[Editor's note: A Conversation is an HN series that features two disparate members Nebraska's music scene interviewing each other about what they do best. This is part one. Read part two on Wednesday. We hope you learn a little.]
story by Michael Todd | illustration by Brittany Wehling
Jeremy Buckley's early days as a gamer say something about where he is now at 34.
The founder of Lincoln Calling, which celebrates its ninth year Oct. 9-14, says he was drawn to titles such as SimCity and Civilization because he likes being able to do all the planning and let it play out, whereas being a musician, you do both.
"I think the reason I haven't ever tried to create music is because I'd never know how to play it in front of other people," he says, adding later, "I'm not nervous at putting on a music festival with 100-plus bands and trying to convince 5,000 people to go to it."
Buckley's appreciation for local and national music comes through clearly as he talks with and answers questions from Damon Lee, UNL assistant professor of composition and digital arts. He speaks on his introduction to arts and entertainment writing, how that led to his Lincoln Calling work and how Nebraska's music community supports itself.
All-access tickets for Lincoln Calling are available for $30 through Wednesday, Oct. 10. Bands confirmed so far are listed below the jump. Follow Lincoln Calling on Facebook for more info.
LINCOLN CALLING BANDS (so far):
Academy of Rock (Lincoln)
Adam A (Lincoln)
Alex Walker (Lincoln)
All My Friends Are Dinosaurs (Lincoln)
Amy Schmidt (Lincoln)
Andrew Sinclair (Kansas City)
Author and Punisher (San Diego)
B-Stee and Archie (Kansas City)
The Bears of Blue River (Chicago)
Beaver Damage (Lincoln)
Betsy Wells (Omaha)
The Betties (Lincoln/Omaha)
The Big Deep (Omaha)
Black Cohosh (Lincoln)
Bonehart Flannigan (Lincoln)
Brent Tactic (Kansas City)
Cake Eater (Lincoln)
Carrot Carrot (Lincoln)
Christian Brabec (Lincoln)
Christopher the Conquered (Des Moines)
Classes (Lincoln)
Cocky Cat (Lincoln)
Conduits (Omaha)
Cowboy Indian Bear (Lawrence)
Dark Satellites (Lincoln/Kansas City)
Dastardly (Chicago)
DEERPEOPLE (Stillwater)
Demos (Lincoln)
Desert Noises (Provo)
Diamondz R 4Eva (Lincoln)
Dirty Talker (Lincoln)
Discourse (Lincoln)
DJ Aim (Lincoln)
DJ Jab (Omaha)
Domestica (Lincoln)
Dope Pope (Lincoln)
Drum and Disorderly (Lincoln)
Dude Won’t Die (Lincoln)
Eli Mardock (Omaha/Lincoln)
Emily Bass (Lincoln)
Entendre Entendre (Lincoln)
Everyday/Everynight (Kansas City)
Flashbulb Fires (Denver)
Fraternal Durango (Lincoln)
FREAKABOUT! (Lincoln)
Fusion (Lincoln)
Gallows Majesty (Lincoln)
Gayle Skidmore (San Diego)
Gerardo Meza (Lincoln)
Ghost Hollow Road (Springfield, IL)
Good Show Great Show (Lincoln)
Goran Ivanovic and Andreas Kapsalis Guitar Duo (Chicago)
Great American Desert (Omaha)
Green Trees (Lincoln)
Guilty is the Bear (Omaha/Lincoln)
Haggard Mess (Lincoln)
Hume (Baltimore)
Ideal Cleaners (Lincoln)
Intergalactic Fu (Lincoln)
Ivan & Alyosha (Seattle)
JARANA (Lincoln)
Jazzocracy (Lincoln)
Jesca Hoop (Manchester, United Kingdom)
The JHAM (Lincoln)
John Klemmensman and the Party (Omaha)
The Kickback (Chicago)
Kill County (Lincoln)
The Killigans (Lincoln)
Kronan (Lincoln)
Laetitia Sadier (Paris, France)
The Lepers (Omaha)
Life is Cool (Omaha/Lincoln)
Lil’ Slim (Lincoln)
Low Horse (Lincoln)
Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles (Minneapolis)
Manny Coon and the Spotlight Killers (Lincoln)
Masses (Lincoln)
McCarthy Trenching (Omaha)
The Mezcal Brothers (Lincoln)
Midland Trio (Lincoln)
Mildred Bonk (Lincoln)
Minor Birds (Twain Harte, CA)
Mob Action (Quincy, IL)
Moeglie (Lincoln)
My Brother (Lincoln)
Nick the Quick (Lincoln)
Omni Arms (Lincoln)
Orion Walsh (Lincoln)
Piss Poor (Lincoln)
Poison Control Center (Des Moines/Ames)
Ponce de Leon (Lincoln)
Powerful Science (Lincoln)
Professor Plum (Lincoln)
Ra Cailum (Kansas City)
The Renfields (Lincoln)
Saint Christopher (Lincoln)
Shipbuilding Co. (Lincoln)
Skullkowski (Lincoln)
Snake Island! (Omaha)
$pencelove (Lincoln)
The Spring Standards (New York)
SS Web (Milwaukee, WI)
The Static Octopus (Lincoln)
Stonebelly (Lincoln)
Talking Mountain (Omaha)
Tenderness Wilderness (Omaha)
THEMES (Portland, OR)
Tie These Hands (Lincoln)
Tijuana Gigolos (Lincoln)
Time Hammer (Lincoln)
Touch People (Lincoln)
Universe Contest (Lincoln)
UUVVWWZ (Lincoln)
Vibenhai (Lincoln)
Voodoo Method (Omaha)
Whadawookie (Omaha)
Windpants (Lincoln)
Wolfgang Gartner (Los Angeles)
Wooden Coat (Lincoln)
Zed Tempo (Lincoln)
Michael Todd is Hear Nebraska's managing editor. He challenges anyone to a "go to the most Lincoln Calling shows" duel. Reach him at michaeltodd@hearnebraska.org.