If you checked out Little Village Live last night then you know you were treated to a seriously sick and soulful set by Dave Bess of Public Property, currently perfecting his act as a 1-man band. Straight into the soundboard he bumped his thick bass grooves, signature hooks and live dub stylings of his own […]
February 2010
Posted inAlbum Reviews
Album Review: Autechre "Oversteps"
There are few musicians whose music is as polarizing as Autechre. It would be one thing if they were resolutely in the experimental music camp. The avant-garde have their audience, who embrace abstraction and difficulty, and revel in sound only marginally less random than brownian motion. But Autechre occupies a strange middle ground between the […]
Posted inArts & Entertainment
Iowa City Weekender: February 18-20
Gosh, anybody tune in to Little Village Live last night? Midwest Dilemma was in-studio, or at least Justin Lamoureux, who recently brought us the album Timelines and Tragedies along with about 30 of his closest friends over there in Omaha. A very nice performance indeed, check back soon for video clips at LittleVillageMag.com. It seems […]
Posted inCommunity/News
UI Flashes Cash, Orders Bijou to Suck It
Yet another statement in support of the First Amendment and the Bijou’s right to bare skin Ah, Valentine’s Day, the Hallmark-approved day to celebrate love in all its many forms. Well, not all, if you’re the University of Iowa’s Tom Rocklin. Rocklin recently decided to cancel the Bijou Theatre’s showing of the 3-D camp porn […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 11-14
THURSDAY Green Drinks | Red Avocado | 5:30 pm | Free admission – great wine list! This weekend, start your love fest with an alcohol infused meditation on the big things we sometimes take for granted – fresh air, potable water, that’s right… the environment! If you heart the environment despite it’s occasionally godawful temperatures, […]
Posted inCommunity/News
Big Dreams
Features: February 2010 – Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us: the season of love and kisses, of hearts and flowers, of infinite romantic possibility, right? “Let’s face it,” says Angie Toomsen of Dreamwell Theater. “It’s a totally lame holiday that glosses over the true complexity of human relationships and makes people feel like crap if […]
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13th Annual Souper Bowl Raises Funds, Awareness
Visitors packed the Highlander Convention Center Thursday for the Domestic Violence Intervention Program’s (DVIP) 13th annual Souper Bowl fundraiser.
An estimated 400-600 individuals attended the event, paying $20 to be treated to live music and to sample the 42 different kinds of soup donated by local restaurants. The event affords local residents an opportunity to pitch in for the fight against domestic violence in Iowa.
Posted inAstrology, Community/News
Astrology Forecast for Feruary 2010
FOR EVERYONE ~ Shelter from the storm. February offers a brief but very helpful lull in the action, a protected space where we can all catch our breath. It will give us a chance to adjust to all the big changes that just went down and make plans for the future. There is a lot […]
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Iowa City Weekender: February 4-7
Greetings, Weekenders! Big thanks to Caleb Hawley and Reed Waddle for being our special guests on last night’s edition of Little Village Live – our weekly radio show, Wednesdays 5-6 pm on KRUI. Check back soon for video clips of their live in-studio performance. Tune in next week for a special Tuesday edition – that’s […]
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Opinion: The Picador
The little club that everyone loves to gossip about was back on blast for the last few weeks, thanks to at least four events: 1, the place being put up for sale; 2, some slightly disparaging comments made by another LV writer, which in turn sparked an internet mini-flame war; 3, the fact that the […]
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Show Review: Mountains, TAPE, Marlo Eggplant, Rene Hell, Picador 2/1/10
[audio:http://music.cornwarning.com/audio/2010-02-01-MargotEggplant.mp3|titles=Live@Picador|artists=Marlo Eggplant] Marlo Eggplant [audio:http://music.cornwarning.com/audio/2010-02-01-ReneHell.mp3|titles=Live@Picador|artists=Rene Hell] Rene Hell [audio:http://music.cornwarning.com/audio/2010-02-01-Tape.mp3|titles=Live@Picador|artists=TAPE] Tape [audio:http://music.cornwarning.com/audio/2010-02-01-Mountains.mp3|titles=Live@Picador|artists=Mountains] Mountains Experimental concerts, like Monday night’s show at the Picador, are good for, if nothing else, watching the way compositions are constructed. Monday’s bill presented a wide swath of musical styles and, for the observant, a bevy of approaches. Olympia, WA’s Marlo Eggplant brought […]
