Fancy meetin’ you here! I mean, it’s not particularly FANCY…there are no doilies or fine china or anything. Makes you wonder why that expression is usually said like a cowboy. Did cowboys really refer to things as “fancy?” Curious. Anyhoodle, I am excited to get to these haikus because I heard a great haiku this […]
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Long Live the Dude
Omaha native and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Gail Levin profiles actor Jeff Bridges in a new film kicking off the 25th season of “American Masters,” a series produced for PBS by New York Public Media THIRTEEN in association with WNET. Levin, an Omaha Central High graduate long based in Manhattan, says the project has been on […]
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American Hate
For seven years while UNO criminology professor Pete Simi lived with and researched neo-Nazis, death threats against him and his family were common. “[It was] one of the things I had to get used to, in terms of doing interviews and hanging out,” Simi says. “‘If we ever find out you’re a cop, we’ll hunt […]
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E-books and the future of publishing
The publishing industry has undergone a major shift in the past few years, and is still reeling from the double whammy of a lousy economy coupled with the introduction and growing adoption of e-readers. The way we consume information is changing. And it’s these e-readers — Kindle, Nook and the iPad to name three — […]
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New Year, New Voice
* First of all, greetings are in order. I’m Chris Aponick and I’m your new Backbeat columnist. Think of me as your guide to what’s newsworthy in Omaha each week. I’ve written for The Reader frequently during the last three years, so I hope my voice is one you’re used to hearing. But here’s the […]
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Driven To Success
Dig into AM Taxi’s history and it might be easy to assume how the Chicago band quickly made it to the Virgin Records roster with their first album We Don’t Stand a Chance . But don’t think you can figure out the whole story, singer Adam Krier says. Krier and bassist Jason Schultejann logged time […]
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Fearless, Flawless Box Office Predictions – 1/7
Looks like I’m back in the haiku saddle again, ready to toss off some poetic verse whilst predicting the tallies and totals from what is sure to be a yawner of a weekend at the box office. Why do I say that? Oh, I don’t know, do you think the lines for Country Strong or […]
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Ryan’s Junk Drawer For January 7
“With great junk, comes great responsibility” – Better Off Ted I swear on my life I would post blogs more often if this new system didn’t sporadically swallow them whole. I crafted for you a brilliant cornucopia of words. A hilarious, breathtaking, bouncy blend of verb and noun that was just totally gone when I […]
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State Senator says teachers should be armed
Speaking the day after one principal was killed an another injured during a shooting at Millard South High School, State Senator Mark Christensen of Imperial told the Nebraska Radio Network Jan. 6 that teachers and administrators should carry firearms. “We’re doing it backwards,” Christensen said. “When you prohibit guns from schools and everybody knows there […]
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Millard principal’s condition improves
Principal Curtis Case was upgraded to fair condition Jan. 6 after being shot a day earlier at Millard South High School. Case was previously listed in serious condition. Robert Butler Jr., 17, shot Case and Assistant Principal Vicki Kaspar shortly before 1 p.m. on Jan. 5. He had been suspended from school earlier that day. […]