The sweet, gentle touch of the ever-renewing virgin turns the rrrrrooooaaaaring king of the beasts into the fawning pussycat at her lap. The daughter of nature promises the pleasures of hearth and home in place of long winter nights all alone. Ahhh, but what be the price to pay for a winter’s stay, you might […]
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The First Annual Knotfest in Iowa
Many of us couldn’t wait until August 17th came around ever since Sophia John from 89.7 The River announced at River Riot on May 11th that a big annual concert would start this year called Knotfest. Featuring some big name bands like Deftones, Lamb of God, and Slipknot, summer couldn’t fly by fast enough. As […]
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Flobots get Facebooked
The Flobots are a rock and hip hop musical group from Denver, Colo., formed in 2000 by Jamie Laurie. Flobots found mainstream success with their major label debut Fight with Tools (2007), featuring the single “Handlebars,” which became a popular hit on modern rock radio in April 2008. The ’bots will perform at the Waiting […]
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Guitar Women & More
Ohio guitarist Kelley Richey is a seasoned performer who receives high marks from fans and critics for her guitar work and vocals. See kellyrichey.com. Richey plays Lincoln’s Zoo Bar Wednesday, Aug. 22, 6-9 p.m. and The 21st Saloon Thursday, Aug. 23, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Wondrous Wonderland Remarkable Austin vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Carolyn Wonderland rocks an […]
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The Crime of the Modern Water User
When environmental activist Erin Brockovich was a little girl, her father told her that water would become more valuable than oil because there would be so little of it. In the documentary Last Call at the Oasis, Brockovich and an array of scientists present a compelling case that that day may be dawning now, and […]
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Funk Evolution
Nashville resident Rick Chudacoff traces his musical evolution all the way back to Omaha, tying in four longtime friends and three musical acts that dominated Omaha’s musical scene in the 1970s. Chudacoff, Leslie Smith, Lester Abrams, Arno Lucas and Ron Cooley played together in various line-ups from the late 60s through the late 70s, forming […]
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The Debasing of Grandmother’s and Godfather’s
Ever since we bought a new house and started remodeling it, weekends are spent doing things like examining backsplash samples and checking out flooring options at Lumber Liquidators. Consumerism as creativity. Hunting and gathering. Last weekend before heading to whatever wholesale lumber barn was on the list, we headed to lunch. Since we were south […]
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Crumbs
This weekend is the Riverfront Wine Festival at Aksarben Village from 4:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Friday and Saturday nights, August 24 and 25. There will be over 200 wines to sample, craft beers and free wine seminars. Included also, will be live jazz music and lots of people to mingle with while you chat about wine. […]
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Pick: Yeasayer
Aug. 25th Yeasayer w/ Daughn Gibson The Slowdown, 729 North 14th St. 9 p.m., $20 in advance/$23 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Led by the core trio or Chris Keating, Ira Wolf Tuton and Anand Wilder, Yeasayer came to attention while on tour with MGMT, just as MGMT blew up. While Yeasayer has yet to experience those highs, […]
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Pick: Her Flyaway Manner
August 24 Her Flyaway Manner w/ Dim Light and Dead Wave Brothers Lounge, 3812 Farnam St. 10 p.m., $5 at the door Lincoln band Her Flyaway Manner will celebrate the release of their first album in a decade at Brothers Lounge. An Ethology of Me is the band’s follow-up to 2001’s A Rotation of Thoughts […]