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GUEST COMMENTARY
and false alarms. Students are corralled
into closets and hallways, met with police
officers armed to the hilt, searched by drug-
sniffing dogs, and generally made to feel as
if they are living in a war zone. This trend of
acclimating children to a mindset in which
they should always be fearful, on edge, and
deferential to authority is compounded by
so-called drills in which police officers
pretend they are spree shooters. Dahlia
Lithwick, writing for Slate.com, notes that
these bizarre attempts to prepare kids for
an active-shooter situation do not really
prepare students for emergency situations
but rather simply frighten them.
Their true purpose, as I document in
my book A Government of Wolves: The
Emerging American Police State, seems
to be simply to acclimate children to the
mindset of paranoia and absolute deference
to authority that has taken hold of the
American populace at large. Children,
who are naturally suspect of illegitimate
authority, are being conditioned to accept
any and all orders from on high, even those
that they inherently know are wrong.
Continued On Page 10
by John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
The End of Childhood in the Era of the Emerging American Police State
It wouldnt be a week in America
without another slew of children being
punished for childish behavior under the
regime of zero tolerance that plagues our
nations schools. Here are some of the
latest incidents.
In Pennsylvania, a 10-year-old boy was
suspended for shooting an imaginary
arrow at a fellow classmate, using nothing
more than his hands and his imagination.
Johnny Jones, a fifth-grader at South
Eastern Middle School, was suspended
for a day and threatened with expulsion
under the schools weapons policy after
playfully using his hands to draw the
bowstrings on a pretend bow and shoot
an arrow at a classmate who had held his
folder like a gun and shot at Johnny.
Principal John Horton characterized
Johnnys transgression as making a threat
to another student using a replica or
representation of a firearm through the
use of an imaginary bow and arrow.
In Utah, a seven-year-old boy was
arrested and berated by police because he
ran away from school. The boy showed up
at his mothers house late in the afternoon,
at which point he explained that he had left
the school of his own accord. The mother
called the school and explained what
happened, at which point the principal
decided to call the police, despite knowing
that the boy was in the protection of his
mother. An officer arrived at the house,
told the boy to straighten up, took him
outside, handcuffed him, and yelled at him,
saying, Is this the life you want?
In Colorado, a six-year-old boy
was suspended and accused of sexual
harassment for kissing the hand of a girl in
his class on whom he had a crush. Child
psychologist Sandy Wurtele commented on
the case, noting that, for first-graders such
as Hunter Yelton, things such as kissing
are a normal part of development, and that
the schools reaction sends mixed messages
to developing minds. After a good deal
of negative publicity, Canon City Schools
Superintendent Robin Gooldy decided to
alter the offense from sexual harassment
to misconduct.
In New York, three students were
arrested while waiting for a bus to arrive
and take them to a basketball scrimmage.
The three were part of a group of a dozen
basketball players who were waiting on
a downtown sidewalk on their coachs
instructions, and they were approached
by a police officer who demanded they
disperse. They explained that they were
waiting for a bus, but the officer decided to
arrest them anyway. Even when the coach
arrived and explained to the officer that the
boys were simply waiting for a bus so they
could get to their scrimmage, the officer
would not relent. He actually threatened to
arrest the coach as well.
While any normal society would
condemn all these acts as absurd and
harmful to young people, we live in a world
in which parents, teachers, and students
have all been conditioned to fear the
slightest bending of the rules, even when
its obvious that no harm has been done
and that no crime has been committed. We
are living in the age of fear and paranoia,
an age that threatens the very core concepts
of childhood development, and even the
basic facets of our democratic society.
Add to the execution of zero-tolerance
policies the phenomenon of lockdowns
of public schools, which are sometimes
prompted by legitimate threats, but more
often by nearby domestic disturbances
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The Most Enjoyable Movies of 2013
Out of This World
I
cant remember which Web site I read
it on, but in prefacing his 10-best list,
one movie-reviewing pundit expressed
his wish that rankings of this sort be
published 10 years after the fact, so he
could have a full decade to digest, re-re-
view, and potentially re-evaluate what he
initially decreed were his favorite films
for a particular calendar year. I love that
idea, but would also be grateful for a just
few extra weeks.
So much space is spent on superlatives
in this annual 10 Most Enjoyable Movies
of the Year roundup that I almost feel
physically compelled as a critic a job
for which the adjectives bitter and
cranky and worse are usually attached
to begin with a burst of negativity.
So: Damn our area for not being a big
enough movie market, unlike New York
or Los Angeles or Chicago, to (yet) book
acclaimed and/or Oscar-bait-y titles such
as Her and Inside Llewyn Davis and Blue
Is the Warmest Color and August: Osage
Country and Lone Survivor! Or many
of the titles nominated for independent
cinemas Spirit Awards! Or more than
three foreign-language films total! Damn
you, area! If you werent so not-as-big as
New York or Los Angeles or Chicago, I
wouldnt be complaining right now!
And now that thats behind us ... .
Of course our market cant support the
release of everything an area film fan
might want to catch prior to a year-end,
best-in-show recap. But we movie lovers
were still, in many regards, treated more
than kindly over the past 12 months
worth of cineplex entertainment and
particularly so if, like me, your favorite
movie of 2004 (even after nine years
of digesting, re-re-viewing, and re-
evaluation) miraculously inspired your
favorite movie of 2013 ... .
1) Before Midnight. Theres a moment
in this second
sequel to
1995s Before
Sunrise that,
if youve
watched
and loved
that splendid screen romance and 2004s
even more marvelous follow-up Before
Sunset, might easily chill the blood. Our
fiercely intelligent, incessantly chatty
protagonists Ethan Hawkes Jessie
and Julie Delpys Celine are spending
the night at a charming inn in Greece,
and after Celine complains about their
room in the midst of one of the longtime
lovers many squabbles, Jessie, aiming for
seductive, makes the mistake of saying,
I like hotels. I find them sexy. After just
the tiniest of pauses, Celine, with a telling
tonal flatness, says, Yeah. I know you
do. And in a flash, in terms of everything
you think you know about the couple,
your world turns upside down. Did Jessie
have an affair? If so, how long has Celine
known about it? And why the hell didnt
we know about it sooner? Dont these
people know that this affects us, too?! In
1995, of course, there was no way Hawke,
Delpy, and director Richard Linklater
all of whom share Before Midnights
screenwriting credit could know the
profound effect that Jessies and Celines
initial flirtation on a Venice train would
have 18 years after the fact. But now,
with this supremely artful, passionate,
and, above all, moving outing, its clear
that American movies have never before
produced anything quite like the trio of
Before pictures. With utter honesty and
inspiring understanding and empathy,
the films collective 270-ish minutes have
managed to encapsulate, critique, and
celebrate both an 18-year passion and
(in what might be the more challenging
achievement) an 18-year commitment,
and in something approaching real
time, no less. And while watching Jessie
and Celine, here, duking it out and
continually, tentatively finding their
ways back to one another and, as with
that dropped hint about Jessie possibly
cheating, always finding new ways to
surprise us you feel that youre getting
insight into modern relationships in a
way you never before have on-screen.
Oh, and while Hawke and Delpy give
intensely brave, vanity-free performances,
its to our enormous good fortune that
theyre also superb comedians; for all of
its aching emotionalism, the movie is
pretty freaking hilarious. I adored every
single second of this film. May Linklater,
Hawke, and Delpy please keep the
series running every nine years until its
characters love has turned into Amour.
2) Blue Jasmine. Youve no doubt
heard how
magnificent
Cate
Blanchett is
as a fallen,
gradually-
losing-her-
marbles
socialite in writer/director Woody Allens
present-day homage to A Streetcar
COVER STORY
Named Desire, and will no doubt
hear more in the weeks leading to the
performers eventual, hugely earned
Oscar victory. So while agreeing that
Blanchetts almost feverishly inspired
tragic and tragicomic portrayal is, indeed,
one for the ages her character, in the
story, seeming to collapse in tandem
with the American economy allow me
to highlight a few other specifics that,
following a second cineplex viewing of
the film, helped turn Blue Jasmine into
my new favorite Allen endeavor of the
past two decades. (With apologies to
Midnight in Paris, which held that title
for all of two years.) Sally Hawkins and
Bobby Cannavales loving, frisky rapport
as Allens Stella and Stanley Kowalski
stand-ins. Peter Sarsgaards horrified
shock at his new fiances secret past,
one bluntly recounted by a startlingly
empathetic Andrew Dice Clay. The lucid
complexity of Allens narrative, with its
flashback-laden structure allowing for
two simultaneously realized breakdowns,
and their combined emotional force
suggesting less Tennessee Williams than
Aeschylus or Sophocles. The dialogue
that reveals both character and station
with extraordinary succinctness and wit
(I dont know how people breathe with
a low ceiling!). And, lest I forget, that
Chanel jacket that Jasmine flaunts with
such blas pride that you barely notice,
until a second viewing, just how many
scenes this nearly destitute woman wears
it in, and what a horrifying state pit
stains and all its in at the climax, much
like our tortured heroine herself. This is
Woody Allens 45th feature film. Maybe
you have to direct 44 others to make one
this good.
