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SEPTEMBER 2013

MOHAIR PEAR FAIR

BIG SCREEN RUNDOWN

PULSE HIT LIST

MAKING LANDFALL

POWER POP

Thursday, September 12th

Saturday September 14th

HAIRBALL! With Higher Ground

PRCA Rodeo

McElroy Auditorium – Doors open at 6:00 p.m.

McElroy Auditorium—3:00 p.m.

Friday, September 13th

Outdoor track—5:00 pm PRCA Rodeo Tough Enough To Wear Pink McElroy Auditorium—7:30 p.m.

GLORIANA! With The New Black 7 McElroy Auditorium – Doors open at 6:30

Barrel Races

Pullin Simonsen Arena

Outlaw Motocross Preview Outdoor track

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Outlaw Motocross Championship

Sunday September 15th PRCA Rodeo McElroy Auditorium—2:00 p.m.

contents Issue No. 108

You gotta hand it to the Cedar Falls band The Mittens, who released their newest album, Here and Hereafter, as a double vinyl.

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IN HIGH GEAR

FLASHY KICKS Look beyond the laces. Sneakerheads say there’s a lot more to their Jordans than flashy colors and a swoosh.

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Single Speed Brewing Co. in Cedar Falls has quickly established a wide base of customers who appreciate fresh beer on tap.

It’s finally time for Grand Theft Auto V and a handful of other promising titles. Plus catch the nostalgia wave with a DuckTales review.

An award-winning product of Courier Communications, P.O. Box 540, 100 E. Fourth St., Waterloo, IA 50703.

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MY LITTLE BRONIES Who knew there was a whole subculture of adult dudes out there who really get into the My Little Pony TV series?

We give you a heads-up on what’s coming to a TV near you this fall. Be ready for old favorites and solid newcomers.

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IN THE GROOVE

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WHAT'S UP Ever have a task that’s so big you don’t know where to begin? I just took up one of those. I’m going to write, blog and cover the musical talent we have here in the Cedar Valley. It’s called Sound Advice. Look for it online. There is a deep pool of talent here in the Cedar Valley. Actually, more like an of ocean of talent. It’s an enormous task to write about the people performing, producing and recording music here. From opera performers to the bad cover band that blasts Mustang Sally when all you want to do is enjoy some bar food and a beer, they all have something in common — they want to be heard. I want to help.

But to do that, I need some help from you. I know the talent here runs deep. I will never know everyone creating, playing and writing music here. If you know someone, or are someone, or hear of someone you want the rest of Pulse readers to hear, tell me about it. Send me an email and any links or songs at john.molseed@ wcfcourier.com. This is a big task, but the reassuring thing is I won’t run dry of topics and talent to cover.

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Gloriana

Country’s newest superband Gloriana will headline Waterloo’s 103rd annual National Cattle Congress Fair. Made up of brothers Tom and Mike Gossin, and Rachel Reinert, the group assembled in 2008 and quickly discovered a true bond and shared passion for crafting songs that feature soaring vocal harmonies. The band’s breakthrough selftitled album, which featured the hit single Wild at Heart, earned the group the American Music Award for Breakthrough Artist in 2009 and the American Country Music Award for Top New Vocal Group in 2010. Gloriana’s sophomore album, A Thousand Miles Left Behind, debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Country Album Chart. (Kissed You) Good Night, the album’s first single, became a stand-out hit, and the group’s latest single, Can’t Shake You, is quickly climbing radio charts. Gloriana with The New Black 7 Friday, Sept. 13 @ 7:30 PM McElroy Auditorium, Waterloo $20 by Sept. 10, $25 after RedTruckTickets.com

Carnival hours

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Thursday — open at 3 p.m.; wristband special from 5 to 10 p.m., $20. Friday — open at 11 a.m.; wristband specials from noon to 5 p.m. and 6 to 11 p.m., $20 each session. Saturday — open at 11 a.m.,

Kids 4 & younger: Free. Kids 5-17: $5. Seniors 60 and older: $8. Adults: $10. Friday, Sept. 13 is Kids Day. Youth ages 17 and younger will be admitted free.

wristband special from noon to 5 p.m., $20. Sunday — open at 11 a.m.; wristband special from noon to 5 p.m., $20. Gates open at 9 a.m. daily.

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 12 Art Expo, photography display, home arts expo, 10 a.m., ag building Muttville Comix, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., ag building Bob Bohms Family Entertainment, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m., Estel Hall Brunon Blaszaks Royal Bengal Tiger Show, 11 a.m., 4 p.m., Bennington Knoll Chases - Racing Pigs, 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m., concourse

TICKET GIVEAWAY

Pat Davison’s Comedy Magic Circus, 11:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m., 5:30 p.m., ag building Lyle Beaver Trio, 1 p.m., Pavilion Great Lakes Timber Show, 1 p.m., 4 p.m., McElroy outdoor stage Wild World of Animals, 2 p.m., 5 p.m., Vets Plaza WAGG, Never the Less, 5 p.m., Pavilion Hairball with Higher Ground, 7 p.m., McElroy Auditorium

FRIDAY, SEPT. 13 Art expo, photography display, home arts expo, 10 a.m., ag building Bob Bohms Family Entertainment, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 5:30 p.m., Estel Hall Muttville Comix, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., ag building Wild World of Animals, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., Vets Plaza Chases - Racing Pigs, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m., concourse Home Free, noon, 5 p.m., Pavilion Brunon Blaszaks Royal Bengal Tiger Show, noon, 6 p.m., Bennington Knoll

SATURDAY, SEPT. 14

Barrel Racing, 9 a.m., Pullin Simonsen Arena Art expo, photography display, home arts expo, 10 a.m., ag building Bob Bohms Family Entertainment, 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., Estel Hall Muttville Comix, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., ag building Wild World of Animals, 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 5 p.m., Vets Plaza Chases - Racing Pigs, 11:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 5 p.m., concourse Home Free, noon, 5 p.m., Pavilion Brunon Blaszaks Royal Bengal Tiger Show, noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., Bennington Knoll

Pat Davison’s Comedy Magic Circus, 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., ag building Great Lakes Timber Show, 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., McElroy outdoor stage Dennis Wayne Gang, 1 p.m., Pavilion Outlaw Motocross Preview, 5 p.m., race track Country Cloggers, 6 p.m., Pavilion Barrel Racing, 7 p.m., Pullin Simonsen Arena Gloriana with The New Black 7, 7:30 p.m., McElroy Auditorium Lonesome Road, 8:30 p.m., Pavilion

Pat Davison’s Comedy Magic Circus, 12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m., ag building Great Lakes Timber Show, 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 4:30 p.m., McElroy outdoor stage Checker and the Bluetones, 1 p.m., Pavilion POW/MIA Recognition Day, 2:30 p.m., Vets Plaza PRCA Rodeo, 3 p.m., McElroy Auditorium Outlaw Motocross Championship, 5 p.m., race track Country Cloggers, 6 p.m., Pavilion PRCA Rodeo (Tough Enough to Wear Pink), 7:30 p.m., McElroy Auditorium Wichita, 8 p.m., Pavilion

