August 14, 2013 by justin
in Cover Story
Ever wonder how much toilet paper attendees of the Iowa State Fair go through? How about how much cooking oil is used, beer is consumed and manure is produced from opening day on Aug. 8, to the “extreme Sunday” close-out in this 11-day event? Test your Iowa State Fair knowledge
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August 14, 2013 by justin
in The Sound
We live in a disposable society. Remember, like, an hour ago when “Gangam Style” was all the rage and the video became the first on YouTube to amass a billion views, and now everyone is like “What’s Psi done for me lately?” No better example of this exists — musically
Read More →‘BROTHERS: A TALE OF TWO SONS’ (T) **** 505 Games Xbox Live Arcade Like “Ico” and “Journey,” “Brothers” is one of those games with a strong emotional resonance, despite — or perhaps because of — the fact that the storytelling is very minimalist, forcing you to fill in many of
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August 14, 2013 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The long hair is what first catches your eye — dramatic for a man of middle age. Caught in tendrils by sweat, it frames his angular face and hawked nose to make him even more exotic. But it is the energy coiled that really grabs your attention, an energy that
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August 14, 2013 by justin
in Locker Room
Gather ’round, folks, and hear the tale of America’s almost forgotten pastime, cornhole. Back when America was in her infancy, after the first harsh winter, settlers needed something to distract their minds from the madness that might set in. With plenty to drink, something was still missing: competition. It wasn’t
Read More →Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Sally Wisdom Riverhead Books June 4, 2013 $27.95 390 pp. Anton Disclafani soared from unknown to bestselling author with this story of adolescence set in the Depression-era South. Fifteen-year-old Thea Atwell of Emaltha, Fla., is driven by her father to Blowing Rock, N.C., to
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August 14, 2013 by justin
in Film Review
“Lovelace” 3 stars Rated R 92 minutes Biography Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard, Juno Temple “Lovelace” (mostly) succeeds as a brief biopic of Linda Boreman, a middle-class girl from Florida who became a household name — via her porn appellation “Linda Lovelace” — for which she made only one film,
Read More →Bloc Party “Nextwave Sessions” Frenchkiss/Co Op It is always a shame when a band’s best work comes in its debut — such high hopes for the future, so much potential hinted at, yet the band can never seem to put it together again. Hi, Bloc Party. The group’s 2005 “Silent
Read More →Play the “Name that Crime” Quiz! SUCKS FOR HOOVER Des Moines Public Schools reported a fraud case on Aug. 6, at 1:42 p.m., claiming that two computers and four laser toner cartridges had been charged to the school and issued through Telephone Relay systems to Office Depot. The Hoover
Read More →Tickets are now on sale for the Des Moines Symphony’s 2013-2014 season. The schedule starts with the season debut on Sept. 14 and 15 with From Russia With Ilya. Other dates include Scottish Fantasy and Rosenkavalier on Oct. 19 and 20; Beyond the Score: The Planets – Other Worlds? on
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