3) 12 Years a Slave. Director Steve
McQueens
period
saga about
a free
black man
from the
North
and the many, many disenfranchised
blacks from the South forced to endure
the grueling horrors of slavery was only
released two and a half months ago, and
already its greatness appears to have been
taken, by some, for granted. (Including,
Im ashamed to admit, myself at times:
The movie hasnt even been nominated
yet, but it does seem a bit like 12 Years
a Slave won the Academy Award for
Best Picture ages ago.) Filmmaking this
miraculous, however, cant possibly be
undervalued. Working from John Ridleys
exceptionally eloquent and heartbreaking
script, McQueen explores the deplorable
institution of slavery with such a clear yet
furious eye and such perverse patience
oh, that minutes-long sequence of
Solomon Northrup hanging from that
tree ... that you feel you understand
its brutality, and weep for its victims, in
ways you never thought possible. And
with dazzling work offered by Michael
Fassbender, Lupita Nyongo, Sarah
Paulson (whose casual chucking of a glass
decanter may be the movie years most
shocking act of unanticipated brutality),
Paul Giamatti, Benedict Cumberbatch,
Alfre Woodard, and numerous others,
Chiwetel Ejiofors searing intensity and
frequently hidden reserves of anguish
and mortification ache on reflection
perhaps just as much as they do in the
moment; I cant even think about the
actors final scene (I apologize for my
appearance ... ) without welling up. An
instant classic, and a deserved one, and if
its inclusion under a heading of the 10
most enjoyable movies of 2013 gives you
pause, I understand. On the strictest of
terms, the film itself isnt enjoyable. Yet
watching dedicated artists of all stripes
working at the height of their talents?
Enjoyable as hell.
4) Enough Said. I guess you could
characterize
writer/
director
Nicole
Holofceners
latest as
just a
sweet and touching romantic comedy,
or just a spirited look at mid-life
uncertainty and acceptance, or just a
great chance to spend a couple hours
with beloved TV vets Julia Louis-Dreyfus
and the late, universally missed James
Gandolfini. But those justs wouldnt
come close to suggesting the gentle,
humane perfection of Holofceners
achievement. A few uncharitable critics
have described Enough Saids central plot
which, long story short, finds Louis-
Dreyfus falling for the much-derided
ex-husband of her new best friend as
sitcom-y, forgetting, of course, that
(a) some sitcoms are fantastic, and (b)
the breezy, charmingly off-the-cuff
exchanges that Holofcener writes for her
films comfortably privileged Southern
Californians dont really resemble
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mike@rcreader.com
standard sitcom-speak in any way. To
be sure, characters here find themselves
in situations that are comedic (and,
particularly in Louis-Dreyfus scenes
with screen daughter Tracey Fairaway,
lightly melancholic), but the comedy
always emerges as honest, and for the
100 minutes of indie-film mainstay
Holofceners finest offering to date,
theres not a single inflection or reaction
or observation that doesnt. Ill be
revisiting this one plenty in the future,
and once more viewers catch up with it
upon its home-video release this month,
Im thinking plenty of others will, too.
(This title, by the way, was one that
never appeared at our areas first-run
multiplexes, instead debuting locally at
Molines Nova 6 Cinemas. Many thanks,
Nova 6! Not to be ungrateful, but any
chance now for All Is Lost or Short Term
12 or The Spectacular Now?)
5) Gravity. By contrast, and as much
as I love
the movie,
Im not
sure how
often Ill be
revisiting
director
Alfonso
Cuarns singular space thriller in the
coming years, if only because my home-
theater viewings will never, ever be
able to approximate the experience of
seeing Gravity, for the first time, in 3D
on a huge-ass cineplex screen, when my
innards were in knots and my feet felt
as through they were dangling off the
floor. I will also not need to see Cuarns
visionary, epic-in-scope-if-not-length
cinematic miracle to remember how
frequently I was astonished by the films
staggering opening sequence that appears
to run 15 minutes without an edit, or by
the scenes of spacecraft debris hurling
at us with terrifying and, composer
Steven Prices contributions excepted,
silent speed and violence, or even by the
helmet-enclosed face of Sandra Bullock,
her expressive fear and sorrow making
dialogue irrelevant. In the end, I wish
that Cuarn and his co-screenwriter
son Jons agreed with me more about
the dialogues irrelevance (while the
visuals are ethereal, Bullocks and George
Clooneys lines frequently thud), and the
imagery suggesting both spiritual and
physical re-birth, although gorgeously
rendered, was a tad obvious for my liking.
But its a measure of the films visual
rapture that its placed so highly in my
top-10 rankings regardless; its an almost
unquestionable new high point for its
genre, and it definitely offered more
sheer enjoyment than any of 2013s other
$200-million-plus blockbusters. Love the
Marvin the Martian gag, too.
6) Fruitvale Station. With the
exceptions
of Before
Midnight,
Blue
Jasmine,
and
number
seven
below, Ive thus far seen the movies on
this years list only one time each. But
I dont think Im looking forward to
a repeat viewing of any of them more
than this tough-minded and incensed
feature-film debut by writer/director
Ryan Coogler, whose simple, low-key, but
powerfully affecting efforts here indicate
the arrival of a major new voice. Using as
his inspiration the seemingly mundane
24 hours of phone calls, texts, errands,
and obligations leading up to the killing
of 22-year-old Oscar Grant III on an
Oakland, California, subway platform,
Coogler demonstrates the extraordinary
drama inherent in an ordinary life,
with our knowledge of this true-life
tales outcome lending a horrible, heart-
wrenching inevitability and dread to
Grants every action. (Even chores as
theoretically throwaway as his buying
grocery-store seafood are laced with
portent and sadness.) Yet its Cooglers
brilliant strategy to also make this day
in a life so suffused with contradictions
despite its frequently downbeat tone,
theres room for laughter and surprise
and familial and romantic joy with
star Michael B. Jordan making Grant so
spectacularly vivid, so eager to make the
right choices while attempting to sidestep
wrong ones, that the phrase gone too
soon feels both accurate and grossly
insufficient. The audience with whom I
saw the film remained glued to their seats
during the end credits. Heres hoping
that, in home-theater environments,
many more will soon find themselves
glued to their couches.
7) Prisoners. Is it wrong if, while
discussing a bleak, deliberately paced film
about missing and potentially murdered
children, you cant stop thinking about
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The Dough Rollers:
An Inevitable Shift
To date, the Dough Rollers have
officially released two songs. Those
were a single for Jack Whites Third Man
Records (released in July), and in seven
minutes they offer tantalizing promise:
the dirty Southern rock of Little Lily
and the 60s-tinged The Sailing Song.
Plus, the band comes with the highest
recommendation (amazing) from Sean
Moeller of Daytrotter.com, which is co-
presenting this stop on the Communion
tour.
And the current version of the band
came into being largely because of a tour
supporting Queens of the Stone Age in
2011.
Its dangerous to infer too much about
a band from a pair of tracks, but those
are sterling credentials, and the songs
suggest that theyre deserved.
Until the Queens tour, the band had
been an acoustic blues and country duo,
with guitarist Jake Byrne and singer
Malcolm Ford playing old music they
loved. (Byrne is the son of actors Gabriel
Byrne and Ellen Barkin, and you might
have heard of singer Malcolm Fords
father Harrison.)
That tour, Byrne said, pushed the
band down a new path. A pair of
guys doing covers on acoustic guitars
probably wasnt going to play well
preceding hard rocks reigning Queens.
The shift toward original rock songs
was always what was going to happen,
Byrne said last week. What we were
T
he title
of The
Weeks
Dear Bo
Jackson does
more than
name-check
the famous
two-sport
professional
athlete an
All-Pro run-
ning back in
the NFL and
an All-Star
outfielder in
Major League
Baseball.
It also articulates a mission statement
for the Nashville-by-way-of-Mississippi
band.
Bo Jackson, as good as he was at
baseball and football, he was just called
a ballplayer, said guitarist Sam Williams
earlier this week. Bo Jackson just kind of
does what he wants. Thats sort of what
we were going with, musically. ... I just
want to be a rock band. ... I think this
record has a lot of different genres. We
kind of skip around a lot.
To extend the metaphor, Williams
said the bashing rock-and-roll songs
represent The Weeks football career,
while the slower songs are baseball.
They take a little longer to develop, he
said, but they have their share of triples
and homes runs.
Of course, bands hate being
pigeonholed, but The Weeks make good
on their chutzpah. When the latest
edition of the Communion tour hits the
Quad Cities on January 23 (at RIBCO),
the bill features a pair of throwback
bands. Both The Weeks and The Dough
Rollers play rock that neither needs nor
warrants additional modifiers; its music
largely out of time.
The Weeks moved from Mississippi
to Nashville in 2010 with no plan
whatsoever and no contacts, Williams
said. They picked up a manager and
an attorney on their first day, and after
that they worked on honing their craft.
Williams said they played roughly 50
shows in Nashville alone in their first six
months: Every 15 minutes we could get
on a stage somewhere, we were there.
The need to play shorter sets, he
added, was a perfect situation. You have
to figure out what you do best, and then
youve got to figure out how to do that
consistently. When you play 45 minutes,
you can kind of ease into the set energy-
wise. When you have 15, youve got to go
out there and bash it immediately. Theres
no getting acclimated to the stage.
And Dear Bo Jackson released in
April on Kings of Leons Serpents &
Snakes label reflects that refinement,
in the sense that its 11 tracks are lean
and shapely and as comfortable in rocks
rougher dives as in its respectable homes.
Williams said every aspect of the albums
creation was given more breathing
room from writing to recording than
previous releases.
