The Iowa State Fair and Nightfall on the River line-ups have been announced for the coming summer. Nitefall on the River at Simon Estes Amphitheater will host Hairball on May 25, Dark Star Orchestra on July 3, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros on June 5, The Nadas on June
Read More →H.D. Harmsen ‘Papoose’ Maximum Ames Maximum Ames’ biggest strengths also the biggest knock against the label: It encourages everyone, so you never really know what you’re going to get. Some of it is really good, really interesting music; some of it is navel gazing and ego masturbation. “Papoose,” for the
Read More →‘All the President’s Men Revisited’ takes a fresh look at the Watergate scandal You couldn’t ask for a better reevaluation of the Watergate scandal than “All the President’s Men Revisited” (Sunday, 8 pm, Discovery). Robert Redford narrates the story of President Richard Nixon’s downfall, drawing on interviews with the journalists
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Posted April 17, 2013in The Sound
There’re a lot of reasons to like Andy Fleming. A gifted songwriter and a musician with a reverential approach to his craft, the Brother Trucker front man is also one of the most humble and sincere people you’re likely to meet on God’s green earth. For Fleming, music’s more than
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Posted April 17, 2013in Film Review
“To the Wonder” 1 star Rated R 112 minutes Drama Starring: Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel McAdams Terrence Malick still hasn’t made a remarkable film since 1978. That was the year he made “Days of Heaven” — not to be confused with “Gates of Heaven.” Although the “Heaven” movies do
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Posted April 17, 2013in Locker Room
The raw sexuality of a scantily-clad woman is enough to get any straight man a little hot under the collar. Add the hip gyrating and an ebb-and-flowing abdomen, and it’s easy to see why the bellydancer is one of the most attractive artletes around. For professionals, the dance is as
Read More →‘ARMY OF TWO: THE DEVIL’S CARTEL’ (M) ** Electronic Arts Xbox 360 With their stupid banter and eye-rollingly macho attitudes, Salem and Rios weren’t the most affable of avatars. But at least the titular duo of the first two “Army of Two” games had personalities, which is more than can
Read More →I have been told that God speaks to everyone. The religious extremist says, “God tells me there will be no abortions.” On the other hand, a young woman hears God talking to her saying, “Your life will be better with an abortion. You should have an abortion.” Let me get
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Posted April 17, 2013in Civic Skinny, Featured Story
James Harlan has been evicted from the Capitol in Washington and is being sent back to Iowa. It isn’t the first time he has been sent home. Harlan was a noted and notable — and at times notorious — politician of the 1800s. He was the third Iowan to serve
Read More →You have to love fear and its favorite step-child, anxiety. I mean, what’s there not to love? Here you have a basic emotion, fear, which makes all kinds of sense when it comes to keeping you safe from the invading North Koreans, but now you discover you can’t even leave
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