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Letting the river decide

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UI and Mission Creek’s aural matrimony

Mixtape Mastery

Where it’s at: one man’s hip hop history PLUS download a local fulllength mixtape for free.

CONTENTS | ISSUE 90

10 On the Tube Tack to the future

11 On the Air

Democracy lives, online as well as on air.

12 At the Bar

A Knight bearing tapes. Sweet, precious tapes.

14 Talking Movies

ON THE COVER Clockwise from top left: Sarah Cram, the Diplomettes; Dustin Busch; Andre Perry, Mission Creek co-producer; Connor Wyrick, Beast Wars; Sam Locke Ward; Chris Wiersema, Lwa; Josh Carrollhach, Liberty Leg.

15 Literature

Mission Creek continues its literary leanings.

16 Album Reviews

You send ‘em, we review ‘em.

22 News Quirks

The giggles will get ya.

23 Astrology

Remember, keep looking up!

An Amoldòvar for us all

No, they didn’t actually form an all-star band. But, these local musicians, and others, have been gathered by Mission Creek founder Andre Perry—along with his fellow organizers, Craig Eley, Tanner Illingworth and Todd Olmstead—to perform at the 2010 Mission Creek Festival.

For a comprehensive list of events and venues (as of March 1), consult the Mission Creek Festival program—inserted within these pages. For other news and updates, including potential additions or schedule changes, visit MissionFreak.com.

Volume 9 | Issue 90| March 2010

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Mission CreekUniversity of Iowa Partnerships PUBLIC ENEMY PANEL Thursday April 1, Englert Theater, 7pm Public Enemy panel celebrating the 20th anniversary of the hip hop groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s groundbreaking album, Fear of a Black Planetâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;featuring Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, Hip-Hop Activist & Media Assassin Harry Allen, and PE co-founders Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee (members of the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original production unit, the Bomb Squad).

Moderated by Kembrew McLeod. Free and open to the public.

BOMB SQUAD Thursday April 1 Yacht Club, 9pm Bomb Squad, The Hood Internet, Database, School of Flyentology perform.

Part of the Mission Creek Festival.

DUB REGGAE TALK Friday, April 2, International Commons, University Capitol Center, room 1117, 4pm Yale Ethnomusicologist Michael Veal will give a talk on dub reggae, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Acoustics of Diaspora,â&#x20AC;? as part of the International Programs lecture series â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taping the World.â&#x20AC;?

Two Turntables and a Microphone March 27-June 27, Iowa Memorial Union, Black Box Theater

UI Museum of Art exhibit on hip hop: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Turntables and a Microphoneâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Hiphop Contexts featuring Harry Allenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Part of the Permanent Record: Photos from the Previous Century.â&#x20AC;? Deborah Whaley and Kembrew McLeod, co-curators. Free and open to the public.

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Kembrewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s TOP Mission Creek picks Acid Mothers Temple: With single songs that often break the one-hour mark, this ridiculously prolific Japanese experimental psych-rock band bridges the gap between drone-y minimalismâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve covered Terry Rileyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s composition In C, for instanceâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and sludgy rock madness. Not to be missed, on or off drugs.

Bomb Squad: In their first incarnation the Bomb Squad was Public Enemyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legendary production unit, responsible for such masterpieces as It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. In the late 2000s, brothers Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee returned as a live musical unit cranking out dubby, skittering electronica that is all high and low frequencies.

Camera Obscura: Kickinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; it wispy style, this Scottish group takes twee-ness to the next level with beautifully catchy songs that continue to ring long after the pause button is pushed.

Cave Singers: Bare-boned and tuneful acoustic songs that descend from a folk music tradition that critic Greil Marcus dubbed â&#x20AC;&#x153;old weird America.â&#x20AC;?

Grant Hart: The drummer and co-songwriter in HĂźsker DĂź, yet another great trio signed to SST in the 1980s, Grant Hart recently returned with Hot Wax, his first solo album in a decade. Overshadowed by his former bandmate Bob Mould, Hartâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talents are criminally underrated.

Pocahaunted: Expansive andâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;yesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;haunting psychedelia for the lo-fi crowd, last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Island Diamonds was a below-the-radar classic.

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Check the Mission Creek Festival program for times and a full listing of shows.

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Hip Hop

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Clarence Johnson and Tallboy, of Radio Iowa City (see page 11) and Little Village put together a 24-track Iowa City mixtape with cuts from over two dozen Iowa City and Cedar Rapids artists.

