The Oklahoman's George Lang
Video of the Day: The Shins, “Simple Song”
March 02, 2012
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Album Review: Frankie Rose, “Interstellar”
February 28, 2012
Rating: 91
Since emerging as drummer for the Vivian Girls in 2007, Frankie Rose proved to be so peripatetic that just maintaining her official bio could be a fulltime job. After leaving the Vivian Girls, Rose moved on to similarly minded garage-rock bands such as Crystal Stilts and the Dum Dum Girls before... Read More
February 28, 2012
Rating: 91
Since emerging as drummer for the Vivian Girls in 2007, Frankie Rose proved to be so peripatetic that just maintaining her official bio could be a fulltime job. After leaving the Vivian Girls, Rose moved on to similarly minded garage-rock bands such as Crystal Stilts and the Dum Dum Girls before... Read More
Graham Colton, Live From the Living Room
February 28, 2012
Oklahoma City’s Graham Colton will perform a live, 30-minute show in his living room tonight at 7 p.m. Central. It’s a “pay what you can” affair, basically the Radiohead model of artist support, so go here, support Graham Colton and enjoy a great live set.
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February 28, 2012
Oklahoma City’s Graham Colton will perform a live, 30-minute show in his living room tonight at 7 p.m. Central. It’s a “pay what you can” affair, basically the Radiohead model of artist support, so go here, support Graham Colton and enjoy a great live set.
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Whitney Houston, 1963-2012
February 12, 2012
Tonight’s Grammy Awards will bear the distinction of taking place 24 hours after a great loss for the music industry: the death of Whitney Houston, a woman who sold in excess of 55 million albums and created the template for what many music listeners, “American Idol” viewers and record business executives... Read More
February 12, 2012
Tonight’s Grammy Awards will bear the distinction of taking place 24 hours after a great loss for the music industry: the death of Whitney Houston, a woman who sold in excess of 55 million albums and created the template for what many music listeners, “American Idol” viewers and record business executives... Read More
Album Review: Van Halen, “A Different Kind of Truth” (Interscope)
February 10, 2012
Rating: 82
For Van Halen, now is not the time for innovation, and that time might never come again for the band. No, what is required for “A Different Kind of Truth” is restoration, and consequently the first Van Halen album recorded with David Lee Roth in 29 years sounds like an unearthed artifact. In a... Read More
February 10, 2012
Rating: 82
For Van Halen, now is not the time for innovation, and that time might never come again for the band. No, what is required for “A Different Kind of Truth” is restoration, and consequently the first Van Halen album recorded with David Lee Roth in 29 years sounds like an unearthed artifact. In a... Read More
StaticBlog live blogs the 54rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday
February 10, 2012
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST Sunday as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog as they unspool on CBS. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute spew on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that when Paul McCartney receives the MusiCares Person of the Year award, we are not treated to... Read More
February 10, 2012
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST Sunday as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog as they unspool on CBS. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute spew on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that when Paul McCartney receives the MusiCares Person of the Year award, we are not treated to... Read More
Album Review: Lana Del Rey, “Born to Die” (Interscope)
February 07, 2012
Rating: 50
Comment section trolls with Eminem and Jay-Z in their collections tore Lana Del Rey to shreds for inventing a persona, critics who praise Lady Gaga for high-concept theatrics stomped on the former Lizzy Grant for draping herself in artificiality, and an idiotic debate raged about whether an artist... Read More
February 07, 2012
Rating: 50
Comment section trolls with Eminem and Jay-Z in their collections tore Lana Del Rey to shreds for inventing a persona, critics who praise Lady Gaga for high-concept theatrics stomped on the former Lizzy Grant for draping herself in artificiality, and an idiotic debate raged about whether an artist... Read More
St. Vincent models proposed new police uniform on “Portlandia”
February 07, 2012
Amazing guitarist, songwriter and now, example for fighting crime.
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February 07, 2012
Amazing guitarist, songwriter and now, example for fighting crime.
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Video of the Day: Miike Snow, “Paddling Out”
February 06, 2012
A beer-bellied slob discovers magic dancing shoes and then is kidnapped by aliens dressed like Louis XIV courtiers and transformed into a cross between Gerard Depardieu and Cher.
Just another Monday on StaticBlog.
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February 06, 2012
A beer-bellied slob discovers magic dancing shoes and then is kidnapped by aliens dressed like Louis XIV courtiers and transformed into a cross between Gerard Depardieu and Cher.
Just another Monday on StaticBlog.
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StaticBlog’s Live Coverage of the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards
February 13, 2011
7:04 p.m. Welcome to the StaticBlog live coverage of the Grammys, in which LL Cool J kicks things off with a tribute to Aretha Franklin featuring five singers who, despite undeniable talent, are in no way capable of carrying out her reign if the Queen of Soul were no longer able to fulfill her governing duties.... Read More
StaticBlog live blogs the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards tonight!
