Dashboard Confessional have been confirmed to support Bon Jovi on their US tour early next year. Dates as follows: 2/19 - Seattle, WA - Key Arena 2/22 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion 2/24 - Phoenix, AZ - Jobing.com Arena 2/26 - Anaheim, CA - Honda Center 3/2 - Sacramento, CA - Arco Arena 3/4 - Los Angeles, CA - Staples Center 3/6 - Las Vegas, NV - MGM 3/8 - Denver, CO - Pepsi Center 3/9 - Omaha, NE -...
Norah Jones collaborated with folks like Ryan Adams and Will Sheff of Okkervil River on her new LP, The Fall , but for the forthcoming Chasing Pirates Remix EP she's handed a few of those tunes over to Santigold , Beck , and two-thirds of the Beastie Boys (get well soon, MCA!) for rare, full-blown reversions. Today, we're premiering Adrock and Mike D's throbby beat rinse of "That's What I Said,"...
Norah JonesMultiple Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Norah Jones has announced U.S. tour dates in support of her new CD The Fall, which was released by EMI’s Blue Note Records on November 17. The 36-city tour will kick off March 5, 2010. A select number of shows will go on sale beginning Friday (December 4). Full venue and ticketing information is available at Jones’ website....
Thanksgiving, 1934, was a tragic time for the elite of Tulsa, Oklahoma. One of the city's favored sons was dead, and two days later another would stand accused of his murder.
The Tulsa (OK) World reported Monday on plans by a non-profit prisons ministry, Corrections Concepts Inc., to build a private all-Christian prison in Wakita, Oklahoma. The 600-bed facility will be for men near the end of their sentences who volunteer to be housed there and agree to participate in its program. Unlike faith-based or Christian units in state prisons, this one plans to employ only Christians...
For the next week Susan, Smokey and I will be taking a vacation from our usual routine and will retrace historic Route 66 from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Santa Fe, New Mexico. During this time I will not try to create separate posts for my Historic Oklahoma blog. This trip will be history enough for both. We are armed with several guide books and maps but a minimum of advanced planning. In short, we are winging...
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What is it to come out as a transgender youth? What is it to come out as a lesbian youth? CNN's Don Lemon interviewed a couple of young women about the HRC speech by President Obamba: As far as I can tell, Katie Hill -- speaking from Tulsa, Oklahoma -- is the only trans person that the cable news networks spoke to this past weekend regarding either the President's speech to the HRC or about coverage...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Triad Senior Living, Inc., a Dallas-based retirement living provider, announced record 2nd quarter performance for its “Country Club of Woodland Hills” retirement community located in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since acquiring controlling interest in the 202-unit community in 2004, Triad has successfully repositioned the asset into the top tier in senior housing options in...
A former Muslim, who is now an atheist, received death threats after going public about his reason for leaving Islam and his dislike for all religions. This didn't happen in a foreign country but in the middle of America in Tulsa, Oklahoma! Sabri Husibi, a native of Syria, has lived in the United States for about 10 years. On the 26th of September an interview with him was published by the Tulsa World...
CRASH LOVE will be released September 29 on DGC/Interscope. First single "Medicate," for which the band is currently shooting a video, is already available on iTunes both as a single download and as part of an 18-song CRASH LOVE deluxe edition featuring multiple bonus tracks both from the CRASH LOVE sessions and the AFI vaults. AFI recently added another leg of dates to its first series...
US fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch are renowned for their raunchy ads, as the supersized billboard pictured here serves to indicate. Now sexiness and Islam, as we all know, don’t exactly blend. Which makes one wonder why on earth Samantha Elauf, a 19-year-old Muslim community college student from Tulsa, Oklahoma, would want to work [...]
The EEOC announced yesterday that it has filed a federal religious discrimination lawsuit against the retail clothing chain Abercrombie & Fitch for refusing to hire a 17-year old Muslim because she wore a hijab (head scarf). The complaint filed in an Oklahoma federal district court alleges that an Abercrombie Kids store in a Tulsa, Oklahoma mall interviewed Samantha Elauf for a sales position,...
In support of their latest record "Swoon", Silversun Pickups have annouced more dates that will push this tour till the end of October, where they will be playing the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. What kills me is that they are visiting 3 cities in TN and not one of those include Nashville. 09/15 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room* 09/16 - Green Bay, WI - The Club* 09/18 - Omaha, NE...
Personal Injury Lawyers Become More In-Demand by: Mart Gil Abareta Who would want to be involved in a personal injury case? No one! Not me, either. But, what if it happens? After all, it’s inevitable. Are you ready to face this ‘big&...