river cities' reader - issue 842 - october 31, 2013.pdf

7/27/2019 River Cities' Reader - Issue 842 - October 31, 2013.pdf

1/24


2/24

River Cities Reader Vol. 20 No. 842 October 31- November 13, 20132 Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com

Wind Farm Investment Opportunity

Your opportunityto own part of threeVestas V112-3.0MWturbines located on 93row-crop producingacres of Henry Countyfarmland.

With investment tiers

as low as $10K, thisnew generation siteis scheduled to goonline during 3Q 2014utilizing breakthroughBatteryTrukTM

Distribution.

Opportunity offeredexclusively through

ContactChris Barnardat 563-424-5707for more information

DebaillieRoadPartnership

and

Investors are strongly

advised to throughly

read and understand

this, and any, investment

prospectus before

making investment

decisions.


3/24

River Cities Reader Vol. 20No. 842 October 31- November 13, 2013 3Business Politics Arts Culture Now You Know RiverCitiesReader.com

The conclusion of John Whiteheads Augustcommentary The NSA: The Abyss from

Which There Is No Return (RCReader.com/y/nsa1) deserves serious consideration: Onceyou allow the government to start breaking the law,no matter how seemingly justifiable the reason,you relinquish the contract between you andthe government that establishes that the govern-ment works for and obeys you the citizen, theemployer, the master. And once the governmentstarts operating outside the law, answerable to noone but itself, theres no way to rein it back in, shortof revolution.

For the past six months, the more egregiousmass-surveillance activities of the National SecurityAgency (NSA) have been disclosed to Americans,confirming our worst fears. Nearly every form ofcommunication we engage in is being recordedand stored for purposes that are seriouslyunconstitutional, regardless of judicial oversightdone in secret by a special court. And even thoughour leaders, both political and bureaucratic, assureus that its activities are legal, they are only speakingto administrative sanction. This means that thelegality of what they are doing is not necessarily

constitutional, nor apparently does it need to bewhen perpetuated under the guise of nationalsecurity and/or keeping us safe from terrorists.

Congress enacted the Foreign IntelligenceSurveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which includedthe establishment of the Foreign Intelligence

Surveillance Court (FISC) to provide judicialoversight of the governments surveillance activities

while keeping intact its secrets. However, criticsargue that FISC is nothing more than a rubberstamp for unfettered access by intelligenceagencies, including the NSA, CIA, FBI, and theOffice of the Director of National Intelligence especially considering that, since FISCs creation,it is estimated that 98 percent of all warrants aregranted.

FISA requires that all surveillance have itsgenesis in foreign communications in otherwords, initiating from outside the U.S. Despite thiscriterion, PRISM is just one of the NSA programsthat collect all Americans metadata for storageand possible future examination. It was part of anarray of evidence disclosed by former intelligencecontractor Edward Snowden, shocking Americansover the enormity of scope this level of surveillanceentails. (See RCReader.com/y/nsa2, RCReader.com/y/nsa3, and RCReader.com/y/nsa4.)

Congressional hearings confirmed PRISMsexistence amidst assurances from NSA DirectorKeith Alexander and National Intelligence DirectorJames Clapper that metadata was collected but not

examined without warrants approved by FISC.Clapper originally testified under oath that nosuch surveillance was being conducted. However,Clapper was not prosecuted for lying to Congressafter he admitted to the felony, stating that it wasthe least untruthful thing he could think to say at

the time.Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate Select Committee

on Intelligence co-chaired by Dianne Feinstein(D-California) and Saxby Chambliss (R-Georgia) is giving enthusiastic support for the NSAssurveillance activities, regardless of the expressviolations of our constitutionally protected rights.

FISC ostensibly provides a check on the NSAspowers, but the process makes it practicallytoothless. A single FISC judge hears a one-sidedargument the governments in favor of awarrant, with no opposing argument againstthe warrants issuance. Unlike with warrants incriminal cases, no challenge is available to thewarrants subject in this case, people undersurveillance.

In addition, the relevance requirement forprobable cause has been stretched so far as to defythe very meaning of the word, justifying the masscollection of every single communication of eachAmerican every second of every day as somehowrelevant to foreign surveillance in ferreting outterrorists. Add to this the provision in the USAPATRIOT Act that permits the government toorder the turning over of any tangible things

to protect against terrorism, depending on hownarrow or broad it is secretly interpreted by FISC.Finally, the use of a legal principle known as thespecial needs clause provides an exception to theFourth Amendment requirement for a warrantfor searches and seizures. It claims that minimal

intrusion by government is justified in combating alarger public danger. This is broad enough to drive

a truck through, and common sense alone candetect the potential for abuse in application.

Add to this the absurdity of all FISCs rulingbeing done in secret, with no public access to theseopinions that are then precedent-setting creatinga body of secret law that U.S. citizens can have noknowledge of. It is an entirely unconstitutional,un-American process that is shrouded in secrecyunder the increasingly dubious classificationsystem for national security. All these policiesfly in the face of the constitutionally guaranteedprotections of due process against unlawfulsearches and seizures. These protections are at thecore of our unalienable rights that the president,legislators, and the intelligence communitysemployees take an oath to uphold.

Feinstein is carrying the water for the NSA,promoting surveillance activities with no smallmeasure of enthusiasm, claiming that if wehad these spy programs prior to 9/11, we couldhave prevented the attacks. Apparently she didnot get the memo that refutes that claim, withdocumented evidence that not only did we have

such surveillance programs in place, but we had agreat deal of relevant intelligence on at least threeof the primary al-Qaeda operatives for years prior.The problem was not in the data collection, or

WORDS FROM THE EDITOR by Kathleen [email protected]

Government Secrecy Threatens Americas Rule of Law

Continued On Page 12

BUY ANY KING SANDWICH,

Offer only valid for 40 days! Expires 12-10-13.

Val id at any lo cat io n. Not val id wit h a ny ot her off er s.

No coupon necessary.

GET ANY BAKED POTATOFOR JUST 40

ElmoreDavenport

4810 Elmore Ave.359-1228

Eldridge178 S. 4th Ave.

563-285-5606

Browning FieldMoline

1635 23rd Ave.762-4626

John Deere Rd.Moline

4101 44th Ave.764-7303

East MolineMoline

1842 18th Ave.755-9123

Rock Island2532 18th Ave.

786-0035

Milan902 W. 4th St.

787-4884

Kennedy SquareEast Moline

4117 Kennedy Dr.755-4747

Old TownDavenport

903 E. Kimberly R.391-3323

53rd StreetDavenport

1640 53rd St.386-3188

Bettendorf2320 Spruce Hills Dr.

355-3919

West LocustDavenport

1432 W. Locust St.322-2275

LeClaire1109 Canal Shore Dr.

563-289-1506

NowOpen withDrive-Thru!

Follow us onFacebook.

NewsText HOBO to81018to join.

RewardsMOBILE

Download formobile ordering.

AppWe accept:Order at

www.good2goqc.com

Delivery


4/24


. . .I

.

Put $50

and aSamsung

in yourpocket.

Get a $50 bonus on allSamsung Smartphoneswith a network thatworks when andwhere you need it.

uscellular.com

After $50 Switcher Bonus that comes as a MasterCardDebit Card. Applicable Data Plan,Device Protection+, new 2-year agmt. and $35 activation fee required.

$49.99

FREE FREE

$49.99 $99.99

$49.99

Things we want you to know: Offer valid for limited time only. A new 2-yr. agmt. (subject to a pro-rated $150 early termination fee for feature phones, modems and hotspot devices and a $350 early termination fee for smartphones and tablets) required. Agmt. Terms apply as long as you area cstmr. $35 device act. fee and credit approval may apply. Regulatory Cost Recovery Fee applies (currently $1.57/line/month); this is not a tax or gvmt. required charge. Add. fees, taxes and terms apply and vary by svc. and eqmt. Offers valid at participating locations only. See store oruscellular.com for details. 4G LTE not available in all areas. See uscellular.com/4G for complete coverage details. 4G LTE service provided through King Street Wireless, a partner of U.S. Cellular. LTE is a trademark of ETSI. $50 Switcher Bonus: Valid for new line activations with any SamsungSmartphone. To receive $50 bonus, customer must register for My Account, or if already registered for My Account, log in to My Account within 14 days of activation. Bonus redeemable online at uscellular.com/Samsung50 . Bonus is in the form of a U.S. Cellular MasterCardDebit Card issuedby MetaBank Member FDIC pursuant to license from MasterCard International Incorporated. This card does not have cash access and can be used at any merchant location that accepts MasterCard Debit Cards within the U.S. only. Card valid through expiration date shown on front of card.Allow 10-12 weeks for processing. Device Protection+ enrollment is required and must remain on account for 60 days. The monthly charge for Device Protection+ is $8.99 for Smartphones with applicable Data Plan. A deductible per approved claim applies. You may cancel Device Protection+anytime after the 60 days. Federal Warranty Service Corporation is the Provider of the Device Protection+ ESC benefits, except in CA and OK. Account must remain active and in good standing in order to receive bonus. Offer not valid on business accounts and not combinable with other offers.Offer only available at participating locations. Promotional phone subject to change. Application and data network usage charges may apply when accessing applications. Kansas Customers: In areas in which U.S. Cellular receives support from the Federal Universal Service Fund, all reasonable

requests for service must be met. Unresolved questions concerning services availability can be directed to the Kansas Corporation Commission Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection at 1-800-662-0027. 2013 U.S. Cellular


5/24


Back when Richard M. Daley wasChicagos mayor, Hizzoner wouldhold a big, splashy press confer-

ence every year with cops and prosecu-tors and crime victims to unveil his newstate gun-controllegislation.

