The days when North 24th Street jumped with folks out on the town, strolling the main drag, hitting one live music spot after another, are decades past. Aside from biennial homecoming activities, North 24th is a drive-through artery on the way to somewhere else. Few souls trod its walkways. If people do stop it’s for […]
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Moe
For those who mourned the death of Phish and The Grateful Dead, some brave souls have stepped up to fill in the holes. Jam bands such as Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident and moe. are among the few still providing a place to proudly boast a tye dye t-shirt, matching headband and peace sign. Hailing […]
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The Lupines release three songs online
* The first recordings of the Lupines are now available online. The recordings are from about 18 months ago, when John Ziegler went down to Lincoln’s Plan C with Mark Wolberg. The all-analog session came together as Ziegler’s former band, Brimstone Howl, was dissolving. Since recording the nine songs in Lincoln, Ziegler formed the Lupines […]
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Staring into The Newsroom’s Funhouse Mirror
The Newsroom is a new drama series about the cable news wars that airs Sunday nights on HBO. It’s penned by Aaron Sorkin — the guy behind The West Wing (a successful show on NBC, which I rarely watched) who also wrote films such as The Social Network and Moneyball. Sorkin is known for his […]
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Pick: Liars
July 15th Liars w/ Cadence Weapon The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $13 advance/$15 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Liars have evolved much from the lacerating, deconstructionist take on dance-punk that first catapulted them to attention in 2001. That line-up, which featured Nebraskans Ron Albertson (Mercy Rule) and Pat Noecker (Opium Taylor), dissolved before Liars […]
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Pick: Jamey Johnson
July 13th Jamey Johnson Stir Cove, 1 Harrah’s Blvd. in Council Bluffs 8 p.m., $35, stircove.com Jamey Johnson may have landed on the modern country charts, but his mix of old school honky-tonk, outlaw country and classic country twang is completely separated from most of his chart-topping contemporaries. After “In Color” helped pave his path […]
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Big Pharma and the Money-Go-Round
Another record fine has been levied against a Big Pharma company. This time it’s GlaxoSmithKline, the fourth largest drug company in the world with revenues for 2011 of over $42.5 billion. GSK got hit with a $3 billion fine for basically lying and cheating about their drugs. That’s a hefty wad of cash, an amount […]
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FASH FLOOD
Omaha FASHION Magazine Photo Contest Calling all stylists, photographers, salons, designers, artists, directors and models: The Omaha FASHION Magazine photo contest is back! Gather your dream team, put together an amazing photo shoot featuring looks from a current Omaha Fashion Week designer and submit up to ten photos for a chance at being featured on […]
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Optical Delusions
Not since the extraordinary Signal Channel exhibition which the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts showcased in 2005, has there been such a display of video art in Omaha as that currently on display in the venue’s Underground. While Signal Channel was essentially a survey of the art form over a 50+ year period, and virtually […]
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PICK: Fear of Ghosts, REModeled
July 20 Fear of Ghosts, REModeled The Waiting Room 6212 Maple Street 9 P.M., $7 Friday (July 20th) I’m in love – with this concert. Created from members of three area bands, Fear of Ghosts (yes, like the song) will be performing a tribute to The Cure along with fellow cover band REModeled, who will […]