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In case you've been busy, here's a selection of what's been posted this week.

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<strong>WATCH</strong>: Our video crew has been hard at work on a new music performance series. Sample the first edition of This Land Live here, featuring indie darling Ok Sweetheart performing "Fool." 

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57005270?byline=0&amp;color=48c1c7" width="500" height="281" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe> <p><a href="http://vimeo.com/57005270">This Land Live: OK Sweetheart - Fool</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/thislandpress">THIS LAND PRESS</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

By the way...there's more where this came from, so keep an eye out.

<strong>WESTWARD WHOA</strong>: Sheilah Bright takes in the <a href="http://bit.ly/VLdLzO" target="_blank">Sooner State Stampede, Oklahoma's gay rodeo</a>.

<strong>GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN</strong>: Shawna Lewis says so long to Massad's, the Cherry Street staple that, for 60 years, outfitted college girls, trophy wives, exotic dancers, and cross dressers. 

<strong>RUSTIC TREAT</strong>: Steve Gerkin snacks on nature’s hidden treasure: <a href="http://bit.ly/Yc7n59" target="_blank">mushrooms</a>.

<strong>IT WAS MAGIC</strong>: The days of The Magician’s Theater—now a parking lot at 16th and Boulder—is a barely documented, unforgettable time according to the people who experienced it. <a href="http://thislandpress.com/01/31/2013/it-was-magic/" target="_blank">Lindsey Neal Kuykendall takes a look back at the club</a> that opened the year Vietnam ended and Saturday Night Live began. 

<strong>WHIP IT</strong>: Clara Knipper, a.k.a. Cat Owta Hell, offers the inside scoop on the hard, <a href="http://bit.ly/Yc6tps" target="_blank">fast world of roller derby</a>. 

What have you been reading/watching/listening to this week?