319: We Get It How We Live It showcases fresh track from only local beatsmiths and lyricists, proving that the local hip hop scene is still alive and well.

Download the full 319: We Get It How We Live It mixtape online at www.littlevillagemag.com/mixtape

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for Open Mic Success First time? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sweat it, virgins of the stage, J. Knight is here with the guidance you need to get through your 30 minutes with dignity and practically nobody noticing all of those bad mistakes you made.

Relax. Just do it. Do what youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re comfortable with. Make your first song a song that you can play cold, one that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done so many times you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to think.

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Adjust things. After youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played a couple of open mics, the songs become second nature. Then you can work on the presentation. Maybe you are one of those people who should talk between every song. Maybe you are one of those people who shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t!

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Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t apologize! Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your gig; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s your time. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to make mistakes, so just laugh and go on.

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Play to the audience. Once youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve played Open Mic a couple of times, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll start to notice the audience more. Sometimeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re with you, sometimes theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not. After awhile, when you get comfortable, you might adjust your set to keep them more interested.

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Even as Mission Creek hosts bigger and more rocktastic acts like this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Booker T. of the MGs, the Meat Puppets, the Hood Internet and Acid Mothers Temple, the organizers continue to stuff its programming with a vast number of local and regional bands that have entertained Iowa City residents for months (Grand Tetons), years (Liberty Leg) or even decades (Greg Brown). Thumb through the

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And letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be clear: Mission Creek is not just about the music. Each year the organizers schedule several events to highlight the written word, hosting both local and national writers. Turn to page 4 of this Mission Creek Festival program to see this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exciting literary events.

Be sure to check MissionFreak.com for the most current Mission Creek Festival news and updates, including information about obtaining all-access festival passes. Little Village is proud to be collaborating with festival organizers to publish this 2010 festival program, and will be posting Mission Creek news to its own website at LittleVillageMag.com, as well.

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Pocahaunted

Pocahaunted is a psychadelic drone RXWÂżW IURP &DOLIRUQLD FRPSULVHG of Amanda Brown and Bethany Cosentino (Bethany is also making waves as Best Coast). The duo mixes D GLYHUVH SDOOHW RI LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQFHV OLNH Native American chants, Reggae and North African tribal music over deep synth drones. Pocahaunted found the right mixture on 2008â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dub-infused sensation Island Diamonds. The duo garnered numerous blogosphere accolades and became the soundtrack to many a DIY dance party. That same year, the duo also released Beast That You Are, a cassette, on Iowa Cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very own Night-People Records.

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The Mill, 9pm [Free] Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable about the Cave Singers isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re indie dudes playing folk music; that story has been told before. No, whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remarkable is that none of these three men have much of a background in folk music.

Considering their pedigreeâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;three musicians whose backgrounds lie primarily in loud, punk rockâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve invoked a sound so classic and timeless is almost unbelievable.

With two releases for renowned indie label Matador Records under their belts, they are poised to break out. Their recent release, Welcome Joy is fresh and exciting while staying true to some of Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most well-traveled musical paths.

Dinosaur Feathers + Replacing the Robots \ So Much Fun Public Space ONE, 6pm [Free]

As fellow New Yorkers who have taken aspects of â&#x20AC;&#x153;world musicâ&#x20AC;? and woven it into their own brand of pop, Brooklyn up-and-comers Dinosaur Feathers will eventually be FRPSDUHG WR 9DPSLUH :HHNHQG ,Q WKH PHDQWLPH WKRXJK WKH\ DUH Ă&#x20AC;\LQJ GHOLJKWIXOO\ under most radars, even as they continue to make really fun and sonically VILLAGE interesting pop music.

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Booker T.

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+ JJ Grey \ Dustin Busch The Englert, 8pm [$26 advance/$29 day of show] Booker T. Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; presence at Mission Creek this year marks a big step for Mission &UHHN +H ZLOO EH WKH ÂżUVW DUWLVW WR SHUIRUP DW WKH IHVWLYDO ZKR KDV EHHQ LQGXFWHG to the Rock nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll Hall of Fame. That said, Booker T. doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need any awards to justify his legendary status in the music world. As a key member in the 1960s soul group Booker T. & the MGs, Booker T.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s irresistible organ riffs became part of our musical consciousnessâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that simple hook from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Onionsâ&#x20AC;? is still as mesmerizing today as it was 40 years ago. While the MGs garnered success from their own records, they also served as the house band for the seminal Stax Records, anchoring key recordings by the likes of Otis Redding and Wilson Pickett.

