River Cities' Reader Issue 915

With Eight Releases, Bob Herringtons Cartouche Records
Has Crafted a Quirky Identity Page 5
Whats Happenin: River Roots Live

and Kurt Vile Page 10
The Greatest Threat
to Our Freedoms: The
Government Page 3
Pushing Together by Pulling

Apart: Richmond Hills The
Fantasticks Page 7
A Fuller Version of
Myself: Kait Berreckman
at Rozz-Tox Page 8
Schulz on Florence Foster

Jenkins, Petes Dragon,
and Sausage Party Page 9
#915
August 18 - 31, 2016
River Cities Reader Vol. 23 No. 915 August 18 - 31, 2016
ILLINOIS POLITICS
Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com

By Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
Rauner Working the Long Game

with Term-Limits Advertising
n organization controlled by Governor Bruce Rauner has spent a million

dollars in a little over a week on a new
television ad promoting legislative term
limits. And thats just for starters.
Turnaround Illinois Inc. is one of those
dark money not-for-profit groups that
doesnt have to disclose its donors. It has
so far booked $1,015,084 in broadcast-,
satellite-, and cable-TV ads.
The group purchased $684,455 in
broadcast-TV ads scheduled to run from
August 5 through 14. The biggest chunk
$344,850 was spent on expensive
Chicago broadcast-TV spots. All the ad
buys are expected to be renewed.
Rauners TV ad features several real
people talking about the need for term
limits. Rauner has also set up a Web site
where folks can sign an electronic petition
supporting the idea. One of the people
appearing in the ad exhorts watchers
to help them get a million signatures.
Rauner himself appears at the end of the
ad to say, Lets all sign the term-limits
petition. Go to FixIllinois.com.
Before the ads appeared, Rauner spent
several days touring the state demanding
that House and Senate Democrats come
back after the election and pass a termlimits constitutional amendment.
Yes, the issue is solely political and more
than a bit phony. Even if the legislature passed
a term-limits proposal this November (and
it wont), the limits wouldnt actually get in
front of voters for two more years, and then
wouldnt start limiting terms for another 10
years. By that time, House Speaker Michael
Madigan would be 86 years old, and he could
still run for a state Senate seat.
But the House Democrats are notorious
for using federal issues such as Medicare
and Social Security in state legislative
races, so ... whatever.
Rauners group paid $130,820 for
St. Louis broadcast television, even though
most of those viewers live in Missouri.
Illinois candidates often skip St. Louis
broadcast entirely, or wait until late in the
game to air any ads because they arent
very cost-effective. You always know
somebody has big bucks to throw around
when they go on St. Louis TV, and its
practically unheard of in early August.
The Rauner organization also plunked
down $32,000 for broadcast ads in the
Champaign/Springfield/Decatur market;
$73,000 in the Quad Cities (where Democratic Representative Mike Smiddy is
attempting to hold on to his seat); $57,000
in the already crowded (with state-legislative ads) Paducah, Kentucky, market;

$21,000 in Quincy; and $25,000 in Peoria.
In addition, Rauner has dumped
$207,000 on satellite-TV ads through
August 25 and appears to have added
to his initial $21,989 cable-TV buy with
$101,640 more through August 14. The
cable-buy locations line up with suburban
and Downstate Democratic legislative
districts that Rauners political organization has targeted.
Whats going on here? First and foremost, Rauner needs to improve his own
polling numbers, both for his 2018 reelection campaign and, more immediately,
so his involvement can be of some use to his
Republican legislative candidates this fall.
A recent poll conducted for Democratic
U.S. Represenative Tammy Duckworths
U.S. Senate campaign found that Rauners
job-approval rating was 37 percent, with
a disapproval of 55 percent. Hes been
sitting around there for all of 2016, so
opinions are hardening, said a source
familiar with the polls findings.
Rauners people counter with their own
poll numbers that they say have Rauners
approve/disapprove mix at 44/49.
Either way, Rauner has to start moving
numbers his direction to have a positive
impact on this years election. The termlimits issue polls off the charts in this state,
so firmly attaching himself to the proposal
in an unprecedented and sustained advertising buy will likely help. Seventy-eight
percent of respondents supported term
limits in a February poll taken by the Paul
Simon Public Policy Institute.
The information-gathering aspect of
this term-limits push also cant be ignored.
Rauner has reportedly put his trusted
lieutenant Chip Englander in charge of his
data project. All his legislative races are
gathering lots of data, and its being pooled
in one spot. Building on Rauners 2014
race, and adding this years data (including from those who sign up online for
the term-limits pledge), the Illinois GOP
could be among the nations elite in data
for 2018, predicted a Republican insider.
Maybe the top.
And regardless of which poll is accurate,
hes gonna need every bit of help he can
muster, both this year and during the
next cycle.
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol
Fax (a daily political newsletter) and
CapitolFax.com.
GUEST COMMENTARY
By John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
The Greatest Threat to Our Freedoms: A Government of Scoundrels, Spies,

Thieves, Ruffians, Rapists, and Killers
he U.S. government remains the

greatest threat to our freedoms.
The systemic violence being
perpetrated by agents of the government
has done more collective harm to the
American people and our liberties than
any single act of terror.
More than terrorism, more than
domestic extremism, more than gun
violence and organized crime, the
U.S. government has become a greater
menace to the life, liberty, and property
of its citizens than any of the so-called
dangers from which the government
claims to protect us.
Does the government pose a danger to
you and your loved ones? The facts speak
for themselves.
Were being held at gunpoint by
a government of soldiers a standing army. While Americans are being
made to jump through an increasing
number of hoops to exercise their Second
Amendment right to own a gun, the
government is arming its own civilian
employees to the hilt with guns, ammunition, and military-style equipment;
authorizing them to make arrests; and
training them in military tactics. There
are now reportedly more bureaucratic
(non-military) government civilians
armed with high-tech, deadly weapons
than U.S. Marines. Clearly, the government is preparing for war and a civil
war, at that but who is the enemy?
Were being robbed blind by a
government of thieves. Americans no
longer have any real protection against

government agents empowered to seize
private property at will. For instance,
police agencies under the guise of assetforfeiture laws are taking property based
on little more than a suspicion of criminal activity. Homeowners are losing their
homes over nonpayment of taxes (for as
little as $400 owed) and municipal bills
such as water or sewer fees that amount
to a fraction of what they have invested
in their homes. And then theres the
Drug Enforcement Agency, which has
been searching train and airline passengers and pocketing their cash, without
ever charging them with a crime.
Were being taken advantage of by a
government of scoundrels, idiots, and
cowards. When youve got government
representatives who spend a large chunk
of their work hours fundraising, being
feted by lobbyists, shuffling through a
lucrative revolving door between public
service and lobbying, and making themselves available to anyone with enough
money to secure access to a congressional office, youre in the clutches of a
corrupt oligarchy. Mind you, these same
elected officials rarely read the legislation theyre enacting, nor do they seem
capable of enacting much legislation
that actually helps rather than hinders
American citizens.
Were being locked up by a government of greedy jailers. We have become
a carceral state, spending three times
more on our prisons than on our schools
and imprisoning close to a quarter of

the worlds prisoners, despite the fact
that crime is at an all-time low and the
U.S. makes up only 5 percent of the
worlds population. The rise of overcriminalization and profit-driven private
prisons provides even greater incentives
for locking up American citizens for
such nonviolent crimes as having an
overgrown lawn.
Were being spied on by a government of Peeping Toms. The government is watching everything you do,
reading everything you write, listening

to everything you say, and monitoring
everything you spend. Omnipresent
surveillance is paving the way for government programs that profile citizens,
document their behavior, and attempt to
predict what they might do in the future,
whether its what they might buy, what
politician they might support, or what
kinds of crimes they might commit. The
impact of this far-reaching surveillance,
Continued On Page 4
GUEST COMMENTARY
Continued From Page 3
By John W. Whitehead
johnw@rutherford.org
The Greatest Threat to Our Freedoms: A Government of Scoundrels, Spies, Thieves, Ruffians, Rapists, and Killers
according to Psychology Today, is
reduced trust, increased conformity,
and even diminished civic participation.
Were being ravaged by a government
of ruffians, rapists, and killers. Its not
just the police shootings of unarmed citizens that are worrisome. Its the SWATteam raids gone wrong that are leaving
innocent citizens wounded, children
terrorized, and family pets killed. Its the
roadside strip searches in some cases,
cavity searches of men and women alike
carried out in full view of the public in
pursuit of drugs that are never found. Its
the potentially lethal and unwarranted
use of so-called nonlethal weapons
such as Tasers on children for engaging
in childish behavior.
Were being forced to surrender our
freedoms and those of our children
to a government of extortionists,
money-launderers, and professional
pirates. The American people have been
repeatedly sold a bill of goods about
how the government needs more money,
more expansive powers, and more
secrecy (secret courts, secret budgets,
secret military campaigns, secret surveillance) to keep us safe. Under the guise
of fighting its wars on terror, drugs, and
now domestic extremism, the government has spent billions in taxpayer dollars on endless wars that have not ended
terrorism but merely sown the seeds of
blowback, surveillance programs that
have caught few terrorists while subjecting all Americans to a surveillance
society, and militarized police that have
done little to decrease crime while turning communities into war zones. Not
surprisingly, the primary ones to benefit
from these government exercises in legal
money-laundering have been the corporations, lobbyists, and politicians who
inflict them on a trusting public.
Whatever else it may be a danger, a
menace, a threat the U.S. government is
certainly no friend to freedom.
To our detriment, the criminal class
that Mark Twain mockingly referred
to as Congress has since expanded to
include every government agency that
feeds off the carcass of our once-constitutional republic.
So no matter which party wins the
White House, controls Congress, or
appoints future Supreme Court justices,
rest assured that the menace of the
shadow government the permanent,
unelected bureaucracy that operates
beyond the reach of the Constitution, the
courts, and the citizenry will continue
uninterrupted.
How long we will continue to suffer

depends on how much were willing to
give up for the sake of freedom.
Americas founders provided us with
a very specific explanation about the purpose of government and a roadmap for
what to do when the government abuses
its authority, ignores our objections, and
establishes itself as a tyrant.
We must choose between peaceful
slavery (in other words, maintaining the

status quo in servitude to the police state)
and dangerous freedom. That will mean
carving out a path in which we begin
to take ownership of our government
(starting at the local level), challenging
the status quo, and raising hell whenever
a government official steps out of line.
A hyperlinked version of this article is

available at RCReader.com.
Constitutional attorney and author John
W. Whitehead is founder and president of
the Rutherford Institute (Rutherford.org).
His latest book, Battlefield America: The
War on the American People, is available
at Amazon.com.
COVER STORY
By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Secret Club
With Eight Releases, Cartouche Records Has Crafted a Quirky Identity
hen I asked Bob Herrington how

business was at his Ragged Records
store, his answer was a shrug. Its
good enough, he said. I sell records. Im
not going to get rich.
Ragged Records, of course, specializes in
new and used vinyl just off the Government
Bridge in downtown Davenport, in a shared
space with Trash Can Annie. Prominent in
the store is a display showcasing eight LPs
all bearing the name of Cartouche Records,
which Herrington also runs.
And the words meant for Ragged Records
could easily apply to the two-year-old label.
Its not a money-making venture at this
point, Herrington said of Cartouche. If I
can do it, and put out a few releases a year,
and not lose a ton of money, Im going to
continue to do it.
As understated and matter-of-fact as Herrington is about his businesses, Cartouche
has from an outside perspective, at least
been transformed this year. After putting
out two albums in 2014 and one in 2015,
Cartouche has released five records in 2016.
The genesis and development of the label
have been organic, but the catalog at this
Bob Herrington with some LPs from his

Cartouche Records label
point has a shape that looks intentional.

