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Pulse TV reviewer James Frazier delves into the psychological warfare of the hit Showtime series Homeland. The Emmy-winning drama proves there’s still plenty to be afraid of.
Drumsticks, trash cans and even straw brooms: Stomp can find a way to make beautiful, syncopated noise with anything. And you’ve got two chances to see them in the near future.
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u will be entertained Check out Nintendo’s new console lineup and find out whether we praised or panned Resident Evil 6, Borderlands 2 and Retro City Rampage.
In a faraway kingdom, an unseemly (and, frankly, a little gross) ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Shrek the Musical is coming to Cedar Falls for some big, green fun.
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WHAT'S UP It’s a good time to be a nerd. The Walking Dead is back in action, James Bond returns to the big screen, new gadgets are popping up left and right. The biggest news for me, though: Nintendo’s new video game console launches on the 18th. If you see someone huddled outside a game store in the wee hours that morning — in a blizzard, given my luck — that’ll probably be me. Feel free to stop, say hi and enjoy the peculiar shade of blue my fingers will be.
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No calls later in the day, please; I’ll be a little busy trying to save the princess (again) or rummaging through my knapsack while keeping an eye out for any zombies headed my way. If you’d like a little more info on what to expect from the Wii U, check out page 20.
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For the less geeky, never fear: We’ve got you covered. Take a look at two of TV’s biggest dramas or check out some of the hottest bands (like Fun., page 10). And check out the coolest cat of them all with our look back at 50 years of 007. Tuxedo optional.
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It’s been half a century, six actors and 22 films — or 23 or 24, depending on who you ask — since the world’s most dapper superspy thwarted the evil plans of Dr. No. Along the way, he managed to fall into bed with Honey Ryder. And Sylvia Trench. And Miss Taro. The only thing James Bond doesn’t do is moderation. As the longest-running film franchise in history prepares for its next installment, Pulse takes a look at the spies that thrilled us, the gadgets that wowed us and, of course:
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Dr. No (1962)
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
Live and Let Die (1973)
The Living Daylights (1987)
GoldenEye (1995)
Casino Royale (2006)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974)
Licence to Kill (1989)
Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
Bond Bit: Dalton was asked to replace Sean Connery for On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, but he felt he was too young for the role. He turned it down again after Diamonds Are Forever.
The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Skyfall (2012)
From Russia With Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Bond Bit: Though he was offered a seven-film contract and had signed a letter of intent to star in Diamonds Are Forever, Lazenby’s agent convinced him the spy series would be outdated, and he opted out. Worst. Advice. Ever.
Moonraker (1979) For Your Eyes Only (1981) Octopussy (1983) A View to a Kill (1985)
Die Another Day (2002) Bond Bit: Brosnan was originally approached to play Bond much earlier, but when Remington Steele was unexpectedly renewed, he had to pass on it.
Bond Bit: Craig has signed on to star in at least two more Bond films, Nos. 24 and 25.
This new Blu-ray collection, Bond 50, contains all 22 Bond films — excepting Skyfall, of course, though the box contains an open slot to stash it when you get it. There’s 130 hours of bonus features, including interviews with each man to play the title role. What the collection doesn’t include are the two unofficial films: the 1967 spoof Casino Royale, starring David Niven, Peter Sellers and original Bond girl Ursula Andress, and Sean Connery’s Never Say Never Again from 1983, which featured Kim Basinger. Neither were sanctioned by EON Productions, so they both get swept under the rug.
If you’d rather play at spies than watch them work, 007 Legends takes players through five classic movies as well as the events of Skyfall. Out now for PS3 and X360; coming soon for Wii U.
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Radioactive lint. The ejector seat. Exploding pens. Watches that do more than tell time.
The guns 007 famously switched from a Beretta to a Walther PPK on the advice of Major Boothroyd, a Q character modeled after a gun enthusiast who wrote to author Ian Fleming and complained the former was a ladies’ weapon. Bond has also toyed around with the Moonraker, a space-ready laser gun, and will have a revolver keyed to his palm print in Skyfall.
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or James Bond, the gadget was always front-and-center, as central to his persona as the martini and the impossibly glamorous Bond girls. “The perfect gadget at the perfect time” was seemingly the unofficial mantra of Britain’s intelligence-agency/underground lab that always was working on the next big gadget to prepare Agent 007 for battle with the world’s supervillains. The remote control, the homing device, the encryption machine, the car phone, the pager — even the robotic dog — weren’t commonplace innovations when they first appeared in Bond films, but they’re now part of our everyday tech lexicon. Of course, not every device has panned out quite like Q foresaw. Here are some of the items Bond has used (or dodged!) over the years.
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The espresso machine Bond uses in Live and Let Die is so complicated that M asks, “Is that all it does?” Yes, actually, it is. Q will need to get on that.
Caught in a sudden kickfight? Pop a knife out of the toe of your shoe, like Rosa Klebb does in From Russia With Love.
Dentonite Toothpaste Don’t put it in your mouth; this is actually plastic explosive, triggered by Bond’s cigarette case in Licence to Kill.
The cars The Aston Martins, the Lotuses, the BMWs. They had guns, they had Stinger missiles, they doubled as submarines. And let’s not forget the ejector seats, the carphones, the champagne chillers and the water cannons. When Bond leaves the garage, he leaves in style.
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Skyfall’s chanteuse Adele was initially unsure whether she wanted to sing and co-write the theme for Skyfall.
StarRING Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Bérénice Marlohe, Naomie Harris and Judi Dench plot Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. When MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost — even if it means coming back from the dead.
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“There’s a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song,” she said. “But I fell in love with the script. … It was also a lot of fun writing to a brief, something I’ve never done, which made it exciting.” The song was written by Adele and Paul Hepworth, who co-wrote her hit Rolling in the Deep. It has already rocketed into the Top 10 on iTunes. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS / Helga Esteb / SHUTTERSTOCK
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wreck-it ralph Stars: John C. Reilly, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Sarah Silverman PLOT: A video game villain wants to be a hero and sets out to fulfill his dream, but his quest brings havoc to the arcade where he lives.
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the man with the iron fists Stars: Russell Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, RZA PLOT: In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village must defend himself and his fellow villagers.
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flight Stars: Denzel Washington, John Goodman, Don Cheadle, Kelly Reilly PLOT: An airline pilot saves a flight from crashing, but an investigation into the malfunctions reveals something troubling.
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this must be the place Stars: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson PLOT: Cheyenne, a retired rock star living off his royalties in Dublin, returns to New York City to find the man responsible for a humiliation suffered by his recently deceased father during WWII.
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breaking dawn part 2 Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Maggie Grace PLOT: After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in front of the Volturi.
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anna karenina Stars: Keira Knightley, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jude Law, Matthew Macfadyen PLOT: Set in late-19th-century Russia high society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
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silver linings playbook Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver PLOT: After a stint in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when he meets a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
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life of pi Stars: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu plot: An Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper’s son, finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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killing them softly Stars: Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, Richard Jenkins, Scoot McNairy plot: Jackie Cogan is a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mobprotected poker game.
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Have fun The seemingly out-ofnowhere indie band that brought you We Are Young, Some Nights and Carry On will bring you to Luther College in Decorah if you let them. We could go on and on about the group’s Billboard accolades and platinum records sales, but that seems far less Fun. than simply imagining your smiling face at the
show. So go. Have Fun. Fun.’s visit to Luther is part of its Fall 2012 Campus Consciousness Tour, which is focused on mobilizing college students to actively support LGBTQ equality.