In recent years, Booker T. has remained busy, most recently cutting the highly acclaimed record Potato Hole with the Drive-By Truckers, and hitting the road for a series of highly acclaimed festival shows.

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Acid Mothers Temple + Over-gain Optimal Death \ Wet Hair \ Broken Water Gabeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/The Picador, 9pm [$8] Acid Mothers Temple is like a trippy, prog-rock, Japanese version of The Wu-Tang Clan. Formed with a communal spirit in 1995-96, Acid Mothers Temple is the brain child of Kawabata Makoto. Kawabata wanted a place where musicians of equal talent, not necessarily notoriety, could get together and collaborate on long, psychedelic, SURJUHVVLYH MDPV 6LQFH WKH ÂżUVW UHOHDVH Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Kawabata and the artists have splintered into numerous offshoots (most featuring Kawabata in some capacity) working in a bevy of different styles (free jazz, kraut-rock, prog-rock).

All of the various collectives promote experimentation and improviVDWLRQ *DEHÂśV 7KH 3LFDGRU ZLOO KRVW WKH Ă&#x20AC;DJVKLS JURXS $FLG 0RWKHUV Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., featuring Kawabata, Tsuyama Atsushi, Higashi Hiroshi and Shimura Koji.

Literary Events Mission Creek is more than music. Feed your hunger for good ZRUGV ZLWK WKHVH ÂżYH IUHH OLWHUDU\ KDSSHQLQJV

Ashley Butler

Thursday, Mar. 30, 7pm, Prairie Lights

Thomas Beller, Ben Hale, Stephen Kuusisto, and members of the UI's Nonfiction Writing Program

Bomb Squad + The Hood Internet \ Database \ School of Flyentology The Yacht Club, 10pm [$8] The past, the present and the future converge upon each other at the Yacht Club for what promises to be an amazing meeting of beat-making minds. Legendary deejays/ producers Bomb Squad, who pioneered the use of sampling in music on albums like Public Enemyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet, unveil their new dark electronic sounds alongside rising stars the Hood Internet, whose own mash-ups continue to stun audiences long after the fad has passed.

Brazilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dance music phenoms Database return to the USA after a long absence, and local mash-up and dancemusic enthusiasts, School of Flyentology, will kick things off. Bomb Squadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s appearance at this show coincides with their panel talk at the Englert where they will discuss, alongside Chuck D, the making of the essential hip hop album Fear of a Black Planet.

Friday, Mar. 31, 7pm, Prairie Lights

Book Fair Make Magazine, Hobart Magazine, Iowa Review, Essay Press, Wagâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Revue, Sarabande Saturday, Apr. 1, 2â&#x20AC;&#x201C;6pm, The Mill

David Bazan + Headlights \ Caroline Smith & the Goodnight Sleeps \ the Poison Control Center The Mill, 9pm [$8 advance/$10 day of show]

Colson Whitehead, Eula Biss, and Kiki Petrosino Saturday, Apr. 1, 3pm, The Mill

Literary Death Match Saturday, Apr. 1, 5pm, The Mill

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David Bazanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s recent album, Curse Your Branches, ZDV KLV ÂżUVW VLQFH UHWLULQJ KLV EDQG 3HGUR WKH /LRQ LQ 2006. And while that band was splitting up, what many didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize was that Bazan was also undergoing a deep personal split with the Christian faith. As a Christian indie rocker, Bazan was an anomaly; he received accolades from both Christian and secular audiences.

Curse Your Branches is a deep and human rumination on life, faith and doubt. He is currently touring with emotive pop quartet Headlights. Caroline Smith plays, as well as the return of Ames, Iowa, rockers the Poison Control Center.

