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River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 784 August 4 - 17, 2011 3 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com
interested in containing spending, let alone
shrinking government, regardless of how
unsustainable it is, now or in the future.
Suggesting that this recent deal to raise
the debt ceiling significantly cuts federal
spending is complete fiction. It does no
such thing. The $900-billion reduction is
from the increase in projected spending for
2012. Congress did not agree to cut a single
current expenditure.
To illustrate, lets say I budgeted and
spent $1,000 in 2011. But for next year, I
budgeted $2,000. However, I made a deal
and agreed to cut my spending by $900
in 2012. This means that I have agreed to
only spend $1,100 next year. There is no
reduction in actual spending. I am going
to spend another $1,000 plus an additional
$100! But I tell you that Im reducing
spending by $900.
This is the kind of disingenuous
manipulation that Congress considers
fair play these days because Americans en
masse do absolutely nothing about such
deceptions except bitch, of course. The
fact is that this is the largest federal debt-
ceiling increase in history $2.4 trillion!
Be clear: Congress will increase spending
in 2012 by $1.6 trillion, and even more
every year after that. Another dirty little
secret is that baseline budgeting builds
automatic, future spending increases into
Congress budgetary forecasts (RCReader.
com/y/baseline).
Furthermore, any credit-rating
reduction is also political theater. First, any
organization that needs to raise its debt
ceiling to borrow 40 cents on the dollar to
pay its bills deserves a demotion in its credit
rating, especially where no credible plan for
reducing its current spending is in play.
But whether the rating agencies act is
irrelevant, because these nefarious agencies
have irrevocably demonstrated their ratings
are not to be trusted. It is ludicrous on its
surface. Their past bad acts have rendered
them just short of organized crime only
because they were not prosecuted. Not
lowering the rating would only confirm
the point, so they have little choice
lest they lose all hope of redemption.
Consequently, these agencies are instead
considering creating a new rating category
exclusively for governments. It is a scheme
to potentially avert reducing the rating that
would trigger increases in interest rates
on borrowing, which in turn results in
inflationary pressure on the dollar, eroding
more of Main Streets net worth than Wall
Streets. It is a horror of a predicament
attributable to gross incompetence by our
leaders.
To add insult to injury is any pretense of
TARP, Stimulus, Now Debt Ceiling Increase: Back in the Woodshed
by Kathleen McCarthy
km@rcreader.com
H
ere we go again. The new
philosophy of government is to
never underestimate the stupidity
of Americans. After all, we will swallow
anything these days. There is no line
Congress can draw in the sand that we
will not step over in terms of complacent
consent for politicians and bureaucrats,
including the courts and police, to abuse
their authorities.
Do Americans not understand that
as long as we remain silent, doing
nothing in response to these outrageous
financial manipulations by Congress,
they will continue to burden taxpayers
with unsustainable governance? How
many times do we have to be taken to
the woodshed before we resist? Just as
the majority of the worlds economists
predicted, TARP and both stimulus
expenditures were eventually exposed as
boondoggles. But how quickly Americans
forget.
Once again Congress, with the full
cooperation of the mainstream media,
created a faux crisis to justify even
more astronomical spending. For weeks
Americans have been hammered with
misinformation, half-truths, and, in
some cases, outright lies relative to the
debt ceiling. Broadcasters, with the sole
exception of Judge Andrew Napolitano,
warned in dire terms that to not raise the
ceiling meant economic Armageddon,
borrowing President Obamas descriptor
time and again.
Meanwhile, Congress participated in
pure theater throughout this past six weeks,
pretending to argue over terms of a deal
to raise the debt ceiling that promised
genuine reform in congressional spending.
It was political posturing with one goal:
to keep the coliseum mentality thriving
among Americans by ensuring that we
continue to blame one political party over
the other. It absolves us from personal
responsibility for not getting involved
by giving us a place to assign blame. By
supporting one party over the other, we
convince ourselves that we are civically
participating. And that is at the core of
how the two parties guarantee their own
survival. It has become a pathetic system of
codependence.
The silver lining in this debt-ceiling
deal is the final proof that America has
just one political party with two branches
Democrats and Republicans. This
carefully crafted illusion of a two-party
system is finally over. The debt-ceiling
fiasco has outed the political truth that
characterizes both sides of the aisle:
Neither Democrats nor Republicans are
WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
credibility given to Treasury Secretary Tim
Geithner, whose financial wisdom amounts
to the latest Goldman Sachs dictum. If
we have learned anything, it is to do the
opposite of whatever that scoundrel advises.
The debt-ceiling deal also establishes a
Super Congress of handpicked legislators
six chosen each by Senators Harry Reid
(D-Nevada) and Mitch McConnell (R-
Kentucky), both of whom are establishment
congressmen and among the worst
offenders of overspending in congressional
history.
More importantly, this gives
unprecedented control to a mere 12
members of Congress, who decide spending
priorities for approximately $2 trillion over
the next decade. The rest of Congress can
only vote their picks up or down. However,
the deal provides that only about $25
billion needs cutting between now and 2013
which represents about a weeks worth
of federal spending. And nearly 70 percent
of the cuts will not occur until 2016 and
beyond!
Once again, Congress was duped by the
threat of default constituting economic
collapse if they didnt raise the debt ceiling.
But similar to the TARP and stimulus
bills, once the debt ceiling increase was
approved, and amidst legislators lamenting
the bill, were learning that the legislation
is full of deferments/loopholes, reducing it
to nothing more than another performance
orchestrated by both parties to push the
issue beyond the next election in hopes
that voters will forget their disgraceful
abdication. How supporters of the Tea Party
can equate this with a political victory will
forever be a mystery to this editor.
The mainstream media has also proven
beyond question it cannot be relied on for
the whole truth on any subject, and the
debt ceiling deal is no exception. If you
remember nothing else, remember this:
The government is projected to collect
$2.2 trillion in tax revenues in 2012 but is
projected to spend $3.7 trillion, leaving it
short $1.5 trillion. Congress deal raised the
debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion, giving Obama
an extra $900 billion to spend as he sees
fit! The federal debt will now increase to
$16.7 trillion in Obamas first term, an
unprecedented increase that has no close
rival.
Consider this: Because we have no
spending reform, we must pay the interest
on our debt, Social Security, Medicare,
Medicaid, and military personnel. If we
do this, and wish not to increase spending
beyond this point by borrowing the
difference, then we must cut approximately
85 percent of every other federal
department.
So ask yourself: Is this country better off
after three decades of increased spending
by government on countless programs
affecting education, defense, transportation,
food and drugs, environmental protection,
commerce, health care, and energy, to name
only a handful of numerous categories for
which a governmental agency has been
created?
In other words, is education substantially
better in America today as compared with
20 years ago, when the majority of urban
schools are failing under both Bushs No
Child Left Behind and Obamas Race to
the Top? Is our environment cleaner/safer
when chemtrails are abundant across the
nations skies, dispersing contaminants into
the atmosphere that corrupt the pH balance
in soil, all under the guise of protecting the
Earth from global warming?
Of the wars we have engaged in over
the past three decades, how many have
we actually won, including those on
drugs, poverty, and terrorism? Where is
the science behind the official claims that
genetically altered seeds and hormone-
injected meat and poultry are safe to
consume? Has the condition of our roads,
bridges, and infrastructure systematically
improved, and how much of it have we
already sold to foreign countries?
How viable is the countrys energy policy,
considering weve had an entire department
devoted to energy for 30-plus years now
but still have no official energy policy? The
fundamental purpose of this agency is to
manage the distribution of huge subsidies
CORRECTIONS
In How Beautiful English Can Be
(River Cities Reader Issue 782, July
7-20, 2011), Pat Flahertys Prenzie
Players credit is Troilus & Cressida, and
the actors former high-school director
is Tom Hogue.
In that same issues Bursting at the
Seams, the names of performers Steve
Lasiter and Krianna Walljasper were
misspelled both of whom the storys
author actually knows personally.
And in our review of Harry Potter &
the Deathly Hallows: Part II (River Cities
Reader Issue 783, July 21-August 3,
2011), the name of Harrys nemesis is,
of course, Voldemort. You know: He
Who Must Not Be Named ... Or Spelled
Incorrectly.
Mike Schulz, author of all three
articles, apologizes for the errors, and
insists/hopes this wont become a
monthly feature in the paper.
Continued On Page 20
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the 2007 Ames Straw Poll, spending about $2
million in that effort.
All nine candidates on this years straw-
poll ballot are invited to participate in the
nationally televised Republican presidential
debate at Iowa State University in Ames two
days prior to the straw poll.
The Ames Straw Poll, a fundraiser for
the Republican Party, is considered a key
test of a candidates organizational strength
and campaign prowess. More than 14,000
Republicans cast ballots at the Ames Straw
Poll in 2007. The event also draws hundreds
of reporters and attention from the national
media.
Republican National Committee member
Steve Scheffler told IowaPolitics.com that the
committee was obligated to list candidates
beyond the six who bought space for the
straw poll to make the results a credible
reflection of Iowans preferences.
Scheffler said the ballot ought to include
anyone deemed viable, and he placed Perry
and Palin in that category.
But committee members were divided on
what criteria should be used to determine
the names on the ballot. Time spent
campaigning in Iowa, qualified candidacy,
and popularity in national polls could be
factors, they said.
Republican National Committee member
Kim Lehman suggested only including
people who had formed an exploratory
committee for president, while State Central
Committee member Trudy Caviness, of
Ottumwa, said she had a hard time including
candidates who hadnt stepped up and said
theyre in, according to live tweets from the
meeting by Des Moines Register political
columnist Kathie Obradovich.
In 2007, the State Central Committee
placed former Tennessee U.S. Senator Fred
Thompson on the ballot when he was still
weeks away from declaring his candidacy.
The committee also added New York Mayor
Rudy Giuliani and Arizona U.S. Senator
John McCain to the ballot, in addition to the
eight who had reserved space at the Ames
Straw Poll.
This article was produced by IowaPolitics.
com. For more stories on Iowa politics, visit
RCReader.com/y/iapolitics.
7
he ballot for the August 13 Ames
Straw Poll will include nine names,
but former Alaska Governor Sarah
Palin and Texas Governor Rick Perry are
notably absent from the list.
By a 6-5 vote on July 23, members of
Iowas Republican State Central Committee
determined that the final ballot will include
former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich,
former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman,
and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney.
Thats in addition to the six candidates
guaranteed a spot by spending at least
$15,000 each to reserve space at the Ames
Straw Poll: Minnesota U.S. Representative
Michele Bachmann, former Godfathers
Pizza Chief Executive Officer Herman Cain,
Michigan U.S. Representative Thaddeus
McCotter, Texas U.S. Representative Ron
Paul, former Minnesota Governor Tim
Pawlenty, and former Pennsylvania U.S.
Senator Rick Santorum.
Perry and Palin were proposed for
inclusion but rejected.
Because they are not officially declared,
then where do you draw the line? asked
Bill Schickel, Republican State Central
Committee member.
Republican Party of Iowa Chair Matt
Strawn cast the deciding vote in two rounds
of ballot choices. First, the committee voted
to exclude Palin and Perry. When Perrys
name was again raised for consideration,
another 6-5 vote killed the proposal.
Ultimately, Schickel said, it came down to
a matter of fairness.
National polls released by CNN and Fox
News before the vote showed increasing
enthusiasm for Perry and Palin. However,
neither officially has declared candidacy or
formed an exploratory committee.
Other names not on the ballot included
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former
New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, and
former Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer.
Huntsmans name was added despite
his earlier announcement that he would
not compete in Iowa. Romney, who is
considered the national front-runner, also
said he would not actively compete in this
years straw poll. Romney was the winner of
Perry, Palin Excluded
from Ames Straw Poll Ballot
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should be focusing on. Those kind of come
along. Kinchla described Bridge and 2003s
Truth Be Told as the old Blues Traveler with
keyboards.
Theres nothing wrong with that, as the
All Music Guide noted: Blues Traveler did
very well in the new millennium, crafting
records that are in many ways stronger than
the albums they made when they were just
building their audience in the early 90s.
But after those recordings, Kinchla said,
the band began a process of experimentation:
Once we got out of that major-record-
company environment after that album
[Bridge], we had a lot more freedom. ... to
hang ourselves or do whatever we wanted.
That adventurousness is evident on the
sonic palette of Bastardos!, which clearly
sounds like a band trying to remake itself.
(The All Music Guide called it the richest,
most diverse album theyve ever done, and
quite arguably their best.) On 2008s North
Hollywood Shootout, the ensemble used its
signature jams as the starting points for songs
a new way of writing.
It was a necessary process for us ... ,
Kinchla said. At the time, we were still
getting our feet under us as to what the new
lineup really was. It takes a while for a band
to really gel. ... Those records helped us find
out who we were.
Because they were made cheaply, its not
the end of the world if its not the classic
all-time album, Kinchla said. I think that
leads to a little more experimentation.
At this point, I think weve done enough
experimenting. I think were really focused
on making something thats really accessible.
Lord knows we could use a hit.
One problem with independence,
Kinchla said, is the absence of outside
ears: Sometimes its good to have a record
company leaning over your back a little bit.
There were some good things about those
Seeing God For a Minute Blues Traveler, August 20, 9:30 p.m.
River Roots Live
lues Traveler guitarist and songwriter

Chan Kinchla calls the bands 2005
album Bastardos! our transitional
record, and he admitted it has been a long
transition.
Following three gold albums, the group
fronted by vocalist, harmonica player, and
songwriter John Popper had a top-10 hit
in the mid-1990s with Fours Run-Around,
and the record itself went platinum six times,
no small feat for a jam band. Straight on Till
Morning (from 1997) also went platinum, but
the death in 1999 of bassist Bobby Sheehan
spurred a process of reinvention that might
finally be over.
Blues Traveler will be headlining River
Roots Live on Saturday, August 20, and
as the band prepares to celebrate its 25th
anniversary next year, its planning big things.
