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His 2010 State Fair Governor’s Day speech The governor, on the other hand, has was rambling, disjointed, and unfocused. focused much of his summertime attention Not this year. Quinn’s theme so far is pretty on the Chicago area, perhaps because polls I and Hwy • Exit -A, Rock Island, IL darned clear: Bruce Rauner is an out-of- show he has real trouble with his Democratic • Open am-am daily touch billionaire whose policies would harm “ b a s e .” If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling GAMBLER . working people. But can it work? So far, the attacks seem Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, ALWAYS SMOKE FREE! juvenile, catty, and poorly produced. “Look! political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com. 4 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com COVER STORY by Jeff Ignatius [email protected] The Shrinking Gambling Pie Jumer’s Boosted the Local Casino Market – but It Can’t Hide the Quad Cities’ Decade of Decline t’s long been an article The Ups and Downs of QC Casinos of faith with me that From the point we became a three-casino community in 1995, the Quad Cities gambling market had steadily growing revenue (with a few Ithe seemingly perpetual bumps) for roughly a decade – and then each property’s numbers began to decline. Only Jumer’s revenues are better now than they were 10 growth in the number of years ago, and that’s entirely a function of its new Interstate casino. Below are the Adjusted Gross Revenues/Receipts – or AGR – for the three state-sponsored gambling Quad Cities casinos over that period, with notes marking major events that have impacted them. outlets is poor public pol- icy. Common sense says that the amount of money $120 Million people will spend on these games has a ceiling – one
that we’ve almost certainly $100 Million reached by now. If that’s correct, then further expansion of legalized gambling $80 Million is a fool’s errand, as the money generated by it won’t increase Rhythm City meaningfully. Once $60 Million Isle of Capri gambling has reached Jumer’s a saturation point in a
region, revenues will just $40 Million get shifted from gaming company to gaming company and state to state and local government to $20 Million Iowa cruising Isle of Capri opens new Quad Cities local government. requirement removed hotel tower; Isle Casino But like all articles Hotel Waterloo opens Waterfront Convention Center of faith, I had no proof opens for my hypothesis. So 0 I decided to test it, and Riverside Casino Jumer’s opens the Quad Cities market Illinois cruising Video gambling & Golf Resort Interstate seemed like an excellent requirement removed begins in Illinois opens Illinois location laboratory. smoking ban takes e ect What is now the Isle of Capri casino in Bettendorf opened in April 1995 – and tourist attractions. They pay property but it will be a challenge to grow the profit; they have employees and other making us a three-casino community. and gambling taxes – revenue that state market ... in light of what’s happening.” costs. Renk defined AGR as “the casino (I’ll refer to the casinos by their present and local governments rely on. If the win ... before we pay any bills.” (I called names throughout this article.) We now casinos continue their long-term slide in Renk to ensure I wasn’t misreading the have almost two decades of gaming the face of more gambling competition, The Big Numbers numbers, but also because Jumer’s is For the 18 most recent full years (1996 information with the three-casino it’s not just casino companies whose responsible for the largest change in through 2013), admissions at Quad marketplace, and a handful of variables revenues will fall. the local market – and is most directly Cities casinos totaled more than 67 allow us to see what happened here when In the next few years, however, you can affected by legalized video gambling in million – or more than 3.7 million visits this happened there: the December 2008 expect some growth in the local casino per year. (Iowa tabulates its attendance Illinois.) move of Jumer’s from downtown Rock business. The move of Davenport’s casino and revenue totals on a July-to-June One significant cost for casinos is Island to Interstate 280; the recession that from the riverfront to an Interstate 80 fiscal-year basis, while Illinois works with gambling taxes – the primary reason local hit in 2007-8; new casino competitors in location and the Isle of Capri’s plan to calendar years.) residents should be concerned about the eastern Iowa in 2006 and 2007; and the build a land-based casino to replace its For the same period, the net amount current downward trend. And over these 2012 introduction of video-gambling current boat will almost certainly boost of money casinos took in totaled $3.49 18 years, the total to local governments machines in Illinois outside of casinos. their owners’ and their communities’ billion, or almost $194 million per in the Quad Cities has been more What I found didn’t exactly support my revenues. year. This figure is called Adjusted than $82.5 million from casinos. State hypothesis of a Quad Cities gambling pie But history says the gains won’t last. Gross Revenue in Iowa and Adjusted governments have received more than with a fixed size. Rather, the data suggest “Everyone is hoping that it [the local Gross Receipts in Illinois, but they’re there are ways to add new customers to gambling market] is going to expand, $648 million. That’s $731 million – more fundamentally the same thing; for the local gambling market – but that the but ... if you take a look at what’s been than $40 million a year – that gamblers in simplicity, we’ll call it AGR. Gamblers pie has nonetheless been shrinking for a happening, that’s not the direction that the Quad Cities have forked over in taxes. collectively win back a little more than decade. it’s going,” said Bill Renk, the director Almost 21 percent of AGR has gone to 90 percent of their wagers at our casinos, The health of our casinos is a matter of public relations and promotion for government. and the remainder is AGR. of public concern. The Quad Cities’ Jumer’s Casino & Hotel. “So there’ll be a But AGR is not the casino companies’ gambling outlets are major employers shift and redistribution of market shares, Continued On Page 16 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 5 ART Article and photos by Bruce Walters [email protected] Art in Plain Sight: The Arsenal and Wells Fargo Clocks
he impressive clocks atop the Rock Island TClock Tower building (at the western point of Ar- senal Island) and the Wells Fargo building (at 201 West Third Street in Davenport) are highly visible landmarks – day or night. From a distance, the clocks appear to be about the size of a full moon – and, like the moon, are viewed against the sky. The message conveyed by the height, location, and longevity of these towers is that the institutions associated with them are of great importance to our community. Gazing upward to read the time forces us to look up to these institutions. Construction of the 117-foot-tall Rock Island Clock Tower began during the Civil War, when the island was still a prisoner-of-war camp for Confederate soldiers. Completed in 1868, it was the first Rock Island Arsenal building to be erected. The original clock mechanism is still in use and is now the only clock of its type still functioning. Interestingly, the clock was initially synchronized with a sundial located on the island, resulting in a 13- to15-minute difference from “Chicago” or “Railroad” time. Uniform times zones would not be established until November 1883 with the goal of consistent time- keeping for the scheduling of train stops. The Arsenal clock was constructed shortly after the industrial revolution allowed for widespread manufacture of The Rock Island Clock Tower pocket watches. diameter, while the Wells Fargo clocks are The Wells Fargo Building was 10 feet. completed in 1927, a decade after The design of the Arsenal clocks is the widespread manufacture of the unusual. Its distinctive white stars mark wristwatch. Whereas the Arsenal tower the quarter hours against the dials’ black is a masonry building – its foundation is painted surface. It feels, unexpectedly, four feet thick – the Wells Fargo building almost contemporary in that it uses was constructed with a steel frame, symbols and simple lines to mark the allowing it to reach a height of 255 feet. hours instead of numbers. Conversely, It is still the tallest building in the Quad the black Roman numerals of the Wells Cities, and its five-story classically styled Fargo clocks are more conventional; they tower remains the most prominent stand out against the translucent white feature on Davenport’s skyline. clock faces that are lighted from within at The clock faces on both towers are immense and proportional to the clock towers; the Arsenal clocks are 12 feet in Continued On Page 17 6 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com
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Vol. 21 · No. 863 Aug. 21 - Sep. 3, 2014 MUSIC by Jeff Ignatius [email protected] River Cities’ Reader 532 W. 3rd St. Breaking Some Shackles, Burdened by Others Davenport IA 52801 RiverCitiesReader.com The Dawn, Waiting for the Storm; and Jordan Danielsen, Old Soul (563)324-0049 (phone) ’ve written about four releases from Sean suffocating over the album’s length, and when (563)323-3101 (fax) Ryan over the past six years – as a solo singer/ the songs call for a shift to the dark, the gentle [email protected] Isongwriter, as part of Jim the Mule, and as arrangements and careful polish undermine Publishing since 1993 the leader of the Dawn (and Sean Ryan & the them. Dawn). I’ve always liked his singing voice – a The second track, “Ninnian’s Ballad,” The River Cities’ Reader is an independent newspaper published every other Thursday, mature blend of authority, precision, and expres- summarizes those problems – an approachable and available free throughout the Quad Cities sion. But with much of his work as a solo act and folk tune aspiring to huge resonance (“I joined and surrounding areas. bandleader I’ve found the combination of stan- the cause and fought the union fight / For a dard Americana arrangements and plain-spoken higher wage and a human right”) but lacking the © 2014 River Cities’ Reader writing dully professional – not vivid enough to telling detail to earn it. Even more problematic is AD DEADLINE: avoid the generic. that the singing and music exude hope while the 5 p.m. Wednesday prior to publication So the new six-track Waiting on the Storm lyrics document struggle, death, and eventually album from the Dawn came as a pleasant cancer. The ultimate peace the song finds can’t PUBLISHER Todd McGreevy surprise – in particular the expansive rocker bridge the gulf between medium and message. “Bring It All Home,” a forceful jam that oozes There’s a similar tonal disconnect on “Rainy EDITOR personality and life and has a clear if winding Days Are Good Days for Playing Sad, Sad Kathleen McCarthy path. An album full of similar songs would Songs,” with the words at odds with the the quickly become tiresome, but as a startling upbeat rootsy rock and Danielsen’s friendly EDITORIAL Managing