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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.
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Show Review: Mountains, TAPE, Marlo Eggplant, Rene Hell, Picador 2/1/10»
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Marlo Eggplant
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Rene Hell
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Tape
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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 [...]
Sam Locke-Ward & Kate Kane – Live @ Java House 2010-01-29»
The Java House has been branching out into having more live performances of late, and a week after a wonderfully raucous show at the Mill, Kate (of Lipstick Homicide & Boo Hoos) and Sam (of Miracles of God & SLW & the Boo Hoos) did an acoustic show. Pictures by the lovely and talented [...]
The Boo Hoos, Lipstick Homicide, Hott, and Old Panther Live 1-23!»
I hauled out the trusty Zoom H4 to the Mill last Saturday night, and recorded some good ol homegrown Iowa Rock & Roll. So Here it is, with no commercial interruption!
All pics (except the first) were taken by the person I know only as Barefoot Adrienne — see all her pictures from the night [...]
Highlights
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 [...]
The Boo Hoos, Lipstick Homicide, Hott, and Old Panther Live 1-23!»
I hauled out the trusty Zoom H4 to the Mill last Saturday night, and recorded some good ol homegrown Iowa Rock & Roll. So Here it is, with no commercial interruption!
All pics (except the first) were taken by the person I know only as Barefoot Adrienne — see all her pictures from the night [...]
SHOW REVIEW: DMX at The Coralville Marriott, 12/11/2009»
DMX was a non-stop growling and barking hit factory back in the nineties and into the new millennium. The fifth best-selling rapper of all time? Five back to back #1 albums on Billboard? When local promoters Amaza Show brought him to the Marriott in Coralville to head up a bill, I was excited.
Memories stirred of [...]
Show Review: Keller Williams at the Englert 10/23/2009»
A hyperactive Jimmy Buffet breaks through the weed smoke and patchouli to win over fans of all ages – with gentle humor, loopy romanticism and mad skills on the gee-tar.
Movies
Avatar — Savages not just Noble, but Neon»I checked this out last night, and as a cinematic entertainment I really enjoyed it. As a movie it’s much, much better than “Titanic,” which was an immensely successful entertainment, but also mawkish, sentimental and plodding. Avatar is a more rigorously plotted and realized piece of film making, and gets points for advancing the state [...]
Community
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 [...]
Astrology
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 [...]
