OH! (klahoma)

I've been in Stillwater, OK, home of Oklahoma State University and Capt./Dr. Jason White (not the OU quarterback), all weekend long. It was a swell time. They like Jesus there, and Jesus doesn't like real beer, apparently, so they only sell 3.5% beer. Meaning, you have to spend twice as much money to get just as crunk. However, it is home to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, so I guess everything just about evens out.
Friday night, I saw John Lamonica at the Gypsy Tea Room. I used to see him and hang out back in the old, moldy Deep Ellum days, when he was the frontman for myspacecoaster or singing by himself. Either way, it was very sensitive emo(slightly)core or singer-songwriter, but in a good way. Since then though, I think he's been taking some classes at the Dismemberment Plan Memorial School of Indie Funk. The man struts around on stage like Prince, and even rocks the falsetto from time to time. I'm not talking about your ubertrendy dancepunk here, this is straight up indie-disco [subgenre coinage!], like Death Cab for Cutie at Studio 54, but better than that analogy makes it sound. He did end up seguing into some more standard indie action, though it wasn't as emo as his old style. The first half of the set, however, was more Donna Summer than Sunny Day Real Estate. Or, maybe, if Donna and Jeremy Enigk had babies. God, enough analogies. Anyway, he's got a new album coming out soon, so that should be interesting, at least. Oh, he has myspace too, if you want to hear.