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River Cities Reader Vol. 20 No. 833 June 27 - July 10, 2013
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he most rudimentary research on the U.S. governments illegal mass surveillance of Americans will reveal that this unconstitutional practice has been ongoing since at least J. Edgar Hoovers days. History openly details the chilling effect his secret file-keeping had on the politicians of that time, not to mention the control he exerted as a result. Dont believe for a minute that such activities stopped when he passed. In fact, collection of sensitive, private information on all Americans including politicians, bureaucrats, military personnel, and public-sector employees across the spectrum of government has ballooned beyond even his comprehension. Last issues Reader cover story The War on Whistleblowers provided a small list of whistleblowers who have made enormous contributions to our open society. Missing from that list were Gregory Hicks, Christopher Pyle, and James Bamford. Gregory Hicks was the exemplary deputy chief of missions at the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, when Ambassador Christopher Stevens and
NSA Director Keith Alexander can honestly say that PRISM does not listen in, as long as congressmen never ask, Are there other government surveillance programs in operation that do listen in?
and report on the legal activities of groups and individuals protesting the Vietnam War. Thanks to Pyles whistleblowing, Congress convened the Church Committee, resulting in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978 and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to require warrants for and oversee any surveillance of American citizens. Pyle now teaches constitutional law and regularly speaks out about the dangers inherent in the governments massive and growing domestic-spying capabilities including that 70 percent of the U.S. intelligence budget goes to civilian corporations, making mass
surveillance big business and a huge profit center while simultaneously adding systemic risk to national security because approximately 5 million people currently have access to some level of classified material (RCReader.com/y/pyle). It is important to note that the FISC is not without its weaknesses as an oversight body, primarily due to its absurd secrecy, including secret laws and interpretations that claim to justify overriding the U.S. Constitution. Add to this secretive oversight court the ever-expanding, self-empowering executive orders, accumulating legislation that is purposely vague and ripe for abuse (the USA PATRIOT Act, the NDAA of 2012), and a stunningly apathetic populace that pays precious little attention to such matters that directly impact the constitutional protections of our unalienable rights, and voil! You now have an effective formula for overriding the bedrock protections in favor of administrative rules that claim authority to dispense with pesky constitutional restraints.
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Bill Daley Targets Madigans with Poll Leaks
think a lot of people believed that if Bill Daley ran for governor, his campaign would be as bland and vanilla as his public persona has been over the decades. Instead, hes turned into the most fiery candidate in the race so far. Daley is even out-angering wealthy Republican financier Bruce Rauner, who has tried to position himself as the Were not gonna take it any more! choice for 2014. Daley has attacked Governor Pat Quinns pathetic leadership, slammed the General Assembly for its ridiculous inaction, and made it clear that hes not afraid to go on the attack against the Madigan family by releasing unflattering poll results earlier this week that showed the House speaker could harm his daughters potential gubernatorial bid. Daley has been selectively releasing responses to a poll taken in April for his campaign back when few thought he would actually run. All of the responses released so far have dealt with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and her father, House Speaker Michael Madigan. None of the numbers released so far has showed any actual Daley strength. For instance, Attorney General Madigan has a 54-percent favorable rating, according to a poll conducted by Anzalone Liszt Grove Research for Daleys campaign, and she leads Republican Treasurer Dan Rutherford 50-34 in an initial head-to-head matchup. But after voters hear a statement about possible major conflicts of interest if Madigans are at the top of two branches of government, that support falls and she moves into a 41-41 tie with Rutherford. Fifty-three percent say its a serious concern that a Governor and Speaker Madigan will put too much power in one familys hands and break the system of checks and balances that is supposed to keep power in government separated. Another 17 percent say its somewhat of a concern, putting the total number at 70 percent. According to the poll, 23 percent say they like Lisa but would have a hard time voting for her if her father continues as House speaker. Another 26 percent said they wouldnt vote for her regardless. That means a total of 49 percent are in the reticent/refusal category.
The idea here is to frame the debate before the debate even begins.
The day after releasing those numbers, Daleys campaign leaked yet another result that wont go over well with the Madigan clan. If Lisa Madigan ran for governor, respondents were asked, do you think her father Mike Madigan, speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, should: retire and not run for reelection as speaker; run for re-election as speaker but commit to resign from office and retire if Lisa Madigan is elected governor; continue to serve as speaker even if Lisa Madigan is elected governor? According to the campaign, the poll found that 42 percent of likely generalelection voters said Speaker Madigan should retire if Lisa runs for governor. Another 22 percent said he should commit to resign if Lisa is elected. Just a quarter, 25 percent, said he ought to continue to serve as speaker even if Lisa is elected governor. Twelve percent were undecided or refused to respond. These poll numbers arent designed to run Attorney General Madigan out of the race. She undoubtedly has her own polling data and has done some focus groups. Shes fully aware that shell be subjected to endless misogynist daddy attacks, and that every deal her father has ever cut will be run through the filter of her candidacy. Instead, the idea here is to frame the debate before the debate even begins. So far, there has been no real response from Team Lisa. The speakers people bristle at every mention of a conflict of interest regarding her potential governorship, and their constant refrain is to challenge reporters to define the term. The reporters dont seem to feel the need to do that because voters appear to already pretty much get it in their guts. This is an easy story to write and an easy story to understand, so the stories will continue unless she comes up with an effective response. So far, the overriding media theme is that shell either be completely controlled by her father or that the two of them will collude to rule the state unchecked. Thats a tough mindset to break, as the polling clearly shows. Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
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Countryside Community Theatre Presents the Area Debut of Les Misrables, July 5 through 21 at North Scott High School
adjunct professor at another college. ... And the orchestra is being directed by Kevin Price Brenner, whos the orchestra director at Central High School and leads the St. Ambrose Community Band, and also works with the Quad City Youth Symphony. The job of music director, meanwhile, was awarded to Tyson Danner, who also served in that position for Countrysides Gypsy and has directed such area musicals as john & jen and Songs for a New World. And David Turley, who previously helmed Gypsy and The King & I for Countryside along with musicals such as Chicago, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Sunday in the Park with George for Rock Islands District Theatre was excited (and, as previously mentioned, briefly horrified) to take on the challenge of Les Mis stage direction. There are some shows, he says, where youre like, Oh my gosh, if that one ever comes around, I want to do something with it, and that was this show. When I interviewed, I told CCT, In the end, I dont care if you dont employ me as the director. I just want to be part of it in one way or another. Whether it be tech crew, whether it be acting in it ... . I didnt care. I mean, its Les Mis. You just have to be a part of it. Though he is, like most musical-theatre lovers, a fan of the Tony-winning score by composer Claude-Michel Schnberg, Turley believes that Les Mes universal appeal stems from it being a beautiful story of faith and redemption. Jean Valjean spends his life trying to redeem himself and put his life to good use, and, in essence, I think thats what all of us want. We want our lives to mean something, and stand for something. And there are so many characters in the show that we all kind of relate to, he continues. Like ponine. We all know the feeling of loving someone who doesnt love us back. Weve all had that in our lives. And just about every character in Les Mis makes you go, I can feel for this person because I can relate to them. (Referencing the musicals comically grotesque and hateful innkeepers, Turley laughs and adds, Well, maybe not the Thnardiers.) But like Myatt and her fellow Countryside board members, Turley also understood that an enormous part of the shows continued fascination perhaps especially for those who havent yet attended a stage version of
ou know, its been interesting, says Christina Myatt, president of the board of directors for the Eldridgebased Countryside Community Theatre (CCT). Because we wanted to do something big for our 30th anniversary, and this is definitely something big. But when people hear what were actually doing, they either say, Thats really great! or they say, You people are insane. Myatt laughs, but considering that Countrysides 30th-anniversary offering is Les Misrables the hugely scaled, internationally adored musical currently ranked as the fourth-longest-running Broadway production in history shes also quick to add, I think the reality is that both things are true. We could have gone safe and done what weve always done. We didnt have to take the risk. But when youre having that kind of milestone and saying, Weve been here for 30 years and were trying to set ourselves up for another 30, you have to do something big. And so thats kind of been our mantra with this. Go big or go home. To be sure, stage musicals dont get much bigger, or more intimidating, than Les Misrables, the very title of which summons images of epic grandeur, violent street revolution, and dozens of disenfranchised souls united under the rallying cry of one day more. And for the Quad Cities premiere of this cherished modern classic (running at the North Scott High School Fine Arts Auditorium July 5 through 21), Countryside is going very big indeed, delivering a production that features a two-story set, a 25-foot steel revolve installed specifically for the production, and a cast boasting no fewer than 55 performers. Its consequently easy to understand why Myatt, whos also a Les Mis cast member, says, I cant begin to tell you how exciting this is. Its also easy to understand why the shows director, David Turley, laughs and says, The night CCT told me I was gonna be doing the show, I was like, Yes! Im directing Les Mis! Thats awesome! And the next morning I woke up and thought, Oh God. Im directing Les Mis. And it was horrifying. I mean, thats a lot of pressure.
