Ryan Hendrix -- November 19, 2009

Ryan and Tommie. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

Ryan Hendrix of Colourmusic came on the show recently & gave us some insight to the new record in the works & the new direction they're taking with their sound (or colour...). When one of my friends first introduced me to Ryan, he said, "He's kind of a philosopher," and I have to agree. I've never been bored talking with him (but how could you be uninterested in a man wearing a cat sweatshirt and bright blue pants, ?)

Listen below for Ryan's thoughts on the growth of Oklahoma talent over the past few years, the outrageous prices of vending machine food & more.

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Colourmusic & The Uglysuit are playing together at The Opolis in Norman TONIGHT!
So what are you doing?
Run, children!
Join the magic...!

Ali Harter -- November 12, 2009

Ali Harter recently came on the show after returning from a tour in France. She was feeling a little under the weather and not up to performing, so instead she made a pretty rad playlist of her personal lokl favs. We talked music, we talked French DJs, we talked tour experiences and everything great about Oklahoma music. We also played three new songs off of her soon-to-be released No Bees, No Honey. record, featuring over 12 Oklahoma artists and musicians.

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Ali's next show is at The Conservatory with Bobby Long and Colin Ingersol on December 7. She's got several other shows coming up in OKC, so check out myspace.com/aliharter for more info!

Eyes Made Ready - October 22, 2009

Eyes Made Ready, an alt rock band from OKC, was my guest on October 22. The guys came in the studio and played a few acoustic versions of their original songs, plus a surprise cover.



David Baxter, Brian Monds, Ryne Barber and Jason Daugherty of Eyes Made Ready. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

And yes, there was a mandolin involved.



Jason Daugherty and mandolin. Photo by Erich Kirwin.


We had some nostalgic recollections of the past, and talked about the future of this newer group, which just might include an order of Danger Shorts. Check out their interview and live performances below:

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For more info on EMR check out www.eyesmadeready.com or myspace.com/eyesmadeready.

The Non, October 1

It was a regular old groovefest a couple of weeks ago when The Non came into the studio. We played several tracks off of their new record, Tadaima, which will be released in January 2010. We talked about many things, including Tadaima, the city of Non, Oklahoma, the stories behind some of their songs, pigeon fights, and local music.

We also talked about their big Resound show that is TODAY, October 15, at the Dean Motor Company building on the corner of Dean A. McGee and Shartel in OKC. The Non will be performing with an orchestra conducted by Carl Rath, a teacher at the OU school of music, and a player for the OKC Philharmonic.

This show's gonna be legit. I hope you got your tickets in advance, 'cause word on the official Resound website is that it's sooooold out.

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The Uglysuit -- September 24, 2009

My fourth guests of the semester were The Uglysuit. Here's what you should know about The Uglysuit:

1. They make beautifully happy music. It's like drinking a mango smoothie with your sunglasses on in a parking lot on a perfect day.

2. If you like resting on another level in your meantimes, take their music with you, and it will take you to a place where there is neither gravity nor evil.

3. You wanna know where the wild things are? Probably hiding in this band's hair.

Left to right: Israel Hindman, Kyle Mayfield, Colin Bray and Jonathan Martin of The Uglysuit. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

Here's the first part of the interview, featuring a live performance of their song Pen and Self.

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From front to back: Kyle Mayfield, Colin Bray, and Jonathan Martin of The Uglysuit. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

Here's the rest of the interview, which includes the guys talking about playing CMJ last year, and being invited again this year. They'll play the festival in NYC next week in the midst of touring.

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The next Uglysuit show in Oklahoma will be Halloween at the 51st Street Speakeasy in OKC.

ArtBeat September 17, 2009

On September 17 for the third show, I had my good friends Jeff Bayne and Nathaniel Atterberry from ArtBeat magazine on the show. ArtBeat is a regional magazine that is distributed for free around Oklahoma. They feature local artists, musicians and poets. They are really involved in the community and encourage anyone to submit their work or articles on local events and artists for publication. Check out their website, www.artbeatok.com! The show got started about an hour late due to some systems failures in the studio, but once the station manager came in to fix the problems, we got the ball rolling on what the magazine is about, upcoming events, and why art matters.