The Chicago mediapoobahs would shouttheir huzzahs, the

NRA would fume andraise tons of moneyfrom angry members,and then Daley wouldquietly go back tohis job as mayorand nothing muchwould ever happen inSpringfield.

Rahm Emanuel isnot Rich Daley.

Mayor Emanuels Statehouse lobbyists

are engaged in serious talks with the NRAand even the more strident Illinois StateRifle Association (something that Daleywould never do, and vice versa) to try towork out a compromise on legislation toforce convicted gun-possession violators toremain in prison for a lot longer than theyalready are. Emanuel himself is said to beactively involved by phone.

It still remains to be seen whetherEmanuel can succeed where Daley routinelyfailed. Some legislators said last week theybelieved the sides were closing in on a deal,but the NRA still had some objections.

The basic disagreement is over first-timeoffenders. Emanuel initially wanted somefirst-time gun-possession offenders to doguaranteed prison time. The harsh realityis that too many people are getting lightsentences for gun offenses, and then theyrecoming out of prison to commit more guncrimes. The NRA, however, worries thatotherwise innocent, law-abiding citizens

who make a harmless mistake could windup doing hard time.One of the compromises currently on the

table would force states attorneys to initiallycharge some first-time offenders with amisdemeanor but allow prosecutors to gothrough a detailed felony review processthat could result in more severe criminalcharges.

But the NRA frets that hard-line anti-gunCook County States Attorney Anita Alvarezwould abuse the process to lock too many of

the wrong people behind bars.Indeed, word from inside the talks isthat the NRA brought up an example of aman with an out-of-state gun permit whohas been fighting off a Cook County felonyweapons-possession charge for two years.

Can Chicago Mayor Get Something

Done on Gun Control?

by Rich Miller

CapitolFax.com

The charges were reportedly dropped whenthe states attorney was put on the spotduring negotiations.

The NRA understandably worries thatAlvarez who said I dont believe that

people should own gunsand I would favor a lawthat no one could everbuy a gun will continueplaying hardball with gun

owners who dont havecriminal records.The NRA also finds

itself in the somewhatunusual position of beingallied with several African-American lawmakerswho oppose additionalmandatory-minimum billsafter seeing thousandsof their constituents

disproportionately locked up under current

mandatory-minimum sentencing laws.But all of this is the way things work onjust about everything else. Its how thingseventually get done. People on all sides withstrong positions sit down and find a wayto compromise. But up unti l last springsconcealed-carry negotiations, which wereforced on Springfield by a federal judge,that hadnt really happened on gun-relatedissues.

If they do come to some agreement, thenext hurdle will be Governor Pat Quinn.

The governor has historically been loatheto offend African-American voters, so hehas maintained an unusually low profile onEmanuels mandatory-minimum proposals,not wanting to get caught in the middle.

Quinn told the Illinois Radio Networkthat he wanted a ban on high-capacity gunmagazines included in the sentencing-billdiscussions. Such a provision would be adeal-killer for the NRA, and Quinn surelyknows this.

The danger here is Quinn trying to use acarefully crafted bill to grandstand on guncontrol, as he did this past summer with hissplashy veto of the concealed-carry bill afterrefusing to participate in the negotiations.If Quinn uses his amendatory-veto powersto insert the magazine ban, he could quiteprobably tube the whole thing.

Then again, if somebody is murdered bya repeat gun offender after Quinn vetoesthe bill, the heat on the governor would beenormous, and a vindictive Emanuel would

undoubtedly fan the flames. Quinn needs totread carefully here.

Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax(adaily political newsletter) and CapitolFax.com.

ILLINOIS POLITICS

It still remains to

be seen whether

Rahm Emanuelcan succeed where

Richard M. Daley

routinely failed.


6/24


Purchase tickets today at www.theislebettendorf.com!

1777 Isle Parkway Bettendorf, IA 52722 1-800-THE-ISLE www.theislebettendorf.com

2013 Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Must be 21 to enter the casino. Management reserves the right to change or cancel events and promotions atany time without prior notification. Gambling a problem? There is help. And hope. Call 1-800-BETS-OFF.

CONNECT WITH US

RAY LIVE!A TRIBUTE TORAY CHARLES

NOVEMBER 15

STAYIN ALIVE:A TRIBUTE TO THE

BEE GEESNOVEMBER 30

DRINKIN, SWINGIN,SINGIN CHRISTMAS

SHOWDECEMBER 21

DONT MISS OUR EXCITINGENTERTAINMENT LINEUP

3865 Elmore Ave. | Davenport, IA 52807 | 563.326.1847

www.dolandjewelers.com | Look for us on Facebook.

We get to know our brides pretty well.

Thats why Doland brides are invited to

select from a range of beautiful jewelry to

accessorize their wedding gown for free!

Visit us at Doland Jewelers

for complete details.

wedding day?

Freejewelryfor your


7/24


Sybarite5, November 10 at Augustana College

Hail to the Thieves

by Jeff Ignatius

[email protected]

It likely seemsa minorthing, but most of thetracks on Sybarite5s

2012 album Everythingin Its Right Placeclock inwithin a few seconds ofthe corresponding Radio-head versions.

The string quintet which will have threepublic performances as

part of its Quad City ArtsVisiting Artist residencyfrom November 4 though10 is by no me ans thefirst classically trainedensemble to tackle thesongs of Thom Yorke andcompany. But its certainlythe most faithful, and thesong lengths are actuallytelling.

The eightarrangements by PaulSanho Kim (on the10-track album) arestriking in matching eachsong nearly moment-for-moment and part-by-part. This includes lush, thick, slow piecessuch as Everything in Its Right Place andPyramid Song but also explosive rockerssuch as Paranoid Android and 2+2=5.

Crucially, neither the arrangements northe performances castrate the songs,retaining their dynamic range andenergy without drums, electric guitars, oramplification.

Kim has created a new repertoirefor effects on string instruments,explained violinist Sarah Whitney in aphone interview last week. For example,players hit their strings with spoons orpens, she said, all essentially to imitatethe electronics on the recordings. So itsbecome much more than just a stringcover. Its become a much more creativeproject. ...

It was fascinating to see how closelyPaul could replicate every single sound.... When you have everything written onpaper and youre playing every little effectin the song, you definitely have a muchdeeper understanding of the song. ... Wereally know every little second of thatmusic.

The most compelling thing aboutthe [Radiohead] songs are the ... richharmonies, and a lot of the songs arealmost symphonic in nature, addedcellist Laura Metcalf in a separate phone

interview. There are so many layersand so many textures, and so manyreally elegant sounds in the songs. Thereare things in the songs that are kind ofrough and a little bit rock-and-roll, but

if you really, really listen [to the originalversions], theres a lot of beauty t here. Ilove hearing it on different instruments.... It brings out different things within themusic.

Kims arrangements and Sybarite5sperformances make Radiohead soundnatural on string instruments, whichdisguises the enormity of the task something the quintet learned firsthandwhen it tried to arrange No Surprises

the day before a recording session. Wedidnt even really have a lot of time to setup expectations of how difficult it wasgoing to be, Metcalf said. We just had todo it. ... It was not an easy process. It wasthe first time we ever attempted somethinglike that. We managed not to kill eachother, and we think we got a pretty goodarrangement out of it.

The blog New York Music Dailymade a compelling case that Sybarite5sversions are better than the or iginals. Asmuch as the layers of electronic effects inRadioheads music can sound completelyrandom, theyre meant to create adissociative, disquieting effect. But theycan be distracting. Sybarite5s no-nonsense

arrangements for the most part steer clearof that side of Radiohead, putting themelodies front and center and reaffirmingjust how strong they are .

Started roughly a decade ago, Sybarite5

initially featured a rotating cast ofmusicians, performing annually on streetcorners at the Aspen Music Festival. Afew years later, founder and double-bassistLouis Levitt decided to make the group amore serious endeavor with a stable lineup,and its current members have all been withthe ensemble since at least 2009.

Metcalf said she was drawn toSybarite5 in part because she had neverplayed music that was not immediately

categorizable as classical at a really highlevel and as an artistic statement. I wasdrawn to the fact that this group playsreally every kind of music you couldpossibly think of ... .

Sybraite5 won the Concert ArtistsGuild Victor Elmaleh Competition in2011, which carried with it a managementcontract. Next year the ensemble willpresent its inaugural Forward Festival, aportable event that the quintet hopesto bring to various communities after itsfirst run in Sarasota, Florida. The concept,Whitney said, is to collaborate with otherartists in the community in each city.

But the biggest hook for Sybarite5 is itsRadiohead project, which started with a

Kim arrangement ofPackt Like Sardines ina Crushd Tin Box.

Radiohead hasalways been a band thatwe all love, Whitneysaid. We loved it [thefirst arrangement] somuch that we decidedto make a project outof it. ... And once weaccumulated enough,we realized, Wevegot to put an albumtogether. We have torelease this.

But Sybarite5 is nota Radiohead coverband. Its repertoireranges from Mozartto Samuel BarbersAdagio for Strings

to tango composerstor Piazzolla to LedZeppelins Stairwayto Heaven andHeartbreaker. Its2010 EP Disturb theSilencefeatured Piotr

Szewczyks The Rebel and Dan ViscontisBlack Bend two commissions forSybarite5 that remain staples of its live s ets.The groups Quad Cities performances

might include a portion of anothercommission, Daniel Roumains Parksabout the famed civil-rights figure RosaParks.

