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River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 788 September 29 - October 12, 2011 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
GUEST COMMENTARY
City. Dubbed Occupy Wall Street, this
encampment in the financial district began
on September 17 and, until videos of police
brutality hit the Web, had gone largely
unreported in the mainstream media.
Nearly everyone got ripped off,
including the cops guarding these
protesters. As a protest sign sweetly and
innocently demands:
Say Sorry! To All of
Us!
After more than
a week of protest,
more than a hundred
people have already
been arrested. Several
have been roughed
up, with cops being
caught on still and
video cameras
pepper-spraying or
yanking the hair of
young women, or
slamming people to the ground. Sadly,
these cops are fighting against their own
interest. Bankrupted by Wall Street, cities
all over America are laying off policemen
Wall Street Vs. Everybody
by Linh Dinh
Wall Street got drunk [] It got drunk and
now its got a hangover. George W. Bush
A
s usual, Bush got it wrong. Wall
Street soberly and cynically got the
rest of us drunk on dreams of home
ownership, a robust stock portfolio, and a
cozy retirement. This slurry bacchanal was
fueled by the housing
bubble and, when
that exploded in our
faces, bailouts saved
Wall Street from
any hangover, so its
us who will suffer
through a tortur-
ous, decades-long
headache of a ruined
economy.
But who are us,
exactly? Us are
the poor and the
middle class, unions,
retirement funds, and governments at all
levels federal, state, and city. Us are 99
percent, according to the mostly young
protesters at Liberty Park in New York Continued On Page 18
left and right. Why defend the crooks
of Wall Street, cops, when they have
directly caused many of your colleagues
to be thrown onto the streets? When you
yourself may end up on a park bench in the
near future?
The conflict between cops and protesters
can be partly attributed to a clash of styles,
to the eternal jocks-vs.-freaks dichotomy,
but dear policemen, these young people
are actually on your side. In spite of their
colorful or eccentric clothing, odd haircuts,
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Cops are fighting against
their own interest.
Bankrupted by Wall
Street, cities all over
America are laying off
policemen left and right.
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ILLINOIS POLITICS
I
f Ive heard it once, Ive heard it a
thousand times: Legislators dont lose
elections over what happens at the State-
house; they lose because they dont take care
of business back home.
Theres a lot of truth to that. Visible,
accessible legislators with topnotch
constituent services usually dont lose
elections. If you look at the roster of losing
Democrats in 2010, youll see a bunch of
incumbents who became invisible in their
districts, or let things slide. Thats not a
hard-and-fast rule, of course. Nothing
approaches universality in the political
business. Some districts change, some
people are elected as onetime flukes. But
constituent services are all-important.
Period. End of story.
In most parts of the state, however, taking
care of the home front means making sure
that local political
and business powers
are constantly
stroked. And this
is where members
have often gone
too far, particularly
with the legislative
scholarship program.
The number of city,
Downstate, and
suburban party
chairs, precinct captains, fundraisers,
and other honchos who have absolutely
brilliant children totally deserving of these
scholarships has been a constant refrain. It
is probably the most abused program in all
of state government.
Thats not to say the scholarship program
has done no good. Plenty of kids have gone
to college, or medical school, or law school
who never wouldve otherwise managed
to do so without a legislative scholarship.
Legislators often get into this business to
help people, and many are deservedly proud
of the real, honest good theyve done with
this program.
But recent revelations have convinced all
but the most hardcore legislative adherents
that this program is so rife with abuse that
it must die.
How, for instance, can anyone defend
Senator Martin Sandoval (D-Cicero)
handing out scholarships to five unrelated
students whose official address all
happened to be the home of Sandovals
fundraiser and an Ed Burke precinct
captain?
Former Representative Bob Molaro (D-
Chicago) has also been questioned about
scholarships awarded to all four children of
a campaign worker who doesnt live in the
district.
The Illinois State Board of Education
forwarded the Sandoval case to the FBI, as
well as one involving Representative Dan
Burke (D-Chicago), who gave a scholarship
to the daughter of a legislative aide who
didnt appear to live in his district. The
feds were already investigating the Molaro
scholarship when the Board of Education
referrals arrived.
ChicagoTalks.org took a look at legislative
scholarships last summer and found that
about a third of sitting state legislators had
awarded scholarships to kids outside their
districts. Some of those scholarships can
easily be explained away because parents
moved, or kids just went to school in the
legislative district, or other honest mistakes
were made. Some of the questioned
scholarships also
appear to have been
totally legal. The
Board of Elections
online legislator-
locating system
apparently isnt 100-
percent accurate.
Whatever the
case, its against the
law to award one of
these scholarships to
a student who doesnt live in a legislators
district, and it has been for a very long
time. If the feds really wanted to, they
could conceivably indict a large number of
legislators for mail fraud. A very big chunk
of the General Assembly might be wiped
out on this residency issue (including,
possibly, even some leaders). And it goes
without saying that its totally indefensible
to hand out scholarships to the progeny of
party functionaries, brilliant or (far more
likely) not.
If the General Assembly cannot find a
way to once and for all reform this program,
then legislators must end it. And, frankly,
Im not sure how the scholarship program
can be reformed, because way too many
legislators have resisted, circumvented, or
blatantly ignored past reforms. If they want
a district-based program for truly needy
and deserving students, then they should set
one up with real oversight and regulations.
Otherwise, this must end, or the feds will
do the job on their own and a whole lot of
legislators might wind up in prison. Heck,
that could happen anyway.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily
political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
by Rich Miller
Its Time to End the
Scholarship Program
The legislative
scholarship program
is probably the most
abused in all of state
government.
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The Iowa Senate is now split 25-24.
Democrats must win the election to
maintain their majority in the Senate, a
buffer against the agenda of Republican
Branstad and the Iowa House, where the
GOP holds a 60-40 majority.
This year, Democrats used their slim
majority to block passage of a public
vote on same-sex marriage, of sweeping
property-tax reform, of an end to universal
state-funded preschool, and of a bill that
they said threatened collective bargaining.
We need to break the stranglehold the
Senate has on moving Governor Branstads
agenda forward, Golding said, and I
believe I can do that.
Immediately after the votes were
tabulated and the winner was announced,
Republican Party of Iowa Chair Matt
Strawn promised ample resources and a
team of volunteers from across the state
to lead Golding to victory over the next six
weeks.
Strawn told IowaPolitics.com that Iowans
want somebody in there that they know is
a fighter and knows what it takes to create
jobs as a small-business owner, and said
Golding would be a great contrast to the
likely Democratic nominee.
But Democrats also promised a tough
fight for Senate District 18, which includes
Marion, Fairfax, Palo, Hiawatha, Robins,
Alburnett, Center Point, Walker, Coggon,
Prairieburg, and part of Walford. Both Iowa
House districts in the area are represented
by Republicans one by Iowa House
Speaker Kraig Paulsen (R-Hiawatha), who
attended the nominating convention.
Iowa Democratic Party Chair Sue
Dvorsky criticized Golding as a rubber
stamp for Governor Branstad and the Tea
Party Republicans.
The Democratic Party was scheduled
to hold its own nominating convention on
September 28.
Dvorsky said the party is already
witnessing an outpouring of support from
many local activists and community leaders
who know whats at stake and are ready to
work towards victory.
The district is politically competitive. As
of September 1, Republicans had 15,972
registered voters in Senate District 18,
while Democrats had 15,759. Independents
topped both parties with 19,873 voters,
according to data from the Iowa secretary
of states office.
This article was produced by IowaPolitics.
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RCReader.com/y/iapolitics.
R
epublicans on September 22 chose
Linn County GOP Co-Chair Cindy
Golding as their candidate for the
Iowa Senate District 18 special election,
which could alter control of the Iowa Sen-
ate.
Golding, of rural Cedar Rapids, won
with 51.6 percent of the weighted vote cast
by the 50 delegates who gathered in the
Longbranch Hotel & Convention Center in
Cedar Rapids.
She defeated former U.S. Attorney Matt
Dummermuth of Robins, who placed
second with 28.1 percent of the vote, and
Marion businesswoman Mary Rathje, who
received 20.2 percent of the vote. Governor
Terry Branstad encouraged Rathje to run,
gubernatorial spokesperson Tim Albrecht
confirmed September 23.
During the two-and-a-half-hour special
nominating convention, Republicans grilled
the three candidates on issues ranging from
abortion to education to stimulating the
economy to collective bargaining.
Golding emphasized her business
experience and familiarity with Des Moines
from years of lobbying as a member of the
Iowa Farm Bureau.
We worked on legislation that would
remove regulations, and all of that was
stalled in the Senate, said Golding, noting
her membership in the National Federation
of Independent Business, a small-business
lobbying organization. So, as a senator, I
would be working on the inside, instead of
pounding on the door from the outside, to
move that legislation ahead.
Golding is expected to face former
television anchor Liz Mathis, a Robins
Democrat, in the November 8 special
election. The winner will fill the Iowa
Senate seat vacated by Swati Dandekar, a
Marion Democrat who resigned September
16 to take a $137,000-a-year job with the
Iowa Utilities Board, which regulates Iowas
utilities.
Dandekar became emotional September
19 in an interview with IowaPolitics.com as
she said that it hurt to hear people suggest
that her move was intended to strike back at
Iowa Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal
(D-Council Bluffs) for not taking up a
nuclear-power-plant bill she advocated for
this past session.
Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds,
who served with Dandekar for two
years in the Iowa Senate, said Branstad
appointed Dandekar to the Iowa Utilities
Board because shes the most qualified,
not because the move could take away the
Democratic majority in the Senate.
Republicans Make Choice
for Key Senate Race
by Hannah Hess
IowaPolitics.com
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Helmet, October 8 at RIBCO
Inexhaustible Possibilities
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
I
n the course of a phone interview last
week, Page Hamilton lead guitarist,
singer, and composer for Helmet, per-
forming on October 8 at RIBCO dropped
the names of Beethoven, John Williams,
Philip Glass, Ornette Coleman, Miles Davis,
and John Coltrane.
That collection gives a good sense of the
breadth of Hamiltons musical study and
knowledge, and some indication of why his
band rewards close listening. It also hints at
why Hamiltons rigorous heavy music has
found only modest commercial success,
with one gold album (1992s Meantime)
and only top-50 peak chart positions in the
United States.
Whats important to understand is
that while theres an essential academic/
philosophical component to Helmets music,
the band has also been distinguished by an
uncompromising pummeling force, what
the All Music Guide described as a very
precise and diabolical din full of martial
barks, jackhammering drums, rumbling
bass, and some of the most brilliant IQ-
lowering guitar riffs since Black Sabbaths
first four albums. Hamilton rejects the
assertion that Helmet is simply a metal
band, but it operates almost exclusively
in an aggressively gritty guitar/bass/drum
framework. Within that structure and
self-imposed limitations, Hamilton explores
musical theory.
The Helmet vocabulary is the drop-
tuning, the chord voicing, and the figure
writing, or riff writing, he said. (There
are also players employing different time
signatures, a technique borrowed from
composer Glenn Branca that Hamilton said
creates this sort of forward propulsion.)
Its thematic writing. Its the same approach
a jazz improviser would use, or a classical
composer. He then mimicked the openings
of Beethovens Symphony No. 5 and John
Williams title-crawl theme for Star Wars,
and discussed how they quickly establish
themes that are then developed. Thats my
approach to writing. Im not stringing a
bunch of shit together the drummer came
up with this, and I came up with that. That
can work, but I think eventually you run out
of ideas. Were all using the same 12 notes in
Western music.