Fun. Saturday, Nov. 17 @ 7:30 PM Luther College, Decorah $31 | 563.387.1357 | luther.edu
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S Monster by KISS Genre: Glam rock, Hard rock Sounds like: Alice Cooper, Van Halen
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ex, fire, thunder, rock & roll; with such basic lyrical values, is it any wonder KISS decided to take another swipe at the honey pot in their twilight years? The good news is that Monster, the New York-based outfit’s 20th studio album, feels a bit like a bygone relic. Tracks like lead single Hell or Hallelujah and Freak quickly invite comparisons to the band’s staple albums, Destroyer and Dressed to Kill. In short, the shock-rock group, sans original members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss, conjure up their patented blend of flamboyant hard rock and glam-inspired vaudeville theatrics. These tracks will no doubt inspire blood spraying, levitating drum sets, smoking guitars and fire breathing on the inevitable sold-out tour. The band’s famously snake-tongued bassist Gene Simmons (The Demon) and vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley (The Starchild) appear to share songwriting
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duties on this record. This choice, in addition to the loss of stellar drummer Criss (Catman) and reliable guitarist Frehley (Spaceman), are the first of a few problems. That problem being that no matter which way you slice it, KISS’s lyrical content is empty, shallow and almost insultingly silly. Then again, this is a rock band that found merit in appearing on stage outfitted in elastic leather, barbed shoulders and Kabuki-like face paint. “Eat your heart out baby. Oh, won’t you get me something sweet. A hot mess is just what I need,” sings Stanley on Eat Your Heart Out. So maybe the band hasn’t
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aged a day, but if you can turn your brain off long enough, Monsters is a blast of untamed fun. Guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer fill the studded leather boots left behind by Frehley and Criss well enough. Thayer especially gets to put his prowess on display, with plenty of primal riffs on board. Best of all, Stanley’s vocal wail still pierces like it did in 1976. I recommend longtime fans to see the band live while they still have this much gusto and vitality. They may be the selfproclaimed “Hottest Band in the World.” They may be the most shameless band in the world. Either way, nobody but KISS could make a record like this.
The whole experience is silly and unashamed, but that doesn’t stop KISS from going after their Hottest Band in the World title.
Night Train JASON ALDEAN
Food & Liquor II LUPE FIASCO
Glad Rag Doll DIANA KRALL
All We Love We Leave Behind
The most memorable moment on Jason Aldean’s fifth album, Night Train (Broken Bow), comes in “1994” where the Georgia native starts chanting, “Hey! Joe! Joe! Joe Diffie!” like he was doing House of Pain’s Jump Around. It’s a cool image, name-dropping a classic country artist as a way to show how fully Aldean has embraced hip-hop in some of his music. The importance of classic rock, especially guitar solos, to Aldean is even more pronounced on this album. However, that doesn’t take away from his country appeal. The combination is an important way to show that country isn’t isolating itself from the rest of pop culture anymore. Aldean has taken that mix the furthest among country’s elite, and Night Train shows no sign of slowing down. — Glen Gamboa, Newsday
Contending with Lupe Fiasco is no easy task. On his last album, Lasers, the cerebral rapper played fair-and-balanced by dissing Glenn Beck and Barack Obama while crafting an alternate ending to American slavery with stunning strangeness. Each album before Lasers had trouble in mind — lyrical or musical, drifting as Fiasco does into vampy, operatic prog-hop on occasion. That’s Fiasco’s calling card: no single answer, no simple twist. To call his work heady and provocative is an understatement. “I rap black history/ you can only see my past if you fast/ forward.” His music may drift and be wifty, but as a rapper, Lupe Fiasco is sniper-sharp. — A.D. Amorosi, Philadelphia Inquirer
Diana Krall’s last album, 2009’s Quiet Nights, was quintessential Krall: a tasteful, careful, and artfully easygoing set of bossa-nova tunes. Glad Rag Doll is an anomaly: It’s a lively, loose and swinging bunch of old pop nuggets, mainly culled from Krall’s father’s collection of 78s of songs from the ‘20s and ‘30s. Producer T Bone Burnett assembled some of his favorite players — guitarist Marc Ribot, drummer Jay Bellarose, bassist Dennis Crouch, with a few guest turns from Krall’s husband, Elvis Costello — to accompany Krall’s sexy, sometimes bluesy, singing and her surprisingly forceful piano. While not exactly Krall’s rock record, Glad Rag Doll is earthy and precise, and Krall sounds like she’s having fun. — Steve Klinge, Philadelphia Inquirer
Converge is a wildly eccentric band, employing frenzied time signatures and offering a seamless cross-pollination of the heavy metal, hardcore punk and math rock genres. New album All We Love We Leave Behind chars the landscape from the get-go, unleashing a maelstrom of pulsating guitar attacks that become second fiddle to a jazz-inspired drummer with a seriously beefy skill set. Converge tyrannizes the listener just enough before disappearing at the 38-minute marker. What they leave behind is a tightly paced behemoth of an album that, despite every best effort, doesn’t rewrite the rulebook. Then again, when you reign sovereign over this subgenre, do you really need to? — Jared Molstead, Pulse
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he nap-inducing tryptophan on Turkey Day doesn’t exactly rev the engine. So release that belt buckle a notch and settle in with these mellow grooves perfect for a stuffed and snoozy Thanksgiving afternoon.
With You by Flight Facilities (feat. Grovesnor) There’s plenty to groove to in this new disco track from Flight Facilities, but it’s laid back enough to mellow you out. — Chris E., online
Touch by Seal If a lulling roll is what you’re after, you can’t go wrong with this soothing, raspy selection from Seal. — Meta H., editor
Careless Love by Preservation Hall Jazz Band With its drowsy jazz melodies and big, soulful voice, this rarity makes you close your eyes and tap your foot at the same time. — Amie S., writer
That’s Just the Way It Is by Phil Collins Phil Collins’ voice blended with the backing vocals of David Crosby could calm a squirrel on a 5-Hour Energy binge. No lie. — David H., designer
Moody’s Mood for Love by Queen Latifah I vastly prefer Latifah when she’s doing her jazz thing. Her buttery voice melts a room on this sweet number. — Alan S., assoc. editor
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Peaceful Easy Feeling by The Eagles This song is great for that peaceful, easy stupor you get after stuffing your face full of turkey and gravy. — Emily S., designer
Lost Verses by Sun Kil Moon Singer Mark Kozelek’s soulful vocals and accomplished guitar work combine for a bittersweet, mellow and sleep-inducing epic. — Jared M., writer
Lullaby by The Dixie Chicks Doesn’t the title say it all? But really, when the Chicks aren’t being crazy their music is all pretty mellow. — Emily C., writer
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The Paramount Theatre is back! Iowa’s massive flooding in 2008 (8 feet of water on the main floor!) caused $16 million in damage to the Cedar Rapids historic venue. The new digs are dried out and better than ever. November is the Paramount’s grand re-opening, and they’ve got a killer lineup to celebrate the hard work of rebuilding. paramounttheatrecr.com 14 PULSE
Harry Connick Jr.
Saturday, Nov. 3 @ 8 PM $250
The Oak Ridge Boys
Sunday, Nov. 4 @ 3 & 7 PM $28.50-$39.50
MUG NIGHT SPECIALS WEDNESDAYS $3 MICRO & CRAFT BREW / MUG REFILLS *HIGH ABV=$5 REFILLS
THURSDAYS $2 MACRO (DOMESTIC) / MUG REFILLS $2 BEEF TACOS $2.50 CHICKEN OR FISH TACOS
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presents Homecoming Saturday, Nov. 10 @ 7:30 PM $18-$48
SPECIALTY PIZZAS Straight No Chaser
Thursday, Nov. 15 @ 8 PM $27-$37
THE ORIGINAL - $10, $16
Tomato sauce, pepperoni, sausage, mushrooms, onion, green pepper and Mozzarella.
