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GUEST COMMENTARY
by Scott E. Stafne
ScottStafne.com
Judge Denies Homeowners Their Due Process

Editors note: While the following blog posting
from Washington attorney Scott Stafne (born
and raised in Bettendorf) concerns Washington
state jurisdiction, it is still highly instructive
for all of us on how the courts contribute
to foreclosure inequities, resulting in the
destruction of not only the middle class but of
property rights under our Constitution.
In Washington state, there are thousands
of families having their homes fraudulently
foreclosed on, most without due process from
the courts which are tasked with protecting
due process under the state and federal
constitutions. Recently an appeals judge
in Washington ruled in favor of bypassing
due process, further enabling nonjudicial
foreclosures.
Nonjudicial foreclosures allow a lender
to foreclose on a property without a court
proceeding. The only way for an owner to
fight this type of foreclosure is to file a lawsuit.
Often, nonjudicial foreclosures occur without
the participation, or even knowledge, of the
owners(s). Only 32 states permit nonjudicial
foreclosures. While Iowa and Illinois are not
among them, Iowa has a provision known as
alternative nonjudicial foreclosure, which
permits the owner(s) to request a nonjudicial
foreclosure to avoid court (RCReader.com/y/

foreclosure1).
It is important to understand these remedies
that exist for lenders and how they impact
property owners rights, because legislators
could eventually allow their use without us
(Iowans and Illinoisans) knowing, especially if
we are not paying attention. Most mortgages
contain language that provides mortgagees
consent to these remedies, but sadly most
buyers are clueless about what they are actually
agreeing to.
he United States Constitution is the

supreme law of the United States.
Each of its 50 states also has its own
constitution by which the government and
officials of each state are governed. Under our
traditions of government, the meaning of the
provisions of a constitution is determined by
the judicial branch of government.
Judges often interpret constitutional
provisions differently. But most start their
interpretation with the language of the
constitution. I read an MSNBC article
recently (RCReader.com/y/foreclosure2)
that stated: Supreme Court Justice Antonin
Scalia took the stage at Southern Methodist
University Monday night and argued the

consider constitutional language or historical
Constitution is not a living document and is
context when construing the nature and
dead, dead, dead.
extent of judicial responsibilities.
Justice Scalia discussed how children
A decision (RCReader.com/y/foreclosure3)
would visit the Supreme Court and refer to
by Judge Michael J. Trickey of Division 1
the Constitution as a
of the Washington
living document but
Court of Appeals
that the Constitution
(who ran unopposed
It doesnt take a lawyer to
is, in fact, dead. A
for re-election in
figure that our framers did 2014 [RCReader.
staunch conservative
and textualist, Scalia
not intend that people could com/y/foreclosure4])
believes the law must
illustrates
be taken literally
have their homes taken from Washington
and that the original
courts failure to
them without having access meaningfully address
meaning of the
Constitution is the
constitutional
to the original jurisdiction of the
best way to interpret
issues that come
it.
before them.
the superior court.
Regardless of
In this opinion, the
whether one believes
court acknowledges
that a constitution is a
that the constitution
dead document or living organic law, it is
gives superior courts original jurisdiction
axiomatic that its interpretation must begin
over all cases involving title and possession
with the exact language of the constitution
of real estate. But then it goes on to state that
focused by the historical context in which it
this does not matter, because the nonjudicial
was written.
foreclosures are based on a contractual
Unfortunately for us in the State of
Washington, judges appear not inclined to
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by Rich Miller
CapitolFax.com
LETTERS
Chicago Mayor Will Likely Blues Fest Should Scale Back

Help End State Stalemate and Embrace Local Acts
then led to the 2011 legislative education

he absurd facade of this long-running
state-government impasse might best be reforms (also pushed by the Chicago mayor
and people such as Bruce Rauner) aimed
summed up with two brief statements.
mostly at teachers and their unions, along
(1) Governor Bruce Rauner to Democrats:
with legislation to cut back the number of
Just support my plans to eviscerate organized
state workers represented by AFSCME and a
labor and Ill give you the rare privilege of
second batch of pension reform.
voting to raise everybodys income taxes.
To me, the key here is Chicago Mayor
(2) Democrats to Rauner: Just accept
Rahm Emanuel. If he
our piddly little workers
really is privately asking for
compensation reforms
If Rahm Emanuel is
some legislative limits on
and well let you put all
teacher-union collectiveRepublican legislators on an
privately asking for
bargaining powers as the
income-tax-hike bill, which
governor has been telling
you can then, of course,
limits on collectivereporters and anyone else
gleefully sign into law.
bargaining powers,
who will listen then you
Those two statements
can expect the speaker and
bring to mind a long-ago
you can expect that
the Senate president will
description of the play
Waiting for Godot. It was,
Democratic leaders will eventually go along.
Why would they
the reviewer wrote, a play
go along? Thats what
in which nothing happens,
eventually go along.
Democratic leaders from
twice.
Chicago usually do when
Aint that the truth.
their mayor needs them. Not every time, but
Neither of these things will ever happen.
its a pretty safe bet.
I have heard some portray this standoff as
And because Emanuel has not as of this
something like a religious war, in which each
writing actually denied the governors claim
side is so wedded to their own core belief
about what he really wants, Im guessing the
structures particularly when it comes to
governor is probably telling the truth or at
labor unions (Rauner against, Democrats for)
least a version close enough to reality to finally
that all rapprochement is impossible.
smoke out the mayor and have him prod his
But as hard-line as the summer has
two leaders to start moving on a resolution
most certainly appeared, I am increasingly
convinced that this overtime session isnt quite that can be applied statewide. As you know,
the governor refuses to even talk about a
as simple as either of those comparisons.
For instance, Rauner talks a good game, but budget until he gets some of his Turnaround
he often backs off. He repeatedly threatened to Agenda passed, and keeping the teacher
unions in check could go a long way toward
shut down the government during last years
campaign, but he has instead done everything that goal.
Until then, I think the Democratic
possible to avoid a shutdown after vetoing
leadership is content to continue its slow
most of the budget in June.
walk to oblivion and watch the governors
The governor has railed against unions but
negotiated a state contract with the Teamsters, poll numbers move inexorably down, while
galvanizing organized labor behind the
which even includes collecting fair share
Democratic Party like never before.
fees that he believes are unconstitutional.
And as long as Rauner can keep most of
He has made innumerable cuts that were
government functioning, I dont think hes
quickly restored, whether through executive
prepared to make any major deals, either.
fiat, legislation he supports, or court cases he
So the Democrats and the mayor and the
backs.
governor could all choose to wait until the
House Speaker Michael Madigan likewise
stuff really hits the fan later this month and
talks a very good game about protecting
into next month, when state governments
the middle class, but he hasnt always been a
white knight for his core constituency groups. rapidly deteriorating condition could very
well excuse an ugly deal in the minds of their
He flipped on his much-favored trial lawyers
respective constituencies.
and rammed through medical-malpracticeOr they could just stick their necks
lawsuit reforms last decade, for instance.
out, act like statesmen, and hammer out a
The speaker made a deal that undercut
trade unions at McCormick Place, when asked compromise before the pain really begins.
Nah.
to by Chicagos mayor. He muscled through
a Tier 2 pension plan for state workers and
Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax (a daily
teachers. That resulted in the unions boycott
political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.
of Madigan in the 2010 campaign which
pon reading your article What

Next for the Blues Fest? (see
River Cities Reader Issue 887, July
23-August 5, 2015), here are my thoughts:
First, in the early years, the Blues
Fest mainly booked local and area acts.
Many good musicians rehearsed for
hours to give excellent performances for
very small compensation. There was no
admission at the gate, the festival bands
pleased the crowds, and, thanks to selfless
musicians and organizers such as Jason
Stuart (now of Cobalt Blue), the thrill was
definitely there.
Then the fest grew, and many moreexpensive national acts were booked,
thus replacing most of the local acts. At
some point, a local band pretty much
had to win an Iowa Blues Challenge to be
accepted as a Blues Fest act. Most of the
good performance times (later in the day)
were given to the national acts. Featuring
more local blues musicians and bands
would definitely be in alignment with the
Mississippi Valley Blues Societys charter
of fostering education and keeping the
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blues alive. So why not book more local

acts, but pay them better for their efforts
and support?
It is never wise to spend more than
you are bringing in. So why not scale
back? Make the fest a day shorter until
it builds. Many excellent and supportive
local musicians that have been edged out
of the festival could be resentful. It may
not be easy to win back their support
and participation, but its worth a try.
Lets begin by hiring and even honoring
local musicians such as Jason Stuart who
helped build the Mississippi Valley Blues
Fest.
Every article Ive read concentrates
on the negative effects of weather,
flooding, and lax fundraising. Yes, these
are important, but as restructuring of
the fest occurs, other factors need to be
considered.
The thrill may be gone, but just for now.
Larry Huntley
Local Blues Fest participant and fan
of the blues
Vol. 21 No. 889

Aug. 20 - Sep. 2, 2015
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THEATRE
Boy Meets Ghoul
By Thom White
thomasjasonwhite@gmail.com
The Addams Family, at the District Theatre through August 30
aking The Addams

Family as a sign,
Im excited about
the District Theatres
future in downtown Rock
Islands former Argus
building, and while there
are still a few growing
pains to overcome, the
company is clearly off to a
good start.
This new location
allows plenty of
performance space, and
director/scenic designer
Tristan Layne Tapscott
takes full advantage here
Erin and Jason Platt in The Addams Family
with a hinged backdrop
can meet. Meanwhile, Uncle Fester
that folds in on itself
(James Fairchild) plans to ensure that
to allow for quick, mere-seconds-long
changes from outside the Addams house love conquers all with the help of the
Addams ancestors, portrayed with
to its interior. Equally welcome are
ghoulish delight by Aaron Lord, Mark
Tapscotts scene changes. His direction
Ruebling, and Linda Ruebling beneath
finds actors simply moving to the sides
Nici Bennetts and Spencer Fillmans
of the playing area and continuing their
songs while the set is altered, allowing the impressive makeup. The shows main
problem, though, is that composer
performance to be seamless rather than
Andrew Lippas songs rarely match
peppered with stopping points that pull
the characters familiar personalities;
you out of the story.
when Gomez (Jason Platt) sang the
I cannot, though, adequately assess
sweet, loving number Happy/Sad to
designer Anthony Natarellis lighting
Wednesday, I kept thinking, Theres no
effects, because they arent being
way Gomez would sing this! The tunes
employed properly, having been set too
are fine-to-great, especially Festers The
low and, mostly, too far in the back of
Moon & Me, but most of them belong in
the theatre. While televisions premier
a different musical altogether.
macabre family should be in shade,
Whats enjoyable about this staging,
here the effect seems less intentional
though,
is its blend of characterizations
than unavoidable. And as much as the
that
mimic
those from the original
actors are in shadow, so, too, are their
series
and
characterizations
that reach
voices murky. The performance space, at
beyond
them.
Fairchild,
a
true
joy in
present, lacks sound dampening, which
means voices tend to bounce around, and this production, perfectly matches TVs
Fester, while Christopher Tracy does
I missed lines and lyrics as a result.
a spot-on Pugsley. The enrapturing
While I liked The Addams Family
Sara Wegeners deadpan deliveries as
overall, its also the rare musical in
Lurch, meanwhile, are captivating, as
which I prefer the book to the music,
is the marvelous costume designed by
with writers Marshall Brickmans and
Sara Kutzli and Wegener herself, with
Eric Elices tale echoing the jokey shtick
the performer standing on stilts for
of the sitcom. Here, Wednesday (Liv
height and wearing shoulder pads for
Lyman, in lovely voice) is older and in
proportion. (When a set piece hit a
love with the comparatively normal
chandelier on Friday, Wegener simply
Lucas (the charming Natarelli), and
reached up and steadied it.)
invites him to dinner so their families
Platt, on the other hand,

