Posted April 27, 2016in On The Tube
“Penny Dreadful” is back and creepy; “Person of Interest” begins the end. “Penny Dreadful” Sunday, May 1 (Showtime) Season Premiere: Showtime’s supernatural steampunk soap returns for Season 3 with Ethan (Josh Hartnett), Sir Malcolm (Timothy Dalton) and Dr. Frankenstein (Harry Treadaway) scattered about the globe, leaving a broken
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Posted April 20, 2016in Cover Story
Paul Morrison was hired by Drake University in 1945. He’s been going to work on the campus ever since. Paul Morrison leaned over a table piled high with binders, folders and game programs — stuff he specifically compiled for the day’s basketball game. Referees stopped by his courtside
Read More →Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler is the latest addition to the Iowa State Fair’s Grandstand lineup, performing Aug. 20. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster and will run $45-$65. You wanted the best, you got the best. KISS will bring its legendary brand of hard rock to the 2016 Iowa State
Read More →Ira Grace & The Bible Belt Prophets — the Des Moines duo consisting of Marc Bailey and Sara Williams — has been a busy act. But for the past year, the pair has been making a deliberate effort to be more deliberate in its approach. That effort was crystallized
Read More →“Time Capsule” Steamhammer When Lita Ford released “Living Like a Runaway” in 2012, she swore up and down that a long, toxic relationship had short-circuited her career and that ex-husband Jim Gillette’s control over her life neutered some of her best work. After getting the chance to hear “Living
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Posted April 20, 2016in Locker Room
Do you have a sense of adventure? Do you love being outdoors? Are you looking for a way to celebrate Earth Day? Well, look no more. Get outside with your family and friends and enjoy fun activities at the brand new Earth Day Family Fun Fair in West Des
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Posted April 20, 2016in Tech Talk
Tech has a unique way of sharing a glimpse of the future before a device, software or service comes to the market — ideas that somehow miraculously develop into non-fiction innovations. Star Trek alone had the precognition to foresee tablets, on-call limitless entertainment, mobile translators and needleless syringes, a.k.a.
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Posted April 20, 2016in Duffy
Posted April 20, 2016in Political Mercury
So the eager suitor shows up to collect your daughter for a date. He’s earnest and honest about his intentions. The young man (let’s call him Taylor) is clear about his evening’s plans. Astonishingly, Taylor even tells you his designs for a night of drinking and intercourse with your daughter. Yep,
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The unavoidable learning curve
We’ve actually heard presidential candidate Donald Trump promise that, under his leadership, we’d potentially get “bored” with winning so much and so often. Now, however, we’re seeing him get the most votes in Louisiana, but fewer convention delegates. The same in Colorado. The same in South Carolina. In Washington State,
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