SUNDAY, SEPT. 15 Art expo, photography display, home arts expo, 10 a.m., ag building Bob Bohms Family Entertainment, 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4 p.m., Estel Hall Brunon Blaszaks Royal Bengal Tiger Show, 11 a.m., 4 p.m., Bennington Knoll

Muttville Comix, 11 a.m., 2: 30 p.m., 4:30 p.m., ag building Chases - Racing Pigs, 11:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m., concourse Los Escandalosos, 1 p.m., Pavilion Great Lakes Timber Show, 1 p.m., McElroy outdoor stage Pat Davison’s Comedy Magic Circus, 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., ag building PRCA Rodeo, 2 p.m., McElroy Auditorium Wild World of Animals, 2 p.m., 5 p.m., Vets Plaza

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SUPERPASSES W I L L B E G I V E N AWAY ! SUPER PASS INCLUDES:

All access at NCC all 4 days Ticket to Hairball with Higher Ground @ McElroy on 9/12 Ticket to Gloriana with The New Black 7 @ McElroy on 9/13 shutterstock and courtesy photos

NCC schedule

SEPTEMBER 12 -15 NATIONAL CATTLE CONGRESS GROUNDS DEADLINE TO ENTER: THURSDAY, SEPT. 5 Winners will be selected the day following the deadline to enter and contacted by e-mail and phone. No purchase necessary to play. Must be 18 years or older to participate.

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A pair of Mittens Cedar Valley rock group releases double LP John Molseed | Pulse Writer

or any independent band, issuing a new album is a big deal. The Mittens’ latest release — on two 17-inch vinyl discs — is as big as they come. Kevin Jass, lead singer of the Mittens, has a list of reasons the Cedar Valley band released its newest album, Here and Hereafter on vinyl. Profit isn’t one of them. “It was the most irresponsible bandoriented — maybe life-oriented — decision I have ever made,” he said. Jass personally put up most of the costs for producing the vinyl release. “It seemed like it was kind of the hot thing to do,” Jass said. “It seemed like people would be more apt to buy vinyl.” National trends agree with Jass’ assessment. After waning in past decades, vinyl is experiencing a resurgence. The format still only claims a small share of the market compared to digital and streaming music sales. However, it’s the only physical format that is experiencing significant sales growth. Nielsen Soundscan reports vinyl sales through mid-2013 are at 2.9 million PULSE

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The Mittens — Bill Naaktgeboren, left, Niles Naaktgeboren, center, and Kevin Jass, right, perform at Spicoli’s July 27.

units. That’s up from 2.2 million at the same time in 2012. That follows a general trend from 2007, when 990,000 new records sold all year. Releasing music on vinyl is becoming more common. However, a double album by an independent band is rare. The record’s release faced multiple obstacles. Finding a company to print

a double-fold sleeve for the album was one of the bigger and unexpected hurdles. Jass initially wanted to print a small run of about 150 copies of Here and Hereafter but couldn’t find a company that would print less than 250 sleeves. Jass also opted for higher-quality vinyl for the record. The music was recorded at Grand Junction Studio in Waterloo

by Christian Brown and Cody Brown. Lucky Lacquers mastering of Madison, Wis., created the metal plate, and United Record Pressing of Nashville, Tenn., printed the vinyl. The total project cost about $3,500 to $4,000. Factoring in those costs, shipping and studio time, the band will need to sell more than 150 copies at $25 per album to break even, Jass said. That doesn’t factor in some tedious sleeve stuffing. All members of the band — Jass, Niles Naaktgeboren and Bill Naaktgeboren — spent about five hours stuffing the discs into sleeves before their April album debut party at the Octopus in Cedar Falls. In that time, they finished fewer than 150 albums. Despite the work and the costs, Jass has no regrets. “I don’t regret it because nobody’s done a double vinyl LP around here,” he said. The record also comes with digital download codes. They are at Mohair Pear, Bob’s Guitars in Cedar Falls, Plaid Peacock in Waterloo and 18th Street Vintage.

Fresh look Midwest Pressed owners and operators Aaron Wilson and Tim Dooley have brought their colorful, multilayered printmaking to the Des Moines Art Center. Their collaborative show, Worn Out, has floor-to-ceiling displays of their work on paper and T-shirts. The art features repeated but unique images of pop art themes including money, unicorns, zombies and Bigfoot. Dooley and Wilson teach printmaking and foundations at the University of Northern Iowa. They have also been visiting artists at various institutions around the U.S. giving workshops and lectures about their work and contemporary printmaking. Worn Out Through Sunday, Oct. 13 Des Moines Art Center desmoinesartcenter.org

Mohair Pear open air fair

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Mohair Pear in Cedar Falls will have its third annual Pear Fair D.I.Y. Craft & Design event from 11 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, on College Hill in Cedar Falls. This juried event will feature 15 local and Midwest regional craft-

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Boardwalk Empire

Sunday, Sept. 8 @ 9 PM, HBO

HBO’s Prohibition-era drama enters its fourth season, with Steve Buscemi’s Atlantic City kingpin Nucky Thompson facing off against threats new and old. In the aftermath of the third season’s bloodbath finale, the various factions of gangsters teeter on the verge of war as new opportunities are sought and tensions flare.

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Sleepy Hollow

Monday, Sept. 16 @ 8 PM, Fox This contemporary adaptation of the classic short story sees Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) awakening in the present day to help Sleepy Hollow’s sheriff (Nicole Behaire) catch the Headless Horseman.

New Girl

Tuesday, Sept. 17 @ 8 PM, Fox Zooey Deschanel has become somewhat of a pop culture icon as Jess, an aggressively quirky and endearingly cute woman who finds herself rooming with three colorfully dysfunctional men. The third season will continue to explore Jess’ romance with Nick (Jake Johnson), as well as the misadventures of Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and Winston (Lamorne Morris).

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Tuesday, Sept. 24 @ 7 PM, ABC

The most anticipated new show of the year takes place in the halls of S.H.I.E.L.D., the secret organization that polices the Marvel universe. Clark Gregg returns as the presumed-dead Agent Phil Coulson, who leads a crack team in investigating super-powered cases.

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Nashville

Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 9 PM, ABC This ABC show about country music stars not only featured some of the most compelling melodrama on TV, but one of the best soundtracks to ever hit the small screen. The second season picks up after a cliffhanger that saw Nashville legend Rayna Jaymes (Connie Britton) in a devastating car crash.

Modern Family

Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 8 PM, ABC The popular and Emmy-laden sitcom returns, with the clan continuing to grow and face new challenges. Coming up: A shift in Pritchett family dynamics as Jay (Ed O’Neill) and Gloria (Sofia Vergara) hire a “manny” (Adam DeVine of Workaholics fame) to take care of the new baby.