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highlights for

fri, april 2

Meat Puppets

+ Joe Jack Talcum (of The Dead Milkmen) \ Sam Locke-Ward & The Boo-Hoos The Mill, 8pm [$15] 2QFH SDUW RI WKH LQĂ&#x20AC;XHQWLDO 667 5HFRUGV URVWHU LQFOXGLQJ 6RQLF <RXWK +Â VNHU 'Â and Minutemen), Meat Puppets were too idiosyncratic to garner the hardcore or punk DFRO\WHV ZKR Ă&#x20AC;RFNHG WR +Â VNHU 'Â DQG 0LQXWHPHQ UHVSHFWLYHO\ DQG QRW KLJKIDOXWLQ enough to attract the art-house punks surrounding Sonic Youth. Yet Meat Puppets would survive long enough to see their brand of cooky, country-fried punk have it's day. After over a decade as a band and seven albums, Meat Puppets went gold with their eighth effort, Too High to Die, and charted an alternative radio hit with that album's single "Backwater." The spotlight found them after Nirvana covered three songs ("Lake of Fire," "Oh, Me," and "Plateau") from Meat Puppet's seminal sophomore album Meat Puppets II for Nirvana's equally seminal MTV Unplugged in New York, which was released earlier in 1994 just after Kurt Cobain's death. Drug probOHPV VLGHOLQHG 0HDW 3XSSHWV D IHZ \HDUV DQG DOEXPV ODWHU EXW LQ DIWHU D IRXU year hiatus, the group returned to the fray with Rise to Your Knees. The group upped the ante in 2009 with the considerably stronger release Sewn Together. Meat Puppets played The Mill last June in support of Sewn Together and had such a wonderful time they asked to come back.

Little Dragon

+ VV BROWN \ The Envy Corps \ The Western Front Blue Moose Taphouse, 9pm [$8 advance/$10 day of show] Hailing from Sweden, Little Dragon have recently been exploding big city clubs across the United States with their body-moving electronic pop. Much like Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s electronic duo Air, this music is as appropriate IRU WKH GDQFH Ă&#x20AC;RRU DV LW LV IRU WKH EHGURRP 7KHVH VH[\ JURRYHV DUH EXLOW around the seductive voice of Yukimi Nagano and the cunning textural craftwork of her bandmates. With hints of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s electro-pop, futuristic space-pop, and an EDM pulse this has the potential to be the sleeper dance party of the festival. The Envy Corps, indie-pop vets from Ames, Iowa, will play as well, behind their best release yet, Kid Gloves.

Tim Hecker + Greg Davis \ Lwa \ Wind Farm Gabeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/The Picador, 9:30pm [$8] Tim Hecker makes â&#x20AC;&#x153;ambientâ&#x20AC;? music, for lack of a better word. That said, his songs have shown up everywhere from concept art records to metal blogs, which is a testament to his versatility, the density of his soundscapes, and his willingness to experiment with his own sound over the last decade. Starting with 2001â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s landmark Haunt Me, Haunt Me, Do It Again, Heckerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work consciously blurs his sonic sources, which at any given moment might include computer-generated tones, analog syths or acoustic and electric guitars through all variety of pedals. The result has ranged from glitchy, staticky minalism to the lush electronic waves of last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s An Imaginary Country, which Hecker has said was based on a â&#x20AC;&#x153;utopian ideaâ&#x20AC;? of music. This rare live performance should have the audience feeling similarly.

Dawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at Dusk Dawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hide and Bead Away, Friday April 2 and Saturday April 3, 6-8pm [Free] The festival is always in search of something new and different, and this year, that means having shows in a bead store.

These events are all about two things: diverse musical acts and really short sets!

These two shows will feature 10-12 acts (each night!) performing for no longer than 10 minutes. There will be free food and drink, so stop by before you head out to the rest of the events!

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highlights for

sat, april 3

PROGRAM PRESENTED BY

Grant Hart + The Tanks \ Family Van \ and Super Sonic Piss \ Living Ghost

Anni Rossi + Casiotone for the Painfully Alone \ Golden Birds \ Jeff Ray

Gabeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s/The Picador, 9:30pm [$8] Grant Hart reached the public consciousness as the GUXPPHU IRU 6W 3DXO KDUGFRUH EDQG +Â VNHU 'Â Hart, in many ways, proved to be McCartney to felORZ +Â VNHU 'Â VRQJZULWHU %RE 0RXOG V /HQQRQ DQG deserves fair credit for the expansive and psychedelic palettes the band would explore as it became a critiFDO GDUOLQJ $IWHU +Â VNHU 'Â V GLVLOOXVLRQ +DUW FRQcentrated his efforts on his alternative act Nova Mob EHIRUH ÂżQDOO\ IRFXVLQJ RQ D VROR FDUHHU DIWHU Hart is still out on the road supporting his 2009 release, Hot Wax, an album steeped in early garage rock and the psychadelic sounds of the late '60s.

Hart's solo debut, 1989's Intolerance, originally reOHDVHG RQ WKH KHHOV RI +Â VNHU 'Â V EUHDN XS KDV DOVR been recently reissued on 180-gram vinyl.