Dave Arnold and Christina Myatt rehearse Les Misrables

Tony Awards, an original Broadway run of 6,680 performances, a continuing West End run of more than 10,000 performances Les Misrables is a musical that, as Myatt says, every theatre has had on their radar. But it wasnt until last December that licensing rights finally became available for North American professional and amateur productions of the show through Music Theatre International (MTI). Our original season was supposed to be Whistle Down the Wind and Joseph [& the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat], says Myatt. But then we got the notification from MTI saying that the rights [to Les Mis] were available, and that was a show Countryside always kind of talked about doing if we could. So on a whim, I filled out the form, thinking, You know, were never gonna get it ... . Because, you know, everybody wanted it. And we got the rights the next day. With Countryside consequently, as Myatt says, in a position where we could choose, the board of directors opted to delay Whistle Down the Wind and Joseph until the companys 2014 season, and go full-steamahead with a production of Les Misrables despite and partly because of the scope of the undertaking. We said, Well, if were gonna do it, and be the first ones in town to do it, the only way is to put everything weve got into it, says Myatt. Because you cant scrimp with this show. You just cant. It has to be big, and bold, and youve got to put money behind it. All the money behind it. (Without revealing specific Les Mis numbers, Myatt merely says, The budget is huge.) Although the organizations summer seasons typically feature two-weekend runs of two different musicals something thats a little newer and something thats a little older, says Myatt the decision was made to make Les Misrables Countrysides sole 2013 offering, and to have the show run for three weekends. We just knew we had to put all our resources into it, Myatt says. We had to do what was right for the show. Because you can have lots of fabulous singers, but if people come in and it doesnt have the grandeur that everyone expects, its gonna flop. You know, somewhere down the line, once lots of people have done it and someone wants to try a more experimental Les Mis, super. But for its first time out of the bag, youve just got to go big. Its the only way to do it. Understanding that you also need the right people with the right kinds of credentials to fashion a suitably grand Les Misrables, Myatt states that Countryside subsequently secured a team of highly trained and respected professionals for the shows artistic staff. The costumes are coming from Ibsens Costumes, a professional company in Nebraska, and the man who runs that is also an adjunct professor at the University of Iowa. Our lighting designer, whos from Virginia, has an MFA in lighting and is an
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musicians before them Kronos Quartet and violinist Nigel Kennedy with Jimi Hendrix, Apocalyptica with Metallica and other metal had adapted popular music to classical instruments, nobody has been quite so eclectic. The ensembles repertoire includes everything from video-game themes (Halo) to Britney Spears (Toxic) to Elliott Smith (Taking a Fall) to Kanye West, Jay-Z, Outkast, and Lil Wayne (on the album Homage). We just grab pieces and give them a shot, Jenkins explained. Some of them stick, and some of them dont. ... Its an experimental process. The groups first performances were all classical music, he said. Photo by Tarina Westlund The first non-classical just wonderful, timeless stuff. ... And then piece was Toxic, the Bach just seemed like, as a cellist, a which by the audience reaction was logical thing to throw onto it. immediately the best idea we had had to Brubeck channeled Bach in that point, he said. his Brandenburg Gate, and one Not all the ideas were good, although instrumental piece from Song Reader Jenkins said he struggles to recall the has a classical vibe, Jenkins said. So stinkers: I think I block out so many of theres already this reaching among the them. composers who obviously had no idea One does stick out, however, from what we were ever going to do with it. We the groups early days: We tried doing can find a lot of middle ground, a lot of 50 Cents In the Club, and there was a places to connect things together. comedian on-stage with us who re-did At the Redstone Room, five cellists the lyrics to make it about being in the from the Portland Cello Project (out bathtub, so its called In the Tub. That of the 20 or so who are presently active was a horrible idea maybe the worst in the collective) will be augmented by idea weve ever had. piano and percussion, with vocalist Laura Other pieces simply take time to Gibson singing the Beck songs. develop. I think hip hop was really the Jenkins also promised other composers most difficult thing for us to grapple beyond Beck, Brubeck, and Bach: We with, Jenkins said. Homage was a really, throw as many curveballs in as possible, really difficult album to make. Writing he said. the initial scores was really easy. The The Portland Cello Project started seven years ago, and although other Continued On Page 16
or its June 27 performance at the Redstone Room, the Portland Cello Project will be featuring the music of Beck (Hanson), (Dave) Brubeck, and (Johann Sebastian) Bach. Alliteration aside, the grouping of a contemporary rock artist, a jazz icon, and a Baroque composer is relatively natural for an ensemble known for aggressively omnivorous appetites. It really started with the Beck, said Doug Jenkins, the Portland Cello Projects artistic director, in a recent phone interview. When we heard last August that he was going to put out an album of sheet music rather than actually recording an album, we got really excited, because it just seemed like it was right up our alley to grab that and play with it and adapt it to our larger orchestral ensemble. And so we booked the show immediately. ... It was coming out December 7, so we booked the shows on December 13 [and] 14 even having no idea what we were going to get. ... We got the music, and we basically camped out 24/7 to learn all 20 songs and get them all ready to go for the performances. ... Theyre wonderful songs. ... We recorded them right away, too, a week later, and then put out that CD. That was a month or two after Dave Brubeck passed away. [He actually died December 5.] We did kind of a tribute to Dave Brubeck at the same time. And Brubeck and Beck, they actually went together really well. The kind of oldtimey feel of the Beck songs from the Song Reader, and of course Brubeck is
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Ga-a-ah!s and Monsters
Beginning with the fact that its directed by Marc Forster a competent-enough craftsman whose previous works (including Finding Neverland, The Kite Runner, and the deadening James Bond entry Quantum of Solace) have hardly been known to quicken ones pulse practically everything about the suspenseful and exciting zombie chiller World War Z feels a little bit off, and thats what I liked about it. Forsters film (based on a novel by Max Brooks) finds the worlds population, for reasons left unexplained, being quickly overrun by hordes of snarling, fleshdevouring, lightning-quick creatures, and Brad Pitt portraying a former United Nations investigator assigned to ferret out the epidemics origin. It is, in essence, Steven Soderberghs Contagion with the collective undead cast in the role of the virus, and the greatest of World War Zs pleasures is that, like Contagion, its a movie whose focus narrows, rather than expands, as it progresses. Following its sharply edited opening montage of TVnews broadcasts and a couple of scenes of domestic bliss between Pitt and his family (Sterling Jerins and Abigail Hargrove as his daughters and the exceptional Mireille Enos as his wife), the film gets down to business with a terrifying sequence of Philadelphia under zombie attack, complete with brutal assaults, hideous transformations, car crashes in rush-hour traffic, and the requisite fiery explosions. (How, exactly, the zombie masses cause the fiery explosions is unclear, but its a grandly scaled action set piece in a
unusual beast a summertime subtly rendered, blockbuster, so intellectual thriller we go with it.) in the guise of a While watching big-budget scare this sequence, you flick. With Pitt may wonder if giving a strong, Forster will ever tough-minded manage to top performance as it, and with the Brad Pitt, Abigail Hargrove, and Mireille Enos an intensely smart possible exception in World War Z man, the movies of one thrilling emphasis on the and enjoyably procedure behind saving the world adds true ridiculous scene set aboard an airborne gravitas to the proceedings, and keeps you jet, he doesnt. Whats fascinating about engrossed in the narrative even during its the film, though, is that he doesnt really most nerve-jangling encounters. (And there try to; rather than continually shooting for are plenty of them, particularly after Pitt and louder and bigger, Forster and his quartet a soldier played by Daniella Kertesz infiltrate of screenwriters instead opt for quieter and the World Health Organization facility; the smaller, and in World War Zs case, that image of one zombie vacantly clacking his proves the far more satisfying way to go. With his family in the (presumably) teeth in nightmarish closeup might linger in safe care of a UN command ship, our hero my head for weeks.) You might giggle at the begins hopping the globe in search of a films sillier contrivances just how did that zombification cure, making Pitt stops in zombie get aboard that plane, exactly ... ? yet South Korea, Jerusalem, and a World Health taken as a whole, World War Z is a shockingly Organization outpost in Wales. Yet while thoughtful shocker suggesting theres still theres still plenty of visceral fun to be had plenty of life in its death-laden genre. during these detours especially when the undead, crawling over one another with MONSTERS UNIVERSITY horrifying speed and determination, scale Monsters University, Pixars prequel a towering Israeli wall like ants on a sugar to its 2001 animated smash Monsters, cube your brain, happily, winds up nearly Inc. , is an almost constant smile. Like as tickled as your insides. Forster and the many of you, Id imagine, Ive been pretty scripts authors may not provide a rationale disappointed in the companys apparent behind the existence of zombies, but their need of late to augment its cash flow by storytelling is terrifically lucid and specific revisiting every last one of its properties. regarding the means by which protection (That candy-colored bummer Cars 2, at from zombies may be possible, and that least, was a continuation of one of Pixars makes World War Z, by its midpoint, an lesser offerings, but do we really need
that forthcoming follow-up to Finding Nemo?) And if youve seen Revenge of the Nerds or Pitch Perfect or, really, any collegiate comedy involving warring sets of frats and sororities, nothing about Monsters Universitys storyline which finds Billy Crystals ambulatory eyeball Mike meeting, initially loathing, and eventually loving John Goodmans hulking blue fuzzball Sully will come as much of a surprise. But to its considerable credit, director Dan Scanlons effort is chockablock with quick, funny throwaways and marvelous slapstick timing, and just about every shot features some delightfully weird visual curlicue to catch your eye; the movie opens with a priceless gag involving a two-headed pigeon and never looks back. The vocal cast, too, provides plenty of amusement, and among an ensemble that includes Steve Buscemi, Sean Hayes, Dave Foley, Charlie Day, Alfred Molina, Aubrey Plaza, John Krasinski, Bonnie Hunt, Julia Sweeney, and the great Nathan Fillion, Helen Mirren might steal best-in-show honors for her seemingly subdued university head Dean Hardscrabble, who boasts the feet of a caterpillar but the body, and interior demeanor, of a fire-breathing dragon. And you thought Mirrens Queen Elizabeth was formidable. For reviews of Man of Steel, This Is the End, Before Midnight, and other current releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com. Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/ MikeSchulzNow.