If that makes your eyes glaze, it must also
be noted that Hamiltons solos which he
said he approaches like a spaz jazz idiot
are razor-wire sharp and exhilarating,
regardless of a listeners music-theory
understanding.
The All Music Guide called Meantime
arguably one of the most influential and
overlooked rock records of the 90s, saying
that it threw the rule book out the window.
... Helmets bludgeoning riffs combined with
their stop-go-stop-go minimalist attack
changed the face of aggro-rock.
Alas, the bands three albums since
Hamilton re-formed Helmet in 2004
(following its 1998 breakup) havent
gotten much critical love, and theres even
been some derision. Points deducted for
inventing n metal still more for songs
that wont let an audience forget it, Spin
wrote dismissively of 2010s Seeing Eye Dog.
Certainly, fans of Helmets first
incarnation might cringe at the albums
freer style, particularly the acquired-taste
Beatles cover And Your Bird Can Sing
and the toying-with-pretty L.A. Water.
Yet overall the experimentation works,
especially Morphing, an atmospheric tune
that seems drawn from Hamiltons regular
work performing on Elliot Goldenthals
soundtracks.
And there are still plenty of songs in
the core Helmet style, albeit with greater
attention paid to Hamiltons vocals. The
record closes with the concise Miserable
and the dynamic Shes Lost, the former
updating the classic Helmet form of its
early-90s commercial peak and the latter
employing it in an airier, more elastic
composition that seems to chart a path
forward.
These reflect Hamiltons assertion that
over the years the band has expanded the
vocabulary it established on its early albums.
One way to think of Helmet is as a series
of musical problems to solve a concept
Hamilton learned from heroes (and jazz
guitarists) Howard Roberts and Garry
Hagberg.
The benefit of practicing and working
and studying and being obsessed with music
for my entire adult life is that I probably
have a larger bucket of solutions than
somebody that just loves the Ramones and
PIL, Hamilton said. That takes nothing
away from those bands, cause I love both
those bands, but ... Im not trying to write a
three-chord rock song unless Im trying to
write a three-chord rock song.
Hes done better than that,
minimalistically speaking. There are
Helmet songs that are based on one note,
he said. In the Meantime is one chord
root-five octave open-string power chord
thats about a rhythmic groove. ... I just let
that sort of naturally go where it felt like it
wanted to go. Those little stutters were ways
to keep it from it turning into a Philip Glass
thing where you get lost. Not the listener so
much as me. And it felt right. If something
feels right, I go with it.
Thats the instinctive part of Hamiltons
method, rooted in his understanding of
theory but not a slave to it. When I write
the song, Im not thinking about anything,
he said. Im not thinking about music
theory or whatever. Im listening. ... Every
note has a tendency to want to move
somewhere, And I think on any given day
itll move to a different place. ...
There are a million ways to solve musical
problems.
Solutions for personality conflicts are
a little harder to come by. When Helmet
disbanded 13 years ago, Hamilton thought
that was the end of his career as guitarist.
He recalled telling songwriter Danny
Kortchmar that he was more interested in
composing with computers, keyboards,
and samples. I was fed up with the music
business in 98 when the band left, and I
said, Im done with this. Im not doing this
guitar thing anymore, he said. Danny said,
Youre a guitar player, and youve created
this thing, and youre going to continue
to work at it and develop it. ... Youre not
stopping the guitar. Thats ridiculous. It was
more that I was just frustrated that I put in
so much time and worked so hard and my
bandmates just decided they were done.
They were great players, and we had a great
thing going. We needed time off. There was
no doubt we worked hard for 10 years. But
they decided they were done with it.
Hamilton said hes pleased with the
current band guitarist Dan Beeman,
bassist Dave Case, and drummer Kyle
Stevenson and that hell continue with
Helmet as long as he can. I still love doing
the Helmet thing, and its the kind of music
that is physically exhausting enough that
I know at some point, Father Time will
tell me to stop, he said. Im not Ozzy
Osbourne. God bless him, but hes got ...
personal assistants and private jets and
people to take care of stuff for him. Were
COVER STORY
Technically Speaking:
Page Hamilton
Explains the Jazz
Theory of Helmet Solos
If youre not fluent in musical theory,
try comprehending this explanation of
Helmet solos by band mastermind Page
Hamilton: My solos are so weird. Theres
this harmonic stuff going on harmo-
lodic as Ornette [Coleman] would say
and theres noise, and there are all
these things that go into my solos, and
theyre harmonically pretty complex.
Because the music is essentially modal.
Its not diatonic harmonies with five-to-
one resolution, you know what I mean?
Its not classical harmony. So I have a lot
of freedom, but I got inspired by Coltrane
and Miles when they would just play two
chords, and Coltrane starting playing
chords over the top of those chords. So
its there, but I dont expect everyone to
hear it. And also, Helmet obviously feels
a lot different than a straight-up metal
band or a punk band or a hardcore band.
Our feel is more of a swing eighths than
a straight eighths ... . Helmet definitely
swings more. The jazz influence is defi-
nitely there.
Continued On Page 18
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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
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Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Divan Japonais, 1893,Crayon, brush, spatter, and transferred screen lithograph,
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minutes of things youd see in a musical
characters interacting in scenes, and
going from scenes into songs. Theres
usually some kind of big opening
number, and more often than not we end
on a song. But there are no hard-and-
fast rules about what we need to do in
a show ever, and not every scene has to
have a song. Its a narrative.
And, it should go without saying,
an unpredictable one. Everything is
improvised: the songs, the characters,
the music, what we call dancing, says
Semar with a laugh. Some people think
its a magic trick. They think we must
have a plant in the audience, until they
realize, Oh wait, its my friend who shouted
out the title.
Employing mime and working with
whatever they happen to be wearing, Baby
Wants Candys cast members use no props
or added costume pieces in their shows.
And while the number of comedians
appearing in a particular production can
fluctuate Semar estimates that between 45
and 60 performers participate nationwide
Baby Wants Candy most frequently tours
with five actors. Which isnt to say that the
musicals being staged ever feature only five
roles.
You almost never play just one character
the whole time, says Semar. Unless youre,
like, the main protagonist or antagonist,
you generally end up playing several
characters. Thats one of the great things
about it. There are five performers out
there, but everybody gets the chance to play
whatever they want, as long as it serves the
title suggestion, and serves the show, and
serves whats happened in the show to that
point.
Laughing, he adds, Though sometimes
it can become kind of convoluted and
complicated, if we find ourselves doing too
much. I couldnt count the number of times
Ive played inanimate objects or animals.
But thats part of the fun of it.
Describing the art of long-form musical-
comedy improvisation (as opposed to the
short-form improv of ComedySportz and
Whose Line Is It Anyway?) as a different
Wants Candy has proved popular nationally
and internationally and, for some
audiences, popular many times over.
We have a lot of people who come back
because our shows different every time,
says the 28-year-old Semar. There are two
guys in Chicago who come, and I dont
know that Ive ever played a show that one
or both of them havent been at. Its their
regular thing.
The setup to Baby Wants Candy,
as Semar describes it, is simple ...
which doesnt necessarily mean that its
performance is easy.
What happens, he says, is that we go
to the audience at the top of the show, and
we get a suggestion for a title to a musical
that doesnt exist. Were not looking for
people to shout out Guys & Dolls or Cats or
anything like that; we wont take something
thats an actual musical. But were generally
looking for something thats just absurd,
and we give a couple examples of titles that
weve had before.
Some of them are just basic, Semar
continues. Like The Kittens Diary. Or
Seeing-Eye Ponies. And weve had a lot
of celebrity titles and pop-culture titles.
When we were in the U.K., Bush Seduces the
Queen was one of them.
So we ask for a title, and the first thing
we hear someone shout, thats what we
go with. And thats all we get. The lights
go down, the lights come up, and we are
immediately in the show.
What follows in a typical Baby Wants
Candy production, says Semar, is 60
L
ike most professional perform-
ers, Chicagoan Nick Semar has a
healthy number of musicals on his
rsum.
Unlike most professional performers,
Semar can boast acting credits in 26
original, hour-long musicals.
Staged over 27 nights.
All of which were made up on the spot.
We were in Scotland in August for
the Edinburgh Fringe festival, says
Semar, a 14-month veteran with the
improvisational comedians of Baby Wants
Candy, performing at Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall on October 1. We did
a bunch of shows there, and some of the
titles were very mundane. Like, one of the
titles was just Two Dragons & a Prince. And
one of them was Amish Girls Gone Wild.
But then some of them were very
specific, he continues. One of them was
Dinosaurs Vs. Zombies: Apocalypse A Love
Story, Perhaps. And another time, one of
our titles was Lady Gaga Goes to Hogwarts,
where we combined Lady Gaga and Harry
Potter stuff into one world.
We never know whats going to happen
in a Baby [Wants Candy] show, says Semar.
All we know is that were going to do a
musical, and its going to be based on a
suggestion from the audience. Those are the
only things we know for sure. He laughs.
And hopefully its going to be funny.
Chances are excellent that it will be, at
least if the rave reviews are to be trusted.
With the Chicago Sun-Times describing
Baby Wants Candy as Chicagos most
consistently funny and crowd-pleasing
show and Time Out Chicago calling it
one of those shows all audiences aspire to
see more than once, this unique musical-
improv experience has been a much-loved
Windy City entertainment since its debut
in 1995. (Baby Wants Candy performs
every Friday night at 10:30 p.m. at Chicagos
Apollo Theater.)
Currently, there are also branches of
the show in New York and Los Angeles,
with veteran participants including 30
Rocks Jack McBrayer and Saturday Night
Lives Seth Meyers and Rachel Dratch. And
between the weekly, big-city engagements
and frequent touring destinations, Baby
Lady Gaga Goes to Hogwarts
Musical-Comedy Improvisation with Baby Wants Candy, October 1 at Augustana College
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by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com
MONEYBALL
On paper, the casting of Brad Pitt
as Oakland As General Manager Billy
Beane in Moneyball must have seemed
inspired. On screen, its so, so much better
than that. Pitt has, of course, given many
wonderful performances over the past
two decades (and just as many blandly
acceptable or downright dreary ones).
But to my mind, his Billy Beane driven,
hopeful, cocky, incensed, funny, tender,
and smart as hell is the actors first
chance to employ all of his gifts in the
service of an emotionally expansive, fully
shaped character, and Pitts beautiful and
generous work here is truly a sight to
behold. Director Bennett Millers last feature
film was his 2005 debut Capote, which netted
Philip Seymour Hoffman a Best Actor Oscar.
With Moneyball, Miller might find himself
batting 2-for-2 for his stars in that category.
Based on a celebrated nonfiction by
Michael Lewis, the movie was written by
Oscar-fted screenwriters Steven Zaillian
and Aaron Sorkin (with a story by Stan
Chervin), and perhaps only authors as
talented as they are could have made
the subject of statistical analysis this
entertaining, and this moving. In many ways,
Moneyball is a traditional triumph-of-the-
underdog sports flick, with Pitts Beane,
against much opposition, gradually turning
a team of misfit players into champs. (The
majority of the film is set during the 2002
season, when the As won a borderline-
miraculous 20 consecutive games.) Yet
Millers and his writers triumph is less about
baseball than the business of baseball
primarily the (at the time) radical notion of
sabermetrics, a number-crunching analysis
capable of finding enormous cost-saving and
game-winning value in ballplayers thought
to have little or no professional value. When
Moneyball isnt on the field, its generally
in the offices of Beane and his newly hired
assistant Peter Brand (Jonah Hill), a timid,
incredibly bright Yale graduate who converts
Beane to the sabermetrics cause. And in the
almost comically perfect pairing of Pitt and
Hill, riffing together with the skill and grace
of seasoned jazz musicians, Millers outing
reveals the thrill of the victories behind the
victories, earned through a careful balance
of intuition and solid facts. (The scene
of Beane and Brand negotiating a trade
agreement through callers on several phone
lines is particularly cogent and exhilaratingly
well-executed.)