is among those who channel
their Addams Family TV
personas but dont let
the sitcom dictate their
performances. His Gomez
remains a flirt with a flair for
the dramatic, but the actor
shapes him with additional
empathy and what I call
his signature Platt pauses.
(The actor has a tendency
to pause mid-sentence
and repeat a word before
continuing he might, for
example, say Its just that
I ... I want to talk to you
and this technique helps his
line deliveries seem sincere
rather than recited.) Jasons real-life
wife Erin Platt, whose Morticia is still
a curvy, confident sexpot, is also more
self-absorbed and jealous, leaning more
toward Anjelica Hustons film portrayal
than Carolyn Jones. And Nancy Teerlinck
alters her portrayal so that she seems
more of an off-her-rocker than odd-duck
Grandma Addams, and elicits quite a few
laughs for it.
Playing Lucas parents Mal and Alice
Beineke are David Miller and Jennifer
Sondgeroth, and although Mal doesnt offer
Miller much to work with hes mostly a
career-minded dud the actor lends him
a nuanced pride in his former youthful
glories. Sondgeroth, though, seems to
relish Alices ditzy demeanor, and pulls
off fantastic physical comedy that makes
Alices limbs look as dopey as her brain.
While The Addams Family may not emerge
among my favorite musicals, the District
Theatres production is loaded with laughs
and filled with strong performances, and
while I doubt Ill remember the musical
much, I will recall having a good time at
this presentation.
The Addams Family runs at the District
Theatre (1724 Fourth Avenue, Rock
Island) through August 30, and more
information and tickets are available
by calling (309)235-1654 or visiting
DistrictTheatre.com.
Photo: Kevin Schafer - KRichardPhoto.com
COVER STORY
Moellers Moves
Daytrotters Founder Brings His Savvy and Connections to River Roots Live, the Ballpark (Maybe), a New Venue (Probably), and ...
n June, Codfish Hollow Barn in Maquoketa hosted a show with Conor Oberst of
Bright Eyes. The concert didnt have Sean
Moellers or Daytrotters name on it, but the
link was clear enough.
I made that show happen, Moeller said
earlier this month.
Moeller founded Daytrotter.com in
2006 as a source for exclusive live-in-thestudio recordings, and the vast majority
of its thousands of sessions over the past
nine years have been recorded in the Quad
Cities. But even though concerts are not
Daytrotters product, they are an increasingly
common and visible fringe benefit for the
Quad Cities, and the Oberst performance
illustrates the reciprocal relationship
between the internationally known Web site
and local shows.
Moeller said hed been trying to get Oberst
in for a session since Daytrotter began but
it only happened because of Codfish Hollow.
I got a Daytrotter session out of Conor
Oberst, Moeller said. Thats why I did it.
... Im not going to not do that. ... Im going
to help make that happen so that I can
get something for Daytrotter from Conor
Oberst.
Over the past decade, much of the impact
Daytrotter has had on the Quad Cities
has been easily discerned although its
infrequently been explicit, and often its
indirect. Rozz-Toxs lineup is littered with
Daytrotter bands. Codfish Hollow concerts
typically feature some of Moellers favorite
bands.
More and more, however, Moeller is
putting his name on his work. For nearly
a year, hes booked and hosted Moeller
Mondays shows at Rozz-Tox. Last year
he began shows at Davenports Renwick
Mansion under the same banner, and this
year he started doing concerts at the Village
Theatre in Davenport.
Its a promoter thing, he explained about
the decision to create a Moeller brand. Its
like a [prestigious] record label. People do
believe in certain promoters. ...
I think I tried to stay behind the name
Daytrotter for the longest time. Id go
to places and Id just be introduced as
Daytrotter. This is Daytrotter.
Of course, the Web site is more than
just Moeller. He has a business partner and
several engineers, and he said the work of
illustrator Johnnie Cluney is essential to the
identity. And because Daytrotter is a media
company and not a concert organizer and
promoter, the name doesnt naturally fit with
shows that Moeller books or otherwise helps
with.
Photo by Matt Erickson (MRE-Photography.com)
Willy Mason performing at Codfish Hollow Barn in 2013 as part of the Communion Tour
So he said he wondered: Why the hell am
I not building up my own name a little bit? ...
Im just trying to be a facilitator. Im putting
my name out there because why shouldnt
I? There has to be something I put it under.
I want to be associated with the good things
that Im bringing to town, not for an ego
situation. There has to be somebody to
validate something thats coming to town.
... You still need somebody to put a stamp
on it.
Daytrotter itself plans to get back into the
business of one-time local shows with the
opening (likely this fall) of its new recording
studio and live-music venue in downtown
Davenport although thats no guarantee
given the history of the renovation project.
So Moellers behind-the-scenes work
continues. He booked artists for the
September 6 East Fest at Davenports BREW
in the Village.
He and Quad Cities River Bandits
Managing Partner Dave Heller are planning
to present concerts at Modern Woodmen
Park, possibly starting this fall.
And Moeller said he booked three of
the four headliners for this years River
Roots Live festival: rising country star
Kacey Musgraves, legendary R&B singer
Mavis Staples, and the indie-pop outfit
Hellogoodbye. If you look at this years
lineup, theres a lot of my fingerprints all over
it, he said.
Thats not modest, but the man has no
reason to be. For all that hes done with
Daytrotter, Sean Moeller has also reshaped
the local music scene when it comes to
touring artists.
Collecting Spaces
My job used to be different five years

ago, Moeller explained about how he
approaches Daytrotter. I dont really write
any more. I was eating up all of my day
trying to do these essays about bands. ... Part
of me still likes [and] wants to be a writer.
But I guess I realized what Im best at, and
what Im best at is pulling people together.
Im just best at making things happen ...
Im already working in that world. So
much of everything I do now is just booking.
Its all about logistics ... . Its figuring out
routes and when I can get people through. ...
Ive streamlined everything. ... Im able
to invest more time in really trying to get
people here.
And by here, Moeller means the
Quad Cities. Although Daytrotter records
in studios in London and Nashville, for
example, 85 percent of everything still
happens here at two Rock Island locations
Daytrotter presently uses, he said.
And its so much easier to get somebody
to come to town [with a show] especially
a band that maybe doesnt have much
money, doesnt have any money. I can
point somebody to Redstone Room, or I
can maybe do something at the Renwick
Mansion. Or maybe ... it works that we do a
barn show. ...
Everything that Im doing still revolves
around trying to get somebody here ... for
Daytrotter. If I have this other ... tool to use
... it kind of kills two birds.
So Moeller, especially in the past year,
has been building relationships that give
him access to new venues. Its been really
interesting, he said, because I feel like I do
have some opportunities. I look at all the

spaces Im sort of collecting.
The idea is that with more potential
concert outlets each with its own character
and capacity he has more options in terms
of the artists he can bring in. Rozz-Tox is
a great place for many acts, but it can only
hold 100 people. Codfish Hollow Barn holds
500 people.
The Daytrotter space in the Renwick
building at 324 Brady Street will have a
concert capacity right in the middle of
those assuming it ever opens.
And if River Roots Live and Modern
Woodmen Park become long-term partners,
Moeller would have the venue portfolio to
bring in musical artists that are much larger
draws.
It helps a great deal that he has a
reputation among bands and in the music
business, and the pull of sessions for
Daytrotter, and loads of friendships hes
fostered through Daytrotter. That means
he can often overcome barriers to shows
whether its a reticent booking agent or a
too-high price tag.
Dale Watson, for instance, was lured to a
Moeller Monday show at Rozz-Tox in June
with a door-split arrangement that only
guaranteed him $400 far less than his
going rate. (He ended up making far more
than the guarantee.)
Dale Watsons on a bus, Moeller said.
Theres no chance he can even drive
somewhere for less than $2,000. ... He came
because he liked us, because he wanted to
do it.
And at the local level, Moellers status
as a plugged-in taste-maker brings willing
partners.
Jason Gilliland, director of events for
the Downtown Davenport Partnership and
director of River Roots Live, said the festival
sought out Moeller to help book performers
because Seans been doing some really
great things with Daytrotter and Moeller
Mondays. His presence gave River Roots
Live opportunities to bring in artists we
might not have access to, or might not be
aware of.
Gililand wouldnt confirm which acts
Moeller had a hand in securing for the
August 28 and 29 event, but he did say
Daytrotters chief booked some directly,
opened communication channels with
others, and sometimes just encouraged a
band to accept an offer to play: Hes been
part of the conversations with a lot of these.
Moeller, he added, gives River Roots Live
a better chance to get the best music out
there and broaden our horizons. And it
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
gives a larger stage and audience to musical

artists that might otherwise be playing clubs
in the Quad Cities.
Plans for Modern Woodmen Park are
only in their infancy at this point, but Heller
wrote in an e-mail that Sean and I are both
eager to do something with live music at
the ballpark, probably right after the season
ends in that window between late September
and Halloween. That doesnt leave us a lot
of time, but we are trying to put something
together. If it does not happen this season, I
am confident we will get something done for
next season. ... Sean and I are going to try as
hard as we can ... .
Heller added that hes talked only with
Moeller about booking acts. Hes the best:
smart, knowledgeable, creative, insightful,
and collaborative all the qualities one
would want in a partner and a friend, which
is how I think of Sean. He also loves the
Quad Cities, is a good family man, and [is]
a blast to hang out with. What more could
anyone ask?
Give Me Your Mondays
While theres a new energy building

from Moellers work in live music in the
Quad Cities, the central idea of a symbiotic
relationship between Daytrotter sessions
and local concerts has existed since the sites
beginning.
When Moeller started the site in 2006,
he wanted to establish the Quad Cities as a
place to stop and do a session. Yet even in
the early months, he steered a Daytrotter
band to the Redstone Room.
Over the next few years, Moeller hosted
Daytrotter-branded shows at Huckleberrys
and other small venues including visits by
Amos Lee, Bon Iver, and Vampire Weekend.
Getting acts of that caliber in Rock Islands
intimate pizza parlor, he said, was crazy
but it speaks to the cachet Daytrotter had
built even at that early stage. I still can bank
on what Ive done at Huckleberrys, Moeller
said. Theyre still amazing feathers in my
cap.
And in 2008 Moeller scored a coup with
a Spoon-headlined show at the Capitol
Theatre. In an e-mail prior to that show,
Moeller told me that the band and its
manager have always wanted to do a
session, but it just never worked. We finally
had a way to do it with the availability of the
Capitol. Were going to be able to bring a lot
of people like that here now thanks to that
theatre.
Once Wolfgangs Vault bought a majority
stake in Daytrotter in 2008, however,
stand-alone local shows officially tied

to Daytrotter mostly stopped. Moeller
booked small Daytrotter Barnstormer tours
that often included Codfish Hollow, and
Daytrotters alliance with the Communion
Tour organization often resulted in shows at
RIBCO.
Then came Moeller Mondays at Rozz-
Tox. It started as a one-off event last

September a birthday party for Moeller,
and an anniversary gift for his wife. It was
our 10th anniversary, and so I booked a
bunch of people my wife and I love, Moeller
said. And so I flew in a few people, got
a couple other people to come to town.
And just kind of planned this really great
10th-anniversary surprise for my wife. ... We

didnt tell anybody who was playing.
From that genesis, Moeller has under
his own name been booking shows every
Monday at Rozz-Tox and occasionally on
different days of the week at other venues,
such as August 13s Christian Lee Hutson
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On the Side of the Angels
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poorly
because, here,
written
she portrays
script
an older
isnt enough
woman in
to derail the
her waning
Richmond Hill
years as if
Barn Theatres
channeling
Down to Earth.
Katharine
While Ive
Hepburn in
never before
her waning
thought Too
years. Im used
much exposito adoring
tion! as much
Philhower
as I did during
in her more
Thursdays
energetic
performance,
roles, such as
I still enjoyed
her rich bitch
Catherine Przybyla, Josh Wielenga, and Andrew Roseman
director Joe
Patsy Price
DePauws
in Richmond
presentation of playwright Bettye Knapps Hills 2010 Christmas Belles and her
weak comedy fantasy about angels
sprightly Hillary Hudson in 2011s Sex,
coming to Earth.
Please, Were 60. To see her playing
Knapp starts us off in Heaven as
someone far more decrepit was a surprise
three angels are about to descend, two
and attests to Philhowers abilities as
of them to collect souls and the third
an actor, and has me hoping the Barn
simply tagging along. While delightful
Theatre soon stages a version of Great
in their roles as Agnes, Pilone, and
Expectations with Philhower in the role of
Wilfred, Richmond Hills A.J. Evans, Josh Mrs. Havisham. (And if Philhower were
Wielenga, and Greg Bouljon are tasked
to play Dickens iconic role, then Id cast
with explaining the rules of Down to
Dana Skiles as Pip, given her simple but
Earths universe, in which angels must
genuine turn as Augustas long-suffering
either return with the souls theyre sent
maid Diana. Lacking any pretense, Skiles
to collect or remain on Earth until they
seems to settle into her part with ease, as
can find others willing to join them in
if it takes absolutely no effort for her to
Heaven. If the plays exposition were as
flesh out a character with heart.)
simply put as that previous sentence, I
The other soul to be collected is that
wouldnt have minded. However, Knapp
of Herman Howell (Stan Weimer),
uses an entire scene of awkward dialogue Augustas considerably less wealthy
to set up her plot, and as talented as the
neighbor. It struck me during Thursdays
angels portrayers are, they struggle to
performance that Weimers Herman is
make their conversation sound sincere.
much like Jurassic Parks John Hammond
Whats beautiful about that opening
if he fell on hard times and lost a bit of his
scene, though, is the combination of set
jolly edge. Thats to say that Weimer has
designer Mollie A. Schmelzers cloud
the charm of Richard Attenborough, if a
on which the angels stand and designer
more subdued Attenborough, and makes
Jennifer Kingrys lighting effects. The
a wonderful counterpart to Philhowers
moving light on the tufts of cottony
stingy Augusta.
stuffing which surround a circular
In Knapps story, Augusta is
platform painted to resemble clouds
beleaguered by relatives who show up to
makes it look as if the three angels are
care for her (Molly McLaughlins Orpha
spinning atop the set piece. However,
and Catherine Przybylas Ruthie) or who
both that piece and the actors are
stop by to request loans (Schmelzers
immobile, and its merely the lighting that Millie, Victor Angelos Baxter, and
creates this illusion one that had me
Elizabeth Buzards June). Among those
repeatedly looking down at the platform
guests, Przybyla after a few dull early
to make sure it wasnt, in actuality,
appearances comes most alive after
spinning. This is true theatrical magic.
Ruthies inhibitions are freed, her hair is
Once were on Earth, we meet Susan
let down (literally and figuratively), and
Philhowers Augusta Applegate, an
she begins chasing after her cousin Junes
elderly, wealthy woman who houses one
love interest Richard (a blandly deadpan
of the souls meant to be collected. And I
was shocked by Philhowers performance,
10
THEATRE

By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
War and ... . Wait. Whered She Go?