Eight releases from eight different artists
three from the Quad Cities, three from farther west in Iowa, and two from Wisconsin.
Theres an even split between quirky indie
rock and idiosyncratic singer/songwriters.
Every album has a distinctive, clear, and
committed voice, and more importantly
theres not anything remotely resembling a
bad or misguided effort in the bunch.
Cartouche launched with the Quad
Cities Bedroom Shrine two years ago, and
that bands Johnnie Cluney said Herringtons label is a throwback. Labels arent
like they used to be, he said. There are
a few, but in the 90s and the 80s ... these
record labels were very cool like secret
clubs. ... You knew what you were going to
get, like you could trust the label. You didnt
even have to hear the new release, and you
knew it was for you. ...
In this day and age, its so hard to find.
There are more bands and more record
labels now than ever, and to stand out I
really think you just have to be unique and
authentic. Youve got to do your thing, and
not let any friends sway your vision.
Cartouches thing appears to be letting artists do their thing from the quavering folk
of Wisconsins J.E. Sunde to the wide-ranging
rock (and occasional cacophonies) of Marshalltown, Iowas Land of Blood & Sunshine.
Cluney described Cartouche as a home for
these shadowy singer/songwriters. ... Finally,
theres a label for people like us. Because there
are not many. Cartouche is a unique record
label in this day and age, definitely.
There is somewhat of a vision for the
label. Herrington said. I want it be more of a
modern-folk, singer/songwriter type of label.
But as anybody who has listened to the
Cartouche albums from Brooks Strause,
Devin Frank, Kalispell, or Sunde will understand, within the singer/songwriter genre is
an emphasis on unusual texture.
I dont think a singer/songwriter record
necessarily just has to be a guy sitting there
with a guitar, Herrington said. It can be
way more layered, with much more interesting things going on production-wise. ... I
think that comes just from the people that
Im working with. ... Theyre more interested
in doing more in the studio than just sitting
down and playing a song.
As for people being able to identify a

Cartouche album simply by hearing it,
Herrington said, I think that might start
happening more, just because of the direction I do want to take it in. [But] Im not just
trying to having a specific sound. ... I think if
its a great singer/songwriter, and they want
to record it a different way, Im all for it.
It Just Kind of Evolved
Cartouche grew out of Herringtons collaborations with Jason Parris on two Hello
Quad Cities vinyl compilations in 2012 and
2013. Those records bore the name of no
label, but they were the seeds for this one.
Three years ago, Herrington said, he
heard Sundes Shapes That Kiss the Lips of
God when Pat Stolley was mixing it. I really
dug the record, he said. I knew Jon Sunde
from his band that had played here several
times called The Daredevil Christopher
Wright. ... I was amazed by the record, and
he didnt have a label. I played it for Jason,
and we both thought it was amazing. Lets
maybe turn this local-music-comp thing
Continued On Page 6
COVER STORY
By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
The Secret Club

and lets maybe take it a step further and do
an actual label. (Herrington said Parris a
business partner for Cartouches first two
years left the label last year.)
And at the same time, Johnnie Cluneys
band Bedroom Shrine ... were mixing their
record [No Dj Vu] at Daytrotters studio with
Mike Gentry ... . So we thought, Maybe its
not a bad thing for our first two releases [to be]
something we really, really dug and [then something else with] the local connection and the
Daytrotter connection with Bedroom Shrine.
Those two albums announced the arrival
of Cartouche in 2014.
Then, I really like Brooks Strause, and
hed been working with Pat Stolley on
The Chymical Wedding of Brooks Strause,
Herrington said. And so that was almost
immediate after deciding to do those. Land
of Blood & Sunshine is one of my favorite
bands in Iowa. ... After that, it just kind of
evolved. ...
Im just winging it. Literally, this is learning experience as we go along. Oh, that was
a good idea. That was a bad idea. ... Were
still pretty young.
The labels flood this year, Herrington
said, was not an intentional effort to escalate:
It was actually very unconscious. It was just
like, This is cool. Lets put this out. ... And
then trying to space them slightly.
But the problem with that is, with doing

vinyl, it takes so long to get vinyl pressed.
... We were kind of hoping to spread them
out a little more, and because of the way
manufacturing is they kind of got lumped,
a bunch of them together, in the first eight
months of this year.
Next up for Cartouche is a J.E. Sunde follow-up early next year, and Herrington said he
has two other projects in the works although
he declined to say what they would be.
From here on out, Im going to try and
do two to three releases per year, he said.
At least, thats my thought. Well see how
that goes.
The Role of a Label in the

Digital Age
Because nearly everybody can record and

release an album at little or no cost in
this digital age, record labels might seem like
a relic. But the Internet glut of musical artists and releases has actually reinforced the
role record labels can play; with so much out
there, a label can help bands break through
the noise.
I just hope its more of an artist-development kind of relationship, ... with us helping
you, with our PR people helping to promote
them with their record, Herrington said.
Anybody can put out a record now, he
continued. But just putting it out ... doesnt

really mean much. There are literally millions of recording artists now. ... Its a tough
market. The role of a label is just helping to
develop them, and getting their name out
better ... .
Cartouche typically pays for the manufacturing (which, with vinyl in the mix, can
cost several thousand dollars), has arrangements in place for digital and physical
distribution, and does publicity and radio
campaigns.
The investment of money and time, Herrington said, is dependent on the artist: If
its somebody who I know is going to tour a
whole bunch, and this is what they want to
do with their life, Im more willing myself to
put more into it. ... You can rack up 10 grand
pretty quick in one release.
The return on that investment, he said,
comes mostly through pre-orders and
shortly after an albums release. Vinyl sells
best, while CD and digital sales are roughly
even behind it.
But few releases will recoup Cartouches
investment through sales. Really the only
way for labels to make money ... is through
licensing deals, Herrington said. So far,
Cartouche has two licensing arrangements
for Sundes music in France.
Im not doing this out of planning on
getting rich, he said. This is something fun
to do. ... And hopefully we can get them to
another level. I would love for any of these
guys to have another label a bigger label

go, We want to sign you. That would be
fantastic.
Cluney said Bedroom Shrine had interest
from another label for No Dj Vu, but we
decided to go with Bob because we know
Bob, and hes a good guy, and his vision was
correct and spot-on with what we wanted to
be involved with. ... I know what Bob listens
to. I know his musical opinions, and I just
trust him. I love all the [Cartouche] releases,
and ... there is a feel there. Theres something
going on. I think you can see that if you
spend time with those records. ...
Anybody that wants to invest time or
money into your band, your project, your
ears perk up. ... We would have sold more
records if we had toured around a bunch,
Im sure, but ... were very happy with how it
came out.
Because Chrash doesnt tour heavily, it used
a Kickstarter campaign to pay for the manufacturing of its July release on Cartouche,
Things My Friends Say. (See sidebar below.)
Even so, said the bands Chris Bernat, the label
offered several benefits over self-releasing on
CD and the Internet. Were not equipped, nor
do we have the time, to do whats necessary
to work a record through press, and through
radio, and to do all those things, he said.
Its so nebulous to say youre putting a
record out now, he continued. What does
Continued On Page 12
On Their Own Time: Chrash, Things My Friends Say

S
ix seconds into Chrashs Midwest
Sky is a throw-away sound that
illustrates the bands method for Things
My Friends Say: the light ping of a coin
being flipped.
The summer release from Chrash
on the Cartouche label, said singer/
songwriter/guitarist Chris Bernat, was
in the works for three years. Its a long
time coming, he said last week. We
decided that it would be nice to have the
luxury of time, which can work for you or
against you.
So instead of being on the clock
at a studio, Things My Friends Say was
recorded in the basement of drummer
Paul Blomquist. On the work-againstyou side of things, recording equipment
failed near the beginning of tracking,
and Bernat said that we couldnt figure
it out. ... That took months.
But for the most part, he said, time
worked for the Quad Cities band, as the
trio used it to find the right sounds and
methods for capturing them: We really
enjoy being creative in the studio, and
... we were able to try things that weve
never done on record before. Because

usually ... were on someone elses time.
So we were able to get experimental ... .
In the past, he said, the band which
has often worked with Pat Stolley in the
studio would record quickly. With
this, he said, we might ... scrap it and
start over. Thats a luxury you dont have
when youre paying somebody by the
hour in the studio. ...
This is the first one weve done
pretty much on our own, he added.
I like the homemade feel of it, but its
not lo-fi.
The coin flip is just one example.
Theres microphone placement in a
washing machine and at the top of
stairs, the use of an Omnichord on
several songs, a sample recorded off
KUNI radio announcing a Chrash song.
(That last one is buried deep in the mix
to the point that it only registers as a
radio-tuning knob finding mostly noise.)
Bernat said he couldnt recall all of the
tricks the band employed, just trying
anything to get a different, new, exciting
sound for us.
That process has its perils. Overthought records can feel precious
and sterile, but like Spoon Chrash
manages to make rigor and attention
to detail sound casual and natural. Over
its 11 tracks, Things My Friends Say has
a broad but comfortable indie-rock
palette.
The first three tracks chug along, but
with different engines piano and Kim
Murrays bass on the opening title track,
and pulsing guitars on Grace Comes
from Lightening and T.V. Fun Lights.
Before that gets tiresome, Midwest
Sky has an airy sound that reflects its
title, and then Local Scene obliterates
all preconceptions with opening synths
that would be at home in a horror or
sci-fi movie from the 1980s.
The brief, gently urgent instrumental
Too White to Fail is an additional palate-cleanser leading into the back half of
the record, where Things My Friends Say
really sings. Crucial Conversations is a
sterling example of rock-trio songcraft,
arrangement, and tone simple, taut,
disciplined, and most of all vibrant,
thoughtful, and
alive in every
component
and in its
progression.
Just Asking
is punchy and
agreeably
snotty in its
attitude, and
lyrically it takes
its cue from
the title of the
earlier instrumental. With all
that going on, it
should be insufferably arch, but nestled
within are serious and earnest questions
about race and change: Are we too
white to fail? / And if so / then what the
hell / are we to do about the way it is?
Im Acting, meanwhile, has the
hushed, soft warmth of seduction
undermined by sharp observations on
delicate artifice: Youre acting like you
like me right now / Cause you, youre not
acting like yourself tonight.
Chrash
Closing the album, Didnt We Have
History Together is a sprightly sprint to
the finish, straightforward rock characterized by galloping guitar and drums
thats augmented by Omnichord, percussion, and distorted-bass flourishes. Its
an effective summary the entire album:
dynamic, skillful, tight, and free.
Jeff Ignatius
Vol. 23 No. 915

August 18 - 31, 2016
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THEATRE
By Brent Tubbs
Pushing Together by Pulling Apart

