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39888 Version:01 09-28-11 gm Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 GUEST COMMENTARY by Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. [email protected] The Evil 1 Percent
he “occupy” protest movement is thriving benefactor because it provides services we could off the claim that the 99 percent are being not otherwise provide for ourselves. Texploited by the 1 percent, and there is In classrooms and in political discussions, truth in what they say. But they have the identi- there is very little if any honest talk about ties of the groups wrong. They imagine that it what the State is and what it does. But in the is the 1 percent of highest wealth-holders who libertarian tradition, matters are much clearer. are the problem. In fact, that 1 percent includes From Bastiat to Rothbard, the answer has been some of the smartest, most innovative people before our eyes. The State is the only institution in the country – the people who invent, market, in society that is permitted by law to use and distribute material blessings to the whole aggressive force against person and property. population. They also own the capital that Let’s understand through a simple example. sustains productivity and growth. Let’s say you go into a restaurant and hate But there is another 1 percent out there, those the wallpaper. You can complain and try to who do live parasitically off the population persuade the owner to change it. If he doesn’t and exploit the 99 percent. Moreover, there is change it, you can decide not to go back. But a long intellectual tradition, dating back to the if you break in, take money out of the cash late Middle Ages, that draws attention to the register, buy paint, and cover the wallpaper strange reality that a tiny minority lives off the yourself, you will be charged with criminal productive labor of the overwhelming majority. wrongdoing and perhaps go to jail. Everyone in I’m speaking of the State, which even today society agrees that you did the wrong thing. is made up of a tiny sliver of the population But the State is different. If it doesn’t like but is the direct cause of all the impoverishing the wallpaper, it can pass a law (or maybe even wars, inflation, taxes, regimentation, and social not that) and send a memo. It can mandate a conflict. This 1 percent is the direct cause of the change. It doesn’t have to do the repainting. violence, the censorship, the unemployment, The State can make you repaint the place. If you and vast amounts of poverty, too. refuse, you are guilty of criminal wrongdoing. Look at the numbers, rounding from latest Same goals, different means, two very data. The U.S. population is 307 million. There different sets of criminals. The State is the are about 20 million government employees institution that essentially redefines criminal at all levels, which makes 6.5 percent. But wrongdoing to make itself exempt from the law 6.2 million of these people are public-school that governs everyone else. teachers, who I think we can say are not really It is the same with every tax, every regulation, the ruling elite. That takes us down to 4.4 every mandate, and every single word of the percent. federal code. It all represents coercion. Even We can knock of another half-million who in the area of money and banking, it is the work for the post office, and probably the same State that created and sustains the Fed and the who work for various service-department dollar because it forcibly limits competition in bureaus. Probably another million do not work money and banking, preventing people from in any enforcement arm of the State, and there’s making gold or silver money, or innovating in also the amazing labor-pool fluff that comes other ways. And in some ways, this is the most with any government work. Local governments dreadful intervention of all, because it allows the do not cause nationwide problems (usually), State to destroy our money on a whim. and the same might be said of the 50 states. The The State is everybody’s enemy. Why don’t real problem is at the federal level (8.5 million), the protesters get this? Because they are victims from which we can subtract fluff, drones, and of propaganda by the State, doled out in public service workers. school, that attempts to blame all human In the end, we end up with about 3 million suffering on private parties and free enterprise. people who constitute what is commonly called They do not comprehend that the real enemy is the State. For short, we can just call these people the institution that brainwashes them to think the 1 percent. the way they do. The 1 percent do not generate any wealth They are right that society is rife with of their own. Everything they have they get by conflicts, and that the contest is wildly lopsided. taking from others under the cover of law. They It is indeed the 99 percent versus the 1 percent. live at our expense. Without us, the State as an They’re just wrong about the identity of the institution would die. enemy. Here we come to the core of the issue. What is the State and what does it do? There is vast Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr., former editorial confusion about this issue, insofar as it is talked assistant to Ludwig von Mises and congressional about at all. For hundreds of years, people have chief of staff to Ron Paul, is founder and chair imagined that the State might be an organic of the Mises Institute, executor for the estate of institution that develops naturally out of some Murray N. Rothbard, and editor of LewRockwell. social contract. Or perhaps the State is our com, where this commentary originally appeared. River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com GUEST COMMENTARY by Sheldon Richman [email protected] Wall Street Couldn’t Have Done It Alone he spreading Occupy Wall Street • implicitly guarantee big financial movement, despite a vague world- companies and their creditors that if they Tview and agenda, properly senses got into trouble they would be rescued; that something is dreadfully wrong in • compel the taxpayers to bail out America. The protesters vent their anger those companies and creditors when the at the big financial institutions in New roof finally did fall in. York’s money district (as well as other No bank or group of banks could big cities) for the housing and financial do these things on its own in a freed bubble, the resulting Great Recession, market. It requires a government-Wall the virtual non-recovery, the threat of Street partnership – the corporate state a second recession, and the long-term – to create such misery and exploitation. unemployment – which averages more The corporate state is nothing new in than 9 percent but hits certain groups and American history. Politicians across areas far more severely than others. the spectrum have long instituted The protest is understandable, even policies that benefit big banks and laudable, but there’s something the big business generally, and they have protesters need to know: Wall Street dressed those policies either in free- couldn’t have done it alone. The protesters’ market (Republicans) or progressive wrath should also be directed at the (Democrats) rhetoric to lull the people national government and its central bank, into acquiescence. The result is an the Federal Reserve System, because it overgrown government that bestows took the government or the Fed (or both) privileges on the well-connected and then to: regulates on their behalf. The rest of the • create barriers to entry, for the population pays and suffers. purpose of sheltering existing banks from Many participating in Occupy Wall competition and radical innovation; Street sense this, but they need sound • then regulate for the benefit of the economic theory and economic history privileged industry; to see fully who the adversary is. Wall • issue artificially cheap, economy- Street couldn’t have done it alone. Greed distorting credit in order to, among other without political power is boorish. Greed things, give banks incentives to make with political power is dangerous. shaky but profitable mortgage loans (and So demonstrators, you are right. also to grease the war machine through Something is dreadfully wrong. But your deficit spending); list of culprits is far from complete. So go • make it lucrative for banks – and ahead and protest outside Goldman Sachs their bonus-collecting executives – to and Bank of America. But also spend bundle thousands of shaky mortgages time (as a few already have) outside the into securities and other derivatives, White House, the Fed, the Treasury, and knowing that a government-licensed the Capitol building. Together they are rating cartel would score them AAA and responsible for our current economic that government-sponsored enterprises woes. These are the entities that control Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other our fate and over which we have no companies would buy them; real say. This is not how America was • insure deposits so that individual supposed to be. It’s time for things to depositors had no need to worry about change. the risks their banks might be taking; The freed market – embodying • inflate an unsustainable housing individual freedom and autonomy, bubble by the foregoing and other voluntary social cooperation, and peace – methods, enticing people to foolishly is the alternative to the corporate welfare- over-invest in real estate; warfare system you properly despise. All • work closely with lending you have to do is discover it. companies to establish a variety of programs designed to lure people with Sheldon Richman is senior fellow at The few resources or bad credit into buying Future of Freedom Foundation (where this houses they can’t afford; commentary originally appeared), author • attract workers to the home- of Tethered Citizens: Time to Repeal the construction bubble, setting them up Welfare State, and editor of The Freeman for long-term unemployment when the magazine. His blog Free Association is at bubble inevitably burst; SheldonRichman.com. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 The all new ILLINOIS POLITICS by Rich Miller 2012 VW Beetle Poll Shows Clear Shift in Public The 21st COME TEST DRIVE Century Beetle It’s here. ONE TODAY! Attitudes Toward State Budget "%34 ). #,!33 s 43 HWY MPG ON TDI The All New 2012 Volkswagen t’s long been a tenet of public opinion majority, but far less than just a few years ago. that voters want the government to cut its And while support for cuts has grown, so Passat 2.5 S Ibudget and don’t want new revenues, but has support for some revenue-generating also don’t want any actual programs slashed. ideas. 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The and more liberal about favored expanding the Institute’s poll of 1,000 sales tax to services. registered voters was new revenues. And even though taken October 11 just 22 percent through 16 and has a favored increasing the margin of error of 3 percentage points. This state sales-tax rate, that’s still 5 points higher was not an autodial “robopoll”; real people than the 17 percent who backed the idea made the calls. three years ago. However, there is growing support for Among the poll’s other findings, 69 cuts. More Illinoisans wanted to protect percent of voters support raising cigarette programs in the institute’s poll taken three taxes by a dollar a pack, while just 28.5 years ago than they do today. percent oppose it. The institute has not asked For instance, back in 2008, just 24 percent this question before, so there’s no way to of Illinoisans favored cuts to pension benefits measure the history of its popularity. for state workers. Three years later, that Also, 49 percent opposed applying the support has grown to 45.5 percent. As of now, state income tax to the retirement income 48 percent oppose those cuts, but 66 opposed of those earning more than $50,000 a year, those same cuts three years ago. And there’s a while 43 percent favored the idea. This issue clear trend every year in between. hadn’t been polled before, either. Also back in 2008, 73 percent opposed What does all this mean? Well, people are cuts to spending on state parks and gradually becoming more realistic about the environmental regulation, but that state budget, which is a good thing. They’re opposition has fallen to 55.6 percent. becoming more conservative about spending (Perhaps not a coincidence is the increased and more liberal about new revenues. national Republican rhetoric about “job- These trends make the state easier to killing” government regulations.) govern. Even with this year’s income-tax Again, there is a clear trend over the years increase, difficult budget decisions still must toward favoring more cuts, so this is not be made. The more people who are open to what’s known as an “outlier” poll. In the 2008 cuts and revenues, the easier it is politically poll, for example, 72 percent opposed cuts to make those cuts and create those new to state universities. By 2009, opposition had revenue streams. fallen to 61 percent, then fell again to 57.4 percent in 2010. Now, 54 percent oppose Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily cuts to university funding. That’s still a solid political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com. River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com IOWA POLITICS by Hannah Hess IowaPolitics.com Texas DREAM Act Under Fire in Caucus Campaigns exas Governor Rick Perry touts his Postville meat-packing plant. The event immigration record as a strength, but was the largest single raid of a workplace This opponents for the GOP presiden- in U.S. history at that time. Back by tial nomination accuse him of creating a Among the supporters of a federal popular demand! $ 99 magnet to draw illegal immigrants across the DREAM Act is President Barack Obama, Starting Nov. 2! 4 border. who has attempted to rally congressional 2 all-you-can-eat His state’s decision to offer in-state tuition support for the measure – which rates to undocumented students through the was rejected by the Senate in 2010. prime steak & Texas DREAM Act has drawn a barrage of Immigration advocates have pressured lobster tail BUFFEt! questions from Iowans on recent visits, and a the president to use executive authority to Wednesday, 4pm–9pm stream of attacks from fellow conservatives. push the measure, but he has declined to Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt act without a law on the books. 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Vol. 18 · No. 790 Oct. 27 - Nov. 9, 2011 MUSIC by Jeff Ignatius [email protected] River Cities’ Reader 532 W. 3rd St. Forcing Freshness Davenport IA 52801 The David Mayfield Parade, November 1 at Rozz-Tox RiverCitiesReader.com (563)324-0049 (phone) lot of bands decide to guitar, and warm singing opens the show solo, and toward the end of her (563)323-3101 (fax) track their albums largely support an expected refrain: set members of my band start to join her and [email protected] Alive in the studio, but “Suddenly I can see blue accompany her, until eventually my whole band Publishing since 1993 until I talked to David Mayfield, skies again.” Yet they build to is on stage. And then she leaves and I come out, I’d never heard such a strong ra- a lovely, bold, pull-out-the- and we play, and then members of Matthew & The River Cities’ Reader is an independent newspaper tionale. The typical goal (outside rug admission – a late- the Atlas join us until eventually they’re all out published every other Thursday, and available free of saving money and time) is to arriving honesty: “It’s not there and we’re all gone. And then they play. throughout the Quad Cities and surrounding areas. capture a live energy, with the easy to pretend / That I can And then at the end we all come back out and © 2011 River Cities’ Reader incidental benefit of retaining see blues skies again.” play songs together.” some charming flubs. The articulate, sturdy lead When we talked last week, the three acts had AD DEADLINE: But for the self-titled debut guitar of “I Just Might Pray” performed one show together, in Los Angeles. 