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November 2008
Sunday November 30, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:38AM CST on November 30, 2008
Forty Minute Detour embraces the ironies in life through its music and an alternative rock style. The band is working on its first, yet-to-be titled album. Check out the Quad-City Times article published on Forty Minute Detour and their entry on the Go&Do area bands database. At the Live Sessions, the band performed “Far Below,” “Predictable,” “Sort It Out,” “Nervous Breakdown” and “Leave Me Out.” Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Friday November 28, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 11:01PM CST on November 28, 2008
Benefit show for Z-Man
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:17PM CST on November 28, 2008
Zigler, a DJ for WXLP-97X from 1991 to 2002, was an avid supporter of local music. Some of the bands he supported will perform at the benefit including Skintight, Krank Daddies, Kings Kiss and Cheese Pizza. Jeff LeBar of Cinderella will host the benefit show. Chuck Murphy, of Skintight, said he and fellow band members don’t get along, but they are getting back together after breaking up three years ago because of what Zigler meant to them. “He did a lot to help us,” Murphy said. “He was one of those guys who would always make sure you were taken care of. ... He had such a love for music and did so much for the local scene.” There will also be a silent auction, raffle and a chance to win a house party with Cheese Pizza. Tickets are $20 at the door. The proceeds will help pay for Zigler’s medical and funeral expenses with any additional funds going to his granddaughter’s educational fund. For more information visit myspace.com/zman97x or myspace.com/cheesepizza. If you go What: Z-Man Benefit Show When: 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 29 Where: 4-H Building, Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 2815 W. Locust St., Davenport How much: $20 Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 7:45AM CST on November 28, 2008
Thursday November 27, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 9:05AM CST on November 27, 2008
Wednesday November 26, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:30AM CST on November 26, 2008
By Stephanie De Pasquale Icons, a new martini bar, opened in place of Copia this past Thursday, and one of the first orders of business for co-owners Phil Woodward and Dave Phillips was to lower prices. Martinis have been reduced 50 cents to $7.50 and $9. Beer is also down 50 cents to $3 for domestics, $3.50 for imports and $4 for aluminum bottles. Mixed drinks and shots have been lowered by $2 to $5, depending on the drink. While $9 can easily be perceived as pricey for one drink, Woodward is quick to point out that the $9 martinis are made with 7 1/2 ounces of pure alcohol, whereas a Captain and Coke only contains one ounce of alcohol. When you do the math, it would take more than seven mixed drinks to match the alcohol content, and that price would be easily more than $9, Woodward said. The specialty $7.50 martinis contain just a bit more than 5 1/2 ounces of alcohol, by the way. Icons also will offer selected martinis for $5 Tuesday through Thursday. Check out the whole story about Icon’s opening here. If you go What: Icons When: 4 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, 4 p.m. to 3 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays Where: Copia, 124 18th St., Rock Island Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Tuesday November 25, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 9:06AM CST on November 25, 2008
The Quad-City Times will host another Go&Do Live Sessions at Mojo’s Cafe 5-8:20 p.m. both Monday, Dec. 8, and Tuesday, Dec. 9.
The December lineup again features a diverse group of performers from many musical genres, including hip-hop, rock, alternative, metal and progressive. The show is free and open to the public. To have your band’s performance filmed and edited into a music video at a future Go&Do Live Sessions, contact me at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. If you go What: Go&Do Live Sessions When: Monday, Dec. 8 5-5:40 p.m. — The Kaps 5:40-6:20 p.m. — Keep Off the Grass 6:20-7 p.m. — Huge Hefner 7-7:40 p.m. — Cosmic 7:40 to 8:20 p.m. — Head Held High Tuesday, Dec. 9 5-5:40 p.m. — Rusted Hook 5:40-6:20 p.m. — Six to the Chest 6:20-7 p.m. — Uh Huh 7-7:40 p.m. — Moral Belief 7:40-8:20 p.m. — Rule No. 1 Where: Mojo’s Cafe, 129 N. Main St., Davenport How much: Free Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Monday November 24, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 4:29PM CST on November 24, 2008
UPDATE: The story on Chrash Flood's CD release party at RIBCO and two songs off the band's new album "The Name They Change" are online now. You can check them out here.
