‘Mary Coin’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Fay Jones Blue Rider Press March 7, 2013 $26.95 322 pp. Even if you don’t know Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” by the photographer’s name [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Book Review
Posted May 15, 2013in Sore Thumbs
Sore Thumbs 05.16
‘DRAGON’S DOGMA: DARK ARISEN’ (M) *** Capcom Xbox 360 In case last year’s “Dragon’s Dogma” wasn’t difficult enough for you, here’s “Dark Arisen” — a re-release of the original game [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Sound Stage
A High water mark
After watching four of the capital city’s female songwriters perform solo on the Ritual Café’s stage just a couple weeks ago, I’ve had the good fortune of catching two of [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Geek Chic
Head in the cloud computing
If there is one term in the tech world that is off-putting, exciting and confusing all wrapped in one, it’s cloud computing. While there is definitely a high degree of [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
Wooly’s kicks off the coverage week with a big show on Thursday, May 16. On that evening, First Fleet Concerts and Metro Concerts Live come together to present Mushroomhead, performing [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Sound Check
CD Reviews
She and Him ‘Volume 3’ Merge M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel are entertaining enough people. Ward is a perfectly acceptable guitarist and Deschanel gamely holds up the vocals. But there’s [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Art News
Image-making across the metro
Art-driven image makeovers are being created around the metro this merry month of May. Consider Clive, surely the largest city in Iowa without a high school. Most towns identify predominantly [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Locker Room
Do you have the grit?
Here in Des Moines, we have our share of 10K challenges. It seems like every weekend someone is raising money for a worthy cause at the minimal cost of running [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Cover Story, Rap Sheet, Sound Notes
Chasing the storm
It was a phenomenon that defines irony: A town was put on the map for being all but wiped clean of it. It was five years ago, almost to the [...]
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Posted May 15, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines Public School district
Amount: $6,421.53 To: Academy Roofing and Sheeting For: Payment for services for miscelleneous roof repairs to the schools and buildings. Amount: $34.99 To: ACE Educational Supplies For: Purchase of [...]
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