Peace, at Lincoln Park
omewhere
as I could.)
near the
Yet more
midpoint
often than
of Genesius
not, Peaces
Guilds Peace,
making-itthe leadup-as-weing character
go-along
Trygaeus as
vibe exuded
characters
a sprightly,
routinely do in
sincere,
Lincoln Parks
talent-show
Bob Hanske, Doug Adkins, Gary Adkins, and Stephen Laurel charm. These
late-summer
slapsticks
mid-August
suddenly realized that the play he was in
staples arent meant to be nights of
didnt really have a plot. One of his scene
lofty, ennobling theatuh; theyre meant
partners, though, told him that perhaps
to be silly, celebratory, lampshadethat was a good thing. After all, without a on-the-head parties. And after backplot, maybe we wont get reviewed. Nice to-back presentations of Oedipus Rex
try, Guild.
and Macbeth, who could begrudge
What that hopeful soul didnt add is
Genesius Guilds participants or patrons
that even if the show were critiqued by
for wanting to indulge in ridiculous
the duly acknowledged Thom, David,
wordplay, togas with sneakers, and the
and Jonathan (or, yknow, someone
occasional Donald Trump gag?
else), it wouldnt matter in the slightest.
Fridays production began, however,
Because as frequenters of these seasonwith music, as Michael Callahan, Mark
closers know, there are no other plays
Herrin, Gary Schocker, and Geoff
in the area, or likely on Earth, as wholly
Untiedt performed a barbershop-quartet
review-proof as director/adapter Don
salute to Genesius Guilds Dirty Plays,
Wootens Greek-comedy spoofs. With
a lyrics-by-Wooten ditty also employed
their cheeky swipes at pop culture,
in 2014s Plutus. Lets hear it for revivals:
jabs at local and national politicians,
The song was a smile- and chucklereferences to area landmarks and media
inducing treat, and the foursomes later
fixtures, song parodies, dancing girls, and renditions of My Wild Irish Rose and
climactic Mack Sennett chases blended
their closing recognition of the Guilds
with smidgens of their original texts
impending 60th season were even more
(in Peaces case, Aristophanes 421 BC
welcome. In general, there appeared to
comedy), Wootens annual larks arrive
be fewer-than-usual musical numbers
pre-sold, and we audiences know just
in Peace, but Tyler Hennings, Gary
what were in for. We also know that the
Adkins, and Stephen Laurels opener
genially self-effacing results will find
was enjoyable, and I loved it when a trio
their sources of humor slapdash and
of Techies (Hannah Rettig, Katherine
random, that as many gambits will end
Savely, and Kathryn Wherry) arrived to
in groans as guffaws, and that the cast
lyrically bemoan the shabby treatment of
members, en masse, will amble through
the Guilds behind-the-scenes talent, their
the proceedings like happy deer in
names in show programs traditionally
headlights. Saying youd appreciate these
misspelled.
one-act entertainments more if they
What plot there was concerned the
were more polished is like saying youd
oft-thwarted efforts of Trygaeus (Doug
appreciate water more if it werent quite
Adkins) to locate the kidnapped Peace
so wet.
(Melinda Turley), and while those who
Even under such endearingly goofy
demand a solid narrative mightve
circumstances, theres no joy in watching
bristled and were certainly attending
actors struggle with lines, and, on a few
the wrong production this farcical
occasions, Fridays under-rehearsed-byodyssey kept yielding terrific things.
necessity readings and stage actions led
Chief among them was the kidnapper
to moments of discomfort. (Whether it
War, who was played by Jacob Lund, a
was the fault of a dropped cue or tardy
young actor slight in frame but grand in
entrance I dont know, but at one point
hilariously maniacal cackle. By design,
there was an awkward, five-second
the sketch-comedy nature of Wootens
silence before a character raced on stage
and said, ironically, I got here as fast
Movie Reviews
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by Mike
Mike Schulz
Schulz mike@rcreader.com
mike@rcreader.com
by
Rap Sessions
STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON

In the N.W.A. bio-pic Straight Outta
Compton, long after the professional and
personal flame-outs between Eazy-E (Jason
Mitchell) and Ice Cube (OShea Jackson Jr.,
playing his real-life father), the two rappers
run into each other at a club, and Eazy,
seeking reconciliation, tells Cube he saw
him in Boyz n the Hood. Cube reminds his
former friend that Eazy publicly called the
movie an after-school special, and Eazy,
knowing hes caught, simply grins and
says, Man, you know I like after-school
specials. (As it must, this initially tense
encounter ends in a hug.) Given the films
expectedly harsh language, constant threats
of violence, and poolisde and hotel-room
debaucheries that only platinum-selling
albums can buy, I was amazed to find its
own resemblence to an after-school special
the most surprising thing about director F.
Gary Grays musical drama. But whatever
I, too, like after-school specials.
Not all of Straight Outta Compton
feels watered-down. (Hell, its very first
scene finds a battering ram tearing a
neighborhood domicile to shreds.) The
early N.W.A. concerts, with crowds
incited into fist-pumping release, are
breathtakingly alive and make the late
80s look far more exciting than they
retrospectively feel. And there are strong,
scary scenes throughout, including every
single one of the musicians run-ins with
law enforcement; one particularly ugly,
horrifying encounter finds three police
officers forcing the musicians, at gunpoint,
to lie face-down on the sidewalk for the
heinous crime of eating their lunches
outside their recording studio. (This
complexly infuriating sequence, with the
chief offender among the cops a black
man, is all the

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argument the
So chalk up
film needs
another 2015
for the origin
genre winner in
of N.W.A.s
Straight Outta
controversial
Compton. But
anthem Fas the furiously
-- tha Police.)
excellent Paul
Yet while
Giamatti
the movie is
plays N.W.A.s
engaging and Corey Hawkins, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Jason Mitchell, Neil untrustworthy
effective, its Brown Jr., and Aldis Hodge in Straight Outta Compton manager so
hard not to
soon after
notice its presentation following the genres playing Brian Wilsons untrustworthy
traditional rags-to-riches formula too
physician in Love & Mercy, a word of
neatly. The humble beginnings, the lucky
warning to other musicians: If you see
break, the meteoric rise, the corruptedGiamatti coming, walk quickly in the other
power downfalls, the redemption, the
direction.
hopeful finale, and all of the associated
accoutrements shady business deals,
THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.
drugs, arrests, illness, death are
Had you asked me the plot of director
accounted for, as are the unfortunate
Guy Ritchies action comedy The Man from
elisions. I of course anticipated the film
U.N.C.L.E. five minutes after I watched it
focusing primarily on Eazy, Cube, and
even while I was watching it I wouldnt
Dr. Dre (Corey Hawkins) but didnt really
have been able to help you. But Im not
think N.W.A.s two other original members
sure that Ritchies and Lionel Wigrams
DJ Yella (Neil Brown Jr.) and MC Ren
script, based on TVs 1964-8 spy series, is
(Aldis Hodge) would emerge as such
at all to blame, considering I had so many
afterthoughts.
questions beyond Whats going on here?
Still, I may just be feeling spoiled
rattling around my brain. Such as When,
because the last three months have already
exactly, did Henry Cavill grow a funny
delivered three musical biographies
bone? And How, exactly, did Alicia
Love & Mercy and the documentaries
Vikander go from unknown to invaluable
Amy and What Happened, Miss Simone?
so quickly? And Where, exactly, is the
more formally adventurous and less
line drawn between a god-awful Russian
TV-sentimental than Grays movie. And
accent and a brilliant one?
there is a lot to enjoy in this epically scaled
It landed just under the wire, but Im
(145-minute) achievement, from the
delighted to report that Ritchies proudly
marvelous Mitchells early, atonal attempts
inconsequential and carefree diversion
at rapping to the insinuating malevolence
like an Austin Powers movie played
of R. Marcos Taylors Suge Knight to the
(mostly) straight may be the happiest
eerily accurate re-creations of the 1992 Los
cinematic surprise of the summer. No

film that casts the British Cavill as an
American, the Swedish Vikander as a
German, the American Armie Hammer
as a Russian, and the Australian
Elizabeth Debicki as a ... not-Australian
can be accused of undue seriousness,
and the joy of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
lies in the glorious insouciance. This is a
movie that finds international terrorists
planning to detonate a stolen nuclear
warhead, and at their most anxious,
characters treat this scenario as an
annoying inconvenience that threatens
to disrupt cocktail hour which I
mean as the hugest of compliments.
The repartee is as speedy, clever, and
pointless as the chase sequences, and
you can feel the well-dressed casts
collective relief at having precisely zero
responsibilities beyond being cheerfully
blithe and ridiculously good-looking.
Ex Machinas Vikander has already
proven she can be much more than
that, so the movies casualness looks
best on Cavill, whose clipped, stylized
stodginess is hilarious, and Hammer,
whose exaggerated Russian deliveries
are pricelessly moose-and-squirrel. I
promise if Hollywood ever gets around
to Lone Ranger V. Superman: Faster
Than a Silver Bullet, the results wont be
nearly this much fun.
For reviews of Fantastic Four, The
Gift, Ricki & the Flash, Shaun the
Sheep Movie, Amy, Infinitely Polar
Bear, and other current releases, visit
RiverCitiesReader.com.
Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/
MikeSchulzNow.
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Whats Happenin
Music
Codfish Hollow Barnstormer

Codfish Hollow Barn
Thursday, August 27, 7 p.m.
picture, as we all know, is worth

a thousand words. But its 2015,
for Petes sake: Why have we not yet
come up with a pithy motto for how
many words a link is worth?
I ask because, on August 27, Maquoketas
Codfish Hollow Barn will be hosting its latest
Codfish Hollow Barnstormer, and Im not
certain that pictures or biographical data, or
superlatives can paint an accurate picture of the
supremely gifted independent musicians set to
perform.
Included on the lineup is the Cincinnati-based
pop artist Jane Decker (pictured), who began
touring with her band Belle Historie at age 16
and found herself as a contestant on season four
of NBCs The Voice. According to UnderTheGun.
net, Deckers song stylings just flutter from her
throat into the air like butterflies lifted off of field
grass by a gentle breeze.
Joining her in Maquoketa is the Nashvillebased singer/songwriter Liza Anne, whose
sophomore release the aptly titled TWO
found its May release greeted with raves. Nylon
magazine called it a stunningly somber album ...
turning even the smallest emotion into fleeting
song, and Diffuser.fm wrote that the albums
roots-Americana sound suggests brooding so
deep it transcends individual grief and taps into
ancient strains of sorrow.
Codfish Hollows third talent is alternativepop singer/songwriter Josiah (surname Leming),
who bears the distinction of being the

only American Idol contestant ever to
land a major-label record deal without
making the shows Top 24 lineup.
Daytrotters Sean Moeller, writing in
Paste magazine, called the seasonseven hopeful and former Warner
Bros. Records artist a young man who
knows his way around sorrow and joy
better than most men three times his
age.
And Houston native and Boston College
graduate Samuel Proffitt is also on the
Barnstormer docket. His delicate blends of
piano, synth, and vocals led Noisey.Vice.com
to describe his January release Blue Notebook
No. 10 as a beautiful, poised debut collection,
and TheMusicNinja.com to write that Proffitt
accurately portrays the smooth and sultry sounds
of pain, anguish, love, hope, and heartbreak that
all of us so desperately want to connect with.
But beyond joining together on August 27
for whats certain to be an unforgettable night of
indie music, what else do these four young artists
have in common? Why, thatd be 2015 recording
sessions for the Rock Island-based Daytrotter!
So Ill leave it up to you to determine how many
words links are worth.
For Jane Deckers August Daytrotter session,
visit RCReader.com/y/decker.
For Liza Annes May Daytrotter session, visit
RCReader.com/y/lizaanne.
For Josiahs March Daytrotter session, visit
RCReader.com/y/josiah.
For Samuel Proffits April Daytrotter session,
visit RCReader.com/y/proffitt.
And for more on August 27s entire
Codfish Hollow kit and kaboodle, visit
CodfishHollowBarnstormers.com.
Literature
The Crawford County

