up Invasion 8/15, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor. com/ Comfort Creatures 8/15, 10:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $10, comedyparlor. com/ Cian Baker says Laugh It Up, Tulsa 8/16, 8:00 pm, Comedy Parlor, $5, comedyparlor.com/

SPORTS Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals 8/6, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals 8/7, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals 8/8, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com Tulsa Shock vs Atlanta Dream 8/9, 3:30 pm, BOK Center, $15-$175, shock. wnba.com/ Tulsa Drillers vs Northwest Arkansas Naturals 8/9, 7:05 pm, ONEOK Field, $5-$35, tulsadrillers.com ORU Women’s Soccer vs Arkansas 8/13, 5:30 pm, Case Soccer Complex, oruathletics.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs Real Monarchs SLC 8/13, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com/ Professional Bull Riders Express Employment Professional Invitational 8/14-8/15, BOK Center, $24.65$565.70, bokcenter.com Tulsa Roughnecks vs Louisville City 8/15, 7:30 pm, ONEOK Field, $8-$45, tulsaroughnecksfc.com/ TU Men’s Soccer vs SIUE 8/17, 7:30 pm, H.A. Chapman Stadium, $5, tulsahurricane.com/ Tulsa Shock vs Phoenix Mercury 8/18, 7:00 pm, BOK Center, $15-$175, shock.wnba.com/

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Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps release party 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, VFW Post 577, downstairs hall $10 (kids 12 and under get in free)

From left, Seth Lee Jones, Jacob Tovar and Cooper Waugh | COURTESY

If you’ve got the money Honey, Tovar’s got the time

by ERIN O’DOWD

B

y the looks of him, Jacob Tovar is as close as it gets to an old school cowboy in 2015. When you meet the man and hear his music, you’ll know he’s the real deal. Originally from Perry, Tovar honed his country, western and old-school honky tonk chops on the Tulsa scene.

He also managed to wrangle the Saddle Tramps, one of the tightest performing bands I’ve ever seen.

Tovar will release his debut album, Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps, Friday, Aug. 14 at VFW Post 577. The all-ages party starts at 7 p.m. in the VFW’s downstairs hall. You can also catch Tovar every first and third Thursday at The Colony.

The band puts on one of the best live shows in town, so it’s no surprise that they chose to record the album live, straight to a vintage 16 track 2” analog tape machine.

Native Tulsan Jason Weinheimer engineered, mixed and mastered the album at Little Rock’s Fellowship Hall Sound.

“Not a lot of bands could pull this off—no tricks, no fixes, no overdubs,” Weinheimer said. “But 36 // MUSIC

anyone who has seen Jacob and the guys play knows how great they are, and I wanted to make a record that reflected their unique take on classic honky tonk.”

Weinheimer said the studio, in a restored church building, was designed to capture the essence of classic studios of the ‘60s and ‘70s. A talented musician himself, Weinheimer also recorded Jesse Aycock’s Flowers and Wounds and Paul Benjaman’s Sneaker (to be released in September).

Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps contains four self-penned titles, three of which were co-written by local man of mystery Dennis Howard, who unbeknownst to many is an incredible guitar player and songwriter. (One of these days, we’ll get him up on the bandstand.)

The first single, “Three Good Reasons,” is a potential Cain’s Ballroom sell-out hit. Luthier and slide guitar player Seth Lee Jones nails the solo section with lightning speed and precision. Not to be outdone, electric guitarist Cooper Waugh beefs up the sound with a country Tele twang that

could rival Waylon Jennings. He and Jones bounce off each other like a rowdy saloon patron on a mechanical bull.

Tovar himself soars, juggling both rhythm and lead parts, though his booming voice tends to steal the show. His timbre is reminiscent of country greats like Webb Pierce, whose 1953 hit, “There Stands the Glass,” showcases Tovar’s voice beautifully. The album also offers up top-notch covers of Texas Troubadour Ernest Tubb’s “When a Soldier Knocks” and “Driving Nails into my Coffin.”

It’s safe to say, with all due respect, that Tovar’s renditions give the classic recordings a run for their money. The Saddle Tramps add a strength and candor not found in the original versions, and of course some shredding electric guitars.

But the album’s originals, which are full of country themes and sentiments, pay visceral homage to its predecessors. On “Tips and Beer,” the life story of a country musician, Tovar sings, “Blame it on Hank Williams/Blame it on

George Jones/Blame it on my honky tonk heroes, for singin’ them old sad songs.” Equally impressive is “Good Spirits,” a bona fide dive bar anthem that evokes a neighborhood oasis where “It don’t matter if my day goes wrong/Alright, cause I’ll be in Good Spirits tonight.”

A favorite of mine is “One Track Minded Baby,” which was co-written by Tovar’s wife, Jamie, and inspired by their daughter, Sylvia. The beauty of this song (and a mark of great songwriting) is that it could just as easily be about a smothering lover as it could be about a baby. This track also spotlights the impeccable rhythm section of drummer Patrick Ryan and bassist Aaron Boehler.

To brand Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps a throwback album would be to overlook the fresh energy it brings to old classics and, arguably, the reinvention of its treasured roots. This album is as rock ‘n’ roll as it is country, and it very well might be a key player in the face-lift that mainstream country desperately needs. a August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

CYCSQ&A

Product testing Courtyard interview with Jacob Tovar and Seth Lee Jones

by JOHN LANGDON

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ometown honky tonk heroes Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps are set to release their self-titled first album at VFW Post 577 on Friday, August 14. In anticipation of the release, two-thirds of the band, Tovar and luthier/master of mind-boggling guitar licks Seth Lee Jones made an appearance at our Courtyard Concert Series. If you’ve seen Tovar and the Tramps play, you’re familiar with the feeling they create—like you’ve been whisked away to some place that exists outside of time, where it wouldn’t be too surprising to spot Bob Wills in the corner just watching the bubbles in his beer, nodding along to the music.