The front cover features a drawing by Johnnie Cluney, a local musician and illustrator for Daytrotter.com, a Web site run in Rock Island that records up and coming bands and offers free downloads of the recording sessions. The Web site has been featured in Rolling Stone and Wired magazines. Cluney’s cartoonish style that is prominent on the pages of Daytrotter, carried over to Chrash’s cover art and looks like it belongs on the Web site. Bernant said the look works to their every advantage. “I love the colors. I love that we look like cartoon characters,” said Bernant. “I think that having this in the package and on this cool CD, it actually sounds better. Whether it sounds any different than the CD copy I have from the masters, I doubt it. But to me it does sound better when you have this. “You’re more likely to keep this in your collection and listen to it because you have this piece.” For more on Chrash and the CD release show at RIBCO, visit qctimes.com/goando on Thursday or pick up a copy of the same day’s Quad-City Times. If you go What: Chrash CD release party with guests Meth and Goats, Idpyramid and Centaur Noir. When: 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 29 Where: RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island How much: $5 Information: ribco.com On the Web: myspace.com/chrashmusic Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 3:49PM CST on November 24, 2008
Thanksgiving is a day for families, but the day after seems to be a time for catching up with old friends who have come back into town.
I know I’ve already talked about getting together with a friend who moved away a little more than a year ago and is coming back to the Quad-Cities to visit family. We haven’t talked about the details yet, but we went to the Carriage Haus and Kilkeny’s when he was back in town last year. Who are you all getting together with? And are you going to your old hangouts or trying a new place? Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Friday November 21, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 7:35PM CST on November 21, 2008
I normally work a night shift on Fridays so I can be (as the column says) out and about, checking the area entertainment scene and interviewing local bands for previews.
But due to a crazy week that remains far from over, I ended up coming in for an hour earlier today to check out Mama Compton’s in The District of Rock Island for a “$10 or less” feature. Mama Compton’s moved to a new location on 2nd Avenue, so, after the interview, I couldn’t help but walk past Atlante Trattoria, a fairly new restaurant on the corner of 2nd Avenue and 18th Street. I’ve passed by this place several times, and I made a mental note each time to stop in and try it someday. But I was hungry and had about an hour until I needed to be at the YMCA for a workout, so I stopped in for lunch. I ordered a turkey and bacon panini, which came with gouda cheese on a ciabatta roll, and a cup of potato chowder. The meal also came with a pickle and potato salad. There was plenty of meat on the sandwich, and the gouda cheese gave it a unique taste. The potato chowder was also very good, and the combination of hot soup and a sandwich really did the trick on a cold day. There was so much food I couldn’t finish my sandwich or potato salad and had to ask for a box. But the best part is that I was in and out in 30 minutes — and my bill was well under $10. Atlante also makes homemade gelatto ice cream. I didn’t try any because I didn’t think it would be a good idea to eat sweets within half an hour of working out. Have any of you tried it? What do you think? If you go What: Atlante Trattoria Hours: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, open for dinner from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Where: 140 18th St., Rock Island Information: (309) 788-2805 On the Web: qcatlante.com Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 10:08AM CST on November 21, 2008
 The 16-year-old at North Scott High School did her chemistry homework while she waited in line.
“I’m not tired yet,” VanPelt said at 11:30 p.m., just half an hour before the start of the two-hour movie, followed by an estimated three hours of sleep before she needs to get up for school today.
VanPelt was one of more than 700 movie-goers who came to Showcase Cinemas and nearly filled two theaters for the midnight showing of “Twilight” which opened today. Most of the people in attendance were teens that were breaking curfew just to see the first of their favorite book series come to life.
Karmen Rocker, 17, came to the midnight showing even though it means she’ll only get about four hours of sleep before going to school today, then heading straight to work and then babysitting.
“I love reading,” said Rocker, who has read the four-book series twice since August. “I don’t think the characters are exactly what I pictured, but they never are.”
Rocker went to the film with Riverdale High School classmate Sarah Hebel, 17. Both girls wore T-shirts that read “Twilight” and “Team Edward” to support the main character and love interest in the film. Hebel is almost done with the fourth book in the series and only started reading them after a friend convinced her she needed to read them before seeing the film.
“I am super excited,” Hebel said. “I have been waiting for this since I heard about (the movie).”
Jan LaRocag, librarian at the Moline Public Library, said the “Twilight” series has turned many teens like Hebel onto reading, especially older teens. Thirty-six teens and adults attended a “Twilight” Vampire Party, held last week at the library to celebrate the opening of the movie. LaRocag said the majority were teens between 14 and 17 years old, an age group that doesn’t usually attend library functions.
