‘Truth in Advertising’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Touchstone Books 1/22/13 $24.99 320 pp. We are nearing Super Bowl Sunday, and what do we look forward to the most? Yes, [...]
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Posted January 30, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
Posted January 23, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
Monster trucks
Really? They tell me that you’re on your high horse about the recent visit of the Monster Trucks to Des Moines. Your artistic nose is out of joint at all [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check
CD Reviews
Blondfire ‘Where The Kids Are EP’ Warner Bros Blondfire’s been something of an indie pop darling since its 2006 debut made it the first unsigned band to hit No. 1 [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Fashionista in training
‘The Carrie Diaries; is a delightfully bad prequel to ‘Sex and the City’ “The Carrie Diaries” (Monday, 7 p.m., CW) is a prequel to “Sex and the City,” featuring a [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang William Morrow and Company 11/13/12 $ 22.99 192 pp. Oh, Willie, you clever scoundrel. You knew we would just have to read [...]
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Posted January 23, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick o’ the Week
You know who’s had a busy January? Brolester Records, that’s who. The Des Moines-based label — already home to albums from North of Grand, Superchief and Patrick’s Beard and The [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Center Stage, Recent Posts
‘The Book of Mormon’
When something comes with a warning label, that usually means it’s good (or bad, depending on who you are). The “content advisory” you’ll find on your admission ticket to “The [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Back to Blood’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Barb Palar Little Brown and Company Oct. 23, 2012 $30 720 pp. Every time Tom Wolfe takes on a sacred institution, such as New [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
The moral life
Truth is hard to come by it seems. What we see is shaped by so many factors that have nothing to do with what is actually in front of us. [...]
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Posted January 16, 2013in Recent Posts, Sound Check
CD Reviews
Holopaw ‘Academy Songs, Volume 1’ Misra “Acdemy Songs” is, I guess, a concept album. Whether it aims too high, or whether front man John Orth’s songwriting isn’t up to the [...]
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