In the 1980s, arena rock was all the rage, and the music wasn’t from just ordinary rock bands. These were hair bands. Big hair. Twisted Sister. Mötley Crüe. Bon Jovi. Quiet Riot. Def Leppard. Poison. The list goes on. Were they bombastic? Yes. Over the top? Of course. Entertaining? Without
Read More →“The Naked Gun” PG-13 | 85 minutes Director: Akiva Schaffer Writers: Dan Gregor, Doug Mand, Akiva Schaffer Stars: Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. (Liam Neeson) steps into his father’s shoes to lead the Police Squad and save the world. With a particular set of
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August 06, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Iowa Artist
Waves of rolling farmland and crop lines often shows up in Susan R. Wilson’s colorful artwork. Being born and raised on an Iowa farm, the inspiration for her paintings arose from both the front and backyards of her home. “We had a hog lot with a cornfield in the front
Read More →5030 E. 14TH ST., DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2025-04-01 SALE PRICE: $820,000 SELLER: CAPITOL FOODS LTD BUYER: JBB DES MOINES LLC ACRES: 1.246 SQUARE FEET: 0 4995 MERLE HAY ROAD, DES MOINES SALE DATE: 2025-04-01 SALE PRICE: $2,700,000 SELLER: ADI LAKSHMI LODGING INC BUYER: MVP HOSPITALITY IOWA INC ACRES: 1.848
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August 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
Subscribe Past Issues RSS Translate View this email in your browser Wednesday, August 6, 2024 Delivering THE CULTURE BUZZ weekly since 2007 Broadcast regionally on KFMG 98.9 FM, 11 AM to 1 PM Central Time. Streaming simultaneously at www.kfmg.org The Culture Buzz Podcast Library provides insightful conversations about our world’s culture.
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August 05, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
One of the frustrations of being a **former** newspaper editor is no longer having a few dozen reporters to pursue answers to questions going unasked and unanswered each day.Two of my go-to questions were “why” and “why not.” And my favorite open-ended query to a newsmaker was “explain this to
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July 31, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
A FRENCH GAMBLE French President Emmanuel Macron shook up world diplomatic circles last Thursday with his announcement that come September, France will recognize Palestine as an independent nation. How much difference that will mean for the Israel-Hamas war is debatable, but it certainly tightens the pressure on Israel to ease
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July 29, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in The Culture Buzz
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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July 28, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Stray Thoughts
My family has called Davis County home for 185 years, all the way back to when William D. Evans and William Henson climbed down from their wagons in 1839 and 1840, a half-dozen years before Iowa became a state. Evanses, Hensons and their neighbors were on the town square
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July 24, 2025 by Brent Antisdel
in Morain
THE BILLIONAIRE SPECTRUM I’ve been thinking lately about wealth. Not mine – I’m woefully short on acquaintance and familiarity with the subject, and that’s not going to change. But as I age, I ruminate, as many of you do, about what I would do with billions of dollars if I
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