The Fantasticks, at the Richmond Hill Barn Theatre through August 21
he Fantasticks, the 1960 musical with

a score by Harvey Schmidt and lyrics
and book by Tom Jones, is a love story
with a twist, and the Richmond Hill Barn
Theatre production that I saw on August
11 offered some sweet moments propped
against a score I did not particularly care for.
Its central idea and story, however, I loved.
The show begins as your typical Romeoand-Juliet tale, with two fathers trying to
keep their son and daughter away from
each other by building a wall between their
houses. But little do the children know that
the fathers actually want them to be together,
which they reveal in a cute song (Never
Say No) that describes how, as a parent, the
only surefire way to get your children to do
something is to tell them not to do it.
Victor Angelo plays the young, star-crossed
lover Matt, and I was blown away to find out
that Angelo is a real-life father of three, as I
fully believed he was the 17-year-old that Matt
was. Grace Burmahl portrays his girlfriendover-the-wall Luisa, who, at the top of the
show, wants nothing more than to be special,
even praying, Please, dont let me be normal.
Burmahl delivers some fine, emotional acting,
and her singing on Thursday was powerful, if a
little too loud, at times, for the intimate space.
Matts and Luisas fathers Hucklebee
(John VanDeWoestyne) and Bellomy (Bruce
Carmen) want desperately for their children
to get married so much so that they stage
an abduction of Bellomys daughter by the
shows narrator El Gallo (Joe LoGiudice).
Their idea is that Matt can jump into the fray,
rescue Luisa, and the youths will fall in love
and live happily ever after, which is exactly
what happens at the end of the first act.
Carmen offers an expressive, quite vaudevillian performance, and VanDeWoestyne
owns every second of his stage time and has a
wonderful tone to his voice. LoGiudice keeps
the pace moving along nicely, although at
times it was a little difficult to hear him when
he started singing (possibly because several
of his songs low notes were beyond LoGiudices vocal range). And his fellow storyteller,
simply called The Mute, is played by Diane
Greenwood, and it was a pleasure to watch
her facial expressions throughout the entire
Ray Rogers, Michael Skiles, and Grace Burmahl

production. Even when not directly involved
in the action, Greenwood viewed the proceedings from the sides of the playing area,
and always suggested that she was witnessing
events for the very first time.
Two others who offer help filling characters as needed are Henry, a self-proclaimed
brilliant actor, and Mortimer, who its said
can die better than anyone. These two misfits are played by the very funny Ray Rogers
and Michael Skiles, and one particular
highlight found the latter enacting an incredibly dramatic, incredibly long death from a
mimed bow and arrow.
Structurally, The Fantasticks is loose,
and really asks the audience to stretch their
imaginations a concept I appreciate (and,
as an occasional improv comedian, am
familiar with). Using broom handles for
swords, and sprinkling confetti to symbolize snow and rain, the cast members also
sometimes just mime their props, and I
especially enjoyed the show for creating a
sense that this band of players just threw
this together using whatever was backstage.
Nancy Green does a splendid job as the
productions accompanist, seen in full

view of the audience and occasionally even
allowed to interact with the actors. Director John Donald OShea, meanwhile, made
strong use of the space, utilizing the entire
playing area for Richmond Hills theatrein-the-round seating, and designer Jennifer
Kingry contributed beautifully lit moments
when characters were bathed in moonlight.
Overall, The Fantasticks was a fun story to
watch, even though most of the music wasnt
to my taste all but two or three of the tunes
are of a slow tempo with unmemorable
melodies and a few cast members seemed
to struggle a bit with pitch. But if youve
never before seen it, Schmidt and Jones do
offer a new spin on an old story. Or rather, an
old spin on an old story. Regardless, it does
provide an intriguing look at what happens
after happily ever after.
The Fantasticks runs at the Richmond Hill
Barn Theatre (600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo)
through August 21, and more information
and tickets are available by calling (309)9442244 or visiting RHPlayers.com.
MUSIC

By Hannah Bates
bateshannaha@gmail.com
A Fuller Version of Myself

Kait Berreckman, August 31 at Rozz-Tox
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Angry, joyous, thoughtful,

hilarious, and sensationally smart,
Malcolm D. Lees outing is the rare
sequel a third sequel, no less
that returns to a previously
established universe yet emerges as
a grand, glorious achievement all
its own. (Same day as DVD.)
Kait Berreckman
few years ago, Kait Berreckman was ready

to give up on music. But moving back to
Nebraska and surrounding herself with
the right influences brought her back to it.
Berreckman, who will play a show at RozzTox on August 31, is an Omaha-based singer/
songwriter who occupies a space between folk
and power pop. Her disillusionment with her
career prospects in music, she said in a recent
phone interview, started when she was living in
Austin, Texas.
She began work there on her debut album
Conservation, and decided to move to the
city after graduating from college in 2011. She
finished the album in Austin and played some
shows while working service jobs, but she still
felt a lack of direction with her music.
I didnt know where to start and so I just
gave up, Berreckman said. It sucks to admit
that, but thats kind of all there is to it. Sure, I had
a relationship I wasnt happy with and I was not
making much money, but I could get shows and
I couldve had a band and I couldve gone for it,
but I didnt. I let my own insecurities win out
and convince me I wasnt good enough.
But moving back to her home state in 2013
was exactly what she needed.
I think it was a combination of family
support, and meeting the right combination of
people who encouraged me to go to some open
mics and meet some other people in the local
scene there that just helped give me that push,
she said.
The tight-knit Omaha music scene helped
inspire Berreckman to put together her new
full-length album, Battle Scenes.
When I set out to make this new album, I
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promised myself I wouldnt do it if I didnt have

a plan, she said. Twenty-four-year-old me
wouldve quit on this album probably six times
by now. Living in Austin showed me what it
looked like to be persistent, and I think living in
Omaha has really taught me how.
The record, which will be released on August
24, deals with some of the things that held Berreckman back. I think my goal with this album
was just to represent a rebirth, and fighting
through self-doubt and dealing with a lot of
personal stuff to just keep doing what I know I
love doing, she said.
The songs clearly lay out her personal
struggles, such as moving past failed relationships in Keep It Up and coming to terms with
introverted tendencies in Control. I want
to be in control and out of control at the same
time, Berreckman sings in the latters chorus,
articulating the everyday anxiety of not being
able to relax and have a good time at a party.
With the sound of the album, Battle Scenes
showcases what Berreckman considers two
sides of her personality. When we were recording and I heard everything side-by-side, it felt
like it was me, she said. If I separated that kind
of alt-country style from the more rock and
power-pop style that I do, it felt like there was
only one part of me being shown. Id rather have
a fuller version of myself out there.
Berreckman considers two songs from the
upcoming album the poppy Control and
the blues-inspired Night Owl perfect examples of the two genres in which she likes to work.
Control opens the album with its melodic
Tom Tykwers entertaining, quite

moving dramatic comedy about a
business consultant in Saudi Arabia
boasts an utterly first-rate star
performance, with the superb Tom
Hanks finding infinite ways to
project self-loathing through an
amiable faade. (Same day as DVD.)
KEANU
This kidnapped-kitty comedy

features plenty of hilarious
moments, and the sharp-witted
leads Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele exude spectacular
confidence and charisma, never
funnier than in their characters
misbegotten, profanely silly
attempts at street talk.
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Streep Throat
FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS
For more than 30 years, Meryl Streep has

been singing on-screen in movies ranging from
1983s Silkwood to last years Ricki & the Flash,
with musical pitstops in a half-dozen outings
in between. But not until the new bio-comedy
Florence Foster Jenkins has the star ever sung
quite this badly. Streep being Streep, of course,
she sings badly brilliantly.
Playing the titular socialite who, at age 76,
performed a legendarily god-awful recital at
Carnegie Hall, Streep is about as much fun here
as shes been all decade. Any vocalist worth
her salt will tell you there are few things more
difficult than singing intentionally off-key, and
Streeps flat and rhythmless caterwauling
particularly while butchering Mozarts Queen
of the Night aria from The Magic Flute is
riotously, gloriously wretched. Yet miraculously,
you dont laugh at Florence. Streep, director Stephen Frears, and screenwriter Nicholas Martin
have conceived the role with such vivid empathy,
and make Florences lifelong love of music so
palpable, that you cant help but adore this shrill
no-talent performing with such radiant pride
and joy. Frears entire movie, in truth, is a similar
sort of happy delight. Beyond the physicalized
bear hug of Streeps portrayal, Hugh Grant is
masculine and tender as Florences devoted
husband (albeit one with a girlfriend on the
side), and Nina Arianda is a consistent hoot as a
floozy whose early shock at Florences ineptitude
morphs into genuine respect. There are brief,
sharp turns by Brid Brennan, Christian McKay,
and John Kavanagh; the mid-1940s dcor
and costuming are impeccable without being
aggressively showy. And Simon Helberg, as Florences accompanist, delivers pricelessly aghast
reaction shots, his understated panic suggesting
a nervous breakdown dressed in a tweed suit
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and bow tie. Low-key and formulaic though it is,

Florence Foster Jenkins is a minor marvel. Your
ears may bleed, but your heart will swell.
PETES DRAGON
As far as I know, my nine-year-old niece and

seven-year-old nephew dont read my reviews,
so I feel only moderate guilt in admitting that
I wasnt a fan of Disneys original Petes Dragon
even when I was a nine-year-old myself. (The kids
saw it on video recently and lo-o-o-oved it.) But I
am a fan, and a pretty major one, of writer/director David Lowerys new Petes Dragon, and not
just because were blessedly spared a braying-hillbilly Shelley Winters and Candle on the Water.
Defying all expectation regarding 21st Century
reboots, Lowery and co-screenwriter Toby
Halbrooks have concocted a family adventure
thats actually quieter, graver, and considerably
more thoughtful than its forebear an enchanted
tale closer in spirit to E.T., or Spielbergs recent
The BFG, than 1977s musical fantasy. Youre
clued in to Lowerys seriousness of intent in his
sad, artful staging of an early car crash and the
subsequent threat of a wolf attack, and time
and again the movie boasts a tricky blend of
naturalism and awe: the lovable dragon Elliott
silently soaring over a lush forest expanse; the
orphaned wild child Pete (played, as a 10-yearold, by a marvelous Oakes Fegley) growing slowly
re-accustomed to family life; the eyes of Robert
Redford as a 70-year belief is proved a reality.
Inevitably, of course, the mandates of modern
Hollywood blockbusters rear their ugly heads,
and were stuck with the requisite action-packed
chase scenes and bridge peril, plus a stern-faced
Karl Urban shouting, Follow that dragon! But
for roughly 80 percent of its length, Petes Dragon
is overflowing with intelligence and true wonder,
and while the movies children (including Oona
Laurence and the big-eyed Levi Alexander) give
the most honest portrayals, the overall atmosphere is so relaxed that even the usually tense
Hugh Grant, Meryl Streep, and Simon Helberg in Florence Foster Jenkins
Bryce Dallas Howard emerges as genial and
touching. The last time she faced an enormous
green creature on-screen, Howard was teetering
on laughably high heels in Jurassic World. Glad to
see shes discovered the benefits of flats.
SAUSAGE PARTY
I laughed, and laughed often, at directors Greg