The Big Bang Theory

Thursday, Sept. 26 @ 7 PM, CBS

The seventh season of the CBS hit sees Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) bonding as Leonard (Johnny Galecki) embarks on an expedition for Stephen Hawking.

Revolution

Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 7 PM, NBC This sci-fi drama, which saw a world in which the loss of electricity set civilization back several hundred years, was a breakout hit for NBC. The new season will continue as various factions struggle for power in a post-power America.

Eastbound & Down

Sunday, Sept. 29 @ 9 PM, HBO

Loutish, vile Kenny Powers (Danny McBride) is one of TV’s most unlikely heroes, and also one of the funniest. For the fourth and final season, the creators promise hilarity as Kenny struggles with career, fatherhood, and romance.

Homeland

South Park

Wednesday, Sept. 25 @ 9 PM, Comedy Central It’s hard to believe that this phenomenon is about to start its 17th season, which will undoubtedly see the pint-sized crew of South Park, Colo., tackle hot issues in hilarious, vulgar fashion.

Sunday, Sept. 29 @ 10 PM, Showtime After its Emmy win for Best Drama, Homeland is the show to beat. After last season’s explosive finale, disgraced former POW Nicholas Brody (Damien Lewis) and disturbed CIA agent Carrie Matheson (Claire Danes) continue to struggle with the aftermath of a fiendish terrorist plot.

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Riddick SEPTEMBER 6

STARS: Vin Diesel, Katee Sackhoff, Karl Urban, Jordi MollĂ Left for dead on a sun-scorched planet, Riddick finds himself up against an alien race of predators. Activating an emergency beacon alerts two ships: one carrying a new breed of mercenary, the other captained by a man from Riddickâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past.

Prisoners SEPTEMBER 20 Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo A Boston man kidnaps the person he suspects is behind the disappearance of his young daughter and her best friend.

Insidious: Chapter 2 SEPTEMBER 13 Stars: Rose Byrne, Patrick Wilson, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously PULSEconnected to the spirit world.

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The Family SEPTEMBER 13 Stars: Robert De Niro, Dianna Agron, Michelle Pfeiffer, Tommy Lee Jones The Manzoni family, a notorious mafia clan, is relocated to France under the witness protection program, where fitting in soon becomes challenging as their old habits die hard.

Battle of the Year SEPTEMBER 20

The Rush SEPTEMBER 27

Stars: Josh Holloway, Chris Brown, Laz Alonso, Josh Peck, Caity Lotz

Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde, Natalie Dormer, Daniel BrĂźhl

Battle of the Year is an international dance crew tournament that attracts the best teams from around the world, but the Americans havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t won in 15 years. L.A. Hip Hop mogul Dante enlists the best dancers from across the country and hits up his hard-luck friend to coach the team.

Ron Howard directs this biography of Austrian Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his British rival, James Hunt. PULSE 11

Take control of up to 100 super heroes at once, combining their powers into different attack forms like a giant fist, sword or gun. You’re No. 101, which I find to be all kinds of lame but whatever. That notwithstanding, this game from the studio behind Bayonetta is the best kind of mayhem. Don’t believe me? Get the demo, out now, and crush some bots.

Sept 15 For: Wii U ALAN SIMMER | Pulse Writer

Killzone: Mercenary Killing things, now with touchpad functionality! You can also take Helghast missions as well as ISA skirmishes, stepping into the shoes of mercenary Arran Danner. Vita; Sept. 10.

Kingdom Hearts HD OK, this 1.5 Remix package has the original game, the critical interlude Re: Chain of Memories and HD cinematics from 358/2 Days. Which is a weird group of stuff, sort of, but preordering gets you an art book! (I have already done this.)

The wait is finally over. Grand Theft Auto V is set in Los Santos, a “reimagined” Southern California (read: Los Angeles). Dash around the city stealing cars, shooting up enemies and evading the police as long as you can as one of three playable characters.

PS3; Sept. 10.

FIFA 14 I’m assuming the guy on the box there is a big deal. I have no idea who he is. So, uh, yeah. Rival franchise Pro Evolution Soccer has their 2014 edition out the same day, so choose wisely. PC, PS3, X360; Sept. 24.

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Puppeteer

For: PS3, X360

This dark fairy tale sounds absolutely nutters, what with the Moon Bear King kidnapping you, turning you into a puppet and then EATING YOUR BLOODY HEAD. PS3; Sept. 10.

Castle of Illusion The Sega Genesis classic gets new life with the HD treatment. Mickey’s got to save longtime squeeze Minnie from evil witch Mizrabel.

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PC, PSN, XBLA; Sept. 4.

The DC Comics universe gets the Scribblenauts treatment. Type in “maniacal Joker” and get just that — though that might be a little redundant.

For: 3DS, PC, Wii U Sept 24

DuckTales Remastered nails it ALan Simmer | Pulse Writer

For: 3DS | Price: $39.99 | Rated: E10+

ou know how Capcom announced they were remaking the classic Nintendo game DuckTales? With a sing-along of the TV show’s theme song, of course. If you just went “Woo-ooo!” in your head, get out your wallet, because it’s time to pony up the dough for a blast of nostalgia. The original game was a great platformer that saw Scrooge jaunting around the world to pick up five legendary treasures, as well as all the jewels he could snag along the way. DuckTales Remastered keeps all those elements while bringing Huey, Dewey and Louie into high definition. The rendered levels look pretty good, but they pale in comparison to the sprites, which look like animation cels from the original show. And those smooth animations are paired with voice acting

For: PC, PS3, PSN, Wii U eShop, XBLA Price: $14.99 | Rated: E PROS: A great remake of a great game. CONS: Tricky 11th-hour escape sequence.

from the original cast. Alan Young, who voices Scrooge, is ninety-freaking-four, and it’s awesome to hear him trading barbs with Magica De Spell (June Foray, who’s 96!) and Flintheart Glomgold again. The cutscenes really do make the game better, providing a little backstory and a much deeper level of immersion into the world of Duckburg. That world has been slightly reworked, with different objectives added to encourage exploration and some of the branching paths streamlined. Most levels are longer, too, which helps keep them feeling fresh for those of us who already know the way. There’s even an entirely new stage

for the denouement, replacing the return trip to Transylvania, and an intro stage that takes place in Scrooge’s money bin. Oh, and you can dive into the money bin and swim around, which is only the coolest thing ever. There are three difficulty levels, though I suggest playing on hard; there are more 1-ups to find and you’ll get more money, used to unlock concept art and the soundtrack. Speaking of: The soundtrack to the NES game is legendary — go on YouTube and listen to the Moon level theme, if you please — and the reworking is almost uniformly brilliant. (Your mileage may vary depending on how many wubs you take with your tea.) Capcom says other remakes, like a Rescue Rangers or Darkwing Duck do-over, will be dependent on how well DuckTales does. But I don’t need to guilt you into this one. It’s worth every penny, even if you have to pay with your No. 1 dime.