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Thailand. For his Figge exhibit, Chavez using discarded items gathered solely from the Quad Cities has constructed what the museum describes as a web-like structure reminiscent of the temporary shelters that animals (and humans) construct for their survival. And in addition to being aesthetically fascinating, the piece will likely also inspire thought about the nature of art itself, as the installation, like all of Chavezs works, is designed to celebrate the intrinsic value of ordinary, and seemingly banal, objects. So be prepared to be wowed by the Figges latest showcase of a modern masters talents. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot to mention: The title of the installation on display is No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service. Which, coincidentally, is what they say to me every single time I walk in the Figge. Its getting kind of awkward. No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service will be on display through October 6, and for more information on this and other Figge exhibits and events, call (563)326-7804 or visit FiggeArt.org.
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Figge Art Museum Saturday, June 29, through Sunday, October 6
District of Rock Island Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29
D, 9 B, 10 A, 11 D, 12 C. Tough quiz, huh? Who says rock is just for the neck downwards? Oh ed that if I hadnt been listening to so much rock lately.
eginning on June 29, Davenports Figge Art Museum will be house a special, site-specific installation by Juan Angel Chavez (pictured), and on the venues Web site, the Chicagobased artists intention with the piece is stated thusly: In his use of refuse and other found objects, Chavez seeks to draw attention to socially deviant behavior and other unwanted activities. The man couldve saved himself a lot of trouble, and a lot of refuse, merely by peeking in the windows of the nearby Reader offices, but I wont tell him if you wont. Born in Mexico and raised in the United States since age 13, Chavez attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicagos Early College Program, and currently holds a faculty position in the schools sculpture department. But while the artists sculptures, installations, and 3D collages the majority of them formed by the use of found materials have been on display for years throughout his American stomping grounds, Chavezs reach has also extended far beyond the Windy City; his works have been exhibited in California, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Vermont, Denmark, and
Matchbox 20 and the Goo Goo Dolls

i wireless Center Wednesday, July 10
eith Richards once called rock music for the neck downwards. If that description is true, and if youre planning to attend the upcoming concerts in the District of Rock Island and at the i wireless Center, then be sure to sneak in a good book or a few Sudoku puzzles over the next couple of weeks to stimulate your neck upwards. Cause your neck downwards is gonna be awfully stimulated. The Quad Cities early-summer rock extravaganza kicks off with the Daiquiri Factorys and RIBCOs hosting of the annual, outdoor Rock the District concerts, which, this year, share a decidedly post-mortal theme. On June 28, Rock Islands outdoor stage will boast the tightly wound musicians of Here Come
the Mummies, the rock, funk, and R&B performers who play wholly in bandaged attire and are frequent guests on radios Bob & Tom Show. And their costumed concert will be followed, on June 29, by a Rock the District set featuring headliners Theory of a Deadman, the Canadian rockers whove scored seven top-10 hits on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, with two of them Bad Girlfriend and Lowlife reaching the number-one spot. The i wireless Center, meanwhile, will find venue patrons rocking with the pulsating excitement of Matchbox 20 and the Goo Goo
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1) Cryptic 2) Gasoline 3) Gutterflower 4) Hits & Mrs. 5) Mad Season 6) Magnetic 7) North 8) Scars & Souvenirs 9) Single Entendre 10) Something for the Rest of Us 11) The Truth Is ... 12) Yourself or Someone Like You A) Goo Goo Dolls B) Here Come the Mummies C) Matchbox 20 D) Theory of a Deadman
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rom June 27 through July 7, Rock Islands District Theatre will be giving us reasons to be pretty. My first thought after hearing that news was that the plural was kind of unnecessary, as having the power to get out of a speeding ticket with one well-calibrated smile seemed like reason enough. But my second thought after hearing that news was, No, jackass, theyre talking about the play titled reasons to be pretty, and for fellow fans of author Neil LaBute whose exceptional theatrical rsum also boasts the equally thrilling works The Shape of Things, bash, and Fat Pig thats excellent news indeed. Nominated for three 2009 Tony Awards including Best Play, LaButes fast-paced, acerbic, and verbally dexterous comedy/drama opens with a vicious argument between longtime lovers Greg and Steph, one instigated when the latter overhears the former calling her something terrible. But instead of the b word or the c word, what Greg calls Steph is actually the r word regular and the explosive emotional fireworks that result from the
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album titles above with the artists who made them famous. Here Come the Mummies performs with special guests The Brat Pack, Theory of a Deadmans concert opens with sets by 3 Years Hollow, Candlelight Red, and 3 Pill Morning, and more information on both Rock the District nights is available by calling (309)283-1809 or visiting DaiquiriFactory.com or RIBCO.com. For tickets to Matchbox 20s and the Goo Goo Dolls Moline concert, call (800)745-3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.
mans unintended insult make you think the b and c words would have been infinitely preferable choices for him, if far less fun for us. An incisive, wrenching, and bitterly hilarious exploration of modern romance, friendship, and personal growth (or, in at least one case here, the lack thereof), reasons to be prettys District Theatre presentation is being directed by venue veteran Bryan Tank, with its cast a gifted acting quartet composed of Chris Causer, Cara Chumbley, Kelly Lohrenz, and Eugene Pavinato. And if the team behind this reasons to be pretty isnt enough to pique your interest, maybe the shows reviews will be. The New York Times, for instance, raved that LaButes work boasted some of the freshest and most illuminating American dialogue to be heard anywhere these days. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, called it a lacerating and extremely funny work [that] should appeal to younger theatregoers especially ... though I should stress to parents that the younger in that plaudit does not refer to gradeschoolers. Unless, that is, you want your kids quoting of the shows dialogue to lead to reasons to have your mouth washed out with soap. reasons to be pretty will be staged on Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. with an added preview performance on Thursday, June 27 and more information and tickets are available by calling (309)235-1654 or visiting DistrictTheatre.com.
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Thursday, June 27 Portland Cello Project. Indie-rock string ensemble in concert. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $12-15. For tickets and information, call (563)3261333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. Thursday, June 27, and Friday, June 28 Dream Lover: A Salute to Bobby Darin. Tribute concert with national touring artist Robert Shaw and his band. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Thursday and Friday 11:45 a.m. doors, noon plated lunch,1 p.m. show, $42.43. Thursday 5:45 p.m. doors, 6 p.m. buffet, 7:15 p.m. show, $48.07. For tickets and information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com. Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29 Piano Legends: The Music of Elton John & Billy Joel. Concert of pop favorites performed by Matt Romy & the Lonely Street Band. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $20-25. For tickets and information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com. Friday, June 28 Miranda Lambert. Outdoor concert with the chart-topping, Grammy-winning country star. Riverside Casino & Golf Resort (3184 Highway 22, Riverside). 9 p.m. $35-70. For tickets
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Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com Article and Photos by Bruce Walters
Art in Plain Sight: Two Sculptures in Downtown Moline

owntown Molines industrial past is memorialized by two metal sculptures. One is abstract, the other representational. Both are reminders that the downtown riverfront was once crowded with factories and was at the heart of the Farm Implement Capital of the World. Spirit of Place, an imposing 19-foot-tall sculpture, stands between the i wireless Center and the Radisson hotel on a lawn that stretches from River Drive to the riverfront. The iron sculpture consists of a massive wedge seemingly piercing a geometric form atop a conical base. Unless one reads the nearby plaque that states that John Deeres first plow factory was built on the site in 1848, the artwork seem out-of-place in its pleasant surrounding. The six-ton sculpture was cast at the John Deere Foundry in East Moline in 1981. The artist, Beverly Pepper, worked closely with the foundry to develop techniques and methods to produce this work the first sculpture cast on a monumental scale in ductile iron. The impact of the artwork is shaped, in part, by the industrial process and materials used to create it. Pepper described some of her massive works as metamorphosed tools. The wedge form that slices downward feels like an ax or a plow breaking through the soil. Pepper uses the wedge one of the six simple machines in combination with basic geometric forms to create a sense of something primal. Its scale and materials add a sense of power. To the south of River Drive near architectural ornaments on factory roofs. According to Deere & Company Collections Manager Nathan Augustine: Over the years, they decayed and were neglected; some were lost, destroyed, or stolen. In the early 1990s, company CEO Hans Becherer began a program of gathering and restoring them. There are currently 14 in the companys possession. Six are in the Quad Cities: in downtown Moline; at the TPC Deere Run golf course in Silvis; at the Harvester Works visitor center in East Moline; at the Parts Distribution Center in Milan; at the world headquarters in Moline; and at the Quad City International Airport in Moline. Augustine added: There are many variations on the antlers even among the ones owned by Deere. The antlers are one of the most fragile parts, so they get repaired or replaced often. Consolidation and modernization made the factories along the Moline riverfront obsolete. In their stead stand the i wireless Center, restaurants, hotels, and other businesses. Among them also stand these two sculptures rooted in the areas transformative industrial history. Hungarian artists. Charles Deere, the son of John Deere and president of Deere & Company from 1887 to 1907, originally saw a prototype of the sculpture at the 1893 Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Deere wanted a sculpture of the stag on top of every John Deere factory building. In all, 20 replicas often gilded were placed as Bruce Walters is a professor of art at Western Illinois University. This is part of an occasional series on the history of public art in the Quad Cities. If theres a piece of public art that youd like to learn more about, e-mail the location and a brief description to BD-Walters@wiu.edu.