Scene by scene, nothing in Moneyball
not even the de rigueur Big Game, which
lands 20 minutes before the pictures actual
end feels at all melodramatic or phony.
From Beanes curt
exchanges with As
manager Art Howe
(a marvelously blunt
Philip Seymour
Hoffman), with their
currents of intense
hostility and mutual
loathing, to Beanes
playful, delicate
rapport with his
pre-teen daughter (a
wondrously charming
Kerris Dorsey), you
wholly believe in every
on-screen moment
here, and the cast is unerringly fine. (Chris
Pratt, terrific on TVs Parks & Recreation,
breaks your heart with just a few simple
readings and reaction shots, and the all-
but-unrecognizable Arliss Howard is so
spectacularly naturalistic in his cameo as
Red Sox owner John Henry that my friend
and I were convinced that Miller had hired
an untrained actor for the role, albeit an
exceptionally gifted one.)
Yet for all of its strengths and Wally
Pfisters cinematography and Christopher
Tellefsens editing have to count as major
ones this best-film-of-2011-to-date likely
wouldnt be the best film of 2011 to date
without Brad Pitt. Like Tom Cruise in Jerry
Maguire or Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich,
Moneyballs lead delivers capitalized Movie-
Star Acting of the highest caliber here; the
role seems to fit the performer as snugly as
a glove, but its also a wonderful showcase
for all the quirky little bursts of personality
and eccentricity and soulfulness that make
Pitt Pitt. (Hes as capable of cracking you up
with a silly, elbow-thrusting waddle down
a hallway as he is of making you teary-eyed
with Beanes subtly wrenching reaction to
the As 20th victory.) I couldnt possibly love
Pitts portrayal more, and Im not sure I
could love Millers film more, either. Baseball
is the great American pasttime; Moneyball is
a great American movie.
ABDUCTION
See Taylor Lautner. See Taylor run. See
Taylor jump. See Taylor pose. (And pose.
And pose.) See Taylor attempt to be an action
star in director John Singletons latest misfire.
See Taylor fail. See Taylor stare blankly
when trying for intensity. See Taylor stare
blankly when trying for sincerity. See Taylor
scrunch up his face a little when trying for
confusion. (See the whole audience looking
confused.) See Maria Bello kick a bit of tail
as Taylors mom. See Alfred Molina offer
a bit of professionalism as an untrustworthy
CIA agent. See Sigourney Weaver looking
thoroughly humiliated. See a Eurotrash
villain threaten to kill all of Taylors Facebook
friends. (See an auditorium of viewers
howling with laughter.) See a wannabe star
vehicle so ass-kissy and contrived and mind-
numbingly stupid that it might just be a new
camp classic. See Abduction. But see it at
your own risk.
For reviews of Killer Elite and other current
releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
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(Editors note: The River
Cities Reader each month
will feature an image or
images from the Quad
Cities Photography Club.)
T
he Quad Cities
Photography Clubs
Summer Chal-
lenge lets members really
show their creativity and
photographic abilities.
At the beginning of the
summer, each member is
given a topic for a photo
to create and have shown
at the September meeting.
This month we feature
two of those images.
Margi Pajunens
topic was feather.
She explained that her topic was more
of a challenge than she expected. She
tried ideas with various feathers, but
nothing satisfied her, as she was trying for
something different and cool. She came
across this ornament, put a feather inside,
and gave it another try, saying that this
photo was her last-ditch effort. The only
editing she did was a little cropping.
The topic for Marty Farwell was eye
to eye. She pondered this for most of the
summer, finally taking a closeup photo of
the eye of a needle. In Photoshop she then
selected the needle and moved it in front
of a human eye that she had cropped out of
another photograph, creating this montage.
The Quad Cities Photography Club holds
digital and print competitions most months.
At its meetings, members discuss the
images, help each other to improve, and
socialize. The club meets at 6:30 p.m. the
first Thursday of the month September
through June at the Butterworth Center,
1105 Eighth Street in Moline. The club also
has special learning workshops and small
groups that meet on specific photography
topics.
For more information on the club, call
(563)332-6522 or visit QCPhotoClub.
com. To see works by club members, visit
QCCC.SmugMug.com.
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River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 788 September 29 - October 12, 2011 1
Whats Happenin
Theatre
God of Carnage
Village Theatre
Thursday, October 6, through Sunday, October 16
A
living-room set. Four well-dressed
characters. Conversation about
careers and families and relationships.
Basically a play like any other ... except for
the projectile vomiting.
Actually, even without that latter
element, God of Carnage isnt your
everyday theatrical outing, as audiences
will likely discover when New Ground
Theatre stages author Yasmina Rezas
acclaimed work October 6 through 16. The
winner of three 2009 Tony Tony Awards
including Best Play, this Americanized
version of the biting French comedy may
appear traditional. But as those familiar
with the playwrights Art well
know, Reza is a modern-day
master at exposing the frequently
hilarious ugliness beneath
seemingly serene faades.
God of Carnage concerns two
well-to-do couples who meet to
discuss an after-school fight between their
sons, one that led to the loss of a couple
of teeth. Yet as the evening commences
and the booze flows (along with, um,
additional liquid substances), numerous
other things are also lost, among them the
parents dignity, civility, and control.
What starts as a friendly chat eventually
degenerates into full-out verbal warfare,
and in director Derek Bertelsens
production, that warfare will be acted out
by four familiar local actors: Jason Platt
of New Grounds August: Osage County,
Jackie Madunic of the Richmond Hill
Barn Theatres Marvins Room, Jonathan
Grafft of the Harrison Hilltop Theatres
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and
Melissa Anderson Clark of Quad
City Music Guilds The Drowsy
Chaperone. These performers will
no doubt have a ball enacting a play
that the New York Times praised
for inciting the kind of laughter
that comes from the gut, as involuntary as
hiccups or belching. Or ... well, you know.
And on that note, Id recommend
getting to the theatre early, folks. I dont
know what Bertelsen has planned for the
infamous upchuck moment, but I do know
that Im immediately snagging a back-row
seat, just in case.
God of Carnage will be performed in
the Village of East Davenports Village
Theatre, performances are at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30
p.m. on Sundays, and tickets are available
by calling (563)326-7529 or visiting
NewGroundTheatre.org.
Theatre
A New Brain
Galvin Fine Arts Center
Friday, October 7, through Sunday, October 9
S
o whos up for A New Brain? I know I am. Ive actually been
looking forward to A New Brain for almost a decade now, and ... .
Okay. Stop giggling, smart alecks. Im not
talking about a new brain for me. Im talking
about the stage production A New Brain, being
performed in St. Ambrose Universitys Galvin
Fine Arts Center October 7 through 9. And if
youre a musical-comedy fan, you should be
looking forward to it, too, especially if youre a
fellow admirer of William Finn, the composer
behind such beloved works as Falsettos and The
25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
Originally produced off-Broadway in 1998, A New Brain is a case
study in turning personal turmoil into exhilarating art, as its based on
Finns own experiences after being diagnosed with what appeared to
be a fatal brain tumor. (Thankfully for Finn, and for musical comedy
in general, he made a full recovery.) The show finds its similarly
afflicted protagonist, songwriter Gordon Schwinn, re-evaluating his
life and relationships during his hospital stay, a musical journey of
self-discovery dramatized in such songs as Craniotomy, Really
Lousy Day in the Universe, and Poor, Unsuccessful, & Fat.
But I may have picked misleading titles there. Because in truth, A
New Brain is a fanciful, tuneful, and glorious celebration of life, and
one that critics routinely champion; Variety magazine, for example,
wrote that the rewards for remaining receptive to Finns music are
immense, and stated that A New Brain deserves to be plucked from
obscurity and produced by innovative theatre companies around the
world.
With this forthcoming area presentation directed by Daniel
Rairdin-Hale, helmer of St. Ambroses recent Oedipus Rex and
Columbinus, innovation will no doubt be on display in the universitys
latest. And given Rairdin-Hales involvement and William Finns
exceptional wit and ear, I absolutely cant wait for A New Brain, which
will ... .
Stop giggling. I repeat: Its not a new brain for me. (Though, now
that I think of it, one might be useful in coming up with better
jokes ... .)
Performances are Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at
3 p.m., and tickets to A New Brain are available by calling (563)333-
6251 or visiting http://Web.SAU.edu/galvin.
Music
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks Series: Beethoven 5
Adler Theatre and Centennial Hall
Saturday, October 1, and Sunday, October 2
D
uh-duh-duh-du-u-u-u-u-uh! Duh-duh-
duh-du-u-u-u-uh!
As youre no doubt aware, thanks to my
almost superhuman ability to express musical
motifs in word form, thats the opening to one of
the most recognizable works in the classical-
music canon: Beethovens Symphony No. 5. Its
also a refrain that youll soon be
hearing in a stunning orchestral
arrangement, as conductor Mark
Russell Smith opens this years
Quad City Symphony Orchestra
Masterworks series with the program
Beethoven 5, being performed at the
Adler Theatre on October 1, and in
Augustana Colleges Centennial Hall
on October 2.
With the Chinese piano sensation
Haochen Zhang (pictured) appearing as a
special guest of the area ensemble, the first in
this seasons Masterworks presentations will
also feature the orchestras expert renditions of
Dvoraks Carnival Overture and Rachmaninoff s
Piano Concerto No. 3. Yet its the
musicians sure-to-be-stirring take
on Beethovens four-movement
masterpiece thats likely to be the
concerts highlight. And as a way
to whet your appetites for the
weekends performances, try your
hand at a bit of Symphony No. 5
trivia in the quiz to the right.
Saturdays Adler Theatre
performance begins at 7:30 p.m.,
Sundays Centennial Hall presentation starts at 2
p.m., and more information on both Quad City
Symphony Orchestra concerts is available by
calling (563)322-7276 or visiting QCSymphony.
com.
A n s w e r s : 1 B , 2 B , 3 A , 4 C , 5 T r u e . M a n , T w i t t e r w o u l d v e i r r i t a t e d t h e c r a p o u t o f H o f f m a n , h u h ?
1) In what year did the piece make its public premiere?
A) 1804
B) 1808
C) 1812
2) In what Viennese venue did the piece debut?
1) The Raimund Theater
2) Theater an der Wien
3) The Voksoper Theater
3) A typical performance of Symphony No. 5 lasts
roughly how long?
A) 30 minutes
B) 45 minues
C) An hour
4) What 1970s band adapted the piece into a disco hit
titled A Fifth of Beethoven?
A) Silver
B) Thin Lizzy
C) Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
5) True or false: Reviewing the work in the early 19th
Century, E.T.A. Hoffman wrote, No doubt the whole
rushes like an ingenious rhapsody past many a man, but
the soul of each thoughtful listener is assuredly stirred,
deeply and intimately, by a feeling that is none other than
that unutterable portentous longing, and until the final
chord indeed, even in the moments that follow it he
will be powerless to step out of that wondrous spirit realm
where grief and joy embrace him in the form of sound.