Editor: Jeff Ignatius • [email protected] change-up from Ryan’s past work, it reverberates voice. The phrase “sweet depression” carries an Arts Editor, Calendar Editor: Mike Schulz • [email protected] through the entire record. air of condescension, as if being miserable were Each track on the album, actually, feels somehow the coolest thing in the world. Contributing Writers: Amy Alkon, Rob Brezsny, Rich designed to showcase a different facet of Ryan But if Danielsen can’t yet pull off being Miller, Frederick Morden, Bruce Walters, Thom White and his band – keyboardist/singer Jordan heavy, Old Soul also shows off his considerable VanOpdorp, bassist/singer Garrin Jost, and wheelhouse. ADVERTISING drummer Josh Womack. But for the keyboards, “Denver Colorado” has a soulful James Taylor Account Executives: Roseanne Terrill • [email protected] the slinky, hooky opener “Freezeframe” sounds vibe, dexterity in the vocals, and a striking Karie John • [email protected] like a tribute to the disbanded Jim the Mule. counter-melody in the guitar during the chorus. Advertising Coordinator: Nathan Klaus “Troubled Days” is an up-tempo shit-kicker. “Us My Love” starts with a great couplet – “Phases” has a flair for soulful funk rock. And “You’ve got a flicker in your mind / And I got the title track, with its slightly unsteady falsetto, setter for an extended call-and-response jam metal in my bones” – and the piano melody Advertising rates, publishing schedule, demographics, languid pace, and delicate piano flourishes, is between the organ and guitar over pulsing poised against the rhythm ukulele casts an and more are available at poised alluringly between liquid and air until the bass and drums, building to an actual climax enchanting, tropical spell. QCAdvertising.com commanding electric guitar places it firmly on of intertwined vocals and guitar. It’s still Ryan’s “The Shape I’m in” is almost unbearably roots rock, but it’s a transcendently free and DESIGN/PRODUCTION the ground. bright in the restrained joy of its singing, nimble loose expression of it. Art Director, Production Manager: Shawn Eldridge • Only “Cold Rain, Ice & Snow” conforms to fiddle, and warm guitar – crafting a great groove [email protected] what I would have expected from Ryan. And without forcing it. Graphic Artist: Nathan Klaus • [email protected] while that song might have melted into previous The Dawn will mark the release of Waiting on Danielsen’s skill in finding the right musical Design/Production Interns: albums, it jumps out here as a contrast, and a the Storm from 8 p.m. to midnight on Saturday, details in light instrumentation plays best with reminder that Ryan’s voice is most potent in August 23, at Len Brown North Shore Inn (700 simple ideas and feelings – as on the closing title North Shore Drive, Moline). ADMINISTRATION simple settings. The key to its success here is track and the melancholy unburdened by angst Business Manager: Kathleen McCarthy that it represents a breather and alludes to the of “Carolynn.” The singer/songwriter is at his For more information on the Dawn, visit Office Administrator, Classifieds Manager, Circulation core of Ryan’s music rather than merely being an strongest when he works small. Manager: Rick Martin • [email protected] encapsulation of it. Facebook.com/TheDawnMusicOfficial. Distribution: William Cook, Ron Thompson, Cheri DeLay, But “Bring It All Home” is the undoubted Jordan Danielsen will perform from 9 p.m. to Greg FitzPatrick, Daniel Levsen, highlight, rooted in Americana but growing Jordan Danielsen, Old Soul midnight on Thursday, August 21, at 11th Street Jay Strickland, Doug Wilming far beyond it. At the outset, it shows a sturdy Precinct (1107 Mound Street, Davenport) with After the willful variety of Jordan Danielsen’s framework, the thick organ-y keyboards Jef Spradley, and from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, 2011 album Night Alone in the City, his new Old contrasting with biting guitar and a sinuous August 23, at Do the Brew (Sheridan Meadows Soul record certainly benefits from a consistent singing style to create a serious groove. The Park, Eldridge) with Carolynn Johnston. style, 12 unerringly pleasant tracks anchored fluid, expressive, piercing opening guitar solo by the singer/songwriter’s clear, clean, slightly would have been the unsurprising climax of For more information on Jordan Danielsen, visit twangy voice and mostly an acoustic guitar. a lesser song, but here it’s merely the table- JordanDanielsenMusic.com. Yet its comforting tone becomes somewhat 8 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com THEATRE By Thom White [email protected] The (White) Elephant in the Room ‘Art’, at the QC Theatre Workshop through August 30 love Yazmina more palpable Reza’s ‘Ar t.’ My by the inclusion Iinfatuation with of Yvan (Aaron the playwright’s Randolph III) in script started four the friendship years ago when the mix. Randolph’s piece was produced awkward, much by the Curtainbox less refined figure Theatre Company, seems a plaything and it brought me Adam Michael Lewis, Aaron Randolph III, and Mike Schulz for Serge and Marc, great delight to hear a jester for their that the QC Theatre Workshop and director entertainment, as the ways in which they toy Tyson Danner planned to stage the play with with his attentions and demand his loyalty the same cast that performed the material for suggest that he’s obviously beneath them. the Curtainbox. Dressed in business-casual attire by costume Friday night, as I settled into my seat, I took designer Kristin Meyer – as opposed to the time to marvel at scenic designer Tyler Reinert’s button-up shirts and suit jackets of Serge and set, which is itself a work of art. He’s painted the Marc – Yvan is the audience’s connection to walls as stained, aged cement sectioned to look the proceedings, the sympathetic doorway into like giant blocks, and these walls are separated the uppity world of the two other characters. by tall, white-washed brick pillars marking It’s easy to feel for him as Serge and Marc play the edges of a wooden-floored, minimally tennis with his friendship, both attempting to decorated room containing two metal benches keep him in their own court. and a sofa table. While artistic in and of itself, This sympathy comes even easier because the space also looks as if it’s a room in an art of the way Randolph portrays Yvan; he’s museum, one ready to display masterpieces. charmingly unassuming and good-natured. In ‘Ar t ,’ the space – considering it functions Even his moments of outrage are adorable, as three separate apartments during the play particularly when he gets so shaken up that – is primarily the home to a newly acquired he literally – and probably unintentionally Antrios artwork purchased for $200,000 by – shakes the eyeglasses off his face, which Serge (Reader employee Mike Schulz), a work happened at least three times during Friday’s that looks like a canvas painted entirely white. performance. His rants and fits, including a The painting, which Serge insists is not white, lengthy explanation about the frustrations of becomes the catalyst for the long-gestating including his step-mothers and his mother on demise of the friendship between Serge and his wedding invitations, have the cadences and Marc (Adam Michael Lewis), with Marc seeing inflections of a nice-guy version of Lewis Black. the canvas as a representation of what Serge My partner and I were in almost-constant fits has become, which is someone Marc no longer of giggling whenever Randolph spoke. likes. As funny as the show is, it’s also poignant, Schulz, who seems comfortable in Serge’s particularly in its examination of friendship. pretentious skin, really shines when his The QC Theatre Workshop’s most affecting character gets excited about sharing “the moment is one I cannot divulge here but wish Antrios.” His childlike giddiness is clear not that I could, because it’s one of those rare times only in his voice, but in the twinkle in his eyes in which a show’s lighting delivers a message. and the flush in his face. His most enjoyable Though Marc speaks the final monologue, moments, however, come when Serge and which explains both the central white painting Marc square off, as Schulz’s smug, barely and the play’s point, it’s Danner’s lighting contained disdain meets Lewis’ uncontained design for the production’s final image that dismissal of Serge and his independent tastes makes that point clear. ‘Ar t’ is not a riotously that are out of line with Marc’s. The contrast funny yet basically insignificant conversation of Schulz’s attempts at self-control and Lewis’ about a white painting for 85 minutes. Instead, willingness to let his displeasure be clearly it’s a meaningful and utterly entertaining known is a highlight of the performance, lesson in human relationships, which the with Serge and Marc exchanging increasingly QC Theatre Workshop shines a light on personal barbs – over the painting, the wonderfully well. minutiae of its intention, and the intonation behind one another’s specific words. Despite ‘A r t’ runs at the QC Theatre Workshop (730 each character’s self-importance and self- Wilkes Avenue, Davenport) through August absorption, their arguments are utterly, 30, and more information and tickets are hilariously ridiculous. available by calling (563)650-2396 or visiting Serge’s and Marc’s tense relationship is made QCTheatreWorkshop.org. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 9 THEATRE By Thom White Drag of a Kind [email protected] Leading Ladies, at the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre through August 24 hursday’s audience Herman’s “Tequila” dance certainly enjoyed later in the play). The Tthe Richmond Hill rest of the story involves Barn Theatre’s Leading these two men – dressed Ladies, judging by their in smart, matronly, loud snorts and uninhib- manhood-hiding choices ited guffaws. Ken Ludwig by costumers Suzanne provides plenty of fodder DeRue and Jeff Blackwell for laughter, as do director – attempting to win Tom Vaccaro and his cast, Florence over while also who hit the comedy’s high befriending and, in an notes pitch-perfectly. As expected cliché, falling in for me, I didn’t just giggle love with women while but laughed heartily right Jonathan Grafft and Nathan Johnson, and in drag: Leo with Meg, along with the rest of the (clockwise from lower left) Mallory Park, and Jack with Audrey. crowd at least a dozen Josh Wielenga, Sarah Ade Wallace, Andy There are hearty times. Davis, Stan Weimer, and Jackie Skiles laughs involving plenty That’s not to say, of sexual situations though, that I laughed consistently throughout and innuendo, including everything said the performance. Ludwig takes a long time by the smart-mouthed Doc (Stan Weimer) to set up Leading Ladies’ premise of two male who mistakenly, and repeatedly, pronounces Shakespearean actors attempting to fool a Florence dead. (“She had no pulse. Then she wealthy, dying widow into believing they’re her got better.”) Grafft also has some great moments long-lost nieces. The play starts with a scene as his Maxine demonstrates a quick wit, such involving the ingénue Meg (Sarah Ade Wallace) as when Doc says that his daughter, Audrey, and her uncomfortably too-old-for-her fiancé will marry Josh Wielenga’s Butch over his dead Duncan (Andy Davis), a compassionless, body, and Maxine replies, “That would be an mistrusting, and judgmental reverend. They’re odd ceremony.” This is also the funniest I’ve running late for a performance of Scenes from seen Skiles on the Richmond Hill stage, with Move over any secured consumer loan you have with Shakespeare at the local Moose Lodge, which her gravely-voiced, angst-ridden proclamations another lender and receive up to... features the aforementioned actors Leo and Jack barked at the other characters. (Jonathan Grafft and Nathan Johnson). 