Addictive, harrowing Rebuild worth a spin James Frazier | Pulse writer

ebuild is a game that makes a solid case for selling stock in Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony. For the cost of a beer at a dive bar, you can turn your Android or iPhone into a platform for a fiendishly addictive and atmospheric strategy game, one that vanquishes boredom, free time and your nerves. The game is a turn-based zombie strategy game, one with a story that carries surprising personal heft. The player takes charge of a community in the immediate aftermath of a zombie apocalypse, one with buildings of varying function. Starting with a handful of structures, players must expand to others, a dangerous task that involves assigning survivors to wade into danger zones to clear out zombies, later absorbing new buildings into the community and behind its defensive walls. The passage of time, discovery of new areas and making certain decisions will gradually unlock the story, which sees the community besieged not just by tens of thousands of zombies, but also marauders and the elements.

Price: $2.99 For: Android, BlackBerry, iOS, Kindle, PC

The game offers an array of victories, which include surviving a year (Old Man Winter is a meaner opponent than a zombie horde), wiping out a rival community or escaping the area via repaired helicopter. Each community’s residents are individuals with a name and skill set that evolves depending on missions and story experiences. Even if you don’t name the characters, you’ll easily get to know them as their powers grow and the stakes rise. Moral and practical choices will often pop up; do you cannibalize a deceased survivor when food is running low? Do you sell a useful team member into slavery in exchange for a powerful weapon? These decisions shape the story of each community.

PROS: Addictive, deep gameplay; varied strategies; profoundly difficult; cheap. CONS: Simple graphics; sometimes hangs. For a game that’s meant to be played in single sessions, there’s an ample amount of tension and heartbreak. It’s a hard-won cause for celebration when a victory screen appears.

PROS: Funny slapstick; battle system has solid feel. CONS: Tutorialed to death.

Dream Team fits right in with series Alan Simmer | Pulse writer

ho knew napping could be such a liability? When Luigi’s head hits the pillow in Mario & Luigi Dream Team, Princess Peach gets kidnapped and an ancient evil is unleashed. So the plumbing duo must set off to rescue her, bouncing between the real world and the dream world, where an ancient race called Pi’illo are trapped. Dream Team continues the series’ wry humor, wherein Mario and Luigi only communicate through gibberish and gestures. If only the rest of the characters in the game could learn from that. I know Nintendo is all about being accessible to gamers of all stripes, but they are killing me (KILLING ME!) with all the tutorials. Tell me that, hey, I can equip different combos of badges for different special effects. Thanks a bunch! But don’t drag me, kicking and screaming, into the menu and force me to swap them around.

Really, Dream Team is just the straw that broke the camel’s back. While the hand-holding is annoying, it’s not gameruining. The dream abilities, where Luigi can inhabit different objects to alter the landscape around him, and the different battle mechanics when Mario is in the dream world provide a nice break from the normal pace. Overall, it’s another fun Mario RPG. The game feels fresh but familiar, and added challenges and a hard mode provide some extra depth for those of us who already know what HP stands for.

On the easiest setting, Rebuild offers a solid challenge. Set the game to its most difficult mode and you’ll find yourself lucky should your community make it a month. Perhaps more than anything else, it’s that frequent defeat that makes the game so addictive. And with every crushing defeat and narrow victory, there’s a tale that comes along with your experience, one outlined by the game and filled in with your own imagination.

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Wartburg Wartburg College

Game face Waterloo man pens board game book JOHN MOLSEED | Pulse Writer

Saturday, Oct. 5, 7:30 p.m. Wartburg Artist Series presents

KENYA SAFARI ACROBATS Adult Tickets: $15-$25 K-12 Students: $10

Purchase one adult ticket and get up to two youth (12 and younger) tickets for $2 each.

Kenya Safari Acrobats perform non-stop, gravity-defying human pyramids, balancing, tumbling, limbo dancing, hurling through hoops and breathtaking contortions, all while clapping to a joyful Benga beat — a wonderful show for the entire family!

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hris Hussey admits he once suffered from “gamer shame.” An avid role playing game player, Hussey is now not only open about his favorite hobby, but has become a vocal advocate of gaming. Hussey is a co-author of a new book, Games’ Most Wanted, along with Ben Rome. The book covers a wide variety of gaming genres, culture and codes. Hussey got his first table-top Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game as a Christmas present when he was in eighth grade. Thirty years later, he still plays multiple games, co-hosts Fear the Boot, a gaming podcast, and is a published author on the subject. Although current pop culture has recently come to embrace geek interests, Hussey’s open support of gaming came from a realization that gaming has benefits. “It’s a very easy way for those introverted kids to make friends,” he said. “As a social experience and a hobby, it’s one of the most affordable experiences you can have. It can also be one of the most rewarding social experiences.” Once he realized those benefits, his gamer shame faded. “I didn’t mind it,” he said. “In a way, I kind of became an advocate.” Games’ Most Wanted, published by Potomac books of Virginia, features 37 chapters that are each broken into lists. It offers broad information on games and gaming. Hussey likens it to a top-ten list. Like any top-ten list, he knows his choices are subjective. “I’m prepared to hear people say, ‘you forgot this,’ or, ‘how could this be number seven, it should be number four,’” he said. Experts on certain games may not learn anything new about their favorite pastimes, but will likely learn about something similar. “We maintain a broad appeal,” Hussey said “But we try to include information that gamers will find interesting or didn’t know.” The book’s broad coverage will also help gaming novices gain an understanding of role-playing games, video games, movies based on games and other various topics. However, Hussey notes few people are true gaming novices anymore. “Video games helped that,” he said. “People who would have picked on gamers years ago play them now too.” The book also dovetails with another one of Hussey’s interests — introducing people to new games. “It refreshes the experience,” he said. “I get to watch them learn and enjoy it.” Although geek culture is getting more love than it used to, Hussey said gaming enthusiasts still fight certain stereotypes. Although shows like The Big Bang Theory do give gamers the spotlight, they can also make gamers the butt of the joke. Now that the book, which took four years to complete, is out, Hussey is turning his attention to other gaming related projects including a web series, Table Tales. The series will combine his love of television production and gaming, he said. He launched a kickstarter campaign to help fund the series. Information on that can be found on Facebook at Table Tales.

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The Infatuations | Javier Marias Superficially, The Infatuations is a romantic fable inside a crime story, focused on a thirtysomething Madrid single, Maria. For reasons she herself never wholly fathoms, Maria becomes obsessed with a seemingly blissful wife and husband, Luisa and Miguel. Maria, who possesses an exceptionally active imagination, embroiders elaborate mental fictions about Luisa and Miguel. The couple, in turn, is making playful conjectures about Maria. Masquerading as melodrama, The Infatuations gradually unmasks itself as a philosophical crime-scene investigation, in which Marias’ scalpel-like prose and microscopic observations lay bare the fragmented, indeterminate nature not only of our most intimate relationships but of everything we think we know about why we behave as we do. — Reed Johnson, Los Angeles Times

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Night film | Marisha pessl

Partway through Marisha Pessl’s second novel, Night Film, I began to feel as if I had been taken hostage by the book. This, I should hasten to add, is not its intent. The saga of a legendary film director, Stanislas Cordova, and the suicide of his 24-year-old daughter, Ashley, Night Film is willfully portentous, claustrophobic even, a novel that means to explore hidden meanings, in which each turn seems to unveil another layer until illusion and reality begin to merge. It is also, at 600-plus pages, at least a third too long, an overwrought narrative that hints at much but delivers little and, for all its feints and twists, remains surprisingly unsuspenseful in the end.

