Mission Creek Festival

It's that time of year again when the Mission Creek Festival hits Iowa City. It starts today and goes through April 3rd. There will be lots of great music and literary events throughout the week. At the same time KRUI will be doing a lot of fund raising (go HERE to donate) and having lots of in-studios with various artists from the festival. Normal programming will be on hiatus for the week (including Standing On The Verge), but be sure to tune in for all the Mission Creek festivities.

The festival! Check out their website here: http://festival.missionfreak.com/ for all the information you need, including the lineup and schedule.

There are a lot of great artists that I know little to nothing about, but here are some events I'm interested to check out this week. I planned to write something about some of the artists but due to some family health problems I have very little time. I'll be fortunate if I can even see these shows. I hope everyone has a great week and I apologize if this post looks a bit funky below.

Tuesday:

THE CAVE SINGERS
W. Birds & Batteries, Mondo Drag

The Mill

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM
Tickets: FREE
Age: 19+

PRESENTED BY KRUI & TUESDAY NIGHT SOCIAL CLUB

Wednesday:
XIU XIU
W. tUnE yArDs, Talk Normal, Coyote Slingshot

Gabes (formerly Picador)

Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM
Tickets: $8
Age: 19+

BOOKER T.
(of the legendary MGs)
W. JJ Grey, Dustin Busch

The Englert

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM
Tickets: $26 Advance / $29 Day of Show
Age: All-Ages

Thursday:

CHUCK D, BOMB SQUAD, HARRY ALLEN
A Discussion on the Making of Public Enemy's Fear of a Black Planet - moderated by Kembrew McLeod


Englert

Doors: 6PM / Show: 7PM
Tickets: FREE
Age: All-Ages

ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE W. Over-gain Optimal Death, Wet Hair, Broken Water Gabes (formerly Picador) Doors: 9PM / Show: 930PM Tickets: $8 Age: 19+ BOMB SQUAD W. The Hood Internet, Database, School of Flyentology The Yacht Club Doors: 9PM / Show: 10PM Tickets: $8 Advance / $10 Day of show Age: 19+

Friday:

MEAT PUPPETS
W. Joe Jack Talcum (of Dead Milkmen), Sam Locke-Ward & Boo-hoos

The Mill

Doors: 7PM / Show: 8PM
Tickets: $15
Age: 19+




Saturday:

GRANT HART
(of Husker Du) W. The Tanks, Family Van, Super Sonic Piss, Living Ghost

Gabes (formerly Picador)

Doors: 9PM / Show: 930PM
Tickets: $8
Age: 19+

Alex Chilton RIP

As you may be aware, Alex Chilton passed away last week on March 17th. Since it was spring break and we didn't have a show, we'd like to do a small tribute to him on our show tomorrow night. Alex was in the groups the Box Tops and Big Star and was a major influence on many of the artists you hear on KRUI. We'll probably play a few songs in his honor toward the end of our 60s and 70s hour (8pm-9pm).

During our second hour (9pm-10pm) we're bringing back a perennial favorite of ours... Post Rock. Not sure what we'll be playing yet, so tune in tomorrow to find out.

Welcome!

'Standing On The Verge' has been on KRUI for about 4 years. We finally got around to creating a blog for it. Hopefully we'll keep it up to date.

Every Wednesday night we play an hour of 60s and 70s music from 8pm - 9pm and a different theme every week from 9pm - 10pm. It's always fun!