By now America’s accustomed to King of Comedy Bill Cosby turning serious about topics he usually mines humor from. Expressing his celebrity opinions he sometimes touches a nerve, as when he asserted “parenting is not going on” in poor inner city black homes during a 2004 NAACP speech. The Reader got three doses of Cosby […]
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Cosmic Forecast, May 17-May 23
This week, put it into fertile soil before the invisible, divisible, duality reality of Gemini; id est, the “breath of spring,” blows you/it away with wordplay. Time to communicate. I’ll start… MOJOPOPlanetPower.com b TAURUS (4.21-5.20) Thus concludes your best week in your best month of your best year in 12. This weekend is a superlative […]
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The Stations of St. Vincent
Last Monday night was the fourth time that I’ve seen indie rock band St. Vincent a.k.a. Annie Clark play a show in Omaha. The first time was nearly five years ago at The Waiting Room. St. Vincent was just beginning to get a name for themselves releasing their debut album, Marry Me, after Clark had […]
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Pick: Grouplove
May 17 Grouplove w/ Reptar Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 8 p.m., $15, onepercentproductions.com Chances are “Tongue Tied” has found its way into your ears by now. Grouplove’s signature song has traveled across the country in commercials and television shows. But that song’s ubiquity shouldn’t overshadow the strength of their debut album, Never Trust […]
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Pick: Xiu Xiu
May 21 Xiu Xiu w/ Dirty Beaches Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $10 in advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Jamie Stewart continually bends, shapes and reforms Xiu Xiu at his in-the-moment stylistic whims, always keeping a foot in his experimental indie rock wheelhouse, but always seeming on the brink of letting his running-wild ideas […]
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Pick: Deer Tick
May 20 Deer Tick w/ Turbo Fruits Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 9 p.m., $13 in advance/$15 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com On Divine Providence, 2011’s booziest batch of rock ‘n’ roll, Rhode Island’s Deer Tick shambled beautifully and blurry through songs that went from barroom rally cries to overly-creepy first-person imaginings of John Wayne Gacy. What […]
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Capgun Coup to head to Los Angeles
* Fresh off the release of their third album Contextual Doom, Capgun Coup will be heading to Los Angeles for a month at the beginning of June. The local indie-rock band will sublet a space, while setting up shows in southern California. The residency was organized by the band and their new record label, Org […]
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crumbs May 17
Tickets are now available for the 2nd Annual Village Pointe Wine Festival, which is being held Friday June 8 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday June 9 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Main Street at Village Pointe. Tickets are available at Brix and are $45 a person with a portion of […]
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Blurring the Lines
If you enter the Bemis Underground in May “expecting the unexpected,” you are forgiven the cliché. This alternative venue’s current exhibit, Out of In Focus is no exception. Even its paradoxical title warns the viewer of preconceptions. How can one keep something out of/in focus, let alone appreciate the process and the results. There is […]
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SUMMERTIME BLUES
There’s nothing like the blues. Born out of poverty, “the blues” was literally a way to escape the traps of depression, which many blues musicians referred to as the “blue devils.” Local musician Hector Anchondo gravitated towards the blues at a very young age. The future music junkie quickly became fascinated with the guitar and […]