Taylor Swift is coming back to Des Moines, but don’t get your line-camping tents out just yet. The show isn’t for another year. That’s right, in a move that bucks just about any kind of conventional thinking, “Tay-Tay” has announced a year’s worth of shows all at once. Because there’s
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Sound Notes
November 12, 2014 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Good indeed
No Good Deed is refreshing, not only because there aren’t enough Des Moines area bands doing the post-punk sound well, but because it is a band without a single member younger than your faithful scribe. “I came from Ames, originally,” said guitarist Doug Hansen. “I was a part of the
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Rap Sheet
Two of a kind Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay, 55, was arrested in Indianapolis on March 16 for driving while intoxicated. Police reported pulling him over initially for erratic driving but then noticed slurred speech. Officers had Irsay get out of the car, where he was unstable and admitted to
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Your Money
Paid for by taxpayers in… Des Moines Public Schools
Amount: $5,578.40 To: Adrenaline Fundraising For: Cookie dough fundraiser Amount: $10,065 To: Visiting Nurse Services For: May, June and April services Amount: $1,272 To: Plasco Inc. For: White self-adhesive labels Amount: $2,656.90 To: A Tec Recycling Inc. For: Recycling of fluorescent bulbs Amount: $21,324.25 To: A+ Lawn & Landscape Inc.
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Game Day
UNI (6-4) vs. Southern Illinois (6-4) When: Saturday, Nov. 15 Where: Saluki Stadium, Carbondale, Illinois Kickoff: 2 p.m. CDT Purple and gold it is! The only major college team in the state of Iowa to actually show up for a game last Saturday won headlines and hearts following a 23-3
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Sound Check
Ani DiFranco “Allergic to Water” Righteous Babe Ani DiFranco has come a long, long way, emotionally speaking. Those of us who cut our teeth listening to her early work — where lyrics were spat out like accusations, and you’d think her guitar was going to come apart in her hands
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in GoodNightIowa
Gov. Terry Branstad and the most famous mustache in politics were elected to a record sixth term in last week’s midterms… When asked what he has planned for the next four years, Branstad said, “I dunno, maybe a goatee.” A Dollar General Store in Iowa was robbed at gunpoint recently,
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Food Dude
World shrinking at Rolling Wok
Years before Prasong “Pak” Nurack would open Des Moines’ original Thai restaurant, and decades before he would become a Thai national senator, he ran a diner on Court Avenue called Little Joe’s. That place served lunch cafeteria-style, and one day’s advertised special, veal parmigiano, seemed to be exhausted. “No more
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November 12, 2014 by justin
in Tech Talk
Meet the Smartphone: your new wallet
Anyone can point out the revolutionary technological advancements in the past 50 years — the personal computer, the cell phone, the Internet. The real trick is picking out the slow-burning tech gems that will one day change everything. The most glaring example might be the potential digital wallet that will
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