Metcalf said work is beginning onarrangements of Daft Punk and AphexTwin, and Sybarite5 would also love toadapt Bjrk for string quintet: Her stuff,like Radioheads, is so textural and full andsymphonic in a lot of ways.

Because of the composition of the

group a traditional string quartet plusthe double-bassist there is no standardrepertoire, and we play what we love,Whitney said. Weve commissioned somany things, had so many things arranged,just because the repertoire simply doesntexist.

We are completely free to playwhatever we want, Metcalf said. A lotof string quartets have the ver y dauntingtask of interpreting standard repertoire

in a fresh, new way of per fecting it tothe level that theyre going to stand outfrom all the other people playing thesame music all the time. ... We were right

COVER STORY



8/24


Vol. 20 No. 842Oct. 31 - Nov. 13, 2013

River Cities Reader532 W. 3rd St.

Davenport IA 52801

RiverCitiesReader.com

(563)324-0049 (phone)

(563)323-3101 (fax)

[email protected]

Publishing since 1993

The River Cities Reader is an independent

newspaper published every other Thursday, and

available free throughout the Quad Cities and

surrounding areas.

2013 River Cities Reader

AD DEADLINE:5 p.m. Wednesday prior to publication

PUBLISHERTodd McGreevy

EDITORKathleen McCarthy

EDITORIALManaging Editor: Jeff Ignatius [email protected]

Arts Editor, Calendar Editor: Mike Schulz [email protected]

Contributing Writers: Amy Alkon, Rob Brezsny, Rich

Miller, Frederick Morden, Bruce Walters, Thom White

ADVERTISINGAccount Executives:

Roseanne Terrill [email protected]

Advertising Coordinator: Nathan Klaus

Advertising rates, publishing schedule, demographics,and more are available at

QCAdvertising.com

DESIGN/PRODUCTIONArt Director, Production Manager: Shawn Eldridge

[email protected] Artist: Nathan Klaus [email protected]

Design/Production Interns: Ellen Korn

ADMINISTRATIONBusiness Manager: Kathleen McCarthy

Office Administrator, Classifieds Manager, CirculationManager: Rick Martin [email protected]

Distribution: William Cook, Steve Cowan Cheri DeLay,Greg FitzPatrick, Daniel Levsen,

Jay Strickland, Doug Wilming

by Jeff Ignatius

[email protected]

It would have beenthe perfect time forScott Lucas to close

the door on Local H.In February, he was

mugged in Russia, anattack that left himwith damage to hisvocal chords andthey still arent fullyhealed. In August,Local H announcedthat drummer BrianSt. Clair was amicably

leaving the guitar/drum duo after 14years.

On the plus side,the band was comingoff Hallelujah! Im aBum, which one PopMatters.com authordubbed the best rock album of 2012,and which TinyMixTapes.com called awatershed album ... . Not only is it themost intricately arranged and carefully

structured of the bands 20-plus-yearhistory, but it is also their first to delveso deeply into the polluted waters ofpartisan politics. ... Musically, Hallelujah!is on par with the best entries in the Hcatalogue. Lucas has a knack for craftingheavy rock with strong, distinctivehooks. As epitaphs go, a band could domuch worse.

But when I asked guitarist/vocalistLucas last week about shelving his

Chicago-area band given the eventsof 2013, he said he never seriouslyconsidered it. This would be the secondtime in my life where I would sort ofthink that, he said. But at this point itskind of hard to separate myself from theband. When Im dead, you wont haveto wonder what I thought and what wasgoing through my mind. All you haveto do is put on these records, and youdknow. ... This has never been a job forme. I honestly dont know what else Iwould do. It is part of me, and it alwayshas been.

A better opportunity to deep-six LocalH, he said, would have been before St.Clair joined initially, following its three-

album 1990s tenure on the Island label which spawned the top-10 hit Boundfor the Floor. That would have been thesmart time to try something else, Lucassaid. Now its just too fucking late.

Local Hs November 8 show at RIBCO

will be its first with new drummer RyanHarding and I do mean new. I askedLucas whether Harding was a long-termreplacement, and he sounded unpreparedfor the question. Uhhhh ... yeah, hesaid. I guess youre the first person Italked to about this, so I dont really knowexactly what to say about it. But yeah.When asked about Hardings strengthscompared to St. Clairs, Lucas suggestedthat their relationship is still a bit too

fresh: I dont think were going to knowthat yet.But he said the new start with Harding

has given him the chance to revisit thebands songs as they were originallyrecorded. Having played with Brian solong, theres a lot of things that I wasntaware of that we were doing ... , he said.But its also interesting that you get intoruts with people. Its a chance to breakyour own habits, as well. Thats reallyinteresting to me. ...

You see that Ryans coming from therecording. And then you realize that whatme and Brian might have been doing iscoming from the way weve been playingit live, which sometimes is completely

different. ... So in away, Ryan knows thesesongs better than I do.... Its kind of cool to goback to ground zero. Itkind of gives you a lookinto what you werethinking originally.

Another benefit,Lucas said, is theintensive rehearsalprocess, which issomething that doesnthappen when two

people have beenplaying together formore than a decade.

I kind of feel likethe band had becomesort of under-rehearsed

anyway, so I dont really mind rehearsinglike this, he said.

And he said that the duo has been ableto resurrect songs that had fallen off thebands radar for a while, and you dont

even know why. Lucas wouldnt nameit, but he said that Local H has beenpracticing his favorite song off its 1995Ham Fisteddebut a track the band hadabandoned on its set lists.

As for his voice, Lucas said that it isgetting better all the time. There are a lotof things I can do now that I certainlycouldnt do six months ago.

But it isnt coming back as quickly ashed like almost certainly a function of

disregarding medical advice to rest it.I dont think any of the doctors that Isaw have any clue what I do every night,which is damaging enough, he said.If they knew, theyd probably want meto stop. ... [But] taking it easy isnt thevocabulary when it comes to this band.

Local H will perform on Friday, November8, at RIBCO (1815 Second Avenue, RockIsland; RIBCO.com). The show starts at9 p.m. and also features Satellite Heartand the Post Mortems. Tickets are $12 inadvance and $15 at the door.

For more information on Local H, visitLocalH.com.

Back to Ground ZeroLocal H, November 8 at RIBCO

MUSIC

Photo by Wade Hawk


9/24


Would you like to see a photo ofperhaps the happiest child inthe world?

If so, Ill direct you to the Web siteof Grammy-winning zydeco musicianTerrance Simien, the latest artist-in-residence for the Mississippi ValleyBlues Societys Blues in the Schoolsprogram. Land on the home page atTerranceSimien.com, click on theCreole for Kidz tab, and check out

the picture of the little boy he looksabout three or four photographed atone of Simiens concerts. Youll have notrouble knowing which kid Im referringto: Hes wearing a red Spider-ManT-shirt, holding a gold-bead necklace,and boasting what might be the mostinfectiously joyful smile youve ever seen.

Thats the zydeco smile, man! saysSimien, with a laugh, when I referencethe childs photo during our recent

phone interview. Youget that, man!You get that when you hear the music.You just start smiling, and people startdancing ... . Thats what that music doesto you!

The Web-site photographs of Simien,meanwhile, find him sporting someserious zydeco smiles himself whichonly makes sense, as the artist has anawful lot to smile about. Alongsidehis ensemble Terrance Simien & the

Zydeco Experience, the Louisiana-based,48-year-old musician has toured nearly50 countries, and given more than 7,000performances, during the bands 32years together. In 2008, the groups Live!Worldwide album earned it the very firstGrammy Award presented in the newcategory of Best Zydeco or Cajun MusicAlbum a category for which Simienand his wife and manager Cynthia hadspent years petitioning.

And when hes not performingpublicly, the piano, trumpet, andaccordion player is generally busyeducating youths about his musics rootsin his outreach program Creole for Kidz& the History of Zydeco, a multiculturalarts program that has reached more than500,000 students worldwide. In additionto performing three public concerts,Simien will be delivering a one-manversion of his groups presentation at10 area schools during his November

4 through 8 area stay, and he calls theopportunity to educate young peopleabout the blues-influenced Cajun dancemusic of zydeco a passion thats beenevolving through the years.

I mean, theres nothing like playingfor a group of kids, he continues. Just

getting them into the music, and seeingtheir faces... . Well do these showssometimes for two, three thousand kidsat a time, and theyll really be blownaway. Theyll say Wow! Ive never seenanything like this before! Thankyou!

Something in Your DNASimiens fascination with zydeco began

when he himself was a child in rural

Louisiana. That was the music that weheard growing up, he says. I first heardit at our church in St. Landry Parish, inthe little church community we grew upin called Mallet. In our church hall, weused to have fundraisers, and one of themwas a zydeco dance, and I rememberreally loving the music from as early asthree years old.

Yet while Simien had been playing thepiano and started on the trumpet at age10, he admits that for most of his youth,

I wasnt listening to zydeco. We didnthave any zydeco records at my housewhen I was a kid, and like all the otherkids, I kind of got into the popular musicon the radio, you know.

But when I was a teenager, I startedgoing with my dad to these zydecodances. And I remember going to thisplace called Slims Y-Ki-Ki in Opelousas,which was a famous zydeco dance hall its still there that was built back in

the 40s. I went with him and saw therewere a few teenagers there with theirparents, like me. And we started dancing,just having a good time, and I really fellin love with the kind of come-as-you-

The Zydeco SmileTerrance Simien Performs and Educates as Blues in the Schools Artist-in-Residence

by Mike Schulz

[email protected]

MUSIC

are, laid-back atmosphere of that wholescene.