5 p.m. Wednesday prior to publication of the David Mayfield Parade, is matched by Mayfield’s “Everything seemed to go, uh, pretty well – not this bandleader knew that live earnest voice – lovestruck to exactly as planned, but it wasn’t a huge disaster,” tracking – including recording the point of finding religion: he said of the debut. “There were no fistfights.” PUBLISHER the drums with a single microphone – would “Dear God, don’t let this one slip away / I don’t Mayfield said there was a keyboard “hiccup” Todd McGreevy get the best out of the players. believe it / I just might pray.” The straight-from- between his set and that of Matthew & the Atlas. EDITOR “I think there’s some merit to limiting the-early-days-of-rock-and-roll “Noreen” and “There wasn’t exactly a seamless transition. your options,” said Mayfield, whose band will the bright, in-your-face keyboards of “Looking There was a big, glaring seam,” he said. “If it Kathleen McCarthy perform as part of the Communion Tour at for Love” provide startling but buoyant and takes 10 minutes between bands, that’s normally EDITORIAL Rock Island’s Rozz-Tox on November 1. “It well-executed change-ups. great, but with this concept there’s supposed to Managing Editor: Jeff Ignatius • [email protected] really helped to just put us in a mindset of Yet nothing can quite prepare the listener for be no time.” Arts Editor, Calendar Editor: Mike Schulz • [email protected] pulling the trigger and making these choices the strangeness of album-closer “I Have Been Furthermore, he said, the roles in the early on. All the lead guitar, and drums, and Known to Be Wrong from Time to Time But collaborations – who was singing what verse, for Contributing Writers: Amy Alkon, Rob Brezsny, Lynn Campbell, bass are in the room together, and there’s so I’m Afraid I’m Right.” For almost four minutes, example – hadn’t been established, so “that was Michelle Garrison, Rich Miller, Bruce Walters, Thom White much bleed that you couldn’t go in and fix it’s a first-person love song straightforward and kind of a big cluster up there, but I think that’s ADVERTISING something. You had to just choose a take and true, but as it climaxes, with three voices joining entertaining to watch, too.” Account Executive: live with it, which kind of made everyone ... for the word “I” in “I tried,” another enters: Mayfield said he wasn’t concerned, though. Jason Farrell • [email protected] more precious about their performance.” “David, what have you done? You pushed her “None of us acts knew each other before this Josh Patrick - [email protected] With the modern way of recording, he said, away, now she’s gone.” tour,” he said. “That whole thing is going to take Advertising Coordinator: Nathan Klaus “you lose a preciousness, because everything’s This point-of-view U-turn is jarring, and as a little time to mature.” isolated, and you can do 20 takes and take the traditional songcraft goes, the introduction of a But he said he doesn’t want it to become Advertising rates, publishing schedule, demographics, best bits out of each take, and so you just play conscience-like outside perspective feels wrong. too polished. “I’m hoping we work the glitches and more are available at whatever. But if you screw up [tracking live], Yet it’s a brave, naked choice that Mayfield said out, but I don’t want it to get refined,” he said. QCAdvertising.com then everyone has to play again. [It] kind of he had to make. He called the track “kind of this “I think one of the fun aspects of this show is keeps everyone on the edge of their seat a little worried love song, and I had written it when ... the freshness that it’s forcing out of all of us, DESIGN/PRODUCTION Art Director, Production Manager: Shawn Eldridge • more.” things were looking really good in a romantic because we’re not just doing what we’re used to [email protected] That kind of wisdom reflects Mayfield’s situation ... . And then I screwed things up really doing on tour. Graphic Artist: Nathan Klaus • [email protected] status as a well-traveled veteran in the music badly, and then that ending of the song kind of “But also I think the fact that it looks like the Production Interns: industry, starting with playing in his family’s became added on after the fact. ... I couldn’t sing whole thing might fall apart at any moment is Stephen Brethauer bluegrass band (One Way Rider) beginning at that song anymore without kind of validating ... kind of an exciting element.” Ben Miller Paul Ross age 12. His credits include stints as a jack-of- at the end that I screwed it up ... – to make me many-trades sideman for country artist Andy able to perform it and not feel like I was telling The David Mayfield Parade will perform on Griggs, as a performer in the backing band of a lie.” Tuesday, November 1, as part of the Communion ADMINISTRATION his little sister Jessica Lea Mayfield, and as a Mayfield would be worth catching by Tour at Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue in Rock Business Manager: Kathleen McCarthy Office Administrator, Classifieds Manager, Circulation Manager: member of Cadillac Sky. He also has a Grammy himself, but the Communion Tour promises Island). The event also includes Lauren Shera Rick Martin • [email protected] nomination for producing Barry Scott & lots of other treats. The show is unusual and Matthew & the Atlas, and the show starts Distribution: William Cook, Cheri DeLay, Greg FitzPatrick, Second Wind’s In God’s Time. in blending its acts together. As Mayfield at 8 p.m. Advance tickets ($10) are available at Tyler Gibson, Daniel Levsen, J.K. Martin, Jay Strickland The David Mayfield Parade is a joyfully explained: “There’s no set change; there’s no the venue, and admission is $12 at the door. For eclectic roots-rock collection that shows a break between bands. We all share equipment more information, visit RozzTox.com. surfeit of songwriting, performance, and and we all collaborate with each other, so each production skills. There’s the lush opener “Blues act sort of morphs into the next act.” For more information on the David Mayfield Skies Again,” whose yearning strings, gentle More specifically, he added: “Lauren Shera Parade, visit TheDavidMayfieldParade.com. River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com
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1800 E. 54th Street, Davenport RSVP at (563) 344-7546 6HDWLQJ,V/LPLWHG Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 ART by Michelle Garrison [email protected] Illuminating Comics Graphic Language, through December 11 at the University of Iowa
raphic Language: The Art & Top: Matt Madden hatching, dark outlines, and dynamic poses, Literature of Comics (on display at (American, born 1968); capturing the exciting storytelling that Gthe University of Iowa) traces the Odds Off, page 117; pervades comics. origins of comics, from the evolution of Highwater Books, 2000; The so-called Golden Age of comics, graphic style alongside printing technolo- non-photo blue pencil, referring to the increase in complexity and gies to their conceptual roots in satire and ink on Bristol board; 11 popularity of comics from the 1930s to '60s, serialized short fiction. This path is well-de- by 14.5 inches; courtesy is well-represented in the exhibit. Penciled fined through the chronological presenta- of UIMA School Pro- and inked original pages from comic-art tion of the works around the perimeter grams Collection. greats such as Joe Kubert and Jack Kirby of the exhibit, and the inclusion of early reveal the emergence of stylistic graphic images that are not yet “comics” yet were symbols and extreme perspectives to best Bottom: Honoré Vic- clear stepping stones for the medium. express the tone of the story. torin Daumier (French, Additionally, Graphic Language This approach can be seen in page 10 highlights the craft and technique of the 1808-1879); Le Cauche- of Kirby’s 1968 Captain America #104. individual comic artists. When converting mar (The Nightmare), Captain America is captured by nemesis hand-crafted images to reproduced prints, from La Caricature, No. Red Skull, who attacks him with his “neuro- the subtle gestures of the hand of the artist 69, Plate 139, February rod.” The rod radiates wiggly lines – a are often lost. The original works, up to 23, 1832; lithograph; symbolic depiction of invisible forces. The twice as large as their printed counterparts, gift of Owen and Leone final panel shows the implied power of the show these subtleties. The explanatory Elliott. rod, as well, with Captain America’s head, labels and signage emphasize this point, lying on the ground in the foreground, with and note the individual craft behind a each image is the title of the a foreshortened Red Skull kneeling above usually mass-produced and commoditized print in script. him. The forced perspective accentuates the medium. Tu Que No Puedes, or Those danger and drama of the scene. Graphic Language is on display at Who Are Unable, shows two During the 1960s, “alternative comics” the Black Box Theatre in the Iowa humans bearing donkeys on their emerged, with messages of pulp stories, Memorial Union through December 11. backs. The donkeys appear smug, sexuality, and social criticism. We see this This collection presents original comic- and wear spurs, with the men bent style in a black-and-white page from R. page hand-drawn art, historical and awkwardly under their weight. Crumb’s Mighty Power Fems Versus Horrible contemporary fine-art works, artist books, The background shows an empty Homuncoli. This outrageous scene shows collectible figures, and toys. Between the horizon and a cloudless sky. All impossibly muscled, scantily clad women work on the walls and the design objects the characters look at the viewer. teaming up to destroy a stock exchange, in the cases, there are hundreds of images Goya’s work frequently criticized while business-suited men flee in shock. to contemplate. The volume of material the Spanish society of the time, and The exhibit also shows a variety of helps illuminate the subtle evolution of the Tu Que No Puedes presents class contemporary comic pages. The superhero medium over time. division and exploitation through an genre’s modern process, with a team of A viewer can follow the works around exaggerated and graphic image. The artists working in steps on pencils, inks, the outside of the room, seeing the donkeys, as they are more powerful and colors, heavily implementing digital progression from 18th Century satirical and “able,” should be doing great media, is demonstrated in page 22 from prints to modern graphic novels. Analysis ephemeral consumer items on the border societal works. However, they are Spider-Man & Black Cat #4 by Terry and of Beauty, Plate I, by William Hogarth are presented in a serious, scientific tone. instead using the humans, symbolizing the Rachel Dodson from 2005. Indie comics, – one of the earliest overtly satirical artists These falsely serious items binding a over-worked and under-compensated lower with a loose and expressive style, are – shows the roots of comic style. These scene of classical art provide insight into class. represented by pages from contemporary two engravings from 1753 are each about the line between fine art and visual culture, During the late 19th Century, comics in creators Jeff Lemire and Craig Thompson. 18 by 24 inches. Plate I shows a scene of a and the effect of context and history on their modernly recognizable form – with A collection of hundreds of action courtyard full of famous classical sculptures aesthetic. The interior scene shows how panels, text balloons, and a simple yet figures, and limited-edition vinyl collectible appearing in various stages of installation, even “high art” has utilitarian roots; it is overstated style – emerged. The exhibit figures, is also displayed. And the impact of with some being held up by scaffolding or still crafted and installed in a very physical provides several originals from this era, and comics on fine art is evident, with original hanging from pulleys. Scattered throughout way. This is compared to elevated popular- given that even prints of comics from this paintings by renowned artists such as Roy the yard are drawings of anatomical studies. culture objects, viewed with reverence one period are hard to come by, the original art Lichtenstein and Raymond Pettibon. These serious works are contrasted moment and disregarded soon after. This is a rare glimpse into the artists’ process. Graphic storytelling spans centuries, with the border framing the scene. It’s a message seems especially poignant in a A large comic page from 1905, Dream of genres, styles, and cultures, influencing sequence of boxes containing illustrations show about comics. the Rarebig Fiend by Winsor McCay, shows and crossing over media and arts genres. of then-modern fashion trends, as well An early combination of satire, simplified how much illustrative talent went into even Graphic Language demonstrates this as reproductions of serious anatomical style, and integration of words with images early comics. This 24-by-18-inch panel is breadth in a thorough and informative prints by the then-historical master printer can be seen in a selection of prints from made with brushed ink, showing a scene presentation. Albrect Durer. This border is a clear Francisco Goya’s late-18th Century, 80- of two men in African-safari-like clothing predecessor to comic panels, showing print Los Caprichos suite. These etchings participating alongside an allied native Michelle Garrison is a mixed-media artist multiple images, in a sort of sequence, show donkeys and monkeys engaged in tribe in an armed conflict. This page seems who teaches art and design at Geneseo separated by boxes. The frivolous images of human, even academic, behaviors. Below startlingly modern in style, with flat colors, Middle School. 10 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com THEATRE By Thom White Hinky Panky Sex Please, We’re 60, at the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre through October 30