Sketchbook Release Party
Theos Java Club
Monday, August 24, 6-8 p.m.
avenport author Tom Janikowski

will celebrate the national release
of his debut novel The Crawford County
Sketchbook with an August 24 party at the
Rock Island venue Theos Java Club. And
when I ask Janikowski what he tells people
when they want to know what the book
is about, he answers, with a laugh, I tell
them its about 300 pages. So, clearly, hes
funny.
Just as clearly, he might have a ways
to go in mastering the art of PR. Because
when discussing his books impending
publication by Pasadena, Californias
Red Hen Press, Janikowski says, I had
a few different novels that my agent was
shopping around at the same time, and this
is kind of like my least favorite of them.
He laughs again. I mean, I was pretty
pumped, of course. I was thrilled. But when
I found out it was The Crawford County
Sketchbook [being published], I couldnt get
over it. What do they want that one for?
The book landing at number seven on
Entertainment Weeklys latest Must List
and its rave from Kirkus Reviews might
give some indication. (It might also make
you wonder just how good Janikowskis
other novels are if this is the least of
them.) Describing The Crawford County
Sketchbook as grotesque tales of the
struggle between good

and evil from a dark
corner of the American
heartland, Kirkus
states that its author
does his best Faulker
impression here, using
a blend of baroque
Southern classicism and redneck patois
to create a character-rich settlement
somewhere in the rural South. The review
goes on to say, The novels exaggerated
portrayals, distorted narrative threads, and
flamboyant brand of Southern Gothic will
ring the bells of a certain literary-minded
audience, and that appears to be exactly
the demographic Janikowski was aiming
for.
People always ask me what genre it
is, he says, because so many people are
reading genre fiction these days. But its
not genre. Its literary fiction. So it kind of
deals with life, as literary fiction does, and
its an episodic novel ... . If youre familiar
with Sherwood Andersons Winesburg,
Ohio, its kind of in that style. Which isnt
really a popular form of writing these days,
but thats how it came together.
I think thats how it got published, he
says of Crawford County. They thought
it was strange enough that people would
think its experimental. But actually the
style is about 100 years old.
Give or take a few years, Janikowskis
most direct influences are, too. I love
the Lost Generation he says, referencing
favorite authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald
and Ernest Hemingway. Jokingly, I always
tell people that I only read dead authors.
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-signings in Portland, Seattle, Santa
ica, Los Angeles, and New York City.
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Fair, which is huge. Ill be one of the
red authors on the third of October,
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t that than anything on the West
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utely honored to be asked to that.
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rate on Theos on August 24, where
be signing copies of his debut
cation and perhaps reading excerpts
his work if someone twists my
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hing in the Midwest for a while, but I
ght, Oh, we should just have a little
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by Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
Music
Still Standing & Friends Benefit Concert

River Music Experience
Saturday, August 22, 1:30 9:15 p.m.
hen we started this band, says

Still Standing co-founder/
guitarist Justin Young, we decided that we
didnt want to just make music that we love.
We also wanted to reach out and make a
positive impact on our community. On August 22,
Young and his bandmates will be doing just that, and
have recruited some friends to help. Actually, many,
many, many friends.
The Still Standing & Friends Benefit Concert,
taking place at Davenports River Music Experience,
will find its headlining hardcore rockers (pictured)
performing a half-hour set at 7:45 p.m. But beginning
at 1:30 p.m., no fewer than 13 additional rock, punk,
and metal outfits will join them for the daylong event:
Fairhaven, The Easy Mark, Condor & Jaybird, 9th
Street Memory, Sleepwell, Calm Is Key, Straight Up,
Those Dirty Thieves, Cut the Tongue, BareBones,
Peer Pressure, Doppelganger, and Heavyweight.
With tickets $10 at the door, that averages out
to attendees paying roughly 71 cents per group ...
which is roughly 71 cents more than each group
will receive for its participation. Every one of these
bands is donating their time 100 percent and not
getting paid for any of it, says Young, the benefits
event planner. The heavier type of music we play
tends to get a negative outlook, but some people
really dont realize that a lot of bands like us have
a very positive message, and have very bighearted
people.
The concerts primary beneficiaries are the family
of Jake and Karleigh Moulton, friends of Young
whom he calls great people and even greater parents.
This year, their twin girls Harper and Hayden were

born, but due to complications with the pregnancy,
they were born at only 25 weeks. They werent sure
the girls were going to make it, but they both pulled
through.
However, Young adds,
Hayden had heart surgery
at only four weeks old, and a
few days ago was diagnosed
with torticollis, which affects
her neck. And the left side of
Harpers head is totally flat,
so at six months shell have to be put into a headshaping helmet. Somewhat recently, the girls were
finally allowed to come home from the hospital after
months spend in the NICU, but theyre both still on
oxygen and will have to be monitored for heart and
lung issues for at least the first couple years of their
lives.
This family has countless medical bills that they
could really use help with, and were more than
happy to reach out and help. Years back, I lost my son
Cayden, who was born with trisomy 18. I was only
able to spend a few days with him before he passed, so
this type of benefits hits home very close to me.
In addition to the Moulton family, a portion
of the concerts proceeds will go toward Genesis
Medical Centers Family Connects program for area
newborns, and the benefit will also boast raffles and
silent auctions with items donated by West Music
Quad Cities, GreenLight Photography, and other local
businesses. Plus, of course, all that music.
Im hoping this event might get some people
excited and invested in the [metal/rock/punk] scene
that normally wouldnt check these shows out, says
Young. Some of the best nights of my life were at
these shows. Great bands. Great people.
For more information on the Still Standing &
Friends Benefit Concert, call (563)326-1333 or visit
RiverMusicExperience.org.
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What Else
Is Happenin
MUSIC
Thursday, August 20 Bobby

Long. British folk-rock singer/
songwriter in concert. Rozz-Tox
(2108 Third Avenue, Rock Island).
8 p.m. $8-12. For information, call
(309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com.
Friday, August 21, through
Sunday, August 23
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage
Festival. Community celebration
featuring the Jesse White Tumblers,
food vendors, arts and crafts,
information booths, and concerts
with Nnenna Freelon, Billy Branch
& the Sons of Blues, and Soul
Storm. Friday and Saturday: Martin
Luther King Park (601 Ninth Street,
Rock Island). Sunday: River Music
Experience (129 Main Street,
Davenport). Free. For information,
visit Polyrhythms.ning.com.
Friday, August 21 Rude Punch
CD Release Show. Reggae and
rock musicians in concert, with
an opening set by Fairhaven. The
Redstone Room (129 Main Street,
Davenport). 8 p.m. $7. For tickets
and information, call (563)326-1333
or visit RiverMusicExperience.com.
Friday, August 21, and
Saturday, August 22 Rock the
River Reunion. Outdoor festival
with concert sets by Who Cares and
Electric Shock on Friday, and Stone
Tattoo and Threshold on Saturday.
Cleveland Park (207 Washington
Street, Cleveland, Illinois). Friday
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What Else Is Happenin
5:30 p.m., Saturday