Tiernans and Conrad Vernons Sausage Party,
a computer-animated, proudly R-rated comedy
that may as well have been titled The Secret Life
of Foodstuff. But Im really, really hoping that it
marks the end of vocal star/co-screenwriter Seth
Rogens cinematic stoner slapsticks, because Im
not sure the results can get more Seth Rogen-y
than they are here and Im not sure I want to see
them if they do. Visually, this superbly animated
endeavor is clever as hell; there are brilliant nods
to Gullivers Travels and Terminator II, and in
a few scenes the supermarket melee shot like
Saving Private Ryan, the suppertime kitchen massacre the movie hits almost unbelievable peaks
of inventiveness and hilarity. Yet while Rogen,
as our hot-dog hero Frank, sounds just like
his prototypical, weed-smoking self (sarcastic,
growly, every third word profane), nearly every

other character, even the ones that shouldnt,
sounds like him, too; I may now have officially
heard the word f--- more times in 90 minutes
than Ive ever said it in my life. Still, see it for the
occasional bursts of more varied comic personality courtesy of Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Michael
Cera, Jonah Hill, Craig Robinson, Salma Hayek,
and numerous others. See it for the squabbling
lavash and bagel, voiced by David Krumholtz
and Edward Norton (doing a pretty great Woody
Allen impression). See it for the surprisingly
unpredictable narrative and trenchant discourse
on religion, and for the shockingly crude opening number by famed Disney composer Alan
Menken. But whatever you do, do not see Sausage
Party with your kids. If you think its tough getting them to eat their veggies now ... .
For reviews of Suicide Squad, Anthropoid, Nine
Lives, and other current releases, visit RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
MikeSchulzNow.
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Whats Happenin
Music
River Roots Live
LeClaire Park
Friday, August 26, and Saturday, August 27
n August 26 and 27, Davenports

LeClaire Park will host the music
festival River Roots Live, the Quad Cities
annual outdoor celebration of rock, blues,
soul, roots, and Americana performers. Its
the 12th consecutive year for the festival,
and consequently it seems only fitting to
serve up a dozen reasons that you wont
want to miss this sure-to-be-exhilarating
weekend along the Mississippi River.
1 Booker T. Jones (pictured, left), the legend-
ary, 71-year-old multi-instrumentalist and

songwriter whose myriad accomplishments
in R&B, rock, and blues include his 1992
induction in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame;
his 2007 induction in Nashvilles Musicians
Hall of Fame; the 2013 release of his 10th
solo studio album Sound the Alarm; and his
four career Grammy Awards one of them,
received in 2007, for Lifetime Achievement.
2 O.A.R. (pictured, below right), the charttopping, multi-platinum-selling alternative-rock quintet currently celebrating
its 20th year of performances, whose
last three studio albums (All Sides,
King, and The Rockville LP) all landed
on the top 15 of the Billboard rock
charts, and whose 2015 Rockville
LP hit number one on Billoards
independent-album chart.
3 Guitar Army, which showcases the
string prowess of its three central musicians: singer/songwriter and guitarist
Lee Roy Parnell, who has charted more
than 20 singles on Billboards Hot Country
Songs charts; vocalist/guitarist Joe Robinson, the 2008 winner of Australias Got Talent
who has subsequently released five solo
albums; and Robben Ford, the blues, jazz,
and rock artist who has collaborated with
George Harrison, Joni Mitchell, and Kiss,
and was named one of Musician magazines
100 Greatest Guitarists of the 20th Century.
4 The Stone Foxes, the San Francisco-based
rockers whose hit Beneath Mt. Sinai was

prominently featured in episodes of Sons of
Anarchy and Shameless, and whose frequent
touring engagement have found them opening for Cage the Elephant and Grammy
winners The Black Keys.
5 Alanna Royale, the rock and roots ensem-
ble fronted by lead vocalist Alanna QuinnBroadus, whose rave reviews for the bands
2014 album debut Achilles included GratefulMusic.com calling it living proof that
soul music is still alive and well, and still
has the ability to bring out the same kind of
raw passion and spirit that has played such
a monumental role in the development of
modern music.
6 Luke Bell, the Wyoming-based country
singer/songwriter who recorded a 2015

Daytrotter session after releasing his studio
albums Luke Bell and Dont Mind If I Do,
and who, according to Rolling Stone, plays
classic honky-tonk with a wink and a yodel
that summons the sleeping ghosts of country better than any voodoo spell ever could.
7 Fridays sets with Tara Terra and The
Candymakers the former a hugely popular

quartet on the Champaign-Urbana rockand-soul scene, the latter our areas Iowa
Blues Challenge winners who celebrate the
old-school traditions of R&B and funk.
8 Saturdays sets with a host of gifted art-
ists: the Bettendorf-based rock quintet The

Zealots; the fourpiece psychedelicpop ensemble Condor
& Jaybird; Iowa Citys
roots and folk musicians Brooks Strause
& the Gory Details,
whove opened for
Dawes and William
Elliott Whitmore;
the award-winning,
holler-folk talents of
Maines Ghost of Paul
Revere; Southern-rock
vocalist Natalie Carol
and her Los Angeles
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Else
Is Happenin
ensemble Valley Queen; and Chicagos

The Main Squeeze, headliners at both Bonnaroo and the Rolling Stone Super Bowl XLVI
Pre-Party.
9 Performances held in River Roots Lives
Junior Jam Tent, with Friday sets by Mea

Culpa, the QC Rock Academy, and She, and
Saturday music courtesy of Pelham, The Merchants, Juliana & a Soul Purpose, the Quad City
Ukulele Club, and the student stars of the QC
Rock Academy, the RME Winter Blues All-Stars,
and the Glenville Middle School mariachi
bands.
10 LeClaire Park activities and events
that include outdoor exhibitions by local

artisans, bounce houses, and childrens
workshops for fledgling musicians.
11 The official River Roots Live after-party
RaggedTrotter, in which Daytrotter

and Ragged Records host Chaos Emeralds,
Discoveries of the American Scientific, and the
Just Let Go DJs for more late-night music and
dancing at Davenports Daytrotter venue at
324 Brady Street.
12 One word: Ribfest. One additional word:

Aughhlaughhhjllaughh. (Thats a phonetic
spelling for that deep gurgle noise Homer
Simpson makes when he sees a stack of ribs.
Feel free to adjust the spelling based on your
own salivary reaction.)
For the scheduled lineups of performers,

visit the Readers Live Music section on pages
17 and 18, and for more information on the
festival itself, visit RiverRootsLive.com.
Music
Kurt Vile & the Violators

Codfish Hollow Barn
Sunday, August 21, 7 p.m.
ust like superheroes, professional musicians have their own origin stories. And
given the strength of his reviews, and the powerful appreciation he engenders in
fans, it makes perfect sense that indie-rock and -folk singer/songwriter Kurt Viles
own musical origin story would start with Superman.
Performing at Maquoketas Codfish Hollow Barn on August 21 with his band Kurt
Vile & the Violators, the 36-year-old Pennsylvania native Vile first experimented
with songwriting after receiving a banjo from his father at age 14. It wasnt the guitar
he had initially hoped for, but he took to the instrument quickly, and in an interview
with the Village Voice Vile revealed the inspiration for the joke song that was his
first composition.
It was a good instrumental; I knew all these chords. But then I was quoting a
cartoon as the lyrics on top of it. I had seen this cartoon about Superman and Lex
Luthor; it was like the back history of why Lex Luthor hated Superman. They used
to be friends, and then some giant stone of Kryptonite fell and it made Lex Luthors
hair fall out, and he was like, You made all my hair fall out! It was a really stupid
cartoon, but that was my song You Made All My Hair Fall Out.
Judging by the accompanying photo, that was likely never a concern for Vile
himself. But the teens early interests in singing and songwriting never wavered
Vile told AltMusic.about.coms Anthony Carew that once he got that banjo, I
pretty much knew I was going to do music [with my life] then and in 2003 he
began collaborating with fellow singer/songwriter Adam Granduciel. Two years
later, they had formed the indie-rock band The War on Drugs.
Although that widely popular, critically acclaimed musical outfit is still recording and touring today, Vile himself left the group after the release of its 2008 debut
Wagonwheel Blues, and jump-started his solo career with that same years Constant
Hitmaker. The album was followed by Viles collection of home recordings God Is
Saying This to You ... in April of 2009, and just six months later the first official Kurt
Vile & the Violators album debuted with Octobers Childish Prodigy. That release led
to touring gigs opposite Dinosaur Jr. and Thurston Moore. Those and other such gigs
led to 2011s Smoke Ring for My Halo and Viles first appearance on Billboards Top
200 chart.
And that success led to 2013s Wakin on a Pretty Daze and 2015s blieve Im
goin down ... , frequent national tours, and reviews that make Vile sound like
a true superhero of the independent-music scene. Raving about his signature
blend of heartbreak and humor, ConsequenceOfSound.net called Vile a natural
performer whose low-key charm rarely fails to win the crowd over. Describing
its melodious tales of introspection and folk-drenched balladry, SFWeekly.com
declared the groups output catchy, gorgeous, and profound. And in praising
their off-the-cuff skill and hypnotic power, The Guardian stated, Vile and his
band the Violators conjure up trance-like grooves that resemble Tuareg desertrockers Tinariwen if theyd swapped their robes for plaid shirts. Or, in Viles case,
maybe tights and a cape.
Kurt Vile & the Violators perform locally with an opening set by Your
Friend, and more information on the concert is available by visiting
CodfishHollowBarnstormers.com.
Modern Vices @ Rozz-Tox - August 27
MUSIC
Thursday, August 18 The DuPont

Brothers. Concert with the indie-folk
and Americana duo, featuring an
opening set by Pine. The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport).
7 p.m. $9.50-12. For tickets and
information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Friday, August 19, and Saturday,
August 20 Ya Maka My Weekend.
Twenty-fifth-anniversary celebration
of Caribbean music, food, and culture,
with live music on two stages, food and
craft vendors, and more. District of Rock
Island. Friday 5:30 p.m. bands, Saturday
3:30 p.m. bands. $9 per day, $14 for the
weekend. For information, call (309)7886311 or visit YaMakaMyWeekend.com.
Friday, August 19, through Sunday,
August 21 Polyrhythms Jazz &
Heritage Festival. Third-annual event
featuring live-music sets, food and
beverages, demonstrations, cultural
exhibits, and more. Friday and Saturday:
Martin Luther King Park (601 Ninth Street,
Rock Island). Sunday: The Redstone
Room (129 Main Street, Davenport). For
Facebook.com/polyjazzheritagefest.
Saturday, August 20 Riverfront
Pops: The Eagles Greatest Hits. A
salute to the legendary pop ensemble
performed by the Quad City Symphony
Orchestra, with The 1812 Overture
and Stars & Stripes Forever set to a
climactic fireworks display. LeClaire Park
(400 Beiderbecke Drive, Davenport). 5:30
p.m. QCSO Youth Symphony Orchestra
performance, 6:30 Eagles tribute. $5-25.
For tickets and information, call (563)3227276 or visit QCSO.org.
Saturday, August 20 Bill
Anderson. Concert with the countrymusic legend and member of the Grand
Ole Opry. Ohnward Fine Arts Center
(1215 East Platt Street, Maquoketa).
7 p.m. $30-35. For tickets and
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COVER STORY
The Secret Club

By Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
Cartouches Catalog
Bedroom Shrine,
No Dj Vu (2014)
J.E. Sunde (pictured, right),
Shapes That Kiss The Lips of

God (2014)
Brooks Strause, The Chymical
Wedding of Brooks
Strause (2015)
Land of Blood & Sunshine, Lady
& the Trance (2016)
The Multiple Cat, Intricate
Maps (2016)
Kalispell, Printers Son (2016)
Devin Frank, The Vanishing
Blues (2016)
Chrash, Things My Friends
Say (2016)
Photo by Joshua Ford, Ford-Photo.com
it mean? For several of our records, it just

meant we paid to get them manufactured
and sent some out to media outlets. ...
The biggest piece of satisfaction that I
derived from doing this record is that I can
hold a piece of vinyl in my hand and play it,
and it has songs that we wrote, produced,
and put together as a package.
He added: Its beneficial in that were
grouped with like-minded artists and even
similar genres.
Ive Had Amazing Support
The biggest surprise in running a label,

