Posted September 16, 2015in Art News, Featured Story
Some geographical coincidences are odd enough to make people wonder about genetic connections or if there’s “something in the water.” How else can you explain the number of baseball’s greatest hitters who came out of southern Alabama (Willie Mays, Henry Aaron, Billy Williams, etc.) or great chefs from eastern Alsace
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Posted September 16, 2015in Film Review
If you have followed the career of M. Night Shyamalan at all, then “The Visit” is a very important film. Because, “The Visit” marks the point in Shyamalan’s career where he officially tosses his hands up in the air and admits that he has no idea what he’s doing. “The
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Posted September 16, 2015in Tech Talk
Virtually every medium of media has its zealots. The most well known group is audiophiles — music or sound lovers pursuing the cleanest audio sound possible. These fanatics will espouse the virtues of five-figure sound systems that deliver frequencies the human ear can’t hear but are nevertheless important because of
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com Next week’s photo: This week’s winner: “And to my parents who ignored Bob Barker and were not spayed or neutered, thank you.” – Jeff Dier Runners-up: “And what’s your opinion on Des Moines’ profiling vicious dogs?” -Howard Rye
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Posted September 09, 2015in Cover Story
They are on national television in front of millions of viewers; they are in photos in nationally known magazines and online. Still, you don’t know their faces or their names. They are the thankless ones — the referees. Iowa is a hotbed for high-level officials with a long, rich history.
Read More →Murder Earth has been working on this for a long time. The Des Moines metal four-piece is set to release its debut album, “Waiting for the End of Man,” this week at Lefty’s. It is the culmination of three years’ worth of work that has included tweaks, re-tweaks, countless live
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Posted September 09, 2015in The Sound
Full Devil Jacket has been through hell and back. Formed in 1993 as the Voodoo Hippies, the band experienced a bit of mainstream success with two releases on the Def Jam label. But shortly after the release of its self-titled album in 2000, lead singer Josh Brown overdosed on heroin
Read More →From last week’s “Once upon a time”: “50 years ago (September 1965): Contract procedures were revised because of Dutch Elm disease requiring so many more trees to be condemned as a public nuisance and ordered removed. Future bid proposals are for 1,000 trees per bid, divided into four different diameters of
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Posted September 09, 2015in Tech Talk
The National Football League — America’s most popular sport — loves to tout its $10 billion revenue value. Between dominant television ratings and local teams stoking the flames of fandom, the NFL has nearly a perpetual motion of cash creation. Ten billion dollars is impressive, but interestingly enough, it’s puny
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Posted September 09, 2015in Duffy