“I’m not really sure if I could think of a book in recent history that has really fired up specifically this age group like ‘Twilight’ has,” LaRocag said. “I think it’s because the story is just so universal. At its heart it is a love story, but it still has a lot of adventure, action and a bit of mystery to it.”
LaRocag said there currently are more than 300 holds placed on the first book in the “Twilight” series in the PrairieCat interlibrary loan system, which includes libraries in the Quad-Cities as well as areas to the north and east of here.
However, when teens come in to check out “Twilight” and find it is not available, LaRocag said they usually check out another book.
“I think it’s just great that so many teens are getting inspired by reading,” LaRocag said.
Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com.
Thursday November 20, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 6:20PM CST on November 20, 2008
The Post Mortems and The Hue both are “missing” something. The Post Mortems perform without a guitar player and The Hue doesn’t have a vocalist.
No, the bands scheduled to perform Friday at RIBCO didn’t each have a member quit just before this weekend’s show. Neither band has ever filled, or wanted to fill, the “missing” position. Rather, each has discovered ways to fill the void of the normally essential positions by creatively implementing the instruments they do have. For the Post Mortems, a Quad-City band, bassist Devin Alexander has foregone the traditional cabinet-and-amplifier setup and instead employs multiple pedals and splits the signal, creating two distinct sounds from one instrument. “I had sort of a collection of effects pedals and things like that, and I’ve always been really interested in ways of amplifying an instrument,” he said. “It got to the point where my bass rig was so complex that it was more than one instrument by itself.” As for The Hue, the self-professed “music school nerds” challenged themselves by writing highly technical songs that replace the vocal melody with instrumentation. “We’ve never really had the notion that a band has to have a singer,” said Jared Rabin, guitar player for The Hue. “We’ve had to stretch our creativity in terms of compositions to write stuff that isn’t just jam, jam, jam, but to actually write stuff that is thoughtful melodies that you might hear a singer filling that role usually.” The Post Mortems and The Hue will perform at RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island, at 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21. Cover is $5. For more information, visit The Post Mortems or The Hue. If you go What: The Hue, with The Post Mortems When: 10 p.m. Friday, Nov. 21 Where: RIBCO, 1815 2nd Ave., Rock Island How much: $5 Information: ribco.com On the Web: myspace.com/huemusic, myspace.com/thepostmortems Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. Wednesday November 19, 2008
Posted by: Stephanie De Pasquale at 2:12PM CST on November 19, 2008
The dance club Dolce is gone and the piano bar, jazz feel of Below Brady is back.
Below Brady co-founder Matt Somers said a new group of partners repurchased the bar and Starting Line it was originally sold 14 months ago. The new ownership team has already changed management, employees and the menu at Starting Line, but reopening Below Brady was their first priority. The new owners brought back the cool blue lighting and replaced the DJ with live music that will always have a jazz feel. Somers said Below Brady will also have all new martini recipes that will be blended with each order. “We’re doing everything different than Dolce,” Somers said. “It’s not going to be that thump, thump, thump. It’s going to be the Rat Pack.” The Craig Bentley Trio performed on Friday at Below Brady for an event to celebrate the reopening. Their smooth jazz that you could still have a conversation over was a far cry from the booming loud disc jockey at Dolce, but it fit much better with the martini bar concept. It definitely would be a good place for those who still want to go out, but have outgrown the clubs. Below Brady is modeled after Chicago martini and piano bars, and while there are plans to buy a baby piano, Somers said Below Brady doesn’t plan to compete with Nan’s Piano Bar and will stick to local talent. “It’s a great place to bring a client, spouse or a significant other if you really want to impress somebody,” Somers said. “I always like to say it’s a little bit of Chicago. ... It’s not your grandfather’s speakeasy, but it has the feeling of a speakeasy bar.” Below Brady will have its grand reopening on Wednesday, Nov. 26. If you go What: Below Brady grand reopening When: 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. with live music at 8 p.m. Regular hours will be 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with happy hour from 4 to 7 p.m. Where: 217 Brady St., Davenport How much: Free Information: (563) 323-5455 Stephanie De Pasquale can be contacted at (563) 333-2639 or sdepasquale@qctimes.com. |
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