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Offer expires 10/31/14. Contact a financial services consultant for further details. and filled with extraneous exposition, Leo and comfortable, as there was uncertainty whether Jack appear as Maxine and Stephanie, dressed this was the curtain call.) in costumes pulled from their Shakespeare In the end, I left Richmond Hill’s Leading performances. (Just the sight of Grafft dressed Ladies torn as to whether or not I liked it. While as a sexy Cleopatra, and Johnson in a getup I laughed harder than I usually do during plays, that looks like a children’s-Halloween-costume and there were some great performances, I can’t version of Titania the Fairy Queen, is worth deny that I was also bored during too many parts the show’s ticket price.) Grafft then pulls off a of Ludwig’s script, and the play feels like it runs passable attempt at employing the mannerisms too long. Federally Insured by NCUA Apply online at dutrac.org of a lady while using his falsetto, while Johnson, playing deaf and dumb, seems more awkward in Leading Ladies runs at the Richmond Hill Barn drag to great comedic effect. Theirs is a comedy Theatre (600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo) through duo with Grafft as the straight man – er, woman August 24, and more information and tickets are (563) 355.3606 – and Johnson as the funny one (which is never available by calling (309)244-9944 or visiting DUBUQUE | DYERSVILLE | ELDRIDGE | MAQUOKETA | MONTICELLO | QUAD CITIES more apparent than when he performs Pee Wee RHPlayers.com. 10 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com THEATRE By Thom White Cinema Scope [email protected] Blame It on the Movies, at the Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse through August 28 or me, the stylings on Circa ’21 Tootsie’s “It FDinner Might Be You” Playhouse’s Boot- add a good bit leggers’ show is a of heart to the bi-annual delight. mix. Hauskins It’s a treat to see also blends well, the men and harmonically, women who serve with Galván our salads, drinks, and Nicholas and desserts all Marc Ciemiewicz, Andrea Moore, Sara Nicks, Sunshine Ramsey, Munson on the year – and who Jennifer Diab, Antoinette Holman, and Brad Hauskins titular “Town perform for a few Without Pity.” minutes prior to each production – get their While I prefer the actor’s silly comicality, own show. This is their chance to shine and, Ciemiewicz’s “How Do You Keep the while Blame It On the Movies isn’t quite as Music?” number allows him to show a fun, overall, as past Bootlegger revues, its softer side as he delivers the ballad with cast proves that they deserve more time in pitch precision and lilting emotion. Morgan the spotlight. Griffin’s tight vibratto adds a personal touch Conceived by Ron Abel, Billy Barnes, to her “Walk on the Wild Side,” while her and David Galligan, this musical revue is “Oscar Losers Crossover” had me smiling a collection of songs from movies released from ear-to-ear for the humor of the piece. throughout the 20th Century, as well as a And the highlight of the evening’s second few original Barnes compositions to help tie half, at least for me, is the soulfully sultry the theme together. And to be frank, I was rendition of The Color Purple’s “Miss Celie’s bored by the start of August 7’s intermission, Blues,” performed by Holman, Sarah Hayes, not due to poor performances, but because I Ramsey (who finally lets her vocals loose), knew only two of the 20-plus songs included and Andrea Moore. Not only do these in the first act. On top of that, the early- to women impress with their solos, but their mid-20th Century compositions share a harmonies are so beautifully blended that similar tone, so even though there are a few they penetrate to the very soul. relatively upbeat numbers, the first half of My only issue with the staging, the evening feels a bit monotonous. meanwhile, is Hesselman’s take on Act I’s Still, there are notable early moments, “You’ll Never Know.” Munson’s rich tone is including Antoinette Holman’s soulful impressive as each of the female performers delivery of songs included in the “Jungle approaches him with notes or headshots Medley” and every number so earnestly to demonstrate their affection for him. performed by Jennifer Diab, who seems to The song ends, however, with Ciemiewicz hold nothing back as she belts out “Dream” doing the same thing and Munson looking and the “Foreign-Film Crossover” as if uncomfortable, which had the audience she’s declaring, “This is my chance to be in laughing, but seemed to me lazy humor at the spotlight, and damn if I’m not going to the expense of same-sex relationships. While make it count!” Director/choreographer Jim Ciemiewicz and Munson play it cute, and the Hesselman stages a rousing number that bit played well to the audience, I still wonder features the entire ensemble tapping their when something as simple as same-sex toes while singing “Shoo Shoo Baby.” Sara affection is no longer fodder for laughter. Nicks, Brad Hauskins, Marc Ciemiewicz, and That small joke, though, takes up just a Chris Galván share a bit of their comedic few seconds of Circa ’21’s presentation of talents in “Kalamazoo,” which Hesselman Blame It On the Movies, and isn’t enough presents as a oneupmanship number with to throw the baby out with the bathwater. I the men vying for Nicks’ attention. Sunshine left the performance with a big smile on my Ramsey even tones down her impressive belt face, singing “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” and for a humor-filled, physical-comedy take on “Miss Celie’s Blues” all the way home, while “I Get the Neck of the Goose.” also looking forward to my next opportunity The evening didn’t fully come alive for me, to see the Bootleggers perform. however, until the second act, which is filled mostly with songs I have heard before, and Blame It on the Movies runs at the Circa ’21 songs of varied genres and tempos, which Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock helps significantly. Kirsten Sindelar’s spunky Island) on Thursdays through August 28, and “Let’s Hear It for the Boy” from Footloose more information and tickets are available by is a much-needed dash of pepper, while calling (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visiting Hauskins’ gentle guitar playing and soothing Circa21.com. 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Movie Reviews byby MikeMike SchulzSchulz •• [email protected]@rcreader.com They’re Getting Too Old for This S--- THE EXPENDABLES 3 nauseam ... . freshman The Expendables 3 is a bummer. At one Why on Earth Banderas, point, Statham asks, “How much are we To date, Sylvester Stallone has played should Stallone despite the gettin’ paid for this?” Stallone replies, Rocky Balboa on-screen six times, John and company typically “Not enough.” Oh, I’m betting it was just Rambo four times, and, with the release quit this cash dopey banter, enough. of The Expendables 3, Barney Ross cow while is a hoot, three times. According to the Internet they’re kind of his jumpy, Movie Database, Rambo V, with Stallone ahead? loquacious BOYHOOD writing and starring, is currently in pre- Personally, hyperactivity After opening on August 8 at Iowa production, and Rocky is set to return in I could name suggesting a City’s FilmScene, where I was fortunate a new feature titled Creed. In other words, enough to catch it, writer/director at least a Jason Statham and Wesley Snipes in The Expendables 3 Puss in Boots Sylvester Stallone is the very last man you’d dozen reasons. who just dove Richard Linklater’s much-discussed want handling the remains of your beloved But fans of Stallone and his Expendables headfirst into the catnip. And Gibson, as an masterpiece Boyhood made its way to dead horse. series likely wouldn’t care, considering I apparently back-from-the-dead adversary, Davenport’s Cinemark 18 + IMAX this The previews for the 68-year-old’s latest didn’t much enjoy ’80s-style blow-’em- actually bothers to give a performance, and past weekend. Space doesn’t permit cheeky action thriller, meanwhile, are ups even before they were retro, and displays some of the unpredictable, manic the print publication of the 1,600 promising “one last ride” with Stallone also think all three Rocky/Rambo/Ross gleam he had back when we all used to like online words I wrote about Linklater’s and his firearm-toting, spine-snapping, franchises should have ended after their him. But the younger, personality-deprived achievement – the tale of a Texas youth wisecrack-tossing team of mercenaries or second installments. My biggest gripe with new recruits are dull – even the lovely who we watch grow, in “real time,” from special ops or whatever the hell they are. director Patrick Hughes’ Expendables 3, Rousey, who resembles a bad-ass Julia Stiles age six to 18 over the course of 165 But let’s get real: You’re probably gonna though, is that even with all the buildings – and most of their elders appear to be impossibly speedy minutes. But I urge have to pry this series from its star’s cold, exploding and all the nameless extras merely grinning and bearing it. (It should you (if, fingers crossed, it’s still playing dead hands. (To the shock of absolutely being blown to smithereens, it continually go without saying that grinning isn’t an locally) to see this miraculous work, no one, the IMDb also has a page for the exudes a dispiriting, going-through-the- option for the implacably grouchy Harrison because this funny and heart-wrenching “announced” Expendables 4, with Stallone’s motions blandness. If the first seniors- Ford, although it is amusing when he can’t and honest achievement is going to Barney Ross “rumored” to appear.) And on-parade blockbuster felt panicked (“Are understand a word that Statham’s Cockney claim the number-one spot on my really, what would be the point of pulling we pulling this off?”) and the second gent is saying.) All told, those performing annual 10-best list – unless, somehow, the plug? In order of named appearance in celebratory (“We pulled it off!”), this the film’s stuntwork pack more vibrant another release over the next four-and- those assaultive previews, the Expendables new outing just seems resigned. The presence than the cast members they’re a-half months usurps Boyhood’s position 3 cast includes (deep breath) Stallone, action set pieces are at best perfunctory subbing for, and that might not have been as my favorite movie of the millennium. Jason Statham, Antonio Banderas, Jet Li, – there isn’t one truly memorable fight a deal-breaker if the movie’s wounded- Ball’s in your court, 2014. Wesley Snipes, Dolph Lundgren, Kelsey or battle sequence in the whole of its comrade narrative weren’t so dour, and Grammer, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, two-plus hours – and the performers’ there were more exceptional stunts on For the full review of Boyhood, and Kellan Lutz, Ronda Rousey, Glen Powell, geniality, in general, is starting to appear display. But with Hughes, even during reviews of Magic in the Moonlight, Victor Ortiz, Mel Gibson, Harrison indistinguishable from laziness. Every time frenzied combat scenes, so frequently The Giver, Let’s Be Cops, Teenage Ford, and Arnold Schwarzenegger – and Sly and Ah-nuld, the last of the cigar- positioning his camera in medium shots Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Hundred- only one of their characters is no longer chomping he-men in modern movies, or close-ups – the better to see the faces Foot Journey, Into the Storm, Step Up: breathing at the film’s end. (And even that light their famed stogies here, you sense of those, presumably, we’re paying to All in, and other current releases, visit character could make a wholly improbable it’s just because the stars felt like having a see – we’re routinely deprived of both RiverCitiesReader.com. yet completely unsurprising reappearance cigar, damn it, and didn’t particularly care performance joy and the joy of full bodies in 4.) The lineup is almost perfectly intact whether it happened on-screen or not. shown in exciting, action-thriller motion. Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/ and the negligible plots can be altered ad There are exceptions. Franchise Even at its most synthetically cheerful, MikeSchulzNow. 12 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com What’s Happenin’ become an annual summertime event. Taking Byaombe, First Rank, the Kuchina Jazz Collective, and ETM on place in Rock Island’s Martin Luther King August 23, and the Daniel Leahy Quartet, the Langston Hughes Event Park on Saturday and Davenport’s Redstone Tribute, Laurence Hobgood, and acclaimed Chicago vocalist Polyrhythms’ Jazz & Heritage Festival Room on Sunday, the “jazz” in the title is pretty Tammy McCann (pictured) on Sunday. And through their Martin Luther King Park and The Redstone Room self-explanatory. As for the “heritage” portion, music, Polyrhythms’ Jazz & Heritage Festival will showcase styles Saturday, August 23, and Sunday, August 24 musically speaking, it can pretty much be defined encompassing blues, gospel, R&B, folk, country, and rap in a bi- as “absolutely everything else.” state event many years in the making. “We actually did festivals in 2002,” says Polyrhythms organizer llinois and Iowa will be connected by more than a river and A celebration of the indigenous music of those who helped Nate Lawrence. “We did it in East Moline on a Friday, and we a few bridges (operational or not) on August 23 and 24, as form the Quad Cities’ culture, from early Native Americans to I packed up and moved everything to Rock Island and did it in the area organization Polyrhythms presents its Jazz & Heritage present-day artists, the festival features a lineup that includes Franklin Field the next day. And we never did it since, because it Festival, the inaugural presentation of what organizers hope will the Ernie Peniston Band, the Curtis Hawkins Band, Moretn Wa platinum-sellers? That the she sang and played AllMusic.com described as “further Village People have a star on guitar in Carson Drew, proof that Loveless is a major talent, Music the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Music her first band. That and if her next album is as good Rock the Levee That while there have been Lydia Loveless ensemble also consisted as this, she may run the risk of Isle of Capri numerous turnovers in the band’s Rock Island Brewing Company of her father and two becoming a very big star.” Saturday, August 30, 7:30 p.m. membership over the years, Saturday, August 23, 9 p.m. older sisters, and within Consider the risk greater than Felipe Rose and Alex Briley have a couple of years, ever. Loveless’ most recent effort, actually stayed with the Village ood morning, Mike.” ‘Waterloo,’ ‘Take a Chance on Me,’ lternative-country producer David Rhodes this past February’s Somewhere People from 1977 to the present?” “Well, good morning ‘S.O.S.,’ and ‘The Winner Takes musician Lydia Loveless is Brown approached Else, entered Billboard’s Heatseekers “G “That I didn’t know ... .” A to you, Jeff! This is a surprise!” It All,’ it’ll be like seeing Mamma August 23’s headliner at the Rock Loveless with the idea of recording chart in the top 10, and the reviews “Between the group’s history “Mmm-hmm. I just wanted to Mia! without all that plot and Island Brewing Company, and as a solo LP, a process that began in she’s received for it have been wildly and their ridiculously catchy see if you’d finished the What’s dialogue getting in the way!” a longtime resident of the city, I’m 2007 and concluded with the 2010 effusive, with Rolling Stone stating tunes, everyone’s gonna wanna Happenin’s yet. I knew you were “Mmm-hmm. So just send me proud to say that her list of notable release of the young musician’s The that Loveless’ vocals are like “Loretta catch the Village People at the Isle working on them today.” those articles as soon as – .” performances begins and ends in Only Man. Lynn and Patti Smith slamming of Capri! I’m so stoked about the “Actually, I’m just finishing my “But wait’ll you hear who Rock Rock Island. Armed with an album that shots as a Midwestern dive bar event that I even came to work last one: the article on August the Levee’s headliners are! The Don’t believe me? Check out PopMatters described as a “polished, while cowboys and punks brawl out dressed as one of the guys!” 30’s Rock the Levee concert at Village People! Seriously! The the artist’s Wikipedia page: Both throw-back-country-leaning back.” So plan on the same sort of “So I assumed.” the Isle of Capri! You know who’s legendary disco performers who the first and last inclusions in the breakthrough,” Loveless’ talents experience when Loveless returns to “Don’t you want to know performing that show, right?!” released ‘Macho Man,’ ‘In the “Notable Performances” section are went on to capture attention at Rock Island ... even though RIBCO which one?” “I do. Send me those pages Navy,’ and ‘Y.M.C.A.,’ and who’ve recording sessions that took place at the South by Southwest Music isn’t a dive ... and it’s not known for “No. That’s why I’m calling whenever you’re done, and – .” sold more than 100 million Rock Island’s Daytrotter studio. Now Festival – notably that of the owners cowboy/punk brawls ... and Loretta from home.” “I mean, the outdoor concert’s albums worldwide!” she’s playing RIBCO, where she also of Bloodshot Records, which, to Lynn’s not coming to the QCs ’til opening set is going to be a performed in June of 2012. Loveless? date, has produced all of Loveless’ next month ... . “Yeah, I was aware of that ... .” For more information on the Isle lot of fun all by itself, because Hell, we sure seem to love her! subsequent recordings. Among Lydia Loveless performs with “Lemme tell ya, I’ve learned of Capri’s August 30 Rock the the Isle has booked the ABBA The 23-year-old Loveless grew up them are 2011’s Indestructible opening sets by Twins and Iron so much about this group while Levee concert with the Village tribute act ABBAFab! With the on a farm outside rural Coshocton, Machine, which SPIN magazine Orchard, and more information working on this article! 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by Mike Schulz [email protected] What Else What’s Happenin’ Is Happenin’ Byaombe, First Rank, the Kuchina Jazz Collective, and ETM on turned out to be so much work.” With a laugh, he continues, “We very early, and Daniel Leahy – people have just put their faith in August 23, and the Daniel Leahy Quartet, the Langston Hughes just didn’t know enough about how to do a festival. But we always us because we’re no-nonsense and we believe in what we’re doing. MUSIC Tribute, Laurence Hobgood, and acclaimed Chicago vocalist wanted to try it again, so we joined the [Mississippi Valley] Blues And we’re really excited, because we have a great lineup.” Thursday, August 21 – An Evening Tammy McCann (pictured) on Sunday. And through their Society and talked to other people who did festivals, and so it Adding that “every day has been a new adventure” regarding with Coco Montoya. Concert with the music, Polyrhythms’ Jazz & Heritage Festival will showcase styles finally came together again.” the event’s planning, Lawrence says: “The Jazz & Heritage Festival blues singer/songwriter and guitarist. encompassing blues, gospel, R&B, folk, country, and rap in a bi- Describing Polyrhythms as “a grassroots, nonprofit group committee has been working hard to create and present an The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, state event many years in the making. of community- and cultural-arts advocates,” Lawrence says: exciting festival. Now we just hope people will come so it can get Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $17-20. For “We actually did festivals in 2002,” says Polyrhythms organizer “Everybody’s history and their self-worth is in what’s around bigger and bigger and bigger.” tickets and information, call (563)326- Nate Lawrence. “We did it in East Moline on a Friday, and we them, and that’s what we want to celebrate with our first really Festival hours are noon to 10 p.m. on Saturday and 3 to 8 1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience. packed up and moved everything to Rock Island and did it in grand festival.” And happily, Lawrence and Polyrhythms had a p.m. on Sunday, and more information is available by visiting org. For a 2012 interview with Franklin Field the next day. And we never did it since, because it lot of friends who wanted to assist. “Tammy was very kind to us Polyrhythms.ning.com. Montoya, visit RCReader.com/y/coco. Friday, August 22 – Mountain AllMusic.com described as “further independent, DIY Boys; Nebraska’s Feeder/Gainer; and Sprout. Country musicians in concert, proof that Loveless is a major talent, scene here in the Parkinson himself performing with with an opening set by Lou Shields. and if her next album is as good Music Quad Cities was really Relentless Approach. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 as this, she may run the risk of Parkypalooza growing. So I thought While Parkypalooza’s bands will Second Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. becoming a very big star.” Rozz-Tox this would be a great play both Rozz-Tox’s main room and $10 advance tickets. For information, Consider the risk greater than Friday, August 29, and way to bring in my upstairs level, its organizer is holding call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. ever. Loveless’ most recent effort, Saturday, August 30, 7 p.m. friends that I had met off an announcing specific times or Friday, August 22 – An Evening this past February’s Somewhere while my band has been touring the locations for the individual acts. “I with Buckwheat Zydeco. Concert Midwest – a lot of old friends, and do have a lineup kind of figured out,” with the zydeco, blues, and roots Else, entered Billboard’s Heatseekers om Parkinson’s hardcore-rock a lot of new friends – and we could he says, “but up until the date, I’ll musicians. The Redstone Room chart in the top 10, and the reviews band Relentless Approach, T have a pretty fun time.” probably be shuffling bands around. (129 Main Street, Davenport). she’s received for it have been wildly based in Omaha, Nebraska, has Given the lineup that Parkinson I do kind of want to discourage 8 p.m. $22-25. For tickets and effusive, with Rolling Stone stating toured the Midwest for the past and Rozz-Tox proprietor Benjamin picking and choosing. I want people information, call (563)326-1333 or visit that Loveless’ vocals are like “Loretta six years. And when the musician, Fawks are presenting to fans, to come to all of it.” RiverMusicExperience.org. For a 2006 Lynn and Patti Smith slamming who spends much time in the Quad “pretty fun” might be low-balling Adding that “Rozz-Tox is one of interview with Buckwheat Zydeco, shots as a Midwestern dive bar Cities, had the idea to gather like- it. In addition to sets by the local the best venues in the Quad Cities, visit RCReader.com/y/buckwheat. while cowboys and punks brawl out minded artists for a two-day music musicians of Meth & Goats, Cool and this really couldn’t happen Friday, August 22 – You, Me back.” So plan on the same sort of celebration, he chose Rock Island’s Off, The Easy Mark, Lord Green, anywhere else in the Quad Cities,” & Apollo and The Lonelyhearts. experience when Loveless returns to Rozz-Tox to serve as host venue. Straight Up, and Tong Po, August Parkinson is justifiably excited about Independent rockers in concert. Rozz- Rock Island ... even though RIBCO But given the roster of performers 29’s evening will showcase Nebraska’s Parkypalooza – if, perhaps, just a Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rozz-Tox). 9 isn’t a dive ... and it’s not known for involved in his August 29 and 30 Purgatory, Missouri’s Ski Ma$k, and bit bashful about its name. “I don’t p.m. $10 at the door. For information, cowboy/punk brawls ... and Loretta event, what’s resulted isn’t just Iowa City’s Maleficarum. Saturday, know,” he says. “I guess that was just call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox. Lynn’s not coming to the QCs ’til another area summer-music festival. meanwhile, will boast sets by our the most appealing-sounding, for lack com. next month ... . It’s a freakin’ summertime palooza. area’s King of Clubz, Ice Hockey, of a better one. I’ve been called Parky Saturday, August 23 – Chris Lydia Loveless performs with “Within the punk and hardcore As You Were, and Kings; Chicago’s my whole life, so it’s pretty fitting.” Isaak. Concert with the Grammy opening sets by Twins and Iron community,” says Parkinson of Rozz- Weekend Nachos, Hate, and Sick/ Tickets to Parkypalooza are $10 Award-winning singer/songwriter Orchard, and more information Tox’s forthcoming Parkypalooza, Tired; Wisconsin’s Deathwish and per night, and more information is and film and television star. Riverside on the concert is available by “festivals of this size are pretty Wartorn; St. Louis’ Bath House available by visiting RozzTox.com. calling (309)793-4060 or visiting common. And I noticed that the Continued On Page 14 RIBCO.com. 14 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com
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PHEASANT CREEK CEDAR RAPIDS 3016 E. 53rd St. @ Elmore Ave. 4640 1st Ave. N.E. @ Collins Rd. N.E. (563) 359-8500 (319) 393-2900 16 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com COVER STORY Continued From Page 4 The Shrinking Gambling Pie period difference of six months; the Iowa Renk said he’s skeptical that the local significance of the recession on casino State Against State numbers include only seven months casinos can rebound to or past their revenues will become clearer. In 10 years, With two casinos on the Iowa side of when the Jumer’s interstate casino was in previous primes: “Are you going to market-wide stability (or growth) in AGR the Mississippi and one on the Illinois operation.) re-peak? I don’t see it in the foreseeable would indicate that the recession did side, those figures aren’t distributed Comparing 2008 to 2010 figures, Iowa f utu re .” indeed drag our local gambling outlets evenly. Each state has its own formula for casino’s bled almost 294,000 admissions But there are reasons for optimism, down. But a continuation of the present divvying up gambling revenue, further and more than $20.1-million AGR when he added: “The market is still healthy trend would suggest that the economy skewing distributions. the Illinois casino moved, while Jumer’s enough that we [the three local casinos] was less a factor than gambling saturation From 1996 to 2013, Rhythm City and grew by more than 713,000 admissions can all be here. We’ve got something to and fatigue. Isle of Capri had combined admissions and $45.1-million AGR. That’s not just compete for.” of 51.8 million, while Jumer’s had moving gamblers from one local casino admissions of 15.7 million. Iowa casinos to another. The Convenience Factor therefore accounted for 76.7 percent of Is It the Economy, Stupid? If the economy is a question mark admissions. The most-obvious explanation for the in this discussion, the legalization of In a similar breakdown, Rhythm City The Troubling Trend decline in local gambling would seem to video gambling outside of casinos is an and Isle of Capri had combined AGR of be the economy, specifically the Great exclamation point. $2.69 billion during the period, while Over Time Recession that started in late 2007. The Since video-gaming was introduced Yet Jumer’s immediate gains only Jumer’s had $802 million – meaning that complicating factor in evaluating that is in Illinois in late 2012, convenient expanded the gambling market Iowa casinos got 77.0 percent of AGR. the new Jumer’s casino. opportunities for gamblers to spend their temporarily – and can’t hide a long- State-government revenue was $508 But the market-wide gaming slide money have exploded. From July 2013 term trend of decline for local-casino million for Iowa and $140 million for pre-dates the official beginning of the to June 2014, Rock Island County had admissions and AGR. Illinois – a 78.4-percent share for Iowa. recession – and the opening of the new 96 video-gambling licensees, generating Admissions for the combined three But even though our Iowa casinos had Jumer’s – by several years. It’s certainly $6.12 million in net wagers. (That’s the casinos peaked in 2000 at 4.35 million. In more than three-quarters of market share possible that disposable income as money played minus winnings.) From its 2013, they were 3.09 million – a decline for the period in both admissions and measured by how much money people debut, net wagers in Rock Island County of nearly 29 percent. AGR, local government in Illinois has spend on gambling is the proverbial have totaled $7.38 million. AGR for the combined three casinos benefited far more. The local-government canary in the coal mine, that gambling Of that total, the state has gotten $1.84 topped out in 2005 at $222 million – share of Quad Cities casino revenues was spending in the Quad Cities was an early million and local governments $369,000. the reporting period for the year after only $26.7 million in Iowa compared sign of economic distress. From a revenue standpoint, there are cruising requirements were lifted for to $55.8 million in Illinois – a reversal But there are other factors to consider, three key differences between video Iowa casinos. In 2013, combined AGR of market dynamics in which Illinois too, such as increased competition from gambling and casinos. was $204 million – a drop of more than 8 the opening of two eastern-Iowa casinos: First, because it’s spread throughout accounts for two-thirds of gambling taxes percent from 2005. State-government tax the Riverside Casino & Golf Resort in the county, the local-government funds to local government. revenue also hit its highest point in 2005 August 2006 and the Isle Casino Hotel are more widely dispersed – to 11 local at $41.9 million. Waterloo in June 2007. The timing of governments. Because Illinois’ casino distribution is One Major Change those new players in the marketplace Second, because it’s taxed at a higher more generous to local government, the Looking at admissions and revenues aligns more closely than the recession rate (25 percent to the state and 5 percent combined local taxes from casino-gaming over nearly two decades ignores that our with the decline in admissions and AGR to the local government), video gambling revenue peaked at $6.89 million in 2012, local market changed dramatically when at Quad Cities casinos. is more lucrative – at least for the largely because the AGR for Jumer’s hit a Jumer’s moved to Interstate 280. The And Renk said the slide also reflects state. (Local governments get a smaller high of $87.8 million that year. casino essentially doubled its business the novelty of casinos wearing off with share of net wagers than with casinos, From 2010 to 2013, our three casinos with the move, going from 623,000 customers after more than a decade – and but nearly all of them are now getting dropped almost 394,000 admissions admissions and $35.8-million AGR the aging of the casinos’ customer base. something rather than nothing, so you and $8.15 million in AGR – despite the in calendar year 2007 to 1.26-million The real test of the effect of the won’t hear them complain.) relatively new Jumer’s casino at a more- admissions and $70.5-million AGR economy on gambling revenues in Third, because video gambling attractive location. AGR at Jumer’s was in calendar year 2009 – the Interstate the Quad Cities will be whether they happens at bars and restaurants (among actually higher in 2013 compared to 2010 casino’s first full year of operation. Its rebound significantly and collectively but dropped from 2012 to 2013. other places), the profits from it stay in local market share by both measures Admissions at Isle of Capri have along with improved household finances. the local economy rather than going to went from below 20 percent to roughly been on a steady slide since 2000, and Determining that will require answers casino companies. 40 percent – meaning that it went from at Rhythm City since 2002. AGR has to some key questions. Will Davenport’s Video gambling is spreading the being the area’s third-place casino to its been dropping at Isle of Capri since new casino bring gamblers to the wealth, in other words – at the expense top performer. 2004, and at Rhythm City since 2005. community, or will it merely suck up of casinos. And here’s where my hypothesis of a The new Jumer’s undoubtedly buoyed gamblers already spending their money But it’s essential to understand that the gambling pie of a fixed size breaks down, the entire market, but the reality is that in the Quad Cities? Can the Isle reverse recent losses Quad Cities casinos have because Jumer’s in fact brought new the pie for casinos is getting smaller. its fortunes with a new land-based experienced cannot be solely blamed on business to the local market – at least in (In that context, communities are wise casino at its riverfront site? And can local video gambling. AGR dropped $10 the short term. In 2009, our Iowa casinos to secure guaranteed funding and/or Jumer’s hold its own against revitalized million at area casinos in 2013 alone – lost nearly 185,000 admissions compared additional financial concessions from competitors? far more than the $7-million-plus net to the previous year, while Jumer’s added gambling companies when they have Most importantly, will any short-term wagers on Rock Island County video more than 587,000. AGR in the Iowa the opportunity, as Davenport and the gains be sustained beyond the first few gambling during an even longer period. casinos dropped $6.07 million, while Riverboat Development Authority did years? And certainly a significant portion of Jumer’s added $36.2 million. (Again, with the city’s new casino operator.) Assuming that the economy continues people gambling in bars and restaurants these figures represent a reporting- to improve over the next decade, the would not have gone to a casino. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 17 by Jeff Ignatius ART Continued From Page 5 Article and photos by Bruce Walters [email protected] [email protected] Art in Plain Sight: The Arsenal Admissions and AGR at Quad Cities Casinos and Wells Fargo Clocks night. more than 80 years Admissions and Adjusted Gross Revenue/Receipts at Isle of It is at night when old. The Arsenal Capri, Rhythm City, and Jumer’s have been on a combined the clocks are most clock is more downward slide since at least 2005. Jumer’s new casino impressive, their than 140. Yet their (opened in 2008) reversed that trend – but only for a few years. luminous faces like appearances haven’t beacons – even changed much over in cities awash in the passing decades. Total Admissions Total AGR streetlights and Paradoxically, headlamps. the Quad City 1996 3,915,223 $134,401,805 Each clock tower landmarks most is meant to be associated with time imposing, though seem unchanged by 1997 4,152,460, $145,304,254 each has a slightly its passage. different message. 1998 4,128,706 $159,015,497 The Wells Fargo Bruce Walters is building is forward- 1999 4,201,579 $173,521,309 looking in its a professor of art modern construction at Western Illinois University. 2000 4,350,291 $188,944,265 methods, yet it The Wells Fargo tower still retains the 2001 3,960,456 $184,184,531 authority of classical architectural This is part of an occasional series on the elements. The Rock Island Clock Tower history of public art in the Quad Cities. If 2002 4,227,489 $200,966,228 uses architecture – primarily the Italian there’s a piece of public art that you’d like Renaissance style – to create a building to learn more about, e-mail the location 2003 3,943,322 $204,904,478 that is formidable but not grandiose. and a brief description to BD-Walters@ The Wells Fargo clock tower is now wiu.edu. 2004 3,949,886 $219,848,393 UPPER IOWA UNIVERSITY – QUAD CITIES CENTER 2005 3,885,494 $221,818,473 2006 3,661,265 $215,101,665 Your Degree. 2007 3,242,598 $193,964,404 2008 3,067,818 $187,509,933 Your Way. 2009 3,470,716 $217,650,872 • Courses that fit your busy 2010 3,487,723 $212,505,753 lifestyle – classroom, 2011 3,374,835 $213,639,917 online and self-paced 2012 3,367,142 $214,112,898 • Regionally accredited, 2013 3,094,095 $204,357,776 not-for-profit university • Year-round schedule
Still, Jumer’s AGR peaked in 2012, machines throughout the state: “That’s with 8-week terms dropped $6 million in 2013, and was like 17, 18 casinos.” nearly 10 percent lower in the first six And that means fewer tourists coming • Easy transfer of up months of 2014 compared to 2013. Renk to the Quad Cities to gamble, he said – said a large portion of that is because of the new competitive reality for our three to 90 college credits video gambling in the Quad Cities. casinos: “It isn’t just the machines that He added that one can’t only consider are in play here. It’s people not coming UIU - QUAD CITIES CENTER in their car, or their not coming on their the video-gambling revenue in Rock 1401 Kimberly Road, Bettendorf, IA 52722 bus to this market to play because now Island County. He noted that Illinois they’re staying home.” 563-359-7111 • uiu.edu/quadcities has more than 17,000 video-gambling 18 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com the Advice
GoddessBY AMY ALKON Ask far less visual and memorable than that time Under New Anger he turned into Conan the Touch Football Management Barbarian. When my boyfriend and I started dating, A way to overcome first impression he was kind of a hothead. His first encounter bias, suggested by research by Kai H. Lim, with my friends was a game of touch football is presenting new information about your on the beach. He and another guy collided, boyfriend in such “unambiguous” and “vivid” and he lost his temper. There was a good bit ways that it becomes hard to ignore. Tell friends of yelling, and I think people were pretty straight-out that he’s changed, and explain his shocked. To his credit, he realized he had an motivation – ideally while walking past him anger problem. Over time, he has worked meditating on a park bench with the Dalai hard on it, and now he doesn’t blow up Lama or running a rescue for hummingbird anymore. He really is a changed man, and I single mothers. At the very least, tell stories thought people would recognize it, but I’ve – true stories – laying out how differently he recently learned that they all still see him now responds. Information presented in story as the scary-angry guy. Is there any way to form tends to be stickier, and “vivid” mental change that? pictures of his transformation may quash the – Asking for a Second Chance ambiguity that helps maintain first-impression bias. Finally, add a call to action – a request In touch football, you’re only supposed that friends give him a second look through the to put a hand or two on another player – as lens of this new information. They just might opposed to, oh, tearing out his soul with your see that they can sit down to dinner with the bare hands, grinding it into a fine powder, and guy without worrying he’ll go off on them: “My sprinkling it on your corn flakes. name is Inigo Montoya. You bumped my arm Sure, in the months following that friendly reaching for the bread. Prepare to die!” Sunday-afternoon death match, your friends had various opportunities to see that your Hot to Tot boyfriend’s changed. Sadly, this probably hasn’t Is there a way to make sure someone is on made the slightest dent in their opinion of birth control? My girlfriend says she is, but him, thanks to our brain’s penchant for energy I don’t believe her. I know she really wants conservation. Once we’ve figured something to have a baby. I’m not ready to be a father out – some bit of information or how to do yet – or maybe ever – so I need to get to the something – our brain creates a cognitive bottom of this. shortcut, shrink-wrapping and storing the knowledge set so, the next time around, we’ll – Worried react automatically instead of having to think the thing through. These cognitive shortcuts You’re perhaps more of an adoption man – work great when you, say, want more light to into adopting the sort of little rascal you can read by. You know to reach over and switch leave tied to a parking meter during brunch on a lamp; you don’t have to figure out what a without anybody calling social services on lamp is or whether yanking the dog’s tail might you. Unfortunately, a man has limited control make his eyes light up the room. over whether a woman he’s with gets a bun in Unfortunately, this auto-think makes the oven with his DNA baked into it – that is, undoing first impressions like trying to unless he gets snipped or padlocks his zipper un-spill red wine on a white rug. The next and chucks the key in the ocean. Of course, the time we see a person, our brain shoves us single worst form of birth control is trusting our mental flashcard on them – “Oh, right, that a woman – especially a woman longing Explody McSploderson.” There’s no mulling for a baby – is actually taking or using hers. A over whether that view of them might be due mitigating factor is whether she’s shown herself for revision. Researchers, predictably, call this to be ethical. Consider whether that describes cognitive laziness “first-impression bias.” It’s your girlfriend. If not, you might want to a form of confirmation bias, our tendency to make that a requirement for any partner of favor information that confirms our beliefs and yours – before you find yourself reading The ignore any that suggests we might be mistaken. Very Hungry Caterpillar aloud for the 300th Information updates are especially easy to time in a week, as it’s the only way to keep overlook when they’re subtle, like an explosive your toddler from screaming like a goat being guy shrugging off a small affront, which is slaughtered. Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon. 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or e-mail [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com) ©2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 19
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): An Too bad for these short-sighted people and months, I suggest you choose destinations that American named Kevin Shelley their heirs: The worth of Modigliani’s works will allow you to gain access to wealth-building accomplished a feat worthy of eventually increased, and some sold for millions resources. inclusion in the Guinness Book of of dollars. In the weeks ahead, Leo, don’t be like World Records. While wearing a blue satin those food sellers. Know the value of what you CAPRICORN (December martial-arts outfit, he smashed 46 wooden toilet have, even if it’s still latent. 22-January 19): Do you know what seats over his head in just one minute. Some phase of your cycle it is? Here are observers may be inclined to dismiss his efforts VIRGO (August 23-September 22): a few hints. It doesn’t come around often. It’s as frivolous and ridiculous. But I admire how I’ve got three new vocabulary words not characterized by predictable events or he playfully mocked his own competitiveness for you. I need them to provide you boring certainties. And it may allow you, even while fully expressing his competitiveness. He with the proper oracle. First is the German encourage you, to take a break from being satirized his ego’s drive to be first and best even term Schwellenangst. It refers to timidity or your usual self. Give up? Okay. I’ll tell you. You as he achieved the goal of being first and best. I nervousness about crossing a threshold and have entered the Nicholas Cage Phase of your recommend you try something similar. You’re heading into unknown territory. The second cycle. Cage is a Capricorn, but not a typical entering a phase when you’ll be wise to add a bit word is a new English term, “strikhedonia.” It one. He’s eccentric and manic and certifiably of humility to your bold self-presentation. means the joy that rises up when you feel the batty. He refers to his acting technique as courage to say “to hell with it.” The third word “Nouveau Shamanic,” once lived in a fake castle, TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You is from Portuguese: desenrascanço. It means the and owns a Lamborghini that belonged to are about to make the transition from spontaneous improvisation of haphazard but the legendary tyrant the Shah of Iran. For our plodding to skipping; from moping