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the John Deere Pavilion is a life-sized statue of a leaping stag. It is, in effect, a three-dimensional realization of the first John Deere logo, trademarked in 1876. Although it is an impressive artifact from the late 19th Century, it doesnt convey the same sense of industrial might as Spirit of Place. The statues forward movement instead conveys a sense of progress. The sculpture is made of copper sheets that were stamped into cast-iron molds, soldered together, and braced internally with a metal frame. The W.H. Mullins Company of Salem, Ohio, made the sculpture between 1893 and 1896. Although the sculptors names are unknown, they were German and
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Featured Images from the Quad Cities Photography Club
(Editors note: The River Cities Reader each month will feature an image or images from the Quad Cities Photography Club.)
Flooded Park Forces Blues Festival To Move

he Mississippi Valley Blues Society voted at a special board meeting June 25 to move the 29th Mississippi Valley Blues Festival from its home in Davenports LeClaire Park to a downtown Davenport location. The Park is expected to be flooded during the dates of the Blues Festival, July 4 through 6. The Army Corps of Engineers predicts that the Mississippi River will crest above flood stage this weekend, and will not have receded enough by July 4 to make the park usable. The MVBS board, after lengthy discussions of many alternatives, decided on a location on 3rd Street in downtown Davenport, with use of the Adler Theatre for Tent Stage performers. Bandshell acts will perform on a stage on 3rd Street west of the skywalk, weather permitting. If the weather does not cooperate, the Bandshell stage performances will be moved to the Great Hall of the River Center. Of course we didnt want to have to move from LeClaire Park, said Karen McFarland, Entertainment Committee CoChair. But the 3rd Street and Adler venues will still provide great quality music, and parking is abundant in the area. Further details about the layout will be forthcoming, including vendor spaces, admission gates, and free parking for motorcycles. The Mississippi Valley Blues Festival was forced by the flooded Mississippi River to move three previous times: 1993 (when the festival moved to the municipal airport in Mount Joy), 2001 (in the parking lot of Modern Woodmen Park), and 2008 (on 2nd Street in downtown Davenport). The Festival volunteers are experts at changing logistics in a hurry. And this years move to 3rd Street promises to run smoothly, Given the mistakes we made and now know how to avoid from 2008, said McFarland. Mississippi Valley Blues Society press release
his month the Quad Cities Photography Club is featuring two high-scoring images from a recent competition. They are both well-done portraits but are very different in subject and execution. Thomas Pickering captured his granddaughter at her first birthday party. She happened to look right at the photographer, and he was able to shoot this image. Tom used a Nikon D5000 camera with a Sigma 18-100-millimeter lens and a monopod. It was taken at f/6.7, 1/15 of a second, ISO 1600 in natural light. He processed it in Lightroom 4.4 to crop, even tonality, and apply a wash treatment to soften and glow the image, then he sharpened her features slightly and punched up her eyes and lips. The result shows the sweet innocence of a toddler. In contrast is Mark Schmalls image of Sherman The Tank Pendergarst, a professional mixed-martial-arts fighter who died of cancer at the age of 44 last summer. Mark took the image in his studio with a Canon 7D camera at f/11, 1/125 of a second, ISO 100. The photo was taken against a black-paper backdrop, and he used a pair of 400-watt strobes in softboxes. It was processed in Lightroom for a grunge effect. Mark entered it into the club competition as a tribute to Sherman. In contrast to the toddler image, this shows the toughness of this subject in an elegant manner. The Quad Cities Photography Club welcomes visitors and new members. The club sponsors numerous activities encompassing many types and aspects of photography. It holds digital and print competitions most months. At its meetings, members discuss the images, help each other to improve, and socialize. The club also holds special learning workshops and small groups that meet on specific photography topics, and occasionally offers interesting shooting opportunities. 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. For more information on the club, visit QCPhotoClub.com.
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people doing theatre here have day jobs, and so I dont want us to be rehearsing four hours nightly five, six nights a week. I just ... . I cant do it. It burns me out. And so Ive never had five-days-a-week rehearsals for any of the shows Ive directed. Its always been Monday through Thursday, 7 oclock to 9 oclock, and thats what its been for this show. But if you have a plan, Turley continues, and really just focus on what needs to happen, you dont need four-hour rehearsals. The actors know, Okay, I only have this much time ... . And so they work hard during that time. I expect a lot from the cast members with every show Ive done, but the process is efficient. And I think it works. I wont waste their time, and, in return, they wont waste mine. Despite its rehearsal process being similar to others, Turley does say that for Les Misrables, We have two weeks of tech rehearsals, which is the most Ive ever done on a show. And the nightly calls for the show are long, because we have a fight call, a gun call, a mic check, and physical warm-ups that start at 5:30 before the 7 oclock curtain. And the show is three hours, he adds with a laugh. So its a much longer evening than most. Myatt, for one, isnt complaining. It is such a neat combination of people. Some have worked with Countryside before, some dont live anywhere near here, but when they walked in there for the first rehearsal, they came in on day one knowing all their music. I mean, each of the people that fills out the ensemble could have easily been one of the leads. It really is an amazing thing to be part of. As for Turley, he says, Theres stress, of course, because its ... . You know, its Les Mis. But at the same time, Ill tell you, Im not nearly as stressed as Ive been with other shows. This has been the nicest cast Ive ever worked with; there are no divas at all, and everyone is so enthusiastic to do the show. They come in and theyre just excited to be here. They want to be in every scene. Laughing, he adds, I mean, the [actors playing the] Thnardiers and Javert were so disappointed that they couldnt be in the finale. And I was like, Well, were making it very clear that the show ends in the afterlife in heaven ... and since you all wouldve gone to hell ... you know ... you wouldnt be there ... . Les Misrables runs at the North Scott High School Fine Arts Auditorium (200 South First Street, Eldridge) July 5 through 21, and more information and tickets are available by calling (563)285-6228 or visiting CCTOnStage.org. View rehearsal photos and follow the shows progress at Twitter.com/CCT_OnStage.
Go Big or Go Home
Les Mis lies in its grandeur. There are certain things that the audience just wants to see, he says. They want to see the 10-foot-tall barricade. They want to see the revolve. They want to see the red flag waving. They want the grand scale that theyve seen [in photos] on the cast recording. And thats been Countrysides philosophy from the very beginning. We can tweak the show so that its ours, but there are certain iconic images that you just have to have, especially since the show hasnt come to the Quad Cities before. Throughout this whole process, says Myatt, weve known that some things would be costing a little extra. But the payoff, hopefully, is that people will see it and tell their friends, Oh my goodness, you have to see this. about 100 people at auditions. But we had over 200 people that auditioned for this one. It was great, says Turley. We had people driving down from Ames and Waterloo. We had people down from BloomingtonNormal, Illinois. I mean, they were coming from all over, and we packed almost every time slot we had. What a wonderful position to be in as a director. Yet despite the large numbers in attendance, Turley says, It actually wound up among the easiest casting that I ever did. What Ive always liked about CCT is that whoevers the most talented is getting the part. It doesnt matter if theyve put in 20 years worth of stage work or this is their first time auditioning if they get a role, its because they came in prepared, and they worked for it in the audition. Ive never understood companies who cast based on Well, weve worked with this person for 10 years, so lets give him something, and dont take a chance on somebody theyve never seen. Consequently, says Turley, 90 percent of the cast has either never done CCT before, or hasnt done it in a really long time. Id never seen the majority of them before auditions. But we wound up with a great cast. Our stage manager actually auditioned for Thnardier, and when he saw the guy whos playing the role, he was like, Thank God you didnt cast me, because that guys brilliant. (It should be noted that Myatt, who plays Les Mis tragic factory-workerturned-prostitute Fantine, was one of the auditioners that Turley had both seen and worked with before. But if youve witnessed her powerhouse performances in such area musicals as Gypsy and Chicago, you can rest assured that it was likely talent and not favoritism that secured Myatt the part.) After the show was cast, Turley says that Les Mis rehearsal process which officially began at Davenports Center Stage Performing Arts Academy on May 6 did entail a great deal of multi-tasking, as one would expect of a three-hour musical featuring more than four-dozen performers. From night one, says Turley, it was blocking in one room, music in another. We made that work for the first three weeks and divided everyones time up equally, so that if Valjean needed to be in one room, we had ponine and Marius working in another. And then, after those first three weeks, we combined everyone, and have been doing act runs ever since. But interestingly, despite the show being a mammoth-sized endeavor, Turley says he hasnt employed a radically different method in terms of its rehearsal time. I have a day job, he says, and most of the
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A Steady Diet of Curveballs

musics not horribly complicated. No pop music is. Most classical music isnt, either. The challenge came in actually internalizing the rhythms and making them feel right. The Portland Cello Project recorded them a few years ago, he said, but the record just didnt feel good; it didnt feel like hip hop. It felt like we were pretending to play hip hop. ... The rhythms just didnt line up right, and in such subtle ways that built up as you were listening to the songs ... . It felt either too square, too angular, or ... it just didnt feel like we knew what we were doing. It felt like a joke almost. ... One of the most vibrant art forms in American art today is hip-hop music. And the idea was to do an homage not to make fun of it or do a diminutive version of it, but to actually do something that has the feel of the original. So the group shelved the recordings, toured for a year, and re-recorded it with much better results. Jenkins said playing Kanye Westproduced songs, in particular, brings out different aspects of the music. In the act of performing something, ... new things are always revealed, he said. With Wests music, the harmonies will play with the rhythm. ... Its almost meditative, night after night, to be going through that process, of moving your body and making those sounds in a way that resonates just right with the rhythm. Something similar happens, he added, when Bach solo-cello pieces are played in an ensemble. As something that youve been playing forever by yourself, and all of a sudden youre playing it with five or six other people, you start to hear completely different things. You start to feel how everybody else around you is breathing, rather than just thinking about yourself and how you breathe through it. The Portland Cello Project will perform on Thursday, June 27, at the Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport; RiverMusicExperience.org). Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. show are $12 in advance and $15 the day of the show. For more information on the Portland Cello Project, visit PortlandCelloProject. com.