A retrospective package including B sides
and live material is slated for March release,
Kinchla said in a phone interview last week.
(The B sides have turned into almost a
pretty good album all by themselves.) And
a new record is in the works for the summer.
That, he said, will be Blues Travelers attempt
at a great album.
Of course, most artists aim for greatness,
but Kinchla explained that Blues Traveler
needed time to develop a new identity
with the addition of Sheehans replacement
Kinchlas brother Tad and keyboardist
Ben Wilson.
That process, he said, is like teaching
an old dog new tricks. It takes longer. And
when we got the new guys, we really wanted
to create almost a new entity.
On stage, Kinchla said, the band really hit
its stride in the period from 2005 to 2007. But
getting comfortable in the studio has taken
longer.
With 2001s Bridge, he said, we were
really trying to re-create our 90s success.
And it sounds very much like an older Blues
Traveler record. [But] trying to write pop hits
for Blues Traveler is not necessarily what we
COVER STORY
R
iver Roots Live will take
place on Friday, August 19,
and Saturday, August 20,
in LeClaire Park on the Davenport
riverfront. The festival will feature
17 bands on two stages and will
be headlined by Gin Blossoms (on
Friday) and Blues Traveler (on
Saturday). Admission is free, and
the event also features Ribfest.
Full event details are available at
RiverRootsLive.com.
In this issue are
interviews with
Blues Traveler,
Nikka Costa,
and The Apache
Relay all performing
on Saturday. To the right is the
full entertainment schedule, along
with links to previous River Cities
Reader articles on some of the
artists.
August 19-20, LeClaire Park, Downtown Davenport
Schedule
Friday, August 19
5:30 p.m., Main Stage: The Candymakers
6:30 p.m., B Stage: Kevin B.F. Burt & the Instigators
7:30 p.m., Main Stage: The Giving Tree Band
8:30 p.m., B Stage: Trampled Under Foot
9:30 p.m., Main Stage: Gin Blossoms
10:45 p.m., B Stage: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit
(RCReader.com/y/isbell)
Saturday, August 20
noon, B Stage: Patio
1 p.m., Main Stage: 500 Miles to Memphis
(RCReader.com/y/500miles)
2 p.m., B Stage: Bacon
3 p.m., Main Stage: Chrash (RCReader.com/y/chrash)
4 p.m., B Stage: Dan Hubbard & the Humadors
5 p.m., Main Stage: Chamberlin
6:30 p.m., B Stage: The Apache Relay
7:30 p.m., Main Stage: Kris Lager Band
8:30 p.m., B Stage: Cory Chisel & the Wandering Sons
9:30 p.m., Main Stage: Blues Traveler
11 p.m., B Stage: Nikka Costa
Open to Anything The Apache Relay, August 20, 6:30 p.m.
F
or its second record, The Apache
Relay which will perform on
August 20 at River Roots Live ini-
tially tracked 10 songs in early 2010. But
the band sat on the record preferring
a 2011 release to a late-2010 one and
that layoff prompted singer/songwriter
Michael Ford Jr. to write new songs.
I felt like in my heart of hearts that I
had songs that needed to be on the record
that hadnt been written yet, he said in
a phone interview last week. I felt like
I had better in me. ... I wanted to write
better songs.
So in the fall they tracked a handful
of songs some new, some different
versions of previously recorded songs
and the fusion of those two sessions
is American Nomad, which Nashville
Scene called exuberantly tuneful and
irresistibly idealistic.
The final version of American Nomad
only ditched two songs Sets Me Free
and Lost Kid took their places but the
bands decision to hold off on the record
is one indication of the The Apache
Relays maturity. Even though the band is
young Ford is 23 and has been around
just two years, it seems and sounds far
more experienced.
On the business end, the band raised
more than $6,000 for travel expenses
on Kickstarter.com, a reflection of
Fords music-business major in college.
(When we talked, he was a week from
graduation.) The band compared the
costs of touring with what it was bringing
in from shows, and we just saw it
wouldve put us in the hole, he said. So it
asked for contributions from fans to make
up the difference.
More important, of course, is the bands
artistic mettle, and it too is wise beyond
their years. American Nomad is often
anthemic in the roots style of Arcade
Fire, and the cover of Springsteens State
Trooper offers another key influence.
But theres also a sense of wholeness to
Continued On Page 21 Continued On Page 21
Moving in the Mud Nikka Costa, August 20, 11 p.m.
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
F
or the video promo for her song
Chase the Thrill, Nikka Costa said
she and the director just got in my
bathroom and went for it.
Lest you think that something dirty
happened, went for it in this case means
re-creating the famous shower scene from
Psycho, with Costa in the role of Marion
Crane.
Also on her Nikkas Box YouTube
channel (YouTube.com/user/nikkasbox)
is a Rocky-style training video and
Streaking Nikka, in which the topless
rock/soul singer (naughty bits obscured)
encourages viewers to check out her new
EP Pro*Whoa. Whats a girl gotta do to get
her music heard? she asks.
Such is the existence of Costa, who will
close River Roots Live with an 11 p.m.
set on August 20. She is now operating
independently after a successful music
career as a child (she is the daughter of
producer Don Costa) and well-reviewed
albums as an adult on Virgin and Stax.
(Entertainment Weekly called 2001s
Everybody Got Their Something an
intoxicating starburst of self-affirming
R&B and an audacious, fresh-as-a-daisy
debut, while the All Music Guide said its
follow-up features songs that are muscular,
funky, and imaginatively arranged ... .This
is big, dynamic
music that cries
for a big audience
... .)
You cant
really get more
independent than
I am right now,
the 39-year-old
said in a phone
interview last
week. That is for
sure.
Pro*Whoa was
originally intended as a full-length, but
Costa parted ways with EMI and its release
was scrapped. We just had an opportunity
to re-tool it and re-tool our game plan,
because we knew we were going to do it
independently, she said. So it kind of gave
us the opportunity to play with the formula
of record-releasing.
The EP is a solid nugget of danceable
electro-rock, a stark and sometimes
aggressive departure from the straight soul
of 2008s Pebble to
a Pearl. Opener
Head First and
closer Chase the
Thrill have a patient
tension, and Never
Wanna C U Again
and Stuff are
slinky, bright, and
catchy.
Nylons in a
Rip draws anger
from frustration,
but its the title
track a verbal smackdown in which the
singer raps convincingly that showcases
Costas versatility. To me it really didnt
feel like I was dipping my toe into an area
Id never gone before, she said of the EPs
tone. Except for the rap part. That Id
never done. And I thought I would never
do. But I was trying to spread my wings a
little bit and experiment with some other
stuff. ... Its kind of balls to the wall, but in
a different way. Not wailing over a big rock
track, but talking shit over a track.
Freed of label machinery, Costas
manager suggested weekly videos to
promote the EP. It was a really good way
to kind of still be an artist but also show my
personality, she said. I have a very dorky
side, but when Im doing my music, Im
very serious about it, and its all like bad-
ass and whatever. And so it [the YouTube
channel] was nice to have another outlet
showing my dorky side.
And she said that tools such as YouTube,
Facebook, and Twitter foster a direct
relationship with her fans. It really just
brought me closer to my audience, she
said. She reads comments and takes
requests a departure from her days with
labels: Theres you, and theres the major
August 19-20, LeClaire Park, Downtown Davenport
Photo by Matthew Welch
that element of reality there, its much
harder. Its strange, but its fun, too.
What has also been strange and
fun, the Thomases agree, is the
process of taking on and, to some
degree, re-imagining characters as
legendary as the smooth-talking con
man Harold Hill and the steel-willed
yet lonely Marian (the librarian), stage
roles made even more famous with the
beloved 1962 film.
Its hard when you take something
so iconic, like the Robert Preston/
Shirley Jones version, and then try
to put a different spin on it, says
Christopher. So there have been lots
of discussions with each other and
playing ideas off each other, and we
did some character analysis based
on the text. Figuring out little things
like, Oh, so this is where he came
from, and this is why hes here. Once
you figure out the why as long as
youre playing the character honestly
you dont have to worry if its Robert
Preston.
For Erika, script readings and a
longtime familiarity with the material led
to an intriguing theory about the characters
of Marian and her baby brother Winthrop
one that, as she and Christopher concede,
might raise the eyebrows of many Music
Man fans.
I guess Ive always thought that
Winthrop was actually Marians illegitimate
son, says Erika. Shes 26 years old, in 1912,
and she has a 10-year-old brother, and her
family is Irish ... . It just doesnt make sense
that there would only be two children with
that far of a gap between them.
And the songs that Marian sings, she
continues. My White Knight. Goodnight,
My Someone. Shes singing about this
fantasy she has, but she cant actually do
anything about it. She had to get burned
really bad at some point in her life, you
know? Theres a funny line in the script
where the mother is like, Why wont you
get with anybody?, and Marian says, Well,
Im not waiting for Luther Greiner to back
me into the ancient-history shelf at the
production, however, the Thomases
characters (Spoiler Alert!) dont become
an item until the shows final minutes;
as their Music Man rehearsals have
demonstrated, portraying the romantic
lead opposite your spouse is another
matter entirely.
This is actually a little embarrassing,
says Erika, but I always thought playing a
romantic role opposite my husband would
be the easiest role Ive ever done. And
in fact, it is much harder for me. I dont
really blush that often. But sometimes in
rehearsals, my neck will just start getting
red because Harold Hill is so aggressive
and he likes chasing Marian so much,
but its my husband up there, and I just
love him, and hes saying these wonderful
things ... ! And so sometimes Im like,
Stop! I dont know what my next line is!
Laughing, Christopher adds, And then
it gets me! Ill have to stop and be like, Are
you okay?
Theres just, like, this added pressure
knowing that this is not just acting, says
Erika. I really do love him. He really
does love me. And I think because there is
Quad City Music Guilds new
production of The Music Man the
Meredith Willson classic running
August 5 through 14 stars husband
and wife Christopher and Erika
Thomas as romantic leads Harold
Hill and Marian Paroo. And just to
be clear: Yes, the couple knows how
close to nauseatingly adorable it is
for them to be playing these roles
opposite one another.
Im kind of calling this my
nursing-home story, says Erika
with a laugh. Like when our
grandchildren come to visit, itll be,
You know, your grandfather and I
were in Music Man once ... !
And theyll be, Uh oh ... here
comes that Music Man story again
... ! counters Christopher, also
laughing.
But really, continues Erika,
when are you going to have the
chance to sing Till There Was You
on a footbridge to someone you
actually love in, like, a public way? Its
a role that Ive always wanted to see him
play, and a role that Ive always wanted to
play, but I never thought wed actually play
them together.
Still, if youve experienced the
Thomases work in previous Music Guild
productions, youll probably agree that
their Music Man pairing likely has less
to do with cutesy casting than terrific
vocal, acting, and comedic talent. The
music director for Beehive and The King
& I, Erika was riotous as the dim-witted
Swedish bombshell Ulla in 2009s The
Producers, and Christopher who also
directs theatre at Moline High School
nearly put memories of Bert Lahr to
shame with his spectacularly sweet and
hysterical Cowardly Lion in 2006s The
Wizard of Oz, the show in which both
Thomases made their Guild debuts.
Yet director Harold Truitts The Music
Man doesnt mark the first time the pair
has been romantically linked on the Music
Guild stage, as Erika and Christopher also
appeared as the comically mismatched
Miss Dorothy and Ching Ho in 2007s
Thoroughly Modern Millie. In that
7iII 7here Was You
Christopher and Erika Thomas Play The Music Mans Romantic Leads for Quad City Music Guild, August 5 through 14
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THEATRE
Erika and Christopher Thomas
enjoyable for the quality of singing. Sue
Staley received lots of laughs for her song
about standard accounting practices, which
is far funnier than that theme would suggest.
James Alts solo when portraying Weenie
(former Representative Anthony Weiner)
is populated with particularly clever lyrics.
(The news men all tittered when they saw
what I Twittered without my bathrobe on.)
The biggest crowd-pleaser, however, was a
number performed
by a group called
the Artsy Bunch
touring actors
begging for funding
for the arts. The
chorus of their
song, performed
to the tune Oh
Susannah, got
laughs each time it
was repeated. (Wandering artists, traveling
through the sticks, oh we come from New
York City with some culture for you hicks.)
There are a few uncomfortable moments,
though, marked by what some might consider
inappropriate humor. The script includes
two gay jokes, both of which rely on clichd
stereotypes rather than sharp wit, and while
Im all for nothing being sacred in comedy,
I expect something more intelligent from
Genesius Guild than a characters swishy
stance while referring to them, or a man
in bad drag being directed to the Rainbow
District. Theres also a reference to another
local theatre reviewer and the need to explain
things to her, since she probably wont
understand the show. The line drew groans
from the audience, which seemed to be a mix
of delighted oh no you didnt and distressed
you shouldnt have sentiments. (The joke
fell on the side of laughing at, rather than
laughing with, the reviewer, who was sitting in
the front row for Saturdays performance.)
For the most part, however, Wootens The
Wasps is filled with witty, sometimes piercing
humor wrapped in a production that no one
would consider high art, and thats the point
this is Genesius Guilds chance to let loose.
Seeing actors who have previously portrayed
far more serious characters this summer
hoofing it in a silly song-and-dance is itself
a joke, and one that I wouldnt mind hearing
again before The Wasps run is done.
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l
ts not easy for me to review Genesius
Guilds The Wasps, as this comedy does not
rely on quality acting, the focus of most
of my reviews. (In truth, the actors who dont
try to be hilarious and dont attempt great
acting here are more successful at being funny
than the few that do.) Don Wootens direction
also doesnt matter as much for The Wasps
as directing would in, say, King Lear. As was
stated in the pre-show speech, this is sort of
the Guilds end-of-
summer party, with
the audience invited
to watch the actors
intentionally make
fools of themselves.
And happily, this
party is utterly
ridiculous and, at
times, raucously
funny, and elicited
waves of laughter
through Saturday nights crowd.