So the Bo Jackson thing is by no means
an overreach. But there is a problem with
it, in the sense that Jacksons professional
football and baseball careers were short
and marred by injury. So Williams
offered another comparison of a
baseball player whose career lasted well
into his 40s and included 399 home runs:
Were going to try to be the musical
equivalent of Andrs Galarraga. ... Were
planning on doing this for the rest of our
lives.
Multi-Sport Stars
The Communion Tour with The Weeks and The Dough Rollers, January 23 at RIBCO
by Jeff Ignatius
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The Dough Rollers
The Weeks
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MUSIC
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die,
January 22 at Rozz-Tox
A Re-Birth for Emo and a Band
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
I
n reviewing The
World Is a Beauti-
ful Place & I Am
No Longer Afraid
to Dies Whenever, If
Ever, Pitchfork.com
said its a rare debut
thats powered by an
almost frightening
will to live, a des-
peration that strongly
suggests the people
involved have no
other option to deal
with whats inside of
them.
Thats a somewhat
ironic assessment,
given that the band almost didnt
complete the album. We werent sure
if everybody was going to break up or
if we were going to finish the thing ... ,
guitarist Greg Horbal said in a phone
interview last week. I think for a while,
even I was kind of like, If we get this
record done, itll be a miracle.
The bulk of the recording was done
in mid-2012, Horbal said, but singer
Thomas Diazs medical problems left him
unable to commit to the band putting
both the group and the album in a lurch.
Diaz eventually decided to leave the
group he was replaced by David Bello
and that was the main catalyst for the
albums completion. It took a while to
really get everybody else on board to be
like, Yes, I want to finish this. This is
what I want to do with my time, Horbal
said. But once everybody decided to push
forward with the band, he said, getting the
record to finish itself wasnt that difficult.
The eight-member Connecticut-based
band playing Rozz-Tox on January 22
is part of an emo revival, but its sound
encompasses much more. Pitchfork
noted the albums post-rock and emo
extremes, while PopMatters.com called it
space rock but highlighted its instantly
accessible elements: These songs
bleed emo and pop-punk, with chord
progressions that give you a head rush
and get people in the front row bobbing.
Although Whenever, If Ever is certainly
defined by its emo directness, the space
rock descriptor is equally appropriate,
as the album often feels adrift not in a
negative sense, but in the way it moves
naturally and casually from mood to
mood, with ideas given just the right
amount of time and attention to be fully
developed. The expansive sound leaves
room for synths, horns, and multiple
vocal parts in a guitar-rock aesthetic,
and its assembled with enough care that
nothing feels out-of-place. The relatively
straightforward Gig Life in that context
is three minutes of climactic clarity as
if the rest of the album leads to and from
that point.
The bands style is almost certainly a
function of its large size. Composition is
a group effort, Horbal said, but it often
takes place over an extended period of
time. Three people might work on a song,
and demos might then be given to three
other members, who usually add their
own ideas.Its rare that our songs get
worked out in a day, he said. Usually its
a multiple-week process even multiple
months. And its fine.
In the coming year, the band plans to
release a series of four or five split seven-
inch singles with different bands, and
its also finishing up a collaboration with
spoken-word artist Chris Zizzamia a
more ambient effort that demonstrates
that emo is far too limiting a label for
the band.
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am
No Longer Afraid to Die will perform
on Wednesday, January 22, at Rozz-Tox
(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island). The all-
ages show starts at 8 p.m. and also includes
A Great Big Pile of Leaves. Admission is
$10, and advance tickets are available at
RozzTox.com/tickets.
For more information on The
World is a Beautiful Place, visit
TheWorldIsABeautifulPlace.com.
by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com
Movie Reviews
by Mike Schulz mike@rcreader.com
a chihuahua. Take it up with Landon.)
It may not reach the highs of PA1
or 3, but Paranormal Activity: The
Marked Ones is still an entertaining
early-January diversion, and, all things
considered, not a bad movie for a
fourth sequel. I can hardly wait for the
sixth one.
47 RONIN
In 47 Ronin, the sword-wielding
half-breed played by Keanu Reeves
tells his beloved, prior to their
separation, I will search for you
through 1,000 worlds and 10,000
lifetimes. In other words, just a few
years longer than the movie felt to
me. As director Carl Rinschs lifeless
samurai adventure has already been
widely decreed the biggest cinematic
bust of the holiday season bringing
in, domestically, a $9.9-million
opening-weekend return on a reported
$175-million budget theres really no
point in kicking it while its down. So
in honor of this generic snoozefests
Japanese setting, Ill restrict my feelings
to a simple haiku:
Blend wan violence
With clichd soap opera.
Voil! Seppuku.
For reviews of The Wolf of Wall Street,
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty,
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,
Grudge Match, and other current
releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
MikeSchulzNow.
PARANORMAL ACTIVITY:
THE MARKED ONES
Do you recall how, in the first
Paranormal Activity, Katie and Micah
attempted to communicate with the
malevolent spirit haunting their home
through a Ouija board that, later,
spontaneously burst into flames? So-o-o
2009. In the new Paranormal Activity:
The Marked Ones the fifth installment
in this apparently unkillable scare-flick
series our teenage protagonists arent
about to use anything as pass as a board
game to connect with their unseen house
guest. Not when they have access to ...
Simon.
Remember Simon? That round,
electronic version of Simon Says from
the late 70s with the different colored
quadrants that plays musical notes you
then have to repeat from memory?
(Anyone still at a loss is welcome to
visit one at my parents place, where
that blasted thing still trips me up every
time I play.) Well, in writer/director
Christopher Landons sequel, Simon
gives a dandy little performance in its
extended cameo role, and is all the more
impressive for only being allowed to
show off two of its four colors. Its first
scene shows Simon, apparently capable of
independent thought, harmlessly chatting
with our leads the green-light sound
means yes, the red-light sound means
no before being unceremoniously
whisked out of the room by grandma. But
Simon really goes to town in its second
scene, freaking the kids out with its
buzz-y responses to Is there something
you want from me? (YES!) and I
want you to leave
me alone! (NO!)
before landing on
a musical note that
refuses to end until
our heroes have the
bright idea of taking
out the games
batteries. I couldnt
have been the only
one disappointed
to discover that this
strategy actually worked; can the spirit
world really be silenced by the removal
of three AAs? But I was at least grateful
for the screen time spent with this fond
reminder of my childhood, just as I was
in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty when a
fantasy sequence found Ben Stiller and
Adam Scott racing through Manhattan
streets playing tug-of-war with a Stretch
Armstrong doll. What next for we lucky
Gen X viewers? An inspirational sports
drama with winning plays determined by
Mattel Football? A remake of WALLE
starring 2XL?
In all truth, I was a little disappointed
this past autumn when, for the first time
since the originals release, there was
no new Paranormal Activity opening
around Halloween, considering that Id
enjoyed every odd-numbered entry in
the franchise, and was subsequently due
to enjoy another. There are, however,
certainly worse ways to start a fresh
movie-going year than with an effective,
low-rent, unpretentious tale of witches
and demonic possession, so better late
than never. I think we can all agree that,
in the 15 years since The Blair Witch
Project, the bloom
has definitely
come off the rose
in terms of found
footage horror
movies, which offer
a too-convenient
excuse for
amateurish acting
and writing and
staging, and which
never satisfyingly
answer the question, Why, when theyre
running for their lives, dont these idiots
just drop their video recorders already?!
But while its old, occasionally irritating
news, The Marked Ones still delivers a
more-than-fair number of juicy starts
and jolts, and Landons inspiration to set
PAs latest in a lower-middle-class Latino
community is a fine one, as it lends visual
and verbal variety to a series previously
overrun with dully privileged Caucasians.
Running a just-right 80 minutes, this
tale of the newly possessed 18-year-old
Jesse (Andrew Jacobs) and the coven that
wants him is typically silly and typically
inscrutable; as usual, good-luck charm
Katie Featherston shows up here, too,
although Ill be damned if I can explain
how or why. Yet you can pretty easily
block out the films bigger annoyances
by focusing instead on its many creepy
grace notes, some of which have the
added benefit of also being funny: the
body unexpectedly crashing through a
car roof; Jesses battle with a hellishly long
hair emerging from his eye socket; the
anxious chihuahua spinning in circles
on the ceiling. (Yes, our Latino hero has
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Das de los Muertos
Andrew Jacobs in Paranormal Activity
Whats Happenin
Whats Happenin
Movies
19th Annual Hispanic
Film Festival
Augustana College Science Building
Wednesday, January 15, through
Wednesday, February 12, 7 p.m.
I
f youre a fan of world cinema, you
probably wish our area offered more
screenings of foreign-language movies.
If youre a fan of cinema in general, you
probably wish our area offered more
screenings of free movies.
Well, for the 19th year in a row, Augustana
College is planning to make both sets of
viewers very happy, as the Rock Island
institution again hosts
its wintertime Hispanic
Film Festival. Taking
place on Wednesday
nights at 7 p.m. in the
schools Science Building
Auditorium, the 19th-
annual event will feature
five critically acclaimed titles boasting
numerous awards and loads of festival cred,
and should be a perfect excuse for area
cinephiles to leave their homes for evenings
of truly caliente entertainment.
This years festival opens on January 15
with the pictured La Sirga (The Towrope),
which finds a Colombian refugee rebuilding
her life in a dilapidated hostel in the
highlands of the Andes. An official selection
at the Cannes and Toronto international film
festivals, the drama won both the Special Jury
Prize and Cinematography Award at 2012s
Lima Latin American Film Festival, and led
Variety magazine to deem it thoroughly
engrossing and a triumph.