Caveman Hair Jeff, and Nathaniel, talkin' art. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

Nathaniel checking out the latest issue of ArtBeat. Photo by Erich Kirwin.

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Theatre Breaks Loose Sept 10, 2009

Casey Heald and your headless host. Photo by Erich Kirwin.


For the second show of the Fall season, Theatre Breaks Loose returned with new member (and former Lokl Hour host!) Adam Croom. Zach couldn't make it to the show due to strep throat, and Brandon and Matt were a little late in arriving, but we had a good time. They talked about their West Coast tour adventures, answered fan questions and did an on-the-spot rockapella version of Jessica.



Brandon Lovelace (seated) and Matt Toney. Photo by Erich Kirwin.


The guys also just filmed for our TV program, The Set, this past weekend also. That should air on Cox channel 124 later this month. I'll keep you updated! Til then, check out the interview below!

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September 3, 2009 -- Unmarked Cars

Unmarked Cars met up with me in the booth last Thursday for the first show of the Fall. I have to say, we had a lot of fun. I was having some technical problems (of course the first show can't go smoothly, it's a given), so I didn't have time to really prepare questions. Luckily the band was great with taking off on topics. Justin, I might add is a master of many accents, which had us all cracking up. We played seven songs off of A Guide to the Common Era, which I edited from the podcast because well, you should buy the CD! It will be available on iTunes and CD Baby soon. And we had so much to talk about that there's almost an hour of interview alone. They were supposed to have a show at The Deli that night with The Gunship, but The Gunship broke up and the show ended up being cancelled. Unmarked Cars will instead play The Deli October 17, so check 'em out!

This is a quick & sloppy edit of the show, and for that I apologize. I'll probably go back and re-edit the kinks at some point, but until then.....

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The Lokl Hour Returns!

Hey guys, this is Tommie, your new host for The Lokl Hour! The show starts up again this Thursday, September 3rd. We have a new time! 8-10pm. The first guest will be Unmarked Cars, who'll be stopping by to chat & play some new recordings from A Guide to the Common Era before their show at The Deli that night.

Did you know you can now listen to all of our programming on The Wire via your iPhone? Here are the instructions from my esteemed Broadcast professor, Lynn Franklin:

Add the F-stream app found via the iTunes App Store and at http://www.sourcemac.com/?page=fstream .

Once the application is loaded you can follow these instructions to add The Wire and listen anywhere, anytime!

Once the app loads you will see Play, Favorites, Record, & More

Go to Favorites

Select Edit

Select Add New Webradio

Under Name enter The Wire

Under URL enter http://mfile.akamai.com/9873/live/reflector:59452.asx

Under Format enter WMA

Under Bitrate enter 128

Select Save

Select Play

Select The Wire

ENJOY!

You can also listen to the live stream at wire.ou.edu, or tune in to 1710 AM in Norman. Plus, I'll be posting podcasts of the show here on the blog following the original air date.

I've got a lot of great guests this semester, so I hope you'll stop by & listen!

Much love,

Tommie

The Last Show

I had Kevin Dawson (formerly Winter Circle) on to talk to me about The Dawson Project and his new music with Jesse Davis (formerly The Nixons and Huver). It's a great story about what he's gone through and how he's coming out of it. Be sure to purchase his new acoustic CD on the Dawson Project website. 

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I also had Benji from Love is a Story talking about his success on Myspace and recent song on Real World.  You can check out his music on his myspace as well as download the debut album, The Science of Sound, on iTunes.

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And then there's me. Thanks so much for listening every week and checking out the podcast. It's been an honor to participate in the Oklahoma music scene and meet everyone I did. There wasn't a person that I came across whether they were just sending me their music or doing an interview that wasn't just fantastic to work with.

So here's the last words of the show.

Theatre Breaks Loose

We had a fun show today with Theatre Breaks Loose in the studio.  These guys are making some pretty catchy tunes and getting all the OKC ladies attention (I mean look at that picture!) We played their new album in its entirety as well as got a couple of acoustic songs from them. Check out their debut album which will be on iTunes next week, as well as their CD Release Party on May 2nd at Bricktown Live.  Listen to songs from their album here on their Myspace.

