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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 & [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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