Posted October 31, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Bat For Lashes ‘The Haunted Man’ Parlophone Bat For Lashes is naked on the cover of her new album. If that was the best (or worst) thing about the album, reviewing it would be easy. But Bat For Lashes — real name Natasha Khan — doesn’t make anything easy for
Read More →Thanks for remembering Des Moines’ history Thank you so much for the piece in this week’s Cityview on streetcars in Des Moines (Civic Skinny, Oct. 18). They are a fascinating and nostalgia-inspiring part of Des Moines’ history. Even today, as road improvements require stripping away the pavement until tracks of
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Posted October 31, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
There is certainly an Iowa morality. Right? You know the basics: Don’t toot your own horn when you win an award for best stocker at Hy Vee; don’t yell at people just because they cut in front of you at the buffet line (they must have their reasons); be polite
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Posted October 31, 2012in Sound Stage
“You can’t go home again.” Thomas Wolfe said that eight decades ago. Since then, you wouldn’t exactly need an abacus to count the number of bands that have tasted the stratospheric heights of the Billboard Top 10, only to go away for the better part of a decade, then reclaim
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Posted October 31, 2012in Duffy
Posted October 31, 2012in Center Stage, Recent Posts
The story of Candarian demons taking over Stoner Theater just in time for Halloween isn’t quite the zombie apocalypse hardcore horror fans are preparing for by hording canned foods and shot gun ammunition in a makeshift underground cellar, but it’s a start. For the followers of the 1980s cult classic
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Posted October 31, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Harriet Leitch Crown Publishing Group Oct. 30, 2012 $16 240 pp “A Christmas Home” is a short, easily-read book. Although it is written for adults, it could very well be read by a younger audience. The story opens with a wonderful dog left behind
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Posted October 31, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
‘Start-Ups: Silicon Valley’ features nerds on the move Bravo usually focuses its reality series on good-looking socialites or business people. With “Start-Ups: Silicon Valley” (Monday, 9 p.m.), the network has the inspired idea of focusing on nerds. They’re programmers and bloggers in the Silicon Valley’s go-go tech industry, and they’re
Read More →Amount: $336.24 To: Language Line Services (Dallas, Texas) For: Payment for over-the-phone language interpreting services for five Spanish-speaking customers and one Swahili-speaking person (309.1 minutes total, including $30 for domestic dial-out fees and $3.29 for other surcharges, taxes and fees) for the police department. Amount: $38,319.02 To: Metro Waste
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Jerry and Casey had it right about 2012 campaign
Those looking for a way to summarize the 2012 political campaigns from the local to the presidential level could do worse than to quote President Gerald C. Ford when he took the oath of office Aug. 9, 1974: “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.” If you prefer
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