Almost exactly a year ago, on one of the 80/35 free stages, Mumford’s frontman Nate Logsdon proposed to his girlfriend, Trouble Lights vocalist Adrien Daller. This past week, the pair tied the knot in a cake-and-crowd-surfing ceremony that was befitting of them both. Congratulations to both of them. Speaking of
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Posted June 25, 2014in Sound Notes
Posted June 25, 2014in Belly Up To...
Take a break from the chaos at the Stuffed Olive and Voodoo Lounge
Fans of the old Standard Martini Bar might be disappointed to see the sign has been taken down and replaced by one with a new name, but the long list of martinis is still present at the Stuffed Olive. Under the new management of Barmuda Companies, the Stuffed Olive and
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Posted June 25, 2014in News of the Weird
Eyes of the beholder Thirty thousand spiders, led by members of the British Tarantula Society, gathered in Coventry on May 18 for the annual BTS exhibition, with a Socotra Island blue baboon spider taking Best in Show for first-time entrant Mike Dawkins. According to news reports, judges ignore spiders’ personalities
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Posted June 20, 2014in Iowa Watchdog
The Postal Service delivers the fail, audit shows
DES MOINES, Iowa — When it comes to incompetence, losing money and union muscle-flexing, the U.S. Postal Service always delivers. A recently released audit by the USPS Office of Inspector General shows Postal Service officials failed to follow proper procedures and wildly overestimated potential savings when it awarded a contract for
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Posted June 18, 2014in Cover Story
Lou’s Life
Lou Sipolt Jr. has been a staple in the Des Moines entertainment landscape for a quarter-century. In a decade spent as one-half of the beloved morning radio team Lou & Larry, Sipolt, along with his partner Larry Morgan, anchored a lineup that saw 95 KGGO stand as the most popular
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Posted June 18, 2014in Center Stage
Random acts of inspiration
Imagine you’re a teenager with dreams of being a comedian. The local club has an open mic night, but you’ve only got five minutes to make ’em laugh. You spend all day rehearsing, preparing your routine as you bus tables, and when that moment comes to step up to the
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Posted June 18, 2014in Belly Up To...
Bar Louie: the classy, yet affordable, happy hour hotspot
First, can we all just take a moment to applaud the nightlife gods on a job well done for introducing the Bar Louie franchise to the metro? The new restaurant, located near the Nike Factory Store by Jordan Creek Town Center, offers a fun environment and a lively crowd of
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Posted June 18, 2014in Rap Sheet
Metro’s most wanted NAME: Jordan William Mitchell Dock SEX: Male RACE: Black AGE: 21 HEIGHT: 6’ 8’’ WEIGHT: 170 HAIR: Black EYES: Brown DOB: 10/25/1992 INFO: Do Not Approach This Individual Crimestoppers This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers website. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty
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Posted June 18, 2014in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Polk County — Iowa Events Center
Amount: $730.96 To: Batteries Plus For: Building repairs and maintenance Amount: $91.09 To: Contemporary Services Corporation For: An untitled event expense Amount: $42 To: Crystal Clear Water Co. For: Various office supplies Amount: $498.84 To: Ecolab Pest Elimination Division For: Exterminator services Amount: $900.23 To: Electrical Engineering and Equipment For:
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Posted June 18, 2014in Book Review
‘Think Like a Freak’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom William Morrow and Company May 12, 2014 $28.99 288 pages Economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen Dubner say they were as surprised as anyone by the runaway success of their 2005 collaboration, “Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of
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