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Leroy Neiman

I had one of my best friends on the show today, Jacob Selby of Leroy Neiman. They are kids from a handful of other bands and their stuff is really unique to Oklahoma. Listen to the podcast and be sure to check out their myspace.

INTERVIEW PART 1


INTERVIEW PART 2

Chase Kerby (The City Lives)

We had a really fun show today. I want to thank Chase Kerby for coming in the studio and doing a couple songs as well as a great discussion about The City Lives, Oklahoma City, and mustaches. Nate Schoenfeldt made his way up to Norman again. You really can't be the commentary he adds to the show.

Interview Pt. 1


Good Morning I Love You and Goodnight (Live)


Muzzle (Live)


The rest of the interview was just kind of an embarrassment for the three of us. I can't say there's a lot substance to the next part of the interview, but it's hilarious to listen to nonetheless.

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Asleep, Audience...Dream! (and an extra special guest)

Sean and Chris from Asleep, Audience...Dream! stopped by the studio to talk about their music, their trip to SXSW as well as their appearance on the Fox 25 Morning Show.

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As soon as I get a direct link to their Fox 25 interview, I'll post it up.

And then, out of nowhere, local rapper (originally from New Jersey) Croce aka The Lyrical Mozart, stopped by.  He just wanted to know how he could get his music on the radio station.  I staged an audition for him live on the show and asked him to throw down his best stuff. Like a true champ, he went straight at it.

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Locals Only Series 4 Interviews

I sat down last week with an assortment of bands that were playing on the Locals Only 4 bill. It was great to have such a diverse group of individuals to talk about the show and the bands. I also talked to Chris Harris who puts the show on, but is also a very well-known audio engineer and plays in the band, Depth and Current (formerly Scar Party).

All the bands were fairly new, but by no means new to the music scene as they were connected to other local bands such as Gravity Propulsion System, Student Film, and The Umbrellas. I also talked to a couple local comedians who were going to be the entertainment while bands were setting up.

Chris Harris, Part I

Sethy, Gentle Ghost

Jason, The Mean Spirits

Epic Disasters, Negative Negative

Cameron and Leah, local comedians

Chris Harris, Part II

The Fine Print

Most of the band came out to promote their new venture as The Fine Print. You can catch them around Oklahoma a lot. They seem to be an extremely hard working band.

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March, 14 2009 08:00 PM - The Underground w/ The City and Skyway
March, 21 2009 03:00 PM - Collide! Art/Music Show at The 51st Street Speakeasy
March, 22 2009 08:00 PM - The Conservatory w/ Starf***er and Guidance Counselor
April, 14 2009 10:00 PM - The Hi-Lo w/ Junebug Spade
April, 24 2009 08:00 PM - Oddfellow’s Music Hall
April, 28 2009 08:00 PM - Bora Bora Club w/ The Cries Of and more...

and check more out at myspace.com/thefineprintokc

freshsunday interview and performance

Justin from freshsunday was cool enough to stop by and do an interview as well as a couple of songs. We talked a lot about the new album "minutes: hours: day" and even the idea to include a black choir. He brought along with him a good friend of mine, Nate, their manager. We had a lot of fun in the studio. I'm sure it will show as the podcast gets further on...

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The new album is already available on CDBaby. Look out for the CD Release and check out the new stuff at myspace.com/freshsunday.

Hush Hush Commotion Interview

Chris and Adam from Hush Hush Commotion stopped by the studio for an update on whats been happening in the HHC world. We had a good conversation about how bands can properly promote themselves and about the idea of your band as a brand, as well as talk about their two year anniversary show (I mean thats kinda worth celebrating, right?)

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Be sure to check them out with Motion City Soundtrack on in Tulsa on March 27, as well as at Norman Music Festival. For more information, check out myspace.com/hushhushcommotion.

First show... with Nate, The City Lives Tour Manager

My buddy, Nate, was cool enough to do the first show with me. He had recently got back from The All-American Rejects' Gives You Hell Tour that the local band, The City Lives, supported. There's a lot of good stories about crossing the Canadian border, as well as a special cover The All-American Rejects did for a couple of their shows.

There were a lot of kinks to get out with it being the first show. For some reason I would either say 710AM or 17AM instead of 1710AM. But nonetheless it was a great kickoff to everything.

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