May 13, 2014 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Before we get into this, it should be noted that the University of Iowa was voted this year as the top party school in the nation. Just to put things in perspective. Now, with that in mind, the story: the university this spring turned down the request of HBO’s “Girls”
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May 09, 2014 by justin
in Iowa Watchdog
DES MOINES, Iowa — Taxpayers all across Scott County will help Walcott pay for a new city hall, whether they want to or not. Walcott intends to use up to $1.5 million raised through tax increment financing to build a new city hall. The final cost of the project hasn’t been
Read More →Metro’s Most Wanted NAME: Ron Alan Zurfluh AGE: 43 HEIGHT: 5’ 10” WEIGHT: 210 CHARGES: Parole violation NAME: Brian Scott Peterson AGE: 37 HEIGHT: 6’ 0” WEIGHT: 240 CHARGES: Theft; drug charges; forgery Unsolved crimes This information was obtained from the Polk County Crime Stoppers website. All suspects
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May 07, 2014 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
Conspiracies are awesome. Who doesn’t love an intricate web of deceit and lies and blind alleys that ends with a broken bottle, three yellow tulips and five drops of blood? The obvious explanation? A conspiracy. Conspiracies are the province of mystery story writers and science fiction authors and the media.
Read More →Lily Allen “Sheezus” Regal/Parlophone This is a perfectly acceptable album. Really, that’s as close to the quick as you can cut. Nothing about “Sheezus” is particularly horrible — bland, maybe — but nothing here will re-invent your life, either. Lily Allen starts the album with the title track, which serves
Read More →On the list of ground-zero major benchmarks in computer history is Alan Turning, the man first conceived of algorithms who helped develop computer science with The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (famously created at Iowa State University) and the invention of readable programming code. Computer programmers celebrated one of these innovation’s 50-year birthday
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May 07, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
Windows down, toes out the passenger side bopping in the wind to a local country station that splits Tanya Tucker and Toby Keith hits with DJ announcements of senior living menus and auction calendars — ahh, it’s a road trip in Iowa summer. This is our third annual Vacationing Iowa
Read More →People like to play the “Next Big Thing” game. Ask folks who the next Iowa act to strike it big on the national stage will be, and you’ll get a myriad of answers. The cynic will tell you that Iowa music is flat. Don’t listen. Some people are still waiting
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May 07, 2014 by justin
in Locker Room
Who in the world can knock out a six-pack and a turkey in one evening and still be considered one of the greatest athletes in their sport? Bowlers can, especially with a little guidance from one of professional bowling’s most talented rock-rollers. “When it’s all said and done, I am
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May 07, 2014 by justin
in The Sound
It was three Aprils ago now that I was first introduced to Love Songs For Lonely Monsters. The band had just played Gross Domestic Product, and when I spoke to its members for one of my first ever Sound articles, they were flush with excitement about the full-length album they
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