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Emo Architecture hits Omaha

Ms Beary

don't forget Omaha is headquarters for the Man-Boy Love Association.
Yes, Runzas and Valentinos are a Nebraska thing as far as I know.

Jun 4, 05 11:20 am  · 
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b3tadine[sutures]

NAMBLA?? you are kidding right? that is funny and sad at the same time.....

Jun 4, 05 12:06 pm  · 
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icedragon

what good can come out of omaha?

Jun 8, 05 10:16 am  · 
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geno

that's depressing ice dragon.
there's gotta be something other than runzas, valentinos, men getting it on with little boys, std's, football, steak, hitler, beastiality, etc.

when i started this thread, i thought "damn, come on people we gotta fight to actually make something good in this weird place. not let the same old mediocrity dominate the scene."

but after this thread I've strangely become ok with it too. think the true kick in the pants are the responses from the people living there who are o.k. with it themselves. maybe i've been away for too long.

Jun 8, 05 1:15 pm  · 
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greenmach

and another utopi-ite bites the dust.

don't go geno....come back.

Jun 8, 05 1:32 pm  · 
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Ms Beary

I like omaha. Was just there over Memorial day.

beta - actually i'm not so sure now, just tried to do some research on it and couldn't verify it.

this is interesting, when you search for NAMBLA and Omaha on Google, the 4th and 5th links are to Archinect. url=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=nambla+omaha]truly sorry[/url]


Jun 8, 05 3:32 pm  · 
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Ms Beary
truly sorry
Jun 8, 05 3:33 pm  · 
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icedragon

i live in lincoln,ne omaha is average. lincoln is below average.

Jun 8, 05 5:53 pm  · 
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driftwood
what good can come out of omaha?

The most amazing person I've ever met came out of omaha.

There's a great deal of good in that.

Jun 8, 05 6:07 pm  · 
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geno

that's nice of you driftwood.

Jun 8, 05 11:58 pm  · 
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jpalmer

when you go to omaha to see a decent band, cause your town doesn't seem to get any, you end up thinking its a pretty decent place

Jun 9, 05 12:12 am  · 
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neill

I ran across this article recently in the Omaha World Herald, and I thought it was kind of funny and relevant to this dead thread.


Hey, parents, want to motivate your kids to get good grades?

Promise to take them to Omaha.

At the start of the school year, 16-year-old Michelle Hope of Lake Worth, Fla., made a deal with her mom, Dawn. If she got A's in honors English and history, would Mom take her to Omaha?

Dawn agreed, thinking the chances were slim.

Michelle earned the A's, all right.

"This wasn't supposed to happen," Dawn said this week during a three-day trip to Nebraska's largest city.

So why would a teenage girl leave the beaches of sunny south Florida for the Big O?
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Conor Oberst

Because it's the hometown of another Big O - indie-rock superstar Conor Oberst.

Before flying back to Florida, Dawn and Michelle cruised around town in a silver limousine, visiting places where Conor has been: Creighton Prep; his childhood home, where his parents still live; Sokol Auditorium and a random stretch of Saddle Creek Road. At each stop, Michelle had the driver pull over so she could take pictures.

They went to the Antiquarium, an Old Market bookstore and record shop, where Michelle spent $200 on Bright Eyes records. She already owns the CDs but wanted the vinyl versions. She was thrilled to learn from an employee that Conor bought his first record player at the shop.

They went to Drastic Plastic, another Old Market music store, where Michelle bought five Bright Eyes T-shirts. It didn't matter that she already owns the same shirts. She wanted the ones from Omaha "because they're from his hometown," said Michelle, who wears an "I (heart) Conor Oberst" bracelet around her wrist. From her neck hangs a locket with a picture of - you guessed it - Conor.

OK, by now you might think Michelle is a little obsessed, maybe a little too into Conor. But the soft-spoken teen says she's not a stalker. She's simply a fan.

Other Conor groupies have made the pilgrimage to Omaha, where they wind up on the doorstep of his parents, hoping to catch a glimpse of the 25-year-old. He now spends most of his time in New York when he's not touring the world with his band, Bright Eyes.

It's one thing for out-of-town fans to come to Omaha for a Bright Eyes show or to hunt down the headquarters of Saddle Creek Records while passing through, but it's another to travel thousands of miles specifically to see Conor's hometown, said Jason Kulbel of Saddle Creek Records.

"It's a little weird that they would come this far," he said.

Michelle's mom - who allowed her daughter a budget of $6,500 for the trip - said she would have liked to have seen some of the city's more notable attractions, like the Henry Doorly Zoo, but she's happy that her daughter had such a blast in Omaha.

"I can't even get her to see the big dome," Dawn said, referring to the zoo's desert attraction. "She's only into Conor country."



Atleast she'll have a place to go when she visits again instead of a street and a couple of record stores.

As a side note, after being back in Omaha for the summer I have come to realize there are more places to have shows than I originally thought, and therefore am kind of less satisfied with this development. My optimism still says it might do some good even if it doesn't fulfill its potential.

jpalmer-are they local or touring bands which you came to omaha for?

Aug 9, 05 6:16 pm  · 
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stephanie

that sounds like something you would read in the onion

Aug 9, 05 6:24 pm  · 
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geno

$6,500 budget to hang out in Omaha.
i can't even fathom spending that much cash in Omaha.
these people have WAY too much time and money on their hands.

that's a helluva lot of beef.

Aug 9, 05 6:54 pm  · 
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stephanie

hey guys! this is is open!

p.s. i saw the faint last night! not even joking.

Jun 12, 07 12:15 pm  · 
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