s suggested by the title, the Rich- Amond Hill Barn Theatre’s current offering, Sex Please, We’re 60, involves men and women of a certain age and their libidos, but thankfully it maintains a modicum of decency by placing the “action” off stage. The piece also features many clichéd jokes and absurd situations, but while I cringed at the images con- jured by the title, it’s when the work is at its (relatively) raunchiest that the play and John Donald O’Shea and Susan Philhower the cast work best. Under the direction of Jalayne Riewerts, Sex Please, Blackwell, too, avoids overacting, though she We’re 60 takes place in a bed-and-breakfast run by does deliver her lines a bit too purposefully for Mrs. Stancliffe, played here by Liz Blackwell. Her them to feel natural. It doesn’t help that she has the neighbor, Bud Davis, believes he’s the reason Mrs. most unrealistic lines in the play, with her constant Stancliffe’s establishment attracts so many female mentions of the time including the phrase “post guests, presuming that they frequent her inn for meridian” instead of “p.m.” However, while her their annual physical liaisons with him. innkeeper begins as a fairly callous, task-driven If ever there was a part for actor John Donald person, Blackwell notably shades Mrs. Stancliffe O’Shea, it’s Bud, as his joyful smirk – one that reads in both his facial expression and vocal through the course of the play, softening her into a inflection – well suits this character who refers welcome love interest for Henry. to himself as “Bud the Stud.” O’Shea’s mixture of Rounding out the six-character cast, Melissa friendly and silly confidence helps make his lusty Scott plays the Southern belle, Charmaine lothario likable, and while I never found myself Beauregard – the only B&B guest who is actually rooting for him to get the girls during Friday interested in Bud. Scott has a way of exuding night’s performance, I did see him as an amusing, that stereotypical Southern charm so that, while harmless chap who just talks a little too much the character is slutty, Charmaine is instead about having sex. (Well, a lot too much, actually.) rendered as enticingly sweet. Rita Bowen has many O’Shea also does a lot of scenery chewing, as moments of beautiful sincerity as romance novelist seems to be the wont of most of the cast members. Victoria Ambrose, another guest at the inn, but Their careful enunciation and exaggerated looks goes a bit over the top when extreme emotions do much to expose the unnatural dialogue written are required. And Susan Philhower plays her by playwrights Michael and Susan Parker. The Hillary Hudson with playful charm, but also with Parkers rely on wordy explanations from their somewhat odd twists and spins, as she oftentimes characters to let the audience know why they’re nearly dances across the stage. (I also can’t, for at the B&B, delivered in frequent and annoying the life of me, figure out why her character wears bouts of exposition. (Throughout the production, athletic toe shoes with a skirt.) I kept thinking, “Who talks like that?”) The The barn theatre’s intimate space requires audience isn’t allowed to figure anything out about the characters on its own, because each character more subtlety than is delivered by Riewerts’ cast, clearly, continually explains his or her motivations. at least in the first act. However, the grandiose Stan Weimer, though, somehow manages to characterizations appropriately fit the second half effectively overcome the play’s awkward, labored of Sex Please, We’re 60, when the women switch lines while portraying Mrs. Stancliffe’s other Bud’s Viagra with Henry’s Venusia. Both men, and neighbor, the gentle and unassuming Henry each of the women, end up taking the pill, causing Mitchell. Having proposed to, and been rejected the men to suffer the effects of menopause, and the by, Mrs. Stancliffe daily for 24 years, Henry has women to be filled with lust. This tawdry slapstick concocted a female version of Viagra – which had Friday’s audience in stitches – especially the he calls Venusia – and hopes the pill will finally women, who were roaring with laughter at what garner a “yes” from his post-menopausal, hoped- I’m guessing was an all-too-familiar knowledge for wife. Weimer’s natural flow of speech, delivered of just how accurately the men’s menopausal with touching meekness, is endearing, and on symptoms were portrayed. Friday earned Weimer an audible “Aw-w-w!” when he entered with an armful of flowers before For tickets and information, call (309)944-2244 or (again) proposing to Mrs. Stancliffe. visit RHPlayers.com. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 11
Movie Reviews by Mike Schulzby Mike • [email protected] Schulz • [email protected] Toby, or Not Toby? PARANORMAL when sustaining their scares past what portion of these activities, in slow would seem to be their breaking points, motion. I suppose that after the financial ACTIVITY 3 particularly in their employment of what success of Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Let’s cut right to it, proves to be a spectacularly unsettling, Holmes, it was inevitable that Dumas’ because in the end, queasily enjoyable gimmick. swashbuckling classic would be treated whatever complaints I After setting up motionless surveillance to an ultra-loud, crassly overscaled, have about the movie are cameras in two of his house’s bedrooms, structurally incoherent Hollywood irrelevant: Paranormal and witnessing minor instances of rebooting. But what in God’s name did Activity 3 scared me silly. spectral oddness, PA3 lead Christopher the French author (or, for that matter, Especially after last Nicholas Smith gets creative, and straps a audiences) do to deserve a presentation year’s underwhelming video camera to a gently oscillating fan in this mind-numbingly terrible? For second entry, I concede his family’s living room. For this gesture, I 110 interminable minutes, bored- that the novelty of the wanted to both applaud him and kill him looking actors (among them Matthew series’ premise – in which Logan Lerman, Luke Evans, Ray Stevenson, and Matthew (and screenwriter Christopher B. Landon, Macfadyen, Ray Stevenson, Orlando demonic terrors are McFayden in The Three Musketeers too), because the tension that builds Bloom, and Christoph Waltz) exude witnessed solely through we have been given one scene in which during these slo-o-owly rotating shots is utter cheerlessness, flatly stoic dialogue home-video footage – has significantly we’re viewing some monstrous spectral damned near unendurable. I don’t want meshes with anachronistically inane waned since 2009’s first Paranormal occurrence yet aren’t allowed to see its to spoil the innard-knotting fun for those dialogue (“Your outfit is very retro”), Activity. (Although, to be fair, a modern climax, because the tape reached the end who haven’t yet seen the film; but suffice it Milla Jovovich does her one-note Milla scare flick in which not a single droplet of its six-hour capacity? to say that Joost and Schulman play such Jovovich thing, and the whole of this of blood is spilled will always be at least But enough griping; when directors wicked games with their compositions and gaudily outfitted experience would somewhat novel.) I’ll also admit that Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman (of last timing here – particularly in the surprise be unbearable if you weren’t so busy PA3 is replete with mostly awkward year’s “Is it a doc or not?” cause célèbre arrival(s) of a blandly nightmarish, giggling at the staggering performance performances and weak dialogue, and Catfish) are really on their game here, sheet-covered figure – that Paranormal ineptitude of its D’Artagnan, played by characters doing the kinds of dumb- which is the majority of the time, you Activity 3, in these scenes, becomes that a callow block of wood named Logan ass things that make certain audiences watch Paranormal Activity 3 with a gut- most utterly welcome of scare movies: one Lerman. (This twerp makes Zac Efron irrationally hostile, and annoyingly clenching avidity. Joost and Schulman in which you really, really don’t want to look like Ryan freakin’ Gosling.) The talkative, at films of this ilk. (“Why is aren’t above simplistic – and arguably see what’s about to occur, yet are wholly Three Musketeers’ final image sends that guy still videotaping everything?” cheap – “Boo!” effects, and they score unable to look away. you off with the unmistakable threat of “Why is that couple still leaving their a couple of strong jolts here with the sequels. Anyone else up for co-signing a kids unattended?” “Why don’t these unexpected appearances of a mask- THE THREE MUSKETEERS writ of injunction on Dumas’ behalf? people just move already?!?”) Plus, while wearing practical joker and the younger In the spirit of director Paul W.S. it was a shrewd and promising decision For reviews of Johnny English Reborn of the movie’s two daughters (Jessica Tyler Anderson’s high-octane, blockbuster- to set this prequel in the late 1980s and other current releases, visit Brown), whose imaginary friend Toby minded adaptation of The Three – when the original film’s haunted Katie may be the source of the PA3 house’s RiverCitiesReader.com. Featherston and her sister were little girls Musketeers, I think it’s fair to say that haunting. (Brown, who doesn’t appear to Alexandre Dumas isn’t rolling in his – the comedic (and comically horrific) Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/ be a day over four, also offers the film’s grave so much as leaping, diving, possibilities behind the on-screen VHS MikeSchulzNow. freshest, most believable portrayal.) The and hurtling – probably, for a goodly recordings are barely explored. Couldn’t directors, however, are even more effective Listen to Mike every Friday at 9am on ROCK 104-9 FM with Dave & Darren 12 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com COMEDY by Mike Schulz (Don’t) Talk to the Animals [email protected] Comedian Tim Bedore, October 28 at the Establishment Theatre
guy once sent me this wouldn’t be able to say otherwise Bob & Tom Show, and that’s what story,” begins comedian Tim because you’re just joking; you’re I would do when I visited them on “ABedore. “He had a great saying X but meaning Y. And that the radio. And then it just got to be a muscle car from the ’60s, and he had it helps with the nuns, because they regular thing.” all waxed and polished to this beautiful will kill you. Since 1997, and following a shine, and he had it parked under a tree. “So I think comedy’s in the DNA,” move with his family to Minnesota, And this squirrel started dropping nuts Bedore continues. “How much you Bedore’s “thing” has led to frequent onto his hood, over and over again. want to pursue it is another matter. stand-up tours and the comedian “He finally moved the car underneath And that was the world I wanted to guesting on The Bob & Tom Show a different tree, because he wanted to be in. I wanted to get on the radio numerous times during the year. (As keep the car in the shade and not ruin and get on stage.” of October 12, he’s made 16 on-air his perfect wax job. But after he did, the After majoring in appearances in 2011.) And Bedore’s squirrel jumped over to the other tree, communications at the University popularity has only been enhanced and started dropping nuts on the hood. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, by his frequent “Animal Conspiracy” It could’ve dropped them anywhere, but Bedore set off, in the early 1980s, for features, for which the comedian it had to drop them onto the hood of his California, where he worked his way says he never seems to runs out of car. It was a purposeful thing. to hosting an afternoon program material. “Now, biologists could probably come on KQAK radio in San Francisco. “A woman wrote me a letter once up with some explanation for this. It And it wasn’t long after landing his about being at a country crossroad’s liked the sound. Or it thought the car was own show, says the comedian, that four-way stop,” he says. “And she an enemy. Or,” Bedore suggests, “it just professionals in the comedy world noticed, walking out of the brush, a wanted to piss off a human. I mean, why began paying attention. pheasant, a rabbit, and a crow that not just go to the simpler explanation?” “Comedy-club owners would hear came out, shoulder to shoulder, As longtime listeners of radio’s The me on the radio,” recalls Bedore, and sat there, and just looked at Bob & Tom Show will attest, Bedore “and say, ‘That guy’s funny – let’s her. They just stared at her, and she has spent years espousing this simple get our comics on the air with him.’” looked at them, and as she drove off, explanation for such erratic, and Consequently, the KQAK host she looked in the rear-view mirror substantial portion of his stand-up act seemingly mean-spirited, behavior. In began booking numerous, San Francisco- and saw that they were looking at her go. and have resulted in four comedy albums his “Animal Conspiracy” segments, the based stand-ups on his program, many of And as she was getting out of sight, they to date. Minnesota-based touring comedian whose names are more recognizable now turned, and walked together back into “In radio, I always liked to do little and frequent on-air guest explores news than then. the brush. features,” says Bedore. “I’m pretty sure reports of crimes (or sometimes just “Looking back, the amount of “And for years,” Bedore continues, it came from Carson – his Karnac, and misdemeanors) committed by various talent that you were around was really “she said she thought this was just a cute Tea-Time Movie, and Aunt Blabby – and mammals, birds, and reptiles. And unbelievable,” he says. “You know, Robin Disney moment; that these species were Letterman, who loved to do little mock- in addition to his stand-up material Williams and Dana Carvey were on the just having this wonderful, everybody- broadcasting features and was a huge, and stories from his popular “Vague San Francisco comedy scene, becoming can-get-along kind of thing. But then huge influence. Those just spoke to me. It but True” radio features, Bedore’s famous or already famous. There was she heard ‘Animal Conspiracy’ on Bob & was broadcasting like you grew up with, October 28 engagement at Rock Island’s Paula Poundstone, and Kevin Pollak, Tom, and said, ‘A-ha! That was not cute! but you got to make fun of it at the same Establishment Theatre will find the and Bob Goldthwait ... . And these were I was being watched! Because later in the time. comic sharing even deeper insight into not necessarily even thought to be the day, my son was attacked by crows in the “So I did a feature called ‘Mother’s why, perhaps, animals appear so routinely funniest people on the scene there.” backyard!’ She hadn’t put that together Little Helper,’ which was bad advice intent on pissing us off. Bedore’s radio spots eventually led to previously, but now she was convinced on how to raise kids parading as good “Some people think it’s an exercise in his being asked to host area open-mic that she was under surveillance – that advice on how to raise kids, and ‘The a false argument,” says Bedore, during a nights and comedy showcases, which, the animals had picked her out for some Bible According to Tim,’ and ‘Are You a recent phone interview, of his “Animal in turn, segued into performing his own reason so the crows could get her son. Smart or Stupid Teen?’ – all these specific Conspiracy” theory. “But I do think scripted material. “So I am at least having some impact,” things. And if I wanted to do something that animals are changing, and getting “People always ask about stand-up,” he says Bedore with a laugh. “I’m changing that was not in a specific area, that was smarter. I mean, why wouldn’t they notice continues, “and how difficult it is, and people’s minds on some of this key stuff.” just kind of a comment on what was that they go into one side of a building, ‘How do you do it?’ And it’s literally just going on in the world, I would put it into and come out in Saran Wrap on the other stage time, and failing, and wondering Tim Bedore performs at Rock Island’s a feature called ‘Vague but True.’ That was side? If everybody is evolving – if we’re why, and then doing it again. I mean, Establishment Theatre at 7 p.m. on the catchall mock editorial.” evolving – then they’re evolving.” even the funniest people fail. It’s just Friday, October 28. Tickets are $16 in Bedore began performing the feature Born in Chicago and raised in Stevens a matter of ‘Are you willing to figure advance and $18 at the door, and more – which finds the comedian pontificating Point, Wisconsin, Bedore says that his out why what you tried failed, and try information on the evening is available on everything from “Being Cool Is interest in comedy wasn’t developed so something else?’ That’s really all you can by calling (309)786-1111 or visiting Dangerous” to “Stevie Wonder Is God” to much as inherent. “I was a teeny little do.” EstablishmentTheatre.com. “Some Thoughts on Circumcision” – on kid, and trying to protect myself from the It was during his time in California KQAK and then, following a relocation, bullies and get away with stuff with the that Bedore, in the early ’90s, initiated For more on Tim Bedore, including audio on a friend’s radio program in Los nuns, and humor was the way to do it. his most notable professional successes recordings of his “Animal Conspiracy” Angeles. “And then I would take these Humor gives you deniability in Catholic – the “Vague but True” and “Animal and “Vague but True” features, visit ‘Vague but True’s, the evergreen ones that school. You get to say stuff that you Conspiracy” routines that make up a VagueButTrue.com. were kind of the best of the year, to The Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 13
Figge Art MuseuM Presents Turn of the Century Posters from the Krannert Art Museum Collection through January 8, 2012 This exhibition features iconic lithographs by prominent 19th-century artists, including Pierre Bonnard, Alphonse Mucha and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. The posters on view include promotional materials for cabaret performances at the Moulin Rouge and large-scale ads for consumer products.
