Records, a record label that released albums by indie bands Mineral, The Gloria Record, and Bright Eyes

* 1980 – Conor Oberst, American singer and songwriter ( Bright Eyes )

The compilation was released by Barsuk and featured indie, alternative, and high-profile acts such as Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips, and Bright Eyes.

Contemporary music groups either located in or originally from Omaha include Mannheim Steamroller, Bright Eyes, The Faint, Cursive, Azure Ray, Tilly and the Wall and 311.

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Finally, in November 2011, the band returned to Australia to headline The Harvest Festival alongside The National, The Flaming Lips, and Bright Eyes.

One of her sisters was the author and activist Susette " Bright Eyes " LaFlesche, who married journalist Thomas Tibbles.

Existing indie bands that were now able to enter the mainstream included more musically and emotionally complex bands including Modest Mouse ( whose 2004 album Good News for People Who Love Bad News reached the US top 40 and was nominated for a Grammy Award ), Bright Eyes ( who in 2004 had two singles at the top of the Billboard magazine Hot 100 Single Sales ) and Death Cab for Cutie ( whose 2005 album Plans debuted at number four in the US, remaining on the Billboard charts for nearly one year and achieving platinum status and a Grammy nomination ).

Bright Eyes is an American indie rock band founded by singer-songwriter and guitarist Conor Oberst.

A founding member of Commander Venus – which disbanded in 1997 – guitarist / vocalist Conor Oberst turned to focus on his new project, Bright Eyes.

" In 1998, he released 20 of the songs he had been stockpiling as the first official Bright Eyes album, A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997.

In November 1999, Bright Eyes released the five-song Every Day and Every Night EP, which included " Neely O ' Hara " and " A Perfect Sonnet.

In 2000, Bright Eyes released Fevers and Mirrors, with new instruments such as the flute, piano, and accordion introduced into the song arrangements.

In a skit on the May 20, 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live, Neil Young ( played by Kevin Spacey ) was joined by Dixie Chicks and " indie sensation Bright Eyes " ( played by Andy Samberg ), all of whom have been public in their criticism of George W. Bush.

Bright Eyes released the Four Winds EP in March 2007, featuring the first single from their seventh studio album Cassadaga, released in April 2007.

In support of this album, Bright Eyes toured North America from February to May, and Europe and Japan from June to July.

The song was officially released on Monsters of Folk's 2009 self-titled album, on which Oberst teams up with Jim James ( of My Morning Jacket ), M. Ward ( of She & Him ), and Mike Mogis ( of Bright Eyes ).

During a 7-night stint at The Town Hall in New York City, Bright Eyes welcomed the following guests on stage for special performances: Lou Reed on May 25 ; Ben Kweller on May 26 ; Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice on May 28 ; Norah Jones, Little Willie and Derrick E on May 29 ; Nick Zinner, Maria Taylor and Ben Gibbard on May 30, Steve Earle on May 31, and finally Ron Sexsmith and Britt Daniel on June 1.

In August 2007, Bright Eyes postponed 3 UK shows due to illness.

Bright Eyes performed at a Barack Obama rally in Omaha, Nebraska on February 7, 2008.

In a June 2009 issue of Rolling Stone, Oberst announced that he wanted to " retire " the Bright Eyes moniker, and would be making one final album with the band: " It does feel like it needs to stop at some point.

Of the two, The Life Of Bright is incomparably the better biography.

Trevelyan centers too exclusively on Bright, is insufficiently appreciative of the views of Bright's opponents and critics, and makes light of the genuine difficulties faced by Peel.

`` Ring Of Bright Water '' by Gavin Maxwell is just that -- a haunting, warmly personal chronicle of a man, an otter, and a remote cottage in the Scottish West Highlands.

Bright colours usually indicate that the species is toxic and is a warning sign to predators.

This term Lá Buidhe Bealtaine is also used in Irish and is translated as ' Bright May Day '.

