Switchfoot toes two sides of the line
Switchfoot, the San Diego-based five-piece, got its start in the world of contemporary Christian music. And while the band’s members have never shied away from their faith and continue to [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in The Sound
Posted September 25, 2013in Film Review
Shocks, surprises and scares
“The Prisoners” 3 stars Rated R 146 minutes Action Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis While it lacks the oomph of a concrete true-crime drama such as “Zodiac,” Denis [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Sound Check
Icona Pop “This is…Icona Pop” TEN/Big Beat Icona Pop is intriguing, because it’s a band that seemed to have more potential than might first be evident. Take, for example, its [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Civic Skinny
Who, what, when, where, why and how
WHO…. …is teaching your children at the state universities? Not necessarily the faculty. At the University of Iowa, only 45 percent of total undergraduate student credit hours were taught by [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Belly Up To...
Ready for some football, B-Dub style?
Nearly everyone who’s ever had a hankering for hot wings, a tall, frothy beer and a big screen TV to highlight every detail of the weekend’s must-see game has probably [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Duffy
Posted September 25, 2013in Game Day
It’s a plot, we tell you!
FIRST DOWN… and goal to go: Baylor scores 70 points a week, produces Heisman Trophy winning quarterbacks, and does everything that the Texas Longhorns are SUPPOSED to do. And yet [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood
The end of the season
“Two books of tickets, please.” You shout over the music and through the small hole in the glass. Money passes one direction; tickets slide out the other direction. Vicki Smith [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Your View
Thankful for Neal Smith
Perhaps the most important comment to be published in Cityview came last week from Michael Gartner (Civic Skinny Comment, Sept. 19). His comments about Neal Smith were most appropriate, including [...]
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Posted September 25, 2013in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… West Des Moines
Amount: $2,383.82 To: Midwest Tap LLC (Ohio) For: Purchase of DVDs for the library. Amount: $800 To: Memorial Services of Iowa Inc. For: Payment for two memorial services — [...]
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