The Faint name five favorites

by Chris Aponick

* The Faint's lead singer Todd Fink provided MTV's Hive website with a short list of five of his favorite current Nebraska bands. The piece ran Monday, November 5th on MTVHive.com, as part of its daily Hive Five feature. Fink's five picks were accompanied by descriptions and videos of each band. Fink's five: Icky Blossoms, Digital Leather, Plack Blague, Solid Goldberg and Tilly & the Wall.

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More from Morris

by Chris Aponick

Here's a few extras from the Reader's recent interview with Keith Morris of Off! The band plays the Waiting Room Lounge, 6212 Maple St., Tuesday, October 30th.

Off!'s Keith Morris may have co-founded two seminal hardcore acts Black Flag and Circle Jerks, but he'll be the first to tell you just how cool he isn't.

"I would consider myself a nerd," Morris says.

Morris' nerd-dom centeres on...

Morrissey postpones Lincoln show

by Chris Aponick

* Morrissey has postponed a series of tour dates, including a Thursday, Nov. 1st date at Lincoln's Rococo Theater, 140 North 13th St. in Lincoln. All tickets will be honored for the rescheduled date, which as not been announced yet. Morrissey scrapped the dates to return home to England because his mother fell ill.

* Snake Island appeared on a special Halloween episode of Chicago public...

Emphatic loses lead singer

by Chris Aponick

* Hard rock act Emphatic and singer Patrick Wilson have parted ways, according to a post on the band's Facebook page. The move leaves founding member Justin McCain as the last Omahan in the band. In a statement posted Monday, October 22nd the band wrote, "Patrick Wilson has left the band due to personal reasons. Patrick will be missed but the show must go on." Emphatic last played in Omaha...

Norah Jones packs Orpheum

by Chris Aponick

* Norah Jones has evolved from the sultry, jazz-pop chanteuse she inhabited on her 2002 breathrough debut album Come Away With Me, but her live show Friday, October 12th at the Orpheum Theater, 409 South 16th St., still vibed on a smokey, low-key groove. Jones is a rare artist who can make stylistic jumps without ever jarring the audience. Jones certainly kept a soft-jazz spirit throughout the...

Start Halloween with a David Bowie dance party

by Chris Aponick

* House of Loom, 1012 South 13th St., will host the perfect glam-rock beginning to the Halloween season Friday, October 12th. Moonage Daydream, a dance party tribute to David Bowie, will feature DJs spinning nothing but the Thin White Duke. Costumes inspired by any era of Bowie's career are encouraged, with the night's hosts The Church of Tomorrow, awarding a prize to the best dressed....