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Published: 11/9/2007 11:18 AM
Last Modified: 11/9/2007 11:18 AM

Since these ran under one headline on our Web site, I thought I'd post 'em all here for everyone here on my blog. Check out what's happening this weekend, and I'll see ya 'round!

... And don't forget about Callupsie, El Paso Hot Button and Chuch of the Snake, tonight at Continental Club!

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HAYES CARLL BRINGS HIS FOLK TO ALL SOUL COFFEEHOUSE

Hayes Carll shambles more than walks toward the stage, like a guy who’s just woken from a restless sleep with a horrible hangover, reaching for an acoustic guitar when a pot of black coffee seems more in order.

But don’t be fooled. He’s always in control.

The Houston-based folk/Americana performer will amble into Emerson Hall at All Soul Acoustic Coffehouse , 2952 S. Peoria Ave., on Friday. Doors open at 7 p.m., music starts at 7:30 p.m. Norman musician Travis Linville will open.

“I’d live wherever I could or do whatever job I could to find the material and find the point of view for the songs, and to be successful at it. All in all, it’s working out pretty good,” he said recently. “I’m a pretty content human being – with not a whole lot more demons than your average, twisted folk singer.”

The humorous and thought-provoking artist is often compared with Bob Dylan , Townes Van Zandt , Ray Wylie Hubbard , Kris Kristofferson and Lyle Lovett.

Tickets are $15 ($13 for students/ seniors), on sale at All Soul, Midtown Borders and at the door. For more information, call 743-2363.

SPICING THE SCENE WITH SAGE

Raven-haired, earthy, emotional crooner Rachael Sage will display her vocal – and keyboard – prowess Saturday at Bamboo Lounge , 7204 E. Pine St. The show is free.

Influenced by Irish and Middle Eastern music, the East Village songstress’ music made her a 2005 and ’06 Independent Music Award Winner for Best Singer-Songwriter. She also lit up the stage in her Dfest music festival performance here in 2006.

The Washington Post says: “Rachael Sage has an inimitable personal style, a balance of flamboyance and femininity … a performance as distinctive as it was entertaining.”

Songwriter, poet and multimedia maven, Sage has been making gutsy pop music in one form or another since she was 3 years old, a self-taught pianist who honed her skills listening to her parents’ doo-wop, Broadway and Beatles albums.

“When I started,” she said in a recent interview, “I was writing a lot of music that sounded like Elton John – if he’d been a nice Jewish girl from a long line of Russian cantors.”

The venue is a Tulsa classic. Also known as the “Boo,” it has been around since 1957 and is Oklahoma’s oldest gay bar.

Rachael Sage performs "Wildflower."

FORMS PUSH THE AURAL ENVELOPE

Another New York band, the Brooklyn four-piece indie/experimental rock act the Forms, will play Deadtown Tavern, 23 N. Cheyenne Ave., Saturday.

The show starts at 9 p.m. The act released a critically-acclaimed, self-titled album earlier this year.

“Making this album was a pretty painful process,” admitted Forms frontman Alex Tween, when asked about the band’s follow-up to 2004’s well-received, Pitchfork-approved debut “Icarus.” His comment is a bit of an understatement.

The album was cut over a 50-day period in Illinois with Steve Albini (Nirvana , the Pixies) at Electrical Audio, assisted by Greg Norman (Built to Spill, Pelican) at Great Western Record Recorders.

It was praised by Pitchfork for its “wiry, punchy indie pop. The singer’s silvery voice soars like the album’s namesake. Keep an eye and an ear out.”

The Forms evokes the classic Dischord roster – think Shudder To Think and Fugazi – as much as it does underappreciated ’90s acts such as Slowdive and the Dismemberment Plan.

With local pop/techno act Stevedore also performing, this show promises an aural attack, replete with chants and screams and drum machines.

For more information, call Deadtown at 583-3323.

And who knew the Forms totally heart "90210" so much? This is hilarious (and not representative of the live show!).

SOUTH 40 TAKES TO THE HARDWOOD

Rogers State University recently announced that local country/rock powerhouse South 40 would play a free concert immediately following the Hillcat Spirit Bonfire, scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday.

The concert is part of the inaugural Hillcat Homecoming scheduled Friday and Saturday.

The two-day event will culminate with a tailgate party and men’s and women’s basketball games at the Claremore Expo Center on Saturday.

On Saturday the excitement will begin at noon at the Claremore Expo Center with a tailgate party before the basketball games. Participants are encouraged to arrange their own tailgate celebration or purchase tailgate fare for $5 from Rib Crib, which will be on-site to serve food for the pre-game festivities.

Admission to RSU basketball games is free for children under 8 and RSU faculty, staff and students. General admission for games is $6 per person and reserved seating is $10 per person.

The women’s basketball game begins at 2 p.m. and the men’s game begins at 4 p.m. at the Expo Center.

For more information, call (918) 343-7803.

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