When she dreamed of rap stardom back in her hometown of San Antonio, Texas, Tunette Powell went by Short Stack. Today, Tunette will do. After years of search and struggle and a need for attention she fed with men, the 26-year-old Bellevue Neb. resident is more comfortable than she’s ever been in her own skin […]
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Movieha! – Omaha’s Favorite Movie Podcast
It’s been a minute, yo. Due to a combination of us taking some time off for the holidays and Matt contracting some rare, nonfatal Ebola virus, we haven’t “casted pod” for awhile now. But that’s over! This is our “catchup” episode, in which we hit many different movies we saw over the break…while Matt makes […]
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2013 OEAA Music Nominees List
Best Hard Rock * The End In Red — The End in Red’s sound traverses all sorts of alternative rock ground, from post-hardcore to the experimental prog-metal of Tool and the art-pop of Radiohead. * Cannonista — Comprised from past members of Civic Minded, Paria, & Trippin Default, Cannonista has cemented a reputation for heavy, […]
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Meet Dumb Beach
* Peace of Shit, the Omaha garage rock project of Austin Ulmer, is changing its name to something less profane and less offensive, apparently. The new name is Dumb Beach and the name is as good as it sounds when you say it out loud. Ulmer has stayed busy since starting the band, releasing music […]
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Pick: Hatebreed
January 28 Hatebreed w/Shadows Fall, Dying Fetus, The Contortionist Sokol Auditorium, 2234 South 13th St. 6:30 p.m., $15 in advance/$20 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Hatebreed should forever be known as one of the pioneers of the dominant form of popular metal stretching from the mid 90s to now. By combining thrash, Celtic death metal and hardcore punk, […]
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Pick: Wild Belle
January 26 Wild Belle w/ Satchel Grande The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $10, onepercentproductions.com Wild Belle is the indie rock project of Chicago siblings, Elliot and Natalie Bergman. The duo have built a quick amount of buzz, resulting in signing with Columbia Records last year. The band’s debut album Isles isn’t out […]
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Pick: Buck Bowen CD Release
January 25 Buck Bowen CD Release w/ Weird Owl, Brent Crampton The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $7, onepercentproductions.com The smartass slacker persona still lurks within Buck Bowen, but the Omaha expatriate has evolved eons beyond the goofy, opinionated hip-hop purist that made his name as a local emcee a decade ago. […]
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Figure Skating and Saxophones and When a Sport’s a Sport
Sports, for the most part, is a macho business that exists on a macho concept of one guy being better than the other guy. If you don’t have that competitive streak in you, you can’t be successful at sports of any kind. The drive to prove that you’re the better man or woman is at […]
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Crumbs
Dante Pizzeria is holding their first wine dinner of 2013 on Monday January 28th at 7:00 p.m. The dinner will consist of five course and five wines and runs for $90 per person not including tax or grat. The wines of choice will be Big Italian Reds. There was also mention of wild boar, locally […]
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Pick: Savion Glover
January 31 Savion Glover Orpheum Theater, Slosburg Hall, 409 South 16th Street 7:30 p.m. Tickets $25 to $59 (402) 345-0606, www.ticketomaha.com He dances, he choreographs and he produces. The man also has been known to win a Tony Award. SoLe Sanctuary, Savion Glover’s latest offering, brings tap dancing to Omaha at its most stunning. On […]