River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 788 September 29 - October 12, 2011 1
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Else
Is Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, September 29 The Miles
Davis Experience: 1949-1959. Concert
celebration of jazz music and one of its
most iconic innovators. Englert Theatre
(221 East Washington Street, Iowa City). 8
p.m. $20-35. For tickets and information,
call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Thursday, September 29 The Joey
DeFrancesco Trio. Concert sets with
the king of the Hammond B-3 organ, in
a Hancher Auditorium presentation. The
Mill (120 East Burlington Street, Iowa City).
7:30 and 10 p.m. $10-25. For tickets and
information, call (319)335-1160 or visit
http://www.Hancher.UIowa.edu.
Friday, September 30 Bobby Vin-
ton. Chart-topping pop-music icon in con-
cert. Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention
Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf ).
7:30 p.m. $20-30. For tickets and informa-
tion, call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Friday, September 30 The Alloy
Orchestra: Metropolis. Three-man
ensemble performs live musical accom-
paniment to Fritz Langs silent-film classic.
Englert Theatre (221 East Washington
Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $12-15. For tickets
and information, call (319)688-2653 or
visit Englert.org.
Sunday, October 2 The Academy
of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber
Ensemble. A Hancher Auditorium
Theatre
God of Carnage
Village Theatre
Thursday, October 6, through Sunday, October 16
A
living-room set. Four well-dressed
characters. Conversation about
careers and families and relationships.
Basically a play like any other ... except for
the projectile vomiting.
Actually, even without that latter
element, God of Carnage isnt your
everyday theatrical outing, as audiences
will likely discover when New Ground
Theatre stages author Yasmina Rezas
acclaimed work October 6 through 16. The
winner of three 2009 Tony Tony Awards
including Best Play, this Americanized
version of the biting French comedy may
appear traditional. But as those familiar
with the playwrights Art well
know, Reza is a modern-day
master at exposing the frequently
hilarious ugliness beneath
seemingly serene faades.
God of Carnage concerns two
well-to-do couples who meet to
discuss an after-school fight between their
sons, one that led to the loss of a couple
of teeth. Yet as the evening commences
and the booze flows (along with, um,
additional liquid substances), numerous
other things are also lost, among them the
parents dignity, civility, and control.
What starts as a friendly chat eventually
degenerates into full-out verbal warfare,
and in director Derek Bertelsens
production, that warfare will be acted out
by four familiar local actors: Jason Platt
of New Grounds August: Osage County,
Jackie Madunic of the Richmond Hill
Barn Theatres Marvins Room, Jonathan
Grafft of the Harrison Hilltop Theatres
Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and
Melissa Anderson Clark of Quad
City Music Guilds The Drowsy
Chaperone. These performers will
no doubt have a ball enacting a play
that the New York Times praised
for inciting the kind of laughter
that comes from the gut, as involuntary as
hiccups or belching. Or ... well, you know.
And on that note, Id recommend
getting to the theatre early, folks. I dont
know what Bertelsen has planned for the
infamous upchuck moment, but I do know
that Im immediately snagging a back-row
seat, just in case.
God of Carnage will be performed in
the Village of East Davenports Village
Theatre, performances are at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursdays through Saturdays and 2:30
p.m. on Sundays, and tickets are available
by calling (563)326-7529 or visiting
NewGroundTheatre.org.
Music
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Rock Island Brewing Company
Monday, October 10, 8 p.m.
O
bviously, news that the Black
Crowes were to go on yet another
hiatus after their Say Goodbye to the
Bad Guys tour was not what most
fans wanted to hear, wrote Alex
Khatchadourian in the Santa Barbara
Independent. Yet had we known that
the Crowes final notes would spawn the
all-American rock powerhouse known
as the Chris Robinson Brotherhood,
some people might have pleaded for
this much-needed break to begin much
sooner.
Thats probably all the praise that
fans need to hear in advance of RIBCOs
October 10 concert with the Chris
Robinson Brotherhood, which finds
Black Crowes frontman Robinson
jamming with the mighty talents of
keyboardist (and fellow Crowes member)
Adam MacDougall, guitarist Neal Casal,
bassist Mark Muddy Dutton, and
drummer George Sluppick. Yet a few
more words of praise for this electrifying,
California-based ensemble seem merited,
and because I appear incapable of writing
about bands without taking unnecessary
detours into movie trivia, I thought Id
leave it to the professionals.
Reviewing the Chris Robinson
Brotherhood in Bay Area magazine,
Dennis Cook described the group as a
rootsy, wily group of skilled players,
adding that after 20 years in the game,
Robinson is still hell-bent on innovating
... and he thrives when surrounded by
guys like this who understand that safe
and simple isnt the way to roll with
Chris.
Continuing his praise in the Santa
Barbara Independent, Khatchadourian
wrote that Robinson has fashioned a
troupe of musicians that undoubtedly
channels classic-rock greats like Lynyrd
Skynyrd, all the while serving up songs
that unload a hefty amount of bluesy
guitar solos with just the right amount of
Southern-rock crunch.
And covering a Chris Robinson
Brotherhood set for the Sacramento Press,
Lindol French raved about the extended
jam with all of the musicians showing
off their prodigious chops that sent the
crowd into a tizzy.
So lets hear it for RIBCO for bringing
this outstanding new rock outfit to the
Quad Cities. And, for my part, lets hear
it for Cook, Khatchadourian, and French
for allowing me to compose a piece on
Robinsons group without resorting to
any mention of Kate Hudson.
Shoot. So close.
Tickets are $15, and for more
information on October 10s Chris
Robinson Brotherhood concert, call
(309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.
A n s w e r s : 1 B , 2 B , 3 A , 4 C , 5 T r u e . M a n , T w i t t e r w o u l d v e i r r i t a t e d t h e c r a p o u t o f H o f f m a n , h u h ?
1) In what year did the piece make its public premiere?
A) 1804
B) 1808
C) 1812
2) In what Viennese venue did the piece debut?
1) The Raimund Theater
2) Theater an der Wien
3) The Voksoper Theater
3) A typical performance of Symphony No. 5 lasts
roughly how long?
A) 30 minutes
B) 45 minues
C) An hour
4) What 1970s band adapted the piece into a disco hit
titled A Fifth of Beethoven?
A) Silver
B) Thin Lizzy
C) Walter Murphy & the Big Apple Band
5) True or false: Reviewing the work in the early 19th
Century, E.T.A. Hoffman wrote, No doubt the whole
rushes like an ingenious rhapsody past many a man, but
the soul of each thoughtful listener is assuredly stirred,
deeply and intimately, by a feeling that is none other than
that unutterable portentous longing, and until the final
chord indeed, even in the moments that follow it he
will be powerless to step out of that wondrous spirit realm
where grief and joy embrace him in the form of sound.
A Time of Malfeasance, Through October 14 at the Figge
Portraits of Corruption
by Michelle Garrison
michelle_m_garrison@hotmail.com
W
hat kind of person
habitually lies, cheats,
and steals? In the
exhibit A Time of Malfeasance at
the Figge Art Museum, print-
maker Virginia Myers visualizes
corruption through the psycho-
logical landscapes in which its
perpetrators reside.
Malfeasance refers to a public
official abusing his or her
post, either through illicit or
harmful endeavors. The early
1970s, when these works were
created, was a period of political
turmoil Vietnam, Watergate,
oil embargoes, and economic
recession. Although this historical
context was a likely influence on
Myers, the artist doesnt reference
these events specifically; instead,
she abstracts the mindset of the
participants.
Myers has been a professor in
the University of Iowa Fine Arts
Department since 1962 and has
been working in printmaking
for more than 50 years. The
Malfeasance prints were made
using dry-point etching, a process
in which the artist scratches the
image into a copper plate, inks the
surface, and prints it with a press
onto paper.
The show includes 21
individual prints, with six framed
in pairs. The largest of the group
measures roughly three by two-
and-a-half feet, with the smaller
works sized approximately 10 by
12 inches. Completed in 1974,
this series was gifted to the Figge
by collector Herbert Tyler. These
works, located on the second
floor, will be on display through
October 14.
All of Myerss prints in this
show prominently feature
people specifically, their faces
and hands. The body of work
could be divided into two main
approaches: the simple and
secretive, and the complex and
chaotic.
Although more subdued, the simpler
images have a clear aura of suspicion, or
hiding, communicated through the gestures
and facial expressions of their subjects.
Their sparse backgrounds make the subjects
appear totally alone, as if isolated by their
own betrayals. Although its apparent that
many of the subjects are guilty parties, some
works are ambiguous; corruption inspires
suspicion on the part of constituents, as well.
A standout print, alluring with the
subjects iris-less, gaze, is A Time of
Malfeasance #3. A stern, gender-ambiguous
face, realistic except for its oversize blank
eyes, looks down its nose at the viewer. The
outline of its head has been replaced with
a fuzzy trapezoid, giving the impression of
a flat plane behind the head. The figures
hands rest in the foreground, fingers
intertwined in a contemplative pose. The
background is white, and the piece lacks
rendering but for the face. The creepiness of
the white-eyed stare, ambivalent expression,
and hand gesture reminds me of the fat-cat
villain archetype. The subjects downward
gaze suggests our inferiority to this figure.
Although the portrait is enigmatic, it clearly
portrays those in authority viewing others
through a lens of power.
ART
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Cheers to a
tasty evening
The Midwest Writing Center Presents:
Lunch with Jennifer Chiaverini
New York Times Bestselling
Author of the Elm Creek Quilts
series on tour for her new book,
The Wedding Quilt.
November 7, 2011 at Noon at The Radisson Hotel, 111 E.
2nd St., Davenport, IA 52801
Door prizes!
Lunch with dessert!
Listen to Jennifer speak and have
the opportunity to purchase her book and have her sign it!
$20 per person by October 1st & $25 thereafter
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Made possible by:
Roberts, he said, offered an exercise in
which a guitarist slowly plays random notes,
never on the same string consecutively, as a
way to hear new possibilities.
Theres so much in music to learn,
he said. Youll never exhaust the
possibilities. And that can be really
overwhelming. Its why a lot of people give
up and stop being creative, I think rock
bands in particular. ...
Every combination of notes that I know
on the fretboard might be great, but Im
never going to run out of combinations of
notes on the fretboard. So Im still working
at it. I have to, because its part of what
makes me happy. ... Its more satisfying than
having a guitar-shaped pool.
Helmet will perform on Saturday, October
8, at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue in Rock
Island). The show starts at 8 p.m. and
also features Eleven Fifty-Two and the
Post Mortems. Tickets are $15 in advance
(available from RIBCO.com) and $20 the day
of the show.
For more information on Helmet, visit
HelmetMusic.com.
Continued From Page 6
doing this tour in a van, and Im 51. I know
at a certain point itll become impractical.
He suggested that Helmet is a priority as a
result, that he can pursue his musical career
in jazz full-time when he cant go on with
his best-known band: I can sit down when
I play jazz. I cant really sit down when I play
Helmet. Its very demanding.
Hamilton said he hopes he will be smart
enough to stop when the proper time
comes, but right now I feel like Im singing
better than I ever have, and my playing is
better, as well, and I love the new album. I
really enjoy playing the songs live.
He also doesnt view Helmet and jazz
guitar as separate entities; they inform each
other. Helmet has made my jazz playing
better, and obviously jazz has influenced the
way I write and the way I play and even the
way I sing ... , he said. I dont look at it like
it [Helmet] takes away from anything. They
complement each other for sure. Peopleve
asked me for years, I dont hear jazz in
Helmet. And Im like, Well, youre not
listening close enough then.
And he said that theres plenty of musical
territory to discover and explore even in
the relatively narrow confines of Helmet.
Inexhaustible Possibilities
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
COVER STORY
times.
