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High School Confidential
Even if you don’t feel you really know the main character in Jason Reitman’s Young Adult, you’ve probably seen her. Maybe at the grocery story, or in a gas station. She’s obviously very pretty, even though she’s disheveled, with baggy sweatpants on, and remnants of last night’s makeup visible behind the grimace and the big […]
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Pick: Snake Island
Dec. 31 Snake Island w/ Peace of Shit, Sun Settings, Baby Tears, Artillery Funk and Cheap Furs The Sandbox, 2406 Leavenworth 9 p.m., $3 for 21-year-old and up, $5 for all other attendees Snake Island are ringing in the new year with their debut release. The band cut the 12-inch vinyl record earlier this year. […]
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MUSIC: Year in Review 2011
Every year, the Reader music staff rounds up the highlights, major trends and favorite albums of the prior 12 months. Hope Survives by Tim McMahan Two years ago for The Reader’s Year in Review wrap-up article, I said that it was the beginning of the end, that there had become a universal recognition that the […]
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Don’t Fear the Reaper
Other 2012 prognostications may pale in comparison to the Mayans pointing to the heavens and calling their apocalyptic shot, but Quetzalcoatl ain’t got nothin’ on me! I, for one, reject armageddon, and offer you these three humble predictions. Three shall enter, one shall leave Given Nebraska’s frostbite addiction, I doubt I’ll get many arguments on […]
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Pick: Har Mar Superstar
Har Mar Superstar (real name Sean Tillman) has strong ties to the Midwest which makes sense, considering he’s from Minnesota. The goofy, half tongue-in-cheek hip-hop and half electronic artist usually cococts a crafty mixture of both to execute his “sexy” brand of weird dance music. He’s collaborated with plenty of Omaha kids such as The […]
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FASH FLOOD
According to the American Cancer Society, the chance of a woman having invasive breast cancer some time during her life is a little less than 1 in 8. As a woman with many cases of breast cancer in her own family, local hair stylist Sara Larson keeps the cause close to her heart and has […]
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Stage Dive: The Best Live Shows of 2011
In years past I made it to at least a hundred shows in a calendar year. This year the number was around 60, but looking over the following list, 2011 was as good as any year that I can remember: Jan. 18 – Cursive performs Domestica at The Waiting Room – It didn’t matter if […]
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Digital Leather announces next full-length
* Hot on the heels of the recently-released cassette and download-only Sponge, Digital Leather is already moving on to a new full-length in February. Philadelphia-based FDH Records will release Modern Problems. The label also released 2007 Digital Leather album Blow Machine. Foree recorded the album at his house in midtown Omaha. It was originally intended […]
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Always Something
Bo Pelini was on the offensive following the Nebraska football team’s final bowl practice in Lincoln. “All right, guys,” he said as he approached reporters, “first of all, there’s some . . .” Clearly, he had anticipated the first question. “The irresponsible reports out there aren’t true,” he said. “I have not interviewed for Penn […]