to ultimately effective plans. Now let’s put them all current purposes, he has also testified, “I am not exulting. You will no longer be bogged down together: To conquer your Schwellenangst, you a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking by cloudy doubt, but will instead be buoyed by must summon a bolt of strikhedonia and have panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid giddy hope. To what do we owe this imminent faith in your ability to carry out desenrascanço. playing the accordion.” turnaround in your fortunes? One reason (Thanks to other-wordly.tumblr.com for the is that it’s Justifiable Narcissism Week – for new words.) AQUARIUS (January 20-February Tauruses only. During this jubilee, the Free Will 18): Here’s one of my goals in life, Astrology Council on Extreme Self-Esteem LIBRA (September 23-October Aquarius: to show you a type of astrology that authorizes you to engage in unabashed self- 22): Desire can conquer fear. does not infringe on your free will, but rather worship – and to corral a host of other people Love trumps cowardice. The power that your clarifies your options. In this horoscope, for who want to join in celebrating you, praising tenderness affords you may not completely instance, I will outline your alternatives so that you, and helping you. dissolve your doubt and worry, but it will quiet you will be fully informed as you determine them down so much that they will lose their what course of action will be most closely GEMINI (May 21-June 20): An eagle ability to paralyze you. These truths are always aligned with your high ideals. Ponder the does not catch flies. A lion won’t hunt good to keep in mind, of course, but they are following question, and then briskly exert your for mice. A gourmet chef shuns recipes especially useful to you right now. No obstacle freedom of choice: Would you prefer to have that call for canned soup and potato chips. And will faze you, no shadow will intimidate you, love make your head spin, knock you off your I trust that you won’t indulge a hankering for as long as you feed your holy longing and feet, tickle your X-factor, kick you gently but non-nutritious sweets and treats that would unshakable compassion. firmly in the ass, or all of the above? spoil your appetite for more robust sustenance. You understand I’m not just talking about your SCORPIO (October 23-November PISCES (February 19-March 20): literal eating habits, right? Interpret this oracle 21): On August 2, 1830, Louis “God changes caterpillars into metaphorically, please. Antoine, Duke of Angoulême, was butterflies, sand into pearls, and coal King of France for 20 minutes. (It’s a long story.) into diamonds by using time and pressure,” says CANCER (June 21-July 22): Now I offer this to you as a cautionary tale. A few pastor Rick Warren. “He is working on you, too.” is an excellent time to phase out weeks from now, I don’t want to have to be Let’s make that idea your meditation, Pisces. If fantasies that bog you down or drag comparing you to him. If you hope to hold your the word “God” doesn’t suit you, substitute “life,” you backward. Are you up for that challenge? new position or continue to wield your added “nature,” or “Wakan Tanka,” the Lakotan term Can you summon the courage to leave the clout for longer than just a little while, you should for “The Great Mystery.” The essential point mediocre past behind? If so, here are your take all necessary steps. How? Nurture the web of is that you are being worked on and shaped assignments: Wean yourself of longings to support that will sustain you, for example. Don’t by forces beyond your conscious awareness. reconstruct bygone pleasures. Forget about burn a single bridge. Cultivate real empathy, Some of them are vast and impersonal, like trying to be like the person you used to be and not just the showy kind. Avoid manipulative your culture, the media, and the entertainment to have the keys you used to have. Stop feeding behavior, even if you think you can get away with industry. Others are intimate and close at hand, the feelings that keep you affixed to obsolete it. Be a skillful gatherer of information. like your genes, your childhood imprints, and goals. Break any taboo that makes you scared to the characters you encounter daily. Now is an change what needs to be changed. SAGITTARIUS (November excellent time to contemplate all the influences 22-December 21): Golda Meir that make you who you are. LEO (July 23-August 22): The artist was prime minister of Israel from Amedeo Modigliani lived in Paris 1969 to 1974. Her admirers described her as Homework: What idea, feeling, or attitude are from 1906 until his death in 1920. For “strong-willed, straight-talking, gray-bunned you enslaved to? What can you do to escape your most of that time, he was destitute. Proprietors grandmother of the Jewish people.” She had slavery? Write [email protected] and visit of local stores and restaurants sometimes a good sense of humor, too. “Let me tell you FreeWillAstrology.com. accepted his artwork as payment in lieu of the one thing I have against Moses,” she said. Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny's actual money. They didn’t necessarily appreciate “He took us 40 years into the desert in order to EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES it, though. One food seller used Modigliani’s bring us to the one place in the Middle East that & DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES drawings as wraps for the fried potatoes he sold. has no oil.” I bring this up as a teaching story Another stashed the artist’s paintings in his for you, Sagittarius. 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Murphy -Eagle Ridge Resort Through Music) - The Rangels munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav- The Blow Ups - Halo Of Flies -Rascals Cody Road -On the Rock Grille & Bar, Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA & Spa, 444 Eagle Ridge Dr Galena, IL - Morten Wa Byaombe - Curtis enport, IA Live, 1418 15th St. Moline, IL 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Karaoke Night -Applebee’s - Moline, Dirty Water Band -Barrel House 211, Hawkins Band - First Rank - Ernie Lost Country Dancers’ Dance -Walcott The Franti Project -Brady Street Pub, Dive Bomb -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State 3805 41st Ave. Moline, IL 211 E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Peniston Band - Kuchina Jazz Col- Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA St Bettendorf, IA Lewis Knudsen Live Lunch (11am) DollaMiiite Live Dance Mix -The lective -Martin Luther King Park, Mercury Brothers -The Muddy Waters, The Funnies -Len Brown’s North Shore DollaMiiite Live Dance Mix -The -Mama Compton’s, 1725 2nd Ave Smoking Dog Pub, 1800 2nd Ave. between 7th & 5th Avenues Rock 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL Smoking Dog Pub, 1800 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Rock Island, IL Island, IL Mountain Sprout - Lou Shields -RIBCO, The Unidynes (5pm) -Wide River Rock Island, IL Lionel Young Band -The Muddy Waters, Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollar’s 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Winery - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd. Funktastic 5 -Rascals Live, 1418 15th 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA -Junction Grill & Bar, 110 E 4th St. Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL Neverly Brothers -Riverside Casino LeClaire, IA St. Moline, IL Open Mic Night -Rookies, 2818 N. Brady Wilton, IA Steve McFate Acoustic Show -Gen- and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Vagabond Entertainment presents Heavyweight - Six to the Chest -The St. Davenport, IA Joe Seng -Joe’s Club, 1402 W. 7th St. erations Bar & Grill, 4100 4th Ave. Kooby’s Karaoke -Bier Stube Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Daven- Open Stage Night -Theo’s Java Club, Davenport, IA Riverside, IA Moline, IL LeClaire, 1001 Canal Shore Dr. port, IA 213 17th St. Rock Island, IL Karaoke Night -Bowlmor Lanes, 2952 North of 40 -Mulligan’s Valley Pub, 310 The Funnies -River House, 1510 River W 1st Ave Coal Valley, IL LeClaire, IA John Gorka -Princeton Coffeehouse, 25 Rational Anthem - Boys - Maiden N. Brady St. Davenport, IA Dr. Moline, IL Orquesta Alto Maiz (6:30pm) -Shera- Vice Squad -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State E. Marion St. Princeton, IL Mars - Conetrauma -The Mill, 120 E Karaoke Night -Rooster’s Sports Bar & Tyler Barham -Broken Saddle, 1417 5th ton Iowa City Hotel, 210 S. 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PREMIER Call: 563 355 0766 JEWELRY & LOAN 22 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 21 No. 863 • August 21 - September 3, 2014 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com Live Music Live Music Live Music Email all listings to [email protected] • Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication Continued From Page 21 Jam Session w/ Ben Cobra Kai Karaoke -Rumors Lounge & Eleven Fifty Two - Aterra Tale - Mole- 2014/08/25 (Mon) Soltau -Iowa City Nightclub, 1704 Second Ave. Rock hill - AsBigAsAMouse -Rascals Live, MONDAY 25 Yacht Club, 13 S Linn Island, IL 1418 15th St. Moline, IL 2014/08/24 (Sun) SUNDAY 24 ABC Karaoke -The Muddy Waters, 1708 St Iowa City, IA Karaoke Night -Applebee’s - Moline, Fire Sale - Aitas - Dan DiMonte & the State St. Bettendorf, IA Karaoke Night 3805 41st Ave. Moline, IL Bad Assettes -Iowa City Yacht Club, ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct, Circle of Heat -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washing- -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Open Mic Night -Rookies, 2818 N. Brady 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA ton St. Iowa City, IA Ave. Rock Island, IL St. Davenport, IA Funktastic Five -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Live Lunch w/ Lewis Knudsen (noon) Kooby’s Karaoke Stardust Talent Night -The Old Stardust Locust Davenport, IA Locust Davenport, IA -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd -Bier Stube LeClaire, Sports Bar, 1191 19th Street Moline, IL Gray Wolf Band -Len Brown’s North Alan Sweet & Friends (6pm) -The St. Davenport, IA 1001 Canal Shore Dr. C.J. the D.J. -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bet- Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E LeClaire, IA Rock Island, IL Jazz & Experimental Jazz -Bier Stube tendorf, IA Burlington Iowa City, IA Open Mic Night Soulshake - Mixology -Gabe’s, 330 E. Moline, 417 15th St Moline, IL Bill Chrastil (4pm) -Riverside Casino -Rumors Lounge Washington St. Iowa City, IA Joe Seng -Joe’s Club, 1402 W. 7th St. and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 2014/08/26 (Tue) & Nightclub, 1704 Davenport, IA Riverside, IA TUESDAY 26 Second Ave. Rock 2014/08/29 (Fri) 00 Karaoke Night -Bowlmor Lanes, 2952 Buddy Olson (3pm) -Ducky’s Lagoon, ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill, Lou Shields @ RIBCO – August 22 Island, IL FRIDAY 29 N. Brady St. Davenport, IA 13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night w/ ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust Karaoke Night -Rooster’s Sports Bar & Chuck T. Murphy -Parkside Grill & The Matchsellers (6pm) -RME Com- ABC