As is Genesius Guild tradition, Wooten,
who also serves as playwright, has updated
Aristophanes comedy with modern and
local references. The original script satirically
focuses on the Athenian jury system and how
it provided Athens demagogue, Cleon, with
his political power. A Cleon hater, Phobokleon
tasks his two servants with preventing his
father, Philokleon, from escaping their
home and returning to the wasps which,
in Wootens script, are a group of elderly
fiscal conservatives who admire right-wing
commentators, exemplified by the Wooten-
written line, We havent heard todays sound
bite, so we dont know what to think.
There are few impressions of celebrities and
politicians in this years work. But there are the
usual pointed references to current headlines
such as air-traffic controllers sleeping on
the job, the current debt-ceiling debate, and
construction on Quad Cities bridges (a female
character insists this summers construction
schedule must have been put together by a
man) plus the traditional mentions of other
local theatre companies. (No foul words! This
isnt the Curtainbox Theatre!)
Wooten also mixes in songs and dances,
sometimes even at the same time, throughout
the show. The routines are unpolished and
the choreography not that difficult, but thats
whats charming about the numbers; in truth,
the sloppiness of the entire performance of
The Wasps is a significant part of its appeal.
The actors are simply having fun, and their
joviality is infectious.
The comedys songs are sardonic and
not necessarily well-voiced, but no less
Bughouse
The Wasps, at Lincoln Park through August 7
By Thom White
THEATRE
Happily, this party is utterly
ridiculous and, at times,
raucously funny, and elicited
waves of laughter through
Saturday nights crowd.
COWBOYS & ALIENS
A full six writers are credited with the
script and screen story for director Jon
Favreaus sci-fi/Western hybrid Cowboys
& Aliens, which, based on the evidence,
averages out to them contributing
roughly half a fresh idea apiece. And
Im including the inspiration to call its
saloon-keeper, rather than its doctor,
Doc.
Seriously, they must have had
hundreds of genre conventions,
and subsequent mergers of those
conventions, to choose from. Was
a storyline in which gruffly heroic
cowboys (led by Daniel Craig), gruffly
swarthy cowboys (led by Harrison Ford),
and gruffly stolid Apaches team up to
rescue their loved ones from alien captivity
really the best this screenwriting sextet
could do? The films effects are mostly
fine, and I liked the unstressed motif that
found the space invaders acting just like
their 19th Century human counterparts,
prospecting for gold and capturing their
prey in ways indistinguishable from
cattle-roping. Yet every narrative beat in
this predictable, retrograde wannabe-
blockbuster lands right on schedule, and its
tonal vacillations between tongue-in-cheek
comedy and portentous seriousness are
so random that, from scene to scene, you
dont how how to take the movie except
as another bland, big-screen genuflection
at the altar of executive producer Steven
Spielberg. (Like the equally dispiriting
Super 8, Cowboys & Aliens references Close
Encounters with obnoxious regularity.) As
popcorn entertainment goes, the movies an
epic drag, but at least features some savvy
support in Sam Rockwell, Keith Carradine,
Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, Justifieds great
Walton Goggins, and, as the Wide-Eyed
Boy Who Grows to Be a Man, The Last
Airbender himself, Noah Ringer. I knew it
was Shymalan who was making the kid look
talentless!
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE
Near the end of the fizzy, unexpectedly
enthralling Crazy, Stupid, Love, the recently
and unhappily separated character played
by Steve Carell interrupts his sons middle-
school graduation with an impromptu
speech about life and love, delivered in the
presence of his visibly moved, soon-to-
be-ex-wife (Julianne Moore). Its a scene
that, in slightly different incarnations,
youve seen in dozens of its romantic-
comedy forebears. But the difference here
is that right before Carell launches into
his declaration, he takes a moment to fully
realize the ridiculousness of what hes about
to do, and whispers an extended Shi-i-i-it
... beneath his breath.
That, in a nutshell,
is the heartfelt and
heartening wonder of
Crazy, Stupid, Love;
nimbly directed by
Glenn Ficarra and
John Requa and
smartly written by Dan
Fogelman, its a movie
about people well aware
of how uncharacteristic
and asinine their
behavior is, yet also
helpless to change that
behavior. In other
words, its a movie
about actual humans, and in the lightly
touching, truthful, supremely funny work of
Carell, Moore, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone,
Marisa Tomei, Analeigh Tipton, and Jonah
Bobo, a more inspired group of humans
youd be hard-pressed to encounter. Im
planning to see the film again soon, but in
the meantime, Ill happily treasure Carells
and Moores lovely parental shorthand and
Gosling and Stone enjoying the best first
date ever, and acknowledge that The Move
perfected by Goslings lothario the one
he says never fails to seal the deal likely
left the entire audience at my screening
thinking, Yup, that would do it. Take note,
guys.
THE SMURFS
I never got into the 80s Smurfs craze
and know little about the characters
origin, so permit me a question: Were they
created as a way to keep young children
from swearing? Because its not tough to
glean what expletive is being covered up in
director Raja Gosnells The Smurfs movie
when every other sentence seems to be
some variant on Dont Smurf with me! or
Ill be Smurfed! or Where the Smurf are
we?! If, indeed, these little blue creatures
and their irritating conversational style
have resulted in kids screaming Smurf you,
Mom, Im not eating my Smurfing peas!
instead of the alternative, I wholeheartedly
approve, and can consequently forgive the
movie for being such a crass, annoying,
synthetic time-waster. Theres really no
point getting into it, as you probably know
whats in store: labored slapstick, rampant
product placement, maudlin sentiment of
the never give up on family variety, and
a climax in which our wee heroes kick the
ever-lovin crap out their nemesis and his
cat with the computer-manipulated face. To
be sure, Im grateful that the movie at least
features terrifically likable humans in Hank
Azaria (legitimately amusing as Gargamel),
Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, and Sofa
Vergara, and delivers a fair amount of
cheeky self-mockery; Harris exasperation
over that maddeningly catchy Smurfs theme
is especially satisfying. Im also disturbed,
however, that after Zookeeper, The Smurfs
is the second family comedy in a month
to solicit laughs by showing a grown man,
surrounded by well-dressed onlookers,
relieving himself in the middle of a crowded
upscale venue. While were teaching kids
not to curse, couldnt we teach them a little
something about the perils of whipping it
out in public?

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The Quad City Phoenix Festival Raises Funds for Domestic-Violence Awareness, August 7 in Schwiebert Riverfront Park
Expressions of Survival
A
celebration of survival in the face of
seemingly unbearable hardship, Au-
gust 7s Quad City Phoenix Festival
taking place in Rock Islands Schwiebert
Riverfront Park will find local performers,
artists, self-defense instructors, and guest
speakers raising funds for area shelters,
halfway houses, and domestic-violence
awareness programs. And as the phoenix is
a mythological bird that famously rises from
the ashes to become a newer and stronger
version of its previous self, the festivals name,
says organizer Emily Jawoisz, is perfectly apt.
I wanted to make a difference, says
Jawoisz, a 22-year-old local musician who
says she endured both domestic violence and
homelessness before the age of 21. And so I
wanted to make this event an opportunity for
people to see that there are resources you can
take advantage of when youre in a sad and
dangerous place. That youre not alone, and
that going through this kind of experience
doesnt have to hinder you. ... You can either
let the world beat you down and keep you
down, or you can try to make the best of the
situation to use it as something to propel
you forward and better your situation.
Born in Dallas but a resident of Rock
Island for the past two decades, Jawoisz got
married at age 19 a really bad decision
on my part and then left the unhealthy
relationship, despite not having a place to
live. And I was taking classes [at Black Hawk
College] at the time, she says, and its real
hard to study when you dont know where
your next meal and your next shower are
going to come from.
Thankfully for Jawoisz, however, she was
able to find some relief through area social-
service organizations. Before moving in with
friend (and guitarist for Jawoiszs EmJay
ensemble) Anthony Lloyd and his family
last summer, she found temporary residence
with Davenports Humility of Mary Housing,
Inc. And in Rock Island, she says, Project
NOW had me on a waiting list for Rapid Re-
Housing, which was an emergency program
for homeless moms and families.
With money saved from her receptionist
job at Molines Child & Family Psychology
Center, and after a
seven-month wait on
Project NOWs Rapid
Re-Housing Program list,
Jawoisz moved into her
new Rock Island home
this past February. Her
experiences, though,
left her wanting to
inspire others who
found themselves
enduring similarly trying
circumstances.
You know, Ive always
had my music to get me
through, says Jawoisz,
who began playing piano at age eight and
writing songs at 12. But some people
dont have that. Some people are artists.
Some people dance. So this [the Quad City
Phoenix Festival] is kind of an expression of
survival through the arts. Showing people
that you can use the arts as a way to work
through the pain and the grief and the
feelings that come with having been in an
abusive situation.
The idea for the festival, Jawoisz recalls,
was an impromptu one, as was the choice of
the Rock Island location.
When I was staying with Anthony last
summer, she says, Schwiebert Park opened
up, and one day we were like, Lets go jam
down there, because they actually have a set-
up where you can plug in your instruments.
So we sat there and we were playing and
writing music, and I just looked around
and said, You know what? I want to have a
concert here. Wait. You know what? I want
to have a festival here. And he goes, Youre
not going to have a festival here. And I said,
Watch.
Jawoisz laughs. And I thought about
what I wanted to advocate for, and she
realized that area shelters and domestic-
violence awareness programs just kind
of seemed natural. I know that when I felt
helpless, there were a
lot of resources I wish
I could have taken
advantage of, but didnt
know about them, or
heard about them too
late.
As a 21-year-old
unfamiliar with the
process of putting a
festival together, Jawoisz
found immediate
assistance through Black
Hawk Colleges Kim
Armstrong, the schools
assistant dean of student
support services.
It was so overwhelming, Jawoisz
continues, but she just gave me these
assignments, like, This is what youve got
to do first ... . So I called up the park and
presented the idea. And then I had to submit
an application to rent the park out that had
to go through a board, and then had to be
approved. Once it was approved, then we
could start preparing for the event.
And as Jawoisz discovered, thats when
the hard work really began. I decided
against having liquor at the festival,
because alcohol causes a lot of violence in
relationships, so we didnt need a liquor
license. And apparently I dont have to worry
about a sound ordinance, because its over by
seven oclock on a Sunday. But theres event
insurance, and you want the vendors to have
food licenses, and they have to have licenses
in the state of Illinois, and theres promotion
... .
What Jawoisz needed was outside help
in readying the project and covering its
planned $4,000 budget, and as she realized,
There was a big part of me that was nervous
about allowing other people to help me,
because over the last three years, Ive learned
to be a pretty self-supporting individual. But
there was so much I just couldnt take care of
myself.
She found her preparatory aid through
both friends and staffers at area social-
service organizations, and found financial
assistance through local businesses; several
area chapters of Royal Neighbors of America
Inc. contributed $100 each, says Jawoisz,
and Alcoa Davenport Works made a $500
donation.
Its been a lot of phone calls to a lot
of different people, Jawoisz says of the
promotional and fundraising processes, and
a lot of following up. Talking to people about
helping with an event, everybody initially
says, Yeah, I want to do that, but then theyll
forget about it, or wont call you back, or
something. So you have to be persistent. You
might be annoying, but at least theyre not
forgetting you.
Meanwhile, a number of area performers
and instructors will be assisting the Quad
City Phoenix Festival on-site. Among the
musicians scheduled to play Schwiebert
Riverfront Park are Jordan Danielsen, Ellis
Kell, Avian Swarm, MC Ion, the Toby Brown
Band, Chicagos Kitchen Blues Survival
Band, and Jawoiszs own EmJay. There are
dance performances scheduled with the
hoofers of QC Social Dancing and the Imani
Dancers, a dramatic performance of Healing
Waters, childrens activities with members
of the Quad City Clown Troupe, and self-
defense presentations for adult women and
children, led by the instructors of Morrows
Martial Arts. (Kids can participate in that
and be little Ninja Turtles, says Jawoisz with
a laugh.)
In addition to food, beverage, and
merchandise vendors, the event will feature
domestic-violence information booths and,
as Jawoisz says, guest speakers who have
experienced the same kinds of things that
EVENTS
Emily Jawoisz
H
eld on the same weekend as the Quad City
Phoenix Festival, another fundraiser for domestic-
violence awareness will take place in Christian Cares
Second-Annual Walk the Walk event, held in Rock
Islands Sunset Park on August 6. Last years event saw
nearly 250 attendees for its day of family-themed ac-
tivities, and Christian Cares Ann Ring the grants and
funding coordinator for the Rock Island-based domes-
tic-violence shelter and rescue mission says that her
organization is happy, this year, for the areas two-day
focus on the subject. Theyre having their event on
Sunday, says Ring of the Pheonix Festival, were hav-
ing ours on Saturday, and so its a whole weekend of
domestic-violence awareness and raising money for
domestic-violence funds.
Christian Cares Walk the Walk promoted as
an event designed to De Feet Domestic Violence
begins with a leisurely, noncompetitive 10 a.m. walk
through a section of the park that Ring says is not
quite a mile. So if you do the walk, turn around and
come back, its just under two miles just a nice little
stroll. With live music in the park performed by Jon
Laira and Bob Kuhns, Walk the Walk will continue
post-walk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., hours during which at-
tendees can purchase items from the events cake walk,
bake sale, lunch station, and arts and crafts tables.
Among the days scheduled activities are self-defense
demonstrations with Jan Butler, a master instructor
with the Korean martial-arts center Kuk Sool of Dav-
enport, and participation in the Hands Are Not for
Hitting childrens art project. Kids are going to be able
to use paint and impress their little hands into a cotton
sheet, says Ring, and create this huge mural that were
going to be using in future programs.