Myatt says that once word got out about Countryside doing Les Misrables, it was a fair bet that the organization would get a more-than-decent turnout when it came time to cast the show. She admits, however, that no one anticipated just how more-thandecent that turnout would be. Usually, she says, were lucky to get
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Folk-music icon in concert. Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $40-50. For tickets and information, call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org. Tuesday, June 25, through Saturday, July 27 Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. Family musical based on the book by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, directed by Marc Ciemiewicz. Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue, Rock Island). Scheduled performances Thursday-Saturday and Tuesday. $8.50. For tickets and information, call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com. Thursday, June 27, through Saturday, June 29 The Bad Seed. Maxwell Andersons melodrama about an evil eight-year-old presented as part of the University of Iowas Summer Rep series, directed by Eric Forsythe. Coralville Center for the Performing Arts (1301 Fifth Street, Coralville). Thursday-Saturday 8 p.m., Saturday 2 p.m. $13-26. For tickets and information, call (319)335-1160 or visit http://www.Hancher.UIowa.edu. Saturday, June 29, through Sunday, July 7 Alcestis. Genesius Guilds masked presentation of Euripides Greek tragedy. Lincoln Park (11th Avenue and 38th Street, Rock Island). Saturday and Sunday 8 p.m. Donations encouraged. For information, visit Genesius.org. Wednesday, July 3, through Sunday, July 21 The Sound of Music. Rodgers & Hammersteins Tony Award-winning musical classic. Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (311 Riverview Drive, Clinton). Thursday-Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday and Wednesday 3 p.m. For tickets and information, call (563)242-6760 or visit ClintonShowboat.org. Friday, July 5, through Sunday, July 21 Les Misrables. Countryside Community Theatres production of the Broadwaymusical smash based on Victor Hugos novel, directed by David Turley. North Scott High School Fine Arts Auditorium (200 South First Street, Eldridge). Friday, Saturday, and July 11 7 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $7-14. For tickets and information, call (563)285-6228 or visit CCTOnStage.org. Friday, July 5, through Sunday, July 14 A Green River. Debuting returning-soldier drama by Aaron Randolph III, directed by Daniel D.P. Sheridan. QC Theatre Workshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue, Davenport). ThursdaySaturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 3 p.m. Pay what its worth ticket pricing. For information and to reserve, call (563)650-2396 or visit QCTheatreWorkshop.org. Friday, July 5, through Sunday, July 14 The Music Man. Meredith Willsons classic musical romance. Timber Lake Playhouse (8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll). TuesdaySaturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $15-23. For tickets and information, call (815)2442035 or visit TimberLakePlayhouse.org. Thursday, June 27, through Saturday, June 29 David R. Collins Writers Conference. Annual three-day workshops sponsored by the Midwest Writing Center, with topics including poetry, fiction, freelancing, publishing, and more. St. Ambrose University (518 West Locust Street, Davenport). $65-75/workshop, $125-145/two workshops, $150-175/ three workshops. For information and to register, call (563)324-1410 or visit MidwestWritingCenter.org, Thursday, July 4, through Thursday, August 1 Flamingo Follies. Annual exhibit of artistically altered plastic pink lawn flamingos. Quad City Botanical Center (2525 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island). MondaySaturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Sunday noon-5 p.m. Free with $2-6 admission. For information, call (309)7940991 or visit QCGardens.com. Thursday, June 27 The Garden Party. A celebration of the centers 15th anniversary featuring samplings from area chefs, music, a silent auction, and more. Quad City Botanical Center (2525 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island). 6 p.m. $65/person, $480/table of eight. For information and to reserve, call (309)794-0991 or visit QCGardens.com. Thursday, June 27, through Saturday, June 29 Antique Automobile Club of Americas 2013 Grand National Show. More than 300 cars compete in an event hosted by the Mississippi Region Chapter of the Antique Automobile Club of America. John Deere Commons (1415 River Drive, Moline). Thursday and Friday 6-8 p.m., Saturday 7 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call (309)517-4195 or e-mail JaKirik@mchsi.com. Wednesday, July 3 Red, White, & Boom! Annual Fourth of July celebrations across the Mississippi River, featuring fireworks, vendors, childrens activities, and more. The District of Rock Island and Davenports LeClaire Park. Free admission. For information, visit RIDistrict.com and DowntownDavenport.com.
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and information, call (877)677-3456 or visit RiversideCasinoAndResort.com. Saturday, June 29 Tracing Footsteps with Bill Payne. Art discussion and performance with the photographer and Little Feat musician. The Redstone Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). 8 p.m. $20-25. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. Saturday, June 29 The Socialists. Rock concert with Chicago-based musician Fernando Rabiela and his children. RME Community Stage (131 West Second Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $5. For tickets and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit RiverMusicExperience.org. Wednesday, July 3 Bad Company. English rock super-group in concert. Riverside Casino & Golf Resort (3184 Highway 22, Riverside). 9 p.m. $30-70. For tickets and information, call (877)677-3456 or visit RiversideCasinoAndResort.com. Thursday, July 4, through Saturday, July 6 Mississippi Valley Blues Festival. Annual blues weekend with concerts on the tent and bandshell stages, blues and BlueSKool workshops, a photo exhibit, vendors, and more. LeClaire Park (River Drive and Ripley Street, Davenport). $1520/day. For tickets and information, call (563)322-5837 or visit MVBS.org. Friday, July 5 Brandi Carlile. Pop-rock singer/songwriter in concert, with an opening set by The Lone Bellow. Englert Theatre (221 East Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m. $32.50-35. For tickets and information, call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org. Friday, July 5, through Sunday, July 7 Iowa City Jazz Festival. Annual outdoor festival featuring concerts on several stages, vendors, childrens activities, and more. Downtown Iowa City. For information, visit SummerOfTheArts.org. Friday, July 5, and Saturday, July 6 80/35 Music Festival. Annual outdoor music festival featuring dozens of acts performing on several stages. Downtown Des Moines. $39-150/day. For tickets and information, visit 80-35.com. Wednesday, July 10 Meat Puppets. American rockers in their fourth decade of performance, with an opening set by Enemy Planes. Rock Island Brewing Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. $10-12. For information, call (309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. For a 2009 River Cities Reader cover article on the Meat Puppets, visit RCReader.com/y/ puppets. Wednesday, July 10 Arlo Guthrie.
