Dead live
“Documentary Now!” Thursday, Aug. 20 (IFC) Series Debut: Relax, it’s not a real documentary series — IFC doesn’t do that anymore. The former Independent Film Channel is now in the [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in On The Tube
Posted August 19, 2015in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers…
Paid on Aug. 4 Amount: $21,770.99 To: Academy Roofing and Sheet For: Roof repairs Amount: $49,001.16 To: Central Iowa Mechanical For: General repairs and maintenance Amount: $120 To: Department [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Sound Check
Dr. Dre “Compton” Interscope Dr. Dre is officially an old man ranting at clouds in “Compton,” his first album in 16 years. But, like most everything else Dre has done [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Duffy
Posted August 19, 2015in News of the Weird
Pets of the 1 percent
“The worshipful treatment of pets may be the thing that unites all Americans,” wrote an Atlantic Magazine blogger in July, describing the luxury terminal for animals under construction at New [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Art News
Sixth Avenue renaissance
Earlier this decade, rumors floated that American Enterprise Group (AEG) might leave its historic Sixth Avenue headquarters and move to the western suburbs. Des Moines City Councilwoman Christine Hensley recalled [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Your View
The process of poo
Last week’s Locker Room segment (Pitching petrified poo, Aug. 13) quotes Regina Pirtle, Iowa State Fair superintendent of activities at Pioneer Hall, as saying, “don’t worry, these chips have been [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Tech Talk
Goodbye, Google; we hardly knew you
There are big companies like Ford or 3M, and then there are massive companies like General Electric or ExxonMobil. Now, Ford generates more revenue than General Electric, but G.E. is [...]
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Posted August 19, 2015in Food Dude
The Beerhouse — the latest sports bar on 86th
“How many of these different kinds of bars have you been to?” asks a social media survey. There were 27 choices — full bars, wine bars, neighborhood bars, dive bars, [...]
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Posted August 18, 2015in Uncategorized
Laying it on the line
Starship will perform on the Bud Light Stage on the last day of the Iowa State Fair, Sunday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. Lead singer Mickey Thomas visited with Cityview [...]
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