Jeannie’s Bottle brims with neighborhood nuance
Jeannie’s Bottle is one of those places that seems like it’s been there forever. Tucked away hiding behind storefront buildings along busy Merle Hay Road, it’s a spot where it [...]
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Posted January 29, 2014in Belly Up To...
Posted January 29, 2014in Sound Check
Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang “Four Foot Shack” ATO Every once in a while the really talented people in this world will come up with something so off-the-wall, so inventive, [...]
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Posted January 28, 2014in Rap Sheet
Posted January 22, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
Audit finds possible double dipping in Iowa’s Sixth Judicial District
DES MOINES, Iowa — The recently released state audit of Iowa’s Sixth Judicial District’s Department of Correctional Services found the department had inappropriately spent more than $500,000 over a four-year [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Sore Thumbs
‘MAX: THE CURSE OF BROTHERHOOD’ (E10+) *** Microsoft Game Studios Xbox Live Arcade “Max” begins much like Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. Our protagonist — fed up with his kid brother—summons fantastical [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in On The Tube
You go, ‘Girls’
Everyone without HBO keeps asking me: Is the third season of “Girls” any good? Does the series hold up as a satire of post-collegiate millennials grasping for meaning in New [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Political Mercury
Clinton paces the race with British oddsmakers
Ladbrokes, the British oddsmaker with a global reach into the betting markets, shows Hillary Clinton with Big Horse advantages in both a potential Democratic presidential nomination bid and general election. [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Rap Sheet
On the clock
Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! WHAM BAM AND JACK THE VAN Des Moines police assisted with a Polk County Sheriff’s Office investigation on Jan. 15. Deputies responded to [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Sound Check
Against Me! “Transgender Dysphoria Blues” Total Treble Never doubt the power of transformation. Against Me!’s last release, 2010’s “White Crosses,” was a big, loud disappointment. The album was too glossy [...]
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Posted January 22, 2014in Book Review
‘Life After Life,’ a delightful déjà vu
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Shirley Shiffler Back Bay Books 1/7/14 $18 525 pp. “What if we had a chance to do it again and again,” Teddy said, “until [...]
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