If life is a highway, Chuck Ragan has been writing its soundtrack. The frontman from the influential punk band, Hot Water Music, has been busy since his band’s supposed breakup, releasing a solo CD, recording Hot Water’s first album in eight years, organizing an americana inspired tour and relentlessly traveling the road. With a dusty […]
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Road Warrior
If life is a highway, Chuck Ragan has been writing its soundtrack. The frontman from the influential punk band, Hot Water Music, has been busy since his band’s supposed breakup, releasing a solo CD, recording Hot Water’s first album in eight years, organizing an americana inspired tour and relentlessly traveling the road. With a dusty […]
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The Uncomfortable Uncertainty of Game of Thrones
It took everything I had not to throw my copy of Game of Thrones across the room when I got to the part (quite early in the series’ first book) where King Eddard is beheaded. What the f**k? I realized right then that this was not your typical sword and sorcery epic. I was in […]
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Rapper Conchance releases Calm Kids LP
* Local rapper Conchance will unveil his first full-length Calm Kids with a release show Saturday, April 7th at House of Loom, 1012 South 10th St. Brenton Walstrom Gomez has performed as Conchance the last few years, garnering Omaha Entertainment & Arts Awards for Best Hip Hop Artists in 2010 and 2011. The Conchance record […]
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Pick: Good Old War
April 9 Good Old War w/ the Belle Brigade and Family of the Year The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 8 p.m., $10 advance/$12 day-of-show, onepercentproductions.com Good Old War come to Omaha with a fresh, new album Come Back As Rain. The Philadelphia indie band positioned themselves alongside bands like Fleet Foxes and Mumford […]
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Pick: Foxy Shazam
June 19 Foxy Shazam The Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St. 8 p.m., $12, onepercentproductions.com Led by charismatic lead singer Eric Sean Nally, Fozy Shazam has stoked anew the fire of over-the-top 70’s glam rock ‘n’ roll, with a sound that skips from Queen, Meat Loaf, Thin Lizzy to the Darkness. In fact, Darkness front […]
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Forage Omaha
Every spring our part of the world makes a big deal about mushrooms. April is morel mushroom season after all, and lets be honest, who doesn’t love a tan-yellowish colored mushroom that bares a striking similarity to a brain? Oh, you don’t? Well, mushroom lovers be damned, if you want to forage for food this […]
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2012 Too Many Cooks Cooked
On Sunday, March 25 at The Hilton, the Omaha Restaurant Association’s Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen gathered chefs from 12 local eateries such as Le Voltaire, Stokes, Spencer’s for Steaks and Chops and Creighton University, each creating a 5-course meal to raise money for Feed the Hungry and culinary scholarships. Michael Walker strolled crooned […]
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Whitewashing Pink Slime and Other News
So a cattle rancher said to me this past weekend, “Can you believe they’re trying to whitewash this pink slime thing?” My friend is one cattleman who doesn’t agree with putting pink slime in ground meat. That it passes under the moniker of “lean, finely textured beef,” makes informed people laugh. Anyone who reads the […]
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FASH FLOOD
Three new retailers will join Omaha’s Village Pointe Shopping Center as it celebrates its eighth anniversary in 2012. Women’s retailer Love Culture and athletic wear retailer lululemon will launch new locations along with newly opened eye care franchise, Pearle Vision, at the popular shopping center. As firsts to the Omaha retail market, lululemon will open […]