Yet children will also be able to enjoy face-painting, a
bean-bag toss, and a duck-pond pull for prizes, while
a strolling magician performs for kids throughout the
early afternoon. Adults, meanwhile, can participate in
trivia competitions, bid in a silent auction with items
including a day cruise aboard the Celebration Belle and
a domestic-violence awareness statue courtesy of Isabel
Bloom and enjoy some relaxation in the sinful-sound-
ing Chair Massage Station. Says Ring with a laugh, We
could all use one at any given time, couldnt we?
For more information on the Second-Annual
Walk the Walk Fundraiser, contact Christian Care at
(309)788-2273 or visit ChristianCareQC.org. Mike
Schulz
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader..com
Christian Care Hosts WaIk the WaIk, August 6 at $unset Park
Ive experienced. And with supplies donated
by Dick Blick Art Materials, the festival will
showcase what Jawoisz calls the survivors
wall a large canvas on which attendees can
paint, and which the Figge Art Museum has
plans to display.
It really warms me to see so many people
pushing for this, says Jawoisz of the Quad
City Phoenix Festival. It really warms me. I
mean, since I started working on the project,
Ive lost sleep over it, Im pretty sure Ive
been late to almost all my classes because Ive
been e-mailing people and talking to people
about it ... . But its been worth it.
I honestly didnt think it would get this
far, she adds. Because who wakes up one
day and says, I want to have a festival, and
then sticks with it, and makes it a reality? But
you cant give up. And, I mean, I feel like I
can tackle anything at this point.
The Quad City Phoenix Festival takes place
in Rock Islands Schwiebert Riverfront Park
from noon to 7 p.m. on Sunday, August
7. Admission is free, though donations
are encouraged, and more information is
available by visiting QCPhoenixFestival.com
or calling Emily Jawoisz at (309)292-6380.
River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 784 August 4 - 17, 2011 14
Whats Happenin
Music
Heidi Newfield
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention Center
Friday, August 5, 7:30 p.m.
R
ecording artist
Heidi Newfield
performs at the Quad-
Cities Waterfront
Convention Center
on August 5, and I
thought itd be fun to
better acquaint myself
with the country star
by checking out some
of her song lyrics. Lets
see ... .
Heres a popular Newfield tune
called Wreck You that begins I get
dressed in the dark each day. Hmm.
So do I. Interesting.
It continues: By 6:15 Im in the car
driving. Wow, thats weird. Me, too!
I keep my change in the car
ashtray. Oh my God, so do I! Its like
were soul mates!
I havent smoked in years and
years.
Aw, man ... so close.
Still, its an easy bet that lots of
us can find ourselves relating to the
music of Heidi Newfield, the four-time
Academy of Country Music Award
nominee whose songs of love, strife,
and perseverance have been praised
for their universal themes, rhythmic
hooks, and soaring vocals. The former
lead singer of Trick Pony, the lauded
country trio that scored eight singles
on the Billboard charts, Newfield left
the group in 2006 to pursue a solo
career and found success right out of
the gate. Her 2008 debut What Am I
Waiting for peaked at number two on
the U.S. Country charts, and two of its
singles landed on the charts Top 30:
Cry Cry (Til the Sun
Shines) and Johnny &
June, the latter of which
is a tribute to Newfields
country-legend friends
the Cashes.
Currently on a
summer tour that finds
her traveling everywhere
from Exeter, California,
to Nashvilles Grand Ole
Opry to Bettendorf s
convention center,
Newfield is an exciting new solo
performer on the country circuit, and
shes amassing the accolades to prove
it. MyKindOfCountry.com writes
that Newfields smoky, Tucker-esque
vocals are right on their mark, and
in a review of the artists CD debut,
CountryStandardTime.com described
her voice as muscular and lithe, but
also capable of touching intimacy. Ah,
if I only had a nickel for every time
someone wrote that about me ... .*
Tickets to Heidi Newfields Quad-
Cities Waterfront Convention Center
concert are $10 in advance and $15
at the door, and more information
on the night is available by calling
(800)724-5825 or visiting Bettendorf.
IsleOfCapriCasinos.com.
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How much would I have, you ask?
None of your business.
Music
L.A. Guns
Rock Island Brewing
Company
Wednesday, August 10,
8 p.m.
L
.A. Guns are
coming to
Rock Island. And
not just in the trunk of
my cousins car. Which
Im really not supposed to
talk about.
The L.A. Guns Im
actually referring to are
the musicians of the
famed hard-rock band,
who will be playing the
Rock Island Brewing
Company on August
10. Having undergone
several different
incarnations over the
years, the group made
a tremendous splash
on the music scene in
the late 1980s with the
platinum-selling album
Cocked & Loaded and
tours alongside such
legendary rock outfits as
AC/DC, Iron Maiden,
and Def Leppard, By
the late 1990s, L.A.
Guns were touring
with the likes of Poison
and Ratt, and enjoying
critical and commercial
success with the greatest-
hits compilation Black
Beauties.
And now, with a lineup
composed of vocalist
Jizzy Pearl, guitarist Tracii
Guns, bassist Jeremy
Guns, and percussionist
Doni Gray, L.A. Guns
pulse-quickening, ceiling-
shaking rock anthems
are being performed in
a Midwestern tour that
finds the band wowing
crowds with classic hits
and songs from their trio
of 21st Century CDs.
Just how familiar are
you with the L.A. Guns
discography? Find out
by filling in the missing
word to the hit albums
and singles to the right.
L.A. Guns performs
with openers Los
Tres/The Brandon Gibbs
Project, tickets are $12
Theatre
The Spitfire Grill
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre and Timber Lake Playhouse
Thursday, August 11, through Sunday, August 21
R
unning August 11 through 21 in Geneseo, Illinois, the
Richmond Hill Barn Theatres next production is the
tuneful and critically acclaimed musical The Spitfire Grill.
And running August 11 through 21 in Mt. Carroll, Illinois,
the Timber Lake Playhouses next production is a tuneful and
critically acclaimed musical titled ... The Spitfire Grill! Thats
right its the show so nice theyre producin it twice!
And trust me, the show is awfully nice; I was fortunate
enough to catch a first-rate, North Scott High School
production of the piece in February and can think of few
other musicals from the past 10 years that Im actually eager
to catch three times in one calendar year.
Adapted from
the much-admired
1996 movie, The
Spitfire Grill is set
in the sleepy rural
town of Gilead,
Wisconsin, home
to the charming,
ramshackle diner
of the title. Both
Gilead and the
grill, however, are
treated to a long-
overdue breath of
fresh air in the form of Percy Talbott, a young woman (and
recently released prisoner) who lands a job as the Spitfires
new waitress, and whose arrival initiates profound changes
for the diner, its widowed owner, the local sheriff, and an
emotionally battered wife.
Dont let that somewhat downbeat prcis mislead you,
though. In addition to being dramatic and touching, The
Spitfire Grill is also oftentimes really funny, and according
to critics, plenty more adjectives besides those; the
Associated Press called the show wistful and romantic,
Billboard magazine described it as rich and satisfying,
and New York Magazine, which praised The Spitfire Grill as
soulful and transcendent, also named it the best musical
of 2001.
So plan on enjoying this moving and memorable
entertainment, be it in Geneseo or Mt. Carroll or, as some
of us are planning, in both locales. Looking at the theatres
schedules, I notice that you could even catch both on the
same day, if you went on August 14 ... and didnt mind
missing the end of Richmond Hills production ... and the
beginning of Timber Lakes ... and were okay with multiple
speeding tickets ... .
For tickets to the Richmond Hill Barn Theatres The Spitfire
Grill, call (309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com; for tickets to
the Timber Lake Playhouses presentation of the musical, call
(815)244-2035 or visit TimberLakePlayhouse.org.
Allison Scherer and Cait Bodenbender
in Richmond Hills The Spitfire Grill
River Cities Reader Vol. 18 No. 784 August 4 - 17, 2011 15
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
What Ise
ls Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, August 4, through Sunday,
August 7 Bix Beiderbecke Memorial
Jazz Festival. The 40th-annual celebra-
tion of the jazz legend, featuring lectures,
workshops, and concerts with more than a
dozen bands, including the Jimmy Valen-
tine Quintet, the River City 6, the Hot Club
of Davenport, the Manny Lopez Big Band,
and the Josh Duffee Orchestra. Concerts
take place at
numerous Davenport venues, including
LeClaire Park, the Hotel Backhawk, and the
Col Ballroom. Times and prices vary. For
information and a schedule of events, call
(563)324-7170 or visit BixSociety.org.
Saturday, August 6 Mtley Cre
& Poison. Hard-rock legends in concert,
with musical guests New York Dolls. i
wireless Center (1201 River Drive, Moline).
7 p.m. $29.50-65. For tickets, call (800)745-
3000 or visit iwirelessCenter.com.
Saturday, August 6 Waltson and
Writer. Alternative rock and electronica
musicians in concert. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third
Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5 at the door.
For information, e-mail info@rozztox.com
or visit RozzTox.com.
Thursday, August 11 Come Rain or
Come Shine. Liz J. Millea pays tribute to
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Dinah Wash-
ington, and Peggy Lee, with accompani-
ment by Danny White. Circa 21 Speakeasy
Event
Ya Maka My Weekend
District of Rock Island
Friday, August 12, and Saturday, August 13
A
t last years Ya Maka My
Weekend the District of Rock
Islands annual, two-day celebration
of Caribbean music and culture
acclaimed reggae
performers Pato
Banton (pictured) &
the Now Generation
were only able to play
four numbers before
Mother Nature (in
the form of a massive
lightning storm) put
an abrupt end to their
set.
Well, start
practicing whatever the opposite of
a rain dance is, because the group
is back for this summers Ya Maka
My Weekend, participating in the
August 12 and 13 festival alongside 11
additional bands, Caribbean food and
merchandise vendors, and hundreds
upon hundreds of District visitors
eager to add a little Jamaican flavor to
their Quad Cities summer.
Described by the Los Angeles
Times as a musician of nonstop
enthusiasm whose high-speed
rhyming becomes an insistent rhythm
instrument unto itself, Pato Banton
has been a popular fixture on the
reggae scene for nearly 30 years. A
guest artist on UB40s Baggariddim,
he released his album debut Mad
Professor Captures Pato Banton in
1985, and has subsequently treated
reggae fans to 15 others, along with
collaborations with the likes of Sting,
Paul Shaffer, and Steel Pulses David
Hinds.
Nominated for a Best Reggae
Album Grammy Award for 2000s
Life Is a Miracle, Banton will perform
August 12 alongside his bandmates
the Now Generation, which the
Los Angeles Times
called a nimble rhythm
team and a delightfully
propulsive, roots-based
horn section. And the
Caribbean-themed magic
will continue all weekend
long, with the Districts
two outdoor stages also
boasting sets by Kenyatta
Hill, Inner Visions,
DeHurricane, Firesale,
Ifficial Reggae Movement, Niabinge,
The Fiyah, Universal Expression,
Yard Squad, Zion Lion, and The Steel
Panthers.
Admission to Ya Maka My
Weekend is $8 per day and $12 for a
two-day pass, with ages 12 and under
free; more information is available
by calling (309)788-6311 or visiting
YaMakaMyWeekend.com.
And for those of you thinking
this has been a somewhat dry piece
for the Whats Happenin pages,
know that my first stab found me
describing the weekends activities in
a Jamaican patois, and ending nearly
every sentence with mon. Trust me;
youre a lot better off.
Music
L.A. Guns
Rock Island Brewing
Company
Wednesday, August 10,
8 p.m.
L
.A. Guns are
coming to
Rock Island. And
not just in the trunk of
my cousins car. Which
Im really not supposed to
talk about.
The L.A. Guns Im
actually referring to are
the musicians of the
famed hard-rock band,
who will be playing the
Rock Island Brewing
Company on August
10. Having undergone
several different
incarnations over the
years, the group made
a tremendous splash
on the music scene in
the late 1980s with the
platinum-selling album
Cocked & Loaded and
tours alongside such
legendary rock outfits as
AC/DC, Iron Maiden,
and Def Leppard, By
the late 1990s, L.A.
Guns were touring
with the likes of Poison
and Ratt, and enjoying
critical and commercial
success with the greatest-
hits compilation Black
Beauties.
And now, with a lineup
composed of vocalist
Jizzy Pearl, guitarist Tracii
Guns, bassist Jeremy
Guns, and percussionist
Doni Gray, L.A. Guns
pulse-quickening, ceiling-
shaking rock anthems
are being performed in
a Midwestern tour that
finds the band wowing
crowds with classic hits
and songs from their trio
of 21st Century CDs.
Just how familiar are
you with the L.A. Guns
discography? Find out
by filling in the missing
word to the hit albums
and singles to the right.
L.A. Guns performs
with openers Los
Tres/The Brandon Gibbs
Project, tickets are $12
Theatre
The Spitfire Grill
Richmond Hill Barn Theatre and Timber Lake Playhouse
Thursday, August 11, through Sunday, August 21
R
unning August 11 through 21 in Geneseo, Illinois, the
Richmond Hill Barn Theatres next production is the
tuneful and critically acclaimed musical The Spitfire Grill.
And running August 11 through 21 in Mt. Carroll, Illinois,
the Timber Lake Playhouses next production is a tuneful and
critically acclaimed musical titled ... The Spitfire Grill! Thats
right its the show so nice theyre producin it twice!
And trust me, the show is awfully nice; I was fortunate
enough to catch a first-rate, North Scott High School
production of the piece in February and can think of few
other musicals from the past 10 years that Im actually eager
to catch three times in one calendar year.
Adapted from
the much-admired
1996 movie, The
Spitfire Grill is set
in the sleepy rural
town of Gilead,
Wisconsin, home
to the charming,
ramshackle diner
of the title. Both
Gilead and the
grill, however, are
treated to a long-
overdue breath of
fresh air in the form of Percy Talbott, a young woman (and
recently released prisoner) who lands a job as the Spitfires
new waitress, and whose arrival initiates profound changes
for the diner, its widowed owner, the local sheriff, and an
emotionally battered wife.
