ecently my posts seem to have been limited to music and bikes. You can’t blame me, though. It’s summer. And as such, this weekend you should clip in, pedal down to Lewis and Clark Landing and check out Spoon, The Faint, Ben Kweller and co. at the Maha Music Festival. I’m told the concert’s way better than its name suggests (because, let’s face it, “Maha?” Who’d want to go to something called that?) So, I find myself posting another music-related image; one that gave me a chance to have some fun with the type treatment on the Go cover this week.

And as for summer music, here a few tracks that have defined my summer. Especially “Ceremony.” Especially.

“I Summon You,” by Spoon
“Ceremony,” by New Order
“That Teenage Feeling,” by Neko Case
“Passin’ Through,” a Leonard Cohen cover by The Walkmen
“A Teenager in Love,” by The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
“Bette Davis Eyes,” by Kim Barnes

eremy Buckley, promoter at The Bourbon Theatre in Lincoln and organizer of the annual Lincoln Calling fall music festival, had me put together a poster for the Omaha annex of his concert series, Lincoln Invasion. He’s hauling a bunch of Lincoln bands into Benson for a single night of shows. Make sure to check them out.

For the out-of-state readers, the fuselage of the B-52 is an image of the penis of the plains state capitol building.

y latest poster for Lincoln’s Bourbon Theatre is this one, for Damien Jurado. He’s among my favorite active singer-songwriter types, and puts on a solid, mellow show. So getting the chance to come up with an image to promote the concert was especially enjoyable. This one’s inspired by the song title “Gillian Was a Horse” off of his most recent LP, “Caught in the Trees.” Make it a point to check him out, and sample his music below (also, pick up his new record, “Saint Bartlett,” out Tuesday).

“Gillian Was a Horse” from 2008’s “Caught in the Trees”

“Denton, TX” from 2006’s “Now That I’m in Your Shadow”

kay, so I’ve had it for a couple weeks. But it’s still shiny, even if it’s already gotten its first scratch (or dent in the front rim, as he case may be). The good folks down at Greenstreet Cycles (seriously, go visit them and their store pup, Copper) set me up with a fancy new Masi Speciale CX. And they patched it up after a pothole on Leavenworth tried to eat me. I’ll no longer be rideless when the rain of spring and summer and muckity muck of winter knock my my ’80s road bike out of commission.