Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Wilma screamed in disgust as Harold, once again, fell asleep while picking ticks from her back.” [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in What the?
Posted March 16, 2016in Sound Notes
The Iowa State Fair continues to roll out grandstand artists for this year’s event. Most recently, a trio of Rock and Roll Hall of Famers were announced, as Cheap Trick, [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Sound Circuit
Genuinely Krause
Last November, Courtney Krause was finally able to do something that had been nearly seven years in the making: release her first CD. The 26-year-old had been writing music all [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Joe's Neighborhood
A short, helpful guide to air travel
Flying in an airplane without crying is just one of those skills we are all supposed to have learned after a certain age. Sure, I get it. The jets fire [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in The Sound
Stories of Yesterday and Today
For more than four decades, Y&T has been plying its trade, peddling its specific brand of guitar-driven rock and roll across the country. The band that takes the stage now [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
Katt Williams, 42, found his way into the clink again. Cops allegedly found “large quantities” of marijuana and several firearms while serving a search warrant at the star’s house. Authorities [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in On The Tube
Devil’s night
“Daredevil” Friday, March 18 (Netflix) Season Premiere: Compared to Ben Affleck’s “Daredevil,” the 2004 Thomas Jane-led “Punisher” flick wasn’t that bad — but Jon Bernthal (“The Walking Dead”) is the [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Film Review
Don’t call it a comeback
One thing that should be established from the outset is that “10 Cloverfield Lane” is not a sequel to 2008’s “Cloverfield.” Though both were produced by J.J. Abrams and share [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Food Dude
Marianna’s shines
The first round of 2016 restaurant openings began in synch with the high school basketball tournaments. Twice I tried to eat at Iowa Tap Room in East Village but moved [...]
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Posted March 16, 2016in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers…
for fiscal year 2017 Amount: $612,421,165 To: Total of all city funds to be expended in 2017 For: Budget for fiscal year 2017 Amount: $61,003,604 To: Police department 38 percent [...]
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