Riot Fest just wrapped a successful, yet muddy weekend in Chicago. From September 18-20, over a hundred thousand people graced the grounds, later mud pit, of Douglass Park. Here are some of my favorite selects from the weekend.
Initially, I wanted to write a story about what it was like to step into the Big House for the very first time. Then our travel plans went south, and then the game itself happened. So instead of just one story, this is a collection of tales from one of the craziest weekends of all time.
Mutliple teams from the old Big Ten West come out with upset victories in the first full week of the Big Ten conference schedule. Ryan Paris recaps the major storylines from the last week, as well as some of the biggest games coming up.
Alex Izienicki breaks down the Chicago Bears’ triumphant 27-7 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday Night, and how third string quarterback Case Keenum took control.
Owen Raefield breaks down Iowa’s dramatic 20-19 walkoff victory over Michigan in the Big House and what it means going forward.
Week three of college football was the final tune-up for the Big Ten before the conference schedule began. This week, we’ll talk about Iowa’s 55-0 victory over Northern Iowa, Northwestern’s final game before moving into Ryan Field, and the Southern California showdown between USC and Oregon.
KRUI announced today the station will broadcast a new morning sports/talk weekday show beginning Oct. 4.
Neon Indian and Kreayshawn are playing Union Bar on Monday, Oct. 24th. The show is free* for students.
Iowa City’s Night-People Records dominate our ninth installment of the Low Frequency Series… and it’s FREE!
By Dolan Murphy One of KRUI’s new shows this semester, The Rastafarian explores Jamaican culture and reggae music from 3-4pm every Tuesday on KRUI 89.7 FM. This week’s episode was an exploration of the foundation on which Roots reggae was built – a little bit of ska, a little bit of rocksteady, and some skinhead reggae. Here’s the playlist: 1. Jimmy Cliff, “Miss Jamaica” 2. Toots & the Maytals, “A.B.C.” air break 3. Prince Buster & the Skatalites, “It’s Burke’s Law” 4. Clancy Eccles, “Fattie Fattie” 5. The Silvertones, “Old Man Say” interview excerpt – Derrick Harriott 6. Derrick Harriott, … Continued
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The first Low Frequency Series announcement for the Fall – They Might Be Giants!
We’ve got daily guides and coverage all week, both on-air and online. KRUI is your one-stop shop for Mission Creek 2011!
Class Actress and MillionYoung are two up-and-coming national acts. This Wednesday at Gabe’s, you get a 2-for-1 deal: both of them for just $8!
KRUI will be off-air part of today for studio construction.
All the way from Sweden, Junip (featuring José González, Elias Araya, Tobias Winterkorn) will be coming to Blue Moose on Tuesday, April 26th for LFS 06!
The founder of Wikipedia joined us for a panel discussion prior to his lecture in the IMU. Find out what he has to say about Wikipedia as an academic source, and more.