January 22 brings with it Infancia
Clandestina (Clandestine Childhood), a drama
about military upheaval, family, and love that
was a Directors Fortnight selection at Cannes,
while January 29s screening is of Tanta Agua
(So Much Water), the family-reconciliation
comedy/drama that won 2013s Grand Prize
Award at the Miami International Film
Festival and the Guadalajara Film Festivals
Best First Feature citation.
Manito (Dear Manny) set in Washington
Heights, the reformed crack-cocaine capital
of the world is on the docket for February
5, and won the Special Jury Prize at both the
Event
Bald Eagle Days
QCCA Expo Center
Friday, January 10, through Sunday, January 12
A
h, to be an American bald eagle.
Beautiful. Majestic. Sexually mature at
the age of four. (Some of us are still waiting.)
This magnificent bird of prey, along
with many other miracles of nature, will
be showcased at our areas annual weekend
celebration Bald Eagle Days, taking place at
the QCCA Expo Center January 10 through
12. With Quad Cities Audubon Eagle Tours
scheduled, on Saturday and Sunday, every
75 minutes from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
this eagerly anticipated local event will
also feature live presentations focusing on
birds of prey, Niabi Zoos exotic animals,
and creatures visiting us from Des Moines
Pella Wildlife Company. There will also be a
20-foot climbing tower for your kids to scale
and more than 100 display booths chock-full
of nature-themed information, much of it
specific to the avian wonder that serves as
our countrys national emblem.
Whats your level of American-bald-eagle
knowledge? Lets find out by trying your
hand at the accompanying quiz.
Tickets to Bald Eagle Days are $5 for
adults and $1 for kids with ages five
and under free and more information is
available by calling (309)788-5912 or visiting
QCCAExpoCenter.com.
Music
Jason Aldean
i wireless Center
Saturday, January 18, and Sunday,
January 19, 7:30 p.m.
S
o what was this dream about,
Mike?
Well, doctor, it aint easy to recall.
My memory aint what it used to be.
But I think I was in this wide open
hicktown of Lonesome, USA just
an asphalt cowboy staring at the sun
while walking away from the water
tower. And while I was in this nothin
town, I notice Johnny Cash just
passing through, singing this fast dirt
road anthem about a church pew or
bar stool or somethin.
Uh huh.
I believe in ghosts and I dont do
lonely well, so I say, This I gotta see,
and I talk to him. I tell him the truth
about the best of me that Im just
a man and I use what I got on days
like these, and if I break everything I
touch, I aint ready to quit my kinda
party. Not every man lives the only
way I know. Im good to go.
Right.
We laughed until we cried, and
then he boarded the night train
toward an Amarillo sky. I asked him,
Why? Dont you wanna stay? And
he said, Even if I wanted to, I have to
take a little ride on my highway to a
country boys world. So keep the girl
and the big green tractor, and be sure
to drink one for me while wiping
away relentless black tears over the
heartache that dont stop hurting.
And then I woke up.
Hmm.
So what does it mean, doctor?
Well, Mike, whether you realize
it or not, youve just name-checked
the titles of 45 songs by chart-topping
country singer Jason Aldean.
No!
Thats 46. So as usual, I think
your subconscious is telling you to
write a Whats Happenin article,
considering that Aldean will be
playing Molines i wireless Center on
January 18 and 19.
Aw, doc, thank you! I feel my
wheels rollin again!
Forty-seven. So are you paying
this week in cash or ?
Dont give up on me, doc!
Forty-eight ... and get back here!
See you when I see you!
Hmph. Crazy town.
Jason Aldean will perform locally
alongside special guests Florida
George Line and Tyler Farr, and for
the chance to hear many of his 50
aforementioned songs, call (800)745-
3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.
1) In what year was the American bald eagle
officially taken off the endangered-species list?
A) 2001
B) 2004
C) 2007
2) Roughly how many pounds can a bald eagle lift?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Eight
3) Bald eagles can fly to an altitude of
roughly how many feet?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
A n s w e r s : 1 C , 2 A , 3 B , 4 B , 5 C . D o n t t e l l t h a t l a s t f a c t o i d t o L a d y G a g a . J u s t t o b e s p i t e f u l , s h e l l m a k e a d r e s s o u t o f 7 , 0 0 1 .
GUEST COMMENTARY
Continued From Page 3
In the face of this madness, some schools
have begun scaling back the zero-tolerance
regime. For example, schools in Broward
County, Florida which saw more than
1,000 student arrests in 2011 have begun a
policy that de-emphasizes arrests, expulsions,
and suspensions in favor of counseling and
keeping kids in school who run into trouble.
As Broward County Schools
Superintendent Robert W. Runcie noted:
A knee-jerk reaction for minor offenses
suspending and expelling students this is
not the business we should be in. We are not
accepting that we need to have hundreds of
students getting arrested and getting records
that impact their lifelong chances to get a job,
go into the military, get financial aid.
Since implementing the new policies,
school-based arrests have dropped by 41
percent, and suspensions, which in 2011
added up to 87,000 out of 258,000 students,
are down 66 percent from the same period in
2012. Still, most school districts across the
country maintain a strict adherence to zero-
tolerance policy.
Alongside the zero-tolerance mess is the
general censorship of student viewpoints
when discussing topics that are not approved
by school administrators. For example, when
a Pennsylvania student newspaper decided
to run an editorial explaining why it found
the term Redskin the nickname of the
schools athletic teams insensitive, and
why it would no longer use the name in the
school newspaper, the school administration
reprimanded the students and demanded
they continue to use the term. In another
case, a student journalist in Virginia was
reprimanded for writing a column on
sexuality-based bullying, also known as slut-
shaming, because the article contained words
and phrases such as sexual and breast-
feeding.
Considering students in high school
are on the cusp of adulthood, legally and
otherwise, the attempts to censor them
when they engage in debates that are
occurring on a daily basis on television and
in the newspapers isnt simply obnoxious; it
threatens the integrity of society as well. If
students are being taught to self-censor, they
will be ineffective citizens. Contrary to basic
American principles, namely that all people
should be allowed to speak their minds as
they see fit, they will internalize ideas.
In fact, according to the Knight
Foundation, students who are taught about
the value of the First Amendment are more
likely to agree with statements such as People
should be allowed to express unpopular
opinions and Newspapers should be
allowed to publish freely without government
approval. However, those whove not received
such instruction seem more doubtful of the
The End of Childhood in the Era of the Emerging American Police State
MUSIC
Saturday, January 11
Brainchild. Funk and rock
musicians in concert, with an
opening set by Half Naked. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 9 p.m. $8. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333
or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Thursday, January 16 Jon
Batiste & Stay Human. Jazz,
blues, and classical musicians in
concert. Englert Theatre (221 East
Washington Street, Iowa City).
8 p.m. $20-25. For tickets and
information, call (319)688-2653 or
visit Englert.org.
Friday, January 17 Old Shoe.
Chicago-based Americana and
roots-rock band in concert, with an
opening set by The Whistle Pigs. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 9 p.m. $8-10. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333
or visit RiverMusicExperience.org.
Sunday, January 19 Mike
Conrad & Colossus. The 17-piece
modern-jazz orchestra educates
and entertains in Polyrhythms Third
Sunday Jazz Workshop & Matine
Series. The Redstone Room (129
Main Street, Davenport). 3 p.m.
jazz workshop: $5/adults, free for
What Else
Is Happenin
Whats Happenin
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Music
Matt Andersen
The Redstone Room
Wednesday, January 15, 7:30 p.m.
O
n January 15, the Redstone
Room will be the place to find
the blues. Of course, as Quad Citians
dealing with mid-January weather, we
all pretty much carry the blues with
us everywhere we go, but our blues
comes attached with far fewer awards.
Described by the London Times
as Canadas greatest guitarist,
blues-music sensation Matt Andersen
will be that Wednesdays featured
entertainer at Davenports downtown
venue, thrilling crowds with the
guitar skills and soulful vocals that
led TheRecord.com to call him one
of the most exciting performers
to erupt on the Canadian music
scene in recent memory. After
making an initial splash with the
New Brunswick-based band Flat
Top in 2002, singer/songwriter
Andersen released his solo CD debut
Second Time Around in 2007, and
went on to win the International
Blues Challenges top prize for an
individual or duo in 2010, becoming
the first Canadian to triumph in that
category in the 26-year history of the
competition.
In addition to that notable prize,
Andersens talents have earned him
the East Coast Music Associations
award for Blues Recording of the
Year (for the 2009 CD Piggyback)
and 2011 citations as the Maple
Blues Awards Entertainer of the Year
and Acoustic Act of the Year, and
his international tours have found
Andersen performing alongside such
artists as Bo Diddley, Little Feat, and
Loverboy.
Meanwhile, if you were to engrave
snippets from the mans reviews
onto plaques, you could probably
add a couple hundred other awards
to his trophy cabinet. The Toronto
Blues Society raved about Andersens
sorrowing and soulful voice and
astonishing guitar playing. Velvet
Rope magazine applauded his
energetic, keyboard-laden jams and
soulful down-tempo ballads. And
Canadas The Chronicle Herald called
Andersen a dynamite performer,
getting more power out of his
acoustic guitar than a hill full of wind
turbines. Maybe, if I played one of
Andersens CDs in my car, I could get
the damned thing to start on mid-
January mornings.