Public Space ONE, 9pm [$6] Classically-trained violist Anni Rossi has accomplished a lot in her 24 years, including two of the biggest breaks an indie songwriter could hope for: getting signed to the 4AD record label and having a debut album produced by the legendary Steve Albini (who has recorded The Breeders, The Jesus Lizard, Slint, Fugazi and PJ Harvey, to name a few). The result of these stars aligning is 2009â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rockwell, a gem of a record that features her trademark quirky vocals, minimal musical accompaniment, and the overwhelming feeling that she both deserves her success and is criminally underrated. With 10 songs clocking in at just more than 26 minutes, Rossi certainly canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be described as self-indulgent, which is refreshing in the increasingly crowded performance category of stringed-instrument virtuosos wanting to make indie music.

Cory Chisel & THE Wandering Sons + Diplomats of Solid Sound \ Sad Iron The Mill, 9pm [$8 advance/$10 day of show] As a live unit, the Wandering Sons are reminiscent of classic groups like the Heartbreakers and the Bandâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;and with Cory Chisel fronting them, they have a distinctive voice to complement those instrumental chops. Chisel croons like heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a lost member of the Rat Pack but his posturing is much more modern: He is a charming, whisky-sipping hipster.

His songs are one-part country, one-part soul, and a healthy dose of salvation. Chisel just cut a new album with members of the Raconteurs down in Nashville. The result is a rocking collection of songs, full of regrets and revelations. Also, the highly revered Diplomats of Solid Sound reunite to bring their hip-shaking â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;60s grooves back to the stage.

FULL SCHEDULE BLUE MOOSE

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211 Iowa Ave

221 E Washington St

120 E Burlington St

9:00 Mondo Drag 10:00 Birds & Batteries 11:00 The Cave Singers

Tue 3/30

Wed 3/31

TBA Black Cobra Metal Show (details at www.missionfreak.com)

Thu 4/1

9:30 Scenester Credentials Showcase (details at www.missionfreak.com)

Fri 4/2

Sat 4/3 6

9:15 10:15 11:15 12:15

The Western Front The Envy Corps VV Brown Little Dragon

8:00 TBA 8:50 Camera Obscura

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8:00 Dustin Busch 8:30 JJ Grey 9:30 Booker T. 7:00 Chuck D Lecture 9:00 Circus 10:00 Les Dames du Burlesque 8:00 Shame Stevens 8:50 Spirit of the Red 9:40 Dave Zollo 8:00 Pieta Brown 9:00 Greg Brown

9:00 9:50 10:45 11:45

The New Bodies Sarah Mannix Brighton, MA The Daredevil Christopher Wright

9:00 10:00 11:00 12:00

The Poison Control Center Caroline Smith Headlights David Bazan

8:50 Joe Jack Talcum 8:00 Sam Locke Ward & the Boo-Hoos 9:45 The Meat Puppets 9:30 Sad Iron 10:30 Diplomats of Solid Sound 11:30 Cory Chisel

Note: Set times end roughly 15 minutes before the next act begins.

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highlights for

sat, april 3

Greg Brown + Pieta Brown The Englert, 8pm [$30 assigned seating/$45 Golden Circle seating] Along with Bix Beiderbeck and Slipknot, Greg Brown stands as one of Iowa's few, true, homegrown musical stars. Brown was something of a journeyman in his younger days, he led the famous hootenanies at Gerde's Folk City in New York, traveled to Portland, Los Angeles, and wrote songs for Buck Ram of the Platters in Vegas. In 1980, Brown returned to Iowa, got married, and set his sights on a solo career. His early records, released on his very own Red House Records, landed the folkie solid reviews and his regular appearances on Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion netted him a strong following. The title track from his '81 release The Iowa Waltz ZDV HYHQ LQ WKH UXQQLQJ DV WKH RI¿FLDO VWDWH VRQJ of Iowa. Among Brown's numerous accolades and awards, he's also recieved two Grammy nominations (Friend of Mine [with Bill Morrissey] and Slant 6 Mind). Brown's spare compositions and emotionally wrought lyrics have been admired and covered by the likes of Willie Nelson, Jack Johnson, Joan Baez, Ani DiFranco, Carlos Santana and many more. Mission Creek organizers are truly honored to have a quintessential Iowa musician be an integral part of this festival.

Camera Obscura + TBA

Blue Moose Taphouse, 8pm [$15] When Camera Obscura broke through in the United States with 2004’s Underachievers Please Try Harder, some critics were prepared for them to be a short, but amazing, blip on the indie-pop radar. They were just too precious, too devoted to fellow Glaswegians Belle & Sebastian, and too darn good at writing forlorn love songs to stick around for long, right? Thankfully, those critics were wrong, and Camera Obscura’s critical and popular success has only increased with each new record. After Underachievers, Merge Records reissued their 2001 European debut, Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi, and in 2006, they returned with new material on Let’s Get Out of This Country.

