23 Mar 2004

Inside Obama's Illinois Landslide

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Barack Obama's victory in the Democratic U.S. Senate primary for Illinois looks a lot like Glenn Poshard's 1998 Democratic gubernatorial primary win, only upside down. Poshard won a bunch of small southern Illinois counties with overwhelming margins.
16 Mar 2004

"Cable's Gift to America" Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Public-Affairs Programming

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With political discourse defined by (and often limited to) spin and sound bites, it seems a particularly appropriate time to celebrate the presence of C-SPAN, the not-for-profit corporation that provides America (and the world) with coverage of U.
09 Mar 2004

New Book Documents a Punk's Life

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• Following in the footsteps of fellow punk legends Jello Biafra and Henry Rollins, Canada's most dangerous son, Joey "Shithead" Keithley, is taking the stage this month for spoken-word performances and live gigs by his band D.
09 Mar 2004

Two Candidates Seek Senator Brian Sievers' Seat

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• Iowa Senator Bryan Sievers, R-New Liberty, has two Democrats vying to face him in the general election this fall. Eldridge Mayor Frank Wood, who also serves as associate principal at North Scott High School, announced that he will be seeking the Democratic nomination and will face off against Dennis Starling, the Calamus man who nearly defeated Sievers in the 2002 District 42 race.
03 Mar 2004

"Best of" Is "Worst of"

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Once again, the "Best of the Quad Cities" has revealed that something is seriously wrong with the taste buds of our residents. (See River Cities' Reader Issue 464, February 18-24, 2004.) To have Red Lobster listed as number one in the best seafood category makes this obvious.
03 Mar 2004

No Depression the Good Stuff and Kinks and White Stripes "Diaries"

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• No Depression, the magazine that began defining a sound without a home in 1995, has laid its heart out on its sleeve in its first CD, entitled No Depression: What It Sounds Like, Volume One. Call it what you want - Adult Acoustic Alternative, nu-country, or hayseed roots rock - the magazine has championed great music that doesn't quite fit the traditional rock or country radio formats and lifestyles.
24 Feb 2004

Illinois Governor's Budget Filled with Intrigue

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Buried deep within Governor Rod Blagojevich's annual budget address last week was a nasty argument with the most influential bunch of do-gooders in Illinois - the social-service providers. These are the groups, many of them religious (such as the Catholic Conference, Lutheran Social Services, and the Jewish Federation), that take care of the state's most vulnerable citizens.
24 Feb 2004

Augustana College's Short Play Festival Lives Up to Title

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They said it would be short, and they meant it. Clocking in at just under 45 minutes, last weekend's production of Augustana College's annual Short Play Festival was a collaboration of four student producers and featured Tony Kushner's script East Coast Ode to Howard Jarvis.
17 Feb 2004

Why Wasn't Powerful Illinois Lobbyist Indicted by Feds?

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At first glance, it might seem puzzling that last week's list of federal indictments included the powerful lobbying firm of Ronan Potts, but not the guy who runs the firm, Al Ronan. Ronan's attorney has all but admitted that Ronan is "Fawell Associate 1," who was repeatedly referred to in the indictments of former George Ryan Chief of Staff Scott Fawell and others connected to Fawell's alleged schemings at the Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority, which Fawell ran for four years.
17 Feb 2004

Young's Greendale Makes a Return Visit

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• This Tuesday Reprise Records is re-releasing Neil Young's fantastic Greendale "musical novel" album from last year, this time with a different bonus DVD. If you haven't been hooked into the cast of characters that weave through each song, now's your chance to get caught up and join the postulations over the mysterious Green family tree, a subject that possesses my buddies like our mothers' ruminations over soap operas.

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