You know, Simien says with a laugh,whenever I went out to hear the popularmusic, you had to be dressed a certainway, and you had to dance a certain way,and it wasnt fun for me at all. You didntwant to make a wrong move; otherwisethe kids would be talking about you untilyou graduated.

But over there at the zydeco dance,

it was not like that. Man, everybody wasjust letting go and enjoying the music.People were smiling. People were havingfun. And you didnt see any fights oranything like that, man. You were just outhaving a good time.

Simiens early love for zydeco led tothe gift of an accordion for his birthday(I mightve been 13 or 14), which theyoung man taught himself to play. Itwasnt that hard to learn, he says. I

picked up on the style of John Delafose,who was a popular musician in thezydeco circuit where I grew up. I justlearned all his songs, and then I startedlearning some Clifton Chenier, and Istarted writing some of my own songs,and the music just evolved from there.

From his youth, Simien says, Ialways dreamed about having a band.And my vision, before I had the zydecoexperience at dance halls, was to start

a cover band. Yet as he became moredeeply entrenched in Creole music andits history during his teen years, Simiensays he began to feel less a desire than aresponsibility to help build awareness ofzydeco and its origins.

One of my biggest motivations wasseeing it and then saying, Wow, so manypeople my age dont even know about allthis stuff. Dont even know the historybehind it. Because its a multiracial,multicultural collage of influences thatcame together in Louisiana that makethis music, and make this culture.

I mean, my family alone was heresince the mid-1700s. Im part French,African, Spanish, Native American,and German, and all these culturescame together in Louisiana and startedfamilies, and fused together, and madethis music. And thats why so manypeople can automatically connect with it,because theres something in there thats

in your DNA. Its more than what theyhear theyre feeling something insideof them. With a laugh, Simien adds, I



10/24


FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT, ALWAYS SMOKE FREE!

I-280 and Hwy 92, Exit 11-A Rock Island, IL309-756-4600 800-477-7747 Open 7 am-5am daily

If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, crisis counseling and referral services can be accessed by calling 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537).

Pulled Barbeque Pork SandwichBaltimore Orioles, Camden Fields

A sure home run from the stadium of the BaltimoreOrioles, this sandwich is made of roasted pulled porkmarinated in a tangy barbeque sauce on a fresh buntopped with steakhouse coleslaw. Served with sweetpotato chips and a side of barbeque for

dipping! Extra napkins included! $6.99

Tuesday Thursday 5pm-9pm | Fri day and Saturday 5pm-10pm

Here are two of ourexcellent menu items.

Fire Roasted Chicken Pasta.

Fettuccini noodles tossed with

black beans, tomatoes, roasted

corn and chipotle Alfredo sauce

topped with a Cajun chicken breast.Bone-In Ribeye

For Reservations, please call 309-756-4773.

For complete menus, go to jumerscasinohotel.com.

Pulled Barbeque Pork Sandwich

Packer PrideServed at Lambeau Stadium, Green Bay

From the Frozen Tundra, this PackerFan favorite is a two in one! A hot

dog inside a bratwurst wrapped inbacon and cooked till crisp. Servedwith your favorite hot dog toppings

on the side! $7.99

Packer Pride

Breakfast Served all day beginning at 7:00am

Lunch/Dinner 11:00am -9:00pm Sunday Thursday

Lunch/Dinner 11:00am 10:00pm Friday & Saturday

THE AREA'S BEST DININGBlue Square Caf and DJ's Steak House


11/24


by Mike Schulz [email protected] Mike Schulz [email protected] Reviews by Mike Schulz [email protected]

be typicalJackass, but if Bad Grandpacan evoke the spirit of Anne Frank, forPetes sake, its gotta be doing somethingsubversive.

THE COUNSELORRidley Scotts The Counselor, with its

original script by No Country for OldMen author Cormac McCarthy,is a sun-drenched, exceedingly nasty thriller aboutdrug dealings gone awry in and aroundMexico, and it feels a l ittle self-conscious all artfully composed tableaux andconversational portent and poetically (andamusingly) crackpot dialogue that dancesaround the movies narrative without ever,exactly, explaining what that narrativeis. Yet its a visually stunning piece ofwork that keeps you in a state of giddily

expectant dread with every scene initiallyunclear though its storyline is, the movieshould prove terrifically rewarding onrepeat viewings and heaven knows thereare worse ways to spend two hours thanby staring at the beautiful, and beautifullyintense, faces of The Counselors MichaelFassbender, Penlope Cruz, CameronDiaz (truly terrifying), Javier Bardem, andBrad Pitt. More than half of whom meetfantastically grisly deaths here. Now thats

entertainment.

For reviews of Carrie, Escape Plan, TheFifth Estate, and other current releases, visitRiverCitiesReader.com.

Follow Mike on Twitter at Twitter.com/MikeSchulzNow.

BAD GRANDPAThis might surprise a grand total of none

of you, but Bad Grandpa which also goesby the more telling titleJackass Presents: BadGrandpa isnt much of a movie. The firstJackass release to feature an actual narrative,and actual characters, in place of the usualparades of comically vile, violent challengesand stunts (though there are a few of those,too), director Jeff Tremaines road-tripslapstick is mostly shapeless and certainlyobvious, and nowhere near as hilarious as youwant it to be.

Yet its also a continually interesting and, inthe end, rather sweet sociological experimentreminiscent of Borat, but a Borat withoutthe mean-spiritedness. If Sacha BaronCohens outing, with its Candid Camera-styleemployment of real people clearly not in

on the joke, reveled in displaying how crassand ignorant Americans could be, Tremainessuggests just how tolerant and polite we canbe and given the circumstances presentedhere, thats apparently mighty tolerant andpolite indeed.

To quickly dispense with the plot, becauseit really isnt important, Bad Grandpa findsJohnny Knoxville (hidden under impressiveprosthetics) playing his familiarJackasscharacter Irving Zisman, a randy, recently

widowed 86-year-old with serious penchantsfor booze, women, dirty jokes, and lettinghis (please-let-it-be-prosthetic) junk danglein places it absolutely shouldnt. Early in thefilm, his drug-addict daughter arrives withher eight-year-old son Billy (Jackson Nicoll),and as shes entering, or maybe fleeing,rehab orders the elderly man to care for thechild. That wont do for Irving. So instead, he

pops the kidin a car, andthe pair (orrather the trio,as the corpseof Irvingslate wife istagging along)

embarks on across-countrytrek to NorthCarolina,where Billy isto be dropped off with his weed-smoking loutof a father.

You get zero points for correctly guessingthat our initially wary traveling companionswill bond, with Irving eventually melting atthe thought of giving up Bil ly, and the boy

learning to appreciate, and mimic, grandpasabhorrent behavior. You lose points if youguessed that their antics would match the(low) highs of previousJackasses; barringthose in a handful of sequences particularlya literally explosive one set in the cornerbooth of a small-town diner the gross-outsand publicfaux pas in Bad Grandpa are moremild-chuckle-funny than belly-laugh-funny.But I had a fine time anyway. Knoxville, whonever once drops character (the end-creditouttakes dont count), is typically fearless,and he develops an excellent rapport withNicoll, whose unflappable deadpan is athing of true comic beauty. Tremaines entirefilm would fall completely apart if thisgifted youth werent so stunningly adept atkeeping a straight face, and Nicoll is evenmore endearing as hes finally allowed tosmile when Billy begins sharing grandpaslove for juvenile pranks. (Bad Grandpas

climactic goof onLittle Miss Sunshine,which the beamingNicoll performs indrag,might be theone time the moviepasses judgment onits supporting cast

of regular folk, butconsidering thosebeing judged areobnoxious pageantmoms and their

unbearably precocious spawn, they kind ofdeserve it.)

And then there are the reactions ofthose regular folk judging by the facialblurring, about 90 percent of whom signedrelease forms who greet Irvings and Billys

colossally inappropriate shenanigans withfrequent horror, yes, but also abundantkindness, and almost inhuman patience. Myfavorite extras were probably the sweet-tempered UPS ladies who seemed to giveactual thought to, at Irvings request, shippingBilly to North Carolina in a box. But theydhave competition in the moving-companyemployees who helped Irving stash his wifein the trunk, and the woman who nearly hada heart attack witnessing an adjustable-bedfiasco, and the strip-club patrons who didntflee when Irving danced with his scrotumhanging below his kneecaps; if we learnanything here, its that thereappear to be nolimits some will go to spare the feelings ofthe elderly and the pre-pubescent. Watchingthis moderately enjoyable yet fascinatingfilm, I was reminded of the famed AnneFrank quote: In spite of everything, I stillbelieve people are good at heart. It may not

Listen to Mike every Friday at 9am on ROCK 104-9 FM with Dave & Darren

Over the Hill, Under the Gun

Johnny Knoxville and Jackson Nicoll inBad Grandpa


12/24


Whats HappeninWhats HappeninMusicChurch of MiseryRock Island Brewing Company

Saturday, November 2, 9 p.m.

The Japanese touringband Church ofMisery will take the stageat the Rock Island BrewingCompany on November2, and along with theirsignificant fan base, theartists have spent yearswowing music critics, with AllMusic.comcalling the group the undisputed (andunchallenged) kings of Japanese stoner/doom, and TheObelisk.net describing itsmusicians as among the best in the worldat what they do.