Karaoke -The Muddy Waters, 1708 Karl Beatty & Mike Miller -Boozie’s St. Davenport, IA Grill, 2130 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Lounge, 2307 5th Ave Moline, IL munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav- State St. Bettendorf, IA Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St. Dav- ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill, Live @ Five: Jason Carl Band (5pm) Jim Ryan (3pm) -Len Brown’s North enport, IA ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W enport, IA 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA -RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St. Shore Inn, 700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL Locust Davenport, IA The Chris & Wes Show -Ubriaco’s Trat- ABC Karaoke -Moose Lodge - Daven- Davenport, IA Keep Off the Grass (5pm) -The Cap- 2014/08/27 (Wed) Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) -RME WEDNESDAY 27 toria, 1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA port, 2333 Rockingham Rd Dav- North of 40 -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State tain’s Table, 4801 River Dr. Moline, IL (River Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd The Harris Collection Open Jam Ses- enport, IA St Bettendorf, IA Live Broadcast - Lack of Zen -Gabe’s, ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct, St. Davenport, IA sion -Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St. Barstool Boogaloo -Broken Saddle, Parkypalooza: Meth & Goats - Pur- 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA Fruition -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. Davenport, IA 1417 5th Ave. Moline, IL gatory - Ski Ma$k - Maleficarum Open Mic for Originals Only (noon) ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust Iowa City, IA Cheese Pizza - American Dog -RIBCO, - Cool Off - The Easy Mark - Lord -Mama Compton’s, 1725 2nd Ave St. Davenport, IA Glenn Hickson (5pm) -Jake O’s Grille, 2014/08/28 (Thu) 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Green - Straight Up - Tong Po -Rozz- Rock Island, IL Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve Mc- THURSDAY 28 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL Cody Road -Dickson Park, Milan, IL Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Open Mic Night w/ Karl Beatty -Barrel Fate -McManus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Open Jam Session -Brady Street Pub, Lewis Knudsen Live Lunch (11am) Dave Moore & the Outskirts of Town Pierced Productions Karaoke & DJ House 211, 211 E. 2nd St. Daven- Moline, IL 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA -Mama Compton’s, 1725 2nd Ave -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa featuring Leigh Timbrook -The port, IA Acoustic Open Mic Night (6:30pm) - Open Mic Night (6:30pm) -Cool Beanz Rock Island, IL City, IA Old Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19th Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms (5pm) Fablos Karaoke Night (9pm) -RME Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock Boston - Starship -U.S. Cellular Center, Derek Reid & Andy Jazz Duo - Blue Street Moline, IL -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Island, IL 370 1st Ave NE Cedar Rapids, IA Movies -Moline Bier Stube Black- Sha Na Na (8pm) - Hold On Band Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA Davenport, IA Open Mic Nite w/ Alan Sweet -Van’s Open Stage Night -Theo’s Java Club, hawk Room, 415 15th St. Moline, IL (9:30pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival: Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The Pizza, Pub, & Grill, 3333 Harrison St. 213 17th St. Rock Island, IL Dirt Road Rockers -On the Rock Grille Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Daniel Leahy Band - Langston Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Davenport, IA Billy Peiffer & Collin Keemle Jam Night & Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollar’s Hughes Tribute - Tammy McCann Chuck T. Murphy -Valley Inn Ale House, Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends -On the Rock Grille & Bar, 4619 34th St Dogs on Skiis (6:30pm) -Sheraton Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL - Laurence Hobgood -The Redstone 24575 Valley Dr. Pleasant Valley, IA -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St Rock Island, IL Iowa City Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St. Surrounded by Giants Farewell Show Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA Cody Road Unplugged (6pm) -Go Davenport, IA Double Dz Karaoke -Purgatory’s Pub, Iowa City, IA -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa Steve McFate Acoustic Show -On the Fish Marina and Bar, 411 River Dr. Pete Balestrieri - Eric Whittaker - Jus- 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA DollaMiiite Live Dance Mix -The City, IA Rock Grille & Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Princeton, IA tin Baumgartner - Douglas Kramer ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Smoking Dog Pub, 1800 2nd Ave. The Whoozdads? (5pm) -Wide River Island, IL Fifth of Country (6pm) - Karaoke King Nye -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Locust Davenport, IA Rock Island, IL Winery - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd. Sunday Jazz Brunch (8:30 & 10:30am, (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Iowa City, IA Bob Log III - Samuel Locke-Ward & Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show LeClaire, IA 12:30pm) -Bix Bistro, 200 E. 3rd St. Locust Davenport, IA the Garbage Boys -The Mill, 120 E -Onion Grove Bar, 602 Lombard St. Davenport, IA Burlington Iowa City, IA Clarence, IA EXHIBITIONS CLOSING
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LeClaire, 1001 Canal Shore Dr. Parkypalooza: Weekend Nachos - ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W 3rd St. Davenport, IA LeClaire, IA Wartorn - Sick/Tired - King of Clubz Locust Davenport, IA The Chris & Wes Show -Ubriaco’s Trat- Wild Oatz -Stooges, 908 3rd St Orion, IL - Bath House Boys - Hate - Feeder/ Bring Your Own Vinyl -Gabe’s, 330 E. toria, 1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA Zach Harris -The Muddy Waters, 1708 Gainer - Relentless Approach - Washington St. Iowa City, IA The Harris Collection Open Jam Ses- State St. Bettendorf, IA Deathwish - Ice Hockey - Kings - As Driftwood Soldier -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd sion -Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St. You Were -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Ave. Rock Island, IL Davenport, IA 302014/08/30 (Sat) Rock Island, IL Glenn Hickson (5pm) -Jake O’s Grille, SATURDAY 30 Pieces of Candy (4pm) -Wide River 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL 2014/09/04 (Thu) ABC Karaoke -Creekside Bar and Grill, Winery - Clinton, 1776 East Deer Open Jam Session -Brady Street Pub, THURSDAY 4 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Creek Rd. Clinton, IA 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Cody Road -Stooges, 908 3rd St Orion, IL Pierced Productions Karaoke & DJ Open Mic Night (6:30pm) -Cool Beanz Locust Davenport, IA Community Drum Circle (10:30am) featuring Leigh Timbrook -The Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock Allen Edwards -Riverside Casino and -RME (River Music Experience), 131 Old Stardust Sports Bar, 1191 19th Island, IL Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv- W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Street Moline, IL Open Mic Nite w/ Alan Sweet -Van’s erside, IA Damon Johnson - Halo of Flies -Rascals Rock the Levee: Village People - AB- Pizza, Pub, & Grill, 3333 Harrison St. Battle of the Bands VII -Iowa City Yacht Live, 1418 15th St. Moline, IL BAFab -Quad-Cities Waterfront Con- Chris Isaak @ Riverside Casino – August 23 Davenport, IA Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA DollaMiiite Live Dance Mix -The vention Center, 2021 State St. Bet- A Crowd like You - Legions of Romulus Open Mic Night w/ Karl Beatty -Barrel Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends Chuck T. Murphy -Harrington’s Pub, 2321 Smoking Dog Pub, 1800 2nd Ave. tendorf, IA (5:30pm) -Moline Bier Stube Black- House 211, 211 E. 2nd St. Daven- -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA Rock Island, IL Sha Na Na (8pm) - Hold On Band hawk Room, 415 15th St. Moline, IL port, IA Davenport, IA Cobra Kai Karaoke -Rumors Lounge & Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show -Bley- (9:30pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Alan Sweet & Friends (6pm) -The Muddy Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms (5pm) Nightclub, 1704 Second Ave. Rock art’s Tap, 2210 E. 11th St. Davenport, IA Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & 2014/09/03 (Wed) Island, IL Downtown Rockin’ Daddy’s -The Smooth Groove -River House, 1510 AWTHNTKTS - In the Mouth of Rad- Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA WEDNESDAY 3 Cornmeal - Henhouse Prowlers - Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bet- River Dr. Moline, IL ness - Truck or Dead Horse - B- Sunday Jazz Brunch (8:30 & 10:30am, ABC Karaoke -11th Street Precinct, Soulshake -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washing- tendorf, IA Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollar’s Star - Sainthood -Gabe’s, 330 E. 12:30pm) -Bix Bistro, 200 E. 3rd St. 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA ton St. Iowa City, IA G Quick - Ro - Trayvee - Young God Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL Washington St. Iowa City, IA Davenport, IA ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust Danika Holmes -Barrel House 211, 211 - Colossical - Prieto - Krit - D Staff - Split Lip Rayfield - Cedar County Buddy Olson (3pm) -Ducky’s Lagoon, Them Som’Bitches - Just Let Go DJs St. Davenport, IA E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA RTMG -Moline Bier Stube Blackhawk Cobras - Jon Eric -Gabe’s, 330 E. 13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St Allen Edwards -Riverside Casino and Dirty Water Band -Barrel House 211, 211 Room, 415 15th St. Moline, IL Washington St. Iowa City, IA Descendant -RME (River Music Experi- Moline, IL Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riv- E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Gray Wolf Band -Milan Indian Summer Steve McFate & Friends -Tim’s Corner ence), 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA The Travoltas - Johnny Don’t! -RIBCO, erside, IA Double Dz Karaoke -Purgatory’s Pub, Fest, Milan, IL Tap, 4018 14th Ave. Rock Island, IL Funktastic Five -On the Rock Grille 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Cody Road Unplugged (6pm) -Go 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA Joe Tingle’s DJ Entertainment -Bar- The Old 57’s -Bier Stube LeClaire, 1001 & Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Fish Marina and Bar, 411 River Dr. Karaoke Night -Applebee’s - Moline, rel House Moline, 1321 5th Ave. Canal Shore Dr. LeClaire, IA Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (2pm) -Len 2014/09/01 (Mon) Princeton, IA 3805 41st Ave. Moline, IL Moline, IL The One Night Standards - Bedroom Brown’s North Shore Inn, 700 N. 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