Dead Horse Trauma on the road again
Dead Horse Trauma has enjoyed a reputation for being some of the hardest working guys in the Des Moines scene. Relentless promoters and tireless performers, the band spends the [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
April 27, 2016 by justin
in The Sound
Still useful
Even if you’re not a fan of jam bands, it’s difficult to not be drawn in by the mentality. The idea of a group of people getting together, having [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Political Mercury
No crying over spilled popcorn and Dr Pepper
Yes, Bruce Willis’ character really being dead all along got me in “The Sixth Sense” — and the movie particularly creeped me as I watched it in 1999 during [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Book Review
‘The Past’
By Tessa Hadley Harper/Harper Collins January 2016 Hardback $26.99 368 pages Join the Cranes as they reunite at their grandparents’ run-down home in the English countryside for a final [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Food Dude
Reed’s Hollow fits Beaverdale
Beaverdale marches to a beat that few outsiders even hear. The neighborhood still supports an independent bookstore, a mid-century-style Chinese café and an independent sporting goods store. Its restaurant [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Guest Commentary
Grassley: Make our courts as dysfunctional as Congress
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) — in his efforts to make the judiciary as dysfunctional as Congress — does not mind agreeing with Democrats President Obama or Vice President Biden [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in Your View
Reducing the size of the Iowa State Historical Building is absurd
Duffy’s so great! He’s right on about the dismantling of the State Historical Building and Library in Des Moines (Duffy’s View, April 14). His suggestion to throw out the [...]
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April 27, 2016 by justin
in On The Tube
Dark shadows
“Penny Dreadful” is back and creepy; “Person of Interest” begins the end. “Penny Dreadful” Sunday, May 1 (Showtime) Season Premiere: Showtime’s supernatural steampunk soap returns for Season 3 [...]
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30 years ago: Sex and booze rocked the Iowa House
The country learned that we in Iowa can indeed have a good time Thirty years ago last week, thousands of Iowans retrieved their Des Moines Sunday Register, “The Paper [...]
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