What happens when the certifiably bizarre co-founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV marries a former dominatrix and performance artist? Well, in their ideal scenario, the union would create a sort of pandrogynous third being; a joint identity that, as they readily admit, is as much an art project as a function of their undying […]
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One Plus One Equals One
What happens when the certifiably bizarre co-founder of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV marries a former dominatrix and performance artist? Well, in their ideal scenario, the union would create a sort of pandrogynous third being; a joint identity that, as they readily admit, is as much an art project as a function of their undying […]
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Cosmic Forecast, Mar. 29-Apr. 4
It’s the Year of the Dragon! Dragons know what they want — and then they get it! Wait ’til the morning of April 4th (when Mercury moves direct), test your wings, and ROAR! Then, get what you want during this coming year. Our European-based culture fights and slays our dragons, which represent the uncontrollably powerful […]
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Experimental Percussionist performs at the Bemis Center
Saturday, April 7th Tatsuya Nakatani Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, 724 South 12th Street 9 p.m.; $6 for members; $8 Non-Members www.bemiscenter.org Bowed gong, singing bowls and cymbals are just a few of the instruments experimental percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani will play at the Bemis Center. Joel Damon, Underground Curator, said Nakatani’s performance creates an atmospheric […]
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Nebraska Blues Challenge
In February the Lil’ Slim Blues Band competed in the Blues Foundation’s International Blues Challenge (IBC) in Memphis. The Lil’ Slim Blues Band made it into the top 44 bands competing in the semi-finals. The Blues Society of Omaha is ramping up to host the second annual Nebraska Blues Challenge (NBC) that will select the […]
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Cutting Room for March 28
In a sad societal statement, this week I heard more of a public outcry about what Michael Bay said about the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action movie than about the Trayvon Martin case. My Twitter feed and Facebook blew up with the kind of outrage that should follow a racially motivated murder and not, […]
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New Way To Nada
In this installment of Nada Surf, band singer/songwriter Matthew Caws ditches his band’s old playbook and draws up a new plan of attack. It all started as the band recorded a host of covers for their 2010 project, If I Had a Hi-Fi. As the band was working through a version of Bill Fox’s “Electrocution”, […]
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New Way To Nada
In this installment of Nada Surf, band singer/songwriter Matthew Caws ditches his band’s old playbook and draws up a new plan of attack. It all started as the band recorded a host of covers for their 2010 project, If I Had a Hi-Fi. As the band was working through a version of Bill Fox’s “Electrocution”, […]
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Hang the DJ
When Brent Crampton, DJ and co-proprietor of hot new dance club House of Loom, asked me to come down on a late Friday afternoon and host a three-hour guest DJ session, I said “no.” What do I know about DJing? Moreover, why would anyone want to hear what I played? “I’d hate to clear the […]
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Crumbs 3.28.12
Just what you need, even more choices at The Cheesecake Factory With an already extensive menu of more than 200 dishes and 30 cheesecakes, The Cheesecake Factory is adding more than a dozen new menu items. After reading this sentence aloud to himself, the editor decided that was more than enough information about that topic. […]