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necessary errors | Caleb Crain

This novel, Crain’s first, follows Jacob Putnam — young, recently out of the closet and graduated from college — as he arrives in Prague during the transition between Sovietenforced communism and capitalistic independence. Jacob, who harbors vague ambitions to become a writer, befriends fellow English-speaking ex-pats, makes rent teaching English and drinks his share of pivo. With its characters’ earnest longing for self-definition, the comedy and sorrow of their falling in love with the wrong people and the number of scenes set in bars, the novel certainly evokes a Sun Also Rises vibe. But Crain’s long, elegant sentences, meandering metaphors and omniscient point of view also owe a debt to Henry James, the premodern stylist whom Ernest Hemingway ostensibly rejected. — Christine Pivovar, The Kansas City Star

The United States of Paranoia | Jesse Walker

Americans have always feared secret cabals. In three successive decades in the mid20th century, a “Brown Scare” swept through this country, followed by a “Red Scare,” and finally a “Lavender Scare,” Jesse Walker tells us in his bold and thought-provoking new book, The United States of Paranoia: A Conspiracy Theory. Americans heard so many stories that described Nazis, communists and homosexuals nefariously trying to take over our government, our minds and our bodies, they began to see them everywhere. Giving the reader an “exhaustive” history of all conspiracy theories is not Walker’s mission. Instead, The United States of Paranoia is an oddly entertaining exploration of the roots of paranoid thinking across several centuries of American history.

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Good As Gone | Douglas Corleone

Simon Fisk, the hero of Douglas Corleone’s new series, could easily be a cousin of Jack Reacher. Like Reacher, the hero of Lee Child’s best-selling novels, Simon is a loner constantly on the move, with a background in law enforcement and a penchant for coming to the rescue of those in need. And like Child, Corleone delivers an adrenalinfueled plot with believable, complex characters. Simon’s one rule is that he refuses to investigate stranger kidnappings. But rules are made to be broken, as he shows in Good as Gone. Corleone seamlessly weaves in Simon’s haunted background, which includes the unsolved kidnapping of his own daughter more than 16 years before, without slowing down the action. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel

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Big Sean’s new album a ‘Hall of Fame’ lineup THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ig Sean has discovered that in order to find the spotlight, sometimes you have to stay out of it. The rapper put Miley Cyrus frontand-center in his recent Fire music video, with his face seen just briefly in the background. Then he released Control, featuring an explosively competitive verse from Kendrick Lamar that overshadowed his own and has become the talk of hip-hop. Both are leading up to his second album for Kanye West’s GOOD Music imprint, which blends Sean’s signature wordplay with some unexpectedly serious introspection. Sean says licensing issues prevented him from including Control on Hall of Fame, out Aug. 27, but he wanted the song out “for the betterment of the culture.” On the track Compton-bred Lamar, one of the year’s breakout musicians, declares himself both “king of New York” and the West Coast, rapping that he wants to steal

fans away from fellow rappers — including Sean. Sean said he deliberately didn’t rewrite his own lyrics after hearing Lamar’s verse: “I’m from somewhere where you live by honor. I’m not going to be cheating, man.” “Kendrick, when he dropped the names, it was such a dramatic thing. I love it. ... I haven’t seen a song this exciting in rap music in years, and that’s what it’s all about,” the 25-year-old said in an interview. “I already knew that people was going to be like, ‘Kendrick’s verse is the best!’ ...I’m happy I could provide that moment.” The choice to highlight Cyrus in his video came from directors at DONDA, the company that West launched last year and has thus far focused on performance staging, album art and music videos. “I wanted her to be a metaphor for ... people in general that made it through

their own fire and came out strong, and as beautiful as a rose,” Sean said. Sean’s Hall of Fame features collaborations with Lil Wayne, Nas, Nicki Minaj and Miguel. It’s the follow-up to his 2011 debut, Already Famous, which featured the hits Dance, My Last and Marvin & Chardonnay. Born in California and raised in Detroit, Sean Anderson launched his career by impressing West with a freestyle rap in a parking lot outside a Detroit radio station. Now like West and Kim Kardashian, Sean is enduring scrutiny of a very public relationship, with Glee star Naya Rivera. “It’s definitely something new for me and her,” Sean said. “I don’t look at her as my famous girlfriend, I look at her as my girlfriend ... it’s just our jobs. It’s my job to rap and it’s her job to sing and act and stuff.” He’s already collaborated with Rivera musically, on her song Sorry. But his new

album also includes the apologetic and heartfelt Ashley addressing his ex, longtime love Ashley Marie, written when the two were still dating. “I played it for Naya and she loved it, so I had nothing to worry about on that end. It’s a true song,” Sean said. “I’m not going to just change that because of what’s going on. It’s a good song.”

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On I Go By Feel, Buddy Guy uses the title phrase to explain, among other things, his approach to playing the blues. But even the greats, like Guy, can use help along the way in melding inspiration with craft and enhancing the artist’s gifts. And Guy gets that from producer-drummer-writer Tom Hambridge. The result is a focused, hardhitting two-CD set of 21 tracks that clocks in at just over 80 minutes total. Guests are on hand, including Kid Rock, Keith Urban, and Steven Tyler, but they just complement the main attraction, whom Hambridge supplies with songs that at times resonate with references to the singer’s own life. — Nick Cristiano, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Sam Phillips, who has been putting out albums since the ’80s, is back with her first set publicly available in five years, the self-released Push Any Button. Clocking in at 29 minutes, it’s a compact set of 10 fun, barbed, clattering songs that integrate upbeat rockabilly guitars and sweet countrypolitan strings into the artful torch-song style she has mined since 2001’s Fan Dance. When I’m Alone and You Won’t Know rock more than anything she’s done since her baroquepop period in the ’90s, and ballads such as No Time Like Now and Going rank with her best. — Steve Klinge, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Joy Williams and John Paul White are the two artists who make up the Civil Wars. I don’t know whether they are really as dysfunctional as they seem from a distance, but they act the part well. Somehow, here they are again in an album produced by eclectic visionary Charlie Peacock, with Rick Rubin on the rustic romancer I Had Me a Girl. Unlike Barton Hollow, the pair loses some intimacy to bolder arrangements and instrumentation. What The Civil Wars loses in sonic proximity, however, it gains in lyrical strength. Whether the duo work better together or apart, The Civil Wars is heartbreaking stuff. —A.D. Amorosi, The Philadelphia Inquirer