Best way to spend a Saturday: Jacob Tovar: With my wife.

Seth Lee Jones: In the shop, man. I like to work.

JT: Do you want us to be [Saddle Tramps electric guitarist] Cooper Waugh? ‘Cause we can be him, too. If you wanna ask him anything, his answer for everything will be “fishing.”

Favorite local venue to play: SLJ: Dead tie between The Colony and the Mercury.

JT: Definitely. We’ve had some great experiences at both of them.

Those are the two fun venues that really are music venues.

Currently listening to: SLJ: Sonny Landreth—Grant Street.

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SLJ: I’ve got my third. Dogman— King’s X. JT: Damn. Marty Robbins—Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs. Webb Pierce—The Wondering Boy. “There Stands the Glass” is on that. And that’s it. I’m on the island, and that’s what I’ve got. I might have to throw Michael Hedges out. No, I’ll need him to calm me down when I’m having a panic attack from being on an island by myself. Michael and I are gonna get through this.

Jacob Tovar (right) and Seth Lee Jones in the Courtyard | GREG BOLLINGER

JT: Of course. That has nothing to do with honky tonk.

they’re put in a situation where they’re vulnerable, and sometimes it’s fucking brilliant.

SLJ: That’s right.

JT: I’m currently listening to Rufus Wainwright in the car right now. And that has nothing to do with honky tonk either.

Most anticipated shows: JT: Sunday Nite Thing with Paul Benjaman.

SLJ: I’ll second that. I’m there every Sunday. Sunday Nite Thing and the Monday Singer Songwriter Night [also at The Colony] are the only things I make it out to when I’m not playing. Those are always fun, and you never know what you’re gonna hear.

JT: Every week I look forward to it. Some of the best music I’ve seen in my life has been at The Colony on a Sunday night. I’ve been mesmerized several times.

There’s always a new guest, and

Favorite local hangout: SLJ: It’s gonna have to be The Colony for me, dude.

JT: Yeah, Colony. It’s like a clubhouse for musicians. It’s where everybody hangs out. Someday I will own the fuckin’ Colony.

SLJ: He’s gonna change the name to Jacob Tovar I Love This Bar. Three albums I’d need on a desert island: SLJ: Paul Benjaman’s Something, Paul Benjaman’s Sneaker…

JT: One of my biggest healing albums that I listen to all the time is Michael Hedges’ Aerial Boundaries.

It’s a straight instrumental album, fingerstyle. He was an Oklahoma guy. And man, it just hits me and calms me down.

Music is: SLJ: It is product testing for me.

The whole reason I got into doing what I do for a living is because I love music. And then I found that I love woodworking, too, so it’s just this continuous vicious cycle of work. I get up in the morning and practice for an hour or two. I go in and work in the shop for as many hours as I can stand. Then I go back in the house and play some more.

JT: It’s very healing for me to have music in my life. The feeling I get from watching somebody play live is just spiritual. I’ve watched Seth do stuff, and I’ll get the gut feeling of like, “Man, I just went to church. I believe this was from God. That’s how important this is, what I’ve just witnessed.” It’s like a drug. My whole mindset has been changed, my whole body, emotions have been changed from just one note that somebody’s played.

And also, product testing.

SLJ: Hey, way to outdo me there. a MUSIC // 37

Tom Skinner | GIJS JACOBS

In memoriam Musicians and friends pay tribute to the late Tom Skinner compiled by COSTA STASINOPOULOS and THE TULSA VOICE STAFF [Editor’s note: Beloved Tulsa musician Tom Skinner passed away on July 12. Throughout his long career, he supported, encouraged and influenced countless Oklahoma artists. Below are the thoughts of just a few of the musicians and friends whose lives Skinner touched.]

T OM S KINNER WAS ONE OF THE greatest Oklahoma songwriters—a multi-instrumentalist, genius comedian and storyteller, friend to all, and a cornerstone of the less commercialized version of what was to be known as “Red Dirt.”

He was also such a humble man that he refused to own up to any of those things.

Tom never left the period of paying his dues, and it never seemed that he felt like he was paying dues.

His inclusive shows nurtured the talent of many through the years, including a young Garth 38 // MUSIC

Brooks when Tom was living and playing in Stillwater. They would eventually move to Nashville, and while Garth would take another path, Tom, like many of the best artists, would decide that the big music machine was not for him.

He sang every song so passionately that Nashville could never turn him into a bland hit-maker.

He would return to his roots, in Oklahoma.

Regardless of what genre of music you made, Tom had a childlike interest in it and would support you by sharing the stage at the countless shows he would play over the years, right up to the end.

His love, generosity, and his rebellion left a deep mark on all who knew him. The best way to keep a songwriter’s spirit alive is through playing their songs, and Tom was loved by so many that his spirit will be with us for some time.

—Paul Benjaman, Paul Benjaman Band

I MET T OM S KINNER WHEN I WAS a junior in college at OSU. I think the songs that Tom wrote touched my heart so much not just because of the way they were written, but because of the way he delivered them. From his heart and soul.

And maybe even more do I appreciate Tom in my life because he encouraged me, as he has hundreds of musicians all across the state and everywhere he goes—so that could be across the country and the world.