BBQ CHICKEN - $10, $16
PESTO PROSCIUTTO - $11, $17
BBQ sauce, Mozzarella, BBQ chicken, red onion and fresh cilantro.
CHEESY MEATBALL - $10, $16
Bill Cosby
Friday, Nov. 16 @ 8 PM $47-$62
B.B. King
CHICKEN ALFREDO - $11, $17
CHICKEN ARTICHOKE TOMATO - $10, $16
BUFFALO CHICKEN - $10, $16
Olive oil, Garlic Oregano chicken breast, Roma tomato, artichoke heart, FRESH Mozzarella and grated Romano.
THREE CHEESE, TOMATO & BASIL - $9, $15
Grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, mozzarella, onion and fresh Blue cheese crumbles.
PIZZA MARGHERITA - $9, $15
The classic Italian pizza. Our original white crust brushed with olive oil and topped with Roma tomatoes, Mozzarella, fresh basil and Parmesan.
SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN - $10, $16 Caramelized onions, grilled lime
ROASTED GARLIC POTATO AND PROSCIUTTO - $10, $16
TOSTADA - $10, $16
Seasoned ground beef, taco sauce, Cheddar and Monterey Jack topped with chilled chopped lettuce, fresh tomato salsa, green onions and crushed white corn tortilla chips. • Also available with grilled cilantro-lime chicken. Thai peanut sauce, marinated chicken, Mozzarella, green onion, chopped roasted peanuts, shredded carrot, and fresh cilantro.
present Homecoming Tuesday, Nov. 20 @ 7:30 PM $22-$32
Garlic Oregano Chicken, alfredo sauce, roasted red pepper, Mozzarella, Parmesan and fresh basil leaves.
Tomato sauce, Mozzarella, smoked Provolone, Parmesan, sliced Roma tomato, and fresh basil.
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Olive oil, Basil Pesto, Roma Tomato, Prosciutto, and melted FRESH Mozzarella. Finished with fresh Basil and Oregano Leaves.
Red Sauce, our Homemade Meatballs, Mozzarella, Smoked Provolone, Parmesan & Romano. Finished with fresh Basil and Oregano leaves.
chicken, Mozzarella, fresh tomato salsa and cilantro. Served with lime, sour cream and guacamole.
Sunday, Nov. 18 @ 7 PM $47-$67
THE MULLIGAN - $11, $17
Olive oil, basil pesto, Italian sausage, pepperoni and Mozzarella.
CARNE ASADA - $11, $17
Grilled Cilantro-Lime steak, onion, cilantro pesto, Monterey Jack, and Mozzarella cheese. Taken from the oven and topped with fresh tomato salsa, sour cream,
guacamole and a lime wedge.
Roasted Garlic & Oregano Butter brushed crust, topped with a layer of twice baked potatoes, thinly sliced prosciutto, green onion and chopped Roma tomato.
KONA COAST - $10, $16
Prosciutto, pineapple and Mozzarella.
THE 18TH STREET PIE - $11, $17
This Classic starts with our Ricotta-RomanoHerb cheese blend. It is then layered with Italian Sausage, Pepperoni, Prosciutto, and Mozzarella and finished with our traditional tomato sauce. Garnished with freshly chopped basil and oregano.
WHAT THE FAROK? - $10, $16
At first look this pizza may look like a bad decision. Give it a shot and and you will see it is well worth every one of the sweet $16 it costs for the Regular. Spicy garlic sauce, Mozzarella, Italian sausage, green pepper and red onion.
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Part romance, part twisted fairy tale and all irreverent fun, Shrek the Musical brings the hilarious story of everyone’s favorite ogre to life on stage. In a faraway kingdom turned upside down, things get ugly when an unseemly ogre shows up to rescue a feisty princess. Throw in a donkey who won’t shut up, a villain with a short temper, a cookie with an attitude and
more than a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you’ve got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there’s one on hand — and his name is Shrek.
Shrek the Musical Nov. 7-8 @7:30 PM Gallagher-Bluedorn, Cedar Falls gbpac.org
Don’t listen to monkeys ...
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Life on the edge It’s art in motion, and you should be there. Conceived, choreographed and performed by Helanius J. Wilkins, this evening-length solo project emerges from a place of emotion and experimentation. Wilkins is the founder of Washington, D.C.-based Edgeworks Dance Theater. Inspired in part by notions of what is uncomfortable, Wilkins navigates his way from questions to statements while exploring newfound personal realizations of dance. This piece fuses lighting design, video technology, movement and text through the subtle intimacy of humor. Edgeworks Dance Theater Nov. 9-10 @ 8 PM CSPS Hall, Cedar Rapids $15 advance | $18 door legionarts.org
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t began as a street performance in the U.K. No instruments. No money. Just creativity and rhythm. Today, Stomp is an international sensation with an ongoing sell-out Off Broadway production, a North American tour and two overseas productions. And you’ve got a couple of chances to see them in action in the coming months, one in Des Moines and the other in Cedar Falls. WWPD? We’d see ‘em both, of course.
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Friday, Nov. 9 @ 7:30 PM Saturday, Nov. 10 @ 2 and 7:30 PM Des Moines Civic Center 800.745.8000 | civiccenter.org
Saturday, Jan. 19 @ 7:30 PM Sunday, Jan. 20 @ 2 PM Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center Cedar Falls gbpac.org
Tenth Avenue North Christian breakout band Tenth Avenue North took a bold, creative leap forward with its third studio project, The Struggle, released Aug. 21. The 12-track album reflects influences varying from fan insight from the headlining artists’ past two years on the road to the addition of two new band members and a new recording process.
TENTH AVENUE NORTH The Struggle Tour with Audrey Assad and Rend Collective Experiment Saturday, Nov. 10 @ 7 PM Adler Theatre, Davenport $19 and $30 | ticketmaster.com | 563.326.8522
An American Master Like his good friend Grant Wood, Cedar Rapids native Marvin Cone was one of Iowa’s most important artists. Cone’s work is reflective of several aspects of American art, and his place in the greater discussion of American art is under-recognized. This large, seven-gallery installation attempts to rectify that oversight, not only by reassessing Cone’s work in general, but also contextualizing it in the larger picture of American art. This is the first major solo exhibition of Cone’s work since 1980.
Each gallery focuses on a different subject matter of interest to Cone. There were themes to which Cone returned during his career, the circus, clouds, barns, the rolling hills of Iowa, stairs and doors among them.
Marvin Cone: An American Master Through Jan. 20 The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art crma.org
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Nintendo’s first out of the gate into the sixth console generation with the Wii U. The main attractions are the move to high-def graphics (hello, 1080p Zelda games!) and the tablet controller.
ALAN SIMMER | Pulse Writer
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23 retail titles will be available at launch, including New Super Mario Bros. U, Nintendo Land, ZombiU, Scribblenauts Unlimited and Ninja Gaiden: Razor’s Edge, along with downloadable titles like Little Inferno, Toki Tori 2, Cloudberry Kingdom and Mighty Switch Force HD.
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Mickey and Oswald are back in Wasteland — with the promise that the camera problems from Epic Mickey are fixed. The 3DS’ Power of Illusion offers a sidescrolling experience different from the main game. 3DS, Mac, PC, PS3, Wii, Wii U, X360; Nov. 18.
Adventure Time The crazy-awesome TV show from the mind of Pendleton Ward gets its own crazy-awesome video game. In Hey Ice King! Why’d You Steal Our Garbage?!!, it’s up to Finn and Jake to … well, you get the idea. 3DS, DS; Nov. 20.