Still, to be honest, I was a little nervousabout asking to write a Whats Happenin

on this particular booking, consideringthat Church of Miserys thrash-metal andpsychedelic rockers musicians whovebeen blowing away crowds worldwidesince the release of 2001s CD debut

Master of Brutality are best-knownfor songs about mass murderers andserial killers, with titles on the bandsdiscography including Killfornia (EdKemper), Road to Ruin (CharlesWhitman), and Room 213 (JeffreyDahmer).

But then it dawned on me: Werethe Reader, damn it! Were not goingto kowtow to potentially squeamishsensibilities and the threat of reprisal forarticles of perhaps questionable morality!

So, confident in that knowledge, I

hereby present the lyrics to the Churchof Misery song Boston Strangler (AlbertDe Salvo) in their entirety. My publishersaid hed only consider blacking out wordsand phrases that might be deemed reallyoffensive.

Please let meinsideOpen your doorIm here toXXXXXXXXXXX.

Show me yoursmiling

And hear me your cryingXXXXXX fall from my grace

XXXXXXX XXXXXXXI lost my mindIn a trance, XXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX for XXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXXXX on you, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, and its so goodIm caught XXXXXXXXXX XXXFor my distorted youth

Take that, censorship!Church of Misery performs locally

with opening sets by Against theGrain and Bloody Hammers (youwere expecting Fragrant Daffodils?),and more information on the night isavailable by calling (309)793-4060 or

visiting RIBCO.com.

TheatreThe Miracle WorkerPlaycrafters Barn Theatre

Friday, November 8, through Sunday,

November 17

CurtainUp.com called it aninspiration. The New YorkTimes deemed it profoundlymoving.Time magazine describedit as unforgettable theater. Andfrom November 8 through 17,the it being referenced will finda home at the Playcrafters BarnTheatre with the Moline venuesThe Miracle Worker, authorWilliam Gibsons telling of the earlyeducation of author/activist Helen

Keller.Having lost her sight and hearing

as the result of a childhood illness,

Kellerwenton tobecomethe firstblindand deaf

individual to earn a Bachelor ofArts degree, achieved fame (and

some notoriety) as an outspokencampaigner for womens suffrageand labor rights, and, in a 1999Gallup poll, was named one of themost widely admired people ofthe 20th Century. Gibsons play,meanwhile, explores the originsof Kellers impassioned, fiercelydetermined temperament, andshows how it was both shaped andharnessed by schoolteacher AnnieSullivan, the practical-minded,

tireless educator who taught theyoung, nearly uncontrollable Kellerhow to communicate.

Directed by Rae Mary,PlaycraftersMiracle Workerfeatures Laila Haley as Keller,Cayte McClanathan as Sullivan(both pictured), and a supportingcast of local talents that includesBill Peiffer, Mollie Schmelzer,Tyler Henning, Leigh VanWinkle,and Al Whitmore. But while

youll certainly learn a lot fromPlaycrafters presentation andwill likely have a sensationallyentertaining, deeply emotionaltime doing so theres no harm inlearning more! Try your hand atthe Helen Keller head-scratchers tothe right.

Performances of The MiracleWorker take place Fridays andSaturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundaysat 3 p.m., and more information

and tickets are available bycalling (309)762-0330 or visitingPlaycrafters.com.

t?YouthoughtIwasgoingtoendwithoneofmytypical,smart-aleckyjokes?InapieceaboutHelenKeller?!?Well,ofallthe...!Whatseninpagesforyoufortwowholeweeks!

TheatreA Christmas Story:

The MusicalCirca 21 Dinner Playhouse

Wednesday, November 6, through

Sunday, January 5

H

o, ho, ho!!! And what doyou

want for Christmas, little boy?

I wanttickets to theCirca 21 DinnerPlayhouses newproduction ofAChristmas Story:

The Musical

that was basedon the classic

holiday comedy from 1983 and that openedon Broadway in 2012 and got nominatedfor three Tony Awards including Best

Musical and thats nowdebut in a presentationParise from Circa 21sand has a cast that incluGage McCalester andand Andrea Moore andand his daughter Krianbunch of other peoplefantastic singing and redance numbers and alldialogue we rememberthats running between

even its dissemination to the appropriate agencies.

There were volumes of intelligence pouring in onpotential attacks on American soil, including flyingairplanes into buildings. Feinstein admitted duringa recent Senate hearing that then-CIA DirectorGeorge Tenet issued her committee dire warningsof an impending attack months before 9/11. Theonly conclusion is that there was a failure of seniorlevels of government to act effectively on actionableintelligence, as reported in the 9/11 CommissionReport, among others.

The support for these massive surveillanceprograms by both the Senate and House

intelligence-oversight committees is unseemlyin the face of so much evidence that debunksthe programs efficacy, including the systematicunraveling of Feinsteins claims that this surveillancethwarted no fewer than 54 terrorist attacks. In thefinal analysis, the only domestic activity actually

prosecuted based on collected metadata was that

of a New York cabbie found guilty of sending$8,500 to a tribe in Somalia that was designatedas a terrorist organization. (See RCReader.com/y/911.)

It makes a lot more sense when viewedthrough the lens of massive corruption thatcharacterizes Feinsteins service. As co-chairof the U.S. Senate Select Committee onIntelligence, whose job it is to oversee theintelligence services, she emphatically givesa pass on all counts of overreach. PerhapsFeinstein is an unapologetic cheerleader for

government spying because, as a memberof the military-construction appropriationssubcommittee from 1997 through 2005, shecleared hundreds of millions of dollars infunding for projects that were awarded tocompanies Tutor Perini Corporation and

URS Corporation with ties to her husband,

Richard Blum. From 2001 to 2005, Perini earned$759 million and URS earned $792 million inmilitary-construction and environmental projects.Originally a builder of casinos, Perini converted tomilitary-construction projects, increasing federal-contract revenues from $7 million in 2000 to $444million in 2004, according to an extensive expos.(See RCReader.com/y/feinstein. Read more aboutFeinsteins other conflicts of interest at RCReader.com/y/blum1, RCReader.com/y/blum2, andPeterByrne.info.)

Feinstein had (and still has) unprecedented

access to data that should have forced herto recuse herself in all manner of legislativeactions where these clear conflicts of interestexisted, but she refused. Astonishingly, becauseshe was also member of the U.S. Senate SelectCommittee on Ethics, her accountability was

(and still is) nonexistent. This is just one story

of toxic corruption in government that has goneunindicted. Feinstein has been in office for morethan 30 years, with no end in sight thanks toexcessive partisanship among voters regardlessof past bad acts. Democrats and Republicans willalmost always vote for their partys candidateregardless of previous behavior, rather thancasting a vote for the opposing partys candidatewith a clean record.

Feinsteins bad acts leave her ripe forcompromise. Logic suggests that intelligenceagencies have proverbial dossiers on all politicians,

bureaucrats, and private and public industryleaders for this very reason to force complianceor face exposure. Granted, Feinsteins history iswell-documented, but if the distribution of herconflicts of interest has not reached critical mass,their resurrection could potentially threaten her

WORDS FROM THE EDITOR Continued from Page 3

Government Secrecy Threatens Americas Rule of Law


13/24


MUSICFriday, November 1 Whitey

Morgan & the 78s.Michigan-based

honky-tonk/country musicians in

concert, with an opening set by Fifth ofCountry. Rock Island Brewing Company

(1815 Second Avenue, Rock Island).

9 p.m. $10-12. For information, call(309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com. For

a 2011 interview with Whitey Morgan,

visit RCReader.com/y/whitey.Friday, November 1 Cowboy

Junkies. Canadian alternative-country/

blues/folk rockers in a concert co-sponsored by the Englert Theatre.

First United Methodist Church (214

East Jefferson Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m.$25-38. For tickets and information, call

(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org. Fora 2008 interview with the bands AlanAnton, visit RCReader.com/y/junkies.

Saturday, November 2 Cowboy

Indian Bear. Kansas-based independentrockers in concert, featuring an opening

set by The Bubble Baths. Rozz-Tox (2108

Third Avenue, Rock Island). 9 p.m. $5. Forinformation, call (309)200-0978 or visit

RozzTox.com.Wednesday, November 6, through

Friday, November 8 TerranceSimien. Concerts with the Blues in the

Schools educator/musician, presentedby the Mississippi Valley Blues Society.

What ElseIs Happenin

by Mike Schulz

[email protected]


MusicInternational Chamber

SoloistsGalvin Fine Arts Center

Friday, November 8, 7:30 p.m.

Avery specialguest is set toamaze audiencesat St. AmbroseUniversitys GalvinFine Arts Center,and when I firstlearned that theToronto Star called this individual asuperbly equipped player with a rock-steady bow arm and ultra-confidenttechnique, my initial thought was:Awesome! Katniss Everdeen!

And then I remembered that the

guest in question was actually DmitriBerlinsky, the lead violinist and frontman for the acclaimed musiciansof International Chamber Soloists.And then I remembered that KatnissEverdeen is fictional. Sometimes Im abit slow on the uptake.

Performing on the Galvin stage onNovember 8, International ChamberSoloists is an assemblage of giftedtouring artists led by Berlinsky,

and its ensemble of award-winningstring players practically constitutesa living, breathing tour of the globe.Beyond the Russia-born violinist, the

group showcases young performersfrom Australia, Belarus, Korea, NewZealand, Poland, Romania, Taiwan,Uzbekistan, and the United States,and has also thrilled concert-goers indozens of additional countries, havingrecently completed tours throughoutEurope and South America.

