5 steps to become a web billionaire
To the uninspired and greed-fueled, the modern web must be secretly infuriating. Parroting a phrase I heard time and time again in the photography showcase at the Iowa State Fair, [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Sound Notes
Des Moines will soon be home to a new jazz club. Des Moines jazz vocalist Max Wellman will be overseeing the operation of Noce, a club that is set to [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Only the smart survive at Ingersoll Tap trivia
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who play to have fun, and those who play to win. At bar trivia, you’ll typically find a mix of [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Sara Routh: Making it click
There is an adage that says you do not become a great writer without first being a voracious reader. Similarly, I am convinced that one does not become a great [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Center Stage, Featured Story
Surprises — serious and otherwise
Up in Ames, they’ve joined the new millennium. Over at the Playhouse, the audience creates a Beatles set, while Des Moines Young Artists participate in a high school shooting. Tallgrass, [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Political Mercury
Message to CNN: Let Fiorina speak
An overflow audience at the Santa Maria Winery in Carroll Friday gave Carly Fiorina her most sustained applause before the Republican presidential aspirant even entered the room. Craig Williams, chairman of [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Sound Check
Motorhead “Bad Magic” UDR There is an old saying that goes, “Once you have listened to one Motorhead album, you have listened to every Motorhead album.” It’s not completely without [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Your View
Burns needs to check his facts
Douglas Burns shows poor journalistic fact checking in his editorial, “Fiorina shows fraud of alleged prolife movement.” Mr. Burns brings up the old canard that if Roe vs. Wade were [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Film Review
Noooooooooooo!
“No Escape” follows Jack Dwyer, played by Owen Wilson, and his wife Annie (Lake Bell). Jack is moving Annie and their two small daughters to an unnamed Asian nation (though [...]
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September 02, 2015 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind
New York Jets defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson was arrested on July 30 after being picked up for racing his Bentley and reaching speeds more than 140 mph. He was found [...]
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