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Iowa City Weekender: March 11-13
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Last week I stopped by the Summer Camp Battle of the Bands and was reminded that, every now and then, you just need to be in a sweaty basement full of smiling hippies on [...]
Blog
Coolzey – The Honey»
Local Albums: January 2010 – Zachary Lint Aka Coolzey has taken time off from home renovation and starring in zombie movies, to drop another CD of profound silliness. Or silly profundity–I’m not quite sure. Full disclosure: I’ve done some post production and mastering work for Zack in the past. But hey if you want someone [...]
Festival Guide: Mission Creek 2010»
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Flip through the official festival guide for Mission Creek Midwest, 2010 – included as an insert in our March issue.
Full sets for Rene Hell/Wet Hair @ Java House 2-19-10»
I forgot to post this, and Matt beat me to the punch posting video from the live show at the Java House Feb 19.
RENE HELL
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http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/2010-02-190-ReneHell-WetHair/2010-02-19-ReneHell.mp3
WET HAIR
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http://www.cornwarning.com/xfer/2010-02-190-ReneHell-WetHair/2010-02-19-WetHair.mp3
VIEW VIDEO OF RENE HELL
VIEW VIDEO OF WET HAIR
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 [...]
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Festival Guide: Mission Creek 2010»
Download printer-friendly PDF of the Festival Guide
Flip through the official festival guide for Mission Creek Midwest, 2010 – included as an insert in our March issue.
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 [...]
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 they’re [...]
Mountains: Choral»
CD Reviews: February 2010 – Mountains recorded it’s third release, Choral, in front of a live audience with minimal overdubs added later for effect or layering. And despite the trappings of their genre (ambient), the record feels live, not stately. The Brooklyn-based duo pays attention to the listener, quietly adding elements like a fog descending [...]
Movies
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 classic [...]
Community
Knight Time»Features, March 2010 – Sure, an open mic is like a box of chocolates, but Monday night at the Mill is my favorite lime cream-centered, caramel pecan toffee of a weekly free music night in Iowa City.
Since 1981, Open Mic with J. Knight has been an Iowa City institution, a place where up-and-coming talent shares [...]