Herrington said, is the amount of time to
do it right, especially publicity and press. I
realize now why PR firms have teams. ... Its
so time-involved. ...
I want to figure out ways to make it work
better make it a little simpler, maybe get
some other people involved so that Im
doing justice for the artist. ... Whats the
point of doing it if youre not doing it right?
Already, though, Herrington has built an
impressive web of relationships behind the
scenes at Cartouche. The label has clearly
benefited from friendships with people at
Daytrotter, including founder Sean Moeller,
illustrator Cluney, and engineer Stolley. It
also works with local musical/visual artists
Jeff Konrad and Jon Burns, while photographer Joshua Ford a regular contributor
to the River Cities Reader has done videos

and stills for Cartouche artists.
Ive been really lucky from the standpoint that, starting out with J.E. Sunde,
everybody whos involved loves him, loves
that record, Herrington said. These are
people that want to see him succeed, so
theyre on board to help him out.
I was totally blown away by Sundes
record, Ford wrote. This record is just off
the charts the instrumentation, Sundes
voice, the songwriting. It is not necessarily
in my normal wheelhouse, ... but I ended
up listening to that album far more than any
other album the year it was released. When
talk of a video for a song on that album
came up, it wasnt even a question. I was on
board. ...
Im honored that Bob and the artists on
Cartouche have faith in me to add a visual
component to the work they are doing, and
it is really rewarding to grow these relationships with Bob and his artists.
Ive had amazing support, Herrington
said.
And he said that there really havent been
any disappointments since Im not looking
at it as Oh, were going sell ... thousands of
these. ... My only vision is that 10, 15 years
from now, I can sit back and go, What a cool
label. I really liked everything we put out. Its
all really respectable stuff.
What Else Is Happenin

OhnwardFineArtsCenter.com.
Monday, August 22 Lake Street
Dive. Concert with the indie-pop and
-rock musicians. Englert Theatre (221
East Washington Street, Iowa City). 7 p.m.
$33.50. For tickets and information, call
(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Wednesday, August 24 The Nu Gruv
Jam. An all-ages showcase of musicians,
rappers, and poets from the local DIY scene
performing original urban-music, spokenword, and free-form jams. Rozz-Tox (2108
Third Avenue, Rock Island). 8 p.m. Free.
For information, call (309)200-0978 or visit
RozzTox.com.
Thursday, August 25 An Evening
with Walter Trout. Concert with the
blues guitarist and singer/songwriter.
The Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $19-22. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
Saturday, August 27 Modern Vices.
Concert with the Chicago-based indie
rockers, featuring an opening set by
Truthpick. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue,
Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5-10. For information,
call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Saturday, August 27 The Back Porch
Revival. Outdoor concert to benefit
the not-for-profit Native Fund, featuring
sets by Blake Shelton, Thomas Rhett,
Big & Rich, and others. Kinnick Stadium
(825 Stadium Drive, Iowa City). 3 p.m.
$39-239. For information and tickets, visit
TheBackPorchRevival.com.
Saturday, August 27 RaggedTrotter.
The official River Roots Live after-party with
sets by Chaos Emeralds, Discoveries of the
American Scientific, and Just Let Go DJs, cohosted by Daytrotter and Ragged Records.
Daytrotter (324 Brady Street, Davenport). 11
p.m. $5. For information, visit Daytrotter.com.
Sunday, August 28 Hector Anchondo
Band. Concert with the blues vocalist/
guitarist and his ensemble, presented
by the Mississippi Valley Blues Society.
Kavanaughs Hilltop Tap (1228 30th Street,
Rock Island). 6 p.m. $8-10. For information,
call (563)349-0594 or visit MVBS.org.
THEATRE

September 4 Inheritors. Davenport
native Susan Glaspells 1921 drama
about free speech and family, directed
and adapted by Aaron Randolph III. QC
Theatre Workshop (1730 Wilkes Avenue,
Davenport). Friday and Saturday 7:30 p.m.,
Sunday 3 p.m. Pay what its worth pricing.
For information and tickets, call (563)6502396 or visit QCTheatreWorkshop.org.
September 4 This Side Up. New Ground
Theatre presents the world premiere
of Christopher Grassis fantasy comedy,
directed by Chris Jansen. Village Theatre
(2113 East 11th Street, Davenport). Friday
and Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
$15-18. For information and tickets, call
(563)326-7529 for visit the companys

Facebook page.
Tuesday, August 30, and Wednesday,
August 31 Ole Plays Nursemaid: Dial
911! The Creamerys sixth original Ole
& Lena comedy about family, love, and
aging, starring Mike and Julie Bateson. Old
Creamery Theatre (39 38th Avenue, Amana).
2 p.m. $15-25. For information and tickets,
call (319)622-6262 or visit OldCreamery.com.
EVENTS
Saturday, August 20 Floatzilla. River

Actions annual celebration of paddle sports
with live music by Chrash and Mountain
Swallower, a trophy for the largest paddling
group, food and drinks, a trade show, a 2:30
p.m. group photo, and more. Sunset Park
(18th Avenue and Sunset Road, Rock Island).
$25-30 registration. For information, call
(563)322-2969 or visit Floatzilla.org.
Saturday, August 20 Village of East
Davenport Wine Walk. Seventh-annual
fundraiser for Gildas Club Quad Cities,
featuring outdoor live music and more
than 25 wine samples at various locations.
Village of East Davenport. 3-6 p.m. $20.
For information, call (563)326-7504 or visit
GildasClubQC.org.
Saturday, August 20 Pints for
Preservation. An adults-only event with
beer, wine, and food samples at locations
throughout the zoo. Niabi Zoo (13010 Niabi
Zoo Road, Coal Valley). 5:30 p.m. $35-40
per person, $180-210 for groups of six. For
information and tickets, call (309)799-3482
or NiabiZoo.com.
Sunday, August 21 Spirit of the
Prairie Party. Sixth-annual event featuring
artist demonstrations, a silent art auction,
food and beverages, live music with the
Barley House Band and Nick Vasquez, and
more. Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat (2664
145th Avenue, Wheatland). 3 p.m. $50. For
information and to reserve, call (563)3239466 or visit CHMIowa.org.
Wednesday, August 24 Magic Men
Live! Themed acts and choreography with
the touring male exotic dancers. Adler
Theatre (136 East Third Street, Davenport). 8
p.m. $28-103. For tickets, call (800)745-3000
or visit AdlerTheatre.com.
Friday, August 26, and Saturday,
August 27 Bottoms Up Quad City
Burlesque: 2016 Student Showcase.
All-new show featuring students of the
Bottoms Up School of Burlesque. Circa 21
Speakeasy (1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island).
8 p.m. $18-20. For information and tickets,
call (309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit
TheCirca21Speakeasy.com.
Saturday, August 27 Vettes on the
River. Annual car show and Corvette
celebration with live music by Cosmic and
proceeds benefiting Quad Cities veterans
organizations. LeClaire Levee. 8 a.m.
gates, 11:30 a.m. Cosmic performance, 3
p.m. awards presentation. $20 minimum
car registration. For information, visit
VisitLeclaire.com.
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PHOTOGRAPY
Featured Image from the Quad Cities Photography Club
his summer
has brought
its share of
thunderstorms to
our area, and many
photographers
enjoy trying to
capture the lightning strikes. In
late July, as one of
theses storms was
passing through
the Geneseo area,
Luke Clendenin
was impressed
by the intense
lightning and felt
that it presented
an excellent photo
opportunity. Luke
explains: After the
storm passed, I set
up in my backyard
to photograph
the lightning as
the storm moved
to the southeast
over Geneseo. The
photograph is a
composite of five
images taken over
a period of about
two minutes.
Luke used a Canon
Rebel T5i with an
18-55-millimeter
lens. Each photo
was shot at 18 millimeters, f/8.0, 20 seconds, and ISO 100.
He used a sturdy tripod with a remote
shutter release. Luke continued: The
knowledge of camera settings, postprocessing techniques, and composition
I have gained from participating in the
Quad Cities Photography Club have
helped me to produce this image and

many others.
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.
14
Ask
the
Casual Coroner
Advice
Goddess
I dress like a tomboy: jeans, T-shirts,

hoodies, and work boots. My boyfriend of
a year wants me to wear skirts and dresses
more often. Nothing trashy. Just not my usual
tomboy-wear. This weekend, I wore a sundress
to brunch. It made him so happy, and he kept
telling me how beautiful I looked. I did feel a
little uncomfortable because Im not used to
dressing like that. Some women in my circle
are like, He should accept you as you are.
Dont change for a man. Am I giving up some
important source of power?
Redressed
Your boyfriends asking you to sometimes
wear a dress for him, not hold out your wrist so
he can chain you to the pipe in the basement
with the six other sister wives.
There are women out there who still see
dressing to please a man as some sort of Stockholm syndrome thing participating in your
own (flouncy, spaghetti-strapped) subjugation.
So its possible that those advising you Dont
change for a man! are just trying to help you be
a modern and empowered woman. Of course,
one could argue that actually being a modern
and empowered woman means you dont have
to dress like youre hoping to get a call to clean
out a sewer line.
Maybe those in your advice coven really
do believe theyre acting in your best interest.
Maybe. Social psychologists Roy Baumeister
and Jean Twenge report that its widely believed
that men drive the cultural suppression of
female sexuality which could include shaming women for how they dress. However, in
reviewing the research, they make a persuasive
case that its primarily women (often without
awareness of their motives) who work to stifle
each others sexuality.
This is right in keeping with research on
female competition. While men fight openly
Bring it! I will ruin you! women take a
sneakier approach. As female competition
researcher Tracy Vaillancourt explains it,
women fight for their interests using indirect
aggression, like gossip, mean looks, disparaging remarks, and other underhanded tactics to
reduce the mate value of a rival. Underhanded
tactics such as, you know, suggesting youre
selling out womankind if you wear a skirt or
winged eyeliner.
In other words, your best interest and these
other womens may diverge though they
may not consciously intend to hurt you. As for
BY AMY ALKON
whether you should throw on a dress from time to

time, consider that if you love somebody, you do
sweet things for them. Sometimes, this requires
a bit of a stretch on your part such as from the
teen boys section of the department store to
that rack in the womens department. A persons
clothes say a lot about them, and a man will be
happier if his girlfriends dont scream, My hobby
is crushing beer cans against my forehead.
The Truth About Catfish & Dogs
Im a 39-year-old woman dating for the first

time since the 90s. Im doing the online thing,
and none of these guys looks like his photos!
Its incredible. When we meet, they always say,
You look just like your pictures. Isnt that
the point?
Frustrated
Guy, in online dating profile: Im 55! Guys

neck, when you meet for coffee: I was a war
hero in the Peloponnesian War.
Unfortunately, Mr. Peloponnesian-Pantson-Fire has plenty of company on dating sites.
In fact, about a third of the photos people post
arent true to life, according to research by psychologist Jeffrey T. Hancock. Sometimes thats
due to Photoshop; sometimes the photo is lessthan-current; and sometimes, along the lines of
every picture tells a story, the story is This is
how Id look if I were someone else entirely.
That last kind of lie posting photos of
somebody else is less common than other
photographic deceptions, because, as Hancock
notes, people have to balance looking good
enough to meet with not making somebody
stomp angrily away once they do. The same
goes for the other lies people tell. Hancock also
finds that 81 percent of people on dating sites are
lying about their height, weight, and age but
often just a little.
So where you go wrong is in your expectations expecting online daters to be truthful.
As with eBay, a big benefit of dating sites is
quantity instant access to countless prospects.
But theres also a big trade-off: quality. Going
forward, assume everyone on a dating site is
lying. Meet prospective partners as soon as
possible and as casually as possible. If youre
throwing back a four-dollar latte, as opposed to
waiting for the waitress to bring the entre, its
a little easier to make a quick exit from the guy
decades older than his picture: Wow, will you
look at the time?! I didnt realize 20 years had
passed since we set up our date.
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2016, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY

ARIES (March 21-April 19): Can you
imagine feeling at home in the world
no matter where you are? If you
eventually master this art, outer circumstances
wont distort your relationship with yourself. No
matter how crazy or chaotic the people around
you might be, you will remain rooted in your
unshakable sense of purpose; you will respond to
any given situation in ways that make you both
calm and alert, amused and curious, compassionate for the suffering of others and determined to do whats best for you. If you think
these are goals worth seeking, you can make
dramatic progress toward them in the coming
weeks.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): As I tried
to meditate on your horoscope, my
next-door neighbor was wielding a
weed-whacker to trim her lawn, and the voices in
my head were shouting extra loud. So I decided
to drive down to the marsh to get some
high-quality silence. When I arrived at the trail
head, I found an older man in ragged clothes
leaning against the fence. Nearby was a grocery
cart full of what I assumed were all his earthly
belongings. Doing nothing is a very difficult
art, he croaked as I slipped by him, because
youre never really sure when you are done. I
immediately recognized that his wisdom might
be useful to you. You are, after all, in the last few
days of your recharging process. Its still a good
idea for you to lie low and be extra calm and
vegetate luxuriously. But when should you rise up
and leap into action again? Heres my guess: Get
one more dose of intense stillness and silence.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): My
readers have a range of approaches for
working with the counsel I offer. Some
study the horoscopes for both their sun signs and
rising signs, then create do-it-yourself blends of
the two. Others prefer to wait until the week is
over before consulting what Ive written. They
dont want my oracles to influence their future
behavior, but enjoy evaluating their recent past in
light of my analysis. Then there are the folks who
read all 12 of my horoscopes. They refuse to be
hemmed in by just one forecast, and want to be
free to explore multiple options. I encourage you
to try experiments like these in the coming days.
The moment is ripe to cultivate more of your own
unique strategies for using and interpreting the
information you absorb both from me and
from everyone else you listen to.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): Have you
been drinking a lot of liquids? Are you
spending extra time soaking in hot
baths and swimming in bodies of water that
rejuvenate you? Have you been opening your
soul to raw truths that dissolve your fixations and
to beauty that makes you cry and to love that
moves you to sing? I hope youre reverently
attending to these fluidic needs. I hope youre
giving your deepest yearnings free play and your
freshest emotions lots of room to unfold. Smart,
well-lubricated intimacy is a luxurious necessity,

my dear. Stay very, very wet.
LEO (July 23-August 22): In my
opinion, you need to bask in the
glorious fury of at least one brainstorm
preferably multiple brainstorms over the course
of the next two weeks. What can you do to ensure
that happens? How might you generate a flood of
new ideas about how to live your life and
understand the nature of reality? Here are some
suggestions: Read books about creativity. Hang
around with original thinkers and sly provocateurs. Insert yourself into situations that will strip
you of your boring certainties. And take this
vow: I hereby unleash the primal power of my
liberated imagination.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
When you were a child, did you play
with imaginary friends? During your
adolescence, did you nurture a fantasy
relationship with a pretend boyfriend or
girlfriend? Since you reached adulthood, have
you ever enjoyed consorting with muses or
guardian angels or ancestral spirits? If you
answered yes to any of those questions, you are in
a good position to take full advantage of the
subtle opportunities and cryptic invitations that
are coming your way. Unexpected sources are
poised to provide unlikely inspirations in
unprecedented ways.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
When you were born, you already
carried the seeds of gifts you would
someday be able to provide specific influences
or teachings or blessings that only you, of all the
people who have ever lived, could offer the world.
How are you doing in your quest to fulfill this
potential? Heres what I suspect: Your seeds have
been ripening slowly and surely. But in the
coming months, they could ripen at a more rapid
pace. Whether they actually do or not may
depend on your willingness to take on more
responsibilities interesting responsibilities, to
be sure but bigger than youre used to.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): I suspect that you will soon be
culminating a labor of love youve been
nurturing and refining for many moons. How
should you celebrate? Maybe with some
champagne and caviar? If youd like to include
bubbly in your revels, a good choice might be
2004 Belle Epoque Rose. Its floral aroma and
crispy mouth-feel rouse a sense of jubilation as
they synergize the flavors of blood orange,
pomegranate, and strawberry. As for caviar:
Consider the smooth, aromatic, and elegant roe
of the albino beluga sturgeon from the
unpolluted areas of the Caspian Sea near Iran.
But before I finish this oracle, let me also add that
a better way to honor your accomplishment
might be to take the money youd spend on
champagne and caviar and instead use it as seed
money for your next big project.
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By Rob Brezsny
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Some species of
weeds become even more robust and
entrenched as they develop resistances to the
pesticides that are designed to eradicate them. This
is one example of how fighting a problem can make
the problem worse especially if you attack too
furiously or use the wrong weapons. I invite you to
consider the possibility that this might be a useful
metaphor for you to contemplate in the coming
weeks. Your desire to solve a knotty dilemma or
shed a bad influence is admirable. Just make sure
you choose a strategy that actually works.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): Your assignment, if you choose to
accept it, is to compose an essay on at
least one of the following themes: (1) How I Fed
and Fed My Demons Until They Gorged
Themselves to Death. (2) How I Exploited My
Nightmares in Ways That Made Me Smarter and
Cuter. (3) How I Quietly and Heroically
Transformed a Sticky Problem into a Sleek
Opportunity. (4) How I Helped Myself by
Helping Other People. For extra credit, Capricorn
and to earn the right to trade an unholy duty for
a holy one write about all four subjects.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): I suspect that in the coming
months you will be drawn to
wandering through the frontiers and exploring
the unknown. Experimentation will come
naturally. Places and situations you have
previously considered to be off-limits may be
downright comfortable. In fact, its possible that
you will have to escape your safety zones to fully
be yourself. Got all that? Now heres the kicker. In
the coming weeks, everything I just described
will be especially apropos for your closest
relationships. Are you interested in redefining
and reconfiguring the ways that togetherness
works for you?
PISCES (February 19-March 20): If
youre playing the card game known as
bridge, youre lucky if you are dealt a
hand that has no cards of a particular suit. This
enables you, right from the beginning, to capture
tricks using the trump suit. In other words, the lack
of a certain resource gives you a distinct advantage.
Lets apply this metaphor to your immediate
future, Pisces. Im guessing that you will benefit
from what may seem to be an inadequacy or
deficit. An absence will be a useful asset.
Homework: Whats the situation in your life
where its hardest for you to be loving? Practice
being a master of compassion there in the coming
week. Visit FreeWillAstrology.com.
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsnys
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Crossword
YOUNG UNS August 18, 2016
ACROSS
1. Wang or Farmiga
5. Persona _
10. Savory gelatin
15. Balsa
19. Word in an old warning
20. French composer
21. _ -colored
22. Brickell or Adams
23. Calf: 5 wds.
27. Manatee anagram
28. Parting word
29. Cupolas
30. Roulette bet
31. Aspersion
32. _ mater
34. Kept out
37. Singer _ Blades
38. Certain psychoanalyst
42. Atwitter
43. Hearten
45. Collect bit by bit
46. Teachers org.
47. Cub: 4 wds.
52. WWI abbr.
53. Prepare
54. Satie and Erikson
55. Ron Howard role
56. Do-over, in tennis
57. Wriggling
58. Unhusked rice
59. Soaked, as flax
61. Decreasingly
62. Dance parties
63. Kind of maritime warning
64. Chafe
67. Introverted one
68. African antelope
69. Fleet and Harley: Abbr.
72. Drained of liquid
73. Sitsang
74. Quiet down!
75. Moisten
76. Pup: 4 wds.
81. Pindaric
82. Complete change of plans: Hyph.
83. Margaret _ Thatcher
84. Goidelic language
85. Blabbermouth
87. Cubic meter

89. Was idle
91. _ -bitty
92. Terre _
93. Disneys Snow Queen
94. Brick
97. Fast-food order
98. Marilyn Monroe film of 1953
102. Chick: 5 wds.
107. Buffalo
108. Edible mushroom
109. Skull part
110. Gifts for the needy
111. Youngster
112. Battery terminal
113. Quiets
114. Unmixed, as brandy
DOWN
1. Feeling
2. A cheese
3. McEntires show
4. Lack of coordination
5. Spaghetti topping: 2 wds.
6. Noodle dish
7. _ Maria
8. _ Aviv
9. Palace in Granada
10. Old Romes _ Way
11. Flavor
12. Paid players
13. Japanese statesman
14. About: Abbr.
15. Get ready to fire
16. West or Sandler
17. Superior
18. Spreads to dry
24. Subterrane
25. _ fixe
26. Pevensie brother
31. Fatty
32. Regions
33. Nonsense poet
34. Tower of _
35. Playing marble
36. Worker in a factory
37. Slender
38. Like puff pastry
39. Awkward
August 4 Answers: right
40. Bird nest

41. The _ Gun
44. Makes whole again
45. Gratings
48. Body of teachings
49. Stop (a vessel): 2 wds.
50. Tidiness
51. Show of hands
58. Auto body part
59. Rascals
60. Root or Yale
61. One of the peerage
62. _ Goodfellow
63. Fruit of a vine
64. Monk
65. Oar part
66. Outlaw
67. Cuba _
68. Pin in the gunwale
69. Go round
70. Uptight
71. Equine animal
73. _, Madly, Deeply
74. Architectural element
77. Trough
78. Coup d_
79. Daniel Websters specialty
80. Denier of original sin
86. Tripoli denizen
87. Specimen
88. Helicon
90. Eskers
92. Used a whetstone
93. Insect: Prefix
94. As blind as _ _
95. King Hamlet, or the Prince
96. Hautbois
97. Mackerel
99. Competent
100. Ottava _
101. Office worker: Abbr.
103. Prof. org.
104. Otto _ Bismarck
105. DNA relative
106. Chrism
MUSIC
By Hannah Bates
bateshannaha@gmail.com
A Fuller Version of Myself

guitar-pop sound, driven by only electric guitar
and drums. Night Owl, in the middle of the
album, opens with twinkling piano and blues
riffs on the guitar. If it werent for Berreckmans
voice slipping in and out of higher registers (as
she often does), the two songs wouldnt even
sound like the same artist.
That happens a lot on the record. Grace
features only a soft acoustic guitar with Berreckman singing about how she cant give
someone her love. It runs right into the energetic
electric-guitar introduction to the catchy Keep
It Up. The albums sound is best described as
power-pop instrumentation with Berreckmans
country- and folk-inspired vocals.
She recorded Battle Scenes with her live band,
and the time they spent honing the songs is evident based on her 2014 release First Drafts which
includes an early version of Night Owl. In two
years of live performance, the song has been transformed from Nilsson-esque with low brass and
finger snaps to its currently bluesy incarnation.
Although Rozz-Tox is a stop on Berreckmans first tour, her new album demonstrates a
seasoned singer/songwriter whos spent the past
decade developing her sound and finding her
voice.
Kait Berreckman will perform on Wednesday,

