Keeper of the Legacy
Beach Boys frontman Mike Love talks about the good — and bad — vibrations of the past 50 years. It can be easy to forget how great the Beach [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Homepage Cover Story
May 11, 2016 by justin
in Belly Up To...
Noce couples first-class jazz with classic-style cocktails
It’s Tuesday night at Des Moines’ hopping jazz joint, Noce. The three-piece band on stage mixes a cello’s deep bass with the sound of a brass horn and a piano.The [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
Joe’s relentless pursuit of perfection
I’ve reviewed so many good new restaurants the last two months (Gilroy’s, Kue’d, Jetheroni Pepperoni, Reed’s Hollow, etc.) that readers said I was getting soft. I figured that was an [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
Catch up!
A few shows you need to watch as TV gears up for summer May is mostly a dead zone of season finales and reruns as TV gears up for [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Sound Check
CD REVIEWS
Beyonce “Lemonade” Parkwood “You ain’t married to no average bitch, boy.” Those words, taken from one of the more devastating tracks on “Lemonade,” should be enscribed on Jay-Z’s [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Sound Notes
Local indie label Station 1 Records is getting ready for its first summer in the city and is kicking things off with a pre-release listening party for its first [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Tech Talk
Invasion of the friendly bots
Cleaning up one’s image can be difficult to do. Being branded a “cheater,” a dangerous place or “not cool” can be a death sentence in the public eye. In [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
Keep it civil
“Captain America: Civil War” PG-13 147 minutes Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Sebastian Stan Your answer to which Marvel film is the best will likely depend [...]
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May 11, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
Pure, raw muscle
Do you want washboard abs, powerful quads and a beautiful, muscle-defined back? Join the club. Who wouldn’t want to be bronzed, ripped and proudly packing a six-pack stomach and [...]
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