Their most recent effort is last year’s My Maudlin Career.

The face and voice of Camera Obscura is Tracyanne Campbell, whose deceptively plain singing manages to capture loneliness, desperation and low self-esteem in an emotionally honest way, whether she’s singing about high school crushes or more adult traumas of love and loss. The whole thing might be a big downer if it wasn’t for the incredibly lush and melodic music made by the quintet that accompanies her. Make no mistake: This is classic, sugary sweet pop music, in that way that the Scottish are so darn good at.

PUBLIC SPACE 1

YACHT CLUB

330 E Washington St

129 E Washington St

13 S Linn St

MON 3/29

Gabe’s/Picador 9:30 10:15 11:00 11:50

Alex Body Rene Hell Peaking Lights Pocahaunted

7:00 7:50 8:40 9:20

9:00 9:50 10:40 11:40

Coyote Slingshot Talk Normal tUnE-yArDs Xiu-Xiu

9:20 10:05 10:45 11:30

Broken Water Wet Hair Over Gain Optimal Death Acid Mothers Temple

9:30 10:00 10:40 11:40

Wind Farm Lwa Greg Davis Tim Hecker

8:00 8:50 9:40 10:30

Mumfords Porno Galactica Roommate Christopher the Conquered

9:30 Dave Bess 10:30 The Gglitch

9:15 9:50 10:30 11:00 12:00

Living Ghost Family Van Super Sonic Piss The Tanks Grant Hart

8:30 9:15 10:00 11:00

Jeff Ray Golden Birds Casiotone for the Painfully Alone Anni Rossi

10:00 Dennis McMurrin

8:00 8:50 9:40 10:40

Happy Chromosomes So Much Fun Replacing the Robots Dinosaur Feathers Old Panther The Wheelers Capgun Coup Molly Ringwald

MORE! SANCTUIARY PUB 405 S Gilbert St

9:30 10:20 11:10 12:00

Liberty Leg Beast Wars Carusella Mannix!

9:00 11:00 10:00 12:15

School of Flyentology The Hood Internet Database Bomb Squad

Thurs, April 1 8:30 Dewi Sant 9:15 Monadnoc 10:00 Brooks Strause JAVA HOUSE 2111/2 E Washington St

Thurs, April 1 8:00 Star City 8:50 Ed Gray Fri, April 2 8:30 Equilateral Sat, April 3 8:00 Chrash 8:50 The Poison Control Center

Mission Creek FESTIVAL 2010

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Talking Movies

SCOTT SAMUELSON

www.LittleVillageMag.com

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CALENDAR ART/EXHIBITS African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa 55 12th Ave SE, Cedar Rapids www.blackiowa.org WK $QQXDO %DQTXHW ³&HOHEUDWLRQ RI (GXFDWLRQDO ([FHOOHQFH´ 0DU Â&#x2021; 1R 5RDGV /HDG WR %X[WRQ ongoing

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Public Space One

129 E. Washington St., Iowa City www.myspace.com/publicspaceone -LOO .DPEV RSHQV 0DU SP

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Dawnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hide & Bead Away

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Joe and Vicki Price

Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buffet 312 E. Market St. Friday, March 19, 9pm Free www.joepriceblues.com Make no mistake, those festival passes are a bargainâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;worth every penny. But this March, if you be talkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;bout hard times, and if this tax season even Uncle Sam ainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t showing you no kinda love, you might just find yourself up Mission Creek without a paddle.

Enter Georgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Buffet, where even the cheap whiskey (thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plenty of it) comes with a beer back, a single 10spot will get you your very own pitcher (with enough left over to leave a healthy tip), and, Friday, March 19, Joe and Vicki Price are playingâ&#x20AC;Ś for free!

Better get there early because these two locals always pack the houseâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no wonder: Their latest album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rain or Shineâ&#x20AC;? is getting high praise nationally (Independent Music Awards named it the Best Blues Album of 2009) and internationally as Bluesforum (Netherlands) has nominated them for the same prize on the global scale.

Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in the running for an IMA Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vhoice award, too, and you can go vote for them at www.independentmusicawards.com/imanominee/2010/ Album/Blues.

Top-notch music in a tiny, unpretentious bar? Go ahead and bring your blues, the Prices be right.

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