Another thing about Tom Skinner is the way he could hear a great song in somebody and make it his own. Then—the best part— he would deliver that song to the hungry ears of us songwriters and artists needing something new to be inspired by so we could carry on our craft. Love you Tom. —Monica Taylor, singer/songwriter, The Cherokee Maidens, The Red Dirt Ramblers

I ALWAYS ADMIRED HOW GRACIOUS Tom was to me and many other local musicians. He played a huge role in showing me how much bigger music could be when you have a community around it. I connected a great deal to his music and shared a kindred love for Gram Parsons. He was one of the first to invite me onto the stage when I was starting out. I remember how honored I felt any time I was asked to sit in with Tom’s Science Project.

That whole band is so good and really filled out my songs.

Harmonizing with Tom was something magical. He always encouraged me and often advised me to get out of town. Every time he saw me, he jokingly said, “What the hell are you still doing here? I told you to get out!” I feel lucky to have known him.

—Jesse Aycock, singer/songwriter, Paul Benjaman Band, Hardworking Americans August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

I’VE KNOWN TOM ABOUT 15 YEARS. He was my best friend and duet partner for about 10 years. He was special because he was a great singer, for one thing—a really great interpreter of songs. Like our friend Larry Spears used to joke, “Tom makes every song his own.” (Tom did several of Larry’s songs better than Larry could, and Larry knew it, so no offense to Larry.)

What made him special as a person, too, is he was very funny.

And as a songwriter—well, “Skyline Radio” might be one of my very favorite songs. Gritty, honest, soulful, smart, melodic, country folk rock, with social and political commentary.

Once, we’re driving, and Tom breaks into song: “Good morning starshine, the earth says hello, you twinkle above us, we twinkle below!” I cannot believe Tom knows the words, not only to the entire first verse, but also some of the words to the chorus. He actually Googles the lyrics on his phone to mock it some more, and he reads it out loud like a secretary might read the minutes of a boring meeting: “‘Gliddy glub gloopy nibby nabby noopy la la la lo lo … early morning singing song.’ That’s just someone giving up completely on songwriting!”

—Susan Herndon, singer/songwriter I BECAME PALS WITH T OM ABOUT 20 years ago. The first night was the most memorable. We hung around his pool trading John Hiatt songs for a while to see who knew the most. He won, of course. Irreplaceable, that man, in so many ways.

—Steve Pryor, Steve Pryor Band

I PLAYED DRUMS FOR TOM A COUPLE months, and I was lucky enough to be his drummer the night he was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. He got a hilarious haircut that day, a straight-up bowl cut, and didn’t give a damn, even though he was going to be on TV playing with a bunch of other legends. During those months he would just kindly THE TULSA VOICE // August 5 – 18, 2015

Tom has always given us ample tunes to dance to. Here I am this many years later, still reeling from Science Project last week. So again, for all those dances, thank you Tom Skinner.

—Sky Lyons, friend and longtime fan

Shot in December 2013 at The Ramble on Tuesday in Nijmegen, The Netherlands | GIJS JACOBS

say “Thank you for playing” at the end of the night and “Hello” at the beginning of the night. A man of few words, but every one of them sincere. He came from that pre-information age where authenticity wasn’t so hard to come by. He’ll be missed.

—Dylan Aycock, musician and label owner, Scissor Tail Editions

S EVERAL MEMBERS OF T OM ’ S original band have passed away.

The one thing that hasn’t ever changed was the fans. They, including me, have followed them wherever they played, for almost 20 years. We eat, drink, sing and enjoy what Tom started so long ago. That’s why we call it church.

We all feel like Tom’s family.

We are keeping Tom’s Science Project going in his honor. Each week for three hours, we honor him and music that he lived and loved. Young musicians are given a chance to play with “the band.”

Sometimes we have a special guest, sometimes it’s just any local musician that’s off that night. This is what Tom loved.

—Becky Gragg, friend and longtime fan I PLAYED WITH TOM A HANDFUL OF times, the last was his request. He commented on one of my posts, “Come sit in at Science Project before I die.” I went that night and played the entire set with him.

He was so gracious and complimented me on my work both as a player and a builder. At the end of that night, I asked him to sign my guitar. He was genuinely surprised at me asking. That was just eight weeks before his passing.

My Tele is very dear to me. I built it with my hands, and I’ve been beating on it for 10 years.

There is only one signature on it, and it’s Tom Skinner’s. Though I didn’t get to spend much time with him, he treated me like an old friend. He is and will always be an Oklahoma legend. Not just as a player, but as one of the good ones.

—Seth Lee Jones, luthier and guitarist, Seth Lee Jones Guitars, Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps

WHAT DO I SAY ABOUT TINY TOM Skinner? Well, “Thank you” is what first comes to mind. He is one of the main reasons we’ve had such a great music scene for so many years. I’ve been hanging around this Oklahoma scene since the late ’80s-early ’90s. It was a few years before I actually met Tom, around 1991—The (Red Dirt) Rangers were playing, and I was cutting a rug as usual. Afterwards, Tom said, “Look at what you did there, little lady.” I was just a pipsqueak kid and was kind of nervous to ask, “What did I do?”

And he said, “You got everyone up and dancin’ right along with ya, that’s how you do it, little one, that’s how you do it.”

I FIRST SAW TOM SKINNER PLAY with Don Morris at the River’s Edge Cafe when I was 19. I remember thinking, “Who are these guys? I’ve never heard anything like this before!” I came to know that Red Dirt is “more of a community than a genre,” as Tom said.

Sitting in at the Science Project gave me the confidence and encouragement to keep at it. Tom always made you feel like you were somebody, and that your music mattered to the world. He gave his heart and his music freely, which was a great inspiration to me.

