The Dark Mirror evolution
Even though it took the band a while to get to this point, Dark Mirror founder and bassist Marco Battaglia always knew where it was headed. “It was in my [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in The Sound
Posted February 20, 2013in Sound Stage
The Cream of the Crop
“We had a private show cancel this week,” Bright Giant frontman Josh Davis said before his show at Gas Lamp. “They said we sounded ‘too goth.’ ” There’s possibly no [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Art News
Between Heaven and Earth
Painter Madai Taylor is a complex holy man who preaches to his congregation literally from the Bible but paints religious abstractions. He admits these contradictory postures can be misinterpreted as [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines
Amount: $80 To: AWWA Iowa Section For: Registration fees for Wastewater Reclamation Facility operations/maintenance manager Royce Hammitt and training and safety consultant Steve Moehlmann to attend the AWWA Region V [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in On The Tube
Good cop, bad cop
“Golden Boy” (Tuesday, 9 p.m., CBS) is a new cop drama that takes an original approach to its protagonist. Walter Clark (Theo James) is not only a smart, capable police [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Published arrest charges are obtained from official law enforcement records, which are available to the public. All who are charged are innocent until proven guilty. Play the “Name that Crime” [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Good Bad Ugly
The good Des Moines Public Schools will be able to hire 40 to 50 additional teachers in 2013-14, even if state lawmakers freeze school aid, according to a press release [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Your View
A keen insight on the gun control debate
I’m always impressed by the class-act writing this newspaper delivers, but one commentary recently really struck a chord with me (“The Honest Problem of Gun Control,” Guest Commentary, Feb. 7). [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Featured Story, Food Dude
Wasabi Tao elevates the sushi bar
During the four decades I’ve been writing about the local food scene, a few new places brought transformational upgrades to Des Moines. The all-prime 801 Steak and Chop House saved [...]
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Posted February 20, 2013in Featured Story, Political Mercury
A Latino pope? And thoughts on shame in the school lunch line
The brilliant actress Maggie Smith of “Downton Abbey” quoted the playwright Noel Coward on “60 Minutes” Sunday night in talking about her advancing age. She’s 78. “It seems like you [...]
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