You might not have noticed, but this weekend started early – here’s a recap of Wednesday’s very notable events: 4:00 – Gabe’s opens its doors under new ownership, with Craig back behind the bar! 5:00 – Unknown Component brings his heady rock to KRUI for Little Village Live (watch this space for video updates in […]
Things to do in Iowa City
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Unknown Component on Little Village Live – 3/24/10
There it is, that’s the formula. Disaffected + Groove = Truth
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The Way of Tack
Features: March 2010 – There’s a disconnect between meeting Tim Tack–an Iowa City hip hop producer and PATV’s Assistant Community Programmer–and seeing Tack Fu, his alter ego, host of channel 18’s “85 dB TV.” But not what you’d assume. The former brims over with outsized energy for his professions, which he takes very seriously. And […]
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'95 'TIL INFINITY: A Personal Narrative of Hip-Hop and Place in Iowa City
Features: March 2010 – Where they were from was just as important as what they were saying, almost from the beginning. To be down was to be in the house. Location in Iowa City was and is the same—while rappers can and will rap anywhere, and come and go, it is the places that get […]
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Prairie Pop: Musical Brew
Prairie Pop: March 2010 – With some musicians and bands, I form a kind of matrimonial bond (though because I like so many artists, that makes me a bit of a polygamist). Long-term fandom is like entering into a marital contract–where you’re with them until the bitter end, even if they get a little ugly […]
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Air Pirates
March 2010 – In 1990’s Pump Up the Volume, Christian Slater played Happy Harry Hard-on, a renegade pirate radio deejay who shocked and entertained his growing legion of listeners with R-rated language and intermittent moments of Was (Not Was) and The Jesus and Mary Chain. Broadcasting from an undisclosed location with his transmitter and voice […]
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Greatness Unbroken
Talking Movies: March 2010 – If you’re the kind of moviegoer who wishes you’d lived back when X was making movies (where X stands for your favorite great director), if like me you wish you had been there for the fresh projections of Godfather I rather than opening weekend of Godfather III–even if you’re simply […]
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Dave Moore with Peter Taft at the Red Avocado – 3/20/10
A short clip of Dave Moore performing at the Red Avocado with guest Peter Taft on bass. (YouTube)
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Baklava: For the Sweet Tooth
I have never made baklava before, but it was not as difficult as I had expected it to be. It does have a lot of steps to it but I assure you, your stomach will thank you.
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Johnny On Point on Little Village Live – 3/17/10
CLIP ONE (YouTube)
CLIP TWO (YouTube)
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Iowa City Weekender: March 18-20th
FRIDAY Joe and Vicki Price | George’s Buffet | 9 pm | FREE Eastern Iowans Joe and Vicki Price come put the cherry on top of Spring Break week. Parking spaces, sunshine, rusty bikes, saint paddy’s day, Lost, Mission Creek preparatory research, did I mention sunshine? And bikes? And free blues at George’s? Joe and […]
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Vegetable Geeks: Rhapsody in Greens and Reds and Yellows
Hi there! Welcome to the first blog post by vegetable geeks Melody and Theresa. We are both vegetable-loving Iowa City folks who enjoy cooking and baking for the pleasure of both the soul and the tongue. We’re embarking on a three-month project to document our joie de vivre de cooking, and inviting whomever cares to […]