For more information on, and
tickets to, Matt Andersens Redstone
Room concert, call (563)326-1333 or
visit RiverMusicExperience.com.
festivals, the drama won both the Special Jury
Prize and Cinematography Award at 2012s
Lima Latin American Film Festival, and led
Variety magazine to deem it thoroughly
engrossing and a triumph.
January 22 brings with it Infancia
Clandestina (Clandestine Childhood), a drama
about military upheaval, family, and love that
was a Directors Fortnight selection at Cannes,
while January 29s screening is of Tanta Agua
(So Much Water), the family-reconciliation
comedy/drama that won 2013s Grand Prize
Award at the Miami International Film
Festival and the Guadalajara Film Festivals
Best First Feature citation.
Manito (Dear Manny) set in Washington
Heights, the reformed crack-cocaine capital
of the world is on the docket for February
5, and won the Special Jury Prize at both the
Sundance and Atlanta film festivals. And
finally, on February 12, Augustanas fest
will screen El Bola (Nickname), the saga of
a 12-year-old boy and the new family his
abusive father unwittingly leads him to, and
a Goya Award winner for Best Film. All told,
its a lineup that makes me say, Festival de
cine hispano de este ao va a estar fuera de
este mundo! Sorry if you dont know what
that means. I did take four years of high-
school Spanish, you know.*
For more information on the Hispanic
Film Festival, call (309)794-7670 or visit
Augustana.edu.
*Editors Note: Its This years Hispanic Film
Festival is going to be out of this world! You
think youre the only one who knows about
online-translation sites, Mike?
1) In what year was the American bald eagle
officially taken off the endangered-species list?
A) 2001
B) 2004
C) 2007
2) Roughly how many pounds can a bald eagle lift?
A) Four
B) Six
C) Eight
3) Bald eagles can fly to an altitude of
roughly how many feet?
A) 5,000
B) 10,000
C) 15,000
4) What is the bald eagles typical
wingspan?
A) Between 60 and 78 inches
B) Between 72 and 90 inches
C) Between 84 and 102 inches
5) Roughly how many feathers do bald
eagles have?
A) 5,000
B) 6,000
C) 7,000
A n s w e r s : 1 C , 2 A , 3 B , 4 B , 5 C . D o n t t e l l t h a t l a s t f a c t o i d t o L a d y G a g a . J u s t t o b e s p i t e f u l , s h e l l m a k e a d r e s s o u t o f 7 , 0 0 1 .
in the newspapers isnt simply obnoxious; it
threatens the integrity of society as well. If
students are being taught to self-censor, they
will be ineffective citizens. Contrary to basic
American principles, namely that all people
should be allowed to speak their minds as
they see fit, they will internalize ideas.
In fact, according to the Knight
Foundation, students who are taught about
the value of the First Amendment are more
likely to agree with statements such as People
should be allowed to express unpopular
opinions and Newspapers should be
allowed to publish freely without government
approval. However, those whove not received
such instruction seem more doubtful of the
value of free speech.
Thus, one can easily see how the zero-
tolerance/censorship regime that dominates
American public education can easily
translate into a disaster for civil society at
large in the coming years.
Weve chosen to terminate natural
childhood development in favor of strict
adherence to authority, and to mute unique,
interesting, and valid viewpoints in favor
of maintaining the status quo. Worse than
this, however, is the fact that were setting
ourselves up for the complete destruction of
our democratic society and our democratic
institutions in favor of an authoritarian
bureaucratic apparatus that manages a
population of automatons, unable to think for
themselves.
Call it the end of childhood, call it the end
of innocence, call it the end of imagination.
What it will eventually amount to is the
termination of freedom in the United States.
Constitutional attorney and author John W.
Whitehead is founder and president of the
Rutherford Institute (Rutherford.org) and
editor of GadflyOnline.com. His latest book,
A Government of Wolves: The Emerging
American Police State, is available online at
Amazon.com.
by John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
Third Man single, but when I asked him
what in particular pleased him about the
songs, he said: I like that I dont hate
them.
The Communion tour with The Weeks,
The Dough Rollers, Bedroom Shrine, and
Centaur Noir will come to RIBCO (1815
Second Avenue, Rock Island) on Thursday,
January 23. Admission at the door is $15,
and advance tickets are $11 and available
at RIBCO.com.
For more information on the Communion
tour, visit CommunionMusic.com.
doing at first was never really something
we planned on doing for too long. It was
kind of accidental it lasted as long as it
did. ... That tour just gave us an excuse
to do it on a more permanent basis. It
was something we had fooled around
with but never committed to.
So The Dough Rollers as a rock
quartet was born. The group has an
EP slated for release this spring, and
an appearance on The Late Show with
David Letterman is scheduled for early
March.
But dont expect Byrne to sell the band
himself. He said he was happy with the
Multi-Sport Stars
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
MUSIC
this upsetting work should definitely be
considered persons of interest.
8) American Hustle. It could have,
and maybe
should have,
been an utter
mess: Writer/
director
David O.
Russell
reuniting some of his Oscar-nominated
and -winning actors from The Fighter
and Silver Linings Playbook for a madcap
screwball comedy (with dramatic
undercurrents) about Abscam, for
heavens sake. But from the gloriously
tacky 70s costumes and hairstyles to
the the motor-mouthed ramblings of
ethically challenged characters who,
hilariously, just dont know when to shut
the hell up, I ate Russells and co-writer
Eric Warren Singers December release
up with a spoon and am definitely
hungry for seconds. For all of the corrupt
dealings and legitimate tension on
display, the movie is fervently about play:
Amy Adams playing with an intentionally
erratic British accent; Bradley Coopers
deluded mamas boy playing the
smoothie; the unexpectedly cheerful
play-acting of Christian Bale, wrestling
with what must rank among cinemas
most (intentionally) aggressively awful
hairpieces. Adding to all this inventive
jocularity plotting that verges off in
deliriously unpredictable directions,
Jeremy Renners man-of-the-people
sweetheart, Jennifer Lawrences laugh-til-
you-cry blowsiness (her reaction to Bales
how much
fun the movie
is? If so, is
it equally
wrong if you
cant stop
thinking about how unbelievably
beautiful the movie is? Maybe. But after
recently purchasing director Denis
Villeneuves dramatic thriller one
that explores, in painstaking detail, the
aftermath of a particularly nightmarish
Thanksgiving for two unlucky families
Im not prepared to backtrack on either
opinion. The fun part will certainly
be a matter of taste, as Villeneuves
140-minute kidnapping-procedural-
slash-revenge-fantasy is unremittingly,
almost oppressively dour, with Hugh
Jackman giving a performance of such
overwhelming fire-and-brimstone anger
that you shake for those he unleashes it
on even, and perhaps especially, the
creepy suspect played by Paul Dano.
(The beautiful part may be more easily
acceptable, given the startling, evocative
clarity of cinematographer Roger
Deakins compositions and lighting
effects.) Yet while Prisoners isnt any kind
of traditional good time, when faced
with an acting ensemble as superior as
the one that shows up to play here (the
cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Terrence
Howard, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, and
Melissa Leo, all marvelous), and an
atmosphere this rich with the stomach-
clenching fear of the unknown, Im sorry
I cant help but smile a little. On the
inside. Those smiling on the outside at
Out of This World
smack somebody who gives an enjoyable
performance in Lee Daniels The Butler,
with its huge cast featuring Oprah
Winfrey, David Oyelowo, Terrence
Howard, Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa
Redgrave, and lots and lots of others in
top-tier form. Bonus points to whoever
thought to cast Jane Fonda as Nancy
Reagan. Papa Henry might be rolling
in his grave, but while watching her
hysterically pert and damned near
perfect turn, the rest of us were rolling
in the aisles.
10) Captain Phillips. With several
titles
jockeying
for this lists
number-10
position
among
them
the apocalyptic-satire two-fer of This
Is the End and The Worlds End and
even, I kid you not, the deliriously
entertaining, guilt-free guilty pleasure
that is Roland Emmerichs White House
Down Im going with a relatively
safe, relatively predictable option in
Captain Phillips. And while, after its
initially disheartening opening minutes,
I had an excellent time at director Paul
Greengrass oceanic-hijacking thriller,
Ive chosen to include it here for one
simple reason: Its last five minutes are
among the most effective, memorable
five minutes of the entire movie year.
Once Greengrass and screenwriter Billy
Rays seafaring adventure gets rolling,
with its quartet of desperate Somali
gift of a newfangled science oven may
be the cinematic belly laugh of the year),
and Russells freewheeling yet remarkably
confident control over the dozens of balls
hes simultaneously juggling, and American
Hustle stands as this past Christmas most
thoroughly satisfying cineplex present.
9) Lee Daniels The Butler. Now heres a
film that,
in many
ways,
actually is
an utter
mess
and
I cant
imagine wanting it any other way. Once
a historical saga casts Robin Williams
as Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Cusack
as Richard Nixon, and Alan Rickman
as Ronald Reagan, you can be pretty
well assured that verisimilitude wont
be in the offing. But I still didnt expect
director Daniels tale of a White House
employee who serves in silence through
seven presidential administrations to be
so unapologetically nuts, with its scenes of
burlesque, near-slapstick comedy resting
more or less comfortably beside scenes of
unbridled emotionalism and pathos, and
its potentially outrageous and offensive
Forrest Gump structure somehow seeming
like the most logical road map through
the strange, singular tapestry that we call
America. Through it all, Forest Whitaker
gives a portrayal that, in its quiet way, is
as multi-faceted and complicated as any
on the actors rsum, and if you threw a
rock in Hollywood, you could probably
COVER STORY
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
10 That I Expected to Really Dislike
and Actually (Mostly) Enjoyed: 21 &
Over, Escape Plan, G.I. Joe: Retaliation,
Grudge Match, A Haunted House, RED
2, Saving Mr. Banks, Scary Movie V, Tyler
Perrys A Madea Christmas, Were the
Millers.
