If you’ve been waiting for a sign you need to take up coding, consider the story of the messaging application WhatsApp. In its five-year history, WhatsApp was only able to raise a paltry $8 million from a single investor, yet spring forward to last week, with its purchase by Facebook
Read More →It’s been a long day, and Rich Cantrell is uncomfortable. The Cirrus Minor keyboardist/hype man has been on set recording the band’s new music video since the early hours, and now his socks are wet. “It’s from all that slush outside,” the ever-smiling Cantrell said. “Bringing everything in from the
Read More →Tickets to the Civic Music Association’s presentation of Philip Glass went on sale on Feb. 24. Glass kicks off the Civic Music Association’s 90th anniversary season with a performance at Sheslow Auditoriuma on Sunday, April 6. Tickets range from $25 to $50 and are available through www.midwestix.com or by calling
Read More →Love Songs For Lonely Monsters Self-Titled Independent After a couple years of delays and issues, LSFLM’s studio debut is here with some surprising results. For starters, the album’s a triumph of production: It’s the best they’ve ever sounded. LSFLM’s live shows are often hit-or-miss affairs, but with all the levels
Read More →On a recent stop at Chicago’s Art Institute, I spent time with the Greco-Roman antiquities. Most bare a picture of some god — or is it an actor, playing a god? Theater, with its masks and props, turns up all over these ancient wares, and such pictures came to mind
Read More →Amount: $5,720 To: All Country Construction For: Payment for services for conducting a final inspection of a residential property at 3120 E. Washington Ave., in Des Moines. Amount: $205.50 To: Forestry Suppliers Inc. (Mississippi) For: Purchase of three bark scrapers, including $12.93 in shipping charges, for the Public Works
Read More →“Good Governors will make the best presidents.” The headline from Cityview last week (Feb. 20) seems to intentionally bait readers for a response with its presumptive prediction stated as fact. This kind of editorial vision into the future makes Mr. Magoo seem like a guy with 20/20 vision. Granted, there have been
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Cover Story
For more than 20 years, we have called upon you, our readers, to vote in our annual “Best Of Des Moines” contest. And every year it gets stronger in every way: More categories are added, more networks are joined, and more social media buzz and excitement is stirred. So it’s
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February 26, 2014 by justin
in Film Review
“Robocop” 2 stars Rated PG-13 108 minutes Action Starring: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton For the long-forgotten historical record, there have already been three Robocop movies — all co-written by Edward Neumeier, who is also a contributor to the latest reboot of the machine-man franchise. The first film was
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