Dont let that somewhat downbeat prcis mislead you,
though. In addition to being dramatic and touching, The
Spitfire Grill is also oftentimes really funny, and according
to critics, plenty more adjectives besides those; the
Associated Press called the show wistful and romantic,
Billboard magazine described it as rich and satisfying,
and New York Magazine, which praised The Spitfire Grill as
soulful and transcendent, also named it the best musical
of 2001.
So plan on enjoying this moving and memorable
entertainment, be it in Geneseo or Mt. Carroll or, as some
of us are planning, in both locales. Looking at the theatres
schedules, I notice that you could even catch both on the
same day, if you went on August 14 ... and didnt mind
missing the end of Richmond Hills production ... and the
beginning of Timber Lakes ... and were okay with multiple
speeding tickets ... .
For tickets to the Richmond Hill Barn Theatres The Spitfire
Grill, call (309)944-2244 or visit RHPlayers.com; for tickets to
the Timber Lake Playhouses presentation of the musical, call
(815)244-2035 or visit TimberLakePlayhouse.org.
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For more information on the club, call
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his month we
feature the three
winning images
for the photo-of-the-year
contest recently held by
the Quad Cities Photog-
raphy Club. All members
are allowed to enter
three images for judging
in three categories. The
first-place image will be
used as the club logo for
the following year.
Jay Brooks was the
overall winner with his nature image
of a snowy owl (top). In the pictorial
category, Sean Nagle won with his
snow scene (bottom left). And John
Grossman won the creative category
with his image of a young man ready to
race (bottom right). The second- and
third-place images for each category
can be seen at QCPhotoClub.com.
The Quad City Photography Club holds
Featured Images from the Quad Cities Photography Club
(Editors note: The River
Cities Reader each month
will feature an image or
images from the Quad
Cities Photography Club.)
digital
and print
competitions
most
months.
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images, help each other to improve, and
socialize. The club meets at 6:30 p.m. the
first Thursday of the month September
through June at the Butterworth Center,
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thats palpable. Kutzlis character then slowly
but noticeably softens at a reasonable pace,
rather than, unbelievably, all at once as Annie
gets past his business head and into his feeling
heart.
Maggie Ellsworths almost prim, but wholly
caring, Grace is a good counter to Kutzlis
Warbucks. Eric Chambliss couldnt be any
better as Rooster, attacking the role with
aplomb and crowd-pleasing energy. And
Nicole Ferguson
manages to be
bubbly-voiced yet
with undertones of a
darker nature, rather
than just an airhead,
as Lily St. Clair.
The orphans,
too, are a delight,
an ensemble filled
with young actresses
showing a knack for
staying in character
even when their
characters arent
speaking. Its as much
fun to watch their
facial expressions in the background as it is to
see and hear them sing and dance.
Karen Stephans performance as Miss
Hannigan, however, shocked me. Stephan
previously graced the Showboat stage this
summer as the dimwitted, jovial Sister Mary
Amnesia in Nunsense. In Annie, shes anything
but dimwitted and jovial, delivering a nuanced
performance behind her drunken exterior.
Physically, Stephan never quite stands erect,
instead choosing a stance with a hip jutted
out to the side or her knees pulled in toward
each other, making it clear that Hannigan is
probably three sheets to the wind the entire
time she appears on stage. And vocally,
Stephan employs a mixture of high-pitched
and gravelly tones or, when trying to win
the affections of the laundry man (and the
cop... and Daddy Warbucks... and President
Roosevelt... ), speaks with an obviously feigned
sweetness.
Stephan really sells her Hannigan to the
audience, which, on Thursday, was eagerly
buying it just as they, and I, bought the entire
production. Even though Ive seen Annie
before and dont count it among my favorite
musicals (do we really need yet another reprise
of Tomorrow?), Stinsons production had me
willingly singing the shows songs on the way
home, and instilled a joy that I carried with me
long after the final bows.
For tickets and information, call (563)242-6760
or visit ClintonShowboat.org.
7
he Clinton Area Showboat Theatres
Annie feels like a show Ive never seen
before, even though Id seen it many
times prior to Thursday nights performance.
While the musicals characters are portrayed in
familiar ways, director Patrick Stinsons work
seems new, mostly because of
designer Kenneth Verdugos sets. As odd as
that sounds the idea that a set could change
the feel of an entire show its true, because
the design not only
affects the look of the
production, but also
how the stage space
is used, and what ele-
ments are highlighted
as a result.
The theme Verdugo
chose for the rags-
to-riches story of our
redheaded heroine is
smart and unexpected:
Instead of resembling
traditional walls,
Verdugos flats are
comic-strip panels
from Little Orphan
Annie. Each wall is a giant panel, with the
orphanage in black and white and everything
outside of Annies home of 11 years in full
color, much like the concept behind the film
version of The Wizard of Oz. This unique
design gives the production the beautiful feel
of being a cartoon story which exudes its
own kind of magical fun rather than a comic
strip set in real life.
Beyond the flats, the sets themselves are
sparsely furnished, with the exceptions of
a chair here or a theatre seat there when
required. Stinson is consequently able to fill the
relatively small stage space with more actors,
especially actors playing orphans, which gives
the show a bigger feel than the space would
seem to allow. And that, too, is part of the
shows feeling of newness, in that this Annie
relies so heavily on its performances, which are
worthy of the attention.
For her part, Allison Winkels Annie is what
she should be: bold, tomboyish, precocious,
and able to belt out the shows most well-
known numbers. Her characterization is
especially effective when her lines call for a
little attitude or indignation. (Winkel shares
the role with Mackenna Janz, who will portray
Annie during the shows second weekend.)
As Oliver Warbucks, Doug Kutzli
provides the perfect balance of no-nonsense
businessman and kind-hearted caretaker. His
initial entrance effectively changes the tone of
the piece, removing all of the previously built-
up brightness and joy with a stern seriousness
The Moppet Takes Manhattan
Annie, at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre through August 7
By Thom White
THEATRE
library ... .
I mean, why would he [author/
composer Meredith Willson] put that
in there? asks Erika with a laugh. He
couldve picked any shelf. But he picked
ancient history. Everything thats in a script
is there for a reason, and I think he gives
you just enough of these little tidbits, these
clues, to make you think, There might be
something to this. Whats going on with
this family?
Christopher, meanwhile, had never seen
a production of The Music Man until he
and Erika began dating. (Married in 2005,
the pair met through their participation in
the Augustana College choir; Christopher
graduated in 2004, and Erika in 2006.) For
him, then, careful script analysis has been
key in shaping his character.
"If Harold Hill is a traveling salesman in
this time period, he says, there has to be
a reason for it, and I think its that hes most
likely coming from a world of poverty. I
mean, theres something that necessitates
his needing to make this kind of money.
And although hes very good at finding
the good in people, I think that, early on
his life, he must have figured out how to
manipulate that for his own benefit.
But that is a wonderful characteristic,
continues Christopher, to be able to find
good in people and be able to pull it out of
them. And somehow, Harold has attached
himself to music, of all things. I mean,
theres something about music specifically
that people are drawn to as an art form.
There are so many people you talk to that
go, Oh, I wish I could play the piano. I wish
I could play the guitar. I wish I could sing.
And here comes this guy who says, As
long as you think you can do it as long as
you believe in yourself you can do it. Its
kind of a nice affirmation of the arts. And
humanity.
Most people hear Music Man and
think, Seventy-Six Trombones, he says.
Which is great, but theres more to it than
that.
It actually won [the Tony Award for
Best Musical] over West Side Story, adds
Erika, so The Music Man has some weight.
Just because it doesnt have that intensity
that West Side Story has doesnt mean it
doesnt deal with real issues.
Quad City Music Guilds The Music Man
runs at Molines Prospect Park Auditorium
August 5 through 14. For information
and tickets, call (309)762-6610 or visit
QCMusicGuild.com.
Continued From Page 8
by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
7iII 7here Was You
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Between the rural pride of
the homestead and the Zen-like
relationship with nature, there seems
to be a dichotomy in the messages
of Whitmores lyrics. But its in
Field Song that he combines these
competing ideals with brilliant clarity.
The track picks up on a slight echo
from the acoustic guitar, as though he
were playing in a vaulted barn with
birds in the rafters. Though Whitmore
is only in his early 30s,
the lyrics suggest a
wisdom that has seen
decades of change:
Three square meals
and a minimum wage
/ Reminds me of the
good old days / Before
the manifest destiny
of the factory farms /
When those cutthroats
came and burned
down the barn.
His lyrics frequently
suggest nostalgia
sometimes even a sense of loss.
But he simultaneously maintains an
unwavering optimism with the songs
first and last lines: Write this down
and dont forget / That the best of times
aint happened yet. This unusual,
pastoral harmony between hard labor
and a peace drawn from nature sets
Whitmore apart from other artists.
While the majority of the album
works as a unified whole, Lets Do
Something Impossible is a digression
and an uncharacteristic misstep. Its
difficult to decrypt his metaphors
of horse races, Paris in 1943, and
Custers Last Stand. The song is about
collectively overcoming a hardship of
some sort, but its hard to figure out
whom hes addressing, and its oddly
muddled compared to the rest of the
album.
But overall, Field Songs is mature and
trenchant, and it shows a different side
of the artist from his previous releases.
Animals in the Dark (from 2009)
focused on political dissension with
rebellious songs such as Mutiny and
Johnny Law, and past albums have
dealt with overarching themes of death
(Ashes to Dust) and despair (Hymns for
the Hopeless). Field Songs replaces that
anger and gloom with a sense of peace,
trading angst for a content unity with
nature and the farm.
W
illiam Elliott Whitmores music
is simple in structure, with
basic chords and cadence. But
the messages in his new album, Field
Songs (released July 12), run much deeper.
Pensive lyrics explore the relationships
between human life and nature, and the
universal connection between all living
things.
But dont mistake his songs for
clichs. Whitmores sentiments are
delivered with
such candor and
conviction that
listeners might feel
theyre experiencing
the emotions
firsthand.
Whitmore
accompanies his
worn-leather vocals
with just a single
banjo or guitar, and
an occasional bass
drum. The listener
is left with a raw
sound, like sitting in on a simple, from-
the-heart songwriting session. While
a lone banjo or guitar puts his songs
in the folk idiom, his soulful baritone
is reminiscent of legends such as Tom
Waits and Johnny Cash gritty and
captivating if not always beautiful. The
cracks in his voice tell as much of a
story as the cracks in a field workers
hands.
Whitmore bases many of his lyrics on
the idea that a man may live and work
on the land, but in the end he is only a
small and fleeting part of nature. This
philosophy is the main drive behind
Well Carry On: I was born in these
woods / These hills are my home /
But Im just here for a little while /
Because everything gets gone. There
is a comfortable cohesion between life
and death in his lyrics that suggests
a naturalist lifestyle despite agrarian
hardships. His upbringing on a horse
farm in Lee County, Iowa, has an
obvious influence on his songwriting.
The lyrics and melodies may be
simple, but their delivery completes
Whitmores storytelling. The album
begins with the chirping of birds a
cheerful, comforting sound that is often
drowned out by the noise of day-to-
day life. Field Songs takes a step back
from the cacophony of modern life and
appreciates simplicity.
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to the most profitable multinational energy
companies while dictating what light bulbs
the rest of us must use.
And exactly how many jobs have been
created, other than those within government
itself, including the myriad agencies?
What economic model accurately supports
the notion that government creates jobs
in an economy, other than those required
for its own functioning, when it produces
nothing on its own and therefore strictly
depends on taxation of the private sector for
its support?
Enough time has passed to conclude
that, by every conceivable measurement,
all the relevant government agencies
responsible for the oversight and continued
improvement of their respective categories
are unparalleled failures, especially
considering the massive amounts of money
and resources each absorbs.
Evidence of the disincentive created by
the overabundance of government agencies
lies in the patterns of overregulation
implemented. Nine times out of 10,
government regulations benefit industries
largest producers while providing
deterrents to their competitors, especially
the medium-sized to smaller ones.
The intended consequence of most
regulations is not prevention but
punishment. Put another way, the purpose
of most regulations is to generate revenue
from violations in the form of punitive
fees and fines. However, when evaluated
by standard economic measurements,
such as cost-benefit ratios or opportunity
costs, many regulations fall far short of
the requirements that would justify their
continuation.
The harsh reality is that American
government is nothing more than a
bureaucracy made up of corporate insiders
and politicians in league with industry
leaders, union bosses, large foundations,
and the courts, all of whom are financed
largely at the expense of American
taxpayers.
Together these forces conspire to curtail
or eliminate competition, which is the
antithesis of a free-market economy, as well
as a pox on a republic under the rule of law.
Such conduct will inevitably transform a
free-market republic into a fascist-styled
tyranny peddled to us as a democracy.
Unless, of course, Americans decide to
put a stop to it. We still have considerable
tools at our disposal: the power of the
purse, the U.S. Constitution, our individual
votes, state and jury nullification, local civic
participation, and grand juries, to name a
few options still available.
Whether political or economic,
corruption thrives far better under
commerce law and/or administrative
procedure, which has liability without
an injured party at its core. It would not
prevail under common law, because
most liability must be accompanied by
harm. The first has no attachment to
the U.S. Constitution, or justice for that
matter, while the latter is firmly rooted
in individual rights protected by the
Constitution, making it all about justice.
by Kathleen McCarthy
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WORDS FROM THE EDITOR
TARP, Stimulus, Now Debt Ceiling In-
crease: Back in the Woodshed
What Ise ls Happenin
(1818 Third Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m.
$10-12. For tickets and information, call
(309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit Circa21.
com.
THEATRE
Friday, August 5, through Sunday, Au-
gust 14 The Music Man. Quad City Music
Guilds presentation of Meredith Willsons
beloved, Iowa-set musical. Prospect Park
Auditorium (1584 34th Avenue, Moline).
Thursday-Saturday 7:30 p.m., Sunday 2 p.m.