The whole concept behind what
were doing when were together, Semar
continues, is that were all on stage to
support each other and help each other. If
youve got that trust there, it helps build
the show. And Baby is an organization that
tends to hire really good people that you
can trust on stage.
Its an exhilarating thing. Its essentially
like when youre a kid and youre playing
pretend, whether its superheroes or little
girls playing house. Its all just pretend, and
with Baby, you get to do that in a socially
acceptable format as an adult again.
Baby Wants Candy plays Augustana
Colleges Centennial Hall on Saturday,
October 1 at 8 p.m. The performance will
be preceded by an opener with saxophonist
Matt Corey, tickets are $8, and more
information and reservations are available
by calling (309)794-7306.
For more information on the Baby
Wants Candy improv troupe, visit
BabyWantsCandy.com.
animal ... a subculture within a subculture,
Semar says that knowing when its time to
burst into song can be one of the trickier
aspects to performing in Baby Wants
Candy.
Sometimes players will just start singing,
and then our musical director starts playing
underneath them, he says. But more often
than not, the musical director calls it. Hes
on the keyboard and is watching the show
intently, and when he feels the scene has
gotten to the point where it warrants a
song, he starts one. Sometimes its a pacing
thing, but most of the time its because the
emotion of the scene has heightened to the
point where it deserves a song.
As the musical director launches into his
(also improvised) tunes, says Semar, the
cast follows suit. In improv, theres the idea
of group mind where everybodys sort
of feeling the same thing at the same time.
And so when the musical director starts
playing a bit, well just know, Yeah, were
going into a song here. Its sort of this thing
where were almost reading each others
minds. Where were totally in the present,
but also trying to predict the future at all
Lady Gaga Goes to Hogwarts
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
COMEDY
though improved reflexive trainings have
corrected this natural reluctance to kill.
United we must stand Americans, clean-
cut cops, and tattooed protesters alike
against that destroyer of America, Wall
Street.
Last week, there was a New York City
protest against cuts to the public schools. It
took place at Tweed Courthouse, only half
a mile from the Occupy Wall Street rally,
but unlike the anti-Wall Street activists,
these protesters were mostly above 35 years
old, with many of them black or Hispanic.
It would have been wonderful had these
public-school teachers marched over to
the Wall Street protest, for it is precisely
Wall Street that has bankrupted their state
and city, putting their jobs in jeopardy.
Dear teachers, do join these brave young
protesters, because Wall Street is also your
enemy. Dearest everybody, Wall Street is
the vampire whos draining blood from all
of our bodies.
Linh Dinh is a poet, fiction writer, and
photographer. His blog is State of the Union
(LinhDinhPhotos.Blogspot.com).
tattoos, or piercings, they are fighting for
you, too. To their credit, the protesters have
made overtures to these cops by offering
them coffee and water, but the cops, keen
to maintain separation, have declined.
During the massive protest at
Tiananmen Square, there was initially
much fraternization between protesters
and soldiers. They conversed, established
common cause, and did not wish to harm
each other, so the government had to truck
in troops from distant provinces, many of
them not even Han Chinese, to commit the
massacre. Also, in that famous photo of the
protester who stopped a line of tanks, recall
the restraint of that tank driver. Though
trained and brought in to kill, this soldier
couldnt do it, at least in that instance.
With these Wall Street skirmishes, and
many more battles to come, one has to
hope for that solidarity and fraternization.
Though the belligerent will always
gravitate toward jobs that allow them
access to weapons, incorrigible psychotics
are relatively few, for even in a gung-ho
uniform, most men arent overeager to
inflict pains on another. In fact, before
the Vietnam War, most soldiers did
not even fire their rifles during battles,
Wall Street Vs. Everybody
by Linh Dinh
GUEST COMMENTARY
Portraits of Corruption
by Michelle Garrison
michelle_m_garrison@hotmail.com
A Time of Malfeasance #10 is even
quieter, visually, but offers a sense of
mystery. This portrait appears more
feminine; we see a single eye, a pursed
mouth, and a delicate nose. Only three-
quarters of the face is visible, and Myers
has obscured the remainder, implying
peeking through a curtain, or hiding behind
hair, through the use of a thin sinuous
line on both sides of the visible center of
the face. The measuring expression in the
eyes portrays suspicion rather than fear.
The delicate linework and features make
this portrait seem less threatening, but the
sidelong glance and partially hidden face
give the feeling of a covert agenda.
Another simple work implying a
calculative ruse is A Time of Malfeasance
#15. This strongly horizontal composition
features just the eyes and the bridge of a
nose in the right half of the composition,
with a single line swooping across the left
half. The eyes peer at the viewer, with a
blank expression. Myers has exaggerated
the angular qualities of the rendering
around the eyes, and embellished the brow
ridge and cheekbones with an oval-shaped
perimeter, making the eyes seem part of a
fancy, Mardi Gras-like mask, or an inhuman
face. The line swooping into nowhere on the
left implies that the face is in motion, all the
while keeping its gaze locked. The keen stare
suggests shrewdness, but the distorted mask
elements and suggested gliding movement
hint at a plan in action.
A Time of Malfeasance #8 is visually
busier, with denser linework and more
ink on the page. The background is a
gradient from dark at the top to white at
the bottom, giving this figure a subtle sense
of spatial context. He appears bemused,
looking up, with a slight tilt to his head.
A hand emerges from the top left of the
print, carefully pinching a flat white
shape that appears to be either part of or
directly behind the abstracted, angular
face. Its unclear if the hand is depositing
or taking this shape. Other forms like cut
paper are poking out of his closed lips,
either being expelled or gobbled up. The
ambiguity of taking or receiving hints at
the cycle of money and favors between
malefactors. Although this might seem an
overly political interpretation, the clear
reference to paper and the blunt titling of
the exhibit insist upon this consideration.
The more amused expression in this work
stands out from the rest; while the others
are more powerful or paranoid, this work
appears to reference the glib or entitled
qualities of malfeasance.
The second component of the exhibit
consists of turbulent compositions with
more figures and visual embellishments.
These works appear less about the mindset
of the malfeasant individuals and more
about their interactions with others,
showing relationships between powerful
figures and their victims.
Exhibiting an unusual yet effective
presentation and application of the print
medium are A Time of Malfeasance #11
and #12. The two are framed together, and
appear more as a diptych than separate
works, with compositions that flow
together.
Part of what makes this image so striking
is the atypical use of the printing plates.
Instead of engraving the whole image onto
a rectangular plate, Myers used custom-
shaped plates, allowing for key areas of the
composition to remain untouched by the
press. This results in areas retaining the
bright white and unindented relief of the
original paper. The shattered, gauntleted
texture of a hand and the bright burst of a
spark are enhanced as focal points because
of this method.
The hand, appearing covered in angular
shapes, emerges from the left corner of #11
with a spark flashing from a finger. Partially
obscured by the hand is a face, from whose
mouth flows a stream of lines and shapes,
full of fire-like and organic forms. This
stream crosses the space between the two
prints, then coalesces into a face, which
composes the subject of #12.
This portrait, on the right in #12,
appears to be suppressing rage, with an
exaggeratedly pinched mouth and bulging
eyes. His head appears to fade into the
distance, with repeated curved lines
suggesting rapid motion or wind moving to
the upper right corner. Flame-like shapes
hover in front of his face the hand in #11
kindling or attempting to extinguish them.
Both the stream and spark could
represent the potential of those in power to
create or destroy, with the hands and mouth
representing action and words, respectively.
A different face resides in #11, with a hand
emerging from below to press his lips shut.
This seems to be another reference to the
power to silence.
A Time of Malfeasance #9 uses a packed,
disorderly style, employing a repeated
motif of talking mouths. A rectangular,
worried-looking face is the focal point
in the center. The head appears as part
of a totem-pole-like composition, with
various mouths haphazardly stacked
above and below the face. A smoke-like
pillar wafts from above the left eye of the
face, drifting off the left top corner of the
image. Some of the mouths also appear to
be releasing an exhalation that resembles
smoke and abstracted botanical motifs. The
disembodied mouths are rendered with
scratchy lines, giving a creepy effect. Their
seemingly disjointed arrangement creates
a cacophony one can almost hear them
talking over one another. This seems to be
another reference to the power of words
this time as a way to confuse.
Myers prints fuse a mastery of a
traditional and technically challenging
medium with a modern illustrative style,
and explore a relatively specific theme in an
open, expressive way. Her employment of
both sparse and chaotic visual approaches
reflects the conniving yet ruthless qualities
of a person in power who would betray the
public trust.
Michelle Garrison is a mixed-media artist
who teaches art and design at Geneseo
Middle School.
ART
CLOCKWISE FROM ABOVE LEFT: A Time of Malfeasance #11, #12, and #8
presentation featuring one of Europes fin-
est and most beloved chamber ensembles.
Iowa City High Schools Opstad Auditorium
(1900 Morningside Drive, Iowa City). 3 p.m.
$20-45. For tickets and information, call
(319)335-1160 or visit http://www.Hancher.
UIowa.edu.
Thursday, October 6 Reba. Coun-
try-music legend in concert, with special
guests Band Perry, Steel Magnolia, and
Edens Edge. i wireless Center (1201 River
Drive, Moline). 7:30 p.m. $27.50-72. For
tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit
iwirelessCenter.com.
Thursday, October 6 The Poison Con-
trol Center. Iowa-based indie rockers in
an Intimate at the Englert concert. Englert
Theatre (221 East Washington Street, Iowa
City). 8 p.m. $5. For tickets and information,
call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Friday, October 7 Chicago. Chart-top-
ping pop superstars in concert. i wireless
Center (1201 River Drive, Moline). 7:30 p.m.
$33.50-48.50. For tickets, call (800)745-3000
or visit iwirelessCenter.com.
Friday, October 7 Nappy Roots.
Southern rap and pop musicians in concert
with opener Mathien. The Redstone Room
(129 Main Street, Davenport). 9 p.m.
$15-18. For tickets and information, call
(563)326-1333 or visit RedstoneRoom.com.
Friday, October 7 Iris DeMent.
Grammy-nominated country-folk per-
former in concert, with an opening set by
Alexis Stevens. Englert Theatre (221 East
Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $25.
For tickets and information, call (319)688-
2653 or visit Englert.org.
Saturday, October 8 Helmet. Alterna-
tive metal band in concert, with openers
Eleven Fifty Two and The Post Mortems.
Rock Island Brewing Company (1815
Second Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $15-20.
For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit
RIBCO.com.
Saturday, October 8 Straight No
Chaser. Acclaimed a cappella ensemble in
concert. Quad-Cities Waterfront Conven-
tion Center (1777 Isle Parkway, Bettendorf ).
7:30 p.m. $10-15. For tickets and informa-
tion, call (800)724-5825 or visit Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
Saturday, October 8 Pieta Brown.
An Intimate at the Englert concert with
the roots-rock musician. Englert Theatre
(221 East Washington Street, Iowa City). 8
p.m. $15. For tickets and information, call
(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Saturday, October 8, and Sunday,
October 9 Voices & Keys. Concerts with
the vocal ensemble the Nova Singers,
featuring Ashlee Mack on piano. Saturday
The Orpheum Theatre (57 South Kellogg
Street, Galesburg), 7:30 p.m. Sunday First
Congregational Church (2201 Seventh
Avenue, Moline), 4 p.m. $12-16. For tickets
and information, call (309)341-7038 or visit
http://Departments.Knox.edu/novasingers/
concerts.html.