10 That I Hoped to Love but Wound
Up Disliking (and, in a Couple of
Instances, Hating): Carrie, Cloudy with a
Chance of Meatballs 2, The Hunger Games:
Catching Fire, The Lone Ranger, Man of
Steel, Now You See Me, Oz the Great &
Powerful, Philomena, The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty, The Wolf of Wall Street.
10 Sequels I Really Couldve Done
Without: Despicable Me 2, Fast & Furious
6, The Hangover: Part III, The Hobbit: The
Desolation of Smaug, Insidious: Chapter
Two, The Last Exorcism: Part II, Machete
Kills, Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, The
Smurfs 2, Thor: The Dark World.
10 Movies That Were Exactly as Bad
as I Feared Theyd Be ... and Maybe
Even Worse ... : Battle of the Year, The Big
Wedding, Escape from Planet Earth, Free
Birds, A Good Day to Die Hard, Jobs, The
Last Stand, Runner Runner, The To Do
List, Tyler Perrys Temptation.
And, without further ado, the bottoms
of 2013s barrel ... .
10) Olympus Has Fallen. Just like
White House Down, except not thrilling.
And not funny. And with Gerard Butler.
9) About Time. For what?, I ask. For the
Sentiment Police to finally crack down on
Richard Curtis? For 35-year-old Rachel
McAdams to stop playing wide-eyed
ingnues in formula corn? For Bill Nighy
to realize that if he keeps doing such heavy
lifting in movies that dont deserve him,
hes gonna throw his back out? Yes, yes,
and yes.
8) Grown Ups 2. Adam Sandler and his
buddies went on vacation, and we werent
invited. We just helped pay for it.
pirates (led by the hauntingly fine Barkhad
Abdi) proving their mettle in the face of
American might, the film never lets up:
The tension is wonderfully sustained, the
shocks are quick and frightening, and,
despite the scope of the work, everything
plays out on a shockingly intimate scale;
its a big-budget blockbuster with a human
pulse. Yet once the harrowing fun of the
experience is over, Greengrass and Ray
give us a coda a medical examination of
Tom Hanks title character immediately
post-rescue that is truly unlike anything
Ive ever before seen on-screen. In Phillips
involuntary shaking (its more like a
sustained seizure) and panicked replies,
were shown, for maybe the first time in a
traditional action pic, the bodys physical
response to a stalwart ber-heros mental
stress. And in Tom Hanks astonishing
performance in this scene, were reminded
that even the most lauded of actors, when
presented with the challenge, can still
deliver amazing surprises.
And, for a more complete view of my
movie-watching experiences over the past
12 months, a handful of additional lists of
10 for your consideration ... .
10-Cineplex-Favorites Runners-
Up: The Conjuring, Frozen, Mama, The
Place Beyond the Pines, Spring Breakers,
This Is the End, White House Down, The
Wolverine, World War Z, The Worlds End.
10 Runners-Up to Those Runners-Up:
42, Dallas Buyers Club, Dead Man Down,
Don Jon, The Family, Mandela: Long Walk
to Freedom, Mud, Pain & Gain, Star Trek
Into Darkness, Warm Bodies.
10 Favorites That Didnt Open at Area
Cineplexes: 56 Up, Blackfish, Bridegroom,
Dirty Wars, Frances Ha, Lovelace, Much
Ado About Nothing, Nebraska, Room 237,
Stories We Tell. (All are available on home
video except for Alexander Paynes Oscar
hopeful Nebraska, which I caught in
Chicagoland over the holidays and hope
will hit area cineplexes soon, cause its
wonderful.)
10 Titles That Are Easy to Sit Through
Under Any Circumstances: 2 Guns,
Admission, Anchorman 2: The Legend
Continues, Generation Iron, The Heat, Iron
Man 3, Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa,
Monsters University, Parker, The Way Way
Back.
10 That Are Easy Enough to Sit
Through, Although Perhaps Less
Fun Than a Good Book or Long Nap:
Beautiful Creatures, The Best Man Holiday,
The Call, The Counselor, The Great Gatsby,
Evil Dead, Metallica: Through the Never,
Out of the Furnace, The Purge, Rush.
7) Identity Thief. Or, Time Thief. Or,
Melissa-McCarthys-Dignity Thief. Or,
Whats-Left-of-My-Hope-for-Humanity
Thief. Whichever.
6) Kick-Ass 2. Jim Carrey famously
disassociated himself from this thuggish
bore right as its publicity campaign was
heating up. Better early than never, huh,
Jim?
5) After Earth. The answer to the
question, Where in the dictionary do you
find empty, enervating, exasperating,
and excruciating?
4) Only God Forgives. Maybe so. But
for this movie, even He might consider
sentencing Drive director Nicholas
Windig Refn and star Ryan Gosling
to eternal damnation in boring-and-
pretentious-art-film jail.
3) Delivery Man. Abort! Abort!
2) The Host. You know, that sci-fi
thing by the author of Twilight that
left in a couple weeks and starred that
girl from Lovely Bones who just looked
lobotomized? Not as lobotomized as we
suckers who watched the damned thing,
but ... .
1) Movie 43. And if this were instead
a ranking of the all-time worst movies Id
ever seen over 19 years in this job, Im not
sure my pick would be any different.
For Mikes predictions for this years
Academy Award nominees, visit RCReader.
com/y/2013oscarnoms.
December 26 Crossword Answers
there should be magic aplenty if you just
shift your surprise pipeline from, say, Tiffany
the store on Fifth Avenue to Tiffany the postal
worker who delivers your mail including
a handwritten love letter youve mailed your
wife.
Likewise, in stay-cationing, you just need to
go places and do things that are exciting and
new. This takes only imagination, the events
calendar from the paper, and what youve
already shown you have: love for your wife and
a desire to make her happy. While youre out
there watching the sunset instead of your bank
balance, consider that there is an upside to your
downturn: finding out that your wife didnt just
love you for your money. Of course, theres no
telling whether shes just been using you for sex.
The Flirt Locker
My boyfriend of two months doesnt seem
insecure. But last week, after we left a party,
he said it was humiliating that I was flirting
with this good-looking guy in front of all
of his friends. That guy is a professional
photographer, and I was just asking for some
tips. Im annoyed because I dont think I did
anything wrong.
Social Butterfly
If you go to a party with your new boyfriend
and spend a half-hour mesmerized by another
guy, it helps if the guys wearing a feather
boa and size 15 womens shoes. Assuming
your boyfriend isnt insecure and you arent
covertly on the prowl, its the optics that are the
problem. A guys buddies are both supportive
and competitive sometimes looking out for
him and sometimes looking for his Achilles
heel so they can poke it with a sharp stick. So
what to you is a totally platonic conversation
comes off like youre sitting on some dudes lap
and licking his earlobe to the guys standing
across the room with your boyfriend. The good
news is the optics can also be the solution.
Engaging in sporadic touchy-feely with your
boyfriend hugging him, kissing or stroking
his cheek can be a sort of ad for Im with
him, and I plan to continue that. Its bad to let
a boyfriend curtail who you are, but it helps to
be sensitive to how even innocent extroversion
can come off to an audience, especially in the
early stages of a relationship. No guy wants to
bring around his hot new car and then watch
as some other guy gets his fingerprints all over
the hood.
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BY AMY ALKON
Down on His Luxe
Ive always loved surprising my wife with
expensive jewelry and lavish vacations.
However, I lost my job, and my new job pays
far less. Theres barely money for necessities,
let alone luxuries. My wife has been very
supportive, reassuring me, Id love you
if you were flat broke, which makes me
feel even more of a desire to wow her. But
realizing we have no funds for a big trip this
year, I suggested a stay-cation (where wed
just stay local and lie around and relax).
She agreed to it, but I could tell she was
disappointed. Im worried that the magic
of our relationship was based in part on the
lavish gifts and that well lose it now that our
resources have dwindled.
Underfunded
A stay-cation doesnt have to be a bummer
provided you dont make it sound like itll
entail your wifes climbing a mountain of
dirty laundry while you go sightseeing in the
basement.
Sure, its better when living hand to mouth
means being fed chocolate-dipped strawberries
at a spa in Gstaad. But it wasnt just the
lavishness of your gifts that made your wife
happy. The money you were able to spend
camouflaged what you were really doing to
delight her: employing the element of surprise.
Over time, relationships, like powdered
substances available on dodgy street corners,
stop providing the buzz they did at first.
Neuroscientist Wolfram Schultz found that
unpredictable rewards are the most exciting
kind for the brain maybe even three or
four times as exciting as expected ones. And
research by Sonja Lyubomirsky, who studies
happiness, finds that one of the most effective
ways to keep a relationship buzzy is by
injecting surprise the novel, the unexpected.
(Unexpected good things, that is not having
your partner come home to find you in bed
with the cleaning lady.)
People think they have to go big on
surprise, and this keeps them from
doing much thats surprising. But its the
surprise itself that counts, not whether you
rented elephants. Recently, I was having
a particularly crap-tastic day until my
boyfriend, who was away on business, told me
to look above the molding over my kitchen
doorway. Most awesomely, hed hidden a little
bar of my favorite French chocolate there
before he left. In other words, dont worry;
students. 6 p.m. concert: $10-15. For
tickets and information, call (309)373-
0790 or visit Polyrhythms.org or
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Tuesday, January 21 Keller
Williams & More Than a Little.