Lauded for theirdynamic interpretive skillsand their collective abilityto make classical works

by Mozart, Prokofiev,Beethoven, and othergreats sound newly vitaland fresh, the talents ofInternational Chamber

Soloists are sure to exhilarate theGalvin crowd with the sort of musicalpanache witnessed by Americanaudiences spanning from San JosesNational Theater to New YorksCarnegie Hall. Meanwhile, Berlinsky

will likely be a show all his own,considering that the New York Timeswrote of one his performances: Histone was rounded and velvety, and hephrased in a way that brought out themusics fire. So with the booking ofBerlinsky, Galvin is essentially catchingfire.Just like Katniss Everdeen!

Fine. Im slow on the uptake andhave seen too many Hunger Gamestrailers.

For more information on, andtickets to, November 8s InternationalChamber Soloists concert, call(563)333-6251 or visit SAU.edu/galvin.

Answers:1B,2A,3B,4C,5True.Thankyouforplaying.Whawrongwithyou?!?Shameonyouforthinkingthat!NomoreWhatsHap

1) On what day was Helen Keller born?A) March 3, 1874B) June 27, 1880C) September 13, 1893

2) What was Kellers middle name?A) AdamsB) BennettC) Reardon

3) From which institution did Keller graduate?A) Bryn Mawr CollegeB) Radcliffe CollegeC) Yale University

4) What was the date of Kellers death?A) April 5, 1951B) May 11, 1963C) June 1, 1968

5) True or false: When Keller made public speeches, she spoke out

loud to her audiences.

aking its areaby director Tonymokey Joes Cafdes Ben Klocke andarc CiemiewiczTom Walljaspera and a whole

nd is filled withlly entertaininghat hilariousrom the movie andovember 6 and

January 5 and thats going to be a whole lotof fun for the whole family and I promiseIll be really really good if you get it for meSanta and oh I also want an official RedRyder carbine-action 200-shot range-model air rifle!

Youll shoot your eye out, kid.

For more information on, and tickets to,

A Christmas Story: The Musical, call(309)786-7733 extension 2 or visit

Circa21.com.

re-election. Modern government surveillance

is J. Edgar Hoover on steroids, considering theamount of information collected and available for... whatever.

It is no longer extreme to consider that suchrevolting practices could be employed, especiallybecause all our conversations, communications,and digital activities are stored. Personal datacould be easily manipulated for nefariouspurposes that benefit those with access. The thingmost lacking today is Americans imaginations.

People often respond to government spyingby saying, Why should I care? Im not doing

anything wrong. We should all reply: Yet! Theaverage U.S. citizen breaks at least three laws everyday, according to a Wall Street Journalreview ofHarvey Silverglates book Three Felonies a Day(RCReader.com/y/felonies). This is a reasonableestimate considering the massive number of

laws added to the books every year. It would be

impossible for any of us to know every law, and ifthe government were intent enough, it could findviolations that apply to you and prosecute youusing your specific history conveniently storedand made available in secret without your evenknowing until the hammer fell.

This week, Congress is introducing legislation,the USA Freedom Act, to more intensively governthe NSAs activities. It is important to familiarizeyourself with this legislation beyond the newsbites given by the corporate media. A draft versionof the bill reveals the key provisions including (1)

addressing Section 215 and ending bulk collectionof Americans communication records; (2)reforming FISC; (3) increasing transparency; and(4) addressing National Security Letters issued bythe FBI requiring recipients to turn over privatedata without notification.

by Kathleen McCarthy

[email protected]


14/24


Wednesday: Center for Active Seniors (1035

West Kimberly Road, Davenport), 11:30

a.m. Thursday: RME Community Stage(131 West Second Street, Davenport), 7

p.m. Friday: The Muddy Waters (1708 StateStreet, Bettendorf), 9 p.m. Free admission.

For information, call (563)322-5837 or visit

MVBS.org.Friday, November 8 Local H.

Alternative rock duo in concert, with

opening sets by The Post Mortems andSatellite Heart. Rock Island Brewing

Company (1815 Second Avenue, Rock

Island). 9 p.m. $12-15. For information, call(309)793-4060 or visit RIBCO.com.

Friday, November 8 Wycliffe Gordon.

Jazz trombonist performs a concert inHancher Auditoriums Visiting Artists series.

The Mill (120 East Burlington Street, Iowa

City). 7 and 9:30 p.m. $10-20. For ticketsand information, call (319)335-1160 or visit

http://www.Hancher.UIowa.edu.Saturday, November 9 Jessica

Hernandez & the Deltas. Concert with

the Detroit-based jazz, blues, and soul

musicians, preceded by a SPECTRA poetryreading at 8 p.m. Rozz-Tox (2108 Third

Avenue, Rock Island). 10 p.m. $5 suggested

donation. For information, call (309)200-0978 or visit RozzTox.com. For an August

interview with Hernandez, visit RCReader.

com/y/hernandez.Sunday, November 10 Sybarite5.

String quintet performing as Quad City

Arts Visiting Artists, in an event held inpartnership with the Quad City Symphony

Orchestra. Augustana Colleges WallenbergHall (3520 Seventh Avenue, Rock Island). 3p.m. $10-25. For tickets and information, call

(309)793-1213 or visit QuadCityArts.com.Tuesday, November 12 Natalie

MacMaster & Donnell Leahy: Masters

of the Fiddle. Rave-ups, ballads, and

step dancing in a concert in HancherAuditoriums Visiting Artists series. Englert

Theatre (221 East Washington Street, Iowa

City). 7:30 p.m. $10-35. For tickets and

information, call (319)335-1160 or visit

http://www.Hancher.UIowa.edu.Tuesday, November 12 The

Alejandro Ziegler Tango Orchestra.

Concert featuring the touring musicians

from Buenos Aires. Coralville Center for

the Performing Arts (1301 Fifth Street,Coralville). 6:30 p.m. $12-23. For tickets

and information, call (319)248-9370 or visit

CoralvilleArts.org.Wednesday, November 13 Jake

Shimabukuro.Jazz, blues, rock, bluegrass,

classical, and folk music with the touringukulele player. Englert Theatre (221 East

Washington Street, Iowa City). 8 p.m.

$30-33. For tickets and information, call(319)688-2653 or visit Englert.org.

THEATREFriday, November 1, through Sunday,

November 17 Last Call: The Songsof Stephen Sondheim. Musical revueof songs by the Pulitzer Prize-winningcomposer, created by Tyson Danner andMike Schulz. QC Theatre Workshop (1730Wilkes Avenue, Davenport). Fridays andSaturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. Paywhat its worth ticket pricing. For ticketsand information, call (563)650-2396 or visitQCTheatreWorkshop.org.

Sunday, November 3 Ghost Brothers

of Darkland County. Supernatural musical

presented in radio-drama format, featuring

a book by Stephen King and score by JohnMellencamp. Adler Theatre (136 East Third

Street, Davenport). 7 p.m. $39.50-69.50.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visitAdlerTheatre.com. For an interview with

star Bruce Greenwood and director Susan V.

Booth, visit RCReader.com/y/darkland.Monday, November 4 Theodore

Roosevelt. One-man reflection on the

presidents triumphs and failures, featuringactor Terry Lynch. Eldridge Public Library

(200 North Sixth Avenue, Eldridge). 6:30

p.m. Free admission. For information, call

(563)285-4794 or visit ScottCountyLibrary.

org.Thursday, November 7, through

Sundays, November 17 I Take This Man.

Romantic comedy by Jack Sharkey, directed

by Dana Skiles. Richmond Hill Barn Theatre

(600 Robinson Drive, Geneseo). Thursdays-Saturdays 7:30 p.m., Sundays 3 p.m. $8-10.

For tickets and information, call (309)944-

2244 or visit RHPlayers.com.Friday, November 8, through Sunday,

November 10 Berlin to Broadway with

Kurt Weill. A journey through the notedmusicians career, directed by Bill Theisen

and conducted by William LaRue Jones.

Englert Theatre (221 East WashingtonStreet, Iowa City). Friday and Saturday 8

p.m., Sunday 2 p.m. $5-20. For tickets and

information, call (319)688-2653 or visitEnglert.org.

COMEDYFriday, November 8 Murder at

Skuttlebutt Sound. A new pirate-adventure

murder mystery with the Its a Mystery!troupe, written by Scott Naumann.

Skellington Manor Banquet & Event Center

(420 18th Street, Rock Island). 6:30 p.m.$35 for dinner and show. For tickets and

information, call (363)344-9187 or visit

SkellingtonManor.com.

VISUAL ARTSaturday, November 2, and Sunday,

November 3 Fall Mississippi River Valley

Art Drive. Seventh-annual, self-guided tourfeaturing more than 400 works by artists

residing within 100 miles of the Mississippi

River. For information, visit MRVAD.com.

EVENTSFriday, November 1, through Sunday,

November 3 Fall Antique Spectacular.

Annual event featuring 70 exhibitors offering

fine antiques and collectibles for sale. QCCA

Expo Center (2621 Fourth Avenue, Rock

Island). Friday 5-9 p.m., Saturday10 a.m.-4

p.m., Sunday: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. $7 weekendpass. For information, call (712)324-9964 or

visit AntiqueSpectacular.com.

Friday, November 1 Cirque

Mechanics: Birdhouse Factory. Stage

spectacular in which factory workers areacrobats and machines are circus props.

Orpheum Theatre (57 South Kellogg Street,

Galesburg). 7:30 p.m. $25-40. For ticketsand information, call (309)342-2299 or visit

TheOrpheum.org.

Friday, November 8 QC UnitedsThird-Annual Food & Wine Experience.