Wednesday, October 12 Moondance
for Karli Rose Kell. Event featuring live
music by area performers and special
guests, hors doeuvres, a cash bar, and all
proceeds benefiting the Karli Rose Kell
Music Scholarship Fund at the River Music
Experience. The Redstone Room (129 Main
Street, Davenport). 6 p.m. $15. For tickets
RedstoneRoom.com.
Wednesday, October 12 Janelle
Mone. Concert featuring the Grammy
Award-nominated R&B performer, with fun.
performing an opening set. Iowa Memorial
Union Main Lounge (125 North Madison
Street, Iowa City). For tickets, call (800)745-
3000 or visit http://Scope.UIowa.edu.
THEATRE
Thursday, September 29, through
Saturday, November 5 The Marvelous
Wonderettes. Musical comedy featuring
1950s girl-group hits. Circa 21 Dinner
Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock
Island). Fridays, Saturdays, Wednesdays,
and September 29 5:45 p.m. doors, 6-7
p.m. buffet, 7:15 p.m. pre-show, 7:45 p.m.
performance. Sundays 3:45 p.m. doors, 4-
5 p.m. buffet, 5:15 p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m.
performance. Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.
doors, 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. plated lunch,
1 p.m. pre-show, 1:30 p.m. performance.
$41.28-47.55. For tickets and information,
call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit
Circa21.com.
Saturday, October 1 Baby Wants
Candy. Comedy troupe performs an impro-
vised, one-hour musical comedy based on
an audience suggestion, with an opener
by saxophonist Matt Corey. Augustana
Colleges Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh
Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $8. For tickets
Augustana.edu.
Friday, October 7, through Sunday,
October 16 The Cherry Orchard. Curt
Columbus translation of Anton Chekhovs
masterpiece. University of Iowas E.C. Mabie
Theatre (200 North Riverside Drive, Iowa
City). Wednesdays-Saturdays 8 p.m.; Sun-
days 2 p.m. $10-17. For tickets and informa-
tion, call (319)335-1160 or visit http://www.
Hancher.UIowa.edu.
LITERATURE
Saturday, October 8 Pen-in-Hand
Conference. All-day conference featuring
individual workshops on Writing & Taxes
with Ann Capion, Intellectual Property
with Ellen Tsagaris, Sonnet Play with
Ryan Collins, Creating Buzz for You & Your
Book with Twila Belk, and Creative Writing
Basics with Jodie Toohey. Midwest Writing
Center (225 East Second Street, Suite 303,
Davenport). $20-25 per workshop. For
information and to register, call (563)324-
1410 or visit MidwestWritingCenter.org.
EXHIBITS
Friday, September 30, through Satur-
day, October 29 Living Proof. Exhibit of
works celebrating the spirit of breast-can-
cer survivors. Bucktown Center for the Arts
(225 East Second Street). Wednesdays-Sat-
urdays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Opening reception
on September 30 at 6 p.m. Free admission.
For information, call (309)781-6227 or visit
LivingProofExhibit.com. For a River Cities
Reader feature article on the exhibit, visit
RCReader.com/y/proof.
Tuesday, October 11, through Friday,
November 18 Red Memories. Exhibit
featuring the paintings of Peter Xiao. St.
Ambrose Universitys Catich Gallery (2101
Gaines Street, Davenport). Mondays-Fri-
days 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Reception on October 14
at 5 p.m. Free admission. For information,
call (563)209-1287 or visit http://Web.SAU.
edu/catich. For a 2009 River Cities Reader
article on Xiaos work, visit RCReader.
com/y/xiao.
COMEDY
Friday, September 30 Passion Place.
Dinner and a new interactive comedy/
mystery with the Its a Mystery! troupe.
The Lodge Hotel (900 Spruce Hills Drive,
Bettendorf ). 6:30 p.m. $35. For information
and to reserve, call (563)359-1607 or visit
ItsAMysteryQC.com.
Wednesday, October 5 Trailer Park
Boys. The Canadian sketch-comedy trio
in their Drunk, High, & Unemployed Tour.
Englert Theatre (221 East Washington
Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $25. For tickets
Englert.org.
KIDS STUFF
Saturday, October 1 Snow White &
the Seven Dwarfs. Interactive family pro-
duction based on the Grimm fairy tale, with
the dwarfs selected from children in the
audience. Ohnward Fine Arts Center (1215
East Platt Street, Iowa City). 2 p.m. $8-15.
For tickets and information, call (563)652-
9815 or visit OhnwardFineArtsCenter.org.
Thursday, October 6 Max & Ruby:
Bunny Party. Stage production featuring
the Nick Jr. TV characters. Adler Theatre
(136 East Third Street, Davenport). 6:30 p.m.
$15-40. For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or
visit AdlerTheatre.com.
MOVIES
Tuesday, October 4 Around the World:
One Mans Journey. A screening in the
museums World Adventure Series, presented
by Doug Jones. Putnam Museum & IMAX
Theatre (1717 West 12th Street, Davenport).
1, 4, and 7 p.m. $4-6. For tickets and informa-
tion, call (563)324-1933 or visit Putnam.org.
Friday, September 30, through Friday,
January 6 Straight Up! Helicopters in
Action. Aerial documentary on the IMAX
screen, with narration by Martin Sheen.
Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre (1717
West 12th Street, Davenport). $8-12.50. For
tickets and showtimes, call (563)324-1933
or visit Putnam.org.
EVENTS
Thursday, September 29 Taste of the
Vine Fundraiser. Fundraising event featur-
ing a wine tasting, silent auction, live music,
and all proceeds benefiting the Junior
League of the Quad Cities. Hotel Blackhawk
(200 East Third Street, Davenport). 6 p.m.
$50. For information, call (815)222-1202.
Saturday, October 1, through Monday,
October 31 Terror at Skellington
Manor. Annual haunted-house experience
from the creators of Terror in the Woods.
Skellington Manor (420 18th Street, Rock Is-
land). Friday and Saturday 7 p.m.-midnight.
Thursday, Sunday, and Halloween night 7-
10 p.m. $12, $17 VIP pass. For information,
call (563)344-9187 or visit
TerrorAtSkellingtonManor.com.
Sunday, October 2 Quad City Area
CROP Hunger Walk. An event co-spon-
sored by Churches United of the Quad City
Area, featuring live music by Lojo Russo.
Modern Woodmen Park (209 South Gaines
Street, Davenport). 1-4 p.m. Donations
encouraged. For information, call (563)332-
5002 or (309)230-0233, or visit CUQCA.org.
Saturday, October 8 A Call to Remem-
brance Featuring Billy Ray Cyrus & Mike
Huckabee. A celebration of the armed
forces, with speakers and musical guests
including Josh Gracin, Sarah Darling, Den-
nis Wilson, Becky Lee Hinton, Twila Paris,
and Medal of Honor recipient Sal Giunta. i
wireless Center (1201 River Drive, Moline).
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Girl with a
Wait Problem
I met a really great girl before deploying
to Iraq. Weve gotten as close as two people
can while physically separate, but she is
sexually frustrated to the max and wants to
have an unemotional hookup. She suggests
we each have a last fling before we start our
relationship (when my deployment ends in
60 days). Well, Im in an all-male unit, and
when Im home, I want to be with her. Shes
attending a wedding this weekend (single
guys, hotel rooms, open bar, et cetera). She
says not to worry, but I know how much she
wants this. I just fear that any hookup she had
might stick in my mind and keep me from
giving her my very best. How can I encourage
her to hang on a little longer? Barring that,
how do I get okay with this?
Fraught
Oh, yay. You, too, are allowed a last fling. And
lucky you, youve got your pick of a bunch of big,
dusty, sweaty men in camouflage pants. Theres
no open bar, but there is an open desert, stocked
with a variety of IEDs. Luckily, this doesnt stop
groups of young single females from wandering
past the base, but the old bearded goatherd
urging them on with a stick surely frowns on
interspecies hookups.
Probably many readers first thought is, Jeez,
the guys off in a war zone. Cant Miss Ants in
Her Panties keep her legs crossed for another 60
days? The truth is, maybe not, no matter what
you say. The question is, can you deal? It may
help to understand why you feel so threatened.
Your feelings go way back, and I mean way.
Like 1.8 million years, to genetic adaptations
that helped our male forebears guard against
paternity uncertainty. Today, figuring out who
a kids daddy is just takes a DNA test, and birth
control can eliminate the question entirely.
These vintage genes of ours are the problem.
Were wandering around the latter part of 2011
biologically and psychologically calibrated for
life in the Stone Age, and complex cognitive
adaptations such as Yo, DNA! In 1951, Carl
Djerassi invented the Pill! take hundreds or
thousands of generations to get wired in.
It might help to recognize that sex isnt special
or isnt necessarily special. Insects have sex,
and not because one particular bug means more
to them than any other, but because the urge to
get it on is just one of many physical urges of
living critters, like the urge to eat lunch. Yeah,
okay, on a realistic note, youd probably feel a
lot less hurt and threatened if she were talking
about some guy at the wedding slipping her a
roast-beef sandwich.
Still, assuming theres no pregnancy, disease,
or continued attachment, yesterdays sex act is
no more relevant than yesterdays lunch. What
gives it relevance is the importance you decide
to place on it. Can you see this hookup as
something she just needs to check off her single-
girl bucket list? Or will you preserve whatever
happens like a fossil in amber, poisoning your
potential future together with a never-ending
symposium on a tiny bit of her past? To start
fresh together, its probably wise to have a what
happens at the wedding stays at the wedding
policy. This way, youll lack the details (if any)
to make a dirty little movie you can run on a
loop in your head which may keep you from
making the mistake so many jealous men do:
turning their womans forgettable drunken
hookup before they were even a couple into the
most unforgettable sex shes ever had.
Meet Joe BlackBerry
This girl Ive been dating for a couple
months really likes me, but Im not feeling
it. Because weve done a lot of texting, Im
thinking of breaking up with her by text. It
would be a lot less uncomfortable.
Departing
Getting dumped is bad enough; its worse
when your soon-to-be-ex not only wont spare
you face-time to do it but stiffs you on vowels.
(If your girlfriend doesnt have unlimited text
messaging, it could even cost her 20 cents to
find out its ovr.) Smart phones make life
easier, but not everything in life should be. Once
youve spent more than a few naked hours with
somebody, you can text them to tell them youre
late, but not that youre never coming back. As
for this girl, even though youre not feeling
it, breaking up in person will be hard for you,
and shell see that, making the experience less
dignity-eating than if you used your phone
as a buffer. In other words, compassion, not
cell-phone technology, should be driving your
breakup behavior. But if compassions not really
your thing, at least consider your text-messaging
limits, and maybe keep your phone in your
pocket and program your Roomba to go tell her
its over.
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peace with the fact that you deserve more than
your usual share of recognition, appreciation,
flirtations, and shortcuts. Please, Sagittarius?
Please dont let your chronic struggles or your
cynical views of the state of the world blind you to
the sudden, massive influx of luck. Pretty please
open your tough heart and skeptical mind to the
bounty that the universe is aching to send your
way.

CAPRICORN (December 22-
January 19): I like how astrologer
Hunter Reynolds encapsulates the
Capricornian imperative. If you can manage your
egos erratic moods and uneven motivations well
enough to offer a service with consistent quality,
he says, the world confers social recognition and
its accompanying material advantages on you.