—Erin O’Dowd, singer/songwriter TOM SKINNER WAS THE BEST DAMN songwriter you never heard of unless you happen to be from Oklahoma. He was his harshest critic, finding something wrong with almost every record he ever did, except I remember him telling me he liked the last one he recorded with Mike McClure. Tom had more songs in his head than anyone I know.

The other thing that stood out to me about Tom was his stubbornness, and I’m sure it hurt him at times in some ways. But mostly, it made him fiercely loyal to friends and uncompromising when it came to the integrity of a good song. These qualities made him an artist all other artists looked up to. He had a gift for bringing artists together and for mentoring young artists.

The last conversation I had with Tom, I was encouraging him to read some things by Anne Lamott, a Christian writer I admired.

I told him about a line she wrote where she said, “We are all just walking each other home.” He replied, “That’s a great line, we ought to write a song.” I said, “Yes we should.” Tom is now home.

—Scott Aycock, singer/songwriter and poet, public radio tulsa’s Folk Salad MUSIC // 39

musiclistings Wed // Aug 5 BOK Center – Hillsong United, Bethel Music, Passion, Lauren Daigle, Trip Lee, DJ Promote, DJ Biz – 7:00 pm – ($35-$100) Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8:00 pm Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Lefty’s On Greenwood – Jim Tilley – 8:00 pm Mercury Lounge – *The Show Ponies – 10:00 pm Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Soundpony – *Brad Webb Making Faces – 10:30 pm

Thur // Aug 6 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – Madaline, The Riot Waves, The Big News, Class Zero, Rotten Blue Menace – 7:00 pm – ($7) Cain’s Ballroom – Aaron Lewis, Jason Cassidy – 8:00 pm – ($26-$41) Centennial Lounge – Gypsy Cold Cuts – 8:00 pm Colony – Honky Tonk Happy Hour Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Great Big Biscuit – 8:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 3:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Hi Fidelics – 7:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – *Leon Russell – 8:00 pm – (SOLD OUT) Mercury Lounge – Jessie Harris & Jeff Perkins of the Gypsy Sparrows, Evin Brady – 9:00 pm River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Dante & The Hawks – 7:00 pm Soundpony – The Slow Poisoner – 10:00 pm The Shrine – Burning Tide, Dead Man’s Hand, Chuk Cooley – 9:00 pm – ($5) Woody’s Corner Bar – Robby Vanvekoven

Fri // Aug 7 American Legion Post 308 – The Round Up Boys Boulevard Trash – The Capital Why’s, Bad Teeth, The Socs, All for More Bramble – Chris Foster & Adrienne Gilley – 8:30 pm Cain’s Ballroom – *Charli XCX, Bleachers, BØRNS – 7:30 pm – ($30-$45) Centennial Lounge – Paul Benjaman Band – 9:00 pm Colony – Levi Parham Downtown Lounge – Kult Ov Azazel, Secrets She Kept – 8:00 pm Dwelling Spaces – *And There Stand Empires Album Release w/ Scales of Motion – 9:00 pm Elwood’s – Joel Wilson – 9:30 pm Four Aces Tavern – David Dover – 9:00 pm

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Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Grumpy’s Tavern – The Blue Dawgs – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Jason Young Band – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Members Only – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Jessica Hunt Band Mercury Lounge – Dirty River Boys, Chelsea Saddler – 10:00 pm Nitro Lounge – Oldman, When The Clock Strikes, Benny’s Little Weasel – 8:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – The Livingroom Project River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Uninvited Guests – 9:00 pm Smitty’s 118 Tavern – Joshua Yarbrough – 8:00 pm Soul City – The All-Togethers – 8:00 pm Soundpony – Lessons in Fresh – 10:30 pm The Shady Tree – TJ McFarland, The Danner Party Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Spin

Sat // Aug 8 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Boulevard Trash – *Serious Shit, Holy Void, Swap Meat – 7:00 pm Centennial Lounge – The Scissortails Duo – 9:00 pm Colony – *Dan Martin Album Release Downtown Lounge – The Spectacle, GULCH – 8:00 pm Fassler Hall – *Helen Kelter Skelter – 10:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Fur Shop – The Holophonics, The Last Slice – 9:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Bucksnort – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Kidd – 7:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Travis Marvin – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Hosty Duo Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Telegraph Canyon – 10:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – Danny Timms River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Uninvited Guests – 9:00 pm Soundpony – DJ Falkirk – 10:00 pm The Shady Tree – Travis Kidd, The Dirtboxwailers The Shrine – Mountain Sprout, Magnolia Brown – 9:00 pm – ($8-$10) Vanguard – Sanity Fest w/ No Void, Searching for Sanity, Unwritten Rulz, King High, Blackwater Rebellion, When the Clock Strikes – 7:00 pm – ($8-$10) Yokozuna – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe – 10:00 pm

Sun // Aug 9 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 pm Cain’s Ballroom – 80s Reunion Concert w/ Hair Force, Dressed to Kill, Exit 34 – 6:30 pm – ($19.80) Colony – Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm

8/12 – D.on Darox & The Melody Joy Bakers Guthrie Green – *Acoustic August w/ Adrienne Gilley, Paul Benjaman, Rachel LaVonne, Kalyn Fay Barnoski – 2:30 pm IDL Ballroom – Reverend Horton Heat, Lucky Tubb & The Modern Day Troubadours – 8:00 pm – ($20-$25) Mercury Lounge – Duane Mark, Reverend Red – 10:00 pm Nitro Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front – 7:30 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Dean DeMerritt Jazz Tribe ft. Sarah Maud – 5:00 pm – ($5-$20) Soundpony – *Lochness Mobsters Happy Hour Show – 6:30 pm Soundpony – Lizrd Police, Love Moon, Sleeping Bag – 10:30 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Mon // Aug 10 Cimarron Bar – Black Kat Benders – 7:00 pm Colony – Singer Songwriter Night hosted by Cody Clinton Guthrie Green – Open Mic – 7:30 pm Hodges Bend – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm Juniper – Dean DeMerritt and Frank Brown – 6:30 pm Soundpony – Jamaican Queens – 10:00 pm Vanguard – All About a Bubble, The Robotix – 7:00 pm – ($10-$12)