Event featuring international wines,

samplings from three area chefs, andlive music with electric violinist Jerald

Daemyon. River Music Experience (131

West Second Street, Davenport). 6 p.m.$50-65/person, $90-130/couple. For tickets

and information, call (563)326-1333 or visit

RiverMusicExperience.org.Friday, November 8 Rock n Roll

Bingo. Music-trivia fundraiser held in

support of the John R. Kiley MemorialScholarship, with host Cody Tucker of radio

station B100FM. Knights of Columbus

Hall (1111 West 35th Street, Davenport). 7p.m. $10 at the door. For information, visit

RockNRollBingoQC.com.Sunday, November 10 Unity Fest

International. A celebration of community

diversity featuring food tastings, cultural

performances, ethnic demonstrations andcrafts, and more. Putnam Museum (1717

West 12th Street, Davenport). Noon-5p.m. Free admission. For information, call(5630)349-1870 or visit QCUnited.org.

Tuesday, November 12 Theresa

Caputo. Interactive readings and personalstories with the star of TLCs Long Island

Medium. Adler Theatre (136 East Third

Street, Davenport). 7:30 p.m. $41.75-100.For tickets, call (800)745-3000 or visit

AdlerTheatre.com.

Continued From Page 13

What Else Is Happenin


15/24


Easy to openand close

In the Walnut Center | 4711 North Brady Street | Davenport, IA | www.LifeStylesFurniture.com | 563. 345. 6250

Todays sofa sleepers aremore comfortable andlighter weight than ever.And Stylish!Sofa sleepers that you wont believe

open into a bed, until you see it for yourself!

Designs in both leather and cloth to fit your style.

Come in now to order the style, color, and fabric that youwant and have it delivered in time for the holidays!

We also have one of the best selections

of contemporary bedroom furniture!

Beds, mattresses (including memory foam)

or complete bedroom sets!

Free Delivery. Stop in today!

Ill be home for ChristmasNow is the time to plan for holiday guests

WeShip


16/24


The Princess & the Frog? And Id say95 percent of the audiences hands goup, and theyll go up all excited. Oooo!Yeah! And Ill say, Well, guess what,guys? We have a song in that movie.And then Ill start singing Goin downthe bayou, goin down the bayou ... ,

and Ill see these little girls putting theirhands over their mouths, you know, allsurprised, like, Oh, that song! I knowthat song! And then well get em tosing the song with us, and then all of asudden, thats it. Theyre connecting withthe music.

So thank you, Disney! says Simien,laughing. Because kids from now untilforever are gonna be watching thatclassic and connecting to the music.

Terrance Simien will perform three publicconcerts during his Blues in the Schoolsresidency: at the Center for Active Seniors(1035 West Kimberly Road, Davenport) at11:30 a.m. on November 6; at the RedstoneRoom (129 Main Street, Davenport) at 7p.m. on November 7; and at The MuddyWaters (1708 State Street, Bettendorf)at 9 p.m. on November 8. For moreinformation on Simiens area residency,

call the Mississippi Valley Blues Society at(563)322-5837 or visit MVBS.org.

For more information on the artisthimself, visit TerranceSimien.com.

residency with a full-length public concert

on Sunday, November 10, at AugustanaColleges Wallenberg Hall (3520 SeventhAvenue, Rock Island). Tickets to the 3 p.m.performance are $25 for adults and $10for students and can be obtained by calling(563)322-0931 or visiting QCSymphony.com.

Other public performances are scheduled for11 a.m. on Thursday, November 7, at BlackHawk College (Room 115, Building 4, 660034th Avenue, Moline) and 3 p.m. on Friday,November 8, at the Deere-Wiman House(817 11th Avenue, Moline).

For more information on Quad City ArtsVisiting Artist series, visit QuadCityArts.com

For more information on Sybrarite5, visitSybarite5.org.

and networking and then uniting thecommunity ... . We worked reallyhard at it for seven years. And finally,on our fourth petition, after a letterof recommendation to establish thecategory was brought forth to thetrustees, they voted for the category

almost unanimously.But as proud as Simien is of that

accomplishment, he says that the 2001creation of his Creole for Kidz & theHistory of Zydeco program will alwaysremain a professional and personalhighlight.

I always wanted to reach the kids andconnect them with this music, he says,because as a kid growing up with thismusic, you know, I was connected to it,

and it was a real positive experience forme. You know, growing up dancing andhaving a good time, and not feeling anypressure from bullying or anything likethat ... . It was an atmosphere that wasjust so joyful and laid-back, and I thinkall kids should experience that.

And, the artist says, that sense of joyis certainly evident when the youthshe performs for learn that the musicof Terrance Simien & the Zydeco

Experience is prominently featured in2009s New Orleans-set Disney film ThePrincess & the Frog.

In our programs, Ill always ask thekids, How many of you guys have seen

think its their blood talking to em, youknow what Im saying?

So I came to realize, hey, this isntjust Louisiana history. This isAmericanhistory, man. And if we dont all stepup, this is gonna be a thing of the past.Because there really wasnt anybody

making any effort in the Creolecommunity to educate about this, youknow?

Goin Down the BayouWhile still in his teens, the artist

formed the zydeco band Terrance Simien& the Mallet Playboys in 1981, and headmits that, initially, it was difficultfinding fellow teen musicians for the

ensemble. Guys would say, Aw, man, Icant play that zydeco stuff ! Thats for oldpeople! But those same guys, you know,are zydeco musicians today. They all livefor that stuff now.

What Simien says was less difficult,perhaps somewhat surprisingly, was hisbands ability to book sets at local venues.It was such a novelty around home, youknow a teenage zydeco band thatpeople would book us because we were

youngdoing it. It was like, Lets bookthese kids! So it was actually easier toget bookings then. Even though, he addswith a laugh, some of the older zydecoguys were getting pissed off because wewere getting their gigs.

And now, you have tons and tons ofteenage zydeco bands coming out of theCreole communities down here in southLouisiana, and also around southeastTexas, and even in California. There area bunch of teenage bands around therein the San Francisco Bay area and in Los

Angeles a lot of Creoles settled thereback in the early 1900s, looking for betterjobs and stuff, and brought the culturewith them, you know?

With the renamed Terrance Simien &the Zydeco Experiences higher-profileengagements including a breakthroughset at the 1984 Worlds Fair in Louisiana,an appearance in the 1987 Dennis Quaidthriller The Big Easy, and a concert atAustralias Sydney Festival that was

attended by 100,000 music fans, theband made music history when, in 2008,it won the first Grammy in a categoryfought for by Simien and his wife forseven years prior.

We just felt, Hey, you have styles ofmusic like Hawaiian music, and NativeAmerican music, and folk music, and allof these styles of American music thatdeserve to be recognized, and ours isntthere. So we started a little campaign,

and began petitioning the Grammysboard of trustees to establish a newcategory.

A lot of the process involvededucating the community about zydeco

Continued from Page 9MUSIC by Mike [email protected]

The Zydeco Smile

COVER STORY

Levitt, for example, can hit his bass.

Its not like a bass drum, but it really getsthat depth and that effect, Metcalf said.Meanwhile, the cello can hold down thesongs low end. If the group were a stringquartet, she added, the arrangement couldinclude only one of those elements: Ithink that since ... we have that addedinstrument ... [and] that added range, wereable to capture a lot of the different soundsthat are in the songs.

And while Sybarite5s versions ofRadiohead arent radical deconstructions,she said, the group is adventurous in tryingto reproduce the breadth and depth of thesongs. Were not exactly experimental in away that you would think of experimental,but we definitely want to explore everypossibility of sound that can be created byour instruments, she said. I think thatthe sounds make sense for us. Theyre notother for us.

Continued From Page 7

away able to find our voice through the

repertoire that we played, and constructour own personal style and canon ofrepertoire ... just by choosing very, verycarefully the works that we were going toplay and the works that we were going tocommission.

Metcalf added that the quintet formatmeans greater variety for her Im notconfined to the bass line all the time and that Kim is particularly adept atmaking arrangements that are compellingfor both the players and the audience.Hes good at keeping the arrangementinteresting. Theyre not repetitive.

The five instruments, Metcalf said, areessential to reproducing Radiohead. Thedouble bass, she said, opens up a hugerange of possibilities in terms of rangeand timbre of the songs that we can get.And also percussive effects and sounds wecreate using only our instrument.

Hail to the Thieves

by Jeff Ignatius

[email protected]

Metcalf stressed that Radiohead is not

meant as a novelty. Its very easy to coverrock tunes on string instruments, andvery hard to do it well, she said. Its easyto distill a rock tune into its most simpleparts the bass line, the percussion, thevoice, the guitar par ts. But to make it reallyinteresting and something that we feelcomfortable presenting on a concert stageis much, much more difficult.

As for Led Zeppelin, she said that itsa great way to connect with youngerstudents, few of whom have ever rockedout on classical instruments. (Much ofSybrarite5s residency will be spent in areaschools.)

But Metcalf admitted that she had noaffinity for Led Zeppelin before joiningSybrarite5: Its not of my time, lets say.But neither is Mozart.

Sybarite5 will close its Quad City Arts


17/24


of the month September through June atthe Butterworth Center, 1105 Eighth Streetin Moline.

For more information on the club, visitQCPhotoClub.com.

much of the oldarchitecture on the

ground level, but ifone looks up, thefaades are oftenwell-preserved.He shot this photousing a NikonD90 with a Nikon18-200-millimeterlens at about60 millimeters,f/8, and 1/1000

of a second. Hesubmitted hisphoto directly asit was taken in thecamera.

