Seeds: Let’s start with you. Are you originally from Omaha? Ryan: I was born in Lincoln, but I moved to Omaha when I was five. I consider it my home much more than Lincoln. Seeds: And you’ve been a part of the Omaha music scene for how many years now? Ryan: I’ve been performing in Omaha since I was […] Read more
Officials at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade have confirmed rumors that this year’s edition of the famous parade will feature anatomically correct balloons. “We think that America as a nation has moved to a place where it is comfortable with Snoopy’s ‘boy-parts’ and even prefers an accurate version,” said parade director John Thomas. “Rest assured, […] Read more
The road to an increased minimum wage in Nebraska was a long one but on November 5th, voters overwhelmingly supported a measure to raise wages to $9 an hour. Supporters hope this will boost Nebraska’s low-wage workers and lead to a stronger state economy. Dennis Ellison denies that it’s a matter of principle but a […] Read more
Once again failing to adequately discern the subtle, nonverbal messages from others, area man Mark Philson reportedly left a party last Friday night having destroyed any remnant of a laidback, tension free social gathering due to his inability to read social cues past a third grade level. “Hey who wants to bet that these two […] Read more
Help, is anyone there? I’ve been stuck in here for three hours. It’s really dark in here. I’m afraid of the dark. If I get too scared I might have an asthma attack, and my inhaler is in my dorm room. My friends thought it would be fun if I tried to see how far […] Read more
Little Arnold Barrows, born at 3 a.m. today, arrived on this planet weighing five pounds, six pounds of that coming from his manliness. Barrows, with only a few minutes to his name, became the manliest baby around when he somehow was able to witness a bare, sweet rack right in front of him. “Man, that […] Read more
If something can go wrong, it will go wrong. At least that’s what Murphy’s Law, the oft quoted and somewhat clichéd phrase, suggests. But in “Interstellar,” Christopher Nolan’s ambitious new space odyssey, Murphy’s law is revised to state that anything that can happen will happen, and in the case of this film, it’s true. When […] Read more
Fresh from the Sundance Film Festival, director Justin Simien’s feature debut, “Dear White People,” details the diversity woes of fictional Ivy League institution Winchester University. The film intersects multiple storylines all culminating in a near disastrous riot over a racist party whose invitations encouraged their white guests to “unleash their inner Negro.” The main catalyst […] Read more
Nightcrawler is a beautifully shot look at one of the darker sides of the entertainment industry. It stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a titular nightcrawler, someone who records gritty crime, death and accidents for a local news station. Gyllenhaal turns in a brilliant, potentially Oscar-nomination-worthy, performance as an ambitious sociopath that will do almost anything to […] Read more