(309)762-6610 or visit QCMusicGuild.com.
Thursday, August 11, through
Sunday, August 21 Evita. Andrew Lloyd
Webbers and Tim Rices Tony-winning
musical on the rise and fall of Eva Peron.
Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (311 River-
view Drive, Clinton). Thursday-Saturday
7:30 p.m., Sunday and Wednesday 3 p.m.
(563)242-6760 or visit ClintonShowboat.
org.
Saturday, August 13 and Saturday,
August 20 New Ground Theatre One-
Act Play Readings. Listen to and discuss
several works by local authors, and help
determine which will be produced in New
Grounds January presentation Bad Habits.
Village Theatre (2113 East 11th Street, Vil-
lage of East Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $5 at the
door. For information, call (563)326-7529 or
visit NewGroundTheatre.org.
DANCE
Saturday, August 13 Rhythm State
of Mind. Summer concert with the areas
WINGS Dance Company, featuring a
program of jazz, comedy, and the groups
signature black-light numbers. St. Ambrose
Universitys Galvin Fine Arts Center (2101
Gaines Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $4-8.
For information and tickets, call (309)523-
3035 or e-mail naidinedangelo@yahoo.com.
EVENTS
Saturday, August 6 Christian Cares
Walk the Walk. Second-annual benefit for
domestic-violence-awareness programs,
with live music, presentations, a profession-
al self-defense demonstration, childrens ac-
tivities, trivia competitions, chair-massage
stations, a silent auction, and more. Sunset
Park (18th Avenue and Sunset Road, Rock
Island). 10 a.m. Donations encouraged.
For information, call (309)788-2273 or visit
ChristianCareQC.org.
Sunday, August 7 Quad City Phoenix
Festival. Fundraising event for domestic-vi-
olence-awareness programs, with live music,
food vendors, art for sale, self-defense dem-
onstrations, information booths, childrens
activities, and more. Schwiebert Riverfront
Park (17th and 20th Streets at First Avenue,
Rock Island). Noon-7 p.m. Donations encour-
aged. For information call (309)292-6380 or
visit QCPhoenixFestival.com.
Thursday, August 11, through Satur-
day, August 13 2011 Tug Fest. Annual
grudge matchfestival between LeClaire,
Iowa, and Port Byron, Illinois, featuring live
music, a parade, a 5K run/walk, vendors,
childrens activities, carnival events, a
fireworks display, and Saturdays 1 p.m.
tug-of-war over the Mississippi River.
LeClaire and Port Byron levees. $5 per day,
$12 for a three-day pass. For information
and schedules of Iowa and Illinois events,
call (563)289-3946 or (309)314-0556, or visit
TugFest.org.
Friday, August 12 Flamingo Fling Art
Auction & Party. Annual fundraiser for the
botanical center, featuring art on exhibit
and for sale, music by the Fry Daddies, a
live auction, a cash bar, light appetizers, a
raffle, and more. Quad City Botanical Center
(2525 Fourth Avenue, Rock Island). 7 p.m.
$10-15. For information and to register, call
(309)794-0991 or visit QCGardens.com.
by Jeff Ignatius
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COVER STORY Continued From Pages 6-7
The Apache Relay
Blues Traveler
Nikka Costa
[albums made without the backing of major
labels], but at the same time we could have used
a little more ... feedback.
Most Blues Traveler studio records, he said,
have tended to feature three or four strong
songs, and some good jammy material. But its
three or four songs short of really having a great
record, in general.
In preparation for its next album, Blues
Traveler spent a month in Texas over the winter
working with songwriters including Ron
Sexsmith, Alejandro Escovedo, Chris Barron
(of Spin Doctors), Aaron Beavers (of Shurman),
and Carrie Rodriguez. They tried out songs
written with Blues Traveler in mind, and also
sought assistance on their own material. Those
sessions yielded roughly two dozen songs, and
Kinchla said the new album will be recorded in
November and December. We brought more
people into the mix, he said. We know who we
are, and we know where we need help, and were
not insecure about that.
The goal, Kinchla said, is a concise, solid
album in the traditional sense 11 or 12 songs,
less than 50 minutes.
Dont take that, however, as a sign that the
band is abandoning its trademark improvisation.
The traveler of Blues Traveler comes from the
demon Gozer in Ghostbusters, and the guitarist
compared the transcendent moments of live
performance to spiritual visitations. When
Sheehan was alive and the band was a quartet,
Kinchla said, sometimes it would feel like a fifth
entity entered the room. ... Oh my God! Hes
here!
He also likened the phenomenon to seeing
God for a minute. ... Were at the point now
where you have those little magic moments all
the time.
For more information on Blues Traveler, visit
BluesTraveler.com.
label sitting right in the middle of you and
audience, and a lot of times you dont get
that conversation going.
Costa now hopes to release three or four
EPs a year instead of the traditional album.
I have different playlists of different
genres, she explained. And I want
cohesive records. So I have to just take
which one I want to explore at the time.
Working without label support both
creative and financial is a challenge,
she said: I dont have a lot of money. To
float this kind of upstart business is a
little stressful sometimes, but the payoff is
having real creative freedom and a sense
of we can do whatever, so lets do it, lets
try it ... . Its a very why-not place to be.
Which is liberating. So the payoff is okay.
Costa said that Prince has encouraged
her for years to go the independent route.
You have to be ready to take it on, and you
have to be willing to have it kind of tough
for a minute, she said. Its very different
from having a record company behind you
and pushing you and throwing money at a
project. Everything is a little bit more of a
struggle, and a little bit more of a fight. ...
Its been tough for a while, and Im
doing what I can to keep moving in the
mud. ... Even when I was on a major label, I
was in the mud.
For more information on Nikka Costa, visit
NikkaCosta.com.
So he hired a bluegrass trio called The
Apache Relay to play behind him for a
March 2009 gig, and they joined forces
after that.
The transition to a rock band was also
abrupt. Ford described the groups first
album 1988 as a stripped down,
raw, acoustic, folky pop record. It was
the recording of American Nomad and
State Trooper that pushed the band
toward rock music.
Were honestly the most accidental
rock band ever, Ford said. We literally
started out as an acoustic quartet playing
in coffee shops. ... We both kind of just
met at the perfect time. Everyone was
really open to anything.
For more information on The Apache
Relay, visit TheApacheRelay.com.
the album. Near the end is a trio of home-
themed songs the title track, When I
Come Home, and Home Is Not Places
and the rousing bookends are contrasted
with the delicate, mournful beauty of
the middle song. (The final song in that
cycle gives some hint of that irresistible
idealism: Home is not places / It is love.)
The thematic sequencing, Ford said,
was a bit of an accident. We didnt
consciously discuss ... those songs being
back-to-back, he said. It definitely seems
like a purposeful move. ... [But] it was just
how the songs flowed.
Similarly happenstance was the bands
formation. Ford had been performing in
Nashville as a singer/songwriter, and I
never really felt like I got in my comfort
zone performing alone like that, he said.
I was really self-conscious about it.
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Mens magazines and blogs always have
some article telling guys to pick up women
at grocery stores. Really? Ive actually
never heard of a guy successfully asking a
girl out in the vegetable section. The meat
counter doesnt seem all that conducive to
romance, either. Whats the real deal on
meeting women at the supermarket?
Cleanup in Aisle Two
Theres all this breathless encouragement
for guys to go meet women at the
supermarket, as if the place is the key thing.
As if a guy who always strikes out at the
bar just needs to lurk in the organic lettuce
section and picking up women will play out
like the deer trotting up to the hunter and
saying, Hi, my names Tiffany, and Ill be
your dinner.
The guy most likely to score at the
supermarket is one who has the mojo to
score at a wake, while leaning over the
embalmed dead body. Sure, if you spot
some babe foraging in the probiotic dairy
products, try your luck. But as the author
who calls himself Mystery points out in
his book The Pickup Artist, the supermarket
is a poor place, statistically speaking, to go
to meet women. You might see one hot one
there some night, but in his words, Why
run around searching for one woman at a
time when you can wait in a valley where
all the animals will come to drink from the
water hole?
Although Mystery tries to pick up women
everywhere he goes, he finds theres no
water hole that compares to clubs. (In his
definition of clubs, he includes bars, social
restaurants, and parties.) Even if you dont
like venues such as these, theyre the best
training ground for a guy who needs to get
game, because there are lots of women who
are single and looking, and not just for fresh
cilantro.
Having lots of women to hit on is how
you get practice, which is how you get good.
(Essentially, you fail your way to success.)
The high volume of women in a club also
helps keep you in a more positive mindset. If
one disses you, its just a sign to move on to
the next in an environment conducive to
approaching them. Theres sexy music and
lighting, and you can ask a woman to dance,
buy her a drink afterward, and talk. What
do you say in the supermarket? Lemme buy
you that head of cabbage?
Part of what you need to practice is
having the right stuff going on in your head.
Mystery talks about conveying personality
rather than convincing a woman youre
worthy of her. This takes having fun trying
to meet women. You do that by making
your goal going out and having a good time
working on your mojo instead of being on
some grim life-or-death mission to score.
Once you get good at hitting on women in
clubs, you increase your chances of success
everywhere... increasing your chances that
some woman will follow you out of the
supermarket, determined to get into your
pants, and not just because she saw you on
the security tape sticky-fingering a box of
Pop-Tarts.
$enior Momentum
Since Ive been online-dating, Ive
noticed a shocking trend: old men
hitting me up for dates. Im 24, and my
profile states that Im seeking men ages
24 through 35. Yet men my fathers age
and a few close to my grandfathers have
winked at me and asked me out. Gross.
Men this old never approach me in real
life. Why do they do it online?
Icked Out
When youre 24, an older man is
probably 36, not somebody who used to
enjoy long walks on the beach but now
enjoys long walks to the salad bar. (If you
listen closely, you can hear his pacemaker.)
An old dude who hits on you may have
a distorted sense of his attractiveness
(charming at any age). He may think that if
he can just get you out on a date, his timeless
sex appeal will make you go deaf when
the waitress offers him the senior citizen
discount. And who knows... maybe youre
looking for a sugar grandpa. Doesnt hurt to
ask! Well, not nearly as much as if the old
coot were doing it while looking down your
cleavage at Starbucks: Hey, baby, I could tell
you stories about the days before voicemail.
Online, however, you and the other 3,126
young chickies he hits on will probably just
delete him. But theres always that chance
that one will be drunk, crazy, or desperate
enough (in his mind, smart, insightful, and
adventurous enough) to meet him and see
that he looks not a day over 40... in the right
light. (Unfortunately, the right light would
be near-pitch darkness 20 years ago.)
Ask
the
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analysis of the damage human beings have done
to the earth and each other. Its a wrenching text,
but in the end it offers redemption. A review
by Publishers Weekly says that Jensens book
accomplishes the rare feat of both breaking and
mending the readers heart. I invite you to pursue
a similar possibility, Sagittarius. Summon the
courage to allow your heart to be broken by a
blessed catharsis that will ultimately heal your
heart so its even stronger and smarter than it was
before the breaking.
CAPRICORN (December 22-January
19): Right now you may be feeling
especially squeezed by one of the
apparent contradictions in your life. But Im here
to tell you that its not as contradictory as you
think. Its seemingly paradoxical elements are in
righteous harmony with each other at a higher
level of understanding. Can you rise to that higher
level so as to see what has been hidden from your
view? I believe you can. For best results, let go of
any temptation you might have to act as if youre
oppressively defined by your past.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Psychologist and priest David
Rickey counsels people who are about to be
married. You are perfectly mismatched, he likes
to tell them. As much as you think you have
chosen each other because of beauty or shared
interests, the deeper reason is that unconsciously
you know the other person is going to push your
buttons. And the purpose of relationships is for
you to discover and work on your buttons. I
share Rickeys views, and offer them to you just in
time to make maximum use of their wisdom. You
see, Aquarius, youre in a phase when you have
extraordinary power to learn from and adjust
to the challenges that come from having your
buttons pushed by those you care about.
PISCES (February 19-March 20): In his
song Crazy, British singer Seal repeats
the following line numerous times for
emphasis: Were never going to survive unless we
get a little crazy. I recommend it as a mantra for
you to rely on in the coming days. Your emotional
health will depend on your ability to laugh at
yourself, play along with absurdity, and cultivate
a grateful reverence for cosmic riddles. Being a
little crazy will not only keep you robustly sane; it
will also allow you to enjoy and capitalize on the
divine comedy life presents you with.

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The chance of that happening was as likely as
a tornado sweeping through a junkyard [and
assembling] a Boeing 747 from the materials
therein. I do think that something less amazing,
but still semi-miraculous, is in the works for
you, Leo. What do you imagine it might be? Im
getting a vision of a windy thunderstorm blowing
through a junkyard in such a way as to assemble
an impressionistic sculpture of you wearing a
crown of flowers and X-Ray Specs as you ride
confidently on the back of a lion.
VIRGO (August 23-September 22):
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz,
the yellow brick road symbolizes a
path leading to all of lifes answers, to a place
where fantasies can be fulfilled. Dorothy and
her companions follow that road in the belief
it will take them to the all-powerful Wizard of
Oz in the Emerald City. While I dont mind you
playing with the idea that you may eventually
find your own personal yellow brick road, for the
immediate future I urge you to adopt the attitude
Elton John articulated in his song, Goodbye
Yellow Brick Road: Oh Ive finally decided my
future lies beyond the yellow brick road. Its time
to add more nuts-and-bolts pragmatism to your
pursuit of happiness.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):
Some readers get enraged about the
crafty optimism I advocate in my book Pronoia
Is the Antidote for Paranoia. Given what they
regard as the miserable state of the world, they feel
its a sin to look for reasons to be cheerful. One
especially dour critic said that after reading a few
pages of the book, he took it out in his backyard,
doused it with gasoline, and incinerated it. You
may face similar opposition in your attempts to
foment redemption, smoke out hope, and rally
the troops, Libra. I urge you to be extra fierce in
your devotion to peace, love, and understanding.