Within the first minute of That’s My Kind of Night, Luke Bryan cites tailgating, beer drinking and a nameless “pretty girl” in suntan oil and cowboy boots — all modernday signifiers for a country song. What Bryan’s fourth album, Crash My Party, doesn’t offer is many surprises. Bryan sticks with rockers and ballads about how guys who like to fish and guzzle beer and drive pickup trucks do better with women and generally have more fun. Bryan and producer Jeff Stevens do push the edge of how many electronic effects they can use in a country song. But in every other way, Bryan sticks a bit too predictably with a successful formula. — Michael McCall, The Associated Press

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Here’s our favorite boy band tracks, from classic to cutting-edge. Randy Scouse Git by The Monkees Micky Dolenz’s first song was released under an alternative title in the U.K. because the U.S. title was too taboo for the Brits. — John M., writer

I Want You Back by The Jackson 5 For better or worse, this was pretty much the birth of boy bands. — Chris E., online

Poison by Bell Biv Devoe These guys broke off from their previous boy band, New Edition, and produced this hot beat in 1990 that still gets some club play today. — Meta H., editor

I Swear by All 4 One This one is for the ladies. That is all.

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50 Candles by Boyz II Men Sexy stuff and flawless harmonies.

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Quit Playing Games (With My Heart) by Backstreet Boys I listened to the ‘Boys’ in college just to make the counter-culture hippie kids angry. It worked and now I’m a fan. — David H., designer

MMMBop by Hanson Yeah, you probably hate it, but it was No. 1 in the U.S., Canada and many other countries. Don’t be such a hippie kid. — David H., designer

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Pentagram Lane by Twins A jaunty, poppy sounding number. Hopefully Joel and the rest of the band don’t mind being lumped in with a boy band list. — John M., writer

Walks Like Rihanna by The Wanted I think the Rihanna reference is a little weird, granted, but I like the move away from the dance hall jams. — Alan S., assoc. editor

24/seven by Big Time Rush Whoever puts these groups together knows what they’re doing. Catchy, catchy, catchy. — Alan S., assoc. editor

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World beat Forget flight delays, strip searches and remembering to pack your spare undies. The Landfall Festival of World Music is bringing the sounds of cultures from across the globe to Cedar Rapids. The Landfall Festival, now in its sixth year, will feature at least 12 world-class ensembles comprising 50 musicians. The artists hail from more than a dozen locales: Brazil, Corsica, Ethiopia, Finland, Ghana, Poland, Sierra Leone, Mongolia, Norway, Reunion Island, Sweden, Ukraine and the United States. Evening concerts will take place at CSPS Hall, First Presbyterian Church, the Cedar Rapids Public Library and Opus Concert Cafe with a day-long outdoor concert in Greene Square Park. For the full schedule, hit up legionarts.org.

Showboyz

The joyous, ebullient music of Matuto merges the forro folkloric music of Brazil with the sounds of all-American bluegrass.

Barbara Furtuna

Corsica

Barbara Furtuna is a polyphonic vocal group based in Corsica and consisting of four men. Though the group finds its inspiration in the island’s oldest musical traditions, it combines them with original songs to create beautiful music that can surprise and move the listener.

Christine Salem

Réunion

Hailing from an island in the Indian Ocean, Christine Salem is one of Maloya’s rare female voices. Accompanied by her favorite instrument, the kayanm, her deep voice projects Creole, Malagasy, Comorean and Swahili songs, carried along by gutsy African rhythms.

Debo Band

Ethiopia

Based in Boston and led by saxophonist-mastermind Danny Mekonnen, the 11-member Debo Band plays lush, orchestral interpretations of Ethiopian music.

Mongolia

Arga Bileg, an ethno jazz band from Ulaanbaatar, leads the music scene in Mongolia with its exciting blend of traditional folk music, Mongolian instrumentation and contemporary Western jazz technique. A unique combination of East and West. 18 PULSE

Brazil

Ghana

Bringing the tribal traditions of northern Ghana to audiences worldwide, the African Showboyz mix drum, dance, music and adrenaline to create pure stage magic.

Arga Bileg

Matuto

Frigg

Norway

An established and widely popular Finnish-Norwegian folk band, Frigg’s music is a combination of Kaustinen and Nord-Trondelag, with a bit of Americana and Celtic mixed in.

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Sierra Leone

Janka Nabay is the undisputed king of bubu, a frantically paced dance music with ancient, magical origins in Sierra Leone. With the Bubu Gang he creates a wild, highoctane juggernaut of call-and-response vocal interplay, dance floor rhythms, synth and guitar.

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Ukraine

The Ukrainian “ethnic chaos” band Dakha Brakha creates a world of music that’s unexpectedly new. Accompanied by Arabic, Russian and Australian instruments, the quartet’s astonishingly powerful and uncompromising vocals constitute a transnational sound that’s rooted in Ukrainian culture.

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didn’t know about the Bronies. “Don’t you know about Bronies?” asked a friend. “It seems like every time I talk to you, you give up a little piece of your soul. You really want to know about Bronies?” OK, yeah, go on, tell me about Bronies. That was a profoundly stupid thing to say. And the second I said it, I could feel the fear creeping up my neck. Then he told me about Bronies. Later, when I regained consciousness, he told me again. Bros. Ponies. Bronies. Bronies are young men and not-so-young men who are devoted to the My Little Pony lifestyle associated with the tiny toy pony dolls once exclusive to little girls. I am not on drugs. This is really happening. Lord have mercy. Bronies are inspired by the My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic cartoon series that has legions of fans. The stories are simple. The cute little ponies with the big eyes and great pony hair trot out of their castle and have adventures and fight evil and care for their friends. The ponies have names like Twilight Sparkle, Princess Celestia and Applejack. Even the Onion’s hipster Mecca, the AV Club, gives the series glowing reviews. “In its own way,” wrote Todd VanDerWerf “it reminds me of a movie like Singing in the Rain, in that both properties aim to overwhelm any cynicism directed at them via sheer and utter joyfulness.” So these are the competing vibes of today: Reality tempered by despair, peculiar to those with mortgages and with kids to educate in a terrible economy ruled by political leaders who

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mock the people through the false sincerity of the teleprompter. And the ostentatiously perky optimism of the Bronies, who gain strength through cartoons and simply refuse to take that turn to Negativity Town. Bronies hold conventions. Many dress up in pony gear, which includes the long flowing manes, unicorn accoutrement and hooves. “People who log on to this show have been looking for something to fill this void,” self-described Brony Calder Putnam, 20, a math and computer science major at State University of New York, said. “All TV now is just … goes from one dark, cynical anti-hero to another dark, cynical antihero. And all that’s different is the outfit.” The ponies, however, offer “that simplicity that I think draws a lot of people,” he added. He’s correct about the darkness in the comic book world. It’s violent, and the heroes are troubled, obsessive, overwhelmed by inner demons. Putnam made it clear he’s not embarrassed by being identified as a Brony. And he loves the show. “I’ve had friends who watched it hoping to make fun of it, and they end up really liking it. It’s really a bunch of people who like this show,” he said, adding in Brony fashion that it’s the morals that matter. “This show has actually made me want to actively try and be a better person, and I’ve heard a lot of the same comments from other Bronies, that the show really made them want to improve their life or it has gotten them through really hard times.”