The topic forDick Koos wasPair. He thoughtabout this anddiscussed it withhis wife. Theydecided that a pairof pears wouldbe a nice twist. Italso gave him achance to do tabletop photography for

(Editors note: The River Cities Readereach month will feature an image or

images from the Quad Cities PhotographyClub.)

Each summer the Quad CitiesPhotography Club issues a summerchallenge. Each person is randomly

given a topic to use to create a photo. Thechallenge photos are then shown and dis-cussed at the September club meeting. Itsalways interesting to see how the topicsare interpreted.

Dan Holtz had the topic OldArchitecture. He stated, The well-preserved Victorian heritage of myhometown of Geneseo, Illinois, providedmany good opportunities to capturethis theme. I made this photo of an oldbank-building faade, because the date of1912 is clearly inscribed along with theornate stone work and interesting linesand colors of the architectural design.The photo was made facing the corner ofthe building to capture the key elementsof the faade and to provide something ofa three-dimensional feeling. As is the casewith many area communities, the retailbusinesses have replaced and modernized

PHOTOGRAPHY

Featured Images from the Quad Cities Photography Club

the first time. He askedseveral club members forsuggestions on how to dothis, then set up a tablein front of a window thathad light filtered througha curtain. The pears wereset on a piece of black

poster board, and headded a white board onthe right side to reflect onthe right pear, reducingthe shadow there. Theshot was taken with aNikon D7000 with an 18-70-millimeterlens at 70 millimeters on a tripod.It was shot in RAW at f/6.7 and 1/6of a second. Dick made some minoradjustments to the exposure using ApplesAperture software, and he removed some

blemishes. He added, They did taste asgood as they look.

The Quad Cities Photography Clubwelcomes visitors and new members.The club sponsors numerous activitiesencompassing many types and aspects ofphotography. It holds digital and printcompetitions most months. At its meetings,members discuss the images, help eachother to improve, and socialize. The club

also holds special learning workshopsand small groups that meet on specificphotography topics, and occasionally offersinteresting shooting opportunities. Theclub meets at 6:30 p.m. the first Thursday

FAMILY FIESTA DAYEL DA DE LOS MUERTOS

A Partnership with Casa Guanajuato Quad Cities

10 am-2 pmSaturday, November 2Free admission all day

Celebrate El Dia de los

Muertos (Day of the Dead)

at the Figge! Families and

friends can spend the day

remembering their loved

ones while interacting in

the galleries and studios as

they explore the altars and

Catrinas on display. Visit the

Figge website for a complete

list of activities!

Davenport, Iowa 563.326.7804www.figgeartmuseum.org

FIGGE ART MUSEUM EVENT

October 17 Crossword Answers


18/24


again before you forget where the parts go.Stop grumbling that women are

conniving takers, and work on acceptingyourself, flaws and all. Once your self-respect is no longer trailer-hitched towhether women want you, you can bedirect just talk to a woman, let her seewho you are, and ask her out. She mayturn you down, but if you feel okay aboutyourself, youll see her rejection as yourcue simply to find the next girl to hit on,not to storm out behind the coffeehouse,shake your fist at the sky, and yell, Hey,werent the meek supposed to inherit theearth? Wheres mine?!

Wait ProblemsA friend of a year has a pattern of

raving about people she meets and thencompletely cooling on them. Last week,she met a man online. On their firstdate, he took her shopping, buying her a

gold ring and a key ring he had engravedwith both their names and Thinkingof you always. She describes him asperfect, brilliant, et cetera, and said sheloves him and would marry him. I saidthings like Take some time to get toknow him, but I dont think she reallyheard me.

Concerned

A first date like theirs raises somequestions for the second date, such as,

Who should pay the invoice for the side-by-side burial plots? Be prepared to wearout your face trying to talk sense into yourfriend. The problem is confirmation bias our tendency to seek information thatsupports what we alreadybelieve and tossinformation that does not. In other words,your time would be better spent paintinga wall and speaking meaningful thoughtsto the paint as it dries. Another productiveuse of your time would be adding up howmuch of it youre spending worrying about

this womans problems. It isnt mercenaryor ugly to expect a friendship to be mutualand to influence you in positive ways.If how she lives is dragging you down,you may want to give her a little lessprominence in your life. Then, when youdo see her, you can just admire her ringand share in her happiness at reachingthat milestone golden anniversary celebrating 50 joyous minutes of knowinga man.

Got A Problem? Ask Amy Alkon.171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405

or [email protected] (AdviceGoddess.com)2013, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved.

Ask

theAdviceGoddess BY AMY ALKON

Mouse Ado AboutNothing

Ive tried to be open-minded, butIve decided that men are givers andwomen are takers. I study at my localcoffeehouse. I am interested in thiswoman who comes in and I often unplugmy computer and offer to let her usethe outlet. Two weeks ago, I decided tomake my interest clearer by buying her

coffee. She said, Oh! Thanks! Then sheput her nose back in her books. The nexttime she came in, I offered her my largetable because she had tons of b ooks. Sheblushed as girls do, asking, Are yousure? I said, Of course! I then workedat a small, cramped table next to her.She made no effort to talk, except whenshe asked me to watch her computerwhile she went to the restroom. Finally,I decided to be really clear and asked ifshed like to g rab a bite sometime. She

smiled and said shed just see me here,but thanks. Yeah, shell see me there andexpect me to give her my big table. Imsick of this take, take, take. A womanneeds to tell a man right away if shes notinterested and not let him sit there likean idiot, planning to make her life easier.

Irate

I guess when you ask a woman whethershed like to use the power outlet, sheshould just come right out and say, Iwould, but I dont find you very attractive.

Why go after what you want when youcan dance around it, do it favors, and hopeit figures out that youve made a secretagreement with it in your head? There aregirls who would respond in a way youdconsider honorable who would not onlyshow appreciation when you provide themwith complimentary food and beveragesbut even follow you home. Unfortunately,theyre the sort of girls who catch a Frisbeein their teeth.

Like the sign spinner on the cornerin the Statue of Liberty suit, you thinkyou need to lure women with a specialoffer, except instead of Cash for gold!its Snake your drain for a date! Youreapparently convinced that no womanwould want you for you. This probablyisnt entirely off-base, since the you youcurrently are is a guy who thinks instillinga sense of obligation in a woman for favorsrendered is your best hope of having sex

19


19/24


like ghostly dust devils. Yet in the midst ofthis mayhem, an eerie calm possesses you. Aseveryone else struggles, youre poised and full ofgrace. To what do we owe t his stability? I suspect

it has to do with the fact that life is showing youhow to feel at home in the world no matter whatshappening around you. Keep making yourselfreceptive to these teachings. Halloween costumesuggestion: King or Queen of Relaxation.

VIRGO (August 23-September 22):Unification should be a key theme foryou in the coming weeks. Anythingyou do that promotes splicing and

blending and harmonizing will get extra help,sometimes from mysterious forces workingbehind the scenes. The more you work to findcommon ground between opposing sides, thestronger youll feel and the better youll look.If you can manage to mend schisms and healwounds, unexpected luck will flow into yourlife. To encourage these developments, considerthese Halloween disguises: a roll of tape, a stick ofKrazy Glue, a wound thats healing, a bridge.

LIBRA (September 23-October 22):What do you think youd be like if you

were among the 1 percent wealthiest people onEarth? Would you demand that your governmentraise your taxes so you could contribute moreto our collective well-being? Would you livesimply and cheaply so youd have more money todonate to charities and other worthy causes? ThisHalloween season, I suggest you play aroundwith fantasies like that maybe even masqueradeas an incredibly rich philanthropist who dolesout cash and gifts everywhere you go. At the veryleast, imagine what it would be like if you hadeverything you needed and felt so grateful you

shared your abundance freely.

SCORPIO (October 23-November

21):What if you had the power toenchant and even bewitch people with

your charisma? Would you wield your allurewithout mercy? Would you feel wicked delightin their attraction to you, even if you didnt planto give them what they want? I suspect thesequestions arent entirely rhetorical right now.You may have more mojo at your disposal thanyou realize. Speaking for your conscience, I will

ask you not to desecrate your privilege. If youmust manipulate people, do it for their benefitas well as yours. Use your raw magic responsibly.Halloween costume suggestion: a mesmerizingguru; an irresistible diva; a stage magician.

SAGITTARIUS (November

22-December 21):I had a dream thatyou were in the film O Brother, Where

Art Thou?You were like the character played byGeorge Clooney after he escaped from a prisonchain gang. Can you picture it? You were wearing

a striped jailbird suit, and a ball and chain werestill cuffed around your ankle. But you were sortof free, too. You were on the lam, making yourway from adventure to adventure as you eludedthose who would throw you back in the slammer.

Go to RealAstrology.comto check out Rob Brezsny's

EXPANDED WEEKLY AUDIO HOROSCOPES& DAILY TEXT MESSAGE HOROSCOPES

The audio horoscopes are also available by phone at

1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob BrezsnyARIES (March 21-April 19):Oncewhen I was hiking through Mauisrain forest, I spied a majestic purple

honohono flower sprouting from a rotting log. AsI bent down close, I inhaled the merged aromasof moldering wood and sweet floral fragrance.Lets make this scene your metaphor of theweek, Aries. Heres why: A part of your life thatis in the throes of decay can serve as host for amagnificent bloom. What has been lost to youmay become the source of fertility. Halloweencostume suggestion: a garbage man or cleaningmaid wearing a crown of roses.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):What

dont you like? Get clear about that.What dont you want to do? Makedefinitive decisions. What kind of person doyou not want to become and what life do younever want to live? Resolve those questions w

river cities' reader - issue 842 - october 31, 2013.pdf

Documents