Posted March 11, 2015in Food Dude
“If Des Moines does not allow unbridled access to food trucks, then the young professional tribe will leave, and this city’s renaissance will be dead and gone.” That mantra has spread now from the manual of hipster talking points to the mainstream media. Here in the local, alternative media, the
Read More →Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “Dang, Jed, how did you rope me into doing this?” -Heidi Soliday Runners-up: “Torture? Heck, Jim Bob, this water boarding is fun!” -Rod R “Tom did not read the fine print on the new Wisconsin Dells ride attraction.” -Jim McCool Think
Read More →The Hinterland Music Festival has already experienced healthy success in terms of sales for its inaugural season: VIP tickets for the event sold out in 10 seconds. Now, festival organizer Sam Summers is listening to fan requests and adding camping space for the two-day event. Camping passes will range from
Read More →Madonna “Rebel Heart” Boy Toy “You’re gonna love this,” Madonna claims in the first line of the song, “Bitch I’m Madonna.” But despite her seemingly confident proclamation, love never really blooms. The Diplo-produced track is almost completely uninspired and quickly devolves into a mish-mash of EDM ear-barf. The rest
Read More →Vanilla Ice is back with a brand new invention? No, this time it’s a conviction. He was arrested on Feb. 18 on burglary and theft charges. He stole approximately $3,500 worth of furniture from a Florida home. Ice claims he thought the items were OK to take because they were
Read More →Strong Like Bear is an alt/jam/prog/rock four-piece out of Ames. For those familiar with the band, its willingness to experiment and get a little weird with its sound is the act’s biggest hallmark. Frequently seen messing around with surrealist blues outfit Electric Jury, the two bands have joined forces for
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Posted March 11, 2015in Duffy
This is an account of the history of the digital age, from Ada Lovelace’s mathematical writings in the 19th century to the emergence of the Internet that we have today. In between, there are many fascinating stories of the people who worked together to make it happen. Isaacson’s theme of
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Posted March 11, 2015in Film Review
Remember last week’s discussion about the difference between entertaining movies and good movies? Neill Blomkamp has given us another example to work with in “Chappie.” On a purely emotional, gut level, “Chappie” does everything it sets out to. It is moving, funny, exciting and gut-wrenching. Taken purely from that point
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Charmed, I’m sure
By Kent Carlson Maybe it was the period in time I was raised, or maybe it was who raised me, but the term “charming” really wasn’t a big part of my vocabulary. At least not until I met my friend, Dennis. Dennis was about 15 years older than me. He
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