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The corporate media cartel is clearly tasked with influencing Americans in the direction of acceptance of governments mass surveillance as the new normal and perfectly acceptable. Americans happily accept the trite reassurances given by our leaders that even though it is collecting vast amounts of metadata, it isnt listening, or reading, or watching, or inhaling. Any semi-critical thinker, after listening to testimony during the recent congressional hearings with the NSA and FBI leadership, can discern that the committee members are compromised because the questioning is obviously predetermined to steer all answers away from discussion of anything other than the exact programs that purportedly collect only metadata, such as PRISM. NSA Director Keith Alexander can honestly say that PRISM does not listen in, as long as congressmen never ask, Are there other government surveillance programs in operation that do listen in? James Bamford, a former Navy intelligence officer, later pursued a career in journalism and has written extensively on the NSA. Technically, he is not the stereotypical whistleblower, but his exposs have caused the Department of Justice to seek his prosecution by claiming he possessed classified documents. The DOJ failed in this prosecutorial attempt because the documents had been de-classified during the Carter Administration and by law could not be re-classified. Since then, new rules for re-classification of de-classified documents have been created through a series of executive orders (12958, 13142, 13233, 13292, and 13489) the most draconian under Bush and Obama. (Recall that in the Thomas Drake case, prosecutors had documents re-classified in an attempt to frame Drake.) In his recent book The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, Bamford reveals government programs beyond PRISM (identified by latest whistleblower Edward Snowden) that do nothing but spy on Americans. These include Operation Chaos (spying on anti-war groups during the Vietnam War) and Black Chamber (an unholy alliance between the NSA and the telecommunications industry) from the 1970s. And then theres the struggle between Thinthread William Binneys
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Im a single dad of three children, who are my world, and it was a battle to get custody of them. For three years, Ive dated a woman with grown children, and on our shared birthday (Valentines Day), I proposed and she accepted. Two days later, she ended everything via text and hasnt spoken to me since. She claimed she wants to come first in someones life, and my kids and dealings with my ex-wife took priority. Didnt she figure this out earlier? Three weeks after she broke things off, I learned she was in love with an older rich guy with no children and that shes spreading lies about me to mutual friends. We had a great relationship, and using her words, were total soul mates. Now she tells people how miserable she was. Even her friends are confused. Baffled It seems shes got a new take on a classic soul-mate anthem: You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, except, hey, check out that old rich guy over there! What a lucky lady. No sooner did she realize that her current soul mate was no longer working for her than another popped up, right in the same town and everything. The truth is, even nice, well-meaning people can go floating along thinking theyre in a relationship they want until their partner says, Hey, wanna make it for realsies? Chances are, your girlfriend long resented your prioritizing your kids but just sucked it up until you got down on one knee and presented her with the fork in the road. With the prospect of permanence on the horizon, everything suddenly became clear: One road leads to a lifetime battling for your cash and attention, and the other has Snow White awakening from her coma and realizing she could get a better deal. A partners use of the term total soul mates suggests that one is either dating a 14-year-old or somebody about as emotionally and romantically mature. The idea of soul mates actually traces back to Plato. He wrote about a symposium (ancient Greek for kegger) at which an apparently tanked Aristophanes claimed there were once three sexes male, female, and this weird he/she thing, round like a soccer ball, with four hands, four feet,
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filtering software program that could detect potential terrorist threats from correlations found in massive amounts of encrypted data, then discard all extraneous data to protect Americans privacy and Trailblazer, the $1-billion surveillance boondoggle exposed by Thomas Drake that was meant to replace Thinthread because it kept all the extraneous data, violating myriad civil rights. Bamford writes about Black Widow (a collection of supercomputers currently collecting data that could fill 37,000 new Libraries of Congress) and Echelon, the interception of communications by Americans over satellite transmissions, including e-mail, cell phones, the Internet, and telephones. Bamford writes that this type of information is often shared with Five Eyes, a group that includes the intelligence agencies in the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Total Information Awareness sweeps in everything with a digital trail, including retail purchases, banking, health care, and travel. Operation Highlander employs tens of thousands of linguists to listen to and translate foreign conversations that are suspected to be connected to al-Qaeda. Unfortunately, this program, according to Bamford, was eventually expanded to include journalists and non-governmental and humanitarian organizations. And then there are datamining programs such as PatternTracer, Agility, Fastscope, Hightide, Intelink, CREST, and Surrey, to name just a few in Bamfords long list. The real danger lies in the secrecy of all this governmental spying activity, and the agendas behind American targets we know nothing about. The potential for abuse is staggering. The excuse that shallow Americans use to do nothing I have nothing to hide should be responded to with not yet. The number of rules, regulations, and statutes that turn everyday activities into civil or criminal infractions, punishable by fines and/or confinement, is growing exponentially. For instance, what if you are involved in grassroots efforts to improve the healthfulness of your drinking water? During a May 29 town-hall meeting in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee, residents protested the poor quality of their water, only to be met with the threat from a Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation deputy director that if their complaints were deemed unfounded
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and two faces. According to Ari, humans got power-hungry and attacked the gods. The gods were pissed. They contemplated annihilating humanity with thunderbolts and then realized thered be nobody left to leave them offerings. Zeus instead punished the humans by hacking the he/shes in two male and female and after Apollo reshaped them to look like we do now, the gods dispersed them, compelling them to forever be searching for their other half. Supposedly, those few who are lucky enough to find theirs spend the rest of their lives making goo-goo eyes at each other on a picnic blanket while all the other couples are taking turns sobbing into a pillow in marriage counseling or sex therapy. Ironically, back here in the real world, a person who believes shes your soul mate is actually a flight risk. Social psychologist Dr. C. Raymond Knee has explored the effect on relationships from destiny belief the belief that people have soul mates, that relationships are either fated to be or theyre not versus growth belief, the belief that successful relationships dont just fall out of the sky; they take work. Partners with growth belief think that relationships are cultivated and developed over time, that problems are a natural part of them, and that working through them is a way to build a closer and stronger bond. A destiny believer, on the other hand, tends to see problems as a sign shes in the wrong place and as reason to bail. As for why your self-proclaimed soul mate dumped you via text and then trashtalked you all over town, well, some women are into shoes that match their handbag; yours turned out to have a cold heart to go with her cold feet. This strongly suggests that what she felt for you was not love but love the one youre with (a.k.a. adventures in mercenary pragmatism). A romantic partner might need to end things with you, but if she ever loved you, she doesnt turn on you the moment youre no longer of use to her. In trashing you now, chances are shes trying to punish you for her failure to figure out what she really wanted and maybe trying to justify dumping you to both herself and her friends. The way for you to go forward is by looking backward. Explore whether you bought into the idea that she was loving and didnt allow yourself to see the woman she appears to be one whos looking for that special someone to take her hand and walk off into the sunset with her toward his banks nearest ATM.
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by federal authority, they could be charged as terrorists (RCReader.com/y/ complaints). In another egregious Supreme Court ruling in Salinas V. Texas on July 17, the Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination was discarded, allowing that the defendant had no right to remain silent. The court allowed the defendants silence to stand as proof of his guilt (RCReader.com/y/salinas). This is absolutely antithetical to the core principles of the rule of law that defines Americas republic. As one can see from the sources above, the secret and unlawful surveillance programs being perpetuated upon Americans go well beyond those recently leaked and reported in the mainstream headlines. Add in the expanded prosecutions of whistleblowers and undisclosed interpretations of secret laws and the flagrant and indiscriminate classification and re-classification of massive amounts of government documents, and one must admit that George Orwell was only too prescient with his novel 1984. A free society is rapidly evaporating right before all of our eyes. And for those who dismiss these statements as a symptom of the sky is falling syndrome, one has to only acknowledge the horrific history of societies that stood silent while their overlords turned the screws of tyranny. And it is not only the populace that these tyrants turn on. The government employees who help carry out such violations, as well as those wellmeaning whistleblowers trying to do the right thing, inevitably end up being expendable, too. Consider Obamas new Insider Threat program that, according to McClatchy reporters Marisa Taylor and Jonathan S. Landay, could make it easier for the government to stifle the flow of unclassified and potentially vital information to the public, while creating toxic work environments poisoned by unfounded suspicions and spurious investigations of loyal Americans (RCReader.com/y/threats). It is time more Americans recognize and actively oppose the pattern of the growing violations of the Bill of Rights, including threats to our Fourth Amendment guarantee of due process and our First Amendment protections of free speech, free press, and free association/assembly. If you think you are somehow immune to the abuses of a government run amok, you are wrong.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): To know when to stop is of the same importance as to know when to begin, said the painter Paul Klee. Take that to heart, Aries! You are pretty adept at getting things launched, but youve got more to learn about the art of stopping. Sometimes you finish prematurely. Other times you sort of disappear without officially bringing things to a close. Now would be an excellent time to refine your skills. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The problem with quotes on the Internet is that its hard to determine whether or not they are genuine. So said Joan of Arc back in 1429, right before she helped lead French troops in the battle of Patay. Just kidding! Joan of Arc never had the pleasure of surfing the Web, of course, since it didnt exist until long after she died. But I was trying to make a point that will be useful for you to keep in mind, Taurus, which is: Be skeptical of both wild claims and mild claims. Stay alert for seemingly interesting leads that are really time-wasting half-truths. Be wary of unreliable gossip that would cause an unnecessary ruckus. