Mission Creek is off and running and I am trying to be everywhere all at once. i’ll be posting photos – with little to no editing – each day of the festival. I am keeping my chatting to the minimum, and the photos coming. The Festival Kicked off with A Classic Education and British Sea […]
March 2011
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American Reason Web Exclusive: 3/29/11
This week on the American Reason Web Exclusive we bring you the Q&A section from our discussion of Postville and illegal immigration with Rockne Cole and Dr. Mark Grey.
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American Reason on KRUI: 3/27/11
This week on American Reason we discussed Postville and illegal immigration with Rockne Cole and Dr. Mark Grey.
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Mission Creek Day 1: Come dance now.
Instead of getting into the details of A Classic Education schooling their audience on powerhouse Brit-pop, The Wandering Bears plucking tambourines from a red-lit, skeletal branch whilst belting out sweet downhome harmonies, and an ecstatic audience parting for members of the U of I brass section to join Rubblebucket onstage for a thunderous finale, what I would like to write you instead is “please come do this.”
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The short, beautiful life of Alyssa Baye
We read the obits at our house, because we’re at the age where we find our friends and acquaintances featured there with increasing frequency. My wife asked me the other night “did you know Alyssa Baye? It says she was a music fan and liked that Dead Larry.” I didn’t know Alyssa personally. I have […]
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Dining Review: Beer Dinner at The Red Avocado
I attended The Red Avocado’s second beer dinner on Wednesday, March 23. Served to a soundtrack of blues played by guitarist Dustin Busch (who fittingly told me his last name is spelled “like the beer”), the beer dinner presented five courses worth of expertly chosen food and beer pairings.
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Show Preview: Zomes, Skull Defekts, Alex Body & Joe Pavillion @ White Lightning 3/29/2011
On the 29th of March, Iowa City will a reunion of sorts as well as the return of a past festival guest. The returning guest is Daniel Higgs. A long-time staple of the underground, both internationally as well as in Washington, D.C. for his work in Lungfish and more general epicness, Higgs played a beautiful […]
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An Interview with Alex Toth of Rubblebucket
Rubblebucket is playing Monday, March 28 at Gabe’s (13 S. Linn St.). I asked Alex Toth, trumpeter for Rubblebucket, some questions.
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Photos: Les Dames Take Over Catherine's
Catherine’s has always had beautiful things in their window display. But never like THIS!! Iowa City’s own Les Dames du Burlesque got the glass all steamy with a sneak preview of their show for Mission Creek THIS WEEK!! Passersby got an eyeful as the ladies seduced Dubuque Street like enchanted mannequins come to life. A clock […]
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Interview: John Waters on ‘Pink Flamingos,’ the transformation of Divine and the changing face of indie cinema
Friday, April 1, 2011 | Englert | 6 p.m. Doors Everyone has their first time with John Waters. For me, it was the summer of 1976, when I took off from my Grandmother’s house in Provo Utah, after a weird, lonely, freshman year at BYU (don’t ask) and hitchhiked around the West. I ended up […]
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Unabridged: An Interview with John Waters
Everyone has their first time with John Waters. For me, it was the summer of 1976, when I took off from my Grandmother’s house in Provo Utah, after a weird, lonely, freshman year at BYU (don’t ask) and hitchhiked around the West. I ended up–rather crazed after sleeping rough alongside Interstate 5–in Berkeley, crashing with hippie friends. My first night in town they took me to see a midnight showing of…
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An Interview with Marshall LaCount of Dark Dark Dark
I had the chance to chat with Marshall LaCount (banjo, clarinet, vocals) via email from France, where he
offered early-morning insights into what’s happening in the world of Dark Dark Dark.
