‘METAL GEAR SOLID V: GROUND ZEROES’ (M) **1/2 Konami PlayStation 4 In terms of Big Boss’ career of covert infiltrations and extractions, Ground Zeroes is the equivalent of a quick [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Sore Thumbs
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Posted March 26, 2014in Locker Room
Wrestlers face winds of change again
Wrestlers are homosapiens of a different breed. One minute they have a 4,000-calorie meal before them, and the next they’re spitting into a water bottle to cut weight. These mat [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Belly Up To...
There’s always more to love at Pounders
One of the most clever euphemisms ever invented is calling a strip club a “gentlemen’s club.” If you’ve ever been to one, the male patrons along “sniffer’s row” are anything [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Food Dude
Café di Scala mellows out
With 20 new dieting books published each week, one might think this is the golden age of nutritional wisdom. Actually, dieting obsessions have been recycled for hundreds of years. Lord [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Sound Circuit
Horn rock
Patrick Tape Fleming has his hand in a lot of projects. In addition to playing guitar for the biggest rock band to ever come out of Des Moines, The Poison [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
Obamacare implicated in Grand Avenue Bridge fiasco
The recent fiasco at Grand Avenue Bridge, as reported first by Cityview, underscores once again how Obamacare has unmoored the very heart of red-blooded America. Listen to me when I [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Sound Check
Various Artists “DSM@SXSW” Maximum Ames Three weeks ago, the city of Des Moines, in collaboration with the Des Moines Music Commission and Maximum Ames Records, gathered a dozen of the [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Sound Notes
Gas Lamp is now kid-friendly. The longtime alcoholic venue has announced it will be converting into a more family-friendly, “pub-style” diner, specializing in American comfort food. All shows currently booked [...]
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Posted March 26, 2014in Tech Talk
Google in your pants
Maybe the most exciting new field of technology is that of wearable tech. Smart glasses, watches, bracelets and rings are but a few of the gadgets you could be wearing [...]
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