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): French Impressionist painter Claude Monet loved to paint water lilies, and he did so over and over again for many years. Eventually he created about 250 canvases that portrayed these floating flowers. Should we conclude that he repeated himself too much? Should we declare that he was boringly repetitive? Or might we wonder if he kept finding new delights in his comfortable subject? Would we have enough patience to notice that each of the 250 paintings shows the water lilies in a different kind of light, depending on the weather and the season and the time of day? I vote for the latter view, and suggest that you adopt a similar approach to the familiar things in your life during the coming weeks. CANCER (June 21-July 22): In order to swim one takes off all ones clothes, said 19th Century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. In order to aspire to the truth one must undress in a far more inward sense, divest oneself of all ones inward clothes, of thoughts, conceptions, selfishness, etc., before one is sufficiently naked. Your assignment in the coming week, Cancerian, is to get au naturel like that. Its time for you to make yourself available for as much of the raw, pure, wild truth as you can stand. LEO (July 23-August 22): Gertrude Stein was an innovative writer. Many illustrious artists were her friends. But she had an overly elevated conception of her own worth. Think of the Bible and Homer, she said, think of Shakespeare and think of me. On another occasion, she proclaimed, Einstein was the creative philosophic mind of the century, and I have been the creative literary mind of the century. Do you know anyone like Stein, Leo? Heres the truth, in my opinion: To some degree, we are all like Stein. Every one of us has at least one inflated idea about ourselves a conceited self-conception that doesnt match reality. It was my turn to confront my egotistical delusions a few weeks ago. Now would be an excellent time for you to deal with yours. Dont be too hard on yourself, though. Just recognize the inflation, laugh about it, and move on. VIRGO (August 23-September 22): When I close my eyes, I get a psychic vision of you as a kid playing outside on a warm summer day. Youre with friends, immersed in a game that commands your full attention. Suddenly, you hear a jingling tune wafting your way from a distance. Its the ice-cream truck. You stop what youre doing and run inside your home to beg your mom for some money. A few minutes later, youre in a state of bliss, communing with your Fudgsicle or ice-cream cone or strawberry-lime fruit bar. I have a feeling that you will soon experience an adult version of this scene, Virgo. Metaphorically speaking, either the ice-cream man or the ice-cream woman will be coming to your neighborhood. LIBRA (September 23-October 22): During the past 10 months, you have been unusually adventurous. The last time you summoned so much courage and expansiveness may have been 2001. Im impressed! Please accept my respect and appreciation. Youve had a sixth sense about knowing when its wise to push beyond your limitations and boundaries. You have also had a seventh sense about intuiting when to be crafty and cautious as you wander through the frontiers. Now heres one of your assignments for the next 12 months: Distill all youve learned out there in the borderlands and decide how you will use your wisdom to build an unshakable power spot back here in the heart of the action. SCORPIO (October 23-November 21): Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the most influential scientists in history. He produced major breakthroughs in both chemistry and physics. Have you ever used devices that run on electricity? You can thank him for playing a major role in developing that wonderful convenience. And yet unlike most scientists, he had only the most elementary grasp of mathematics. In fact, his formal education was negligible. I propose that we name him your role model of the week. Hes a striking example of the fact that you can arrive at your chosen goal by many different paths. Keep that in mind if youre ever tempted to believe that theres just one right way to fulfill your dreams. SAGITTARIUS (November 22-December 21): The only thing that we learn from history, said the German philosopher Georg Hegel, is that we never learn anything from history. Im urging
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you to refute that statement in the coming weeks, Sagittarius. Im pleading with you to search your memory for every possible clue that might help you be brilliant in dealing with your immediate future. What have you done in the past that you shouldnt do now? What havent you done in the past that you should do now? CAPRICORN (December 22-January 19): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, now would be a pretty good time to talk about things that are hard to talk about. I dont necessarily mean that youll find it easy to do. But I suspect it would be relatively free of pain and karmic repercussions. There may even be a touch of pleasure once the catharsis kicks in. So try it if you dare, Capricorn. Summon the courage to express truths that have previously been hard to pin down. Articulate feelings that have been murky or hidden. For best results, encourage those you trust to do the same. AQUARIUS (January 20-February 18): Are you familiar with Quidditch? Its a rough sport played by wizards in the fictional world of Harry Potter. All seven books in the series mention it, so its an important element. Author J.K. Rowling says she dreamed up the sport after having a quarrel with her boyfriend. In my deepest, darkest soul, she reports, I would quite like to see him hit by a bludger. (In Quidditch, a bludger is a big black ball made of iron.) I bring this up, Aquarius, because I suspect that you, too, are in position to use anger in a creative and constructive way. Take advantage of your raw emotion to make a lasting improvement in your life. PISCES (February 19-March 20): In his erotic poem Your Sex, Joe Bolton exults: My heart simplified, I touch the bud of happiness its in season. And whatever grief I might have felt before simply dies inside me. You might want to write that down on a slip of paper and carry it around with you this week, Pisces. According to my understanding of the astrological omens, the bud of happiness is now in season for you. You have good reason to shed the undertones of sadness and fear you carry around with you. Ill tell you the last lines of Boltons poem, because they also apply: Sometimes I think its best just to take pleasure wherever we want and can. Look: the twilight is alive with wild honey. (The full poem: TinyURL.com/JoeBolton.) Homework: Each of us has a secret ignorance. Can you guess what yours is? What will you do about it? FreeWillAstrology.com.
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An Evening with the Portland Cello Project - The Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Battle for Bass Fest w/ Radcon -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Bebop Jazz Night - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Dream Lover: A Salute to Bobby Darin (1 & 7:15pm) -Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Jam Sessions with John OMeara & Friends - The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA Jim Ryan - Greenbriar Restaurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL Karaoke Night - Pepperjacks, 1225 E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA Karaoke Night - Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Karaoke Night - Zero to Sixty, 811 East 2nd St. Davenport, IA Lewis Knudsen (11am) - Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Live Lunch w/ Bethann Gavin (noon) -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Minus Six (6:30pm) - Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Bettendorf, IA Moon Hooch - Derek Perez - Darrin Matthews -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA North of 40 - Rock Island County Fairgrounds, Archer Drive & Avenue of the Cities East Moline, IL Open Mic Night - Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA Open Mic Night w/ Karl -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA Open Mic w/ Jeff Smallwood - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Rocktapuss Hosts the Rock Jam - Rascals Live, 1418 15th St. Moline, IL Sin City - Bass Street Landing Plaza, Moline, IL Soulshake -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA The Candymakers - Firesale - Rude Punch - The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA The Feralings -Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, off I-80 at exit 254 West Branch, IA 2013/06/28 (Fri)
ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St. Davenport, IA ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Big Joes DJ & Karaoke Show -V.F.W. Post 9128, 2814 State Street Bettendorf, IA Brent Brown -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Caught in the Act - River House, 1510 River Dr. Moline, IL Chuck Murphy -Docs Inn Bar & Grill, 985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis, IL Cross Creek Karaoke -Stickmans, 1510 N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA Dennis McMurrin -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Dream Lover: A Salute to Bobby Darin (1pm) - Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse, 1828 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Emanations Series -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Franti Project: The Music of Michael Franti & Spearhead - Barrel House 211, 211 E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
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Friday Live @5: Jason Carl & the Whole Damn Band (5pm) - RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Funktastic Five - Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Here Come the Mummies - The Brat Pack -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Hi-Fi - Headquarters Bar & Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL Hubie Ashcroft Band (7:30 & 10:30pm) - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Illinois Air Force National Guard Band -Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park Bettendorf, IA Jerra Williams (11am) -Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Julie Lee & Her White Rose Duo (6pm) - Walcott Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA Karaoke King -Chucks Tap, 1731 W. 6th St. Davenport, IA Live Lunch w/ Mo Carter (noon) - RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Mewithoutyou - Rocky Votolato - Auctioneer - Strictly Vinyl -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Miranda Lambert -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Night Light -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA Orquesta Alto Maiz - Weather Dance Fountain Stage, outside the Sheraton Hotel, 210 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA Paul Cioe (noon) - Bettendorf Public Library, 2950 Learning Campus Bettendorf, IA Paula Cole -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA Piano Legends: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John -The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL RME Rock Wars Battle of the Bands: The Atlantis Dialogue (8pm) - Dynoride (9:45pm) - The Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Rob Dahms (6pm) - Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL Rock the District 2013: Here Come the Mummies - The Brat Pack (6pm) -The District of Rock Island, 16 1/2 St. Rock Island, IL Ron Johnson One-Man Band - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Southern Thunder Karaoke and DJ - Hollars Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL The Old 57s (5pm) -Wide River Winery LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd. LeClaire, IA The OMys - Unnamed Acoustic - Bad Intentions -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA The Stroehle Trio (5:30pm) - Keep Off the Grass (7:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA TV Magic - Sunset 4Ever - I Cry Wolfe - Jacob Nutt - From Hated to Heros -RME (River Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Who Cares? Band - Rock Island County Fairgrounds, Archer Drive & Avenue of the Cities East Moline, IL 2013/06/29 (Sat)
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Kent Burnside Band -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Larry Bo Boyd (6pm) - Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
319 Fest Battle of the Bands: Das Thunderfoot - The Savage Hacks - Gone South - The Rings - Station -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Bob Burns & Rob Dahms -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA Brent Brown -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Chuck Murphy -Shueys Restaurant & Lounge, 1158 Club Rd. NE Cedar Rapids, IA Community Drum Circle (10:30am) - The Socialists (7pm) - RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Crossroads -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA Del Fox Band (1pm) - Hard Ball (8:30pm) -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Detroit Larry (6pm) - Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL Hard Ball Band -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Hubie Ashcroft Band -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Identity Crisis -River House, 1510 River Dr. Moline, IL Jeff & Marcia Duo -Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Julie Lee & Her White Rose Duo (2 & 6pm) - Lyle Beaver Trio (4 & 8pm) - Walcott Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA Karaoke King -Chucks Tap, 1731 W. 6th St. Davenport, IA Kelly Kees -Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Koobys Karaoke Sing-Off - Headquarters Bar & Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL Open Mic Afternoon (2pm) -Creekside Vineyards Winery & Inn, 7505 120th Ave. Coal Valley, IL Pennies on the Rail -Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA Piano Legends: The Music of Billy Joel and Elton John -The Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Rock Camp USA: Session 2 (noon) - The Redstone Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA Rock the District 2013: Theory of a Deadman - 3 Years Hollow Candlelight Red - 3 Pill Morning -The District of Rock Island, 16 1/2 St. Rock Island, IL
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Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar (7pm) -Phoenix, 111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA Stuart Davis -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA The Irish Kin -Peachwave Frozen Yogurt, 3431 Devils Glen Rd. Bettendorf, IA The Knockoffs -Rock Island County Fairgrounds, Archer Drive & Avenue of the Cities East Moline, IL The Tritones Jazz Ensemble -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St Moline, IL Timespan - Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Tony Brown w/ the Earth Riddim Band - The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA 2013/06/30 (Sun)
THURSDAY
ABC Karaoke -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
MONDAY