Hitman: Absolution Whether you’re a stealthy type or more a fan of all-guns-a-blazin’, the AI in Hitman will react realistically to Agent 47’s every move as you try to uncover the conspiracy against you. PC, PS3, X360; Nov. 20.
Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale Remember in 1999, when Nintendo thought it would be fun to make its major franchise stars fight each other? 13 years later, Sony decided that was a good idea. And now there’s this.
The adorable antics of Paper Mario move to the small screen, and as the title suggests, it’s all about the stickers. Not only are they critical in battle, various items can be stickerized and used to solve puzzles, opening up new areas to explore.
PS3, Vita; Nov. 20.
Crashmo Pushmo is widely considered the best eShop game. If you’ve played it and loved it, grab the sequel that adds gravity to the mix. 3DS eShop; Nov. 22.
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Master Chief returns in the long-awaited continuation of Microsoft’s flagship saga. Set five years after Halo 3, this new chapter begins the Reclaimer Saga, which sets the stage for the next decade of the Halo franchise. Master Chief must face the Prometheans — and his own demons — to save humankind.
For: X360 nov 6 The action in the new CoD shifts to the year 2025. Say hello to near-future weaponry! The revamped multiplayer lets you choose any 10 items and create your own class of fighter.
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Resident Evil 6 betrays fans’ trust James Frazier | Pulse Writer
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equels to video games reliably represent improvements on their predecessors. Game developers can ensure subsequent installments deliver the goods so effectively that releases result in buying frenzies from fans who’ve yet to read a single review. Resident Evil 6 splashes cold water on gamers who automatically buy a new game at full price. Coming after Resident Evil 4, one of the best games ever made, and Resident Evil 5, which was nearly as good, this entry represents an astonishing drop in quality. It’s nothing short of a betrayal, an instant exhaustion of the series’ goodwill. The Resident Evil series was never about story, but about gameplay and atmosphere, and that’s what has been broken here. The game follows the interlocked adventures of four zombie killers, including series regulars Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield, as they survive a zombie apocalypse using ample firepower and rudimentary puzzle solving. The combat system is in the vein of the action-oriented entries of recent years. Ammunition often proves sparse, a key necessity in the claustrophobic “survival horror” of earlier games, but
Resident Evil 6 For: PC, PS3, X360 | Price: $59.99 Rated: Mature PROS: Plenty of zombie killing; social multiplayer is amusing. CONS: Terrible character building; endless prompts; crushing disappointment.
more of an annoyance in a series now devoted to gunfire and white-knuckle combat sequences. The upgrade system of 4 and 5, an impeccable mechanism that emphasized weapon improvements and equipment purchases, has been scrapped in favor of a dull, almost intangible bore that focuses on vaguely defined upgrades. These upgrades are purchased using
experience points gained from slain enemies that the character is forced to manually collect, resulting in a lot of time wasted on looting corpses. In fact, wasted time is a good way to describe many of the new features. Close-quarters combat sees added attention, a frustrating bunch of buttonmashing. Much of the action in Resident Evil 6 unfolds via prompts, where one must hit a button or perform a motion to survive. Previous games used this sparingly and to great effect; playing now feels like an extended game of Simon. The multiplayer, still a relatively new feature in the Resident Evil games, is surprisingly handled with competency. The campaign modes are designed for two characters, and making one’s way through monster-infested catacombs and laboratories proves substantially more enjoyable when done so with the company of a friend. But one of those friends is bound to remember the superior gameplay of Resident Evil 5 and suggest a trip back to the good old days. In fairness, the retooling could make the series more accessible. But oh, how fans have been spoiled, and now they’ve been abused, too.
Borderlands sequel takes it to the next level Jared Molstead | Pulse writer
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hoot, loot and fiendishly explore the open world of Pandora until your hands blister over. This is the driving mechanic behind Gearbox Software’s Borderlands 2, and it is largely successful thanks to a winning blend of charming cel-shaded graphics, clever meta-humor and a beefy multiplayer suite.
Better yet, they strike a perfect balance between establishing Pandora’s historical lore and maintaining the zany, outlandish personalities that populate this post-apocalyptic wasteland. In the process, we get a deeper backstory and more fleshed out overworld that never dwarfs the game’s primal focus: unlimited fun. Credit that success to a game world chockfull of quirky adult humor and addiction-forming gameplay elements. Remember the original’s promise of 17 million weapon combinations? They might not be joking this time around. Borderlands 2 is a loot hunter’s paradise. Every encounter brings the promise of sweet, sweet loot. There’s always an incentive to keep your game system powered on one more hour. And Borderlands 2 is a hybrid shooter/RPG with major crossover appeal. RPG traditionalists and burned out Call of Duty fanboys
PROS: Delightfully retro; smile-inducing Easter eggs. CONS: Sound effects seem to come and go; play requires a reboot after cheating.
Rampage a blast from the past Alan Simmer | Pulse writer
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ave you ever wondered what Grand Theft Nintendo would look like? Wonder no further. Retro City Rampage takes the open-world car-jacking of Grand Theft Auto and goes 8-bit. I doubt the content of the game could fit on an NES cartridge, with the customizable display options — available in eye-searing PC DOS CGA B or Virtual Boy red — and the constant shoutouts to other games and pop culture icons. There’s an homage a minute, if you know what you’re looking for. Cruise around in the Turtle Van or the A-Team’s signature ride. Was that Professor Layton who just bounced off the windshield? Hello and — *thunk* — goodbye to Kain from Final Fantasy IV. Stop in to a casino and play the spade game from Super Mario 3, or speed past Pizza Gaiden restaurant. Even the main story arc is a none-too-subtle reference: help Christopher Lloyd, uh, I mean, Doc Choc gather the pieces of his time machine car so you can save the world. Or pillage it. Details, details.
Those acquainted with Gearbox’s breakout hit should settle back into the wonderfully bizarre world of Pandora quite nicely. While this finely polished sequel has several new features, it is largely concerned with correcting any nagging issues from the original. For one, Gearbox appears to have hired a writing team for this outing. There are more story-driven dialogue exchanges in the first two hours of Borderlands 2 than in the entirety of the original.
For: PC, PS3/Vita; XBLA and WiiWare soon Price: $14.99 | Rated: Teen
There are side missions and killing sprees to be done in addition to the parts collection, some of which can be incredibly hard and are worth coming back to.
Borderlands 2 For: PC, PS3, X360 | Price: $59.99 | Rated: Mature PROS: Fiendishly addictive; fantastic multiplayer; improved story.
I hit some glitches (don’t try to buy the speed shoes!), but Rampage is a delight, nostalgia or not.
CONS: More about improvement than innovation; stiff textures. alike can find enjoy a deep multiplayer component. At any time, even during a solo outing, players can pull up their multiplayer tab and convert the game to a social experience. Up to four players can seamlessly wreak havoc together, and it truly is the preferred method of destruction. While Borderlands 2 is familiar, there is no disputing the insane amount of fun and customization on board. You might come for the laughs, but you will stay for the loot.