Find a schedule of exhibition programs and events at www.figgeartmuseum.org
Sponsored in part by the River Cities’ Reader This exhibition and its programs are supported in part by Humanities Iowa and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views and opinions expressed by this program do not necessarily reflect those of Humanities Iowa or the National Endowment for the Humanities
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, La loge au mascaron doré, 1894, crayon, brush, and spatter lithograph with scraper, courtesy of Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Estate of William S. Kinkead 1984-44-20
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of the 2010 Canadian from the North Country) and through their frequent Music Folk Music Award North American tours, having opened for such noted Luke Bryan Music for “Vocal Group of musicians as Arlo Guthrie, Tom Cochrane, and Richie i wireless Center Dala the Year.” Composed Havens. Galvin Fine Arts Center of Scarborough, And with Walther’s ethereal soprano blending Thursday, November 3, 7 p.m. Saturday, November 5, 7:30 p.m. Ontario, natives perfectly with Carabine’s rich alto, music critics have Amanda Walther been effusive in their praise. The Peterborough Examiner On November 3, the he latest presentation in the Galvin and Sheila Carabine raved about Dala’s “beautiful flights of melody and i wireless Center will – longtime best harmony.” Bluegrass Special wrote, “Dala writes terrific present an evening with TFine Arts Center’s Performing Arts Series will take place on November 5, and according to the L.A. Daily friends whose musical output draws upon the influences original songs and approaches its intelligent covers with country-music star of the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan respect for the originals.” And The Irish Times insisted, Luke Bryan, appearing News, the act booked for the St. Ambrose University venue “can work up some powerful emotions, make – Dala originated in 2002, and by 2003, its harmonizing “Dala seems bound for a loftier place where substance in Moline as part of vocalists had already signed a five-year development stands equal to style.” It should go without saying that I’m the singer’s national a religion out of lonely introspection, and even crack the occasional Canada joke.” And no, it’s not President deal with Canada’s Big Bold Sun Music. expecting the duo to show up at my home any minute “Tailgates & Tanlines” Since then, Walther and Carabine have gone on to now. (Okay, maybe it does need to be said ... .) tour. Obama. It is, however, the acclaimed acoustic duo of Dala, the become burgeoning folk-music heroines through the For more information on Dala’s St. Ambrose concert, The co-writer of Billy release of their five Dala CDs (most recently 2010’s Girls call (563)333-6251 or visit SAU.edu/galvin. Currington’s smash Juno Award-nominated singers/songwriters and winners single “Good Directions,” Bryan himself scored Sons) says, “We founded Communion as Bonnaroo and South by Southwest, Shera is a chart-topping hits with as a way for people to get together and multi-instrumentalist equally proficient on the 2010’s “Rain Is a Good Music play music without all the hassle of violin, cello, banjo, and mandolin, and a singer so Thing” and “Someone Communion Tour dealing with money-grabbing venue expressive that the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh said Else Calling You Baby,” Rozz-Tox promoters. No matter what the venue she “redefines what you thought you knew about and cracked Billboard’s Tuesday, November 1, 8 p.m. size, they’ve always been amazingly music, and touches you deep down in your soul.” top five with “All My categories of “Top New Artist” and intimate occasions.” And music fans will Matthew & the Atlas, meanwhile, formed in Friends Say,” “Do I,” and this year’s be in for an amazingly intimate night of 2009 and wasted no time amassing the sorts of “Top New Solo Vocalist.” rior to their “Country Girl (Shake It for Me).” entertainment when the “Communion raves musicians frequently wait decades for. The And I could write more about the upcoming Rock Bryan’s first two CDs – 2007’s I’ll P Tour” brings to Rozz-Tox the considerable talents Independent called the folk artists “spellbinding,” performer, but it’s my friend Angie’s Island appearances, the indie musicians of the Stay Me and 2009’s Doin’ My Thing of The David Mayfield Parade, Lauren Shera, and and describing a Matthew & the Atlas set he birthday this week, and I knew she’d UK-sponsored “Communion Tour” will have – each peaked at number two on Matthew & the Atlas. attended this past summer, Daytrotter.com’s Sean appreciate this sizable photo of Luke made stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Billboard’s country charts, while Playing alongside bandmates Wes Langlois, Moeller wrote: “If anyone listening had the ability Bryan much more than a card. Happy Portland, Denver, and Minneapolis. Yet before you Tailgates & Tanlines, released this Kristin Weber, Shelby Means, and Joe Giotta, the to choose for themselves the music that they’d like Birthday, honey! start humming the Sesame Street anthem “One of past August, made it all the way to Grammy-nominated Mayfield has earned accolades to have played either at their birth or as they were Luke Bryan performs with special These Things Is Not Like the Other,” know that number one. and fans with his ensemble’s disparate blend of closing their eyes for the final time ever, they would guests Lee Brice, Josh Thompson, the Rock Island establishment these musicians are Last year, Bryan was nominated folk, rock-and-roll, and country tunes, and led have said, ‘This. I want to hear this.’” and Matt Mason, and tickets to performing in – Rozz-Tox – is exactly the sort of for “New Artist of the Year” at the the Washington Post to rave, “His songs are sturdy If you, too, would like to hear this, bring $12 to Thursday’s concert are available by cozy venue this particular tour was designed for. Country Music Association Awards, enough to work in any format, because his tunes are Rozz-Tox’s doors on November 1, and for more calling (800)745-3000 or visiting Describing his London-based music-promotion and netted two wins at the Academy that lovely, and his words that understated.” information on the Communion Tour event, e-mail iwirelessCenter.com. outfit, co-founder Ben Lovett (of Mumford & of Country Music Awards, in the A popular folk musician at such music festivals [email protected] or visit RozzTox.com. River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 15 by Mike Schulz [email protected]
of the 2010 Canadian from the North Country) and through their frequent Folk Music Award North American tours, having opened for such noted Music What Else Music for “Vocal Group of musicians as Arlo Guthrie, Tom Cochrane, and Richie Dala Good Rockin’ Live the Year.” Composed Havens. Circa ’21 Dinner Playhouse Is Happenin’ Galvin Fine Arts Center of Scarborough, And with Walther’s ethereal soprano blending Thursday, November 3, 7 p.m. Saturday, November 5, 7:30 p.m. Ontario, natives perfectly with Carabine’s rich alto, music critics have MUSIC Amanda Walther been effusive in their praise. The Peterborough Examiner Thursday, October 27 – Mothers, ood gracious, great balls of fire! Daughters, & Sisters: A Cabaret he latest presentation in the Galvin and Sheila Carabine raved about Dala’s “beautiful flights of melody and Broadway’s Tony Award-winning Million Just when you thought the Circa for the Cure. Concert fundraiser Fine Arts Center’s Performing Arts Series will take – longtime best harmony.” Bluegrass Special wrote, “Dala writes terrific G Dollar Baby, you can plan on lots of high- T ’21 Dinner Playhouse was wrapping for Gilda’s Club of the Quad Cities place on November 5, and according to the L.A. Daily friends whose musical output draws upon the influences original songs and approaches its intelligent covers with energy, foot-stomping fun from this popular up its year-long celebration of ’50s featuring performances by the cast News, the act booked for the St. Ambrose University of the Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, and Bob Dylan respect for the originals.” And The Irish Times insisted, touring event. But while you’re no doubt and ’60s music with the current of The Marvelous Wonderettes and the venue “can work up some powerful emotions, make – Dala originated in 2002, and by 2003, its harmonizing “Dala seems bound for a loftier place where substance familiar with many of the biggest hits in theatrical production The Marvelous Circa ’21 Bootleggers. Circa ’21 Dinner a religion out of lonely introspection, and even crack vocalists had already signed a five-year development stands equal to style.” It should go without saying that I’m Circa ’21’s one-night-only offering, try Wonderettes, the Rock Island venue Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock the occasional Canada joke.” And no, it’s not President deal with Canada’s Big Bold Sun Music. expecting the duo to show up at my home any minute matching the following Sun Records smashes will be presenting one last era- Island). 7 p.m. $12-15. For tickets Obama. Since then, Walther and Carabine have gone on to now. (Okay, maybe it does need to be said ... .) with their perhaps less-known flip sides: appropriate title in its 2010-11 season: and information, call (309)786-7733 It is, however, the acclaimed acoustic duo of Dala, the become burgeoning folk-music heroines through the For more information on Dala’s St. Ambrose concert, Good Rockin’ Live: A Salute to Sun 1) “Blue Suede Shoes” extension 2 or visit Circa21.com. Juno Award-nominated singers/songwriters and winners release of their five Dala CDs (most recently 2010’s Girls call (563)333-6251 or visit SAU.edu/galvin. Records & the Birth of Rock & Roll. 2) “Oh, Pretty Woman” Thursday, October 27 – AnDa Taking place on November 3, this 3) “I Walk the Line” Union. Award-winning Mongolian Sons) says, “We founded Communion as Bonnaroo and South by Southwest, Shera is a concert event will find Arizona Blues 4) “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” folk musicians in concert, in a as a way for people to get together and multi-instrumentalist equally proficient on the Hall of Famers Steve Grams and 5) “Three O’Clock Blues” Hancher Auditorium presentation. Music play music without all the hassle of violin, cello, banjo, and mandolin, and a singer so Danny Krieger, Holland-based blues 6) “Hound Dog” Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Communion Tour dealing with money-grabbing venue expressive that the Grateful Dead’s Phil Lesh said pianist Erik-Jan “Mr. Boogie Woogie” Street, Iowa City). 7:30 p.m. $15-35. Rozz-Tox promoters. No matter what the venue she “redefines what you thought you knew about Overbeek, and national recording A) “Yo Te Amo Maria” For tickets and information, call Tuesday, November 1, 8 p.m. size, they’ve always been amazingly music, and touches you deep down in your soul.” artist Robert Shaw performing famed B) “That Ain’t the Way to Do It” (319)335-1160 or visit http://www. intimate occasions.” And music fans will Matthew & the Atlas, meanwhile, formed in numbers from the Sun Records C) “It’ll Be Me” Hancher.UIowa.edu. be in for an amazingly intimate night of 2009 and wasted no time amassing the sorts of catalog. And in case you’re wondering D) “Honey Don’t” Sunday, October 30 – They Might rior to their entertainment when the “Communion raves musicians frequently wait decades for. The exactly how famed those numbers E) “Get Rhythm” Be Giants. Alternative-rock pioneers upcoming Rock P Tour” brings to Rozz-Tox the considerable talents Independent called the folk artists “spellbinding,” are, let’s just say that the names that F) “Don’t Be Cruel” in concert. Englert Theatre (221 East Island appearances, the indie musicians of the of The David Mayfield Parade, Lauren Shera, and and describing a Matthew & the Atlas set he emerged from the company’s small Washington Street, Iowa City). 7 p.m. UK-sponsored “Communion Tour” will have Matthew & the Atlas. attended this past summer, Daytrotter.com’s Sean storefront in Memphis included Elvis $22-25. For tickets and information, made stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Playing alongside bandmates Wes Langlois, Moeller wrote: “If anyone listening had the ability Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org. Portland, Denver, and Minneapolis. Yet before you Tickets to the show-only performance Kristin Weber, Shelby Means, and Joe Giotta, the to choose for themselves the music that they’d like Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and B.B. Sunday, October 30 – All Time start humming the Sesame Street anthem “One of of Good Rockin’ Live – with sandwiches Grammy-nominated Mayfield has earned accolades to have played either at their birth or as they were King. So yeah. Pretty famed. Low. Acclaimed pop-punk musicians These Things Is Not Like the Other,” know that and appetizers available for purchase – are and fans with his ensemble’s disparate blend of closing their eyes for the final time ever, they would As lead vocalist Shaw recently in concert, with openers The Ready the Rock Island establishment these musicians are $25 and available by calling (309)786-7733 folk, rock-and-roll, and country tunes, and led have said, ‘This. I want to hear this.’” performed the roles of both Presley Set, He Is We, and Paradise Fears. The
