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The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

The independent newspaper of the University of Iowa community since 1868

The Daily Iowan

Lez Zeppelin take the escalator to rock heaven

MELEA ANDRYS April 10, 2009

Lez Zeppelin: redefining rock as we know it. In one of the rare moments of downtime in Lez Zeppelin’s scorching set, a guy in the audience threw up devil horns and screamed, “I think I love you.” The...

Academy Is plays sold-out Picador

KELLY DIGGINS April 10, 2009

The Academy Is gives fans a roller-coaster ride through an acoustic performance. The Academy Is gave the crowd a plentiful mix of songs from the past and present when it performed to a sold-out crowd...

Trendspotter: Bromances

NICK FETTY April 10, 2009

Bromance is not just a show on MTV. Over the last year or so, the term “bromance” has gained a good deal of popularity, although the term was actually coined by the editor the skateboard magazine Big...

Menu: A monochromatic meal

DI STAFF April 9, 2009

It’s time for Easter dinner, and Grandma’s making her famous roast ham. Isn’t it about time you started pulling your weight around the dinner table? Here’s an easy side dish and a simple dessert...

Remembering Vonnegut, so it goes

BRIAN DAU April 9, 2009

So it goes. It’s a recurring theme in Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel Slaughterhouse-Five, a remark used whenever death is mentioned — which is often (the sentence appears in the novel more than 100...

Honor Moore, sifting through her father’s closet

KATIE HANSON April 9, 2009

The April 3 Iowa Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage brings homosexuals in the United States one step closer to equality with their heterosexual counterparts. But the step doesn’t mean...

Copeland has the energy to break away from the trends

KELLY DIGGINS April 9, 2009

After kicking off its headlining tour on April 2, Florida-based indie-rock band Copeland will make a stop at the Picador, 330 E. Washington St., at 6 p.m. today along with This Providence, Paper Route,...

‘Feminists, Freaks, and Fairies’ explores gender, society

MELEA ANDRYS April 9, 2009

There are no capital letters in stef shuster’s name (except in the UI online directory). “I’m kind of a rule-breaker,” shuster said. “I don’t like being boxed in by things. Who decided that...

Iowa City under the documentary sun

COURTNEY SPEARS April 9, 2009

The Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival began in 2001. Now in its seventh year, the event will once again bring international documentary filmmakers to Iowa City. The festival, run entirely...

Lubriphonic-cation

NICK FETTY April 9, 2009

Being on tour for weeks at a time with five other people in one van gets to be a bit wearing. To avoid the monotony, the members of Lubriphonic do impressions of famous blues harmonica player James Cotton....

Richard Buckner exploring the country vein

DAN WATSON April 9, 2009

Ever heard the old joke that supposedly sums up the country music-genre? What happens when you play a country song backwards? — the singer reconciles with his wife, his runaway dog returns home, his...

Setting up the cry for Hue

DAN WATSON April 9, 2009

Instrumental bands seem to have always been regarded as the science fiction of musical genres. Those bands, similar to science-fiction works, seem to garner attention from geeky individuals, send messages...