‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die’
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 [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Posted January 23, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
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 [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Geek Chic
What made arcades so archaic?
Arcades were once the place where great minds could come together and debate the timeless questions like, “Who would win in a fight between a bikini-clad cheerleader and a horseman [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
Money is raised for the new downtown Y.
No one is issuing any press releases, but the plan to move the downtown YMCA to the old convention center is all but a done deal. The money is pledged. [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Belly Up To...
Budweiser develops a new Black Crown king of beers
A guy I knew in college barely tried in class and thus barely passed with diploma in hand. Instead of books, he usually clutched a can of Budweiser, as if [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Sound Stage
Rock Island Rollers
In a town that prides itself on the quality of the blues music it produces, it can take quite a lot to make an impression. Even judging solely by the [...]
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Posted January 22, 2013in Uncategorized
Posted January 16, 2013in Featured Story, Iowa Watchdog
Nice work: Iowa lawmakers set their own salary and benefits
DES MOINES – Iowa lawmakers oversee a budget of roughly $6 billion in state taxpayer money annually, whether it be providing health care for the needy or luring companies to [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Center Stage, Recent Posts
‘The Book of Mormon’
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 [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Change is good for two Latino cafés
For Latino restaurants in Des Moines, the last 20 years brought the best of times and the worst of times. On the latter part of that Dickensian paradox, three different [...]
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