August 31, at Rozz-Tox (2108 Third Avenue, Rock
Island; RozzTox.com). The 8 p.m. all-ages show
also includes Erin Moore. Cover is $5.
For more information on Kait Berreckman, visit
KaitBerreckmanMusic.com.
Hannah Bates is a recent St. Ambrose University
graduate who likes music more than she likes
most other things.
August 4 Crossword Answers
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Live Music Live Music Live Music

Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
THURSDAY
18
Death to Zero Nirvomit Gabes, 330

E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show
(6pm) Go Fish Marina Bar & Grill,
411 River Dr., Princeton IA
The Dupont Brothers Pine The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo
Harringtons Pub, 2321 Cumberland
Square Dr., Bettendorf IA
Hemmingbirds Us Mode Rozz-Tox,
2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
Los Mocambos Bass Street Landing
Plaza, , Moline IL
Turas (6:30pm) Kewanee Veterans
Park Gazebo, E 2nd St, Kewanee IL
FRIDAY
19
The Beaker Brothers (6:30pm)

Pedestrian Plaza, Downtown Iowa
City, Iowa City IA
Broke-Ass Sell-Outs Harley Corins,
1708 State St., Bettendorf IA
Coyote Bill Blues Flatted Fifth Blues &
BBQ, 300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA
Dan Peart (6pm) Steventons, 1399
Eagle Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
The Funnies Poopys Pub & Grub,
1030 Viaduct Rd, Savanna IL
Hap Hazard 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St., Davenport IA
Jake McVey (5pm) McGrath Amphitheater,
475 1st St. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
Jim Buenning Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third
Ave., Rock Island IL
Kevin Burt & the Instigators (6:30pm)
Ron-de-Voo Park, downtown 3rd
Street, West Liberty IA
Kickin Back (5pm) Wide River Winery
- LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
Ladies of the 80s Riverside Casino

and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Larry Boyd (6pm) Cool Beanz
Coffeehouse, 1325 30th St., Rock
Island IL
Live@5: Natty Scratch (5pm) RME
Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd St., Davenport IA
Lyle Beaver Dance Walcott Coliseum,
116 E Bryant St, Walcott IA
Party Gras (6pm) Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St., Iowa City IA
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage
Festival 2016: Metropolitan Youth
Program The Curtis Hawkins
Band 10 of Soul (5pm) Martin
Luther King Park, 601 9th St., Rock
Island IL
Roger Carlson The Grape Life Wine
Store & Lounge, 3402 Elmore Ave.,
Davenport IA
Sarah Borges The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St., Iowa City IA
Stone Tattoo House Arrest (6pm)
Rock the River, 207 Washington St.,
Cleveland IL
The Tailfins Geneseo City Park, 115 S
Oakwood Ave, Geneseo IL
Ya Maka My Weekend: Az One
(6:30pm) Kool Johnny Kool
(8:45pm) Yard Squad (11pm)
District of Rock Island Jumers Casino
& Hotel Stage, 2nd Ave., between
17th & 19th Sts., Rock Island IL
Ya Maka My Weekend: Firesale
(5:30pm) Jumbies (7:45pm)
Indika (10 & 11:30pm) District of
Rock Island Great River Plaza Stage,
2nd Ave., between 17th & 19th Sts.,
Rock Island IL
SATURDAY
20
Andy T. & Nick Nixon Flatted Fifth
Blues & BBQ, 300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA

Back Road Music Festival: Easton
Corbin David Lee Murphy The
Swon Brothers Chris Lane Tasji
Bachman Aileeah Colgan Galva
Park District, SE 6th St., Galva IL
Bill Anderson Ohnward Fine Arts
Center, 1215 E Platt St., Maquoketa IA
Bobby Ray Bunch 129 Coffee & Wine
Bar, 129 N. Cody Rd., LeClaire IA
Corporate Rock 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Dave Ellis Governors Pub & Grill, 3470
Middle Rd., Bettendorf IA
Divebomb Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St, Bettendorf IA
Do the Brew: Jordan Danielsen (5pm)
Sheridan Meadows Park, , Eldridge IA
Doug Brundies Big Acoustic Show:
West High School 40th Reunion
Davenport West High School, 3505 W
Locust St, Davenport IA
Electric Shock Daylight Over (6pm)
Rock the River, 207 Washington St.,
Cleveland IL
Evan Taylor Jones Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa City IA
Funktastic Five River House, 1510
River Dr., Moline IL
The Funnies Ashford University Field,
537 Ballpark Dr., Clinton IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (2pm)
Wide River Winery Tasting Room
- Village of East Davenport, 1128
Green Tree Brewery, 309 N. Cody Rd.,
LeClaire IA
The Jets (8pm) One Brick Shy
(9:45pm) Riverside Casino and Golf
Resort, 3184 Highway 22, Riverside IA
Kickin Back Harringtons Pub - Port
Byron, 102 S. Main St., Port Byron IL
Matthew & the Arrogant Sea
The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa

City IA
Eastern Chapter, Polka Club of Iowa
Dance: Jerry Beauchamp Band
(1:30pm) Walcott Coliseum, 116 E
Bryant St, Walcott IA
Keep Off the Grass (5pm) The
Captains Table, 4801 River Dr.,
Moline IL
Kurt Vile & the Violators Your Friend
Codfish Hollow Barn, 5013 288th
Ave., Maquoketa IA
The Night People (2pm) Rhythm City
Casino, 7077 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival 2016:
Sam Salamone Trio Danny Leahy &
Manny Lopez The Dee Alexander
Quartet (3pm) The Redstone Room, 129
Main St, Davenport IA
Spirit of the Prairie Party: Barley
House Band Nick Vasquez (3pm)
Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat, 2664
145th Ave, Wheatland IA
Steve Morris: Have Drums, Will Travel
(11am) Freight House Farmers
Market, 421 W River Dr, Davenport IA
We Were Sharks Charlie Siren (5pm)
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
Walter Trout @ The Redstone Room - August 25

Rozz-Tox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock
Island IL
Meat Wave Lifestyles Younger
Gabes, 330 E. Washington St., Iowa
City IA
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival
2016: Teranga House Drum Circle
El Mariachi de Glenview Acoustic
Guitar & Piano: Music of Prince
James Culver & Kuchina Collective
Local Blues Legends Band QC
Santana Tribute Band (noon)
Martin Luther King Park, 601 9th St.,
Rock Island IL
Project X Harley Corins, 1708 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
The Recliners The Mill, 120 E.
Riverfront Pops: The Eagles Greatest
Hits (5:30pm) LeClaire Park, 400
Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
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Wild Oatz Jaycee Park, 6th St. & 10th

Ave., Durant IA
Ya Maka My Weekend: Az One (3:30
& 5pm) Kofi James & New Roots
Band (6:45 & 8:15pm) DiMachine
(10 & 11:30pm) District of Rock
Island Great River Plaza Stage, 2nd
Ave., between 17th & 19th Sts., Rock
Island IL
Ya Maka My Weekend: Jumbies
(4:30pm, 6, & 7:15pm) Papa
Michigan (9pm) Anthem (11pm)
District of Rock Island Jumers Casino
& Hotel Stage, 2nd Ave., between
17th & 19th Sts., Rock Island IL
SUNDAY
MONDAY
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Buddy Olson (3pm) Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W., Taylor Ridge IL
Code 415 (4pm) Parkside Grill &
Lounge, 2307 5th Ave, Moline IL
Dana T Psychic Temple Eamon
Fogarty Trippers and Askers
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Lake Street Dive Englert Theatre, 221

East Washington St., Iowa City IA
Moeller Nights Village Theatre, 2113 E
11th St, Davenport IA
Stumblesome Community
the Centaur Sage the
64th Wonder Aeon Gray
Prettygirlhatemachine Blaire
Alise & the Bombshells Gabes,
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
French Riviera
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March 21-29, 2017

Experience the food, art, and music that have made the
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Details at www.kcck.org/travel
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Email all listings to calendar@rcreader.com Deadline 5 p.m. Thursday before publication
TUESDAY
23
Big Eyes Dishwater Blonde Starry

Nights The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St., Iowa City IA
Honeywise Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St., Iowa City IA
Mississippi Valley Country & Western
Music Association Concert (6pm)
Lincoln Park - DeWitt, , DeWitt IA
WEDNESDAY 24
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band

The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St., Iowa
City IA
(6:30pm) The Faithful Pilot Cafe &
Spirits, 117 N Cody Rd, LeClaire IA
Joe & Vicki Price (4pm) Market Music,
Lyons Four Square Park, Clinton IA
Naughty Professor Talking Dreads
City IA
Solly Wood Lizzy Morris RME
(River Music Experience), 129 N.
Main St., Davenport IA
THURSDAY
25
An Evening with Walter Trout

The Redstone Room, 129 Main St,
Davenport IA
Bill Chrastil Riverside Casino and Golf
Bobby Ray Bunch (6pm) Go Fish
Marina Bar & Grill, 411 River Dr.,
Princeton IA
Jim Markum Swing Band (6:30pm)
Kewanee Veterans Park Gazebo, E
2nd St, Kewanee IL
John Till Bree Nettie The Mill, 120 E.
Papa Michigan @ Ya Maka My Weekend - August 20

Justin Purtil Gabes, 330 E.
Musical Tour: Kendra Swanson
Figge Art Museum, 225 W 2nd St,
Davenport IA
Wicked Liz & the Bellyswirls Bass
Street Landing Plaza, , Moline IL
FRIDAY
26
Chris & Wes My Place the Pub, 4405

State St., Bettendorf IA
Riverside Grille, 1733 State St.,
Bettendorf IA
Earth Ascending RIBCO, 1815 Second
Funktastic Five 11th Street Precinct,
1107 Mound St., Davenport IA
Oculus Sports Bar - Jumers Casino
& Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr., Rock Island IL
Hap Hazard Harley Corins, 1708 State
St., Bettendorf IA
River Roots Live Junior Jam: Mea
Culpa (5pm) QC Rock Academy
(6:15pm) She (7:30pm)
LeClaire Park, 400 Beiderbecke Dr.,
Davenport IA
River Roots Live: Studio 8 Showcase
(5pm) Luke Bell (6:15pm)
Alanna Royale (7:45pm)
Guitar Army (9:30pm) The
Candymakers (11pm) LeClaire
Park, 400 Beiderbecke Dr.,
Davenport IA
Shade of Blue (6:30pm) Pedestrian
Plaza, Downtown Iowa City, Iowa
City IA
Spazmatics Riverside Casino and Golf
Tucker & Douglas (6pm) Steventons,
1399 Eagle Ridge Rd, LeClaire IA
SATURDAY
27
Aaron Kamm & the One Drops Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St, Iowa