Tues // Aug 11 Boulevard Trash – Gentleman, Lullaby, Neoromantics – 7:30 pm – ($5) Centennial Lounge – Open Jam Night – 8:00 pm Elwood’s – Dan Martin – 6:30 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Luke West – 7:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Wed // Aug 12 Cain’s Ballroom – *Here Come the Mummies, Laura Reed – 8:00 pm – ($20-$35) Cellar Dweller – Brujoroots – 8:00 pm Colony – Tom Skinner’s Science Project

Full Moon Cafe - BA – Ayngel & John – 9:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Amanda Preslar w/ Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 7:00 pm Hunt Club – The Brothers Moore Lefty’s On Greenwood – Jim Tilley – 8:00 pm Main Street Tavern – Cynthia Simmons w/ Scott McQuade – 6:30 pm Mercury Lounge – *D.on Darox & The Melody Joy Bakers – 10:00 pm Mix Co – Mike Cameron Collective – 9:00 pm

Thur // Aug 13 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – The Blue Dawgs – 8:00 pm Colony – Beau Roberson Full Moon Cafe - BA – Piano Man Tom Basler – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Toast & JAM w/ C. Redd and Cynthia Jesseen – 10:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Going Gravity – 8:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Scott Ellison – 3:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Reverse Reaction – 7:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - The Joint – Whitesnake – 8:00 pm – ($45-$55) Hunt Club – The Jam Frequency Mercury Lounge – Nicholas St. James and Pat Cook – 10:00 pm River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Echo – 7:00 pm Soundpony – Skeleton Farm – 10:30 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – Geena Fontanella

Fri // Aug 14 727 Club – Scott Ellison Band – 9:30 pm American Legion Post 308 – The Round Up Boys Centennial Lounge – Gypsy Cold Cuts – 9:00 pm Cimarron Bar – Amped – 9:00 pm Colony – Stone Trio Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Gypsy Coffee House – John Paul Ratliff – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Justin Smith Band – 9:00 pm

August 5 – 18, 2015 // THE TULSA VOICE

musiclistings

8/8 – Helen Kelter Skelter Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Those Party Bros – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Stars – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – MusicLynx Showcase Lennie’s Club – David Dover – 9:00 pm Lot No. 6 – The Electric Rag Band – 10:00 pm Mercury Lounge – *The Steve Pryor Band – 10:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – The Jennifer Marriott Band River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Hi-Fidelics – 9:00 pm Soundpony – Steph Simon – 10:00 pm The Shady Tree – Robby Vanvekoven The Shrine – First Class Friday – 9:00 pm – ($5) VFW Post 577 – *Jacob Tovar and the Saddle Tramps album release party w/ Wink Burcham & Guests – 7:00 pm Westbound Club – Wade Quinton – 8:00 pm Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Mikey B

Sat // Aug 15 Boom Boom Room – DJ MO Centennial Lounge – Craig Vaughn Band – 9:00 pm Colony – Malcolm Holcombe w/ Jared Tyler Downtown Lounge – KingShifter –9pm Electric Circus – Rise at Night Block Party w/ Protohype, PANIC!, Darku J, KREWX, Crustal Vision, Astro Noize, KIID H4WK, NOIZMEKKA, DJ abSRD, Zach Fast and more – 8:00 pm – ($15-$20)Elwood’s – Last Call Coalition – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Dueling Piano Show – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Cabin Creek – Joe Worrel – 9:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Darren Ray – 5:30 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Jumpsuit Love – 9:00 pm Hunt Club – Dante and the Hawks Lambrusco’z - Midtown – Randy Brumley – 12:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Tyrannousaurus Chicken – 10:00 pm Peppers Grill - South – Scott Musick River Spirit Casino - 5 O’Clock Somewhere Bar – Hi-Fidelics – 9:00 pm Soundpony – Copperheads, Dead Shakes, Skin Crawler – 10:30 pm The Shady Tree – The Big Tree Band The Shrine – *Grind CD Release Party – 9:00 pm – ($6-$8) Vanguard – Assimilation - Re:birth – 8:00 pm – ($6-$8)

THE TULSA VOICE // August 5 – 18, 2015

8/12 – Here Come the Mummies Veteran’s Park – I AM Festival w/ Green Corn Rebellion, Brujoroots, Sam & The Stylees, Steve Liddell, Erin O’Dowd and more – 9:00 am Westbound Club – Wade Quinton – 8:00 pm

Sun // Aug 16 Bohemian Pizza – Mike Cameron Collective – 5:00 pm Boulevard Trash – The Cry!, Lost Element, Dead Shakes, Merlinmason – 7:00 pm – ($10) Colony – *Paul Benjaman’s Sunday Nite Thing Dirty Knuckle Tavern – The Blue Dawgs Elwood’s – Thawind Mills – 3:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Mark Bruner & Shelby Eicher – 6:30 pm Guthrie Green – Acoustic August w/ Eric Himan, Bandelier, Steve Liddell Band – 2:30 pm Mercury Lounge – RC and the Oklahomies – 5:00 pm Nitro Lounge – Calvin Youngblood & Cold Front – 7:30 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Sweeney, Campbell and Glazer – 5:00 pm – ($5-$20) Soundpony – High Lonesome Sunday - Happy Hour Show – 7:30 pm Soundpony – Afistaface – 10:30 pm Veteran’s Park – I AM Festival w/ Ayngel McNall, Rachel Lavonne, Steve Shupper, Arly Mohollon and more – 9:00 am Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Good Ground

