04 Apr 2006

Eagles of Death Metal Celebrate the '70s

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• Flashbacks to the decadent, swaggering 1970s burst forth from the boogie juggernaut of the Eagles of Death Metal in the group's sophomore album, Death by Sexy, due next week. Getting sweaty with the grind of Blues Explosion, T.
21 Mar 2006

Grant to Help Create Centennial Bridge Visitor's Center

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• The Centennial Bridge Commission Building will get a new lease on life as a visitor's center, thanks to a $43,342 Preserve America grant - for "Hosting Heritage Tourism in Rock Island" - received by the City of Rock Island, partnered with the Quad Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Chippiannock Cemetery Heritage Foundation, RiverAction, and consultant Curtis Roseman.
07 Mar 2006

High-School Students Who Don't Graduate Cost States Billions

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• Almost 9,000 students didn't graduate from Iowa's high schools in 2004, costing the state more than $2 billion in lost wages, taxes, and productivity over their lifetimes, reports the Alliance for Excellent Education.
07 Mar 2006

"The Harold Stassen of Scott County Politics"

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I see by your February 15 issue that the Harold Stassen of Scott County politics, "Ole Hubcap" Rhomberg, has injected himself, à la that anachronism Jesse Jackson, into a tempest-in-a-teapot flap. (See "Cronyism Still Thrives in Scott County Government," River Cities' Reader Issue 568, February 15-21, 2006.
28 Feb 2006

"We Never Underestimate Our Audience"

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For Matt Oltman, the news that Chanticleer was auditioning singers didn't sound real. A friend told him about the opportunity when he was a master's student in England, he said, and his reaction was disbelief. "The Chicago Cubs are having open tryouts," he said by way of comparison.
28 Feb 2006

Debut Plays to Band's Strengths

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Octane, the debut album from the Quad Cities' The One Night Standards, features a reverb-y guitar that calls no place home on the fret board, wandering place to place in search of the perfect combination of notes.
21 Feb 2006

Can't Escape the Zydeco

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The story of Stanley Dural Jr. is the story of a kid who hated his father's music. His dad was an accordion player, and he would play the instrument in their Louisiana home before and after his job as an auto mechanic.
21 Feb 2006

Cracker Fans Get Greatest Hits - Twice

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• What do you do when your former record label compiles a greatest-hits package without your blessing? David Lowery, Johnny Hickman, and their comrades in Cracker took the dispute head-on, re-recording 13 of their own personally selected "best of" tracks and releasing them on the same day with another label.
10 Jan 2006

Augustana's Gift to the Community

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It is rare to find the research work of a freshman published alongside that of the college president, but Augustana College has done just that, and in a very public way. With its new Origins of Modernity exhibit and the accompanying catalog, Augustana is giving the community an opportunity to experience this innovative educational process.
03 Jan 2006

"Lost" Band Gets Some CD Lovin'

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• Last year my greatest musical joy came from "discovering" a magical lost band - one whose psychedelic folkie bliss I'd somehow missed in my 30 years on either side of the record-store counter. Under the warm, old-school glow of a handful of the group's original LPs rescued from a garage sale, I found myself physically melted under the spell of The Incredible String Band as I did the high-fidelity dance and faced the frantic reshuffling of all my passionate lists - top 10 albums of all time, top five bands, top 10 perfect songs, etc.

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