A handlebar view of Bike Month
“This summer is going to be different; this summer I’m going to start riding my bike.” You know it’s spring when thoughts like those start teasing at the brain stem. [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Locker Room
Posted April 30, 2014in Rap Sheet
Rap Sheet
Metro’s Most Wanted NAME: Johnathon Everett Phillip Rice AGE: 30 HEIGHT: 6’0” WEIGHT: 190 CHARGES: Probation violation NAME: Preston Anthony Beasley AGE: 21 HEIGHT: 5’9” WEIGHT: 150 CHARGES: Weapons [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in The Sound
Anvil striking iron
Despite being known as a kind of “metal band’s metal band,” Anvil’s pre-2008 existence is a comedy of errors. Plagued by poor decision-making, questionable management and bad advice, Anvil toiled [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Joe's Neighborhood
Daydreaming in early spring
Is there any harm in letting your mind drift along on a warm spring day, feeling the sun on your neck and smelling the just-turned Iowa dirt from across the [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Center Stage
Minnesota nice — and naughty
In show business, there’s an ancient quip about a dying actor. Colleagues gather at his bedside, grieving, and, with his last words, he tries to reassure them. “Dying is easy,” [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Film Review
Ozon’s gaze
“Young & Beautiful” 5 stars Not Rated 95 minutes Drama Starring: Marine Vacth, Géraldine Pailhas, Frédéric Pierrot For his latest filmic exploration, François Ozon addresses a complex mix of sexual, [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Civic Skinny
Change coming at Iowa Energy. Duffy is irked. Is Kay-Decker the Mistress of All Evil?
A guy told Cityview that Jerry Crawford has sold or is selling the Iowa Energy basketball team. Asked about it, Crawford at first said, “Your question isn’t a yes or [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Political Mercury
Clovis: Criminalizing abortion ‘a bridge too far’
“I believe life begins at conception and life should be protected from conception to natural, dignified death. There should be no exceptions for protecting life. However, the judicial system of [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Your View
What’s with all the classifications of people?
I liked Civic Skinny’s illustration: “One way to look at it: Branstad is trying to get rid of a workers comp commissioner who was twice overwhelmingly approved by the Senate [...]
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Posted April 30, 2014in Sound Circuit
Viva Ted
Viva Montesa is the best rock n roll duo in the city. OK, I’m pretty sure its the ONLY rock duo in the city, but the point is that the [...]
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