Posted June 01, 2017in Fashion
Posted June 01, 2017in Sound Check
Soundcheck
“Bad Decision” Roxi Copland Independent It can be easy to take local musicians for granted when they’re performing regularly around town. Sometimes it takes them moving on to make you realize what was really lost. It’s been several years since jazz singer Roxi Copland left Des Moines for Milwaukee, but
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Posted June 01, 2017in Duffy
Posted June 01, 2017in Your View
Posted June 01, 2017in Sound Notes
Sound Advice
Wells Fargo Arena brings in a wide range of big names this month. Classic rockers Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers kick off the month with their 40th anniversary tour on Monday, June 5, showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $39.50-$129.50. Later that week country superstars Tim McGraw and Faith Hill
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Posted June 01, 2017in Book Review
Book Reviews
“Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood” While it may be hard to imagine a 33 year old having lived enough to fill a memoir, Daily Show Host Trevor Noah’s, Born a Crime, describes more than most of us will ever experience. Born to a native African mother
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Posted June 01, 2017in Rants & Reason
Hawkeyes settle discrimination cases! Question is, So what?
After her $1.43 million award from the University of Iowa on five counts dealing with discrimination, former Senior Associate Athletic Director Jane Meyer was asked what the verdict portended for Hawkeye Athletic Director Gary Barta. “This is bigger than that,” she answered, because the case may have an impact across
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Posted June 01, 2017in Sound Circuit
After long wait, Apathy Syndrome captures sound with first album
It’s been more than five years since the Des Moines metal band Apathy Syndrome formed. In that time, they’ve toured in 10 states, put on their own Carnival of Razors festivals, performed at Lazerfest and opened for Taproot, Saliva and others. In that time, they’ve also released zero albums. That
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Posted June 01, 2017in Couch Surfing
Inside ‘Outed’
Amy Rapp talks about her career, the West coast and the potential for kids Meet Amy Rapp, a 27-year-old actress who recently moved from Chicago to Los Angeles during the summer of 2015. Amy has been in the industry since she was a teenager working in theater, television/web and film.
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Posted June 01, 2017in Tech Talk
Facebook of the future
Every spring, the world’s tech giants hold their annual developer conferences and use their moment in the limelight to proselytize their version of the tech future. This spring, the most bombastic version of the tech future came from Facebook, whose CEO said, in so many words, that the end of
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