Man on Earth.
6:30 p.m. For
Concert with the
information,
alternative folk
visit the events
rocker, with an
Facebook page.
opening set by
Saturday,
Lady Lamb. Englert
August 22
Theatre (221 East
Future Bass Fest.
Washington Street,
Third-annual
Iowa City). 8 p.m.
concert event with
$30. For tickets and
Bobby Long @ Rozz-Tox - August 20
three stages of
information, call
bass music, featuring sets by Porn &
(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.
Chicken, Zebo, DVNK Sinatrv, Sullivan
Saturday, August 29 The Happy
King, Al NeOn, and others. Rock Island
Together Tour. Concert event with
Brewing Company (1815 Second
The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie,
Avenue, Rock Island). 6 p.m. $15-20.
The Association, Paul Revere & the
For information, call (309)793-1999 or
Raiders lead singer Mark Lindsay, The
visit RIBCO.com.
Grass Roots, The Buckinghams, and
Saturday, August 22 Night
The Cowsills. Riverside Casino & Event
Ranger. Concert with the 80s rockers.
Center (3184 Highway 22, Riverside).
Quad-Cities Waterfront Convention
7:30 p.m. $30-60. For tickets and
Center (2021 State Street, Bettendorf).
information, call (877)677-3456 or visit
7:30 p.m. $40. For information, call
RiversideCasinoAndResort.com.
(800)843-4573 or visit QCWCC.com.
Friday, August 28, and Saturday,
August 29 River Roots Live.
Thursday, August 20, through
Eleventh-annual weekend celebration
Sunday, September 6 Waiting for
of roots music featuring workshops,
the Parade. John Murrells drama about
childrens
the lives of five
activities, the
women during World
annual Ribfest,
War II. Old Creamery
and concert
Studio Theatre
sets by Mavis
(3023 220th Trail,
Staples, Kacey
Amana). Thursday
Musgraves,
and Sunday 2 p.m.,
Hellogoodbye,
Friday and Saturday
the Yonder
7:30 p.m. $18.50Mountain Spring
28. For tickets and
Band, and others.
information, call
James Leg @ RIBCO - August 28
LeClaire Park
(319)622-6262 or
(400 Beiderbecke Drive, Davenport).
visit OldCreamery.com.
11 a.m. gates. Free before 3 p.m.
Afterward, $10-15 per day, $15-20 for
the weekend. For information, visit
Friday, August 21 Angel Salazar.
RiverRootsLive.com.
An evening of stand-up with the
Friday, August 28 James Leg.
comedian and Scarface actor. Col
Rock musician in concert, with
Ballroom (1012 West Fourth Street,
opening sets by Killshakes and
Davenport). 8 p.m. For information,
Runaway Dorothy. Rock Island Brewing call (563)322-4431 or visit QC Nightlife
Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock
Entertainments Facebook page.
Island). 9 p.m. $8. For information, call
Saturday, August 22 Mike
(309)793-1999 or visit RIBCO.com.
Super: Magic & Illusion. Feats of
Friday, August 28, and Saturday,
prestidigitation and comedy with the
August 29 Iowa Soul Festival.
touring entertainer. Orpheum Theatre
Annual weekend celebration of African (57 South Kellogg Street, Galesburg).
and African-American dance, music,
7:30 p.m. $18-30. For tickets and
food, and culture, with a Friday set
by concert headliners Sharon Jones
TheOrpheum.org.
& the Dap-Kings. Downtown Iowa
Thursday, August 27, through
City. Friday 5 p.m. gates, Saturday
Sunday, August 30 Red Skelton:
11 a.m. gates. For information, visit
The Legend Continues. Tom Mullica
SummerOfTheArts.com.
performs a tribute to the legendary
Friday, August 28 The Tallest
comic. Old Creamery Theatre (39
THEATRE
COMEDY
38th Avenue,
Amana).
Thursday
through
Sunday 2 p.m.,
additional
show Saturday
7:30 p.m.
$18.50-28.50.
For tickets and
information,
call (319)6226262 or visit
OldCreamery.
com.
music by Smooth
Groove and DJ Doc
Anderson, live and
silent auctions, and
more. Davenport
RiverCenter (136
East Third Street,
Davenport). 5 p.m.
doors and hors
doeuvres, 7 p.m.
gala. $40. For tickets
and information, call
(563)322-7363 or visit
UnitedNeighbors.com.
Saturday, August
22 State Street
Market Party.
Nnenna Freelon @ Polyrhythms Jazz and
Inaugural activity for
Wednesday,
Heritage Festival - August 23
City Square featuring
August 26,
vendors, live music, arts and crafts,
through Friday, October 30 What
and more. City Square (State Street
a Relief! Variations on Printmaking.
in Bettendorf across from the QuadExhibit showcasing relief-printmaking
Cities Waterfront Convention Center).
practices from different perspectives,
10 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. For information,
periods, and processes, featuring
e-mail richpokora@yahoo.com.
works by Janet Taylor and Joseph
Sunday, August 30 QC Ride for
Lappie alongside Ukiyo-e prints from
the Cure. Eighth-annual motorcycle/
the museums collection. Augustana
Teaching Museum of Art (3703 Seventh auto fun ride benefiting Gildas
Club of the Quad Cities, with stops
Avenue, Rock Island). Noon-4 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday. Free. For at numerous Quad Cities venues
and an evening party at Jumers
Casino & Hotel that includes a
Augustana.edu/artmuseum.
silent auction, 50/50 drawing, and
other raffles. Jumers Casino & Hotel
(777 Jumer Drive, Rock Island).
Thursday, August 20 Urban
9 a.m. $20-25 rider registration,
Exposure Summer Film Program
$5-10 passenger registration. For
Premiere Night. Young filmmakers
from the Quad Cities area screen their
QCRideForTheCure.org.
locally produced works in an event
Sunday, August 30 Farm Days
featuring a post-film Q&A with the
in the Village. Family
youths and
event featuring a petting
independent
zoo, rope making, a Gator
filmmakers
Raffle, pedal tractors, a
Jonathan
tractor ride-around, wagon
Burnett and
rides, live entertainment,
Jeremy Wernli.
and more. Village of East
Figge Art
Davenport. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Museums
Free. For information, visit
John Deere
Night Ranger @ Quad-Cities
VillageOfEastDavenport.com.
Auditorium
Sunday, August 30
Waterfront Convention Center (225 West
Going to the River to Pray:
Second Street,
August 22
The Quad Cities Standing United
Davenport). 5 p.m. Free. For
Against Hate. An outdoor celebration
of unity and prayer designed to fight
FiggeArtMuseum.org.
racism, gang violence, homophobia,
anti-Semitism, and religious
intolerance, held simultaneously at
Friday, August 21 United
Davenports LeClaire Park, Bettendorfs
Neighbors Inc. Fundraising Gala.
Leach Park, Molines Butterworth Park,
Annual event featuring St. Ambrose
and Rock Islands Sunset Marina Park.
University President Sister Joan
5-9 p.m. For information, call (563)324Lescinski as guest speaker, Davenport
8281 or visit MCCQC.org.
Mayor Bill Gluba as a special honoree,
EXHIBIT
MOVIES
EVENTS
THEATRE
Sun. Aug 16th 2pm
1901: The Year That Set the Arts & Crafts
Movement in Motion
A presentation by
Bruce Johnson,
renowned home decor
expert & TV personality!
German American
Heritage Center
712 W. 2nd St.
Davenport
322-8844 gahc.org
Huckleberry Good
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By Thom White
Big River, at the Timber Lake Playhouse through August 23
t struck me,
by magic.
There are few
during Saturactors who have
days matine
the distinction of
performance of
being touted as
Big River at the
a Timber Lake
Timber Lake Playfavorite for me,
house, that theatre
and while I mean
is my church,
no slight to any
considering I
other performers,
repeatedly wanted
I consider Brown
to raise my hands
one of mine. Hes
in praise and shout
exceptional at
Amen! at various
Grant Alexander Brown and Charles Benson
character parts,
points, and in ways
having elicited
I used to while
hearty laughs as Inspector Kemp in last
attending Sunday services in my younger
years. Theatre, for me, is a spiritual experi- years Young Frankenstein and thrilling
ence, and this Big River served as a big-tent me as Corny Collins in this summers
Hairspray. Here, he abandons any shtick
revival that reminded me of that truth.
It certainly helped that composer
or pretense in favor of a passionate and
Roger Millers bluegrass songs are tinged
sincere Huck, and even more notable is
with gospel and stir the soul in ways that
the energy with which he attacks the part,
church-worship music has the capacity to.
working up quite a sweat fairly quickly as
And director Courtney Crouses cast was
he skips and races across the stage. Theres a
in near-perfect voice, eliciting goosebumps
line he delivers toward the end of Big River
up and down my arms as they harmonized
that goes, If Id-a known what trouble it
on Muddy Water, River in the Rain, and was gonna be to enact this history, I never
Free at Last, in particular. This telling of
wouldve tackled it. And I aint a-goin to no
Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry more. It thought that an understandable
Finn is moving not only for the music, but
sentiment if by trouble he meant
also for the lessons William Hauptman
energetic effort, and by history he meant
incorporates into his book, particularly
musical and then I realized Brown
when it comes to the inner struggle of
had to do it all over again that night. Thats
Huck (Grant Alexander Brown) in helping
impressive. Ive seen actors perform with
escaped slave Jim (Charles Benson) make
abandon, but few to the degree with which
his way to freedom along the Mississippi
Brown plays Huck.
Similarly laudable is the depth of
River.
Bensons hope and pain as Jim. Those
On scenic designer Benjamin Lipinskis
feelings are as palpable as his vocals
relatively minimalist set, which merely
are rousing, while John Chase struck
boasts some layered outcroppings along
true terror in my heart as Papp Finn,
the sides of the stage and a large tree in the
Hucks drunken, abusive father; as Chase
center, Crouse avoids literal scene changes,
and lets the story unfold through the actors staggered across stage and delivered his
lines with manic anger, I truly feared for
work. There is, of course, the integral
Huck. In a similar vein, I believed Matt
raft that floats by way of the productions
W. Miles Duke was in true pain when he
spinning stage, but otherwise, the set
was tarred and feathered and cried out at
provides just enough to allude to locales
Hucks touch. And as hes so persuasive
rather than mirror them.
Whats also remarkable about this
in his calls to piracy and murder among
presentation is James Beaudrys musical
the boys, Id follow Chandler Smiths
staging, as the cast members themselves
Tom Sawyer anywhere. This is one
play guitars, an accordian, a banjo,
mesmerizing cast delivering a story in
a mandolin, and even a washboard.
a way that struck the core of my heart.
Under the music direction of Michael
I already loved Big River going into this
Uselmann, the actors, at times, fluidly and production, but coming out of it, I loved it
beautifully break the fourth wall to pluck
even more.
an instrument out of thin air and play
Big River runs at the Timber Lake Playhouse
a song. This is also a mark of Crouses
(8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll) through
storytelling overall, as Huck and others
August 23, and more information and tickets
occasionally address the audience fully
aware that there is an audience to address, are available by calling (815)244-2035 or
moving between our world and theirs as if visiting TimberLakePlayhouse.org.
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COVER STORY
by Jeff Ignatius
jeff@rcreader.com
Moellers Moves
show at the Village Theatre.
Sean came to me with this great idea,
said Benjamin Fawks, Rozz-Toxs co-owner
and primary booker. Basically, he came to
me and said, Give me your Mondays, and
this is what I want to do. At that point,
Rozz-Tox was closed on Mondays.
For the most part, he added, Moeller
Monday performers dont play little cafes
like this. Anywhere.
That direct Moeller involvement was
something different, but more than
anything, he has enlivened the Quad Cities
music scene simply by having Daytrotters
home base here. He steers bands to local
venues for possible shows.
Building Something
One of those venues is Codfish Hollow

Barn, which has put on dozens of concerts
with more than 150 different musical
artists since mid-2009.
Tiffany Biehl, who runs the barn music
venue with her husband on her familys
Maquoketa farm, said she thought it
would be cool to do something with it,
besides have hay and cows down below.
But when a friend e-mailed saying
Moeller was looking for barn venues, we
had never heard of Daytrotter at that point.
... I kind of just ignored him.
That friend was persistent, however,
and Moeller visited the barn, and 10 days
later Codfish Hollow hosted its first live
music since a dance celebrating its 1954
construction.
Biehl said that she booked all 11 Codfish
Hollow shows last year, but mostly shes
collaborated with Moeller on lineups
and booking. He gets some acts; and I
get some acts; and I tell him who I want,
and he contacts them; or I tell him who
I want, and hes like, Oh, yeah, go for it,
and I get them. We work together to book
everything.
The venue began selling alcohol at
shows this year, and Biehl said she might
be breaking even on concerts at this point.
But its so amazing whats happening,
even if I was losing all of my money, I still
wouldnt quit doing it.
Unlike Biehl, Fawks was well aware of
Moeller and Daytrotter when he opened
Rozz-Tox in 2011.
He looked around the country for cities
to locate a new business similar to the one
in China that he still owns. It all came
back to a hometown vibe, said the Moline
native. I wanted to be a part of building
something rather than hopping into
something thats already existing.
Capitalizing on Daytrotters home
base was part of that. Outside of Moeller

Mondays concerts, Fawks does nearly all of
Rozz-Toxs booking and doesnt coordinate
it with Moeller. But theres an undeniable
and mutually beneficial relationship with
Daytrotter.
Why go it alone when here you have
this resource just down the street that can
shuttle people over to you? Moeller said.
All these bands [coming in to Daytrotter]
have no place to play in the Quad Cities.
They hit me up, Fawks said of bands.
Thats kind of been the case since the
beginning. We filled this void of a small
little venue that was open to pretty much
anything ... .
I pick and choose which bands to
book, Fawks said. I can do that because
theres such a large volume of bands that
are just coming through here. And a large
majority of those are doing sessions for
Daytrotter.
Sometimes things go the other way.
In May, Fawks booked the Chinese band
Chui Wan. They didnt have a Daytrotter,
and we got them a Daytrotter session, and
it was their first Chinese band, Fawks said.
One of Daytrotters recording studios
is next door to Rozz-Tox, and Fawks
offers bands who play his establishment
free lodging in the hostel upstairs. Bands
without Rozz-Tox shows can spend a night
there for $10 a bed.
Before this [Rozz-Tox] existed, Fawks
said, it was totally worth it just to come
to the Quad Cities and do a Daytrotter
session. And I think it still is. But now we
do have this. They come through and do
a Daytrotter, they get a place to play, they
get a place to stay, they get a meal. ... Its a
perfect package for a touring band.
And just as the Moeller and Daytrotter
names mean something, Rozz-Tox has
built its reputation and a loyal customer
base of people who will show up because
... its Rozz-Tox. I hear that all the time,
Fawks said. And theres a group of people
who come to nearly every show. ... Its live
music, and its original. I havent heard it
before. Im going to go check it out. And
five bucks a show. ...
The trust thing comes into play there.
Im not going to book something that I feel
nobody would like. ... This is a community
space. ... And people like all different kinds
of stuff.
While Fawks said all of this would
have been possible without Daytrotters
presence in the Quad Cities, Daytrotter
did all the hard work by putting us on the
map with all these touring musicians.
Now Fawks is reaping the benefits of his
own and Moellers work. He noted that he

just booked the African band Tal National,
which is only performing at festivals.
They dont play venues like this, he
said. Ever. This is a six-piece band from
Niger. This is fantastic stuff. And thats
not coming through Sean or Daytrotter.
Instead, it came from relationships Fawks
has nurtured: Its just connections.
Just Starting
Fawks said he isnt concerned about a

new Daytrotter concert venue. With a larger
capacity, he said, Moeller will likely book
different bands from those presently playing
at Rozz-Tox.
Its nice that right now hes working
with a lot of different venues and spaces
for these shows, Fawks said. And overall
thats just great for the community and
the music scene and the fans here. ... The
bands that are going to play there [in the
Daytrotter space] are going to be bands that
are probably going to pack that place. Its
exciting.
But first the facility needs to open.
Restoration St. Louis built out the space
especially for Daytrotter and considered
the work finished 19 months ago. Conflict
was apparent in January 2014 comments
to the Quad-City Times by Restoration St.
Louis President Amrit Gill and Daytrotter
majority owner Bill Sagan.
Weve done everything were supposed to
do, Gill said.
Ive set up no plans, nor has Daytrotter
set up any plans, to move into that facility
until the walk-throughs are done, Sagan
said.
In June 2014, Renwick Leasing LLC
sued Daytrotter Media LLC for breach of
contract. In a settlement filed in May 2015,
Daytrotter agreed to begin a 60-month lease
retroactive to April 1, 2015. So Daytrotter is
now paying for a space its not yet using for
recording and performance. (In an e-mail
last month, Sagan declined an interview
request until the Daytrotter facility is ready
to open.)
Its easy to read between the lines with
this drama and Moellers new forays into live
music over the past year. The man known
as Mr. Daytrotter is crafting an additional
public identity as Sean Moeller independent
of the influential Web site he created but
still related to the job of bringing bands to
the Quad Cities for sessions.
Ive never seen the scene more vibrant, at
least in the last 10 years, Moeller said. Its
never been as exciting as it is right now. And
I think were just starting. At least Im just
starting.
GUEST COMMENTARY
Judge Denies
Homeowners
Their Due Process
by Scott E. Stafne
power of sale clause. A power of sale is a

provision in a mortgage that allows lenders
to take both title and possession of land
upon the borrowers default.
But Trickeys analysis is more than a
little bit shallow because the Washington
Territory had always prohibited enforcement
of power-of-sale clauses right up until the
time the constitution was enacted in 1889.
Our founders then enacted this
prohibition as part of Washingtons
constitution to make sure the legislature
could not allow Washingtonians to be
subjected to such clauses in the future.
Article II, section 28 of Washingtons
constitution states: The legislature is
prohibited from enacting any private or
special laws in the following cases: ... (9)
From giving effect to invalid deeds, wills, or
other instruments.
The most notorious invalid deeds at
the time this provision of Washingtons
constitution was written were deeds of trust
that contained a power-of-sale clause. This
provision was included in the constitution
specifically to prevent such clauses from
being enacted by the legislature.
The framers of Washingtons constitution,
almost a third of whom were lawyers,
intentionally gave superior courts both
the authority and responsibility to resolve
disputes about the title and possession
of land judicially. Indeed, our founders
could not have been any clearer that all
foreclosures in Washington were subject
to the original jurisdiction of the superior
courts and needed to be resolved by judges.
The first sentence of Article IV, section 6
as passed in 1889 stated: The superior court
shall have original jurisdiction in all cases in
equity and in all cases at law which involve
the title or possession of real property ... .
Check out the courts opinion and our
motion to reconsider (RCReader.com/y/
foreclosure5). I do not believe it takes a
lawyer to figure that our framers did not
intend that people could have their homes
taken from them without having access to the
original jurisdiction of the superior court.
Read The Story of Mortgage Law
written by J.H. Chapin and published in the
Harvard Law Review in 1890 (RCReader.
com/y/foreclosure6). The article documents
that in 1889, when Washingtons constitution
was written, American equity law outlawed
nonjudicial foreclosures of deeds of trust
with power-of-sale clauses.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Featured Images from the Quad Cities Photography Club