Singer/songwriter and his ensemble
in concert. Englert Theatre (221 East
Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m.
$20-22. For tickets and information,
call (319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
For a 2012 interview with Williams,
visit http://RCReader.com/y/keller.
Wednesday, January 22 The
World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No
Longer Afraid to Die. Connecticut-
based emo musicians in concert,
with an opening set by A Great Big
Pile of Leaves. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Avenue, Crystal Lake). 9 p.m. $10. For
information, call (309)200-0978 or visit
RozzTox.com.
THEATRE
Friday, January 10, through
Sunday, January 19 Of Mice & Men.
Stage version of John Steinbecks
Depression-era classic, directed by
Tristan Tapscott. Playcrafters Barn
Theatre (4950 35th Avenue, Moline).
Fridays and Saturdays 7:30 p.m.,
Sundays 3 p.m. $10. For tickets and
Playcrafters.com.
Wednesday, January 15, through
Saturday, March 8 Buddy: The
Buddy Holly Story. Biographical
musical revue about the rock-and-roll
icons rise to fame. Circa 21 Dinner
Playhouse (1828 Third Avenue,
Rock Island). Fridays, Saturdays,
Wednesdays, and January 15 and 16:
5:45 p.m. doors, 6-7 p.m. buffet, 7:15
p.m. pre-show, 7:45 p.m. performance.
Sundays: 3:45 p.m. doors, 4-5 p.m.
buffet, 5:15 p.m. pre-show, 5:45 p.m.
performance. Wednesdays: 11:30
a.m. doors, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
plated lunch, 1 p.m. pre-show, 1:30
p.m. performance. $29.26-$49.12. For
tickets and information, call (309)786-
7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.com.
Friday, January 17, and Saturday,
January 18 My Sister. Iowa City
playwright Janet Schlapkohls
debuting drama set in 1930s Berlin,
directed by Maria Vorhis. QC Theatre
Workshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue,
Davenport). 7:30 p.m. Pay What It's
Worth admission. For information,
call (563)650-2396 or e-mail Info@
QCTheatreWorkshop.org.
LITERATURE
Thursday, January 16 Kelly
Daniels. Augustana College associate
professor of English reads from his
memoir Cloudbreak, California as part
of the 2013-14 River Readings series.
Augustana Colleges Center for Student
Life (639 38th Street, Rock Island). 7
p.m. Free admission. For information,
call (309)794-7316 or visit Augustana.
edu. For a 2013 cover article on
Daniels, visit RCReader.com/y/daniels.
EXHIBIT
Saturday, January 18, through
Sunday, May 4 Kids Design Glass.
Traveling exhibition of 52 glass
sculptures by young artists, and the
original drawings that inspired them.
Figge Art Museum (225 West Second
Street, Davenport). Tuesdays through
Saturdays 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursdays
10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sundays noon-5 p.m.
Free with $4-7 museum admission. For
FiggeArt.org.
EVENTS
Saturday, January 18 2014
Winter Wine Experience. Sixth-
annual fundraising event featuring
wine samples from area distributors
and wineries, live music by Three &
a Half Men, hors d oeuvres, a raffle,
and more. River Music Experience
(131 West Second Street, Davenport).
6 p.m. $25-40. For tickets and
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, January 18 Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr. Celebration. Tribute
to the national leader inspired by the
Dr. King quote The time is always right
to do the right thing, featuring per-
formances by the Community Gospel
Chorus, the Westbrook Singers, Bold!
Right! Life!, the Imani! Dancers, Tanda-
zo, and Toi Allen. Augustana Colleges
Centennial Hall (3703 Seventh Avenue,
Rock Island). 6 p.m. Free admission. For
Augustana.edu.
Saturday, January 18 2014
Red Ribbon Dinner: A Night to
Remember. Twenty-first annual
AIDS benefit sponsored by The
Project of the Quad Cities, featuring
5 p.m. cocktails, a 7 p.m. dinner,
live entertainment, and more. The
Stern Center (1713 Third Avenue,
Rock Island). $40-90. For tickets and
information, call 9309)762-5433 or
visit TPQC.org.
What Else Is Happenin
ones ask you to consider. You cant possibly
know ahead of time how important it might
ultimately be to apply yourself conscientiously
to a seemingly small assignment.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
One of Beethovens music teachers
said, As a composer, he is hopeless.
When Thomas Edison was a kid, a teacher
told him he was too stupid to learn anything.
Walt Disney worked at a newspaper when he
was young, but his editor fired him because he
lacked imagination and had no good ideas. Im
sure there was a person like that in your past
someone who disparaged and discouraged you.
But Im happy to report that 2014 will be the
best year ever for neutralizing and overcoming
that naysayers curse. If you have not yet
launched your holy crusade, begin now.

LIBRA (September 23-October
22): As a child, French philosopher
and writer Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) loved
math. But his father, who home-schooled him,
forced him to forego math and concentrate
on studying the humanities. Blaise rebelled.
When he was 12 years old, he locked himself
in his room for days and immersed himself
in mathematical investigations. When he
emerged, he had figured out on his own some of
Euclids fundamental theorems about geometry.
Eventually, he became a noted mathematician.
I see the coming weeks as prime time to do
something like the young Pascal did: Seal
yourself away from other peoples opinions
about who youre supposed to be, and explore
the themes that will be crucial for the person
you are becoming.

SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): In 1609, Dutch sea explorer
Henry Hudson sailed to America and
came upon what we now call Coney Island. Back
then it was a barren spit of sand whose main
inhabitants were rabbits. But it was eventually
turned into a dazzling resort an extravagant
playground, according to the documentary
film Coney Island. By the early 20th Century,
there were three sprawling amusement parks
packed into its two square miles of land, plus
a forest of glittering electric towers, historical
displays, freak shows, a simulated trip to the
moon, the largest herd of elephants in the
world, and panoramas showing the Creation,
the End of the World, and Hell. I mention this,
Scorpio, because 2014 could feature your very
own Henry Hudson moment: a time when you
will discover virgin territory that will ultimately
become an extravagant playground.

SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): If men had
wings and bore black feathers, few
of them would be clever enough to be crows,
said 19th Century social reformer Henry Ward
Beecher. That might be an accurate assessment
for most people, but I dont think it will be true
for you Sagittarians in the foreseeable future.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19): You can
blame it on the coming full moon.
You can blame it on the gorgeous
storm or the epic dream or the haunting song or
the suffering youre struggling to vanquish. All
I ask is that you dont blame it on the alcohol.
Okay? If youre going to do wild and brave and
unexpected things, make sure they are rooted
in your vigorous response to primal rhythms,
not in a drunken surrender to weakness or
ignorance. Im all for you losing your oppressive
self-control, but not the healthy kind of self-
control.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): When
is the last time you did an experiment?
Im not talking about scientific tests
and trials that take place in a laboratory. Im
referring to real-life experiments, such as when
you try out an unfamiliar experience to see
if it appeals to you ... or when you instigate a
change in your routine to attract unpredictable
blessings into your sphere. Now would be an
excellent time to expose yourself to a few what-
ifs like that. Youre overdue to have your eyes
opened, your limits stretched, and your mind
blown.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): To help
take the edge off the darkness you
have been wrestling with, I offer you
these lines from a poem by Kay Ryan: The day
misspent, / the love misplaced, / has inside it
/ the seed of redemption. / Nothing is exempt
/ from resurrection. In other words, Gemini,
whatever has disappeared from your life will
probably return later in a new form. The
wrong turns you made may lead you to a fresh
possibility. Is that what you want? Or would
you prefer that the lost things stay lost, the dead
things stay dead? Make a decision soon.

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
Human beings are often unable to
receive because we do not know what
to ask for, says the writer Malidoma Som in
his book Water & Spirit. We are sometimes
unable to get what we need because we do
not know what we want. With that in mind,
Cancerian, hear my two pleas: First, that in
the next six weeks you will work diligently to
identify the goodies you want most; and second,
that you will cultivate your capacity to receive
the goodies you want most by refining your skill
at asking for them.

LEO (July 23-August 22): Julia
Morgan (1872-1957) was the first
woman licensed as an architect
in California. She designed more than 700
buildings in the course of her brilliant career,
and thrived both financially and artistically. One
key to her success was her humility. Dont ever
turn down a job because its beneath you, she
advised. Thats a helpful message for you to hear,
Leo. It applies to the work-related opportunities
you may be invited to take on, as well as the
tasks that your friends, associates, and loved
Your animal intelligence will be working even
better than usual. Your instinctual inclinations
are likely to serve as reliable guides to wise
action. Trust what your body tells you! You will
definitely be clever enough to be a crow.

CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Can you guess what
combination of colors makes the
most vivid visual impact? Psychologists say
its black on yellow. Together they arrest the
eye. They command attention. They activate
a readiness to respond. According to my
reading of the astrological omens, this is the
effect you can and should have in the coming
weeks. Its time for you to draw the best kind
of attention to yourself. You have a right and a
duty to galvanize people with the power of your
presence. Whether you actually wear yellow
clothes with black highlights is optional as long
as you cultivate a similar potency.

AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Im guessing that in a
metaphorical sense, youve been swallowed by
a whale. Now youre biding your time in the
beasts belly. Heres my prediction: You will be
like the Biblical Jonah, who underwent a more
literal version of your experience. The whale
eventually expelled him, allowing him to return
to his life safe and sound and your story will have
the same outcome. What should you do in the
meantime? Heres the advice that Dan Albergotti
gives in his poem Things to Do in the Belly of
the Whale. Count the ribs, he says. Look up
for blue sky through the spout. Make small fires /
with the broken hulls of fishing boats. Practice
smoke signals. / Call old friends ... . Organize
your calendar ... . Dream of the beach ... . Review
each of your lifes 10 million choices. Find the
evidence of those before you ... . Listen for the
sound of your heart. / Be thankful that you are
here, swallowed with all hope, where you can rest
and wait.

PISCES (February 19-March 20): How
do you like your tests? Short, intense,
and dramatic? Or leisurely, drawn-out,
and low-pressure? Heres another question: Do
you prefer to pick out the tests you take, making
sure theyre good fits for the precise lessons you
want to master? Or do you find it more exciting
and adventurous to let fate determine what
unpredictable tests get sent your way? Ruminate
about these matters, Pisces. Youre due for a nice
big test sometime soon, and its in your interest to
help shape and define how everything unfolds.

Homework: Imagine that one of your heroes
comes to you and says, Teach me the most
important things you know. What do you say?
FreeWillAstrology.com.
Dec. 26 Answers: p.13
ITCHING TO GO January 9, 2013
ACROSS
1. Philippines island
5. Wretched
9. Electrical unit
14. Beneath the decks
18. Candid
19. Unseen emanations
20. Plains tribe
21. __ 911!
22. The casting of spells
24. Broiled eel
26. Versed
27. Gone up
29. Some contracts
30. Extinct wild ox
31. Late-night TV name
32. Merit
33. Mud daubers
36. Nicholas I and Nicholas II
38. Sped
42. Laughed
44. Laughing hard: 2 wds.
47. __ Got the World on a String
48. Pennsylvania port
49. Loosen
51. Fathered
52. Organ part
53. Courtroom fig.
54. Produce
55. Dead Souls author
56. Like an oddball
57. Inept, socially
59. Gambled
60. Mark of distinction
61. Burglary
62. Stabat __
63. Fabric pattern
64. Mother superior
66. Sorrow
67. Claims
70. Secures a certain way
71. Kind of league
72. Big buildings
73. Org. cousin
74. The 45th state
75. Stations
76. Hanging fishnet
77. Fey or Yothers
78. Turf
79. Grateful passenger
81. Weedy grass
83. Carries out
85. Austrian state
87. Wearing an amplifying device
88. False: Abbr.
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91. Hebrew letter: Var.
93. Tibetan guide
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82. Catkin
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Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends
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Davenport, IA
2014/01/15 (Wed)
Fifth of Country (6pm) - Karaoke
Contest (9:30pm) -The Rusty Nail,
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2014/01/16 (Thu)
Dennis Albee -Riverside Casino and
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EDM Nation - Danny Grooves -RIB-
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State St. Bettendorf, IA
Jon Batiste & Stay Human -Englert
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Iowa City, IA
Just Chords -Harringtons Pub, 2321
Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA
Kevin Killen -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Rob Dahms -Rustic
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East Iowa St. Eldridge, IA
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213 17th St. Rock Island, IL
2014/01/09 (Thu)
C.J. the D.J. -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Chuck Murphy -Harringtons Pub, 2321
Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA
ClusterPluck -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Elvis Open Mic -Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
Jordan Danielsen -Its on the River, 201
N. Main St. Port Byron, IL
Melanie Devaney (6:30pm) -RME (River
Music Experience), 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
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dust Sports Bar, 1191 19th Street
Moline, IL
2014/01/10 (Fri)
Acoustiphonic -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Buddy Olson -Rhythm City Casino, 101
W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Chris Avey Band -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Chuck Murphy -Docs Inn Bar & Grill,
985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis, IL
Cross Creek Karaoke -Stickmans, 1510
N. Harrison St. Davenport, IA
Dana T - The Multiple Cat - Griswald
-Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Moline, IL
2014/01/17 (Fri)
Baby Jayne - Prettygirlhatemachine
- Errol Hem - Milky Way - Com-
fort - Justin Means -Bi er Stube
Moline Blackhawk Room, 417 15th
St. Moline, IL
Bucktown Revue -Nighswander Ju-
nior Theatre, 2822 Eastern Avenue
Davenport, IA
Chuck Murphy -Rhythm City Casino,
101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Cosmic -Twenty Sports Grille & Night-
club, 1405 5th Ave. Moline, IL
Curtis Hawkins Band -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Dana T -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
Final Mix -Riverside Casino and Golf Re-
sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Ice Hockey - Temple - Victor Shores -
Founding Sisters -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Jordan Danielsen -Docs Inn Bar & Grill,
985 Avenue of the Cities Silvis, IL
Midnite Riders (5:30pm) - Fickle Filly
& the Haymakers (9pm) -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
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& Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
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Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
Pierced Productions Karaoke & DJ
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Street Moline, IL
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2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
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St Durant, IA
2014/01/12 (Sun)
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W Locust Davenport, IA
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erside, IA
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Bar, 4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
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rison St. Davenport, IA
Street Moline, IL
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Davenport, IA
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Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
2014/01/11 (Sat)
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Moline, IL
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Chuck Murphy -Big Shots, 419 15th
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2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
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Moline, IL
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5266 Utica Ridge Rd. Davenport, IL
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W Locust Davenport, IA
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Island, IL
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ington St. Iowa City, IA
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Conrad & Colossus (6pm) -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
2014/01/20 (Mon)
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Burlington Iowa City, IA
2014/01/21 (Tue)
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Keller Williams & More Than a Little
-Englert Theatre, 221 East Washing-
ton St. Iowa City, IA
Open Mic Night (6:30pm) -Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock
Island, IL
2014/01/24 (Fri)
ARU - Bob Bucko Jr. - Blue Movies -
Darling Slag -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Battle of the Bands Round One: Battle
Red vs. Escape Your Prism vs. The
Archimedes Death Ray -RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Cherry Good -Riverside Casino and
erside, IA
Chuck Murphy -Barrel House 211, 211
E. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
David Zollo -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Deja Vu Rendezvous featuring Afrozep
-The Redstone Room, 129 Main St
Davenport, IA
Eagles & Ivories Ragtime Weekend:
Ivory & Gold - Jeff Barnhart and
Anne Barnhart - Martin Spitznagle
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Creek Mudcats - Daniel Souvigny
-Wesley United Methodist Church,
400 Iowa Ave Muscatine, IA
Ivory & Gold and Daniel Souvigny
(9am) -SunnyBrook, 3515 Diana
Queen Dr. Muscatine, IA
The Madcreek Mudcats - Jeff Barn-
hart and Anne Barnhart - Martin
Spitznagle - Brian Wright - Faye
Ballard - Daniel Souvigny -Musca-
tine History and Industry Center, 117
W. 2nd St. Muscatine, IA
Gray Wolf Band -On the Rock Grille
Mercury Brothers -The Muddy Waters,
2014/01/23 (Thu)
Bailiff -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn
St Iowa City, IA
Daytrotter Presents Communion: The
Weeks - The Dough Rollers - Bed-
room Shrine - Centaur Noir - Ragged
Records DJ Set -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Jordan Danielsen -Harringtons Pub,
2321 Cumberland Dr Bettendorf, IA
Moline, IL
Open Mic w/ Corey Wallace & Friends
-11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Quad City Kix Band -RME (Ri ver
Davenport, IA
2014/01/22 (Wed)
Jam Session w/ Ben Soltau -Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Chuck Murphy
-RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Kenny Paulsen Quartet (6pm) - Kara-
oke Contest (9:30pm) -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Karl Beatty & Mike
Miller -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2
W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
The Chris & Wes Show -Mound Street
Landing, 1029 Mound St. Daven-
port, IA
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am
No Longer Afraid to Die - A Great
Big Pile of Leaves -Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
River City Radio Hour (5:30pm) -Mo-
line Commercial Club, 513b 16th St
Moline, IL
The Harris Collection -RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
2014/01/18 (Sat)
Chuck Murphy -Rhythm City Casino,
101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Cody Road -Mulligans Valley Pub, 310
W 1st Ave Coal Valley, IL
David G. Smith (6pm) -Rustic Ridge
Golf Course Grille & Pub, 1151 East
Iowa St. Eldridge, IA
Deadroots -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Final Mix -Riverside Casino and Golf Re-
sort, 3184 Highway 22 Riverside, IA
Flash Point -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Funktastic Five -Rascals Live, 1418
15th St. Moline, IL
Gwendolyn Countryman & Friends
-Uptown Bills Coffee House, 730 S.
Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA
Jason Aldean - Florida Georgia Line
- Tyler Farr -i wireless Center, 1201
River Dr Moline, IL
Jordan Danielsen -Timber Lanes, 1005
E. Platt St. Maquoketa, IA
Karaoke Night -Boozies Bar & Grill, 114
1/2 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Nitrix -Silvis Eagles Club, 911 Mansur
Ave. Silvis, IL
Street Moline, IL
Serious Business -The Muddy Waters,
Short Lived Fun -On the Rock Grille
The Recliners -The Mill, 120 E Burling-
ton Iowa City, IA
21 TUESDAY
19 SUNDAY
22 WEDNESDAY
20 MONDAY
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18 SATURDAY
24 FRIDAY
23 THURSDAY
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