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Posted September 03, 2025in Sound Notes

Sound Advice

Emmy Award-winning songwriter and Iowa native Bonne Finken presents an Eras-style concert on Sept. 5 at xBk Live. She is debuting her new single, “Blood Runs Through Me.” Tickets $20. Night Moves is a four-piece band from Minneapolis that recently released an album, “Double Life.” Night Moves is often referred to as

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Posted September 03, 2025in Collections & Hobbies

Video bunker hosts treasure trove of media

Brian Hogan is the owner and a barber at Franklin Barbershop in Beaverdale. After a day of cutting hair, he returns home to his video bunker — a space filled from head to toe with movies, posters and more. Before we could talk about that collection, Hogan mentioned some puppets

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Posted September 03, 2025in People & Pets

Sims works to prove that Dobermans aren’t bad dogs

With more than 300 breeds of dogs, pet owners have many options to choose a just-right furry friend. Yet, dog temperaments vary, and, sometimes, a dog breed gets a bad reputation, often due to owner mishandling and other factors.  The Doberman Pinscher Club in Des Moines was established to promote

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Posted September 03, 2025in Sound Circuit

Des Moines-based PLC is recording third album

Music from thousands of years ago has evolved from culture to culture throughout the world. The same rhythm performed then is still relevant today and is played by the Parranderos Latin Combo (PLC).  PLC is a Latin band with music inspired by salsa, cumbia, afrobeat, plena, son montuno and more

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Posted September 03, 2025in Your View

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Posted September 03, 2025in Cars in the City

This isn’t your parents’ Ford Maverick

When I heard Ford was coming out with another Maverick vehicle, I groaned. As a child, I grew up riding in a brown Maverick four-door, a barebones vehicle for a family of five. With no air conditioning and a small backseat, I fought my siblings for a window seat. But,

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Posted September 02, 2025in The Culture Buzz

Greetings, Cultural Adventurers:

From Iowa’s cultural epicenter, Mainframe Studios at 900 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines, comes your Listener-supported Community Voice, the Award-Winning independent radio station, KFMG-LP 98.9 FM (streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org), bringing you music, literature & cultural content.   – John Busbee for The Culture Buzz The Culture Buzz Podcast Library – https://archive.org/details/@the_culture_buzz 2014 Iowa Governor’s Award for Partnership &

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Posted September 02, 2025in Stray Thoughts

President stays on sidelines after school kids are shot

Even the best salesman would struggle explaining away the reasons for the latest contradiction from the president of the United States. He believes crime in Washington, D.C., is so out of control that 2,000 National Guard soldiers and federal agents need to keep residents and visitors safe. His order came

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