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he Emmy-winning drama Homeland is the pay cable analogue of 24, an adult-oriented, suspenseful terrorism thriller whose characters are perpetually immersed in plots against America. This show proves not just a worthy successor, but a timely one that speaks honestly to difficult issues while it entertains. Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), the show’s intelligence officer heroine, is singular among thriller protagonists. She’s brilliant, ready to wield her sexuality as a political and tactical weapon while burdened with near-madness as psychological conditions ebb away at her sanity and coherence. She spent last season trying unsuccessfully to prove that Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis), a Marine POW seemingly brought back from the dead after eight years in captivity, was an Al-Qaeda plant intent on carrying out a massive terrorist attack. She was right, though no American knows that. Nor do Brody’s Al-Qaeda handlers know that his failure to kill dozens of top politicians in a suicide attack was due to cold feet instead of incompetence. Brody, now a congressman, finds himself increasingly close to the center of power in Washington, D.C., and with that proximity he’s called upon by Al-Qaeda bigwig Abu Nazir (Navid Negahban) to use his influence against the American government. While Homeland does not match 24 in terms of visceral excitement or clock-ticking anxiety, it doesn’t try to. If Jack Bauer’s adventures were of the patriotic post-9/11 variety, these are emblematic of our time after bin Laden, where successes and failures have bred both complacency and fatigue in the public’s interest in the war on terror. Mathison and Brody’s war involves brutal violence only in short bursts, with the rest taking place via spycraft, boardroom meetings, teleconferences and the cultural, political and racial battlegrounds of American and Middle Eastern societies. The war is not a game or a question of statistics and ideologies. It’s a clash 22 PULSE
of determined personalities. Homeland takes its themes quite seriously. Its plots take hard looks at the way diverse groups react to one another until violence is locked in an unbreakable cycle. These conflicts are most compelling as viewed through the eyes of Brody and his family, including his weary wife (Morena Baccarin) and petulant daughter (Morgan Saylor), the only person close to him with a serious suspicion about the truth. Brody’s a reluctant terrorist, a secret Muslim and selfproclaimed patriot who sincerely wants to strike at what he sees as American war criminals, but he abhors the bloodshed that would entail. His instant ascension from POW to potential presidential running mate is so preposterous that his storyline threatens to burst at the seams, but impeccable performances from the cast and stellar character work from the writers keep it the show’s best arc. With Carrie and the CIA crew, which includes mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin) and boss David Estes (David Harewood), there’s less moral introspection about the righteousness of their cause but just as much concern over the responsibility of preventing another 9/11 — an event that, while not often mentioned, casts a cloud over their every moment. To them, nothing would be worse than letting another event like that occur on their watch. And so Homeland, like its spiritual predecessor, chillingly suggests that there’s still plenty to be afraid of. Homeland 9 PM Sundays SHOWTIME
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t the start of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire, Jimmy Darmody (Michael Pitt) gave Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) a little advice: “You can’t be half a gangster.” At the end of the second season, the Atlantic City treasurer made the leap to full-fledged gangster — and fullfledged guilt — when he personally executed Jimmy, his friend and his subordinate. Boardwalk Empire has been, at its core, a series about people struggling with the degradation of their souls as they wade into a sea of brutal violence and criminality. The bootlegging business is still thriving, with Nucky’s alliance to New York gangster Arnold Rothstein (Michael Stuhlbarg) keeping the East Coast wet and their coffers flush with cash. Nucky is consistently haunted by his actions; Jimmy’s incestuous, scheming mother Gillian (Gretchen Mol) now runs a brothel with the aid of tormented veteran Richard (Jack Huston); disgraced Treasury agent Nelson Van Alden (the incomparable Michael Shannon), now on the run for murder, makes a meager, unsatisfying living as a door-to-door iron salesman. Enter Sicilian gangster Gyp Rosetti (Bobby Cannavale), a man so mercurial Nucky accurately notes he could find an insult in a bouquet of roses. An evil man even by the standards of the show, which includes Al Capone (Stephen Graham) and Lucky Luciano (Vincent Piazza), he quickly poses an obvious threat to the security of Nucky’s business, setting the stage for what is sure to be a particularly bloody chapter in the war for control of the region’s alcohol business. The only slow spot is Margaret (Kelly MacDonald), Nucky’s wife, whose betrayal of Nucky at last season’s conclusion has ensured their marriage exists for appearances only. Her pursuit of improved prenatal care might be leading somewhere interesting but thus far feels out of place. But it’s Buscemi — a prolific, wonderful character actor whose countenance makes him an unlikely film and TV star — who does the show’s best work. He continues to make Nucky his best role, embodying the intricate concerns of a ruthless man whose conscience might get the better of him. This is exceptional television. Boardwalk Empire 8 PM Sundays HBO
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BROADCAST NETWORKS l ABC The highest of the networks, with 5.2 percent of regular characters identified as LGBT.
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Banditos Seriously Badass Burritos | Mexican 2208 College St. Cedar Falls 319-266-6637 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com Burritos, tacos, quesadillas, salads and more made to order using fresh ingredients. Home of the Big Juan Burrito weighing over a pound! Beck’s Sports Grill | American, Sports bar 2210 College Hill Cedar Falls 319-277-2646 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com
Ferrari’s Ristorante | American and Italian 1521 Technology Pkwy. Cedar Falls 319-277-1385 Hours: Monday-Friday 11am-10pm, Saturday 4pm-10pm www.barmuda.com Ferrari's features only the finest steaks, freshest seafood and authentic Italian fare. Offering light, quick lunch options along with an extensive dinner menu and wine list. Soho Sushi Bar & Deli The Stuffed Olive | Deli, Sushi, Tapas, Martinis 119 Main St. Cedar Falls 319-266-9995 Hours: Monday-Saturday at 11am www.barmuda.com
Featuring Beck's homemade microbrews, voted best burger, locally owned restaurant, sports bar and place to play pool in the Cedar Valley.
Fresh made sushi and deli sandwiches, salads and paninis combined with globally inspired tapas dishes and over 100 different martinis. Homemade cookies made from scratch daily!
Bourbon Street | American, Cajun and Creole 119 Main St. Cedar Falls 319-266-5285 Hours: Monday-Saturday 4pm-10pm www.barmuda.com Bourbon Street is a step off of Main Street into the French Quarter featuring Certified Black Angus steaks and delicious seafood complimented by an extensive wine list.
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Beck’s Sports Brewery | American, Microbrewery 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd. Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Open daily at 11am www.barmuda.com One of the areas only microbreweries! Voted best burger, locally owned restaurant and sports bar in the Cedar Valley. Featuring steaks, pastas, seafood, sandwiches and our famous chicken tortilla soup. Guerilla Brewing/Lava Lounge | Microbrewery and Bar 2401 Falls Ave. Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am–9pm A double brown ale and an imperial American pale ale were the first two to debut, other varieties will follow depending on the season. None of the brews will be less than 7% alcohol. The Lone Wolf | Bar, Restaurant 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd. Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Open daily 11am – 2am, Kitchen open all hours. www.waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com Whether you feel like getting food to-go or plan to stay a while, The Lone Wolf is sure to please. We have mouth-watering food, thirstquenching drinks with an atmosphere unlike any other.
Otis and Henry’s® Bar and Grill | Bar and Grill 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd. Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Sun – Thurs 5pm – 10pm Fri – Sat 5pm – 11pm www.waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com Combines the comfort of a neighborhood bar and grill with the favorites of a steakhouse. Choose from the delicious pastas, sandwiches, salads, steaks, fish and more. Rudy’s Tacos | Mexican 2401 Falls Ave. Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11am–9pm www.rudystacos.com Rudy’s uses local ingredients through the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership’s Buy Fresh/Buy Local program. Southtown Bar & Restaurant | American 2026 Bopp St. Waterloo 319-236-9112 Hours: 7am–10:30pm, bar open later www.southtownwaterloo.com Located next to Witham Ford behind Golf Headquarters. Stop in for the great broasted chicken or fresh made pork tenderloin.
