October 10 Dr. Dog w/ Cotton Jones The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $15, onepercentproductions.com After Dr. Dog finally catapulted itself from underground pop’s favorite band to a club-packing indie-rock act, they hit a small transitional bump. 2007’s We All Belong and 2008’s Fate both hit their respective strides so easily, as the […]
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Pick: Crocodiles
October 9 Crocodiles The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $10, onepercentproductions.com When San Diego noise-pop act Crocodiles decided to expand their enchanting mix of dreamy, ethereal pop and lacerating art-noise to epic proportions on this year’s Endless Flowers, there was only one location that made sense to record in — Berlin, Germany. While […]
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Pick: Two Gallants
October 5 Two Gallants w/ PAPA & the Dead Ships The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $15, onepercentproductions.com Two Gallants ties will always run deep through Omaha, as the band broke through to the national music consciousness thanks to the two albums the San Francisco duo released on Saddle Creek Records. The locally-based […]
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Apple of My Eye
I told anyone who asked that no, I wasn’t caught up in the iPhone frenzy. I simply needed a new phone. The camera on my “ancient” iPhone 4 was badly scratched, likely from riding in my pants pocket with my car keys (I never use one of those God-awful plastic phone covers that look like […]
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Antiquarium Records to close
* Antiquarium Records, 417 South 13th St., is closing. The mostly-vinyl record shop announced its plans to close its downtown storefront Sunday, Sept. 30th. The store’s exact closing date has not been announced. Co-owner Joe Tingley hoped to move the store and in a Facebook post the store indicated its desire to continue, stating “Hopefully […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Oct. 4-10
Happy October! Love is in the air (Libra is an “air” sign). Love is the way (I’ve got the proof brewin’ in me basement! I’ll show you someday). In the temple of Osiris, I’ve already learned that Hell is no longer being able to express love after having once tasted love. Therefore, what must be […]
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Keep On Truckin’
Artists from outside Omaha have always had a presence in the local art scene. They help to keep the artistic landscape varied and lively, enhancing the conversation about how regional artists partake of a national or even international dialogue. Some of these “carpetbaggers” are shown but once, while others become returning favorites. Among the latter, […]
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Development as a Moral Imperative
In the summer of 1969, 25-year old Ken Johnson went to his job as a night clerk in the data center at the Omaha National Bank at 17th and Farnam. As the shift progressed, his attention was drawn away from his job to the sight of north Omaha in flames. Though he was a native […]
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Rating Meditating: Think less, feel better
It was about 1985 when I first heard of a doctor prescribing meditation to a patient to address a medical condition. I was impressed. Personally, I had already seen and experienced the benefits of meditation but for a conventionally trained M.D. to recognize both that meditation improves health and that he was unqualified to teach […]
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Pick: Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
October 5th Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend Holland Center, 1200 Douglas St. 8 p.m., $35-$45 Comedian and best-selling author Mike Birbiglia is bringing his one-man show My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend to Omaha. Birbiglia said the show is about how he decided to get married despite not believing in the idea of marriage. “It’s about love and […]