The members of other signs may appear warmer
and fuzzier than you, but only because you
express your care for people through a strictness
of focus, disciplined work, and by being a
dependable helpmate. This describes you at your
best, of course; its not easy to meet such high
standards. But heres the good news: The omens
suggest you now have an excellent opportunity to
function at your very best.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Not being omniscient is a
really big drag for me, says poet Charles Harper
Webb. I sympathize with him. My life would be
so much easier and my power would be so much
more graceful if only I knew everything there is
to know. Thats why Im going to be a little jealous
of you in the coming weeks, Aquarius. You may
not be supremely authoritative about every single
subject, but you will have access to far more
intuitive wisdom than usual, and youll be making
extra good use of the analytical understandings
you have. Bonus: You will also be absorbing new
lessons at an elevated rate.

PISCES (February 19-March 20): John
Tyler was President of the United States
from 1841 to 1845. Believe it or not, two
of his grandsons are still alive today. Theyre Lyon
Gardiner Tyler and Harrison Ruffin Tyler, born
late in the life of their father, who was born late in
John Tylers life. I invite you to find some equally
amazing connection you have to the past, Pisces.
How is your destiny linked to the long ago and
faraway? I suspect you might find that distant
history will be more vital and important than
usual in the coming weeks.

Homework: At least 30 percent of everything
you and I know is more than half-wrong. Im
brave enough to admit it. Are you? Describe your
ignorance at FreeWillAstrology.com.
LEO (July 23-August 22):
Enigmatology is an infrequently-used
word that means the study of puzzles
and how to solve them. Im invoking it now to
highlight the fact that you need to call on some
unusual and idiosyncratic and possibly even
farfetched resources as you intensify your efforts
to solve the puzzles that are spread out before you.
The help youve called on in the past just wont
be enough for this new round of gamesmanship.
The theories and beliefs and strategies that have
brought you this far cant take you to the next
stage.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
This would not be a good time for you
to read the book called The Complete
Idiots Guide to Enhancing Self-Esteem.
In fact, it will never be the right time to read
it. While its true that at this juncture in your
life story you can make exceptional progress in
boosting your confidence and feeling positive
about yourself, youre not an idiot and you
dont need idiot-level assistance. If there was a
book called The Impish Guide to Accessing and
Expressing Your Idiosyncratic Genius, Id definitely
recommend it. Likewise a book titled The Wild-
Eyed Guide to Activating Your Half-Dormant
Potential or The Brilliant Life-Lovers Guide to
Becoming a Brilliant Life-Lover.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
When I was born, said comedian
Gracie Allen, I was so surprised I didnt talk
for a year and a half. I suspect you will soon be
experiencing a metaphorical rebirth that has
some of the power of the event she was referring
to. And so I wont be shocked if you find it
challenging to formulate an articulate response,
at least in the short term. In fact, it may take you
a while to even register, let alone express, the full
impact of the upgrade you will be blessed with.

SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): During a game of Apocalypse
against the Witchhunters, reports
Andrew_88 in an online forum, I authorized
my Chaos Lord to throw his vortex grenade at
the oncoming Cannoness and her bodyguard.
Safe to say he fluffed it and the vortex grenade
scattered back on top of him. Then he proceeded
to take out my allies, the Havocs, Land Raider,
and Baneblade, before disappearing, having done
no damage to my opponent. I suggest you regard
this as a helpful lesson to guide your own actions
in the coming days, Scorpio. Do not, under any
circumsta nces, unleash your Chaos Lord or let
him throw his vortex grenade at anyone. He could
damage your own interests more than those of
your adversaries.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22-
December 21): According to my
analysis of the astrological omens, its
high time for you to receive a flood of presents,
compliments, rewards, and blessings. You got a
problem with that? I hope not. I hope you are at
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Ive
got a challenging assignment for
you. In accordance with your current
astrological omens, I am inviting you to cultivate
a special kind of receptivity a rigorously
innocent openness to experience that will allow
you to be penetrated by lifes beauty with sublime
intensity. To understand the exact nature of this
receptivity, study Abraham Maslows definition
of real listening: to listen without presupposing,
classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating,
approving or disapproving, without dueling what
is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in
advance, without free-associating to portions of
what is being said so that succeeding portions are
not heard at all.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
Government officials in Southern Sudan
are proposing to build cities in fantastic
shapes. They say that the regional capital of Juba
would be recreated to resemble a rhinoceros, as
seen from the air. The town of Yambio is destined
to look like a pineapple and the city of Wau will
be a giraffe. Im confused by all this, since I know
that most of the people in South Sudan live on
less than a dollar a day. Is that really how they
want their countrys wealth spent? Please consider
the possibility, Taurus, that there are also some
misplaced priorities in your own sphere right
now. Hopefully theyre nothing on the scale
of whats happening in South Sudan, but still:
Allocate your resources with high discernment,
please.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): You have
cosmic clearance to fall deeply, madly,
and frequently in love, Gemini. In fact,
its OK with the gods of fate and the angels of
karma if you swell up with a flood of infatuation
and longing big enough to engorge an entire
city block. The only stipulation those gods and
angels insist on is that you do not make any rash
decisions or huge life changes while in the throes
of this stupendous vortex. Dont quit your job, for
instance, or sell all your belongings, or dump your
temporarily out-of-favor friends and loved ones.
For the foreseeable future, simply enjoy being
enthralled by the lush sexy glory of the liquid blue
fire.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Among
the surprises spilled by WikiLeaks
some months back was the revelation
that U.S. diplomats think Canadians feel
condemned to always play Robin to the U.S.
Batman. If thats true, it shouldnt be. While
Canada may not be able to rival the war-
mongering, plutocrat-coddling, environment-
despoiling talents of my home country America,
it is a more reliable source of reason, compassion,
and civility. Are you suffering from a similar
disjunction, Cancerian? Do you imagine yourself
Robin in relationship to some overweening
Batman? This would be an excellent time to free
yourself of that dynamic.

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ACROSS
1. Recipe direction
5. Novus _ seclorum
9. Pans instruments
14. Ideal
19. Bugs Bunnys girl
20. Midday
21. Unskilled
22. Endure
23. Start of a quip by Mitch Hed-
berg: 3 wds.
25. Senator Kefauver
26. Little bit
27. Larders
28. Humble
29. Sailing vessel
30. Half diam.
31. _ Bator
32. Guardianship
33. Part 2 of quip: 5 wds.
41. He was Agent 86
43. Like some robbers
44. Some Amerindians
45. Greek letter
46. A bryophyte
47. Campaign strategy
48. Factory
49. Comet feature
50. Leftover morsel
51. Place
52. Ridge of rock
53. Thomas or Stanfield
54. Furnace of a kind
56. Jewish mystic
58. Burner name
59. Songs
61. Part 3 of quip
62. Waste time
64. Robin Hoods Maid _
67. Empty nester
70. Nearby
74. Material sometimes carved
75. Loaded
76. Mountain dew
78. Mauna _
79. Lookouts discovery
80. Goat-antelope
81. Portents
82. Earliest time
83. Objective
84. Rabbit of the movies
85. Kitchen refuse
86. City in Belarus
87. Part 4 of quip: 5 wds.
91. Coup d_
92. Fixed procedure
93. Online pop-ups
94. Place of higher ed
97. Dallas suburb
99. Prized
104. Flexible twig
105. Destroy over time
106. End of the quip: 4 wds.
107. Ancient Italian
108. PC peripheral
109. Anecdote
110. Federal agents
111. Data
112. Rutabaga
113. Something in the air
114. Lip
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1. Error
2. Hawkeyes home
3. Custard dessert
4. Outbursts
5. New York Indian Nation
6. Went on
7. Sprinkles
8. Lennons wife
9. Like a pinto
10. Extremely foolish
11. Kennel denizens
12. Sword
13. Paved ways: abbr.
14. Ripens
15. _ dictum
16. Force
17. Advantage
18. Snidely Whiplash look
24. Cafeteria items
28. Plant with catkins
29. Midshipman
31. Like some beds
32. Country star Patsy _
33. Tack
34. CCTV component
35. Space
36. Daughter of Zeus and Leda
37. Spoke
38. Ursine animals
39. Serviceable
40. Nail
41. Name in an early sitcom
42. Campus building
47. Inset anagram
48. Spruce up
49. Country star _ Tucker
51. Ownerless animal
52. Pallid
53. Something for a gardener
55. Scottish landowner
57. Spread
58. Coalitions
60. Refrained from harming
63. King in The Tempest
64. Distances
65. _ -garde
66. Sonata part
68. Deck out
69. Take illegally
71. Treeless plain
72. Chilly temperatures
73. Pluck
75. Bona fide
77. Give the eye
80. Bubbly drinks
81. Defunct acronym
82. Takes apart
84. Concern of investors
85. Speech sound
86. Jasons wife
88. Echo
89. Engaged in commerce
90. Chitchat
94. Speaks softly
95. Man Friday: abbr.
96. Muscovite
97. Figureheads place
98. Rich deposit
99. Minced oath
100. Alone
101. Baby talk
102. Supplements (with out)
103. Scouting groups
105. Letters
106. Japanese statesman
MAKING DO September 9, 011
Live Music Live Music Live Music
Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
2011/09/29 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Club Hancher: Joey DeFrancesco Trio
-The Mi l l, 120 E Burl i ngton I owa
City, IA
DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant
and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
DJ SF -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Dukes of Haggard- Moline Bier Stube,
415 15th St, Moline, IL
Gong Show Karaoke w/ Rock N the
House Karaoke -Uptown Neighbor-
hood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Johnny O Jam Session -The Muddy Wa-
ters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -Applebees Neighbor-
hood Gri l l - Davenpor t, 3005 W.
Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge, 3727
Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and
Grill, 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Live Lunch w/ Nate Ganahl and Mark
Ridolfi -Mojos (River Music Experi-
ence), 130 W. 2nd Street Davenport,
IA
Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabanas, 2120
4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Open Mi c Ni ght w/ Kung Fu Tofu
-Sti ckmans, 1510 N. Harri son St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ The Dukes of Hag-
gard -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th
St Moline, IL
Setoya CD Release Party (7pm) -
Mixology (10pm) -Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
The Barley House Band -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
The Miles Davis Experience 1949-
1959 -Engl ert Theatre, 221 East
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
2011/09/30 (Fri)
Alloy Orchestra: Metropolis -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Big Al -The Odeon, 8025 Avenue N.
Clinton, IA
Blues Plate Special Lunch w/ Ren
Estrand (noon) -Mojos (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Daven-
port, IA
Bobby Vinton -Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center, 1777 Isle Parkway
Bettendorf, IA
Charley Hayes Trio (6pm) -Toucans
Cantina / Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st
Street Milan, IL
David Killinger & Friends -Gs Riverfront
Cafe, 102 S Main St Port Byron, IL
Ernie Hendrickson - Jason Carl Duo
- Esme -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Friday Live at Five: Hal Reed & Friends
-RME (River Music Experience) Court-
yard, Davenport, IA
Funk Daddies -Edje Nightclub at Jumers
Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy 92
Rock Island, IL
Funktastic Five -Martinis on the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Grieves - Budo (7pm) - Jon Wayne & the
Pain - The Limbs (10pm) -Gabes, 330
E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Jazz Af ter Fi ve w/ Groove Theory
(5:30pm) - Liberty Leg - The Magne-
tos - Eastside Motors (9pm) -The Mill,
120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Jazz Dinner Service Featuring Pianist
Ron May -Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E. 3rd
St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night (members only) -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rockingham
Rd Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill,
3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar &
Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -Stickmans, 1510 N. Har-
rison St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Biscuits Bar &
Grill, 600 Front St Buffalo, IA
L.T. Eckles Band -The Muddy Waters, 1708
State St. Bettendorf, IA
Lee Bl ackmon (6pm) - Rhythm Ci t y
Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Night People -Cabanas, 2120 4th Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Paul Waters & the Lonesome Tears
- Three on the Tree -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Relay Beken - Centaur Noir - Teen-
age -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Simon Says Uncle -Uptown Neighbor-
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Hollars
Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
The Knockoffs -Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Cities Moline, IL
Troy Harris, pianist (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
uneXpected -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Who Cares Band -Generations Bar & Grill,
4100 4th Ave. Moline, IL
Back Track Band with Hollywood Dave
-Tommys, 1302 4th Ave Moline, IL
Barl owe & James (6pm) -Rhythm
City Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Dav-
enport, IA
Chris Beard -The Muddy Waters, 1708
David Killinger & Friends -Gs Riv-
erfront Cafe, 102 S Main St Port
Byron, IL
Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition
Band -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn
St Iowa City, IA
Fall Music Festival: Chris Dunn &
Cait - Lojo Russo - Ellis Kell &
the Whoozdads - The Dawn - The
Candymakers (5pm) -Hilltop Park,
corner of 15th Street & Harrison St.
