The Reader’s Choice BEST OF THE BIG O! 2018 Listings BEST DINING Best Bakery Reader’s Choice Best in the Big O: The Cake Gallery Reader’s Choice: Nothing Bundt Cake, Petit’s, Jones Bros. Cupcakes Reader’s Recommended: Le Quartier Baking Co, Hy-Vee Best BBQ Restaurant Reader’s Choice Best in the Big O: Tired Texan BBQ Reader’s Choice: […]
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Creighton looks to prove Big East critics wrong
At this time the past couple of years, Creighton basketball fans were downright giddy when discussing the team’s outlook. Stars Marcus Foster, Kyrie Thomas, Justin Patton and Mo Watson had the faithful dreaming big. Challenging for the Big East title and advancing to the Final Four didn’t seem like such a pipe dream. Injuries to […]
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Drown Me in a Sea of Spider-People
Watching Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is the single closest feeling I’ve had to the first time I cracked open a comic book, beginning a lifelong love affair with a legendary onesie wearer. The same way Steve Ditko’s pencils popped my eyeballs, Spider-Verse explodes like a shotgun blast of pop-art, right to the kisser. Infused with […]
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Citizen – July 23
In the early 2010s, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia were fertile ground for bands heavily indebted to ‘90s indie rock and Midwest emo bands like Mineral and American Football, and Boston-based Run For Cover Records took many such acts under its wing. Among labelmates like Turnover, Tigers Jaw and Title Fight, Toledo’s Citizen rose to the […]
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Peaced and Slightly Pulverized: David Nance
Last weekend I got a chance to interview David Nance at his Dundee home while rain poured down around us. I sat on the porch swing with my lap-top while Dave walked around with his huge, shaggy head of hair, in a worn-out illegible band T-shirt and flannels and answered my meandering questions for a […]
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Life in the Balance: Tai Chi
Life in the Balance: Tai Chi by Michael Braunstein I heard an ad on the radio the other morning. It was for a clinic in the area that specializes in a particular field of physical therapy that was addressed to persons who, for some reason or another, have difficulties with balance. We’re talking plain, old […]
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Migos at Stir Cove – May 26
It’s not really an exaggeration to say Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos have taken over the rap game since their track “Bad and Boujee” topped the Billboard Hot 100 and became a near-cultural phenomenon in 2016. Their heavy-hitting style, aided by Metro Boomin’s bass-heavy instrumentals, has become the standard in trap-rap, earning them a pair of […]
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Backbeat for October
As summer fades into autumn there’s a shift in the artistic landscape. Movie studios start scaling back their popcorn releases and begin to roll out their Oscar bait, and the biggest video games are released in anticipation of the holiday season. In essence, they’re saving the best for last. While this doesn’t always translate to […]
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I Read the News Today, Oh Boy…
Dec. 1, 2018 — I was mindlessly flipping through my iPhone, half-glancing at photos of strangers that make up most of the people on my Facebook feed before I ran across a story from CNN with this headline: More than 100 sea turtles found dead off Cape Cod. The headline was a gut punch. It […]
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Backbeat for August
In the past few months, it’s become almost customary to start this column with news from the Saddle Creek Records camp, whether to commend the new Sam Evian and Hop Along albums, or to discuss the signing of a new artist like Tomberlin or Stef Chura. The trend won’t end this month, either, as Saddle […]