ART GALLERY & BAR

Tues // Aug 18 Centennial Lounge – Open Jam Night – 8:00 pm Full Moon Cafe - Cherry Street – Preslar Music Showcase – 6:30 pm Gypsy Coffee House – Open Mic – 7:00 pm Hard Rock Casino - Riffs – Nick Gibson – 7:00 pm Mercury Lounge – Wink Burcham – 10:00 pm Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame – Depot Jazz and Blues Jams – 5:30 pm Vanguard – The Aristocrats, Travis Larson Band – 8:00 pm – ($20) Woody’s Corner Bar – DJ Skibblez

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Dark Places There was a time, between the McMartin Preschool abuse scandal in the mid-‘80s and the West Memphis Three trial in 1993, when the public seemed to share

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a genuine fear of murderous Satanic cults hiding in our midst.

It was a collective mass hysteria fueled by ignorant, God-fearing parents and a media that blamed heavy metal music for corrupting their sometimes sullen, weird, violent and suicidal offspring.

That’s the backdrop for “Dark Places,” the latest film adaptation from Gone Girl novelist Gillian Flynn.

Written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner, “Dark Places” is “Rashomon” meets In Cold Blood, a time-hopping mystery involving the murder of a Kansas family in 1985.

Ben (played by Tye Sheridan as a teen and Corey Stoll as an adult) is convicted of killing his mother, Patty (Christina Hen-

dricks) and two of his three sisters. The third sister, Libby (Sterling Jerins), provides the testimony that puts Ben away for life.

Thirty years later, Libby (now played by Charlize Theron) is on the skids when the money from her ghost-written, tell-all book finally dries up. Desperate for rent, she indulges a group of nerdy, cold-case crime solvers, led by Lyle (Nicholas Hoult, having a lovely day), who fervently believe Ben to be innocent—and are willing to compensate Libby for her deeply suspect memories.

It’s the kind of film that makes you want to read the book.

“Dark Places” rides the same pseudo-pulp vein as “Gone Girl” but detours into a different kind of social commentary. The death

spiral of independent farms in the ‘80s feeds a Capote-inspired murder mystery—and another indictment of sensationalist news media.

Inevitably, Paquet-Brenner is no David Fincher. His direction is serviceable but bland, and his adaptation relies too heavily on lazy, hand-holding narration.

It doesn’t ruin the story, or the intermittently absorbing performances from Theron, Stoll, Hendricks and Hoult, who often shine in individual scenes. But it makes one wish Flynn’s twisted, haunting mystery were in the hands of a more exceptional filmmaker. Like Cary Fukunaga.

Because everything should be directed by Cary Fukunaga.

“Dark Places” opens August 7 at Circle Cinema.

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Fool (Brandon Adams) is a young kid from an LA ghetto living with his tarot-reading prostitute sister (Kelly Jo Minter) and cancer-ridden mom. The last family in the building, they’re in danger of eviction and unable to pay the exorbitant penalties on their late rent—fees designed to get them out so their landlords, the Robesons (Wendy Robie and Everett McGill), can raze the property and build nice, new condos for “clean� (white) people.

The manipulative Leroy (Ving Rhames) persuades Fool to break into the Robesons’ creepy old house, which is rumored to hide a collection of gold coins worth a fortune. Unfortunately, the Robesons are always home, and they’re as fetishistic, backward and batshit crazy as evil landlords come.

The film’s an odd duck— “Home Alone� meets “Texas Chainsaw Massacre,� with a Robin Hood indictment of systemic racial inequality, Reagan-era trickle-down economics and religious zealotry.

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A weird BDSM subtext manifests when McGill (“Daddy�) stalks the cavernous house searching for Fool in head-to-toe studded leather with a shotgun and a ravenous Rottweiler, while “Mommy�

(Robie) subjugates their daughter Alice (A.J. Langer) as if she’s a porcelain pet meant only to be fed, dressed and punished for the slightest disobedience.

The demented performances from McGill and Robie, feeding off their “Twin Peaks� chemistry to pleasing effect, are awesomely disturbing. Their unmitigated, murderous racism makes for effective exploitation cinema; it also makes you love and root for Fool all the more as he transforms into a miniature Django.

Craven is in full auteur mode here, perhaps enjoying the autonomy his recent successes had bought. “The People Under the Stairs� unevenly juggles borderline slapstick comedy and Craven’s trademark, gruesome storytelling aesthetics, mixed with socio-political commentary that stands apart from his higher profile works. It’s a creative, delightfully unhinged movie that isn’t quite bad enough to be ironically great but is good enough to have rightfully earned its cult status.

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Outsourcing Among the protesters at New York City’s Gay Pride Parade on the Sunday after the Supreme Court’s historic gay-marriage decision was a group of men outfitted in Jewish prayer garments and representing the Jewish Political Action Committee, carrying signs reading, for example, “Judaism prohibits homosexuality.” However, the men were very likely not Jewish, but in fact Mexican laborers hired for the day. A representative of the committee told The New York Times that the men were “supplemental” — necessary because the committee’s rabbis would not permit their students (who normally staff such protests) to be exposed to the sights of same-sex exuberance typical for the parade.

Government in Action WOOD-TV of Grand Rapids, Michigan, seemingly uncovered an antiquity — if not a potential vulnerability — in the Grand Rapids public school system in June when it reported that the heating and cooling systems at 19 schools are controlled using a Commodore Amiga computer (released in the 1980s, about the same time as Windows 2.0), operating on an early Internet modem. It had been installed by a computer-savvy student and, according to the maintenance supervisor, still works fine.

