21 Feb 2007

The Missteps and Magnificence of "Glitch" Music: Radical Turf Presents: "Hello Future?"

By Administrator

Radical Turf presents Showcasing acts from around the United States (including a number of Quad Cities-area contributors), Hello Future? is the latest compilation from Radical Turf, the label of local musician and producer Jeff Konrad. Touted as a "grab bag" of electronic-oriented music, Hello Future? is just that: There are some treats that are keepers and some that will stay in the bottom of the bag.

21 Feb 2007

Secrecy and Democracy Don't Mix

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"The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we as a people are inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings." - John F. Kennedy

 

The basis of any democracy is accountability. It likely follows that a democratic government is one that is accountable to the people - and that means being open to the public. Evidently, the Bush administration skipped class the day that basic lesson was taught.

21 Feb 2007

Regional Fishing Tournament Coming to Quad Cities

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The American Bass Anglers will hold a regional championship in the Quad Cities this year. The event takes place from September 27 to 29 at Sunset Marina in Rock Island. Debra Talley, national marketing director for the American Bass Anglers, was in the Quad Cities on February 14 to tour the area and discuss tournament logistics. Pre-tournament fishing will begin on September 23, with official weigh-ins and banquets on Saturday, September 29. Approximately 500 anglers will fish the Mississippi River over the spring and summer to practice for the regional event. The economic impact of this event is estimated at close to $1 million. 

 

14 Feb 2007

Best of the Quad Cities: Nightlife

By Administrator

Local blues band

1. Ellis Kell Band

2. Electric Leroy

3. Shane Johnson

 

Local country band

1. Dani Lynn Howe Band

2. Jim the Mule

3. A Fifth of Country

 

Local jazz band

1. Josh Duffee & His Orchestra

1. The Tritones Jazz Ensemble

3. Craig Bentley Jazz Trio

 

Local rock band

1. Crossroads

14 Feb 2007

Refreshed Traditions: Rachael Mullins and Jeanne O'Melia at the Mississippi Valley Welcome Center

By Administrator

Rachael Mullins - The work of two artists now showing at the MidCoast Fine Arts Gallery in LeClaire could easily be called The Old World Made New and All Creatures Great & Small.

14 Feb 2007

Miles Davis Musical Director Plays in the Quad Cities

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Robert Irving III Keyboardist Robert Irving III, Miles Davis' musical director for most of the 1980s, will be performing a concert and leading a workshop on Sunday, February 18, at Davenport's River Music Experience.

Both the workshop and evening performance - organized by Polyrhythms - will feature Irving with saxophonist James Perkins, drummer Ernie Adams, and bassist Marlene Rosenberg.

14 Feb 2007

Efficiency Is Deficient

By Administrator

The Davenport city leadership is receiving strong objections from the community regarding the elimination of regular standing-committee meetings by folding them into the bi-weekly Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. How responsive it will be to the collective opposition to this serious degradation of the public process remains to be seen, especially since it tends to conduct far more business behind closed doors these days.

14 Feb 2007

Rock Island Receives State's Largest Award of HOME Funds Ever

By Administrator

On Tuesday, February 13, the Illinois Housing Development Authority awarded $1.08 million to Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation for the HOME program. The award was scheduled to be presented at 1224 26th Avenue in Rock Island, the home of Dan Cibulka - a previous participant in the organization's home-buyer program. This is the largest single amount of HOME funding for the home-buyers' purchase and renovation program ever awarded to a sponsor in the state of Illinois. This is the seventh phase of funding for Rock Island Economic Growth Corporation.

 

07 Feb 2007

Conjunction Junction: Stars (and Money) Could Be Aligning for Passenger-Rail Service to Chicago

By Administrator

Reader issue #619 The history of passenger rail in the Quad Cities illustrates just how capricious - and divorced from rational decision-making - business and politics can be.

The Quad Cities lack rail service not necessarily because of a lack of demand, but because of a long-forgotten business decision.

07 Feb 2007

Other Ways of Moving People Around

By Administrator

proposed railway map Passenger rail to the Quad Cities is part of a larger discussion about how a community moves its people. While our transportation policy most often focuses on how to move automobiles from one place to another, alternative transportation has frequently been ignored.

That's shifting. An aging population, traffic congestion, air-travel hassles, high fuel prices, and concern about global warming have all sparked renewed interest in mass-transit options such as passenger rail (getting from city to city) and commuter rail (transportation within a city).

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