(The River Cities Reader each month will
feature an image or images from the Quad
Cities Photography Club.)
he best images from members of

the Quad Cities Photography Club
are submitted and judged each
year, and selections are made by outside
judges for Image of the Year in three
categories: nature, pictorial, and creative.
Awards are presented to the first three
places at the yearly banquet in June.
Marty Farwell captured the first-place
nature image this year with her blackand-white photo of a milkweed pod. She
writes of the making of her image: I have
always been intrigued by the intricacies
of milkweed pods and their gossamerlike seeds. This image was captured in
my studio using window light as my
main light source. This was the best way
to prevent the wind from moving the
very delicate white hairs attached to the
seeds, as well as to assure a background
that was not distracting. This Christmasday 2014 image was taken with a Canon
7D camera and a very sharp Canon 100
macro lens, which brought out all the
exceptional details that the milkweed
exhibits. The manual settings were 4
seconds at f/11. The ISO was 100, and
a tripod and cable release were used.
The color image was processed using
Photoshop CS6. Because of the very clear
details produced, I decided to change
this image to a black-and-white using
NIKs Silver Effect Pro filter and was very
pleased with the final effect.
Dale Fehrs panoramic landscape
image was selected for first place in the
pictorial category. Dale relates: This
image was captured on April 13, 2015, in
Pickens County, South Carolina. I was
there on a Road Scholar photography
trip. I am usually good about seeing the
shot and setting it up. However, this
image was originally taken as nothing
special, but once on the computer screen
and cropped into a panoramic, it just
came alive. With the great color and
sharp detail, the photo popped. The
bright azalea and mossy rocks lead your
eye right to the great waterfall. I used a
Canon EOS Rebel SL1 with an EF-S18-55
lens on a MeFOTO tripod. The settings
were 0.5 seconds at f/22 with a focal
length of 18 millimeters and ISO 100.
The creative winning image was done
by Brian Brunsvold, and he explains his
capture and rendering: I really like the
flowers on this Grape Leaf Anemone, and
although its a beautiful flower just as it is,
I thought I could make this a really neat
creative picture to enter into our picture-
Photo by Dale Fehr (top), Marty Farwell

(middle), and Brian Brunsvold
of-the-year contest at the Quad Cities

Photography Club. These grow in front
of my house, and I took the picture in the
shade to stay away from harsh direct sun.
I took the flower at f/11 on a Canon SL1
camera at 1/400th of a second with an
ISO setting of 800. The rest of the picture
was made by using Photoshop effects. I
tried to keep the yellow stamens sharp in
the middle and put a radial blur-zoom
filter on the petals. I then made a copy
of the picture and put a smaller version
on top of it with a shadow to separate
it from the picture below and give the
whole picture the feeling of depth. I love
making creative pictures, and apparently
the judges liked it well enough to make it
the creative picture of the year.
The Quad Cities Photography Club
welcomes visitors and new members.
The club sponsors numerous activities
encompassing many types and aspects of
photography. It holds digital and print
competitions most months. At its meetings,
members discuss the images, help each
other to improve, and socialize. The club
also holds special learning workshops
and small groups that meet on specific
photography topics, and occasionally offers
interesting shooting opportunities. The
club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday
of the month September through June at
the Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Street
in Moline.
For more information on the club, visit
QCPhotoClub.com.
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18
Ask
the
Gone Juan
Advice
Goddess
Im a 20-year-old woman, and for three

months last year, I dated a 21-year-old
guy. Suddenly, out of the blue, he stopped
returning my calls. I spent about a month
trying to find out what had happened, but
he wouldnt respond to texts or e-mail,
either. Well, last week, I ran into him, and
he said hed just gotten really busy with
school. He wants to date again, and I really
cared about him, so Im tempted.
Please Talk Me Out of It
Really busy with school, huh? When?
Like, 150 years ago, when there were no
phones in the one-room schoolhouse in Little
House on the Prairie?
Theres playing hard to get, and then theres
being impossible to locate. The first is a canny
strategy; the second is casual cruelty in action.
In this case, after three months of dating, a
breakup phone call (in lieu of face-to-face)
would have been semi-appropriate. A text
would have been better than nothing. A
telegram would at least have had historical
flair. Yet there you were, repeatedly trying to
track him down and getting the reception
most of us give random collect calls from
guests in the long-term bed-and-breakfasts
known as federal prisons.
As for your toying with the absolutely
absurd notion of dating him again, your
slacker of a brain is partly to blame.
Admittedly, our brains require a lot of energy
to operate, so they like to take energy-saving
shortcuts whenever they can. They do this
with what I call thinkpacks the brains
version of those Lunchables combo boxes
prepackaged thinking sets that allow us to act
automatically (without thinking through every
last little detail). These come in handy when,
for example, were dining and we can just pick
up a fork and use it; we dont have to wonder
what a fork is and whether we use the pointy
bits to stab the food or the person next to us.
But in psychologically complicated
situations, these mental shortcuts can get us in
trouble. Take the state that social psychologist
Leon Festinger named cognitive dissonance
our simultaneously holding contradictory
beliefs, such as Hes not that into me! and
Hed make a great boyfriend! Well, the
inconsistency makes us very uncomfortable,
so our mind wants to smooth it out pronto.
So, easy peasy, no problem-o it typically
just up and erases whichever belief goes most
BY AMY ALKON
poorly with our ego. Unfortunately, reality

isnt so simply dispensed with, and before
long, Hes not that into me! is back and
Hed make a great boyfriend! is face-down
in the storm drain behind the dive bar.
A way to avoid reality erasing is by getting
in the habit of metacognition basically,
thinking about your thinking. The guy
who came up with the term, developmental
psychologist John Flavell, called it a kind
of quality control. In this case, you unpack
your thinking about this guy: Hed make a
great boyfriend! and your wanting to believe
things could be different. Lay those out on
the bed next to the facts how he behaved
because what you do reflects who you are and
what youre likely to do in the future. In other
words, what you can trust about this guy is
that you cant trust him to show even the most
minimal concern for your feelings not with
even so much as a poop emoji goodbye.
Err of Mystery
Im a 28-year-old guy, newly single after

the end of my relationship from college, and
all of my dates have been busts. I ask girls
out, and they say yes, but I must be doing
something wrong on first dates, because I
cant seem to score a second one. Like, ever.
They go out with me once, and goodbye. Im
a gentleman, enthusiastic, complimentary,
affectionate. What could be the problem?
Puzzled
Theres a chance youre overdoing it in the
Enthusiastic! Complimentary! Affectionate!
department. (Its good to keep a woman guessing
a little, but not, Am I on a date, or is this guy
trying to enroll me in a pyramid scheme?)
Consider the principle of least interest,
sociologist Willard Wallers term for how, in
any relationship, the person who shows the
least interest has the most power. Conversely,
the person who comes on with all the subtle
nonchalance of a Cash for Gold! sign spinner
especially before he or she even knows the
other person has the aura of a needy suck-up.
Try something: Cool it on your next five
dates. This doesnt mean acting catatonic. It just
means waiting to see whether a woman actually
is exciting and worth getting to know as
opposed to being excited by her mere presence:
Wow to be out with a real woman! I usually
just have candlelit dinners with a pillow with a
wig on it!
Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.
171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (AdviceGoddess.com)
2014, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.
THEATRE
By Mike Schulz
mike@rcreader.com
War and ... . Wait. Whered She Go?

slapsticks doesnt much allow for the
building of characters, but Lund and
several others reaffirmed that solidly
constructed, very funny caricatures dont
require additional building: James. J.
Loula as an oiled-up, Austrian-accented
bruiser who kept promising Ill be
ba-a-ack; Chelsea Crumbleholme as
a vacuously grinning Wheel of Fortune
hostess; Ross Wherry as a blustery NRA
proponent whose weapons of choice were
rocks.
And oh, the throwaway nuttiness of
it all! Jason Dlouhys oversize toddler
cleaning his ear with his baby bottle. The
oversize wings, courtesy of costumers
THEATRE
Ellen Dixon and Rowan Crow, on the

shoes of Bob Hanskes Hermes. The crack
about Les Misrables local proliferation.
Mischa Hooker delivering a meanspirited Trump joke to end all meanspirited Trump jokes. (Im dying to spoil
it, but wont.) The scream-and-dink!
parody of Genesius Guild stage combat.
Scott Tunnicliff s Damon Runyon-ese.
The six-legged beetle. The Beetle Bailey
cut-outs. The cameo by a Beatle. All I
am saying is you shouldve given Peace a
chance.
For more information on Genesius Guild,
visit Genesius.org.
By Thom White
On the Side of the Angels

Ben Magerkurth).
The Too much exposition!
continues, unfortunately, with Augustas
relatives, as Knapp attempts to include
too many backstories. (At one point,
Orpha says to Augusta, After all,
my mother was your sister, to which
Augusta replies, Im well aware of
our relationship, dear. So are we, Ms.
Knapp, as youve already established that
Augusta is Orphas aunt.) But beyond
the exposition which did take a lot of
effort to ignore I did enjoy Richmond
Hills Down to Earth, but more for the
performances than the script, as even
the small role of Robert found actor

Andrew Roseman excelling at playing
an awkward, nerdy, illness-ridden love
interest. Knapps script, in my estimation,
was in heavy need of an editor, but this
production is still pulled off with an
amusement and charm that exist beyond
the source materials limitations.
Down to Earth runs at the Richmond
Hill Barn Theatre (600 Robinson Drive,
Geneseo) through August 23, and more
information and tickets are available
by calling (309)944-2244 or visiting
RHPlayers.com.
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY
ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Youd probably prefer to stay in the
romantic, carefree state of mind.
But from what I can tell, youre ripe
for a new phase of your long-term cycle. Your
freestyle rambles and jaunty adventures should
now make way for careful introspection and
thoughtful adjustments. Instead of restless stargazing, I suggest patient earth-gazing. Despite
how it may initially appear, its not a comedown.
In fact, I see it as an unusual reward that will
satisfy you in unexpected ways.
for you in the coming months, Leo. Between

now and your birthday in 2016, I expect you to
be as fruitful in your own field as you have ever
been. And heres the weird thing: One of the
secrets of your productivity will be an enhanced
ability to chill out. Relaxed intensity will be
your calming battle cry.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20): In

accordance with the current astrological
omens, I recommend the following
activities: Sing a love song at least once a day.
Seek a message from an ancestor in a reverie
or dream. Revisit your three favorite childhood
memories. Give a gift or blessing to the wildest
part of you. Swim naked in a river, stream, or
lake. Change something about your home to
make it more sacred and mysterious. Obtain a
symbolic object or work of art that stimulates
your courage to be true to yourself. Find
relaxation and renewal in the deep darkness.
Ruminate in unbridled detail about how you will
someday fulfill a daring fantasy.
VIRGO (August 23-September

