‘Truth in Advertising’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Touchstone Books 1/22/13 $24.99 320 pp. We are nearing Super Bowl Sunday, and what do we look forward to the most? Yes, [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Touchstone Books 1/22/13 $24.99 320 pp. We are nearing Super Bowl Sunday, and what do we look forward to the most? Yes, [...]
Read More →Really? They tell me that you’re on your high horse about the recent visit of the Monster Trucks to Des Moines. Your artistic nose is out of joint at all [...]
Read More →Blondfire ‘Where The Kids Are EP’ Warner Bros Blondfire’s been something of an indie pop darling since its 2006 debut made it the first unsigned band to hit No. 1 [...]
Read More →‘The Carrie Diaries; is a delightfully bad prequel to ‘Sex and the City’ “The Carrie Diaries” (Monday, 7 p.m., CW) is a prequel to “Sex and the City,” featuring a [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang William Morrow and Company 11/13/12 $ 22.99 192 pp. Oh, Willie, you clever scoundrel. You knew we would just have to read [...]
Read More →You know who’s had a busy January? Brolester Records, that’s who. The Des Moines-based label — already home to albums from North of Grand, Superchief and Patrick’s Beard and The [...]
Read More →When something comes with a warning label, that usually means it’s good (or bad, depending on who you are). The “content advisory” you’ll find on your admission ticket to “The [...]
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Little Brown and Company Oct. 23, 2012 $30 720 pp. Every time Tom Wolfe takes on a sacred institution, such as New [...]
Read More →Truth is hard to come by it seems. What we see is shaped by so many factors that have nothing to do with what is actually in front of us. [...]
Read More →Holopaw ‘Academy Songs, Volume 1’ Misra “Acdemy Songs” is, I guess, a concept album. Whether it aims too high, or whether front man John Orth’s songwriting isn’t up to the [...]
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