Iowa opera houses: the next stage
In this day and age, examples of win-win situations are rare. It seems there is always a winner or a loser, or at least someone claiming to be one or [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Guest Commentary
Posted January 02, 2013in Your View
Sacrifices we make to live in Iowa
FLASH NEWS! From the Associated Press: “The Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, the Ankeny-based agency that operates the state’s wholesale liquor monopoly, says the winter storm is delaying deliveries to alcoholic [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
To drink or not to drink: On Dec. 17, KCCI and the Des Moines Register both reported that The Marquee — the former Ingersoll Dinner Theater — was losing its [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check
CD Reviews
Rage Against the Machine ‘XX’ Epic There is probably no album that more perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the early ’90s better than Rage Against the Machine’s 1992 debut. Zach [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Sound Stage
Christopher the Conquered played the Gas Lamp on Saturday, Dec. 29.
As some of you might be aware, I had a birthday over the weekend. It was actually Dec. 30, but since nobody likes to party on a Sunday, I threw [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Sore Thumbs
‘BLACK KNIGHT SWORD’ (M) **1/2 D3 Publisher PlayStation Network “Black Knight Sword” begins with closed red curtains and the murmur of an audience anxious for the show to begin. Then [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Geek Chic
Ring in the new year with a new OS
Here’s something that may be more technical than usual, but it’s a way to start the New Year. There are no good statistics, but it’s safe to say that most [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Calling Me Home
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Reviewed by Fay Jones St. Martin’s Press February 2013 $24.99 336 pp. Julie Kibler’s debut novel tells the story of two women as they embark on [...]
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Posted January 02, 2013in On The Tube, Recent Posts
God bless America
Shirley MacLaine gives the Brits a run for their money in ‘Downton Abbey’ “Downton Abbey,” Masterpiece Classic’s period soap opera, returns amid post-World War I turmoil (Sunday, 8 p.m., PBS). [...]
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Of the NRA, Welch, Bonhoeffer and Dilbert
In the decade of the 1920s, journalist and muckraker Lincoln Steffens was much impressed by the Communist revolution in Russia. So much so that — until he soured on Russia [...]
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