May 2004

  • 9th St. Basement Photos

  • News Page, Archived as of May 10, 2004

    7 MAY 04 – LAST-MINUTE SHOW TONIGHT h&s will play a 45-minute acoustic set tonight (friday, may 7th) in Crete around 10 p.m.

    The show is being put on by two fraternities, and will be held at the Tuxedo Park roller rink. h&s will take the stage around 10:00. 18+ show, and there will probably be a $2-3 cover at the door.

    Directions: coming into town on Hwy 33 (from Lincoln, from the East), follow the highway through downtown. When the highway curves to the left (south) a block or two after Casey’s, follow the road straight over the railroad. Take the first paved right (north) turn, follow the road over the bridge into Tuxedo Park. All the cars will be at the roller rink.

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  • Website Bio as of May 10, 2004

    the story thus (near and) far…

    –Act I, Scene I–

    Scene: the basement of a Nebraska house, rainy April afternooon, 1999. Several kids are gathered around a billiards table, others talk and joke. howie is sitting on the basement steps, strumming a guitar.

    Scott: I could put some sweet saxophone on top of that, you know.

    –Act I, Scene II–

    Scene: A coffeehouse in Lincoln the following year. A crowd of people fills the room with the hum of conversation. howie&scott take the floor with a guitar, a saxophone, and a set of bongos.

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  • Last-minute Show Tonight

    h&s will play a 45-minute acoustic set tonight (friday, may 7th) in Crete around 10 p.m.

    The show is being put on by two fraternities, and will be held at the Tuxedo Park roller rink. h&s will take the stage around 10:00. 18+ show, and there will probably be a $2-3 cover at the door.

    Directions: coming into town on Hwy 33 (from Lincoln, from the East), follow the highway through downtown. When the highway curves to the left (south) a block or two after Casey’s, follow the road straight over the railroad. Take the first paved right (north) turn, follow the road over the bridge into Tuxedo Park. All the cars will be at the roller rink.

  • Update

    there are happenings that don’t quite make the shows page, so i’ll summarize. but first, make sure you come to the lincoln-music.com kickoff show next friday, may 14th, with h&s, westside proletariat, and J.V. All*stars.

    now, other news. tonight (may 7) howie will play acoustic at the UCC church, around 7:00 p.m., followed by a local band that is currently Nameless. friday night (may 9) howie will play an acoustic set at doane around 9:30 for the APE event on campus. saturday we’re playing a party, which includes a nice check so celebrate that with us (we need it). come to Doane’s production of “The Taming of the Shrew” at 7:30 p.m saturday night outside in cassell theatre, and head down to the Isis for the 11:00 showing of Monty Python’s “Holy Grail” film. sweet!

    shacker is beginning to take “blackbeard’s revenge” in PROJECT:ECHO this week – the results will be one of the first things posted at the soon-to-be-launched mr. furious site. you can catch shacker’s final live performance thursday night, may 13, at the world-famous Zoo Bar in Lincoln with Strawberry Burns. -h