SCORPIO (October 23-November
21): Of all the adversaries I will ever
face, my ego is the supreme challenge.
It tries to trick me into thinking its interests are
exactly the same as my own. It periodically strives
to bamboozle me into believing that I should be
motivated by pride, competitiveness, selfishness,
or judgmental evaluations of other people. When
Im not vigilant, it lulls me into adopting narrow
perspectives and subjective theories that are rife
with delusions about the nature of reality. Dont
get me wrong: I still love my ego. Indeed, being on
good terms with it is my only hope for keeping it
from manipulating me. I bring this up, Scorpio,
because its prime time for you to come to a riper
understanding of your own ego so you can work
out a tougher, more no-nonsense agreement with
it.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22-
December 21): Sagittarian author
Derrick Jensen wrote the book A
Language Older Than Words. He weaves together
the tale of his abusive childhood with an angry
ARIES (March 21-April 19):
Symbolically speaking, there is a Holy
Grail hidden close to you, and you
know it, but you havent been able to
find it. The Grail is a golden chalice filled with
medicine that could open what needs opening in
you. Luckily, you will soon come into possession
(symbolically speaking) of a big, thick magical
wand that can give you a new advantage. Heres
what I conclude: Use your wizard stick to locate
the cup of wonder so you can take a big sip.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Much
of the work youre doing right now
is invisible to the naked eye, maybe
even to your own naked eye. Youre learning a
lot while you sleep, drawing sustenance from
hidden reservoirs even when youre awake, and
steadily improving yourself through the arts of
creative forgetting and undoing. Continue this
subtle artistry, Taurus. Be cagey. Be discreet.
Dont underestimate how important silence
and even secrecy may be for you right now. The
healing transformations unfolding in almost
total darkness should not be exposed or revealed
prematurely; they should be protected with
vigilance.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Either
Way Im Celebrating. Thats the title
of a poetry comic book by Sommer
Browning, and I suggest that you consider it as a
worthy title for your life in the coming days. The
adventure youre in the midst of could evolve in
several possible directions, each with a different
rhythm and tone, each with a distinct lesson and
climax. But regardless of what path you end up
taking, Im almost positive you will have good
reasons to throw yourself a party at the end.
Having said that, though, I also advise you to
decide which version of the story you prefer, then
make it your strong intention to materialize it.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): During
the skunk mating season, two robust
members of the species made the
crawl space beneath my house their trysting
place. The result was spectacular. Siren-like
squalls rose from their ecstasy, spiraling up into
my kitchen accompanied by plumes of a stench
that I imagined the Italian poet Dante, in his book
The Inferno, might have identified as native to the
ninth level of hell. Being as instinctively empathic
as I am, I naturally appreciated how much delight
the creatures were enjoying. At the same time, I
wished they would take their revelry elsewhere.
So I called on the Humane Society, an animal
rescue group, to flush them out without harming
them. If anything resembling this scenario takes
place in your sphere, Cancerian if someones
pursuit of happiness cramps your style I suggest
you adopt my gentle but firm approach.
LEO (July 23-August 22): Astronomer
Sir Fred Hoyle rejected the prevailing
scientific theory that life on this planet
emerged by accident from a primordial soup.
1uIy 21 Crossword Answers
July 21 Answers: Right
ACROSS
1. Exceed
5. Savory
10. Cheeseparing one
15. Sacred bird
19. Adequate, archaically
20. Stand
21. Saw
22. Stem joint
23. Stand wide open
24. Thole anagram
25. Part of USNA
26. Patch location
27. Start of a quip by Gracie Allen:
5 wds.
31. Vetch
32. Laine or Massey
33. Cravat
34. _ Bonham Carter
37. Merry Widow composer
39. Uphold
44. With
45. Thats So _
46. Effrontery
47. Expert
48. Rounded projection
49. Enjoyed
50. Middle Ages poet
51. Baker or Huntley
52. Native: suffix
53. Like textiles
54. Two-bit
55. Dolores Claiborne setting
56. Patio
58. Eat
59. Certain racers
60. Part 2 of quip: 5 wds.
64. Bulldoze
67. Precipitateness
68. Natural number
72. Willow rod
73. Short-tempered
74. Cotillion
76. Ab _
77. Candy maker
78. Devoutness
79. Engage in swordplay
80. Spiritless
81. Tinas ex
82. Vague feeling
83. Itinerary
84. System of beliefs
85. Tape housing
87. Sicker
88. Guest of a kind
89. Balloon basket
90. Sage
91. Platform
92. End of the quip: 5 wds.
101. Gula or cyma
102. Arete
103. Kind of bowl or bar
104. Dies _
106. Term in bridge
107. Basket for fish
108. Lacking sense
109. Ibsen protagonist
110. Secure
111. _ David Thoreau
112. _cornered
113. Fly
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1. Guitar part
2. Branch of biol.
3. Underclassman: abbr.
4. Dulcifies
5. Vast arid region
6. Poplar
7. Pep or poison
8. Cult object
9. Uninvolved
10. Feed trough
11. The Gem State
12. Except
13. Minced oath
14. Reunion-goer
15. Kind of printer
16. Cui _
17. Brainchild
18. Perceived
28. Yin and _
29. _ Bator
30. Fork part
34. Custom
35. Act like a ham
36. Also-ran
37. Tarn
38. Poetic time of day
39. Creme de _
40. Dilettantish
41. Genus of insects
42. Dunne or Castle
43. Observes
45. Watercourse
46. Of course!
49. Not widespread
50. Thick
51. _ du jour
53. Cookie
54. Material for a glazier
55. The Count of _ Cristo
57. Lariats
58. Stale
59. From this time
61. Quiche ingredient
62. Sew
63. Recoil
64. Club performer
65. Port city in Japan
66. Traps, in a way
69. Folklore monster
70. Shirk
71. Moving part
73. Color
74. _ ex machina
75. Whats at stake
78. Italian poet
79. Legal kind of science
80. Ganache
82. Headquarters
83. Sub _
84. Helix
86. Make plans
87. To a great degree
88. SWAT officer, at times
90. Bet
91. Eddy or Allman
92. Friends character
93. Hut
94. Toothed wheel
95. Engage
96. Place of perfection
97. Carvey or Andrews
98. Raucous sound
99. Ferrum
100. Seat of Irish kings
105. Sup
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2011/08/04 (Thu)
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Locust Davenport, IA
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival:
Andy Schumm & His Gang -Putnam
Museum & IMAX Theatre, 1717 W 12th
St Davenport, IA
Bix Youth Band (6pm) - Jimmy Val-
entine Quintet (7pm) - Josh Duffee
Orchestra (8pm) - New Wolverines
(9pm) - Bill Allred (10pm) -Col Ball-
room, 1012 W. 4th St. Davenport, IA
Prairie Ramblers w/ Don Estes (11am)
-Davenport Public Library (Main), 321
Main Street Davenport, IA
Coupe de Ville -Bass Street Landing Plaza,
Moline, IL
Darius Rucker -Mississippi Valley Fair-
grounds, 2815 W. Locust St Daven-
port, IA
DJ Jeff & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant
and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
Gong Show Karaoke w/ Rock N the
House Karaoke -Uptown Neighbor-
hood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Jam Sessions with John OMeara &
Friends -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State
St. Bettendorf, IA
Jazz Jam with The North Scott Jazz
Combo -Mojos (River Music Experi-
ence), 130 W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Applebees Neighborhood
Grill - Davenport, 3005 W. Kimberly Rd.
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge, 3727
Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and
Grill, 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA
Koobys Karaoke -Headquarters Bar &
Grill, 119 E. 22nd Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Live Lunch w/ Rose n Thorns (noon)
-Mojos (River Music Experience), 130
W 2nd St Davenport, IA
Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabanas, 2120
4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Music on the River: Smooth Groove
-Schwiebert Riverfront Park, between
17th & 20th Streets Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Kung Fu Tofu -
Stickmans, 1510 N. Harrison St. Dav-
enport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Steve McFate -Salute,
1814 7th St Moline, IL
Open Mic Night w/ The Dukes of Hag-
gard -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St
Moline, IL
Six Organs Of Admittance -Engl er t
Theatre, 221 East Washi ngton St.
Iowa City, IA
Southbound Fearing -Cool Beanz Coffee-
house, 1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
The Candymakers -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
The Tailfins (6 & 10pm) - High Cotton
Blues Band (7pm) - The Diamonds (7
& 9pm) - Simon Says Uncle (7:30pm)
-Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W.
Locust St Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
Wild Oatz -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
2011/08/05 (Fri)
Andy Schumm Gang (noon) - West
End Jazz (1pm) - Josh Duffee Orches-
tra (2pm) - Bix Youth Band (3pm) -
Vince Giordano (4pm) - New Wolver-
ines (6pm) - Dave Greer Classic Jazz
(7pm) - Hot Club of Davenport (8pm)
- Bill Allred (9pm) - Jim Cullum Jazz
(10pm) - Davenport & Bix Memorial
Jazz Bands (11pm)-Hotel Blackhawk,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Bix Youth Band (noon) - River City
6 (1pm) - Bix Memorial Jazz Band
(2pm) - West End Jazz (3pm) - Hot
Club of Davenport (4pm) - Josh Duf-
fee Orchestra (6pmn) - Statesmen of
Jazz (7pm) - New Wolverines (8pm) -
Dave Greer Classic Jazz (9pm) - Vince
Giordano (10pm) -LeClaire Park, River
Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA
West End Jazz (6pm) - Jim Cullum
Jazz (7pm) - Andy Schumm Gang
(8pm) - Manny Lopez Bi g Band
(9pm) -Col Ballroom, 1012 W. 4th St.
Davenport, IA
Blues Plate Special Lunch w/ Ren
Estrand (noon) -Mojos (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Daven-
port, IA
Caught in the Act -Martinis on the Rock,
4619 34th St Rock Island, IL
David Killinger & Friends -Gs Riverfront
Cafe, 102 S Main St Port Byron, IL
Friday Live at 5: The Candymakers
(5pm) -RME (River Music Experience)
Courtyard, Davenport, IA
Funktastic Five -River House, 1510 River
Dr. Moline, IL
Heidi Newfield -Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center, 1777 Isle Parkway
Bettendorf, IA
Henhouse Prowlers -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
Jimmy Lee Adams and the House Rock-
ers -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Jordan Danielsen (6pm) -Rhythm City
Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night (members only) -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rockingham
Rd Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Moline, 417
15th St Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Creekside Bar and Grill,
3303 Brady St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Paddlewheel Sports Bar &
Grill, 221 15th St Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -Stickmans, 1510 N. Har-
rison St. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night w/ Stevie J. -Roadrunners
Roadhouse, 3803 Rockingham Rd.
Davenport, IA
Night People -Cabanas, 2120 4th Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Smooth Groove -Edj e Ni ghtcl ub at
Jumers Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy
92 Rock Island, IL
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -Hollars
Bar and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
Tapped Out -Uptown Nei ghborhood
Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills Dr.
Bettendorf, IA
The Charley Hayes Trio (6pm) -Toucans
Cantina / Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st
Street Milan, IL
The Steve Miller Band -Mississippi Val-
ley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St
Davenport, IA
The Tailfins (6 & 10pm) - The Lovedogs
(7pm) - The Diamonds (7 & 9pm)
- House Arrest (7:30pm) -Mississippi
Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St
Davenport, IA
Tronicity -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th
St Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, pianist (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Wild Oatz -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
2011/08/06 (Sat)
Dave Greer Classic Jazz (noon) - New
Wolverines (1pm) - Manny Lopez
Quartet (2pm) West End Jazz (3pm)
- Bill Allred (4pm) - Andy Schumm
Gang (6pm) - Jimmy Valentine Quin-
tet (7pm) - Bix Memorial Band (8pm)
- Statesmen of Jazz (9pm) - Jim Cul-
lum Jazz (10pm) -LeClaire Park, River
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Fes-
tival: Bill Allred Big Band (noon)
- Jim Cullum Jazz (1pm) - Jimmy
Valentine Quintet (2pm) - Bix Memo-
rial Band (3pm) - Dick Hyman (4pm)
- Statesmen of Jazz (6pm) - New
Wolverines (7pm) - West End Jazz
(8pm) - Vince Giordano & Josh Duffee
(9pm) -Hotel Blackhawk, 200 E. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
River City 6 (6pm) - Dave Greer Clas-
sic Jazz (7pm) - Jim Cullum Jazz (8pm)
- Jimmy Valentine Quintet (9pm) - Bill
Allred (10pm) -Col Ballroom, 1012 W.
4th St. Davenport, IA
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festi-
val: West End Jazz (11:30am) - Bix
Memorial Band (12:30pm) - States-
men of Jazz (1:30pm) - Bix Youth
Band (2:30pm) - Jim Cullum Jazz
(3:30pm) -River Music Experience,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
C.J. the D.J.s Rock Showcase: Knuckle
Deep - As Big As A Mouse - 1380 -
RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Curtis Hawkins Experience -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Danika Holmes -The Grape Life Wine
Emporium, 3402 Elmore Ave. Dav-
enport, IA
Dennis McMurrin & the Demolition Band
- The Fowler Brothers -Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
DJ Scott & Karaoke -Greenbriar Restaurant
and Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
5 FRIDAY
6 SATURDAY
4 THURSDAY
Johnny Rawls @ The Muddy Waters August 8
Family Groove Company - Thinner Reed
- Sean Shiel -The Redstone Room, 129
Main St Davenport, IA
Gray Wolf Band -Len Browns North Shore
Inn, 7th Street and the Rock River
Moline, IL
Hi-Fi -Bl eyar ts Tap, 2210 E. 11th St.
Davenport, IA
Jordan Danielsen (6pm) -Rhythm City
Casino, 101 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Davenport, IA
Keep Off the Grass -River House, 1510
River Dr. Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Rachel Schultd (noon)
Lynn Allen -Rascals Live, 1418 15th St.