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avid Morgan’s customers are sometimes his willing test subjects. When Morgan, owner of Single Speed Brewing Co. in Cedar Falls, creates a test batch of beer, there are 90 gallons of it to go around. “We’re getting their judgement on each one,” Morgan said. That might sound like a lot of beer, but Morgan’s customers make short work of it. “Ninety gallons of beer goes pretty quickly, whether its a pilot batch or something we’re replicating,” Morgan said. Morgan opened the brewery in December last year. Buzz and interest around the operation built up weeks before the door opened. “The community’s been incredibly supportive since before Day One,” Morgan said. Although Morgan likes to concoct new combinations or veer off a standard recipe, he also has the tried-and-true recipes on hand for customers who know what they like. For other customers, saying he has something new is all he needs to do to sell a pint of an experimental batch. “A lot of times they’re coming in here just to see what’s new,” he said. Trying new recipes is a learning process for Morgan too. “You’ve got to take really good notes,” he said. “You also have to practice a lot.” To go along with his own brews, Morgan has others on tap including beers from Broad Street Brewing Co. of Reinbeck. Morgan also stocked a cooler with canned microbrews from around the region.

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A FILM HISTORY OF OUR POPULAR MUSIC FROM BLUES TO BLUEGRASS TO BROADWAY BLUES / GOSPEL / BROADWAY / JAZZ BLUEGRASS / ROCK / MAMBO AND HIP HOP

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Oct. 3: “I thought it’d be cool with the canned beer revolution, but nobody’s buying them,” Morgan said. “I guess if they were, we’re probably doing something wrong.” Although canning has caught on for many microbrewers, the only way to get Single speed is to go to the brewery at 128 Main Street. Canning or bottling and distributing takes too much control away from the brewer, Morgan said. Also, much of the appeal of his beer is the freshness. Most beers last eight days from the first tap, he added. “Ours never gets light or oxygen,” he said. “Everything we plan to do will be within these four walls.” The four walls are getting more crowded. Morgan added two additional fermentation tanks to the operation in May, bringing the total to six. Freshness is key to a beer’s flavor, Morgan said. “Not everyone is here for the same reasons,” Morgan said. “But conceptually, they’re here for the newness and freshness of the beers.” Morgan watched the microbrew craze catch on as owner of Mulligan’s Brick Oven Grill & Pub. As more of his customers wanted something unique, it seemed more brewers stepped up with a new product. The restaurant was one of the first in the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area to supply brews from Decorah microbrewery Toppling Goliath. Morgan plans to collaborate with other brewers around the area, including Broad Street. The brewery offers tours every Saturday at 2 p.m.

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in good Bourbon Street |  American, Cajun and Creole 119 Main St., Cedar Falls 319-266-5285 Hours: Monday - Saturday 4 - 10 pm www.barmuda.com

CEDAR FALLS Beck’s Sports Grill |  American, Sports Bar 2210 College St., Cedar Falls 319-277-2646 Hours: Open daily at 11 am 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.

Featuring Beck's homemade microbrews, voted best burger, locally owned restaurant, sports bar and place to play pool in the Cedar Valley.

Ferrari’s Ristorante |  American and Italian 1521 Technology Pkwy., Cedar Falls 319-277-1385 Hours: Monday - Friday 11 am - 10 pm Saturday 4 - 10 pm 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.

Beck’s Sports Brewery |  American, Microbrewery 3295 University Ave., Waterloo 319-234-4333 Hours: Open daily at 11 am www.barmuda.com

WATERLOO Guerilla Brewing/Lava Lounge |  Microbrewery and Bar 2401 Falls Ave., Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday-Saturday 11 am - 9 pm 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.

One of the area’s 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.

Ginger Thai Cuisine |  Authentic Thai Food 111 W. 2nd Street, Cedar Falls 319-266-2150 Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 3 pm, 5 - 9 pm; Sunday 10 am - 4 pm facebook.com/ginger-thai-cuisine Authentic thai cuisine offering lunch and dinner options. Appetizers, entrees, desserts and express menu for a quick lunch. A variety of flavors from coconut, fresh lemongrass, ginger, tofu and vegetables. Take-out and delivery available.

Soho Sushi Bar & Deli The Stuffed Olive |  Deli, Sushi, Tapas, Martinis 119 Main St., Cedar Falls 319-266-9995 Hours: Monday - Saturday at 11 am www.barmuda.com 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!

The Lone Wolf |  Bar, Restaurant 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd., Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Open daily 11 am - 2 am 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 and thirst-quenching drinks with an atmosphere unlike any other.

Southtown Bar & Restaurant |  American 2026 Bopp St., Waterloo 319-236-9112 Hours: 7 am - 10:30 pm, bar open later www.southtownwaterloo.com

Otis and Henry’s® Bar and Grill |  Bar and Grill 7777 Isle of Capri Blvd., Waterloo 319-833-2241 Hours: Sunday - Thursday 5 - 10 pm Friday - Saturday 5 pm - 11 pm www.waterloo.isleofcapricasinos.com

Rudy’s Tacos |  Mexican 2401 Falls Ave., Waterloo 319-234-5686 Hours: Monday - Saturday 11 am - 9 pm www.rudystacos.com

Located next to Witham Ford behind Golf Headquarters. Stop in for the great broasted chicken or fresh-made pork tenderloin.

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 uses local ingredients through the Northern Iowa Food and Farm Partnership’s Buy Fresh/Buy Local program.

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Hilton Garden Inn |  Conference Center 7213 Nordic Dr., Cedar Falls 319-266-6611 New Hilton opened in 2012, elegant dining and entertaining of Hilton standards. Full service hotel with Ballroom seating up to 350 people. Garden Grille Restaurant and Bar open to the public for breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as large exterior patios with firepits. Full service dining on site, Chefs with banquet menus and banquet bars available. Deposits and minimums required, full payment required prior to event. Guest room blocks available.