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Describing his London-based music-promotion that lovely, and his words that understated.” information on the Communion Tour event, e-mail gimme. total a was one last that Yeah, F. – 6 B, – 5 C, – 4 E, – 3 A, – 2 D, – 1 Answers: outfit, co-founder Ben Lovett (of Mumford & A popular folk musician at such music festivals [email protected] or visit RozzTox.com. Continued On Page 20 16 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com GAMING by Grant Williams [email protected] Eat, Drink & Minecraft: A Whole New World, Support Your Library! One Block at a Time 7th Annual inecraft starts off, in the single-player megalomaniac, building grand monuments and Food for Thought mode, as a game about survival. Alone whole cities that no one else will ever be able to Fundraiser for Mand empty-handed, stranded in a directly experience. No society emerges from Rock Island Public retro-cubist 3D landscape only one person. Library with a first-person perspec- In the multi-player mode, Thursday, tive, you have to gather however, Minecraft realizes November 3 resources, make tools, and the potential of its premise. 5 to 7:30 p.m. build a shelter before the Your work becomes part of safety of daylight passes into a constantly evolving shared Rock Island the danger of night, when space in which people Main Library monsters prowl. It’s a tense collaborate to produce 401 19th Street and desperate experience, amazing and often beautiful Sponsored by the especially when you’re new works. Rock Island Public to the game and trying to figure out how it works By default, of course, players can destroy Library Foundation as the sun sinks toward the horizon. just as easily. 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Beneath the surface are labyrinthine Minecraft is (by far) the most successful cavern systems, filled with monsters and rare emblem of a reinassance of independent treasures such as diamonds and gold. video games that has emerged over the past Rather than presenting you with a living several years. In 2009, Swedish programmer world and asking you to empty it of life, as many Markus Persson began releasing early test video games do, Minecraft offers a canvas and the versions of Minecraft for a small price, which Free raw materials to constuct your own architectural guaranteed access to all future updates. At major fantasies: towering castles, vast underground development points, Persson increased the price jewelry for your complexes, dense networks of roads. for new players. 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Rather than being positioned as a of the last betas before the “official” release in deific, detached overlord, in Minecraft the player November, though that terminology is largely a Visit us at Doland Jewelers is indelibly part of the terrain, always seeing formality: Mojang intends to continue updating for complete details. things from the ground level, always waiting the game with new features. out the monsters at night. And rather than simply plopping down pre-designed buildings, The current version of Minecraft is available for everything in Minecraft is built one block at a PC for $21.95 from Minecraft.net. time. Because of the implicit connection between Grant Williams is a developer at Sedona 1611 W. Locust St. | Davenport, IA 52804 | 563.326.1847 architecture and society, Minecraft’s single-player Technologies who hijacked an English degree to www.dolandjewelers.com | Look for us on Facebook. mode makes one feel a little bit like a lonely study video games. 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(Editor’s note: The River Cities’ Reader each month will feature an image or images from the Quad Cities Photography Club.)
n the Quad Cities Photography Club IOctober competi- tion, the high score in the pictorial category was Margaret Puckett’s dawn image of Pema- quid Point Lighthouse in Maine. She recalled: “I had surveyed the area the night before to de- termine the best com- position for morning light and capturing the lighthouse’s reflection in the pools that form in the exceptional rock formations below the lighthouse.” She shot three exposures, which she then combined using HDR software. It was shot with a 20-mil- limeter lens, set at f/22 and exposed at 0.2, 0.6, and 2.5 seconds. Slight cropping and adjust- ments were made using Capture NX 2 software. “My only regret is that the working light in the lighthouse went out just as I was finishing the adjustments to my tripod,” she added. meetings, members discuss the images, help each Center, 1105 Eighth Street in Moline. The club For more information on the club, call (563)332- other to improve, and socialize. The club meets also has special learning workshops and small 6522 or visit QCPhotoClub.com. To see works by The Quad Cities Photography Club holds digital at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month groups that meet on specific photography topics. club members, visit QCCC.SmugMug.com. and print competitions most months. At its September through June at the Butterworth Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 19 THEATRE By Thom White In the Air, on the Air The War of the Worlds, at Scott Community College through October 29 find it easy to like Scott Community are better at emoting than others. While all College’s production of The War of the of the players are fine, clear readers, a few IWorlds , an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ of them stand out for the way they deliver tale of alien invasion, presented here in the their lines with genuine feeling. Sara Butcher radio-drama style of Orson Welles’ Mercury has one of the production’s larger roles as Theatre. The performance may not be the the reporter Diana, who runs around Des best you’ll see in the Quad Cities, but the Moines during the invasion; Butcher displays show features so much heart – such simple impressive confidence in her readings and pleasure in performing – that it’s refreshing has obviously put work into shaping her to sit and watch the show’s young men and character. As the pathologist William Pogue women play on stage. (and Diana’s love interest, if I caught that The classic sci-fi work, here, is staged as correctly), Eric Clark emotes well with his a play within a play, bookended by scenes deep, impressive voice. Sonya Womack of the actors gathering to present Welles’ excels at making her characters’ feelings radio drama, and clear vocally acknowledging and facially, the innocence portraying both and mortality the talk-show of radio during host Delores and the television Tammy, a human boom. Set in on the run from 1967, playwright the aliens. And John R. Turner’s author Turner’s piece also features excited tones, references to Des mixed with the Moines; clever, joy in his voice, authentic, and are smile- nostalgic radio inducing, and the commercials; and, Steve Flanigin and John R. Turner in War of the actor is amusing fittingly, sound Worlds to watch as he effects created by steps into the a “special-effects master” produced live on role of astronomer Dr. Allan Staard. stage, and performed at Scott by the show’s The entire cast of 11 actors deserves kudos director, Steve Flanigin. for portraying multiple roles and successfully The sound effects are an effective touch, altering their voices for each character to adding interest to a script that gets a little lost make them distinct. Overall, though, the in technical explanations and, on occasion, men and women on stage lack a sense of a lack of dynamic presentation; War of the conversational rhythm. While each performer Worlds’ radio drama could use more drama clearly interprets each line they’re speaking, through more strongly vocalized emotions, few seem to do so realizing that their words as the story sometimes gets bogged down in are in response to other characters. There isn’t somewhat monotone readings. Whenever my a sense of relationship between them; it’s as attention started to drift, however, a sound if, instead of listening to each other in order effect would be cleverly created with the to understand how to reply, they’re listening use of unexpected objects, such as a roll of to each other simply to know when to deliver masking tape employed for the sound of the their next line. aliens snatching a human. Still, I can’t help but applaud what really Visually, there’s little to look at aside from is a sweet piece. It’s not sweet in tone, mind the creation of the sounds and the actors you, as this is still the story of a deadly alien themselves. With the show presented as a invasion. However, it’s the involvement of radio drama, there isn’t much of a set here actors with seemingly no ego, just an apparent beyond Scott’s bare stage (which, actually, desire to perform (some of them for the very almost naturally resembles a radio studio): first time), that makes the show such a delight. folding chairs along the back wall; a folding The War of the Worlds may be imperfectly table with a microphone and sound-effect presented by an unseasoned cast, but I think objects; and two music stands and era- it’s somewhat more enjoyable for that. appropriate microphones. The actors simply sit in their chairs until they step up to a Performances take place in Scott Community microphone, place their scripts on a stand, College’s Student Life Center, located through and read their lines with interpretive emotion. Door 5, off Parking Lot D. For information, Some of the actors, as might be expected, call (563)441-4339. 20 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com
Continued From Page 15 What Else Is Happenin’ Madison Street, Iowa City). 7 p.m. $22- RiversideCasinoAndResort.com. 6 p.m. $18.95-41.95. For tickets, call 28.80. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or THEATRE Friday, October 28 – Tim Bedore: (800)745-3000 or visit BixbyLive.com. Friday, October 28, through visit http://Scope.UIowa.edu. Vague But True. Stand-up with the Sunday, November 13 – The Cripple Friday, November 4 – Lil’ Ed & frequent guest on The Bob & Tom of Inishmaan. Martin McDonagh’s EVENTS the Blues Imperials. Chicago blues Show. The Establishment Theatre Thursday, October 27, through comedy about Hollywood invading musicians in concert, with special (220 19th Street, Rock Island). Monday, October 31 – The Internet Ireland, in a collaboration with guests Nick & the Ovorols. The 7 p.m. $16-18. For tickets and Players’ Public Séance. Halloween- Cornell College. Riverside Theatre Redstone Room (129 Main Street, information, call (309)786-1111 or visit themed event featuring guided tours (213 North Gilbert Street, Iowa City). Davenport). 9 p.m. $12. For tickets and EstablishmentTheatre.com. of the historic building with curator Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30 p.m., information, call (563)326-1333 or visit Saturday, October 29 – Billy Ron Bellamy and 20-minute séances Sundays 2 p.m. $15-28. For tickets and RedstoneRoom.com. For a 2005 River Gardell. Stand-up comedy with with medium Dr. Alfred Egan. Internet information, call (319)338-7672 or visit Cities’ Reader interview with Lil’ Ed, the star of TV’s Mike & Molly. Players Studio (421 Brady Street, RiversideTheatre.org. visit RCReader.com/y/liled. Riverside Casino Event Center Hibernian Hall, Davenport). 7:30-11 Friday, October 28, through Friday, November 4 – Smoking (3184 Highway 22, Riverside). p.m. $10. For information, e-mail Sunday, October 30 – The Rocky Popes. Noted pop-punk musicians in 8 p.m. $25-35. For tickets and [email protected] or visit Horror Show. Do the “Time Warp” concert, with openers Johnny Scum information, call (877)677-3456 or visit TheInternetPlayers.com. again with the City Circle Acting and Lion in Rome. Rock Island Brewing RiversideCasinoAndResort.com. Saturday, October 29 – 2011 Company of Coralville. Coralville Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Sunday, October 30 – Vicki Boneyard Boogie. Annual Halloween Center for the Performing Arts (1301 Island). 8 p.m. $10-12. For information, Lawrence & Mama: A Two-Woman bash presented by the Daiquiri Fifth Street, Coralville). Friday and call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. Show. Reminiscences, songs, and Factory, featuring a costume contest, Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. For Saturday, November 5 – Davy comedy with the star of The Carol performances by Sleepin’ on the tickets and information, call (319)541- Jones. Concert with the pop icon Burnett Show and Mama’s Family. Couch and the “Thriller” Dance 2980 or visit Coralville.org. and former member of The Monkees. Riverside Casino Event Center Team, free admission to the first 200 Sunday, October 30 – My Fair Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention (3184 Highway 22, Riverside). entrants, and more. The District of Lady. Touring production of the Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf). 4 p.m. $20-35. For tickets and Rock Island. 7 p.m. For information, call Lerner & Loewe musical classic. 7:30 p.m. $20-30. For information, information, call (877)677-3456 or visit (309)788-6311 or visit RIDistrict.com. Adler Theatre (136 East Third Street, call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf. RiversideCasinoAndResort.com. For Saturday, October 29, and Davenport). 7 p.m. $31.50-51.50. For IsleOfCapriCasinos.com. a 2009 interview with Lawrence, visit Sunday, October 30 – Rock & tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit Saturday, November 5 – Flatfoot RCReader.com/y/vickilawrence. Jewelry Show. Event organized by AdlerTheatre.com. 56. Celtic punk musicians in concert, the Black Hawk Gem & Mineral Club, with an opening set by T.B.O.P.R.R.I.O.F. MOVIES with jewelry, fossils, arrowheads, The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, DANCE Tuesday, November 1 – Iran Then agates, geodes, minerals, and Tuesday, November 1 – Paul Davenport). 8 p.m. $10. For tickets and & Now. A screening in the museum’s quartz on display and for purchase. Taylor Dance Company. Modern information, call (563)326-1333 or visit “World Adventure Series,” presented Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds (2815 and cheeky choreography with the RedstoneRoom.com. by filmmaker Buddy Hatton. Putnam West Locust Street, Davenport). 10 company in its 55th year of touring, in Saturday, November 5 – Guy Museum & IMAX Theatre (1717 West a.m.-4 p.m. $1 for ages 18 and older. a Hancher Auditorium presentation. Fawkes Day Concert. Indie bands 12th Street, Davenport). 