September 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Sound Circuit
As a musician, Anthony Gomes has been categorized as being “too rock” in the blues genre or “too blues” in the rock and roll scene. Music critics struggled to label his music. When he finally ditched the notion he needed to be either blues or rock, his latest album and
Read More →PorchFest DSM is back for its second year. PorchFest consists of 23 musicians playing on various porches in the Union Park area. The concerts take place Sunday, Sept. 10 from noon to 5 p.m. Musicians include Matt Woods, Abby Sawyer, Dickie and more. The concerts are free; wear your walking
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September 06, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Lunch With...
Nick Tillinghast owns and manages DM Does Things, which controls three Des Moines bars associated with the cooler, younger third millennium Des Moines. We asked him to lunch, and he chose Bubba. “I love this place. I eat here every Sunday.” So over whiskey pecan pie and chicken pimento wraps
Read More →What are the electric scooter laws in Iowa and Des Moines? We received an email expressing concern about two-wheeled electric scooters and the laws surrounding them. The reader claims to have nearly hit riders five times in the space of a month and says local police informed him that these are
Read More →“The Nun II” R | 110 minutes Director: Michael Chaves Writers: Ian Goldberg, Richard Naing, Akela Cooper Stars: Bonnie Aarons, Taissa Farmiga, Anna Popplewell “The Nun II” has been long-awaited, and five years after the release of the first “The Nun” film, audiences are eager to see what haunt the
Read More →303 E. COURT AVE., UNIT 101, DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2023-06-20 SALE PRICE: $295,800 SELLER: GSAR INVESTMENTS LLC BUYER: 303 E. COURT AVENUE LLC ACRES: 0.046 SQUARE FEET: 1,479 7600 S.W. 22ND ST., SUITE 107, DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2023-06-20 SALE PRICE: $398,000 SELLER: 7600 SW 22ND STREET LLC BUYER: ASLIN, TRAVIS
Read More →It will all come down to 12 folks shut up in a room by themselves. No observers, no attorneys, no media, no cameras, and no judges present. Former President Donald Trump’s legal fate in the four jurisdictions where he is indicted will, in the final analysis, rest with the juries
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August 30, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
Campaigning for public office is no picnic. Day after day there are speeches, Q&A’s, interviews and the constant need to think before you speak. Candidates eat enough chicken to have Colonel Sanders clucking approval. But for those who speak before engaging their brains, there other item on the menu often
Read More →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 Archive Library –
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August 24, 2023 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
In weeks like this, it’s not hard to recognize that AAC life is certainly more comfortable than BAC life. That’s After Air Conditioning and Before Air Conditioning. The dividing line occurred about 125 years ago, when inventor Willis H. Carrier created the first modern electrical air conditioning unit. He installed
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