City IA
The Back Porch Revival: Hunter
Smith Band (3pm) David Ray &
Morgan Frazier (3:45pm) Tucker
Beathard (5pm) Big & Rich
(6:15pm) Thomas Rhett (7:45pm)
Blake Shelton (9:30pm) Kinnick
Stadium, 825 Stadium Dr., Iowa
City IA
Bugeye Sprite The Main Event, 3819
Code 415 Rivertown Grille & Bar, 2606
W. Locust St., Davenport IA
Craig Smith Governors Pub & Grill,
3470 Middle Rd., Bettendorf IA
Cochrans Pub, 13464 Galt Rd.,
Sterling IL
Georgette Jones (8pm) Montage
Band (9:45pm) Riverside Casino
and Golf Resort, 3184 Highway 22,
Riverside IA
Hector Anchondo Flatted Fifth Blues
& BBQ, 300 Potter Dr., Bellevue IA
HiFi Cabanas Bar & Grille, 2120 4th
Jared Bartman Princeton
Coffeehouse, 25 E. Marion St.,
Princeton IL
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley
The Grape Life Wine Store & Lounge,
3402 Elmore Ave., Davenport IA
Jumbies Alto Mais The Mill, 120 E.
Kickin Back (6pm) Driftwood Pub,
1201 E. River Dr., Davenport IA
Lynn Allen River House, 1510 River Dr.,
Moline IL
Modern Vices Truthpick Rozz-Tox,
Music @ the Wine Terrace: Lee
Blackmon (2pm) Creekside
Vineyards Winery & Inn, 7505 120th
Ave., Coal Valley IL

Open Minds Productions Showcase
RIBCO, 1815 Second Ave., Rock
Island IL
RaggedTrotter: Chaos Emeralds
Discoveries of the American
Scientific Daytrotter, 324 Brady St.,
Davenport IA
River Roots Live Junior Jam:
Glenview Middle School Mariachi
Bands (noon) Juliana & A Soul
Purpose (1:15pm) RME Winter
Blues (2:30pm) QC Rock Academy
(3:45pm) Quad City Ukulele Club
(5pm) The Merchants (6:15pm)
Pelham (7:30pm) LeClaire Park,
400 Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport IA
River Roots Live: Condor & Jaybird
(1pm) Brooks Strause & the
Gory Details (2:15pm) Ghost
of Paul Revere (3:30pm) Valley
Queen (5pm) The Stone Foxes
(6:30pm) Booker T. Jones (8pm)
O.A.R. (9:30pm) The Main
Squeeze (11pm) LeClaire Park, 400
Beiderbecke Dr., Davenport IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar, 111
West 2nd St., Davenport IA
The Stone Flowers Generations Bar &
Grill, 4100 4th Ave., Moline IL
Tangent 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Vettes on the River: Cosmic (11:30am)
LeClaire Levee, Downtown
LeClaire, LeClaire IA
SUNDAY
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Buddy Olson (3pm) Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W., Taylor Ridge IL
The Captains Table, 4801 River Dr.,
Moline IL
Gemini Syndrome 9Electric

Sinister Theory Surrender
Dorothy (5:30pm) Cold Country
(9pm) Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St., Iowa City IA
Len Browns North Shore Inn, 700 N.
Shore Dr., Moline IL
Hector Anchondo Band (6pm)
Kavanaughs Hilltop Tap, 1228 30th
St., Rock Island IL
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley
(2pm) Tycoga Vineyard & Winery,
2585 195th St., DeWitt IA
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
30
Clay Hughes Young Valley Gabes,

330 E. Washington St., Iowa City IA
Moeller Nights Village Theatre, 2113 E
11th St, Davenport IA
The Knockoffs Generations Bar &

Grill, 4100 4th Ave., Moline IL
Steel Cranes The Insinuators
City IA
WEDNESDAY 31
Bobby Ray Bunch Cru Bottle Shoppe,

221 Brady St., Davenport IA
Central High School Marching Band
Petersen Pavilion, LeClaire Park, 400
Biederbeck Dr., Davenport IA
Chuck Murphy (6:30pm) The Faithful
Pilot Cafe & Spirits, 117 N Cody Rd,
LeClaire IA
Kate Berreckman Erin Moore RozzTox, 2108 Third Ave., Rock Island IL
The Unincorporated Gabes, 330 E.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
Picturing the Prairie

TALLGRASS QC
Through September 4, 2016
Wildflowers, grasses, birds, and insects
have taken over the fourth floor gallery at
the Figge in Picturing the Prairie: Tallgrass
QC. Featuring six regional artists working
in a variety of mediums, the exhibition
invites visitors to explore the complex
beauty of our native ecosystem while
raising awareness about conservation
efforts.
Tallgrass QC is a collaboration that raises awareness
about prairie ecology in the Quad Cities region.
This exhibition is generously sponsored by:
Joyce and Tony
Singh Family
Foundation
Project Partners: City of Davenport, Jackson Elementary
School, Figge Art Museum, Nahant Marsh, WQPT, WVIK
George Olson,Tall Coneflower, 2015, Rudbeckia laciniata,
watercolor and pencil on paper, Courtesy of the Artist
Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804

www.figgeartmuseum.org
Comedy
DJs/Karaoke/
Jams/Open Mics
THURSDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Hey Bryans, 1140

15th Ave., Moline IL
Cross Creek Karaoke (Aug. 25) Jims
Knoxville Tap, 8716 Knoxville Rd., Milan IL
DJ Night w/ 90s Music Thirstys on Third,
2202 W. Third St., Davenport IA
Gemini Karaoke Blue Moose Tap House,
211 Iowa Ave., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night Bier Stube Moline, 415
15th St., Moline IL
Karaoke w/ Double Dz Purgatorys Pub,
2104 State St., Bettendorf IA
Open Jam Night My Place the Pub, 4405
Open Mic Night Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City IA
Open Mic w/ H.C. Wallace (Aug. 4)
Geneseo Brewing Company, 102 S. State
St., Geneseo IL
Rock the House Karaoke Bottoms Up on
7th, 1814 Seventh St., Moline IL
Thumpin Thursdays DJ Night Rascals
Live, 1414 15th St., Moline IL
FRIDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Firehouse Bar & Grill,

2006 Hickory Grove Rd., Davenport IA
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
DJ K Yung Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth
Ave., Moline IL
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. First
St., Long Grove IA
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Thirstys on Third, 2202 W.
Third St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night w/ Mike Matthews

Hollars Bar & Grill, 4050 27th St., Moline IL
Open Mic Coffeehouse (Aug. 19) First
Lutheran Church, 1600 20th St., Rock
Island IL
Open Mic Night Bowlmor Lounge, 2952
Brady St., Davenport IA
Soulshake Gabes, 330 E.Washington St.,
Iowa City IA
SATURDAYS
Cross Creek Karaoke Jims Knoxville Tap,

8716 Knoxville Rd., Milan IL
Community Drum Circle (Aug. 27,
11am) RME Community Stage,
131 W. Second St., Davenport IA
DJ Dolla The Smoking Dog Pub, 1800
Second Ave., Rock Island IL
Karaoke Night The Grove Tap, 108 S. First
St., Long Grove IA
Karaoke Night Miller Time Bowling, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night Roadrunners Roadhouse,
3803 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night w/ Jim Harker Hollars
Bar & Grill, 4050 27th St., Moline IL
Open Mic Night Downtown Central Perk,
RaggedTrotter: Just Let Go DJs (Aug. 27)
Daytrotter, 324 Brady St., Davenport IA
Twisted Mics Music & Entertainment
Barrel House Moline, 1321 Fifth Ave.,
Moline IL
SUNDAYS
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct, 1107

Open Mic Night (5pm) Lynns BBQ &
Saloon, 1151 E. Iowa St., Eldridge IA
MONDAYS
Open Mic w/ J. Knight The Mill, 120 E.

TUESDAYS
Acoustic Music Club (4:30pm)

River Music Experience, 129 N.
Main St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night My Place the Pub, 4405
Open Mic Night Broken Saddle, 1417
Fifth Ave., Moline IL
Open Mic Night Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 330th St., Rock Island IL
Tuesday Blues Jam w/ Mark Avey &
Detroit Larry Davison Cabanas,
2120 Fourth Ave., Rock Island IL
Underground Open Mic w/ Kate Kane
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa
City IA
WEDNESDAYS
Acoustic Jam Night w/ Steve McFate

McManus Pub, 1401 Seventh Ave., Moline IL
Jam Session & Mug Night Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St., Iowa City IA
Karaoke Night 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Karaoke Night Circle Tap, 1345 West
Locust St., Davenport IA
Karaoke Night RIBCO, 1815 Second Ave.,
Rock Island IL
The Nu Gruv Jam (Aug. 24) Rozz-Tox,
Open Jam w/ Earth Ascending Bent
River Brewing Company, 512 24th St.
Rock Island IL
Open Mic Night Boozies Bar & Grille, 114
1/2 W. Third St., Davenport IA
Watch WQPTQuad Cities PBS on
Thursday, September 8
for these special programs:
9:00PM
9:00PM
If You Only Knew

Depression, anxiety and an
intense pressure to succeed,
Mickle Communications
explores teen suicide
Project: Shattered
Silence
Witness amazing personal
transformations
10:00PM
10:30PM
Losing Lambert
A journey through survival

and hope
Misunderstood
Epidemic
Firsthand accounts about

depression and its affects
Explore Teen Depression

Discover more at wqpt.org
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THURSDAY
18
FRIDAY
19
The Blacklist (8:30pm) Theos Java

Club, 213 17th St., Rock Island IL
The Only Comedy Show in Town
(8:30pm) Boozies Bar & Grille,
ComedySportz (7pm) The

Establishment, 220 19th St., Rock
Island IL
Dwight York (7:30pm) Penguins
Comedy Club, 208 Second Ave. SE,
Cedar Rapids IA
Studio Series: Nocturne Falls
(9:30pm) The Establishment, 220
19th St., Rock Island IL
SATURDAY
20

Island IL
Dwight York (7:30pm) Penguins
Cedar Rapids IA
Speakeasy Laugh Hard Challenge:
Finals (8pm) Circa 21
Speakeasy, 1818 Third Ave., Rock
Island IL
Studio Series: Critical Hit (9:30pm)
The Establishment, 220 19th St.,
Rock Island IL
SUNDAY
21
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(10pm) Brew, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport IA
MONDAY
22
Crew Neck Comedy Show: Patrick

Hastie Albert Kirchner Nick
Pupo Travis Bails Donny
Townsend Benjamin Graham
Andrew Stuart-Cline (8pm)
Garage3, 817 22nd St., Rock Island
IL
Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)
Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City IA
WEDNESDAY 24
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)

Penguins Comedy Club, 208
Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
THURSDAY
25
FRIDAY
26
The Blacklist (8:30pm) Theos Java

Club, 213 17th St., Rock Island IL
The Only Comedy Show in Town
(8:30pm) Boozies Bar & Grille,

Island IL
Homegrown Comedy Showcase:
Andrew Cline Mitch Banks
A.J. Grill Travis Bails Nathan
Timmel (8pm) Penguins
Cedar Rapids IA
Studio Series: Tubbs & Kelly
Presents ... (9:30pm) The
Island IL
SATURDAY
27
SUNDAY
28
MONDAY
29
The Best of Second City Augustana

Colleges Centennial Hall, 3703
Seventh Ave., Rock Island IL
Island IL
Studio Series: Establishment
Stands Up (9:30pm) The
Island IL
The Circumstantial Comedy Show

(10pm) Brew, 1104 Jersey Ridge
Rd., Davenport IA
Honeycombs of Comedy (9pm)

Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S. Linn St.,
Iowa City IA
WEDNESDAY 31
Comedy Open Mic (7:30pm)

Penguins Comedy Club, 208
Second Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids IA
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With Eight Releases, Bob Herringtons Cartouche Records

Has Crafted a Quirky Identity Page 5

Whats Happenin: River Roots Live

Pushing Together by Pulling

Schulz on Florence Foster

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n organization controlled by Governor Bruce Rauner has spent a million

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The Secret Club

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hen I asked Bob Herrington how

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point has a shape that looks intentional.

As for people being able to identify a

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he Fantasticks, the 1960 musical with

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productions accompanist, seen in full

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