February 03, 2016 by justin
in Film Review
Walking into “The Finest Hours,” I was ready for the film to be good. I wanted it to be good. On paper, there was absolutely no reason why it should not be good. Chris Pine is a perfectly serviceable, generally charismatic lead. Casey Affleck is an underrated talent and great
Read More →Think you’re funny? Send us your best caption… Email to: celeste@dmcityview.com This week’s winner: “Rover couldn’t figure out why he never got dry after shaking himself off.” -Jim McCool Runners-up: “The birth of Trump’s toupee.” -Alex Kramer “The Loch Ness mystery was solved when Caninus Sheepicus Brittanicus finally rose to
Read More →Lucinda Williams “The Ghosts of Highway 20” Highway 20 Records Lucinda Williams is the cure for bro country. Seemingly single-handedly looking to rescue country music from the beds of beer-soaked pickup trucks, Williams continues to be the closest thing the genre has to Tom Waits. “Ghosts of Highway 20” is
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February 03, 2016 by justin
in Tech Talk
When a product fails to reach the revenue necessary to sustain itself, it’s a disappointment. It happens all the time with newspapers, bars, musical groups, films and web services. During the last year, the Internet has seen a rash of popular sites shuttered due to low earnings such as film
Read More →“Animals” Friday, Feb. 5 (HBO) Series Debut: The animated “Animals” comes from the Duplass brothers, the guys who brought you HBO’s “Togetherness” and many a far-less-watchable indie-flick, and this sharply-drawn cartoon hints that maybe the bros have been wasting their time on humans. “Animals” follows the daily lives of dogs,
Read More →How much do you know about how your hand computer (smart phone) works? What about the box that cleans food holders (dishwasher)? Ever feel completely lost when talking about your car to a mechanic? Randall Monroe is here for you. The genius behind the Internet’s most popular comic — XKCD
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February 03, 2016 by justin
in Joe's Neighborhood
The post office was established at Fort Des Moines in 1845, and was known as Raccoon River until June 1, 1846, when the name Fort Des Moines was given it. Josiah Smart, who was the Indian interpreter for the military authorities at the Fort, was appointed as the first postmaster
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February 03, 2016 by justin
in Civic Skinny
Kirk Blunck, who died last week under what the medical examiner called “suspicious” circumstances at the bottom of some stairs in the Teachout Building that he had restored in the East Village, was a good architect and a bad businessman. Like many of the best local architects of the past
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February 03, 2016 by justin
in Sound Circuit
For the past several years, Lavonne McRoberts has been the songwriter and frontwoman for Peace Love and Stuff, a four-piece rockabilly outfit that put on one of the highest energy shows in town. But when you have four people as talented as Peace Love and Stuff’s lineup working together, it
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