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Chase & Ovation: A Tribute to Prince Friday, Nov. 16 Diamond Jo Casino, Dubuque $5-$10 | diamondjo.com
Get the details at otlag.com. Outside the Lines Art Gallery, Dubuque Deadline: Nov. 21
3 FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Sunday, Nov. 18 @ 7 PM Adler Theatre, Davenport $32, $42, $52 | ticketmaster.com
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The Annotated Brothers Grimm | Maria Tatar Once upon a time, fairy tales were not as nice as they are now. Mother and Daddy dear — not an evil stepmom — take Hansel and Gretel out in the woods and leave them to starve. Little Red Riding Hood does a striptease for the Big Bad Wolf. Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off parts of their feet to force the mangled stumps into the glass slipper. It has been 200 years since the German siblings and folklorists published their landmark first volume of Children’s Stories and Household Tales, and it becomes clear in scholar Maria Tatar’s The Annotated Brothers Grimm that the modern tellings of fairy tales have gone soft. Tatar has chosen 52 of the 210 stories included in 1857’s seventh and final edition of the Tales for this beautifully illustrated edition. — Neely Tucker, The Washington Post
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House of Lies | Martin Kihn Consulting: It’s a profession that is misunderstood, misnamed and much maligned. And, says Martin Kihn, in House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time, all of that is an accurate way to describe it. Kihn’s sort-of memoir could be a depressing look at the reasons for company failure — including the fact that businesses hire completely inefficient and ineffectual consulting firms — but the situations he describes are so bizarre and yet so commonplace as to be hilarious. In that way, Lies borrows from the humor of The Office or Office Space. It’s hopeless, it’s slightly insane, and it reminds you a little too much of your own workplace. — Amie Steffen, Pulse writer
An Outlaw’s Christmas | Linda Lael Miller For a Linda Lael Miller book, especially a Linda Lael Miller book about the McKettricks, this is rather ho-hum. That shouldn’t necessarily preclude anyone from reading it, unless you’re looking for a story with twists, suspense, heart-racing passion and tear-inducing emotion. Clay McKettrick’s mysterious cousin, Sawyer, has his life saved by Piper, a prudish schoolmarm, during a snowstorm, and he marries her when her reputation is ruined due to her heroic actions. This book won’t find a spot on your favorites shelf, and it won’t become dog-eared or be a story you’ll want to read over and over again. But it has a sweet ending with a sweeter epilogue. It ends with a steamy bang and ties up things very nicely. — Lezlie Patterson, McClatchy Newspapers
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A 500-page free-form series of digressions, Neil Young’s autobiography is by turns exhilarating and enervating, less a memoir than a self-portrait, with all the impressionism that implies. On the one hand, Waging Heavy Peace is a mess — sprawling, improvisational, like a sloppy 40-minute jam on Like a Hurricane. But it is also revealing, even (at times) oddly beautiful, a stream-of-consciousness-meditation on where Young has been, where he thinks he’s going and, perhaps most revealing, where he is right now. The memoir is as much a record of his creative doubts, his fears and uncertainties about growing older, as it is the story of his years with Buffalo Springfield or Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times
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Johnnie Walker 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewery
Halloween XII: Dance Party featuring Goldendust, Cuticle, Lady Espina, Carnap and Nemnock 10 p.m., Gabe’s
Rumley Brothers, 9 p.m., Wildwood Wylde Nept, 8 p.m., The Mill
Cedar Rapids Josh Kelly, 7 p.m., Java Creek
Sunday
Lonesome Road 9 p.m., Chrome Horse The Magnetos, 9 p.m., Parlor City Vicki Price, 8 p.m., Daniel Arthur’s Iowa City Cornmeal, 9 p.m., Blue Moose
Iowa City Halloween Tribute Show featuring Seth Wenger, Dustin Busch, Ben Schmidt, Randall Davis, Ryan Bernaman, White Tornado, The Flying Liars and Dana T. 8 p.m., The Mill
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Whitewater Ramble 10:30 p.m., The Hub
Iowa City The Daredevil Christopher Wright with Cuddle Magic 10 p.m., The Mill
Weekend Warriors, 6 p.m., The Mill
Jonah Smith, 10 p.m., Yacht Club
Monday
Yuppies with Falter, Solid Attitude and Los Voltage 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Whitewater Ramble 9 p.m., The Hub
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds with Fire Sale 9 p.m., Gabe’s We Funk, 10 p.m., Yacht Club
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Ed East, 8 p.m., Cup of Joe Helforstout 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Talon, 9 p.m., Jameson’s Toast, 7 p.m., The Hub Tribute Rock featuring Never the Less, Knucklehead, Mother Lovin’ Truckers, Sandinistas, Walking Ded Zeppelin, Soul Fusion, Foos Gold, Yasko and Friends and Minitallica 7 p.m., Spicoli’s Writing on the Wall, 9 p.m., The Isle
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Iowa City Kaki King with Lady Lamb and the Beekeeper 8 p.m., Englert
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Wednesday Waterloo & Cedar Falls Cedar Valley Chamber Music: “The Cat and the Canary” 7:30 p.m., Oster Regent Theatre
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Dr. Z’s Experiment 10 p.m., Yacht Club Iowa City Song Project featuring Pieta Brown and the Sawdust Collective, Caroline Smith and the Goodnight Sleeps, Brooks Strause and the Gory Details, Christopher the Conquered and Chasing Shade 7 p.m., Englert
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNI Viola Studio Recital 6 p.m., Russell Hall, UNI
Those Darlins with Heavy Cream 9 p.m., Gardner Lounge, Grinnell
Dakota, 9 p.m., Von Tucks (Oelwein)
Jazz Combo and Latin Jazz Ensemble 6 p.m., The Mill
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Beaker Brothers 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Black the Sun 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Saturday
Datsik with Terravita, Xkore and Getter 8 p.m., Blue Moose
Shorty B’s B-Day Bash featuring Mike Page, Bam Musik, DJ Pat and Darius Bowie 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Cedar Rapids Billy Heller, 7 p.m., Java Creek
SIMS with Imperfekt, 7 p.m., Gabe’s
Dubuque & Galena Everclear with Eve 6 8 p.m., Diamond Jo
Iowa City Sphinx Virtuosi 2 p.m., West High School Auditorium
Skin Kandy, 9 p.m., Wildwood
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Mountain Goats with Matthew E. White 9 p.m., Blue Moose
R&R Boogie Band 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.
