Classic country music fans are going to be treated to previously unreleased Hank Williams material next month. Omnivore Recordings has re-mastered 24 tracks of previously unknown recordings from tapes found [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Sound Notes
Posted April 23, 2014in Book Review
Stop and smell the roses with Violet
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books “Vintage” by Susan Gloss William Morrow & Company $25.99 320 pp Violet is a young woman who owns Hourglass Vintage, a boutique in Madison, Wis. Early [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Tech Talk
Innovations have high interest with low revenues
Innovation and disruption are the lifeblood of the tech industry. Innovation is the inventive process that has forced evolution onto countless industries. For instance, VHS replaced by DVDs, then Blu-rays, [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Sound Circuit
Travelin’ Man finds home in DM
To quote the great musical philosopher Hedwig Schmidt: “My home is the road; the road, my home.” It’s a motto that Dan Tedesco knows better than most. The Chicago native [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Sound Check
The Pixies “Indie Cindy” Pixiesmusic There are two ways to look at “Indie Cindy.” You can compare it to the other alt-rock albums being released today, or you can compare [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Center Stage
‘Extremities’ raises questions of violence and victim blaming
Lately, downtown theater has broken through to a new level at the Social Club, but some of this year’s most exciting work took place out west. The Tallgrass Theater Company [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Sore Thumbs
‘KINECT SPORTS RIVALS’ (E10+) *** Microsoft Game Studios Xbox One A showcase for the Xbox One’s newest version of Kinect, “Sports Rivals” is a hodgepodge of different motion-controlled activities. As [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in The Sound
Children of the corn reunite
Read some of the out-of-town interviews with The Faint’s Todd Fink — and he’s recently done plenty of promoting of the band’s newest album, “Doom Abuse” — and you’ll quickly [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Your View
All I want to know is…
When does Terry Branstad go on television and talk about his dog “Checkers” and the Republican cloth coat? Bob Runge –Des Moines Gov’s hear no evil/see no evil response [...]
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Posted April 23, 2014in Food Dude
Eatery-A, the new star on Ingersoll
When I began writing about the Des Moines’ food scene in the 1980s, Ingersoll was dominated, west of Noah’s, by fast-food franchises and dive bars. A comeback began with the [...]
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