‘we will will you’ isn’t about Julie and Andrew Thoreen’s separation as couple and band but rather the subtly uncharted part where they consider coming back from it. The band goes on to describe the album as a record that “invites us into the process of re-commitment.”
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Album Review: Illinois John Fever — Out Here Nobody Knows
Illinois John Fever are a country blues band with a backyard party vibe; they lock into steady grooves made more exciting by the occasional moments where they drop time.
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Astrology forecast Oct. 18-31
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Simon & Garfunkel released their first album in October 1964. It received only a modest amount of airplay. The two musicians were so discouraged that they stopped working together. Then Bob Dylan’s producer Tom Wilson got permission to remix “The Sounds of Silence,” a song on the album. He added rock instruments and heavy echo to Simon & Garfunkel’s folk arrangement. When the tune was re-released in September 1965, it became a huge hit. I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because I suspect you’re now at a point comparable to the time just before Tom Wilson discovered the potential of “The Sounds of Silence.”
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Witching Hour — Track by track, part one: American Politics and Race and Gender in America
Excited for Witching Hour this weekend but not sure where to start? The curators of the Witching Hour festival have arranged a series of tracks to guide your steps and highlight the hope at the heart of the festival: that encountering the unknown within particular, relevant issues will inspire individuals to become more innovative in their questioning and creating.
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North America’s only professional marimba quartet makes a stop in Cedar Rapids
The Heartland Marimba Quartet — the only professional marimba quartet in North America — will present a concert at the Eastern Iowa Arts Academy (1841 E Ave NE, Cedar Rapids) on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 8 p.m. The concert is free, but a $15 donation is suggested.
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Call for submissions: Trump cover contest
The first anniversary of the 2016 election is almost here, and Little Village is accepting cover submissions to commemorate the occasion.
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Sen. Grassley skips town hall meetings in Johnson, Linn and other big Iowa counties for the fifth straight year
Last week, the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley announced Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator had completed another annual tour of all the state’s 99 counties. But once again, he skipped town halls in the biggest counties.
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Zombie Burger’s Debbie is back in one piece, following the return of her stolen body parts
Debbie the zombie is whole again, after her stolen upper body was returned to Zombie Burger.
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‘Education is a currency for survival’: Jon Kerstetter on politics, war and recovery
Iowa City Book Festival Presents: Jon Kerstetter Prairie Lights — Saturday, Oct. 13 at 1 p.m. In July of 2003, Jon Kerstetter, a U.S. Army National Guard combat physician, found himself in a rather bizarre situation. Despite a lack of training or certification in forensic pathology, Kerstetter was commanded to identify the dead bodies of […]
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Phony money marked with Chinese characters is being circulated in Iowa City
The Iowa City Police Department issued a warning about phony money of various denominations being passed in the Iowa City area.
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Protesting by ‘taking a knee’ comes to Iowa high school football
Last week, the controversy over athletes kneeling during the national anthem to protest racial injustice that began in the NFL reached high school football in Iowa.