22): On or about December 1910,
human character changed, wrote
English author Virginia Woolf in 1924. What
prompted her to draw that conclusion? The
rapidly increasing availability of electricity, cars,
and indoor plumbing? The rise of the womens
suffrage movement? Labor unrest and the
death of the King? The growing prominence of
experimental art by Cezanne, Gauguin, Matisse,
and Picasso? The answer might be all of the
above, plus the beginning of a breakdown in
the British class system. Inspired by the current
astrological omens, Ill borrow her brash spirit
and make a new prediction: During the last 19
weeks of 2015, the destiny of the Virgo tribe will
undergo a fundamental shift. Ten years from
now, I bet you will look back at this time and
say, That was when everything got realigned,
redeemed, and renewed.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The

ancient Greek epic poem the Iliad is
one of the foundation works of Western
literature. Written in the Eighth Century BCE,
it tells the story of the 10-year-long Trojan War.
The cause of the conflict was the kidnap of Helen
of Troy, reputed to be the worlds most beautiful
woman. And yet nowhere in the Iliad is there a
description of Helens beauty. We hear no details
about why she deserves to be at the center of
the legendary saga. Dont be like the Iliad in the
coming weeks, Gemini. Know everything you
can about the goal at the center of your life. Be
very clear and specific and precise about what
youre fighting for and working towards.
LIBRA (September 23-October 22):

The greatest and most important
problems of life are all in a certain
sense insoluble, said psychologist Carl Jung.
They can never be solved, but only outgrown.
I subscribe to that model of dealing with
dilemmas, and I hope you will consider it, too
especially in light of the fact that from now until
July 2016 you will have more power than ever
before to outgrow two of your biggest problems.
I dont guarantee that you will transcend them
completely, but Im confident you can render
them at least 60 percent less pressing, less
imposing, and less restricting. And 80 percent is
quite possible.
CANCER (June 21-July 22): The

comedian puppets known as the
Muppets have made eight movies. In
The Great Muppet Caper, the muppets Kermit
and Fozzie play brothers, even though one is a
green frog and the other a brown bear. At one
point in the story, we see a photo of their father,
who has the coloring and eyes of Kermit, but
a bear-like face. I bring up their unexpected
relationship, Cancerian, because I suspect that
a similar anomaly might be coming your way:
a bond with a seemingly improbable ally. To
prepare, stretch your ideas about what influences
you might want to connect with.
SCORPIO (October 23-November

21): Hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians
celebrated an annual holiday called
Makahiki. It began in early November
and lasted four months. No one worked very
much for the duration. There were nonstop
feasts and games and religious ceremonies.
Community building was a featured theme,
and one taboo was strictly enforced: no war or
bloodshed. I encourage you Scorpios to enjoy
a similar break from your daily fuss. Now is
an especially propitious time to ban conflict,
contempt, revenge, and sabotage as you cultivate
solidarity in the groups that are important for
your future. You may not be able to make your
own personal Makahiki last for four months, but
could you at least manage three weeks?
LEO (July 23-August 22): English

author Barbara Cartland published her
first novel at age 21. By the time she
died 77 years later, she had written more than
700 other books. Some sources say she sold 750
million copies, while others put the estimate at
two billion. In 1983 alone, she churned out 23
novels. I foresee a Barbara Cartland-type period
SAGITTARIUS (November
22-December 21): Located in Ann
Arbor, Michigan, the Museum of
Failed Products is a warehouse full of consumer
goods that companies created but no one wanted
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by Rob Brezsny
to buy. It includes caffeinated beer, yogurt
shampoo, fortune cookies for dogs, and breath
mints that resemble vials of crack cocaine.
The most frequent visitors to the museum are
executives seeking to educate themselves about
what errors to avoid in their own companies
future product development. I encourage you
to be inspired by this place, Sagittarius. Take an
inventory of the wrong turns youve made in
the past. Use what you learn to create a revised
master plan.
CAPRICORN (December
22-January 19): Insanity is doing
the same thing over and over and
expecting a different result. Virtually all of us
have been guilty of embodying that well-worn
adage. And according to my analysis of the
astrological omens, quite a few of you Capricorns
are currently embroiled in this behavior pattern.
But I am happy to report that the coming weeks
will be a favorable time to quit your insanity cold
turkey. In fact, the actions you take to escape this
bad habit could empower you to be done with it
forever. Are you ready to make a heroic effort?
Heres a good way to begin: Undo your perverse
attraction to the stressful provocation that has
such a seductive hold on your imagination.
AQUARIUS (January 20-February
18): Everything Ive ever let go of
has claw marks on it, confessed the late, great
author David Foster Wallace. Does that describe
your experience, too? If so, events in the coming
months will help you break the pattern. More
than at any other time in the last 10 years, you
will have the power to liberate yourself through
surrender. You will understand how to release
yourself from overwrought attachment through
love and grace rather than through stress and
force.
PISCES (February 19-March 20):
Most people love in order to lose
themselves, wrote Hermann Hesse
in his novel Demian. But there are a few, he
implied, who actually find themselves through
love. In the coming months, Pisces, you are more
likely to be one of those rare ones. In fact, I dont
think it will even be possible for you to use love
as a crutch. You wont allow it to sap your power
or make you forget who you are. Thats good
news, right? Heres the caveat: You must be ready
and willing to discover much more about the
true nature of your deepest desires some of
which may be hidden from you right now.
Homework: Were you told theres a certain
accomplishment youll never be capable of?
Ready to prove that curse wrong? Testify at
FreeWillAstrology.com.
Go to RealAstrology.com to check out Rob Brezsny's
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FUN AND GAMES August 20, 2014
August 6 Answers: Right
August 6 Crossword Answers
ACROSS
1. Freshet
6. Arquette or Curtis
11. Kind of oak
15. _ -favored-nation
19. Brother of Moses
20. Most distant
21. Indigo
22. _ prima
23. Temporize: 3 wds.
25. Wing it: 3 wds.
27. Wet
28. Amerindian
30. Marmalade plum
31. Feedback source
34. In medias _
35. Firstborn
37. _ Jima
38. Some flowers
40. Fake
41. Warm-up area for pitchers
45. Pointless
46. Feign slumber: 2 wds.
49. St. Erasmus
50. Juveniles
51. Smell _ _
52. Tons
53. Succor
54. Rule
55. Make expiation
56. Cousins to tams
58. Gomer _, U.S.M.C.
59. Sets apart
61. Colony type
62. Makes a mess of
64. Greek philosopher
66. Fond du _
67. Buddhist doctrine of nonviolence
69. Onto land
71. Craft
73. Cavalli opera
76. Rubber vessel
77. The Dog Star
79. Enciphered
81. Banned pesticide
82. Exodus hero
83. Low beams
84. Falls behind
85. Border on
86. Silent star Theda _

88. Be cautious: 3 wds.
91. Candied, as fruit
92. English poet
94. Bigwigs
95. Collapsed
96. Youngster
97. Light lunches
99. Paroxysm
100. Drug letters
101. _ australis
104. Basic: Abbr.
105. Imperfect
108. Cooperate: 2 wds.
110. Pun: 3 wds.
115. Except
116. Scottish Gaelic
117. Devoured
118. U.K. racecourse
119. Geraint and _
120. Roe
121. Clothed: Arch.
122. Irish poet
DOWN
1. Tree exudate
2. Crony
3. Altar constellation
4. Some dogs
5. Compel obedience to
6. Wires
7. A chordophone
8. Travel a circuit
9. Abbr. in grammar
10. Made available: 2 wds.
11. _ lazuli
12. Fjord
13. _ media
14. Greek paradise
15. Post with streamers
16. Margarine
17. Louver
18. Counterweight
24. Works in verse
26. Cry
29. Bouquet
31. Nourishing
32. Of an ancient Cretan culture
33. Live dangerously: 3 wds.
36. Ballad
39. Reply: Abbr.
40. Custard dessert
41. Utter failure
42. Act ruthlessly: 2 wds.
43. Hirsch or Durkheim
44. Stem joints
46. Poetrys opposite
47. Rail
48. Commemorative pillar
51. Monkey genus
55. Winglike
56. Drops
57. Rural parts of England
58. Yoo-hoo! (sotto voce)
60. Bar serving
61. Likely
63. Surrounded by
65. Tiny grooves
68. Leafy barrier
69. Bedouins
70. Vaughan the singer
72. Frost-covered
74. Infers
75. Pay heed
78. In a lazy manner
79. Reunion-goer
80. Clumsy fellows
85. Totality
87. Blended, as metals
88. Went by bicycle
89. Slogged
90. _ sack
91. Torii
93. Pasternak character
95. Old snow
97. _ and Sensibility
98. Rags-to-riches author
99. Facade
101. Church area
102. _ Bator
103. Shankar the sitarist
106. Certain votes
107. Measured amount
109. Mineral
111. Roman god
112. Electronics giant
113. Speck
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2015/08/20 (Thu) -
Bobby Long - Lewis Knudsen - RozzTox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Calliope - Def-Kittie Blindogg - Gabes,
330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Dave Ellis & Guests - Grumpys Saloon,
2120 E 11th St Davenport, IA
Jason Carl - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Mound St. Davenport, IA
Live Lunch w/ Ben Florence (noon) RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Molly Conrad - Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
2015/08/21 (Fri) -
Caught in the Act - 11th Street Precinct,

1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
Eric Pettit Lion - the great compromise - Sour Boy, Bitter Girl - The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
Fickle Filly - Bier Stube Moline Biergarten, 415 15th St. Moline, IL
Field Division - Host Country - Iowa
City Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa
City, IA
Friday Live @ Five: Ellis Kell Band
(5pm) - RME Courtyard, 131 W. 2nd
St. Davenport, IA
Future Bass Fest Pre-Party: Stupid
Hard - Kill Dog - 2nd Ave. Dance
Club, 1815 2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo - Bleyarts
Tap, 2210 E. 11th St. Davenport, IA
Grupo Peligro (6:30pm) - Ron-de-Voo
Park, downtown 3rd Street West
Liberty, IA
Jerry Beauchamp - Walcott Coliseum,
116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA
Jordan Danielsen (6pm) - Steventons,

1399 Eagle Ridge Rd LeClaire, IA
Just Chords - Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St.
Davenport, IA
Lewis Knudsen Band (6pm) - Milltown
Coffee, 3800 River Drive #2 Moline, IL
Live Lunch w/ Shiny Shiny Black
(noon) - Drama Major (6pm) - RME
Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St.
Davenport, IA
Motherfolk - See Through Dresses
- Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Neptunes Car - Ca dZan, 411 South Rd.
Cambridge, IL
Party Gras - Gabes, 330 E. Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Pats Acoustic Disco - The Water Bar
(former Boathouse), 1200 E. River
Dr. Davenport, IA
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival
2015: The Curtis Hawkins Band - Soul
Storm (5pm) - Martin Luther King Park,
601 9th St. Rock Island, IL
Rock the River Reunion: Who Cares
(5:30pm) - Electric Shock (8:30pm)
- Cleveland Park, 207 Washington St.
Cleveland, IL
Rude Punch CD Release Show Fairhaven - The Redstone Room,
129 Main St Davenport, IA
Scott Holt - The Muddy Waters, 1708
State St. Bettendorf, IA
The Fez (6:30pm) - Pedestrian Plaza,
Downtown Iowa City Iowa City, IA
The Ripplers (5pm) - Wide River Winer y - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd.
LeClaire, IA
Wild Oatz (6pm) - Ardon Creek Winery,
2391 Independence Ave., outside
Muscatine Letts, IA
Wilton Founders Day: North of 40 Downtown Wilton, Wilton, IA
Frankie Joe & Kinfolk @ Creekside Vineyards - August 22
30
SATURDAY
2015/08/22 (Sat) -
22
Caught in the Act - Generations Bar &

Grill, 4100 4th Ave. Moline, IL
Cobalt Blue - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
Corporate Rock (1pm) - Ascentra Credit
Union, 1800 Brady St. Davenport, IA
Do the Brew: Jordan Danielsen (5pm) Sheridan Meadows Park, Eldridge, IA
Double D & the Sensations (6pm) Jumers Casino & Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr.
Rock Island, IL
Field Division - The Host Country Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Frankie Joe & Kinfolk (3pm) - Creekside Vineyards Winery & Inn, 7505
120th Ave. Coal Valley, IL
Future Bass Fest: Porn & Chicken Zebo - DVNK Sinatrv - Sullivan
King - Al NeOn (6pm) - RIBCO, 1815
2nd Ave. Rock Island, IL
Jesus Dont Like Killing - J.P. Claussen
& Friends - Uptown Bills Coffee
House, 730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa
City, IA
Just Chords - Kilkennys, 300 W. 3rd St.

