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Posted October 17, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts

On the edge with the sunflower

When your wife is on the “edge,” you know that you need to tread lightly. She’s edgy. If you’re walking on the boat dock at Gray’s Lake, you know that you need to stay away from the edge. A misstep could find you in deep water. And you know you

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Posted October 17, 2012in The Sound

Meet Stuttern’ Jimmy

“The stage fright is going to be there for as long as it’s going to be there. And I hope that’s for a long time, actually, because I don’t want an ego that’s too big.”                 Stutterin’ Jimmy is one of the best people you’ll ever meet. Jimmy (full name Jimmy

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Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check

Cokey G

‘Cokey G Is My Favorite Rapper’   BCG Records   That’s mighty presumptuous of you, Cokey G. Even though I don’t know if I’m quite ready to go out and dub Cokey G as my favorite rapper, there’s no doubt about his talent. And while this particular flavor of harder,

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Posted October 17, 2012in Your Money

Paid for by taxpayers in…Polk County

  Amount: $2,333.10 To: AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) Local 1868 For: Reimbursement payment for Amanda Tyler’s earnings for the pay period Sept. 8 – 21, and Sept. 22 – Oct. 5 ($22.22 per hour).   Amount: $1,227.20 To: American Solutions for Business For: Purchase of

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Posted October 17, 2012in Your View

Cityview is insulting to babies Your comparison of stealing from Habitat for Humanity as “… like stealing from a priest or from a baby” (GoodBadUgly, Oct. 11) is insulting to the baby and difficult to live up to by the priest. Mike Rowley –Clive   The fascist vs. the commie

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Posted October 17, 2012in Uncategorized

Rap Sheet 10.18

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Posted October 17, 2012in Belly Up To...

Get the freshly-squeezed tradition at Charlie’s Filling Station

Like my first step when I was too young to remember; like Graduation Day; like my first time to the election booth; April 4, 2011, was the long-anticipated day that served as that proverbial rite of passage that is the 21st birthday. For my first legal drink, I chose Charlie’s

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Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes

Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week

I am still waiting for my audition to be Superchief’s new lead guitarist. In the meantime… The Underground kicks things off this week with Leradee and The Positives, starting at 9 p.m on Thursday, Oct. 18.                 Alternately on Oct. 18, you can go bang your head over at People’s. Helping

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Posted October 17, 2012in Duffy

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Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check

KISS

‘Monster’   Universal   While relatively easy to write off as a glammed up novelty act, KISS has unleashed some pretty serious hard rock upon the masses in its time on this earth. “Monster” adds to the rich legacy… sort of. For fans of classic, meat-and-potatoes hard rock, there’s some

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