Fortunately, the supervisor said, the student still lives in the area and is available if problems arise.

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Government officials who insist on such “bells and whistles” as redesigning their department’s logo are often ridiculed for wasting taxpayer money (yet design consultants continue to sell the illusion that a new logo can give a bureaucracy a refreshing rebirth).

In May, Tennessee officials unveiled a new state logo (which cost only $46,000 — not counting the expense of changing signs, cards, stationery, etc.), which consists of the letters “TN” in white inside a red box with a blue trim underneath. (A Watchdog.org critic suggested a contest to design a superior one, but open only to kids age 12 and under, with the prize a $50 Amazon.com gift certificate.)

use the walls for their masterpieces, but by 2013 had grown weary of the building’s look and had the walls whitewashed. In June 2015, nine of the artists filed a federal lawsuit demanding that the owner compensate them, substantially, for destroying their creations — and they stand a good chance of collecting (under the Visual Artists Rights Act) if they prove their particular works are of “recognized stature” and not merely art of an “ephemeral nature.”

At its height, 5Pointz attracted more than 350 artists’ works from around the world.

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Adultery is illegal in Japan — except, as a Tokyo District Court judge ruled in a “psychological distress” lawsuit filed by the jilted wife, when it is done by a company to retain a good customer.

A night club hostess who had carried on with the married man proved that she did so only as “makura eigyo,” or “pillow sales tactic.” Said the judge, “As long as the intercourse is for business, it does not harm the marital relationship at all.” (The ruling, from 2014, was first publicized this year.)

To cover various general expenses (such as helping the indigent), the average hospital mark-up for patient care in the United States is about 3.4 times costs (according to a Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report in June), but 50 of the nation’s 5,000 hospitals charge more than 10 times the cost, with the North Okaloosa Medical Center near Pensacola, Florida, billing at 12.6 times costs. According to the co-author, professor Gerard Anderson, the 50 “are marking up the prices because no one is telling them they can’t.” (Forty-nine of the 50 are for-profit hospitals, and 20 are in Florida.)

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Recurring Themes Sy Allen, arrested in March in Colchester, England, on suspicion of possessing drugs with intent to sell, relied on a fairly common strategy: As officers burst into the room, he swallowed the “evidence.” As in the other cases, police decided to wait for nature to take its course in order to recover the suspected drugs. Unlike in the other cases, Allen managed to hold out, with no bowel movement, for 23 days — but not a 24th. He was arrested. a

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by ROB BREZSNY

LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22):

I expect you to be in a state of constant birth for the next three weeks. Awakening and activation will come naturally. Your drive to blossom and create may be irresistible, bordering on unruly. Does that sound overwhelming? I don’t think it will be a problem as long as you cultivate a mood of amazed amusement about it. (P.S. This upsurge is a healthy response to the dissolution that preceded it.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Expiration dates loom. Fond adieus and last laughs and final hurrahs are on tap. Unfinished business is begging you to give it your smartest attention while there’s still time to finish it with elegance and grace. So here’s my advice for you, my on-the-verge friend: Don’t save any of your tricks, ingenuity, or enthusiasm for later. This is the later you’ve been saving them for. You are more ready than you realize to try what has always seemed improbable or inconceivable before now. Here’s my promise: If you handle these endings with righteous decisiveness, you will ensure bright beginnings in the weeks after your birthday.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): A company called Evil Supply sells a satirical poster that contains the following quote: “Be the villain you were born to be. Stop waiting for someone to come along and corrupt you.

Succumb to the darkness yourself.” The text in the advertisement for this product adds, “Follow your nightmares . . . Plot your own nefarious path.” Although this counsel is slightly funny to me, I’m too moral and upright to recommend it to you -- even now, when I think there would be value in you being less nice and polite and agreeable than you usually are. So I’ll tinker with Evil Supply’s message to create more suitable advice: “For the greater good, follow your naughty bliss. Be a leader with a wild imagination. Nudge everyone out of their numbing routines. Sow benevolent mischief that energizes your team.”

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): “Every time you resist acting on your anger and instead restore yourself to calm, it gets easier,” writes psychologist Laura Markham in Psychology Today. In fact, neurologists claim that by using your willpower in this way, “you’re actually rewiring your brain.” And so the more you practice, the less likely it is that you will be addled by rage in the future. I see the coming weeks as an especially favorable time for you to do this work, Scorpio.

Keeping a part of your anger alive is good, of course -- sometimes you need its energy to motivate constructive change. But you would benefit from culling the excess.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Much of the action in the world’s novels takes place inside buildings, according to author Robert Bringhurst. But characters in older Russian literature are an exception, he says. They are always out in the forests, traveling and rambling. In accordance with astrological omens, I suggest that you draw inspiration from the Russians’ example in the coming days. As often and as long as you can, put yourself in locations where the sky is overhead. Nature is the preferred setting, but even urban spots are good. Your luck, wisdom, and courage are likely to increase in direct proportion to how much time you spend outdoors.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Has a beloved teacher disappointed you? Are there inspirational figures about whom you feel conflicted because they don’t live up to all of your high standards? Have you become alienated from a person who gave you a blessing but later expressed a flaw you find hard to overlook? Now would be an excellent time to seek healing for rifts like these. Outright forgiveness is one option. You could also work on deepening your appreciation for how complicated and paradoxical everyone is. One more suggestion: Meditate on how your longing for what’s perfect might be an enemy of your ability to benefit from what’s merely good.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): French and Italian readers may have no problem with this horoscope. But Americans, Canadians, Brits, and Aussies might be offended, even grossed out. Why? Because my analysis of the astrological omens compels me to

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conclude that “moist” is a central theme for you right now. And research has shown that many speakers of the English language find the sound of the word “moist” equivalent to hearing fingernails scratching a chalkboard. If you are one of those people, I apologize. But the fact is, you will go astray unless you stay metaphorically moist. You need to cultivate an attitude that is damp but not sodden; dewy but not soggy; sensitive and responsive and lyrical, but not overwrought or weepy or histrionic.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Which signs of the zodiac are the most expert sleepers?

