Posted January 08, 2014in The Sound
I was a little disappointed in Erimha. At first glance, everything about the band seems ripe for parody. It’s a death metal act that comes fully packaged in corpse paint and costumes — complete with character names like Kthien and Diusternas — like a kind of K-Mart version of GWAR.
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Posted January 08, 2014in Political Mercury
What better place to start a book about parasites than a funeral? And that’s where Mark Leibovich introduces us to his take on Washington, D.C. — at memorials for newsman Tim Russert, where members of the political-media establishment jockey for camera time and proximity to power in the sort of
Read More →People With Too Much Money During the 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney caught criticism for his proposed California home with parking on an upper floor, requiring a car elevator. Much more elaborate elevator access will be available in the new Porsche Design Tower near Miami (opening in 2016 and already
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Doubleday 10/1/13 $28.95 509 pp. Does the idea of reading history turn you cold? Learning dates and dry facts killed the subject for many beyond what was required. Luckily, we have Bill Bryson to serve up history with his own humorous insight.
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Posted January 08, 2014in Belly Up To...
The owners of Clive’s Club Car rolled the dice on what turned out to be a lucrative gamble when they bought the bar/restaurant 17 years ago. Compared to present-day Clive, it was in the middle of nowhere then. “There was nothing out here,” said owner David Tasler. “There was nothing
Read More →Matthew McConaughey turned in a performance for the ages in “Dallas Buyers Club,” and damned if he doesn’t turn in another in “True Detective” (Sunday, 8 p.m., HBO). He plays Rust Cohle, a one-of-a-kind Louisiana detective investigating a murder with occult overtones. We watch Rust and his partner, Martin Hart
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Posted January 08, 2014in Sound Circuit
The Real Action is garage-punk played for kicks by guys who grew up when garage-punk was new. It’s a lark. It’s also loud, fast and really fun. Assembled primarily from former members of The Chezwicks and The Strangefellows, The Real Action is an act that’s been a longtime coming. “We
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Posted January 08, 2014in Duffy
Posted January 08, 2014in Civic Skinny
The lawyers who beat the city in the franchise-fee case aren’t satisfied with their $7 million in fees awarded by Polk County District Judge Joel Novak. On the day after Christmas, the last day possible to file an appeal, Brad Schroder, Bruce Stoltze and Steven Brick went back to court,
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Posted January 08, 2014in Food Dude
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” That maxim is gospel in the restaurant business, where barely 50 percent of new ventures survive beyond one year. Yet it’s a hard one to heed, because all cash flows against the current before a restaurant opens. So I
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