Conor Oberst: Dream Catcher
Jaan Uhelszki, Harp, January 2005
CONOR OBERST is an anomaly. While his hometown is famous for the two-inch Omaha Steaks that are FedEx-ed around the nation to lesser protein-endowed states, Oberst has been a staunch vegetarian since he was 13.
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