1, 4, and 7 For information, call (563)445-3034 or Iowa City West High School (2901 Small Houses, Paleo, American p.m. $4-6. For tickets and information, visit BlackHawkGemAndMineralClub. Melrose Avenue, Iowa City). 7:30 p.m. Dust, and Tambourine “remember, call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org. com. $20-45. For tickets and information, remember the fifth of November.” Sunday, October 30 – 2011 call (319)335-1160 or visit http://www. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Zombie Pride Parade. Third-annual Hancher.UIowa.edu. KIDS’ STUFF Rock Island). 8 p.m. doors. $6. For Thursday, October 27 – 2011 undead trek through downtown information, e-mail [email protected] Fright Night in the District. Annual Davenport, preceded by a 2 p.m. or visit RozzTox.com. For a 2007 River SPORTS outdoor Halloween party featuring a gathering party, and followed by a Saturday, November 5 – Pro Elite Cities’ Reader interview with Paleo, visit children’s costume contest, a treasure post-parade party at the Redstone MMA. Mixed-martial-arts event RCReader.com/y/paleo. hunt, scary stories, make-and-take Room. Bucktown Center for the Arts featuring Tim “The Maniac” Sylvia Saturday, November 5, and activities, and more. The District of (225 East Second Street, Davenport). 6 versus Pedro “The Rock” Rizzo, and Sunday, November 6 – Quad City Rock island. 5-8 p.m. Free admission. p.m. Free admission. For information, Andrei “The Pitbull” Arlovski versus Symphony Orchestra: Poems For information, call (309)788-6311 or visit ZombiePride.org. Travis “The Ironman” Fulton. i wireless on Fate. The second Masterworks visit RIDistrict.com. Thursday, November 3 – Food for Center (1201 River Drive, Davenport). 7 concerts of the season, conducted Thought Fundraiser. Seventh-annual p.m. $32-100. For tickets, call (800)745- by Mark Russell Smith and featuring Friday, October 28, through fundraiser for the Rock Island library, 3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com. Verdi’s Overture to La Forza Del Destino, Sunday, October 30 – Bixby’s with culinary samples, wine, craft Brahms’ Song of Destiny, Strauss’ Inflatable Rainforest. Touring brews, an auction, music by the Edgar Death & Transfiguration, and Liszt’s COMEDY attraction featuring a journey through Crockett Duo and Lee Blackmon, Les Preludes. Saturday – Adler Theatre Friday, October 28 – Kathleen a tropical rainforest, inflatables, and more. Main Rock Island Public (136 East Third Street, Davenport), 7:30 Madigan. Stand-up set with the children’s activities, a parade, live Library (401 19th Street, Rock Island). p.m. Sunday – Augustana College’s popular HBO and Comedy Central performances, educational programs, 5 p.m. $25/person, $45/couple. For Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue, performer. Riverside Casino Event Rock Island), 2 p.m. $11-53. For tickets and more. RiverCenter (136 East Third information, call (309)732-7323 or visit Center (3184 Highway 22, Riverside). and information, call (563)322-7276 or Street, Davenport). Friday 5-9 p.m., RockIslandLibrary.org. 8 p.m. $25-35. For tickets and visit QCSymphony.com. Saturday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday noon- information, call (877)677-3456 or visit Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 21 THEATRE By Thom White [email protected] My Kind of Show, Chicago Is Chicago, at the District Theatre through October 30
really like Chicago. Its tuneful score, uniquely Ivaudevillian presenta- tion, and delightfully naughty nature make it one of my favorite stage musicals. There’s one num- ber in the show, however, that tops them all for me: “Cell Block Tango,” which is sexy, fun, and what I consider the benchmark for the overall produc- tion. And on October 14, my entertainment needs would’ve been met, and then some, had the District Theatre’s production actu- Steve Lasiter and Chicago ensemble members the power of ally ended after this number, Digital Cable even thought it’s only the intentional indifference in the role laced with O n l i n e fourth song in the piece. suggestions of Mama’s sexual interest in Velma. P h o n e Director David Turley’s treatment of the Directorially, Turley offers several surprises, 3 “Cell Block Tango” scene offers a natural flow his most predominate – at least for those of movement for each monologue, while the unfamiliar with Chicago on stage – being the casting of Tristan Layne Tapscott as reporter Bounty Hunter choreography by Christina Myatt and Kelly on Starz® Lohrenz (who also serve as Chicago’s leading Mary Sunshine. Singing in a pitch-perfect ladies) is a sultry homage to the show’s original falsetto and hamming it up without crossing choreographer, Bob Fosse. With Turley, Myatt, over into annoying and overdone, Tapscott is and Lohrenz crafting the tone of each merry campy and fun, and his familiarity to District digital cable murderess’ tale of why she’s behind bars with Theatre audiences makes him an ideal choice Your favorite HD channels free. sexy shapes and syncopated motion, I wanted to for the drag role. (With a less recognizable Over 5,000 free On Demand titles. leap to my feet at the end of the scene and beg actor in the part, it might just seem weird.) to see it again – it’s that exciting, stirring, and Among other surprising and clever touches, the well-executed (no pun intended). location for where Myatt hides Velma’s cards Fortunately, so, too, is the rest of this story in the poker scene – and how many she hides about Roxie Hart’s murder of her lover, and – is flat-out amazing, and Turley’s use of a pull- her attempt to get off scot-free with the help of string overhead light above the Announcer at Billy Flynn, a lawyer who’s most interested in the beginning of most scenes is an especially money and whatever murder case will get him fine touch. into the spotlight. Roxie (Lohrenz) hopes to Lighting designer Tapscott’s visual scheme, faster online use the attention gained from her incarceration overall, is also quite good, and a definite Up to 10x faster than 1.5 DSL. and trial to start a successful vaudeville act improvement on past productions in the company’s new space. (For one thing, we can 15 Mbps speeds and free Web Boost. – the same plan fellow inmate Velma Kelly (Myatt) had prior to Roxie’s upstaging arrival see the actors from the chairs at the top of the – and Lohrenz blends insincere, determined, theatre, which is a definite plus.) The frequent self-centered attitudes with a somewhat subtle low lighting gives the impression of a seedy sexuality, while Myatt nails Velma’s washed-up, night club – appropriate to a show with such antagonistic nature with hints of insecurity and shady themes and characters – and while there fear peaking through her big, broad confidence. was at least one point where I didn’t understand Steve Lasiter manages to avoid caricature why the lighting changed to a red wash over with his Billy Flynn, flashing a handsome, the stage, I still appreciated the variety, and the unlimited phone disingenuous smile and creating a slimy obvious attempts at having the lighting match Call now! lawyer who’s not too slimy to be believed. Paul the tone of each scene. Nationwide calls for no extra charge. Sexy, sultry, and so much fun, Chicago Get incredible Workman’s effort to portray “meek” as Roxie’s 13 free calling features like Caller ID. husband, Amos Hart, shows in the first act, should be counted among the best productions savings and enjoy but after settling into the “invisible” nature of staged by the District Theatre, including its the conveniences of his character, the actor’s work in Amos’ main previous works under the Harrison Hilltop today’s technology scene – featuring the song “Mr. Cellophane” Theatre name. Now, could I see that “Cell Block Tango” scene one more time, please? when you take all – seems effortless. And among the District Theatre’s frequent performers, Sara King seems 1-800-332-0245 three services. the obvious choice for Matron Mama Morton, For tickets and information, call (309)235-1654 and proves she’s also the right choice with her or visit DistrictTheatre.com. 22 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com the Advice AskGoddess BY AMY ALKON If that isn’t enough bad news for you, the Whiff the Wrong Man pill’s pregnancy simulation seems to kill the attractiveness bump women get at ovulation, I admire that you often add research to your their most fertile time of the month, when columns, so I thought I’d ask you about an their faces, scents, and other features become article I read on birth-control pills. Apparently, subtly more appealing to men. (It may also taking the pill can cause the “wrong” man to lead ovulating women to dress and act less smell good to you – a man you might not be provocatively than they otherwise would.) In a into once you’re off the pill. Unfortunately, study by psychologist Geoffrey Miller, female lap I experience severe mood swings when I’m dancers not on the pill earned an average of $276 not taking the pill – uncontrollable rages for a night whereas those on it brought in only $193, about a week a month. But now I’m worried making pill-using lap dancers $80 less hot and that I’ll choose a partner I’ll lose interest in sexy to men per night. reproducing with when I’m off the pill. Also, I So, the answer for your mood swings is ... wonder whether being on it is lying about who count to 10 when you get angry (because it I am. Of course, if I can’t control my mood sometimes takes that long for your rocket- swings, it won’t matter, because I’ll scare every propelled grenade launcher to warm up)? For man away! a more peaceful alternative, Deans advises that – Medicated some women’s PMS symptoms are alleviated by certain antidepressants (SSRIs, or selective It seems those health-class videos about serotonin reuptake inhibitors, such as fluoxetine getting your period – “You’re a woman now!” and sertraline) but notes their problematic – were a tad incomplete. One week a month, downside: “Nothing kills sex drive like an you’re also Chuck Norris. SSRI!” Deans has had some success prescribing The cause of your rage probably isn’t all the bupropion, a non-SSRI antidepressant she calls people saying deeply offensive things to you such “unlikely” to be a sex-drive killer, but observes as “Are you using that chair?”, but a nose-dive in that “it can be agitating and cause insomnia.” your level of “the happy hormone,” serotonin. Dr. As a possible non-drug alternative, Deans Emily Deans, a psychiatrist with the terrific blog suggests magnesium malate supplementation: “Evolutionary Psychiatry” on PsychologyToday. “Five hundred milligrams of magnesium malate com, explains that your period gets launched by at bedtime seems to help with anxiety, rage, and a drop in progesterone, “which can interfere a bit PMS symptoms such as cramps and headaches,” with the machinery that makes serotonin. This she says. “Magnesium is typically low in standard can lead to hunger, cravings, agitation, insomnia, American diets and not found in large amounts irritability, and rage.” Or, to put it in relationship in multivitamins and is generally safe if you have terms: “Someday, my prince will run.” normal kidneys.” Deans adds that cycling from a Deans says the pill can help alleviate these low-carb diet to a higher-carb, low-protein diet symptoms, and certain variations seem especially three days to a week before starting your period helpful: the 24-day pill and the three-monther can ease PMS symptoms, possibly by helping (meaning Auntie Flo visits only once every with serotonin uptake. three months). The problem is the issue you There is a prejudice that you’re a better person brought up. The article you read references the if you just try to meditate yourself out of your research of Swiss biologist Claus Wedekind, rage on those weeks when you find yourself in who made a bunch of women sniff a bunch of the mood for long walks on the beach followed men’s stinky T-shirts to study the pill’s effect on by a home strangling. But fixing brain problems mate preferences. Women who weren’t on the by taking a pill is really no different from taking pill went for the smell of men with dissimilar insulin for diabetes to keep from going into a immune systems – men with whom they’d diabetic coma. You’re just taking a brain that’s produce children with a broader set of immune slacking off in the neurochemical department defenses. Women on the pill preferred the smell and bringing it up to par. Especially once you’re of men with immune systems similar to theirs in a relationship, a little “better living through (the immunologically redundant), probably chemistry” (or diet or vitamins) certainly seems because the pill chemically mimics pregnancy preferable to doing “the little things” to keep and cues a genetic adaptation that leads women your love alive – like sticking Post-its around to seek out kin to protect them when they’re the house with cute little messages such as pregnant. “Homicide comes with a stiff prison term.” Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon. 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405 or e-mail [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com) ©2011, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 23