Davenport, IA
Fire Sale (7pm) - Karaoke Contest
Finals (9pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606
W Locust Davenport, IA
First Impression -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
FlatTop (6:30pm) -Huckleberrys, 223
18th St Rock Island, IL
Gene Watson and the Farewell Party
Band - Country Tradition, Mooney
Hollow Barn, 12471 Hwy. 52 S., Green
Island, IA
Grand Larsony -Stooges, 908 3rd St
Orion, IL
Hi gh Cotton Bl ues Band -Carbon
Cliff Eagles Club, 911 Mansur Ave.
Carbon Cliff, IL
Iron Orchard -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Jazz Dinner Service Featuring Pianist
Earle Johnson -Hotel Blackhawk,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Moes Pi zza, 1312
Camanche Ave Clinton, IA
Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar
& Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA
Kenny Paulsen Quartet (5:30pm)
- Ladies Nite w/ Koobys Karaoke
& DJ (9pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Lee Blackmon -The Grape Life Wine
Emporium - Davenport, 3402 Elmore
Ave. Davenport, IA
Mindset Evolution - My Pal Trigger
- Jaiguru -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Nitrix -Hawkeye Tap, 4646 Cheyenne
Ave. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Morning (9am) -Whistle
Stop Java Shop, 400 W. 4th St.
Milan, IL
Red Pepper Sage (6pm) -Toucans
Street Milan, IL
River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd
St Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Secret Squirrel -Plamor Bowling Alley,
1411 Grandview Ave. Muscatine, IA
Smooth Groove -Martinis on the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ
-Hollars Bar and Grill, 4050 27th
St Moline, IL
The Knockoffs -Fargo Dance & Sports,
4204 Avenue of the Ci ti es Mo-
line, IL
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German
American Heritage Center, 712 W.
2nd St. Davenport, IA
2011/10/02 (Sun)
30 FRIDAY
1 SATURDAY
29 THURSDAY
Anna Vogelzang @ Rozz-Tox October 5
2 SUNDAY
Dala -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, IA
Dave Ellis hosts Funday Sunday Live
Music on the Patio (6pm) -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Glenn Hickson (11am & 5: 30pm) -
OMelias Supper Club, 2900 Black-
hawk Rd. Rock Island, IL
Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Band
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Manny Lopez Trio (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC Plaza
Hotel Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am) -The
Lodge Hotel, 900 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
The Freddie Steenbock Duo (8am) -
American Legion Post 26, 702 W. 35th
St. Davenport, IA
Zoe Muth & The Lost City Rollers -The
Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
2011/10/03 (Mon)
Jason Carl -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Moline, 417
15th St Moline, IL
Metal Mondays -Gabes, 330 E. Washing-
ton St. Iowa City, IA
One Night Stand Open Mic -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
2011/10/04 (Tue)
Blues Cafe (6:30pm) -River Music Expe-
rience, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
James McMurtry - Jonny Burke -The
Karaoke Night -Sharkys Bar & Grill, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Davenport
Eagles Lodge, 4401 W. Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet -Green-
briar Restaurant and Lounge, 4506
27th St Moline, IL
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenport, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic w/ Steve McFate -Salute,
1814 7th St Moline, IL
The Damnwells - Harper Blynn - Carley
Tanchon -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
2011/10/05 (Wed)
Anna Vogelzang - Daniel and the
Lion - Subatlantic - The Kite Ear-
rings -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Res-
taurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St
Moline, IL
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Jeff Miller (6pm) -Gs Riverfront Cafe,
102 S Main St Port Byron, IL
hood Gri l l - Davenport, 3005 W.
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Karaoke Night -Sharkys Bar & Grill, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Dave Smith (noon) -
Mojos (River Music Experience), 130
W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri
Mason -Mojos (River Music Experi-
ence), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug
-Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Uptown
Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2340
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street
Landing, 1029 Mound St. Daven-
port, IA
The Koffin Kats - Brains! Brains! Brains!
- As You Were -River Music Experi-
ence, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
2011/10/06 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke Contest -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Blue Print - Toki Wright - Imperfekt
(6:45pm) -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Moline, IL
DJ Scott Ferguson -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
hood Grill - Davenport, 3005 W.
Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge,
3727 Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and
Grill, 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA
Live Lunch w/ Rose n Thorns (noon)
-Mojos (River Music Experience), 130
Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabanas, 2120
4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Open Mi c Ni ght w/ Kung Fu Tofu
-Sti ckmans, 1510 N. Harri son St.
Davenport, IA
St Moline, IL
Reba - The Band Perry - Steel Magnolia
- Edens Edge -i wireless Center, 1201
River Dr Moline, IL
The Poison Control Center -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washi ngton St.
Iowa City, IA
University of Iowa Jazz Performances
(7pm) - Anna Vogelzang (9:30pm) -
The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
2011/10/07 (Fri)
Big Al -The Odeon, 8025 Avenue N.
Clinton, IA
Chicago -i wireless Center, 1201 River
Dr Moline, IL
Firesale -Mojos (River Music Experi-
Iris DeMent - Alexis Stevens -Englert
Theatre, 221 East Washi ngton St.
Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night (members only) -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rockingham
Rd Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Stickmans, 1510 N. Har-
rison St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Biscuits Bar &
Grill, 600 Front St Buffalo, IA
Live Lunch w/ Tony Hoeppner (noon)
Macpodz CD Release - Jet Edison -Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Mi ke Bl umme Tri o (6pm) -Toucans
Street Milan, IL
Nappy Roots - Mathien -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Night People -Cabanas, 2120 4th Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Peelander Z - The Agrestix -RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Priscilla Ahn -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
River Water Tribe -Mojos (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Daven-
port, IA
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) - Superfly
Samurai (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail,
Studebaker John -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) -The
Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Troy Harris, pianist (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Wayne Famous Band-Martinis on the
Rock, 4619 34th St, Rock Island, IL
2011/10/08 (Sat)
Call to Remembrance: Billy Ray Cyrus
- Josh Gracin - Sarah Darling - Den-
nis Wilson - Becky Lee Hinton - Twila
Paris -i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr
Moline, IL
7 FRIDAY
5 WEDNESDAY
6 THURSDAY
8 SATURDAY
4 TUESDAY
3 MONDAY
Alberta Cross @ Gabes October 10
Straight No Chaser -Quad-Cities Water-
front Convention Center, 1777 Isle
Parkway Bettendorf, IA
Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls -The
Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Daven-
port, IA
Will Hoge -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German Ameri-
can Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
2011/10/09 (Sun)
Dave Ellis hosts Funday Sunday Live
Music on the Patio (6pm) -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Five Bridges Jazz Band (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC Plaza
Hotel Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (11am & 5: 30pm) -
OMelias Supper Club, 2900 Black-
hawk Rd. Rock Island, IL
Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Band
(10:30am & 12:30pm) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Joe Pena Benefit - Karaoke Conest w/
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606
W Locust Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman, Pianist (10am) -The
Lodge Hotel, 900 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
West Music Redstone Rumble -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
2011/10/10 (Mon)
Alberta Cross -Gabes, 330 E. Washing-
ton St. Iowa City, IA
Jason Carl -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Corporate Rock -Greenbriar Restaurant
Crossroads -Mound Street Landing, 1029
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Helmet - Eleven Fifty Two - The Post
Mortems -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
High Cotton Blues Band -Rhythm City
Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Joe & Vicki Price -The Muddy Waters, 1708
Karaoke Night -Generations Bar & Grill,
4100 4th Ave. Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Moes Pizza, 1312 Caman-
che Ave Clinton, IA
New Belgium Battle IV: Attic Party
- Item 9 & The Mad Hatters - Cedars
of Lebabon -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13
S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Night People- Martinis on the Rock, 4619
34th St, Rock Island, IL
Nitrix -Deeters Hometown Bar, 402 Main
St New Boston, IL
Open Mic Morning (9am) -Whistle Stop
Java Shop, 400 W. 4th St. Milan, IL
Pieta Brown -Englert Theatre, 221 East
Rob Dahms & Detroit Larry Davidson
(6pm) -Toucans Cantina / Skinny Legs
BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL
Russ Reyman, Pianist (7pm) -Phoenix,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Songwriters in the Round (3pm) -River
Music Experience, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Moline, 417
15th St Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Mike Cochrane (noon)
Metal Mondays -Gabes, 330 E. Wash-
ington St. Iowa City, IA
One Night Stand Open Mic -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E
Burlington Iowa City, IA
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood -RIB-
CO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
2011/10/11 (Tue)
ABC Karaoke Contest Night -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias
Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd.
Rock Island, IL
Karaoke Night -Sharkys Bar & Grill,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Davenport
Eagles Lodge, 4401 W. Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Randy Leasman (noon)
Melt Banana - Super Sonic Piss -The
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet -Green-
briar Restaurant and Lounge, 4506
27th St Moline, IL
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenport, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Twosdays Jam with Lojo Russo -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd
St Davenport, IA
2011/10/12 (Wed)
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The
DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Janelle Monae - fun. -Iowa Memo-
rial Union Main Lounge - University
of Iowa, 125 N. Madison St. Iowa
City, IA
Jeff Miller (6pm) -Gs Riverfront Cafe,
102 S Main St Port Byron, IL
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Karaoke Night -Sharkys Bar & Grill,
2902 E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Moondance for Karli Rose Kell (6pm)
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Nitecrawlers Band (5pm) - Ladies Nite
w/ Koobys Karaoke & DJ (9pm)
-The Rusty Nai l , 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri
Mason -Mojos (River Music Experi-
Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug
-Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd
St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Up-
town Neighborhood Bar and Grill,
2340 Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollars
Bar and Gri l l, 4050 27th St Mo-
line, IL
The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street
Landing, 1029 Mound St. Daven-
port, IA
2011/10/13 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke Contest -The Rusty Nail,
Bebop Night at the Rozz-Tox -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Dead Larry Going Away Party - Kinetix
- Magic Beans -Iowa City Yacht Club,
13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Moline, IL
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Jamie Kent -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge,
3727 Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar
and Grill, 313 N Salina St McCaus-
land, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar
& Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Val-
ley, IL
Live Lunch w/ Keith Soko (noon)
-Mojos (River Music Experience),
130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabanas,
2120 4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Mixology -Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Kung Fu Tofu
-Stickmans, 1510 N. Harrison St.
Davenport, IA
St Moline, IL
The Van-Dells -The Circa 21 Dinner
Pl ayhouse, 1828 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
12 WEDNESDAY
11 TUESDAY
9 SUNDAY
10 MONDAY
Peelander Z @ RIBCO October 7
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