LOOKING BEYOND THE LACES The Philadelphia Inquirer

aurice Holoway had been obsessing for six days. On that Monday he had read that the classic Air Jordan IIIs were being rereleased. These were the original red, white and black kicks first made available to the public in 1988. Holoway, 28, knew he had to get to the store early if he wanted a crack at the $160 shoes. He didn’t want to be disappointed. By 7:30 on that Saturday morning, when the UBIQ store opened in the downtown Philadelphia Gallery mall, Holoway was standing pretty — first in line. For the occasion he wore his Nike Barkley Posite Max Phoenix Suns in rich purple faux crocodile skin with zigzags of bright powder blue and a Nike swoosh in shocking orange that cost him about $250. The importance of getting to the store early could not be overstated, said Holoway, a mental health counselor from West Philadelphia. Nike releases only so many of the shoes in each size to each retailer — the company won’t specify the exact number. “You don’t really know” if there will be enough to go around at any given store, Holoway said. “You just go with your gut.” What makes a man get up early on a Saturday to wait in line for sneakers? Style, status, nostalgia and, in many cases, the entrepreneurial spirit. In a city where people are passionate about what they wear on their feet, sneakerheads like Holoway can be found weekly, following the release dates on the Internet, sizing up which shops have the shortest lines. Experts — and there are experts on this subject — trace the obsession with sneakers to 1985 with Michael Jordan’s first release, with its signature pair of wings gracing the upper ankle. The Air Jordan I sold for $65, the most expensive shoe on the market at the time. Today you can grab a pair on eBay for up to $1,500. Jordan’s influence still colors the shoes today. Red, white and black — colors of the Chicago Bulls, led by Jordan to six NBA

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championships — are the most coveted. A flashy pair of Adidas or Reebok will earn the long stare, but it’s the Jordans that get double-takes. Sneakers are riding high on the surge of ‘80s and retro fashion that has been swelling over the last several years, said Natalie Nixon, director of Philadelphia University’s Strategic Design MBA program and a retail expert. They’re more than shoes, they’re the center of a subculture of style. Each silhouette and color carries a symbol of status, the flashier the better. “When you see someone walking down the street with a flash of color, even if it’s just a neon orange shoelace against a gray canvas sneaker, it’s a nice surprising pop of color,” Nixon said. “You’re definitely not trying to blend in with the crowd.” Limited numbers of each shoe are released, spurring a frenzy to be one of the trendsetters to snag a pair, said David Reibstein, professor of marketing at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. It’s also a justification to hike the prices higher and higher. Jemayne King, a self-styled sneakerhead and author of “Sole Food: Digestible Sneaker Culture,” once sold a pair of LeBron South Beaches for $500 at a convention to help pay for an engagement ring. That was a relative bargain, he said, for the teal blue kicks paired with either black or hot-pink laces. King, speaking by phone from Charlotte, N.C., where he teaches English at Johnson C. Smith University, has so many kicks, he can go more than a year without wearing the same pair twice. He intends to be married in his most-coveted pair, Ewing Athletics 33 Hi, which he picked up as an adult — he had pined for them since age 12. King said the greatest moment of his life was opening the box and touching the cushiony royal blue fabric, accented with macaroni orange eyelets and a sewn white signature of the 11-time all-star Patrick Ewing. “There’s not a corner of this country not affected by sneaker culture,” King said.

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Saturdays 5:30pm Sundays 7:45, 9:00 & 11:00am 112 Second Ave. NW, Waverly (319) 352-3850

Sunday Eucharist 9:15 AM Christian Formation Classes for all ages 10:45 AM Adult Forum 10:45 AM

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Christian Crusaders Radio and Internet Ministry Sundays on: KXEL/AM 1540 10:30 a.m. KNWS / AM 1090 3:00 p.m. KWAY / AM 1470 7:30 a.m. ChristianCrusaders.org

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1st Presbyterian Church 505 Franklin Ave. Waterloo, IA 50703 319-233-6145 www.1stpresby.org Worship every Sunday at 10:00 am Adult Classes at 8:45 am and 11:15 am Sunday School for Children and Youth at 11:15

St. John Lutheran Church LCMS 415 Fourth St., S.W. Waverly 352-2314 Sunday Worship 8:00 a.m., 10:30 a.m. Education Hour - 9:15 a.m. st.johnlutheranchurch@q.com Rev. Matthew Versemann PastorVersemann@msn.com REFORMED

Pleasant Valley Church www.pleasantvalleyonline.org 20979 150th St. rural Holland/Parkersburg just North of US-20, exit 208 319-346-1090 Sunday morning blended worship 9AM Various group & events weekly & monthly.

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Twin performances Cedar Valley pop band Twins are sharing the stage with legendary New York rocker Paul Collins for a pair of Eastern Iowa shows. Paul Collins Beat is playing at The Lift in Dubuque and at The Octopus in Cedar Falls. Collins, founding member of the Nerves, has been a big influence on the Twins’ music, said Joel Sires, Twins guitarist. “We are definitely influenced by the way he uses dynamics in his tunes,” Sires said. “The stripped down production, the hooks and we take cues from his arrangement style.” For people unfamiliar with Collins’ work, Sires said anyone who appreciates classic power pop with clear vocals and strong melodies such as Buddy Holly, The Ramones and Hard Day’s Night-era Beatles would enjoy the show. Paul Collins Beat with Twins Sunday, Sept. 8 @ 9 PM The Lift, Dubuque

Thursday, Sept. 19 @ 7 PM The Octopus, Cedar Falls

Program Alexander Borodin, Polovestian Dances

Strings under

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Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36

Grab your picnic basket and blanket and get ready to enjoy an evening under the stars listening to great classical music. Orchestra Iowa and Brucemore have once again joined forces — and names — to present Brucemorchestra! on the lawn at the historic mansion. This season opener features an all-star lineup of the most well-known classical compositions, including exotic dances from Borodin paired with sweeping melodies from Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky.

Sunday, Sept. 8 @ 7 PM Brucemore, Cedar Rapids $20 - $35 | 319.366.8203 | orchestraiowa.org

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CHUCK SHEPHERD q Contrary to popular wisdom, cows do not sleep standing up, but actually spend 12-14 hours a day lying down, even though their shape makes the position uncomfortable. Conscientious dairy farmers use beds of sand to adapt to the cow’s contour, and since the late 1990s, a Wisconsin firm, Advanced Comfort Technology, has marketed $200 cow waterbeds, which are even more flexible. q A security lab, delivering a report to the makers of software for a luxury Japanese toilet, warned that a flaw in their Android program renders the toilet hackable — even while a user sits on it. The Satis (which retails for the equivalent of about $5,600) includes automatic flushing, bidet spray, fragrance-spritzing and music, according to an August BBC News report, and is controllable by a “My Satis” cellphone app. However, the PIN to operate the app is unalterably “0000,” which means a prankster could create some very uncomfortable mischief in a public restroom.

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SH JOSH OS H THOMPSON THOMPSON

With a growing list of hits to his credit, country artist, Josh Thompson, has defined his place in country music by being who he is: the embodiment of whatever-it-takes, hard-working, bluecollar grit. From his Top 10 debut album, Way Out Here, to appearances with country mega-stars Dierks Bentley and Brad Paisley, Josh Thompson’s passionate performances and tireless work ethic have made him into a country music road warrior. Favorites from his debut album, Way Out Here, include “Won’t Be Lonely Long,” “Way Out Here,” and his Top 10 first single, “Beer on the Table.” Born in Milwaukee and raised in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, Josh comes by his music’s heartland, blue-collar work ethic, & celebration of the common man from his Midwest roots.