Davenport, IA
Justin Morrissey - Starting Line, 217
Brady Davenport, IA
Lynn Allen - River House, 1510 River
Dr. Moline, IL
Neptunes Car - Open Prairie United
Church of Christ, 25 E. Marion St.
Princeton, IL
Night Ranger - Quad-Cities Waterfront
Convention Center, 2021 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
North of 40 - Henrys Double K, 834 S
Jackson St. Mt. Carroll, IL
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival 2015: Terranga House Drum
Circle - The Winter Blues All-Stars
- Joshua Forbes - The Kuchina Jazz
Collective - Larry Westbrook Jr. Billy Branch & the Sons of Blues
- Martin Luther King Park, 601 9th
St. Rock Island, IL
Rob & Rich Acoustic Duo featuring
Rob Dahms - Village Pub & Grill, 426
1st Ave. West Milan, IL
Rock the River Reunion: Stone Tattoo

(6:30pm) - Threshold (8:30pm) Cleveland Park, 207 Washington St.
Cleveland, IL
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar - The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Serious Business - McManus Pub, 1401
7th Ave Moline, IL
Still Standing & Friends Benefit Concert: Fairhaven (1:30pm) - The Easy
Mark (2pm) - Condor & Jaybird
(2:30pm) - 9th Street Memory
(3pm) - Sleepwell (3:30pm) - Calm
Is Key (4pm) - Straight Up (4:30pm)
- Those Dirty Thieves (5:45pm)
- Cut the Tongue (6:15pm) - BareBones (6:45pm) - Peer Pressure
(7:15pm) - Still Standing (7:45pm)
- Doppelganger (8:15pm) - Heavyweight (8:45pm) - RME (River Music
Experience), 129 N. Main St. Davenport, IA
The Stone Flowers (3pm) - Lindsay
Park, River Drive and Mound Street
Davenport, IA
Traveling Broke and Out of Gas - Iowa City
Yacht Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Wild Oatz - Them SomBitches (4pm)
- Bier Stube Moline Biergarten, 415
15th St. Moline, IL
SUNDAY
2015/08/23 (Sun) -
23
$ip Wilson - Gabes, 330 E. Washington

St. Iowa City, IA
Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon,
13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
Detroit Larry & Charlie Hayes (5pm)
- The Muddy Waters, 1708 State St.
Bettendorf, IA
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (noon) - RiverBottom Chophouse, 102 S. Main St.
Port Byron, IL
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley
(2pm) - Wide River Winery - Clinton,
1776 East Deer Creek Rd. Clinton, IA
Laranja - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave. Rock
Island, IL
Polyrhythms Jazz & Heritage Festival
2015: The Brazilionaires - The Dave
Hoffman Quartet - Nnenna Freelon
- RME (River Music Experience), 129 N.
Main St. Davenport, IA
Steve McFate Acoustic - Mr. Eds Liquor
Store and Tap, 127 4th St. W. Milan, IL
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) - Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
MONDAY
24
TUESDAY
25
2015/08/24 (Mon) -
Moeller Mondays Presents: Extravision - Ratboys - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd

Ave. Rock Island, IL
Serious Business - A Piece of Wood
- The Texas Toothpicks - We Hate
Chilos - Bitchslap - Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
2015/08/25 (Tue) -
Chris Avey Live - My Place the Pub, 4405

The RiverCity 6 - New Windsor Park,
New Windsor, IL
Universe Contest - Chad Link - Gabes,
WEDNESDAY
2015/08/26 (Wed) -
26
Burlington Street Bluegrass Band The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa
City, IA
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Chris Avey Experience Acoustic Show

- Rascals Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Circus des Yeux - Marisa Anderson Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa
City, IA
Lewis Knudsen (noon) - District of Rock
Island Great River Plaza Stage, 2nd Ave.,
between 17th & 19th Sts. Rock Island, IL
Wildewood - A.J. Woods - Johnnie
Cluney - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
THURSDAY
2015/08/27 (Thu) -
00
27
Codfish Hollow Barnstormer: Jane

Decker - Liza Anne - Josiah - Samuel Proffitt - Codfish Hollow Barn,
5013 288th Ave. Maquoketa, IA
Jordan Danielsen & Jef Spradley - 11th
Street Precinct, 1107 Mound St.
Davenport, IA
Locally Owned - DKBD - Zuul - Gabes,
Vendetta Way - Crater - Krotchripper
- The Circadian Rhythm - Rozz-Tox,
2108 3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
FRIDAY
2015/08/28 (Fri) -
00
28
Funktastic Five - 11th Street Precinct,

1107 Mound St. Davenport, IA
H.C. Wallace (5pm) - Wide River Winer y - LeClaire, 106 N. Cody Rd.
LeClaire, IA
Iowa Soul Festival: Pandelirium
(5:30pm) - Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen (6:45pm)
- Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
(8:30pm) - University of Iowa Pentacrest, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
James Leg - Killshakes - Runaway
Dorothy - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Lewis Knudsen (6pm) - Steventons,

1399 Eagle Ridge Rd LeClaire, IA
Lost Country Dancers - Walcott Coliseum, 116 E Bryant St Walcott, IA
Monica LaPlante - Murder Shoes Waking Robots - Rozz-Tox, 2108 3rd
Ave. Rock Island, IL
NE-HI - BStar - Bull Black Nova - The
Mill, 120 E. Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
North of 40 - Bier Stube Moline Biergarten, 415 15th St. Moline, IL
Phineas J - The Muddy Waters, 1708
Pine Leaf Boys - CSPS/Legion Arts, 1103
3rd St SE Cedar Rapids, IA
RaggedTrotter: Graveyard Club - Condor & Jaybird - Mountain Swallower (2:30pm) - Lissie - Liza Anne
- Erin Moore (10:30pm) - Freight
House, 421 W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
River Roots Live Junior Jam Tent: Connected Strangers (5pm) - Shockwave & Syde FX (6:15pm) - Ruins of
Golgotha (7:30pm) - LeClaire Park,
400 Biederbeck Dr. Davenport, IA
River Roots Live: Orgone (6:10pm)
- Luke Bell (7:15pm) - Mavis Staples (8:45pm) - Hellogoodbye
(10:15pm) - LeClaire Park, 400 Biederbeck Dr. Davenport, IA
Soul Phlegm - Goodcat - Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
The Stone Flowers - Grumpys Saloon,
The Tallest Man on Earth - Lady Lamb Englert Theatre, 221 East Washington
St. Iowa City, IA
Wild Oatz - Len Browns North Shore Inn,
700 N. Shore Dr. Moline, IL
30
2015/08/29 (Sat) SATURDAY
29
Cosmic (11:30am) - LeClaire Levee,

Downtown LeClaire LeClaire, IA
The RiverCity 6 @ New Windsor Park - August 25

Dennis McMurrin - The Mill, 120 E.
Burlington St. Iowa City, IA
Downtown Rockin Daddies - The
Muddy Waters, 1708 State St. Bettendorf, IA
Earphunk -Genome - Iowa City Yacht
Club, 13 S Linn St Iowa City, IA
Feralings - Uptown Bills Coffee House,
730 S. Dubuque St. Iowa City, IA
Fifth of Country - RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave.
Rock Island, IL
Iowa Soul Festival: Amen Choir
(12:30pm) - The Damani Phillips
Trio (1:45pm) - Bruce Teague &
Serious Business (3pm) - Kevin B.F.
Burt & Big Machine (5pm) - Shade
of Blue (7pm) - Raheem DeVaughn
(9pm) - University of Iowa Pentacrest, University of Iowa Iowa City, IA
Justin Morrissey - Kavanaughs Hilltop
Tap, 1228 30th St. Rock Island, IL
LKB Trio - Ubriacos Trattoria, 1029
Lunden Reign - Low Down - Johnny
Six - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St.
Iowa City, IA
Minus Six - River House, 1510 River Dr.
Moline, IL
North of 40 - Dees Catfish Cove, 4815

S. Concord St Davenport, IA
Powell - Bier Stube Moline Biergarten,
415 15th St. Moline, IL
RaggedTrotter: Josiah Leming - J.E.
Sunde - Barry Phipps (3:30pm)
- Tow3rs - Sam Proffitt - Centaur
Noir (10:30pm) - Freight House, 421
W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
River Roots Live Junior Jam Tent:
Tommy Davies Ensemble (noon)
- Emma & Julianna (1:15pm) Winter Blues All-Stars (2:30pm)
- Vanderveer & Plot Twist (3:45pm)
- The Quinns & Reed All About
It (5pm) - Mea Culpa (6:15pm) Fairhaven (7:15pm) - LeClaire Park,
400 Biederbeck Dr. Davenport, IA
R i ve r R o o t s L i ve : M a l i n a M oye
( 3 : 3 0 p m ) - J o n a t h a n Ty l e r
(4:40pm) - Micky & the Motorcars
(5:50pm) - The Suffers (7pm) - Kacey Musgraves (8:45pm) - Yonder
Mountain String Band (10:30pm)
- LeClaire Park, 400 Biederbeck Dr.
Davenport, IA
Russ Reyman Request Piano Bar - The
Phoenix Restaurant & Martini Bar,
111 West 2nd St. Davenport, IA
Serious Business - Geezer s Draft

House, 1654 W. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
Tangent - 11th Street Precinct, 1107
The Blacklights - Kellos - Rozz-Tox,
The Happy Together Tour - Riverside
Casino Event Center, 3184 Highway
22 Riverside, IA
The Old 57s (6pm) - Jumers Casino & Hotel, 777 Jumer Dr. Rock
Island, IL
Wild Oatz - Sidetracked Saloon, 906
3rd St. Orion, IL
2015/08/30 (Sun) SUNDAY
30
Buddy Olson (3pm) - Duckys Lagoon,

13515 78th Ave W. Taylor Ridge, IL
Donnie Hottub Gustason & Friends
(5pm) - The Muddy Waters, 1708
Greg & Rich Acoustic Duo (2pm) - Len
Browns North Shore Inn, 700 N.
Shore Dr. Moline, IL
Schaffer the Darklord - Coolzey Maiden Mars - Mars Muesic - Belly
Belt - Sweet Ascent - Gabes, 330 E.
Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Steve McFate Acoustic (6pm) - McManus
Pub, 1401 7th Ave Moline, IL
Sunday Jazz Brunch w/ the Josh Duffee Jazz Quartet (9am) - Bix Bistro,
200 E. 3rd St. Davenport, IA
MONDAY
2015/08/31 (Mon) -
31
Blue Movies - Iowar - Joegrove Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa

City, IA
Moeller Mondays Presents: Bud Bronson & the Good Timers - T.V. Mike
& the Scarecrows - Rozz-Tox, 2108
3rd Ave. Rock Island, IL
TUESDAY
2015/09/01 (Tue) -
Chris Avey Live - My Place the Pub, 4405

Grand Couriers - Gabes, 330 E. Washington St. Iowa City, IA
Live Lunch w/ Steve Couch (noon)
- Blues Cafe (6:30pm) - RME Community Stage, 131 W. 2nd St. Davenport, IA
QC Kix Orchestra - Freight House, 421
W. River Dr. Davenport, IA
WEDNESDAY
2015/09/02 (Wed) -
Chris Avey Experience Acoustic Show

- Rascals Live, 1414 15th St. Moline, IL
Deerpeople - Seth Knappen - Rozz-Tox,
Jenny Hval - Briana Marela - Dagmar - The Mill, 120 E. Burlington St.
Iowa City, IA
White Mystery - Sugar Still - Gabes,
THURSDAY
2015/09/03 (Thu) -
Brooks Strause - Extravision - Nora

Petran - The Mill, 120 E. Burlington
St. Iowa City, IA
Dave Ellis & Guests - Grumpys Saloon,
Homeshake - Sheer Agony - Gabes,
Rob Dahms & Corey Wallace - Holiday
Inn & Suites, 4215 Elmore Ave.
Davenport, IA
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DJ Night
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Shenanigans
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W. Third
St., Davenport,
IA.
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Night
w/ 2-Tone
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15th Street,
IL. the Pub, 4405
State St.,
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IA. the Pub, 4405
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Night
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Shenanigans
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Moline,
IL.
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IA.
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RIBCO,
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Karaoke
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(Aug.
28)
Bier
Stube
LeClaire, 1001 Canal Shore Dr. SW,
LeClaire,
1001 Canal Shore Dr. SW,
LeClaire, IA.
LeClaire,
IA. Circle Tap, 1345 West
Karaoke
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Circle Tap, IA.
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St., Long Grove, IA.
Karaoke Night
Time
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2902
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Valley District Library, 214 S. Main St.,
Port Byron, IL.
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Second
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(Aug.
29,
Ave. Arts Alley,
Rock
Island, IL. Stage,
10:30am)
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131 W. 2nd St., Davenport, IA.
SATURDAYS
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Abilities DJ 007 (Aug. 22) Gabes,
330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, IA.
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IA.
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Karaoke
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