Moline, IL
Motley Crue - Poison - New York Dolls
-i wireless Center, 1201 River Dr Mo-
line, IL
Night People -Martinis on the Rock, 4619
34th St Rock Island, IL
River Prairie Minstrels (6pm) -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd
St Davenport, IA
Rob Dahms & Detroit Larry Davidson
(6pm) -Toucans Cantina / Skinny Legs
BBQ, 2020 1st Street Milan, IL
Rock N The House Karaoke -Uptown
Neighborhood Bar and Grill, 2340
Spruce Hills Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Smooth Groove -Edj e Ni ghtcl ub at
Jumers Casino and Hotel, I-280 & Hwy
92 Rock Island, IL
Tapped Out -Legends, 109 E Orange St
Geneseo, IL
The Candymakers -Bier Stube Moline, 417
15th St Moline, IL
The Charlie Daniels Band - The Ellis Kell
Band -Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds,
2815 W. Locust St Davenport, IA
The Tailfins (6 & 10pm) - The Lovedogs
(7pm) - The Diamonds (7 & 9pm)
- Vodkaseven (7:30pm) -Mississippi
Davenport, IA
The Tritones Jazz Ensemble -Bent River
Brewi ng Company, 1413 5th Ave.
Moline, IL
Walk the Walk: Jon Laird & Bob Kuhns
-Sunset Park, 18th Ave & Sunset Rd
Rock Island, IL
Waltson - Writer -Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Wild Oatz -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German Ameri-
can Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
2011/08/07 (Sun)
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Afterglow: Josh Duffee Orchestra
(7pm) - New Wolverines (8pm) - Bill
Allred (9pm) -Vickie Anna Palmer Hall,
115 W. 7th St., Davenport, IA
Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival
Brunch: Dave Greer Classic Jazz
(10am) - Statesmen of Jazz (11am)
- New Wolverines (noon) -Hotel Black-
hawk, 200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Dave Greer Classic Jazz (noon) - Hot
Club of Davenport (1pm) - River City
6 (2pm) - Manny Lopez Quartet (3pm)
- Bill Allred (4pm) -LeClaire Park, River
Buddy Olson (6 & 10pm) - Word of
Mouth DJ (7: 30pm) -Mi ssi ssi ppi
Davenport, IA
Glenn Hickson (5:30pm) -OMelias Sup-
per Club, 2900 Blackhawk Rd. Rock
Island, IL
Johnny Rawls (6pm) -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108
E 11th St Davenport, IA
Manny Lopez Trio (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC Plaza
Hotel Davenport, IA
Miranda Lambert -Mississippi Valley
Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St Dav-
enport, IA
2011/08/08 (Mon)
15th St Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Mike Cochrane (noon)
New Wolverines -Knoxville Tap, 8716
Knoxville Rd Milan, IL
2011/08/09 (Tue)
ABC Karaoke Contest Night -The Rusty
Nail, 2606 W Locust Davenport, IA
Island, IL
Karaoke Night -Sharkys Bar & Grill, 2902
E. Kimberly Rd. Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Randy Leasman (noon)
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenpor t, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -McMa-
nus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
Twosdays Jam with Lojo Russo -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd
St Davenport, IA
2011/08/10 (Wed)
Buddy Olson (6pm) -Duckys Lagoon,
13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL
Jeff Miller (6pm) -Gs Riverfront Cafe, 102
S Main St Port Byron, IL
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Davenport,
2228 E 11th St Davenport, IA
L.A. Guns - Los Tres: The Brandon Gibbs
Project -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri
Mason -Mojos (River Music Experi-
Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug
-Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Uptown
Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
2011/08/11 (Thu)
Bebop Night at the Rozz-Tox -Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Come Rain or Come Shine: A Tribute
to Female Jazz Vocalists -The Circa
21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave. Rock Is-
land, IL
Corporate Rock -Modern Woodmen Park,
209 S Gaines St Davenport, IA
Dani Lynn Howe -Bass Street Landing
Plaza, Moline, IL
DJ Jonny O -Greenbriar Restaurant and
Lounge, 4506 27th St Moline, IL
From Gardens to Graveyards -Por t
Byron Levee, Downtown Port Byron
Port Byron, IL
Gong Show Karaoke w/ Rock N the
House Karaoke -Uptown Neighbor-
hood Bar and Grill, 2340 Spruce Hills
Dr. Bettendorf, IA
Jam Sessions with John OMeara &
Friends -The Muddy Waters, 1708 State
St. Bettendorf, IA
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Purgatorys Pub, 2104
State St Bettendorf, IA
Karaoke Night -The Gallery Lounge, 3727
Esplanade Ave. Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -The Lucky Frog Bar and
Grill, 313 N Salina St McCausland, IA
Larry Miller -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse,
1325 30th St. Rock Island, IL
Live Lunch w/ Erin Moore (noon) -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Lynne Hart Jazz Quartet -Cabanas, 2120
4th Ave. Rock Island, IL
Music on the River: Crusin -Schwiebert
Riverfront Park, between 17th & 20th
Streets Rock Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Kung Fu Tofu -
Stickmans, 1510 N. Harrison St. Dav-
enport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ The Dukes of Hag-
gard -Bier Stube Moline, 417 15th St
Moline, IL
Rude Punch -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Those Darlins - American Dust -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
Troy Harris, Pianist (6pm) -Red Crow
Grille, 2504 53rd St. Bettendorf, IA
2011/08/12 (Fri)
Blues Plate Special Lunch w/ Tony
Hoeppner (noon) -Moj os ( Ri ver
Musi c Experi ence), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Barlowe & James (6pm) -Toucans Cantina
/ Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st Street
Milan, IL
Crossroads -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State
St Bettendorf, IA
Dave Weld and the Imperial Flames
-The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Every Wakes Dream -Mojos (River Music
Experience), 130 W 2nd St Daven-
port, IA
Friday Live at 5: Funktastic Five (5pm)
-RME (River Music Experience) Court-
yard, Davenport, IA
Funktastic Five -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Gray Wolf Band -Martinis on the Rock,
Just Chords -Bier Stube Davenport, 2228
12 FRIDAY
10 WEDNESDAY
11 THURSDAY
9 TUESDAY
8 MONDAY
7 SUNDAY
The Whoozdads -Rhythm City Casino, 101
W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
Troy Harris, pianist (6pm) -Phoenix, 111
West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Ya Maka My Weekend Jumers Casino
& Hotel Stage: Yard Squad (6pm)
- Kenyatta Hill with Yard Squad
(8:15pm) - Pato Banton and The
Now Generation (10:30pm) -District
of Rock Island Jumers Casino & Hotel
Stage, 2nd Ave., between 17th & 19th
Sts. Rock Island, IL
Ya Maka My Weekend Plaza Stage: De-
Hurricane (5pm) - Zion Lion (7:15pm)
- Universal Expression (9:30pm)
-District of Rock Island Great River Plaza
Stage, 2nd Ave., between 17th & 19th
Sts. Rock Island, IL
2011/08/13 (Sat)
319 Fest -Hitters Ball Park, 7251 Mt Vernon
Rd. SE Cedar Rapids, IA
Back Track Band with Hollywood Dave
-Greenbriar Restaurant and Lounge,
Barley House Band -Cool Beanz Coffee-
Cosmic -11th Street Precinct, 2108 E 11th
St Davenport, IA
Crossroads -Mound Street Landing, 1029
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Eleven Fifty Two - The Blushing Gun - The
Lion In Rome -Uptown Neighborhood
Bettendorf, IA
Frank Drew Live (6pm) -Rock Island Boat
Club, 1706 Mill St Rock Island, IL
Jordan Danielsen & The Great Space
Coasters - The Perpetual s -The
Redstone Room, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
Karaoke Night (members only) -Moose
Lodge - Davenport, 2333 Rockingham
Rd Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Circle Tap, 1345 Locust St.
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Stickmans, 1510 N. Har-
rison St. Davenport, IA
Davenport, IA
Night People -Cabanas, 2120 4th Ave.
Rock Island, IL
REMOD - Satellite Heart - The Post Mor-
tems - Emmit Wilson -River Music Ex-
perience, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Rude Punch (12:30am) -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Russ Reyman Trio (5pm) -The Rusty Nail,
Sin City -River House, 1510 River Dr.
Moline, IL
Skynny Skynyrd -LeClaire Levee, Down-
town LeClaire LeClaire, IA
Smooth Groove -Uptown Neighborhood
Bettendorf, IA
Songwriters in the Round -Cool Beanz
Cof feehouse, 1325 30th St. Rock
Island, IL
Sugar Nipples - Halo Of Flies - The
Blow Ups -Rascals Live, 1418 15th
St. Moline, IL
Taj Weekes & Adowa - Tribal Momentum
-Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St
Iowa City, IA
The Manny Lopez Big Band (6pm) -The
Circa 21 Speakeasy, 1818 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Karaoke Night -Generations Bar & Grill,
4100 4th Ave. Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -Moes Pizza, 1312 Caman-
che Ave Clinton, IA
Davenport, IA
Kings Kiss -Port Byron Levee, Downtown
Port Byron Port Byron, IL
Lynn Allen -River House, 1510 River Dr.
Moline, IL
Night People -Rhythm City Casino, 101 W.
River Dr. Davenport, IA
Paleo - Darsombra - Land of Blood &
Sunshine -The Mill, 120 E Burlington
Iowa City, IA
Ron LaPuma Band -The Muddy Waters,
1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Rude Punch (12:30am) -RIBCO, 1815 2nd
Secret Squirrel -Duckys Lagoon, 13515
78th Ave Andalusia, IL
Seth Kabala -Mojos (River Music Experi-
Smooth Groove -Martinis on the Rock,
Songwriters in the Round (3pm) -River
Music Experience, 129 Main St Dav-
enport, IA
Steve Ks Karaoke (4pm) -Port Byron
Levee, Downtown Port Byron Port
Byron, IL
Tapped Out -Crabbys, 826 W. 1st Ave.
Coal Valley, IL
The Annual Big Band Show -The Or-
pheum Theatre, 57 S. Kel l ogg St.
Galesburg, IL
The Fry Daddies (6pm) -Toucans Cantina
/ Skinny Legs BBQ, 2020 1st Street
Milan, IL
The Hooks - The Blow Ups -Rascals Live,
1418 15th St. Moline, IL
The Knockoffs -Grand Tap, 2100 Grand
Ave. Galesburg, IL
Tri-Polar XXXpress -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W
Wild Oatz -Purgatorys Pub, 2104 State St
Bettendorf, IA
Ya Maka My Weekend Arts Alley: The
Steel Panthers (5:30pm) -Arts Alley,
adjacent to Quad City Arts, 1715 2nd
Ya Maka My Weekend Jumers Casino
& Hotel Stage: The Fiyah (1:15pm) -
Universal Expression (4:30pm) - Zion
Lion (7:45pm) - Inner Visions (11pm)
-District of Rock Island Jumers Casino
& Hotel Stage, 2nd Ave., between 17th
& 19th Sts. Rock Island, IL
Ya Maka My Weekend Plaza Stage:
FireSale (12:30pm) - DeHurricane
(3:45pm) - Ifficial (7pm) - Niabinge
(10:15pm) -District of Rock Island
Great River Plaza Stage, 2nd Ave., be-
tween 17th & 19th Sts. Rock Island, IL
Zither Ensemble (10am) -German Ameri-
can Heritage Center, 712 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
2011/08/14 (Sun)
ABC Karaoke -The Rusty Nail, 2606 W Locust
Davenport, IA
Cal Stage -LeClaire Levee, Downtown
LeClaire LeClaire, IA
Dave Ellis hosts Funday Sunday Live
Music on the Patio (6pm) -The Muddy
Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Five Bridges Jazz Band (10:30am) -Brady
Street Chop House, Radisson QC Plaza
Hotel Davenport, IA
Island, IL
Jim Ryan (2pm) -Len Browns North Shore
Inn, 7th Street and the Rock River
Moline, IL
Karaoke Night -11th Street Precinct, 2108
2011/08/15 (Mon)
15th St Moline, IL
Lynn Allen (8pm) -LeClaire Levee, Down-
town LeClaire LeClaire, IA
2011/08/16 (Tue)
ABC Karaoke Contest Night -The Rusty Nail,
Island, IL
Live Lunch w/ Dave Smith (noon) -Mojos
(River Music Experience), 130 W 2nd St
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night -Cool Beanz Coffee-
Open Mic Night -The Dam View Inn, 410
2nd St Davenport, IA
Open Mic w/ Jordan Danielsen -Bier
Stube Davenpor t, 2228 E 11th St
Davenport, IA
Quad-Cities KIX Orchestra -The Redstone
Room, 129 Main St Davenport, IA
Southern Thunder Karaoke & DJ -McMa-
nus Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
2011/08/17 (Wed)
Buddy Olson (6pm) -Duckys Lagoon,
13515 78th Ave Andalusia, IL
Jam Session -Iowa City Yacht Club, 13 S
Linn St Iowa City, IA
Jeff Miller (6pm) -Gs Riverfront Cafe, 102
S Main St Port Byron, IL
Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -Bier Stube Davenport,
2228 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Karaoke Night -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Live Lunch w/ Brent Feuerbach (noon)
Music on the Levee: Central High School
Jazz & Marching Bands -LeClaire Park,
River Dr & Ripley St Davenport, IA
Nashville Pussy - Dwarves - Electric
Machete -RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Open Mic Night w/ Alan Sweet and Siri
Mason -Mojos (River Music Experi-
Open Mic Night w/ Karl, Mike, & Doug
-Boozies Bar & Grill, 114 1/2 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Open Mic Night w/ Luis Ochoa -Uptown
Southern Thunder Karaoke -Hollars Bar
and Grill, 4050 27th St Moline, IL
T.J. Sapp -Cool Beanz Coffeehouse, 1325
30th St. Rock Island, IL
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16 TUESDAY
13 SATURDAY
14 SUNDAY
15 MONDAY

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