‘The Guest Room’
Chris Bohjalian’s new novel, “The Guest Room,” tells the story of Richard and Kristin Chapman, a 40-year-old couple living a life to which others would aspire. Their lovely suburban New [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Book Review
May 04, 2016 by justin
in Sound Check
CD REVIEWS
Joshua Sinclair “Love Hate” Independent The tagline on Joshua Sinclair’s promotional material reads, “Writing breakup songs since 1998.” It is a statement to be believed, because if you close your [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The bones of the Magi
We’ve been doing a lot of sinning lately, don’t you think? Sure, most are lazy sins, like poisoning our water and hating immigrants and trying to take health care from [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
Dan Tedesco’s organic growth
Last year, Dan Tedesco released a self-titled album that featured songs recorded on an iPad from his home studio. Taking a decidedly new-tech approach to lo-fi music, the [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Polk GOP likes God and guns — but not public radio or TV. Andringa quits. Hensley collects. LaMarca bills top $900,000.
Not much has been happening of late in Chris Godfrey’s lawsuit against Gov. Terry Branstad and five other state officials named in the retaliation, defamation, extortion and discrimination proceeding. [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
Gettin’ the kitten
I have never been the world’s biggest Key and Peele fan. The comedy duo of Jordan Peele and Keegan-Michael Key are wildly popular on Comedy Central and in [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
Candela Modern Mexican
Cities are dynamic organisms. Empires have been built upon the ruins of previous empires in scores of places. In super young Des Moines, one can observe similar dynamics in [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in The Sound
Hail to the Queensryche
Queensryche has been through the ringer the past few years. After a very public and ugly parting of ways between the band and founding lead singer Geoff Tate, the [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Locker Room
Get your kicks on the course
You’ve just shanked your 3-iron approach shot to the green, a wicked slice that sails two fairways right of where you should be. After picking up your club, which [...]
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May 04, 2016 by justin
in Your View
Preservation of historical documents is No. 1 priority I am concerned about the proposal to spend $80 million to renovate the State Historical Building on Locust Street. As I understand [...]
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