* Homicide: Life on the Street ( 1997 ) – Gwen Munch, John Munch's ex-wife, in episode: " All is Bright "

The week which begins on Easter Sunday is called Bright Week, during which there is no fasting, even on Wednesday and Friday.

William Bright, then editor of Language: Journal of the Linguistic Society of America, wrote of Ethnologue that it " is indispensable for any reference shelf on the languages of the world.

" Indeed, his relationship with the hermit has been interpreted as a same-sex marriage that heterosexual society will not tolerate: " No mistake — this is a marriage, and a viable one ", writes cultural critic Gary Morris for Bright Lights Film Journal.

" Always Look on the Bright Side of Life " is also featured in Eric Idle's Spamalot, a Broadway musical based upon Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and was sung by the rest of the Monty Python group at Graham Chapman's memorial service and at the Monty Python Live At Aspen special.

He is a reflex of the pan-Celtic god Lugus, and his Welsh counterpart is Lleu Llaw Gyffes, " The Bright One with the Strong Hand ".

Whereas in Circus, the musical numbers involved dancing and spectacle, the only type of choreography in Bright Path is the movement of factory machines.

Bright field microscopy is the simplest of all the light microscopy techniques.

Bright colorations and showy ornamenations, such as those seen in many male birds, in addition to capturing the eyes of females, also attract the attention of predators ; when a male peacock spreads its tail, it is beautiful, but very obvious ( though this may actually be advantageous to the survival of the male's offspring and the breeding population as a whole ; see below ).

He was educated at the King's School, Worcester, under Henry Bright whose teaching is recorded favourably by Thomas Fuller, a contemporary writer, in his Worthies of England.

In Buddhist cosmology, the bodhisattva of the Sun is known as Ri Gong Ri Guang Pu Sa ( The Bright Solar Bodhisattva of the Solar Palace ) / Ri Gong Ri Guang Tian Zi ( The Bright Solar Prince of the Solar Palace ) / Ri Gong Ri Guang Zun Tian Pu Sa ( The Greatly Revered Bright Solar Prince of the Solar Palace / one of the 20 or 24 guardian devas ).

He is usually depicted with Yue Gong Yue Guang Pu Sa ( The Bright Lunar Bodhisattva of the Lunar Palace ) / Yue Gong Yue Guang Tian Zi ( The Bright Lunar Prince of the Lunar Palace ) / Yue Gong Yue Guang Zun Tian Pu Sa ( The Greatly Revered Bright Lunar Prince of the Lunar Palace / one of the 20 or 24 guardian devas known as Candraprabha in Sanskrit.

Bands which were signed or had releases by Stolen Transmission include The Oohlas, The Horrors, PlayRadioPlay !, Monty Are I, Permanent ME, Schoolyard Heroes, The Photo Atlas, Innerpartysystem, and Bright Light Fever.

On October 19, 2010 Cronin was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Bright Dike, Ryan Pore and Eddie Johnson.

On October 19, 2010 Pore was named as one of the first four players to be signed by the Portland Timbers ahead of their expansion into Major League Soccer in 2011, along with Steve Cronin, Bright Dike and Eddie Johnson.

The issue was brought up when Minnesota Senator Morton S. Wilkinson introduced the Senate to a letter dated March 1, 1861, written to Davis and signed by Bright, involving firearm trades.

Following more than a year of touring as an 8-piece ( 2 guitars, trumpet, trombone, violin, drums, keys, 4 vocals & percussion ) with such acts as Bright Eyes and Rilo Kiley, as well as outings on their own, Head of Femur signed with Brooklyn's spinART Records in the summer of 2004.

The Magnetas were an American band from Omaha, Nebraska, only active in 1996, featuring young Conor Oberst ( Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos ), Todd Fink ( formerly known as Todd Baechle ) ( The Faint ), and Chris Hughes ( Beep Beep ), all of whom are currently signed to Saddle Creek Records.