Brian Stokes Mitchell 7:30 p.m., Riverside Casino
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Imani Winds 3 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
Cedar Rapids Evergreen Grass Band 6 p.m., Mahoney’s
Jazz After Five featuring Steve Grismore Trio 5 p.m., The Mill
Positively 4th Street 8 p.m., Grape Escape
KRUI Halloween Bash featuring Zeta June, Das Thunderfoot, Gone South, Velcro Moxie and Mirror Coat 8 p.m., Yacht Club
Iowa City Halloween Hoe-Down featuring Evergreen Grass Band and Whitewater Ramble 9 p.m., Yacht Club
The Hush Sound with Jjamz 6:30 p.m., Blue Moose
Sherrill Douglas 7 p.m., Diamond Jo
Dubuque & Galena Katie and Brownie 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Human Aftertaste with Item 9 and the Mad Hatters and Caterwaulla 10 p.m., Gabe’s
Loaded, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Jason Ray Brown 8 p.m., Grape Escape
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Mad Monster Party featuring Half-Fast 9 p.m., Jumpers
Jason Stuart Cobalt Blue 8 p.m., Parlor City
Gerry Grossman, 8 p.m., Mystique
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UNITUBA Concert 8 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
Pork Tornadoes, 10 p.m., The Hub
Dubuque & Galena Captain Fantastic 10 p.m., Diamond Jo
VENUES
Subfix Takeover, 9 p.m., The Hub
The Lonely Goats 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Cedar Rapids Daly and Beeks, 7 p.m., Java Creek
Writing on the Wall, 9 p.m., The Isle
YOUR FAVORITE
Gerry Grossman, 8 p.m., Mystique
Northern Iowa Symphony Orchestra 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn Super Size 7 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
BANDS
Karel Keldermans noon, UNI Campanile
The Ritual 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewery
Never the Less, 8 p.m., Spicoli’s
YOUR FAVORITE
Dubuque & Galena The Comfort Kings, 8 p.m., Monk’s
Dan Friberg 7:30 p.m., Orchestra Hall, Wartburg The El Dorados 9 p.m., The Isle Fatcat, 9 p.m., Jameson’s The Iowa Opera House Project featuring Thankful Dirt, Dustin Busch, Milk and Eggs and Sam Knutson 7 p.m., Cresco Opera House (Cresco)
Reverb/Spicoli’s Anniversary Show featuring The Goodyear Pimps, Nil8, The Melismatics and 8Foundead TBA, Spicoli’s The SeQuels 10 p.m., The Hub Wartburg Fall Band Concert 7:30 p.m., Neumann Auditorium, Wartburg (Waverly) WildCard 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle Dubuque & Galena The Flaming Camaros 8 p.m., Grape Escape Here Come the Mummies 8 p.m., Diamond Jo Katie and Brownie 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s Ten Gallon Hat 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.
Party!Party! 8 p.m., Spicoli’s
Cedar Rapids Billy Lee Janey 7 p.m., Java Creek
UNI Jazz Band One 7:30 p.m., Russell Hall, UNI
Hard Salami 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
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Iowa City Chase Garrett’s Blues and Boogie Woogie Piano Stomp 8 p.m., Englert Dennis McMurrin and the Demolition Band 10 p.m., Yacht Club Freddie Gibbs, 8 p.m., Gabe’s Iowa City Song Project featuring Sam Knutson with Milk and Eggs and The Feralings 11 a.m., Motley Cow Cafe
Cedar Rapids Pat Smith and Rich Wagor 7 p.m., Java Creek
Dubuque Symphony Orchestra: American Classics 7:30 p.m., Five Flags Theater
Iowa City Haley Bonar with Rachel Marie 9 p.m., The Mill
The Mighty Short Bus Duo 9:30 p.m., Mystique
Kid Ink with Beaty White, Shakes and I.D.K. 7 p.m., Blue Moose
The Spazmatics 8:30 p.m., Diamond Jo
The Klezmatics, 8 p.m., Englert
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Iowa City Song Project featuring We Shave, Emperor’s Club, Skye Carrasco, Lwa and Tallgrass 8 p.m., The Mill
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Blue Suede Cruze, 8 p.m., The Isle
Sunday
Elev8, 9 p.m., Jameson’s
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Wartburg Fall Band Concert 2 p.m., Neumann Auditorium, Wartburg (Waverly)
Heath Allen 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
The Kickback with All Dogs Invited 9 p.m., The Mill
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Instrumental Concerto Competition 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNI Singers 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
Wednesday
Pork Tornadoes, 10 p.m., The Hub Wartburg Chamber Orchestra Concert 7:30 p.m., Chapel, Wartburg Dubuque & Galena Empty Pockets 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co. Johnny Rocker Duo 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Cedar Rapids Dubbel Dutch with Samo Soundboy, Jim-E Stack and DJ Bwongbwong 9 p.m., Gardner Lounge, Grinnell
Iowa City Aaron Kamm and the One Drops 10 p.m., Yacht Club
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Timothy Phillips 6 p.m., Davis Hall, GBPAC UNI Jazz Combos, 9 p.m., The Hub
Attila with Make Me Famous, issues, Ice Nine Kills, Adestria, Moral Belief and Noah 5:30 p.m., Blue Moose Manchester Orchestra 8 p.m., Iowa Memorial Union Slip Silo, 10 p.m., Gabe’s
UNI Piano Studio Recital, 8 p.m., Davis Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn Iowa City Craig Owens with Bearcat, Final Alibi and Hello Ramona, 6:30 p.m., Blue Moose
Saturday
Cedar Rapids 8 Seconds 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
FRI, NOV 2
PARTY! PARTY! THE ULTIMATE KARAOKE BAND 8PM
Iowa City Chance the Rapper 10 p.m., Gabe’s
SAT, NOV 3
IOWA VS INDIANA 11AM
Pentatonix with SJ 8 p.m., Englert
SAT, NOV 3
REVERB/SPICOLIS ANNIVERSARY SHOW WITH THE GOODYEAR PIMPS, NIL8, THE MELISMATICS, 8 FOUNDEAD TBA
FRI, NOV 9
THE GODDAMN GALLOWS WITH JAYKE ORVIS & THE BROKEN 9PM
Mocking Byrds 7 p.m., Java Creek
Sunday
Irishjam, 7 p.m., Java Creek
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World According to Garth featuring Christopher Seebeck 7:30 p.m., Grand Ballroom, Dubuque County Fairgrounds
Signal Path 10 p.m., Yacht Club
Helforstout, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Iowa City The Tanks with Roomrunner and Acoustic Guillotine 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Tony Leonard 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Banish-Misfortune 7 p.m., The Lampost
Dubuque & Galena Dubuque Symphony Orchestra: American Classics 2 p.m., Five Flags Theater Cedar Rapids Bowerbirds with Victorian Gaslight 9 p.m., Gardner Lounge, Grinnell Lucy Kaplansky 7 p.m., CSPS Zeta June 6 p.m., Mahoney’s Iowa City Aseethe with Before the Eyewall 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Monday
Blue Suede Cruze, 8 p.m., The Isle
The Helio Sequence with Ramona Falls, 9 p.m., The Mill
Dave Malam 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
Thursday
Dennis Wayne Gang 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Tuesday
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Hands of Time 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
Scott Lucas and the Married Men with The Beat Strings 9 p.m., Spicoli’s
Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNISAX 6 p.m., Davis Hall, GBPAC
UNI Jazz Panthers and Jazz Band III 7:30 p.m., Russell Hall, UNI
Wagg 9 p.m., Jameson’s
UNI Symphonic Band 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNI Horn Choir 8 p.m., Davis Hall, GBPAC
Giant Giant Sand with The Old Ceremony, 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Dakota, 9 p.m., Blue Room
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Holiday Celebration Dance featuring The Memory Brothers 1:30 p.m., American Legion (Fairbank)
Iowa City The Be Good Tanyas 8 p.m., Englert
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Tuesday
Kevin Burt, 8 p.m., Leo’s (Oelwein)
Tony Leonard 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Iowa City Horse Feathers, 9 p.m., The Mill
Tastes Like Chicken 10 p.m., Denny’s Lux Club
The Hornheads TBA, Prairie High School
In Sterio, 8 p.m., Davis Hall, UNI
Iowa City Indigo Girls with The Shadowboxers 7 p.m., Englert
Monday
Bob Dorr and the Blue Band 6 p.m., The Hub The Goddamn Gallows with Jayke Orvis and the Broken Band 9 p.m., Spicoli’s
Cedar Rapids Gina Forsyth, 7 p.m., CSPS
DOPE
Dubuque & Galena Broken Rubber Band 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.