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (March 21-April 19): “Life praised Fossil Fuel pale ale for its sweetness realized that mom had actually been born on is not just a diurnal property of large and clove aroma, while another said it has a November 22. I’m guessing that a comparable interesting vertebrates,” poet Gary “complex and well-developed taste profile.” correction is due in your own life, Sagittarius. Snyder reminds us in his book The Practice I regard their successful project as a good Something you’ve believed about yourself for of the Wild. “It is also nocturnal, anaerobic, metaphor for the task you have ahead of you a long time is about to be revealed as slightly microscopic, digestive, fermentative: cooking in the coming weeks, Leo: extracting the vital off. Halloween costume suggestion: a version away in the warm dark.” I call this to your essence from an old source, and putting it to of yourself from a parallel reality or another attention, Aries, because according to my work in the creation of a valuable addition to dimension. astrological reckoning, you’d be wise to your life. Halloween costume suggestions: a honor all the life that is cooking away in the friendly ghost, a polite and helpful mummy, a CAPRICORN (December 22- warm dark. It’s the sun-at-midnight time of cloned version of Buddha, the person you were January 19): “Everyone is a genius at your long-term cycle; the phase when your as a child. least once a year,” said scientist Georg luminescent soul throbs with more vitality Lichtenberg. According to my reading of the than your shiny ego. Celebrate the unseen VIRGO (August 23-September 22): astrological omens, Capricorn, the coming powers that sustain the world. Pay reverence “When I read a book on Einstein’s weeks will be your time to confirm the truth to what’s underneath, elusive, and uncanny. physics of which I understood of that aphorism. Your idiosyncratic brilliance Halloween costume tips: draw inspiration from nothing, it doesn’t matter,” testified Pablo is rising to a fever pitch, and may start spilling the shadow, the dream, the moon, the depths. Picasso, “because it will make me understand over into crackling virtuosity any minute now. something else.” You might want to adopt Be discriminating about where you use that TAURUS (April 20-May 20): that approach for your own use in the coming stuff; don’t waste it on trivia or on triumphs Speaking on behalf of the cosmic weeks, Virgo. It’s almost irrelevant what that are beneath you. Halloween costume powers-that-be, I hereby give you subjects you study and investigate and rack suggestions: Einstein, Marie Curie, Leonardo permission to make your love bigger and your brains trying to understand; the exercise da Vinci, Emily Dickinson. braver. Raise it to the next level, Taurus! Help will help you stretch your ability to master it find a higher expression. Wherever your love ideas that have been beyond your reach AQUARIUS (January 20- has felt pinched or claustrophobic, treat it to a – and maybe even stimulate the eruption of February 18): You’re ready to shed liberation. If it has been hemmed in by a lack insights that have been sealed away in your juvenile theories, amateurish approaches, of imagination, saturate it with breezy fantasies subconscious mind. Halloween costume or paltry ambitions. I’m not implying you’re and flamboyant dreams. Cut it free from petty suggestion: an eager student, a white-coated full of those things; I’m just saying that if you emotions that have wounded it, and from lab researcher, Curious George. have any of them, you’ve now got the power sour memories that have weighed it down. to outgrow them. Your definition of success What else could you do to give love the poetic LIBRA (September 23-October needs updating, and I think you’re up to the license it needs to thrive? Halloween costume 22): “Sit, walk, or run, but don’t task. Why am I so sure? Well, because the Big suggestion: the consummate lover. wobble,” says the Zen proverb. Now I’m Time is calling you – or at least a Bigger Time. passing it on to you as advice worthy of your Try this: Have brainstorming sessions with an GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You’ve consideration. Maintaining clarity of purpose ally or allies who know your true potential and heard the old platitude, “If life gives will be crucial in the coming weeks. Achieving can assist you in formulating aggressive plans you lemons, make lemonade.” The crispness of delivery will be thoroughly to activate it more fully. Halloween costume owner of a pizzeria in Mildura, Australia enjoyable. Cultivating unity among all your suggestions: a head honcho, big wheel, fat cat, updated that sentiment in 2010 when the area different inner voices will be a high art you top dog. was invaded by swarms of locusts. “They’re should aspire to master. Whatever you do, crunchy and tasty,” he said of the bugs, which Libra, do it with relaxed single-mindedness. PISCES (February 19-March 20): is why he used them as a topping for his main Make a sign that says “No wobbling,” and I know a woman who claims on her dish. It so happens that his inventive approach tape it to your mirror. Halloween costume Facebook page that she speaks four would make good sense for you right now, suggestion: be the superhero known as No languages: English, Elvish, Mermish, and Gemini. So if life gives you a mini-plague Wobbling. Parseltongue. (For those of you who don’t read of locusts, make pizza garnished with the Tolkien or Harry Potter, Elvish is the language delectable creatures. Halloween costume SCORPIO (October 23-November of the elves, Mermish of the mermaids and suggestion: pizza delivery person carrying this 21): You could preside over your mermen, and Parseltongue of the serpents.) novel delicacy. very own Joy Luck Club in the My Facebook friend probably also knows Pig coming days. According to my reading of the Latin, baby talk, and glossolalia, although CANCER (June 21-July 22): Some astrological omens, the levels of gratification she doesn’t mention them. I’d love for you doors are almost always locked. On possible could exceed your normal quota to expand your mastery of foreign tongues, those infrequent occasions when by a substantial margin. You may want to Pisces, even if it’s just one of the above – and they are ajar, they remain so for only a brief Google the Chinese character that means the coming weeks and months will be an period before being closed and bolted again. “double happiness” and use it as your ruling excellent time to begin. You will have a greater In the coming weeks, Cancerian, I urge you symbol. And it might be time to explore and capacity for learning new ways to talk than to be alert for the rare opening of such a door. experiment with the concepts of “super bliss,” you have since childhood. Halloween costume Through luck or skill or a blend of both, you “sublime delight,” and “brilliant ecstasy.” suggestion: a bilingual bisexual ambidextrous may finally be able to gain entrance through Halloween costume suggestions: a saintly expert in reciting tongue twisters. – or perhaps exit from – a door or portal hedonist from paradise; a superhero whose that has been shut tight for as long as you superpower is the ability to experience extreme Homework: Scare yourself with your exquisite remember. Halloween costume suggestion: the amounts of pleasure; the luckiest person who beauty. Freak yourself out by realizing how seeker who has found the magic key. ever lived. amazing you are. Testify at FreeWillAstrology.com. 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ACROSS 78. Unclose, poetically 37. Place for refueling 1. Relative of “psst” 79. Poplar 38. Same 5. Scuffle 80. Reflects on (with “over”) 39. Nova 10. Print measures 81. Tooth 40. Missile from Zeus 15. Feeling of gloom 82. Cardinal 41. Learned by heart 19. Pro _ publico 84. Senseless act 42. Walked 20. An ABC island 85. Abominate 44. Brandish 21. Modify 86. Stat. in baseball 45. Melon anagram 22. Molding type 87. Asian megacity 46. “Cakes and _” 23. Mil. acronym 89. Burn 49. Weaken, in a way 24. Scanner component 90. End of the quip: 3 wds. 50. Motherless calf 25. Laconic 96. _ prius 51. Electrical unit 26. Lobed organ 97. Steer clear of 53. Whooping bird 27. Start of a quip by George Carlin: 98. Betelgeuse’s constellation 54. “_ la vista, baby!” 6 wds. 99. Yearning 55. Lectures 31. Alley denizens 102. Designer _ Tahari 57. Escape 32. Soap plant 103. Blackbird 58. French river 33. Kindled 104. Gummo’s brother 59. Is without 60. Indication of rank 34. Numbered illustration 105. Nucha 61. Lyric poem 37. Tyson and Huckabee 106. Hardy heroine 62. Gruesome 39. Extend 107. Wanting no more 63. Budget considerations 43. Loved ones 108. Ruhr river city 64. SAG member 44. More dilated 109. Eat at 68. Not up 45. Machine tool DOWN 69. _ Scott-Heron 47. _ polloi 1. Goat-hair fabric 70. Ho-hum 48. Plum-like fruit 2. And _! 72. Colorful fish 49. River in Germany 3. Aplenty 73. Hidden mic 50. Commuter’s problem 4. Atoms in combination 75. Homer’s dad and Lincoln 51. Worthless 5. Show of honor 76. Browbeat 52. Spread for drying 6. Peaks 77. Packrat’s problem 53. The elite 7. Spate 79. River in England 54. Diamond event 8. Provide aid to 80. Pouting look 55. Metric unit 9. Recipient 81. Complain 56. Essential oil 10. Poignancy 83. Flocks of quail 58. “Othello” villain 11. Standard of perfection 84. Crossed a stream 59. Praised 12. Make scrimshaw 85. Rely: 2 wds. 60. Part 2 of quip: 3 wds. 13. Church area 87. Quick drink 64. Harmonize 14. Furtive 88. Old Roman official: var. 65. Rose of baseball 15. Well-mannered 89. Declivity 66. Chair on a porch 16. Shivering fit 90. Dossier 67. Unrefined 17. Time of penance 91. Goddess of fertility 68. Part of old Athens 18. Trestle part 92. Eye part 70. Platters 28. Sculls 93. Angers 71. Arch 29. Lag b’_ 94. Drinks 74. Swing seat 30. Nearly hopeless 95. Kenton or Musial 75. Bear with patience 34. Glove filler 96. Snood 76. Breaks apart 35. Out of work 100. Books pro 77. Indigenous American 36. Easygoing: hyph. 101. Chop Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 25 Live Music Live Music Live Music Email all listings to [email protected] • Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
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Fair Trade Sound - Cedars of Lebanon Community Drum Circle (10:30am) - Prospect St. Cambridge, IL -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa 2011/10/28 (Fri) RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Open Mic Morning (9am) -Whistle Stop Java City, IA 28 FRIDAY Davenport, IA Shop, 400 W. 4th St. Milan, IL Jazz Jam with The North Scott Jazz Combo ACES -The Pub, 4320 N. 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Washington St. 225 E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Karaoke Night -Moe’s Pizza, 1312 Camanche Mill Halloween Cover Show -The Mill, 120 E 220th Trail Amana, IA Iowa City, IA Funktastic Five -Martini’s on the Rock, 4619 2011/10/29 (Sat) Ave Clinton, IA Burlington Iowa City, IA 29 Tronicity -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th Mothers, Daughters, & Sisters: A Cabaret 34th St Rock Island, IL SATURDAY Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar & Milltown - Jen St StJarna -Rozz-Tox, 2108 St Davenport, IA for the Cure -Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse, Future Rock - DJ Thibault - DJ Lay-Z -Gabe’s, 2011 Deep Blue Innovators Blues Festi- Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL West Side Winders -The Muddy Waters, 1708 1828 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL 330 E. 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River Dr. Davenport, IA Continued On Page 26 Davenport, IA Avenue of the Cities Moline, IL Main St Hillsdale, IL 26 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 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 25 Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -McManus DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant Lil Ed & The Blues Imperials - Nick & the 2011/10/31 (Mon) Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL Wicked Liz & The Belly Swirls - Spatterdash - 31 2011/11/04 (Fri) 4 Ovorols -The Redstone Room, 129 MONDAY DJ Scott Ferguson -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. FRIDAY Main St Davenport, IA The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Davenport, IA Insectoid -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn 2011/11/02 (Wed) Rock Island, IL Wylde Nept -The Mill, 120 E Burlington St Iowa City, IA WEDNESDAY 2 2nd Annual Blues & Boogie Woogie Piano Live Lunch w/ Rose ‘n’ Thorns (noon) Good Rockin’ Live: A Salute To Sun Records Stomp -Englert Theatre, 221 East Wash- -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Iowa City, IA Jason Carl -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant -Circa ‘21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave. Zither Ensemble (10am) -German Ameri- Davenport, IA ington St. Iowa City, IA Davenport, IA and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL Rock Island, IL Big Al -The Odeon, 8025 Avenue N. Clin- Mike Blumme Trio (6pm) -Toucan’s Can- can Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St. Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn Johnny O Jam Session -The Muddy Waters, ton, IA tina / Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st Street Davenport, IA St Moline, IL St Iowa City, IA 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA Crazy Bad -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State St Milan, IL Night of the Living Dub’d with DJ Solo Jeff Miller (6pm) -G’s Riverfront Cafe, 102 S Just Chords -Kilkenny’s, 300 W. 3rd St. Bettendorf, IA Quarter Moon Tinsnips -RME Com- 2011/10/30 (Sun) -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa Main St Port Byron, IL Davenport, IA Danika Holmes -Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E. 3rd munity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Dav- SUNDAY 30 City, IA Jonny Corndawg -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Karaoke & Retro DJ w/ BMAX Enter- St. Davenport, IA enport, IA ABC Karaoke Contest -The Rusty Nail, The Unexpected Boys -Cedar Rapids Prairie High Rock Island, IL tainment -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA School, 401 76th Ave. Cedar Rapids, IA Karaoke Night -Applebee’s Neighborhood David Killinger & Friends -G’s Riverfront Red Rock It - Martini’s on the Rock, 4619 34th Davenport, IA Cafe, 102 S Main St Port Byron, IL St., Rock Island, IL Ahreum Han (2pm) -First Presbyterian Grill - Davenport, 3005 W. Kimberly Rd. Karaoke Night -Applebee’s Neighborhood Church of Davenport, 1702 Iowa St. 2011/11/01 (Tue) Davenport, IA DelGrosso / Del Toro Richardson Band Rock ‘N the House Karaoke -Uptown TUESDAY 1 Grill - Davenport, 3005 W. Kimberly Rd. -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bet- Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2340 Davenport, IA Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Davenport, IA Rock Island, IL tendorf, IA Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA All Time Low - The Ready Set - He Is ABC Karaoke Contest Night -The Rusty Karaoke Night -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State Karaoke Night -Sharky’s Bar & Grill, 2902 E. Firesale -RME Community Stage, 131 W. Rootless Experience -Jammerz Roadhouse, We - Paradise Fears -Iowa Memorial Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA St Bettendorf, IA Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA 2nd St. Davenport, IA 3729 248th St N Hillsdale, IL Union Main Lounge - University Blues Cafe (6:30pm) -RME Community Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge, 3727 Keller Karaoke -Martini’s on the Rock, 4619 Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at Jumer’s Roster McCabe - Bad Intentions -Iowa City of Iowa, 125 N. Madison St. Iowa City, IA Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -O’Melia’s Supper 34th St Rock Island, IL Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy 92 Rock Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Anthony Catalfano Quartet (10:30am) Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and Grill, Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL Neil Hamburger -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Island, IL Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail, -Brady Street Chop House, Radisson QC 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Iowa City, IA Jewel Kisses - Doug Allen & the Chicago 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Plaza Hotel Davenport, IA Kooby’s Karaoke -Headquarters Bar & Grill, Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri Mob Band -Riverside Casino and Golf Smoking Popes - Johnny Scum - Lion Cribbs - Calico - Tityboi -The Redstone 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL Karaoke Night -Sharky’s Bar & Grill, 2902 E. Mason -RME Community Stage, 131 W. Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA in Rome -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA Luke Bryan - Lee Brice - Josh Thompson Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA 2nd St. Davenport, IA Jordan Danielsen (6pm) -Rhythm City Island, IL Funday Sunday w/ Dave Ellis -The Muddy - Matt Mason -i wireless Center, 1201 Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Davenport Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA Sons of Summer -Kilkenny’s, 300 W. 3rd St. -Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St. River Dr Moline, IL Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Band Eagles Lodge, 4401 W. Locust St. Dav- Karaoke Night (members only) -Moose Davenport, IA Davenport, IA Open Mic Night w/ Kung Fu Tofu -Stickman’s, (10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Blackhawk, enport, IA Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rockingham Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Hollar’s Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Uptown 1510 N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Matthew & the Atlas - The David Mayfield Rd Davenport, IA Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Open Mic Night w/ The Dukes of Haggard - Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E Parade - Lauren Shera -Rozz-Tox, 2108 Karaoke Night -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St. The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) -The Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St Moline, IL 11th St Davenport, IA 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Davenport, IA Circa ‘21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave. Rock Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee- Rich DelGrosso -RME Community Stage, Paul Waters & the Lonesome Tears - Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Island, IL Oculus - Coiltap -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Jammerz Roadhouse, 3729 248th St N St., Iowa City, IA house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL Brady St. Davenport, IA Troy Harris, pianist (6pm) -Phoenix, 111 Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410 2nd Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollar’s Bar and Hillsdale, IL Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar & West 2nd St. Davenport, IA Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am) -The Lodge Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL People Brothers Band -Iowa City Yacht Club, Hotel, 900 Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA St Davenport, IA Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet -Greenbriar The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street Land- 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Karaoke Night -Stickman’s, 1510 N. Harrison 2011/11/05 (Sat) Sunday Afternoon Social Dancing Hal- ing, 1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA Rock ‘N the House Karaoke -Uptown Neigh- SATURDAY loween Theme Dance: The Ken Paulsen Restaurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St St. Davenport, IA 5 Moline, IL borhood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Biscuits Bar & Blackstones -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State Quartet w/ Darlene (3pm) -CASI (Center 2011/11/03 (Thu) Dr. Bettendorf, IA for Active Seniors), 1035 W. Kimberly Open Mic w/ Pat Willis -Bier Stube Daven- THURSDAY 3 Grill, 600 Front St Buffalo, IA St. Bettendorf, IA port, 2228 E 11th St Davenport, IA Super Sonic Piss - The Liz - Names Devine Keep Off the Grass -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady Bronze Radio Return -RME (River Music Road Davenport, IA ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W - Bouyant Sea -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington They Might Be Giants -Englert Theatre, 221 Open Mic w/ Steve McFate -Salute, 1814 St. Davenport, IA Experience), 131 W. 2nd St. Daven- 7th St Moline, IL Locust Davenport, IA St. Iowa City, IA Kevin Gordon -The Mill, 120 E Burlington port, IA East Washington St. Iowa City, IA Daniel & the Lion - Stinky Jones -The Mill, Sebadoh - Mazes -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow Grille, Iowa City, IA Iowa City, IA 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA THE ORPHEUM THEATRE
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Washington St. Iowa City, IA St. Bettendorf, IA Dala -Galvin Fine Arts Center, 2101 Gaines Open Mic Morning (9am) -Whistle Stop Java Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The Mill, Jazz Jam with The North Scott Jazz St. Davenport, IA Shop, 400 W. 4th St. Milan, IL 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Combo -RME Community Stage, 131 David Killinger & Friends -G’s Riverfront River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Cafe, 102 S Main St Port Byron, IL Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL Just Chords -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Davy Jones -Quad-Cities Waterfront Davenport, IA Dobet Gnahore -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd Island, IL Convention Center, 1777 Isle Parkway Rob Dahms & Detroit Larry Davidson St SE Cedar Rapids, IA Karaoke & Retro DJ w/ BMAX Enter- Bettendorf, IA (6pm) -Toucan’s Cantina / Skinny Legs Drum Circle (6pm) -Teranga House of Africa, tainment -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition Band BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL 1706 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Davenport, IA -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix, 111 Funktion - Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Karaoke Night -Applebee’s Neighborhood City, IA West 2nd St. Davenport, IA Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Grill - Davenport, 3005 W. Kimberly Rd. FlatFoot 56 - T.B.O.P.R.R.I.O.F -The Red- Simon Says Uncle -Rascals Live, 1418 15th Jeff Miller (6pm) -G’s Riverfront Cafe, 102 S St. Moline, IL Main St Port Byron, IL Davenport, IA stone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA Karaoke Night -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 State Grand Tetons - Emperors Club - Derek Sleepin’ on the Couch -Purgatory’s Pub, 2104 Karaoke Night -Applebee’s Neighborhood St Bettendorf, IA Lambert & the Prairie Fires -The Mill, State St Bettendorf, IA Grill - Davenport, 3005 W. Kimberly Rd. Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge, 3727 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Smooth Groove -Uptown Neighborhood Smoking Popes @ RIBCO - November 4th Davenport, IA Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA Gray Wolf Band -Edje Nightclub at Jumer’s Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr. Bet- Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -O’Melia’s Supper Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and Grill, Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy 92 Rock tendorf, IA Rock Island, IL 11th St Davenport, IA Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA Island, IL Sons of Summer -Kilkenny’s, 300 W. 3rd St. Karaoke Night -Sharky’s Bar & Grill, 2902 E. Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am) -The Lodge Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Kooby’s Karaoke -Headquarters Bar & Grill, Guy Fawkes Day Celebration: Small Houses Davenport, IA Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA Hotel, 900 Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA Brady St. Davenport, IA 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL - Paleo - American Dust - Tambourine Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Hollar’s Keller Karaoke -Martini’s on the Rock, 4619 Skoal Kodiak - J. Pavilion - Cuticle -Gabe’s, Karaoke Night -Sharky’s Bar & Grill, 2902 E. Live Lunch w/ Thomas Kivi (noon) -RME -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL 34th St Rock Island, IL 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Jewel Kisses - Doug Allen & the Chicago The John Jorgenson Quintet (2 & 7:30pm) Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri Tom Freund & Jess Klein -CSPS/Legion Arts, Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Davenport Davenport, IA Mob Band -Riverside Casino and Golf -Cedar Rapids Prairie High School, 401 76th Mason -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA Eagles Lodge, 4401 W. Locust St. Dav- Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabana’s, 2120 4th Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Ave. Cedar Rapids, IA 2nd St. Davenport, IA enport, IA Ave. Rock Island, IL Jordan Danielsen (6pm) -Rhythm City Ca- The Pimps -Uptown Neighborhood Bar and Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug 2011/11/07 (Mon) Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, Mixology -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington St. sino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA 7 -Boozie’s Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St. MONDAY 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL Iowa City, IA Just Chords -The Pub, 4320 N. Brady St. Zither Ensemble (10am) -German American Her- Davenport, IA Jason Carl -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410 2nd Nick Vasquez -Kilkenny’s, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA itage Center, 712 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Uptown Davenport, IA St Davenport, IA Davenport, IA Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2340 Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet -Greenbriar Open Mic Night w/ Kung Fu Tofu -Stickman’s, Brady St. Davenport, IA 2011/11/06 (Sun) Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA 6 St Moline, IL Restaurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St 1510 N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA Karaoke Night -Generations Bar & Grill, 4100 SUNDAY Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollar’s Bar and Metal Mondays -Gabe’s, 330 E. Washington Moline, IL Open Mic Night w/ The Dukes of Hag- 4th Ave. Moline, IL ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL St. Iowa City, IA Open Mic w/ Pat Willis -Bier Stube Daven- gard -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St Karaoke Night -Moe’s Pizza, 1312 Camanche Locust Davenport, IA The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street Land- One Night Stand Open Mic -Iowa City Yacht port, 2228 E 11th St Davenport, IA Moline, IL Ave Clinton, IA Brooks Strause & the Gory Details - Small ing, 1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -McManus Rock ‘N the House Karaoke -Uptown Neigh- Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar & Houses -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL borhood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA Iowa City, IA 2011/11/10 (Thu) 2011/11/08 (Tue) Twosdays Jam with Lojo Russo -RME Commu- THURSDAY 10 Dr. Bettendorf, IA Kooby’s Karaoke -Headquarters Bar & Grill, Funday Sunday w/ Dave Ellis -The Muddy TUESDAY 8 nity Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow Grille, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W ABC Karaoke Contest Night -The Rusty Warner Drive - Acidic -Gabe’s, 330 E. Wash- 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA Kung Fu - Brains! Brains! Brains! -Gabe’s, Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Band Locust Davenport, IA Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA ington St. Iowa City, IA University of Iowa Jazz Performances -The 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA (10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Blackhawk, Bebop Night at the Rozz-Tox -Rozz-Tox, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA READERAD8_19 8/22/11 10:46 AM Page 1 28 River Cities’ Reader • Vol. 18 No. 790 • October 27 - November 9, 2011 Business • Politics • Arts • Culture • Now You Know • RiverCitiesReader.com
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