Who best appreciates the healing power of slumber and feels the least shame about taking naps? Which of the twelve astrological tribes are most inclined to study the art of snoozing and use their knowledge to get the highest quality renewal from their time in bed? My usual answer to these questions would be Taurus and Cancer, but I’m hoping you Pisceans will vie for the top spot in the coming weeks. It’s a very favorable time for you to increase your mastery of this supreme form of self-care.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): “I am very much in love with no one in particular,” says actor Ezra Miller. His statement would make sense coming out of your mouth right about now.

So would this one: “I am very much in love with almost everyone I encounter.” Or this one: “I am very much in love with the wind and moon and hills and rain and rivers.” Is this going to be a problem? How will you deal with your overwhelming urge to overflow? Will you break people’s hearts and provoke uproars everywhere you go, or will you rouse delight and bestow blessings? As long as you take yourself lightly, I foresee delight and blessings.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In her io9.com article on untranslatable words, Esther Inglis-Arkell defines the Chinese term wei-wuwei as “conscious non-action . . . a deliberate, and principled, decision to do nothing whatsoever, and to do it for a particular reason.” In my astrological opinion, the coming days would be a favorable time to explore and experiment with this approach.

I think you will reap wondrous benefits if you slow down and rest in the embrace of a pregnant pause. The mysteries of silence and emptiness will be rich resources.

MASTER

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I always liked side-paths, little dark back-alleys behind the main road -- there one finds adventures and surprises, and precious metal in the dirt.” The character named Dmitri Karamazov makes that statement in Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel The Brothers Karamazov. And now I’m thinking that you might like to claim his attitude as your own. Just for a while, you understand. Not forever. The magic of the side paths and back-alleys may last for no more than a few weeks, and then gradually fade. But in the meantime, the experiences you uncover there could be fun and educational.

I do have one question for you, though: What do you think Dmitri meant by “precious metal in the dirt”? Money? Gold?

Jewelry? Was he speaking metaphorically? I’m sure you’ll find out.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): “Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason,” says comedian Jerry Seinfeld. His implication is that rejecting traditional strategies and conventional wisdom doesn’t always lead to success. As a professional rebel myself, I find it painful to agree even a little bit with that idea. But I do think it’s applicable to your life right now. For the foreseeable future, compulsive nonconformity is likely to yield mediocrity. Putting too much emphasis on being unique rather than on being right might distract you from the truth. My advice: Stick to the road more traveled.

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69 Like Tylenol, et al.

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85 Mounting, as a play 87 Potential Mr. Right 88 “Yes” gesture 90 Spaghetti Westerns 93 “___ bien!”

94 Chicken morsel 97 Hawaiian goose 98 “Aw” follower 99 Hydrochloric and boric 102 Three-foot unit 104 Early video-game name 106 Baseball postseason letters 110 Cold, molded dessert 111 Belief in God 113 Spacious and grand, as an estate 115 Called balls and strikes 118 One more time 120 Leather factory 121 Dick and Jane’s pooch 122 Shoelaces do this 125 Cheese chunk 126 “… or ___!”

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DOWN 1 High-rise occupant 2 Land on Lake Victoria 3 Transportation for the Dynamic Duo 4 Lend ___ (listen) 5 “Anytown, ___” 6 Maple fluids 7 Precinct artists 8 NASCAR driver, e.g.

9 Spanish grocery stores 10 Symbol of sovereignty 11 Large bodies of water 12 ___ bean (leguminous seed) 13 They can be red or white 14 Enlarge, as a garment 15 Show plainly 16 Put down, slangily 17 Church altar platforms 18 Atlantic or Indian 23 Shaped like an egg 26 Squirrel’s nest 29 Kind of jet 31 Biblical sailor 33 Has a taste of, as wine 37 Numbers cruncher 39 Elegantly stylish 42 Scramble on all fours 44 Not a sore loser 46 Big Band or Elizabethan 47 Refurbish 48 Deeply unconscious 49 Sabbath service site 50 Sauces from 12-Down 53 “We’re going to overtime” 54 Cyanide and hemlock

55 “Like a bump ___” 56 Dissection rm., perhaps 57 Foot digit 59 Brit’s “Bye-bye!”

61 Pinkish 64 Flightless Aussie bird 65 Furniture piece 67 One of the Bobbsey twins 71 ___ contendere (court plea) 72 “You may ___ the bride” 73 “To the max” suffix 76 Terse TV takes 81 Chang’s twin 82 Item in a roundup (var.)

84 Audible small appliance 86 Region of Long Island 89 “___ Poets Society” 91 “Lord of the Rings” creature 92 Opposite of sow 95 ___-friendly (easy to set up) 96 Crime against one’s country 98 “Monster” lizard 99 Badly treated 100 Be submissive 101 Establish, as a tax 103 Archaeologist’s workplaces 105 “Midnight Cowboy” character 107 Was dishonest with 108 Ships’ contents 109 More cunning 112 Pelvic bones 114 Sadat of Egypt 116 Cavern comeback 117 Detective Nancy 119 Where a leaf joins a stem 123 Anger 124 Do some tailoring

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