SAT, NOV 10 SCOTT LUCAS AND THE MARRIED MAN 9PM FRI, NOV 16 SIDESHOW BOB 9PM WED, NOV 21 KNUCKLEHEAD 8PM FRI, NOV 23 IOWA VS NEBRASKA 11AM FRI, NOV 23 DENNIS WAYNE GANG 8PM SAT, NOV 24 WHISKEY AND WOE 9PM FRI, NOV 30 DOPE 8PM
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Jae Sinnett with UNI Jazz Combos TBA, The Hub UNI Student Composer’s Concert 8 p.m., Davis Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn
Karla Ruth, 8 p.m., Cup of Joe Magnetos, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Jason Ray Brown 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Cedar Rapids Tommy Bruner, 7 p.m., Java Creek
The Jimmys, 8 p.m., Mystique
Frankie, Richard and Tom Trio 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co
MissBehavin’ 8 p.m., Galena Brewing Co
The Lonely Goats 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Pert Near Sandstone with Jon Eric 9 p.m., Yacht Club
even more
Friday
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Bach’s Lunch/Concert noon, Chapel, Wartburg (Waverly) CB and Company 9 p.m., Jameson’s Free Range Medicine 9 p.m., Blue Room Kari and Billy, 9 p.m., The Isle Sideshow Bob, 9 p.m., Spicoli’s The Snozzberries, 6 p.m., The Hub Wagg, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle Dubuque & Galena Brownie and Sam 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s Chase and Ovation: A Tribute to Prince 8 p.m., Diamond Jo
Zero 2 Sixty 10 p.m., Denny’s Lux Club
Dick Prall, 8 p.m., CSPS Steve Kristopher 7 p.m., Java Creek
Limbs, 9 p.m., Blue Moose
Well Lit, 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Saturday
Iowa City Beaker Brothers with Louis Left 10 p.m., Yacht Club
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Free Range Medicine 9 p.m., Mr. G’s
Juno What?!, 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Whiskey and Woe, 9 p.m., Spicoli’s
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Castle Chamber Series Performance 2 p.m., Student Center, Wartburg Conrad Tao, 3 p.m., GallagherBluedorn
Wednesday
Outta Control 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Drivel, 8 p.m., Leo’s (Oelwein)
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Knucklehead, 8 p.m., Spicoli’s Never the Less, 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Maddie’s Farm, 7 p.m., Java Creek
WildCard, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Pork Tornadoes 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Reddoor, 9 p.m., Red Baron
Cedar Rapids Super Size 7 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Iowa City Prof with Awthntkts 9 p.m., Gabe’s
Iowa City Funkma$ter with Porch Builder 10 p.m., Gabe’s
Thursday
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Northern Iowa Bach Cantata Series 12:15 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
Jabberbox 9 p.m., Mystique Roy Schroedl 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Cedar Rapids Jasmine, 7 p.m., Java Creek
Takin’ the Fifth 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.
3 Musicians and a Drummer 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
ZZ3: ZZ Top Tribute 8 p.m., Diamond Jo
Iowa City Butch Clancy with SUBliminal Chaos and DJ Avant Garde 9 p.m., Blue Moose
Cedar Rapids The Magnetos 9 p.m., Chrome Horse Zach Kuhl 7 p.m., Java Creek
The Uniphonics with More Than Lights 10 p.m., Yacht Club
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Mariko Morita 8:30 p.m., Jebe Hall, GBPAC
Tuesday
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Ernest T 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Dubuque & Galena Ian Gould 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Ten Gallon Hat 7:30 p.m., Galena Brewing Co.
Monday
Friday Waterloo & Cedar Falls Blue Suede Cruze 8 p.m., Lofty’s (Evansdale)
UNI Varsity Men’s Glee Club Christmas Variety Show 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
Dubuque & Galena Andreas Transo 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Justin Morrissey and Friends 8 p.m., Grape Escape
Cedar Rapids Marbin, 6 p.m., Mahoney’s
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Hands of Time 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
Wylde Nept, 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Full Code Band 9:30 p.m., Mystique
Dubuque & Galena
Iowa City Jazz Rep Ensemble and Johnson County Landmark 6 p.m., The Mill
Dope 8 p.m., Spicoli’s
WildCard, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Sunday
Jordan Danielsen 8 p.m., Grape Escape
St. Lawrence String Quartet 7:30 p.m., Riverside Recital Hall
Cedar Rapids Gayla Drake 7 p.m., Java Creek
Iowa City Jazz After Five featuring OddBar Trio 5 p.m., The Mill
The Jimmys, 8 p.m., Mystique
Sonny Landreth with Kevin Gordon Trio 8 p.m., Englert
UNI Student Chamber Music Concert 8 p.m., Davis Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn
Cedar Rapids Never the Less 9 p.m., Chrome Horse
Cedar Rapids Clint Black 8 p.m., Meskwaki (Tama)
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Hands of Time 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
Dubuque & Galena Andreas Transo 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Iowa City Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys 8 p.m., The Mill
Cedar Rapids Kris Delmhorst, 8 p.m., CSPS
Thursday
The Wicked Andersons 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Northern Iowa Wind Symphony 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn
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Iowa City Zeds Dead 8 p.m., Iowa Memorial Union
Holiday Hoopla featuring Wagg 6 p.m., downtown Cedar Falls
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Hands of Time, 8 p.m., Cup of Joe
Wednesday
Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNI Percussion Department Concert 8 p.m., Davis Hall, Gallagher-Bluedorn
Fatcat, 9 p.m., Screaming Eagle
Dubuque & Galena Brownie and Sam 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Other Lives with Indians 7:30 p.m., Gabe’s
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Dennis Wayne Gang 8 p.m., Spicoli’s
Kari and Billy, 9 p.m., The Isle
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Dubuque & Galena Kenny Rogers 7:30 p.m., Five Flags Center
Waterloo & Cedar Falls Bruce Bearinger 8 p.m., Leo’s (Oelwein)
Exorna, 9 p.m., Jameson’s
Mike Stud with I.D.K. 7 p.m., Blue Moose
Dubuque & Galena Andreas Transo 7:30 p.m., Frank O’Dowd’s
Friday
Charles Bradley featuring the Menahan Street Band 7:30 p.m., Gallagher-Bluedorn Free Range Medicine 9 p.m., Blue Room
Iowa City Jazz Guitar Combo and Robert Sion with Jazz Professors 6 p.m., The Mill
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls Blue Suede Cruze 7 p.m., Steamboat Gardens
Iowa City Joe Pug, 10 p.m., The Mill
Thursday
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Saturday
Iowa City Jazz After Five featuring Soundscape Trio 5 p.m., The Mill Jon Wayne and the Pain 10 p.m., Yacht Club
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Waterloo & Cedar Falls UNI Opera Scenes Performance 7:30 p.m., Russell Hall, UNI
Nethervoid with Supersonic Piss 9 p.m., Gabe’s
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6 PM: WICKED ANDERSONS 10 PM: PORK TORNADOES 7 PM: TOAST 10 PM: BRAZILIAN 2WINS FREE SHOW 8 PM: OPEN JAM 10:30 PM: WHITE WATER RAMBLE 9 PM: GRATEFUL DEAD NIGHT 9 PM: FREE KEG & KARAOKE
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9 PM: SUBFIX TAKEOVER W/ MUSIC BY: DARKGREY, DEFENDER, SHARK WEEK, FM SYNDICATE
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7 PM: THE RAMBLERS 10 PM: THE SEQUELS NOV 4 - FREE SHOW 8 PM: OPEN JAM 10:30 PM: HAR-DI-HAR 9 PM: UNI JAZZ COMBOS
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UNI DANCE MARATHON W/ MUSIC BY: JOHN JUNE YEAR, TOPHER DUNLAP, BRAD MYERS
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6 PM: BOB DORR & THE BLUE BAND 10 PM: PORK TORNADOES
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