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Lojo Russo - The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Alta - The Reptillian - Puddle Jumper Ice Hockey -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon, 13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL Charlie Hayes and Detroit Larry Davison (6pm) - Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Chuck Murphy (1pm) -Off Shore Restaurant, 29921 395th Ave. Bellevue, IA Cross Creek Karaoke -Bootleggers Sports Bar, 2228 E. 11th St. Davenport, IA Davenport Zither Ensemble (2pm) -German American Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Hey Marseilles -CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103 3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Musical Morning (7am) -Brewed Awakenings, 221 Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic at the Paddlehweel hosted by Silly C & Slack Man -Paddlewheel Sports Bar & Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA 2013/07/02 (Tue)
Meat Puppets @ RIBCO July 10

Open Mic w/ Jeff Smallwood - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen - 11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA Rachael Marie -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ - McManus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL 2013/07/03 (Wed) Franti Project: The Music of Michael Franti & Spearhead - Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau - Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Jason Carl & Friends -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Karaoke King - The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
TUESDAY
ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
WEDNESDAY
Karaoke Night - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Polyester Blend (2pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm) - Blues Cafe (6:30pm) - RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) - OMelias Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Open Jam w/ the Harris Collection - Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night - Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
A Star-Spangled Bash featuring the Dirt Road Rockers -Greenbriar Restaurant and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL Bad Company -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Bob Burns (11am) - Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Firecracker 500 Festival 2013: Verma - Jerome & the Pyschics - Brooks Strause & the Gory Details - Snake Island - Samuel Locke-Ward - Bleeds - Cool Boobs - ConeTrauma -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Fat Dawgs Productions -QC Family Entertainment, 4401 44th Ave. Moline, IL Keller Karaoke - Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Live Lunch w/ Chris Dunn (noon) -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Mobile Death Camp - The Horde -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Passion (7:30 & 10:30pm) - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Bettendorf Park Band - Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park Bettendorf, IA Firecracker 500 Festival 2013: The Blind Shake - White Mystery - Autodramatics - The Delphines - Racket Ghost - We Shave - The Savage Hacks - The Men from ... Beyond -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Jam Sessions with John OMeara & Friends - The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA Karaoke Night - Pepperjacks, 1225 E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA Karaoke Night - Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Karaoke Night - Zero to Sixty, 811 East 2nd St. Davenport, IA Lewis Knudsen (11am) - Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Mississippi Valley Blues Festival - Bandshell Stage: Selwyn Birchwood Band (3pm) - Howard & the White Boys (5pm) - Eddie Devil Boy Turner & the Trouble Twins (7pm) - Chris OLeary Band (9pm) - Walter Trout (11pm) - LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA
Mississippi Valley Blues Festival - Tent Stage: Kevin B.F. Burt (4pm) - Joe & Vicki Price (6pm) - Davina & the Vagabonds (8pm) - Southern Hospitality w/ Victor Wainwright, J.P. Soars, & Damon Fowler (10pm) - LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA Nervous Rex (2pm) -Cumberland Square, 2300 Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA Open Mic Night - Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA Open Mic Night w/ Karl -Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms -Rustic Ridge Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA Open Mic w/ Jeff Smallwood - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Passion (5pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Rocktapuss Hosts the Rock Jam - Rascals Live, 1418 15th St. Moline, IL Soulshake -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Who Cares? Band (3pm) -The Palace, 701 15th Ave East Moline, IL 2013/07/05 (Fri)
FRIDAY
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ABC Karaoke -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St. Davenport, IA ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Big Joes DJ & Karaoke Show -V.F.W. Post 9128, 2814 State Street Bettendorf, IA Brandi Carlile - The Lone Bellow -Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St. Iowa City, IA Chuck Murphy -Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, 444 Eagle Ridge Dr Galena, IL Circus Band -Bill Bowe Memorial Bandshell, Middle Park Bettendorf, IA Cross Creek Karaoke -Stickmans, 1510 N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA
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Opens Saturday
June 29October 6, 2013
This Figge exhibition is composed of a web-like structure made of material gathered in the Quad Cities. In his use of refuse and other found objects, artist Juan Angel Chavez seeks to draw attention to socially deviant behavior and other unwanted activities
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Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804 www.figgeartmuseum.org

Ron Johnson One-Man Band - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Southern Thunder Karaoke and DJ - Hollars Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL Strictly Vinyl -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA The Krank Daddies - The Afterdarks - 3 on the Tree - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Them SomBitches - Seth Knappen Nick Mielke -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St Moline, IL Jeff & Marcia Duo -Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Josh Duffee & His Orchestra - Rhythm City Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA Just Chords - Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Karaoke King -Chucks Tap, 1731 W. 6th St. Davenport, IA Kelly Kees -Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Koobys Karaoke Sing-Off - Headquarters Bar & Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL Live Lunch w/ Lowdenstein (noon) RME Guitar Circle (2pm) - River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Bandshell Stage: Reverend Raven & the Chain-Smokin Altar Boys (3pm) - Mississippi Valley Blues Challenge winners (5pm) - The 44s (7pm) - W.C. Clark (9pm) - Kenny Wayne Shepherd (11pm) -LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Tent Stage: Chris Avey & Detroit Larry Davison (4pm) - Toby Walker (6pm) - Ironing Board Sam & Ardie Dean (8pm) - C.J. Chenier & the Red Hot Louisiana Band (10pm) - LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA Passion - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Premium Sellouts - River House, 1510 River Dr. Moline, IL Rude Punch -Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar (7pm) - Phoenix, 111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA Zeta June - T.U.G.G. CD Release Party - Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA 2013/07/07 (Sun) Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon, 13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL Cross Creek Karaoke - Bootleggers Sports Bar, 2228 E. 11th St. Davenport, IA Dennis Albee (2pm) -Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Freddie Steenbock Duo (8am) -Davenport American Legion, 702 W. 35th St. Davenport, IA Iowa City Jazz Festival: Philip Dizack Quartet (2pm) - JD Allen Trio (4pm) - Fred Hersch Trio (6pm) - Pharoah Sanders (8pm) - Downtown Iowa City, IA Jazz Jam - The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Joe & Vicki Price (2pm) - Wide River Winery - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd. LeClaire, IA Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Keep off the Grass (5pm) -The Captains Table, 4801 River Dr. Moline, IL Majestic (1pm) -Lavender Crest Winery, 5401 US Highway 6 Colona, IL Sama Dams - Catherine Feeny - Emily Warren -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Snow Whites Poison Bite - I Cr y Wolfe - Ignore the Script - Farewell Mackenzie (6pm) - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Songwriters Night - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL
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Danika Holmes (5pm) - Wide River Winery - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd. LeClaire, IA Evergreen Grass Band -RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA Funktastic 5 - River House, 1510 River Dr. Moline, IL Iowa City Jazz Festival: United Jazz Ensemble (4:30pm) - Laranja (6pm) - Sachal Vasandani & the Iowa Jazz Orchestra (8pm) - Downtown Iowa City, IA Jazz Jam - The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Jerra Williams (11am) - Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Just Chords - Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Justin Morrissey & Drunken Angels -Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Karaoke King -Chucks Tap, 1731 W. 6th St. Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Blues Festival Bandshell Stage: Mississippi Valley Blues Challenge Finals (3pm) - Jimmy Nick & Dont Tell Mama (5pm) - Samantha Fish (7pm) - Anthony Gomes (9pm) - Mighty Sam McClain (11pm) -LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA Mississippi Valley Blues Festival - Tent Stage: Winter Blues AllStars (4pm) - Scottie Miller (6pm) - Dee Alexander (8pm) - John Primer (10pm) - LeClaire Park, River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA North of 40 -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State St Bettendorf, IA Passion - Riverside Casino and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA Pet Symmetry - Sundials - Comfort Straight Up! - Ice Hockey -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
SUNDAY
Soul Karaoke -Top Shelf Lounge, 1327 13th Ave East Moline, IL Sunday Funday Karaoke (3pm) -Fricks Tap, 1402 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Sunday Jazz Brunch (10:30am & 12:30pm) -Bix Bistro, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA 2013/07/08 (Mon)
MONDAY
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen - 11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -McManus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL The Lone Bellow -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL 2013/07/10 (Wed)

Musical Morning (7am) -Brewed Awakenings, 221 Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic at the Paddlehweel hosted by Silly C & Slack Man -Paddlewheel Sports Bar & Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA Open Mic w/ J. Knight -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA 2013/07/09 (Tue)
WEDNESDAY
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ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Blue Midnight Trio - Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA Cheese Pizza - Wes Weeblers Brokeass Sellouts -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL Chuck Murphy - Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa, 444 Eagle Ridge Dr Galena, IL Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St Davenport, IA Crossroads -Shannons Bar and Grill, 252 S State Ave Hampton, IL DrugMuzicFest: Fooch - EX-L - Bud D. Luck - KB - Shakes - AWTHNTKTS - Damn Juhl -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Iowa City Jazz Festival: North Corridor Jazz All Stars (2pm) - Charlie Hunter & Scott Amendola Duo (4pm) Christian Scott Quintet (6pm) Lonnie Smith (8pm) - Downtown Iowa City, IA Jazz Jam - The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA
TUESDAY
ABC Karaoke - Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) - OMelias Supper Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock Island, IL Karaoke Night -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Luella & the Sun - Dave Zollo -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Open Jam w/ the Harris Collection - Brady Street Pub, 217 Brady St. Davenport, IA Open Mic Night - Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL Open Mic w/ Jeff Smallwood - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL
Arlo Guthrie -Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington St. Iowa City, IA Bob Burns (11am) - Mama Comptons, 1725 2nd Ave Rock Island, IL Briar Rabbit -Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA Burlington Street Bluegrass Band -The Mill, 120 E Burlington Iowa City, IA Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA Jason Carl & Friends -Creekside Bar and Grill, 3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA Karaoke King - The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA Karaoke Night w/ Fat Dawgs Productions -QC Family Entertainment, 4401 44th Ave. Moline, IL Keller Karaoke - Martinis on the Rock, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL Matchbox 20 & Goo Goo Dolls -i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr Moline, IL
Meat Puppets - Enemy Planes -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA Ren Edstrand Blues Jam - Studio Pub, 1465 19th St. East Moline, IL Shiloh Terry -Zero to Sixty, 811 East 2nd St. Davenport, IA The Chris & Wes Show - Mound Street Landing, 1029 Mound St. Davenport, IA
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