February 13, 2011
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST tonight as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute blather on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that the Ramones get a sterling tribute tonight when the band is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and that... Read More
February 13, 2011
Join me live at 7 p.m. CST tonight as I endure 3 1/2 hours of this year’s Grammy Awards on StaticBlog. I’ll be offering up-to-the-minute blather on winners, presenters and performers, and hoping that the Ramones get a sterling tribute tonight when the band is honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award and that... Read More
Music Review: Cut Copy, “Zonoscope”
February 09, 2011
Rating: 90
A beautiful summer album arriving in the dead of winter, Cut Copy’s “Zonoscope” shows the Australian trio largely shelving the arresting midnight electro-rock of 2008′s “In Ghost Colours” in favor of bright, top-shelf pop. A deep romantic current flows through these 11 tracks as... Read More
February 09, 2011
Rating: 90
A beautiful summer album arriving in the dead of winter, Cut Copy’s “Zonoscope” shows the Australian trio largely shelving the arresting midnight electro-rock of 2008′s “In Ghost Colours” in favor of bright, top-shelf pop. A deep romantic current flows through these 11 tracks as... Read More
The Strokes to debut first single from “Angles” on Wednesday
February 08, 2011
“Angles,” the first Strokes album since 2006′s “First Impressions of Earth,” comes out March 22 on RCA, but the band will making its first single, “Under Cover of Darkness,” available for streaming and free download on Wednesday at www.thestrokes.com. Stereogum has a 30-second taste, and it ‘s worth... Read More
February 08, 2011
“Angles,” the first Strokes album since 2006′s “First Impressions of Earth,” comes out March 22 on RCA, but the band will making its first single, “Under Cover of Darkness,” available for streaming and free download on Wednesday at www.thestrokes.com. Stereogum has a 30-second taste, and it ‘s worth... Read More
StaticBlog’s iPod Goes Shuffling on Feb. 8, 2011
February 08, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Kanye West, “Celebration.”
2. Mayer Hawthorne, “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.”
3. The Sugarplastic, “Sheep.”
4. Blondie, “I Know But I Don’t Know.”
5. Ratatat,... Read More
February 08, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Kanye West, “Celebration.”
2. Mayer Hawthorne, “Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out.”
3. The Sugarplastic, “Sheep.”
4. Blondie, “I Know But I Don’t Know.”
5. Ratatat,... Read More
Video of the Day: Toro Y Moi, “New Beat”
February 08, 2011
The new video from “Underneath the Pine” features an entire community being teargassed in winter, apparently for ecstatic sleep dancing and pantomiming alcohol intake. Fans of Roisin Murphy’s discotastic “Let Me Know” will recognize that this is not exactly a “New Beat,” but it’s a great one, yes?... Read More
February 08, 2011
The new video from “Underneath the Pine” features an entire community being teargassed in winter, apparently for ecstatic sleep dancing and pantomiming alcohol intake. Fans of Roisin Murphy’s discotastic “Let Me Know” will recognize that this is not exactly a “New Beat,” but it’s a great one, yes?... Read More
Video of the Day: Happy Camper, “Born With a Bothered Mind”
February 07, 2011
Manfred the Yeti should be able to navigate the great outdoors — that is, after all, what yetis do — but Manfred’s got issues with campgrounds and the implements of roughing it. Poor guy, but let’s face it — most scouting programs aren’t cool with yeti membership.
– Lang
Happy Camper - Born With A... Read More
February 07, 2011
Manfred the Yeti should be able to navigate the great outdoors — that is, after all, what yetis do — but Manfred’s got issues with campgrounds and the implements of roughing it. Poor guy, but let’s face it — most scouting programs aren’t cool with yeti membership.
– Lang
Happy Camper - Born With A... Read More
James Murphy bids farewell to LCD Soundsystem with “The Long Goodbye” at Madison Square Garden
February 07, 2011
Apparently, James Murphy is making good on his plans to unplug LCD Soundsystem, and will do so with “LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye” on April 2 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
According to their Nasty Little Man representation, LCD will play music spanning its career, including the full-length... Read More
February 07, 2011
Apparently, James Murphy is making good on his plans to unplug LCD Soundsystem, and will do so with “LCD Soundsystem: The Long Goodbye” on April 2 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.
According to their Nasty Little Man representation, LCD will play music spanning its career, including the full-length... Read More
StaticBlog’s iPod Goes Shuffling on Feb. 7, 2011
February 07, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Colin Munroe, “Piano Lessons.”
2. Deerhunter, Game of Diamonds.”
3. The Beatles, “Paperback Writer.”
4. Paul Westerberg, “Love You in the Fall.”
5. Mos Def, “Roses.”... Read More
February 07, 2011
In which StaticBlog’s trusty iPod Classic gets a workout and spits out the first 10 songs that present themselves.
1. Colin Munroe, “Piano Lessons.”
2. Deerhunter, Game of Diamonds.”
3. The Beatles, “Paperback Writer.”
4. Paul Westerberg, “Love You in the Fall.”
5. Mos Def, “Roses.”... Read More
Gang of Four to perform on “The Late Show with David Letterman”
February 07, 2011
Gang of Four’s classic 1979 politico-post-punk album “Entertainment” should be in every self-respecting StaticBlog reader’s collection: not only does the album hold up better than 95 percent of 32-year-old albums — or people, for that matter — but it provided the template for much of the dance-rock that... Read More
February 07, 2011
Gang of Four’s classic 1979 politico-post-punk album “Entertainment” should be in every self-respecting StaticBlog reader’s collection: not only does the album hold up better than 95 percent of 32-year-old albums — or people, for that matter — but it provided the template for much of the dance-rock that... Read More
“Mad Men” Recap: 411, “Chinese Wall”
October 11, 2010
By early September 1965, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is being forced into a wartime mindset, and while Don Draper is a supreme commander when he’s not hitting the Jamesons too hard, he makes two crucial mistakes late in this episode and it’s hard to imagine any of this working out on the bright side. Sure,... Read More
October 11, 2010
By early September 1965, Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce is being forced into a wartime mindset, and while Don Draper is a supreme commander when he’s not hitting the Jamesons too hard, he makes two crucial mistakes late in this episode and it’s hard to imagine any of this working out on the bright side. Sure,... Read More
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Staticblog" is a repository for the musings and harangues of Assistant Entertainment Editor George Lang, featuring indie music videos, movie news.
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