Kansas State picked the wrong year?
FIRST DOWN: The worry in some Big 12 circles right now is that Kansas State might’ve picked the wrong year — crazy as it sounds — to have the season [...]
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Posted October 31, 2012in Game Day, Recent Posts
Posted October 24, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
CD REVIEWS
Suzanne Vega ‘Close Up, Volume 4: Songs of Family’ Amanuensis Productions Vega puts a bow on her “Close Up” series of albums with this fourth volume. Long known for her [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Book Review, Recent Posts
‘Advent’
Courtesy of Beaverdale Books Review by Cathryn Lang Atria Books 7/03/12 $26 451 pp A literary critic caught my interest with a claim that “Advent,” by James Treadwell, was [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
A new kind of crazy
‘Happy Endings’ takes the sitcom to bizarre extremes I panned the pilot of “Happy Endings” last year, calling it “another would-be hip, fresh young sitcom about six friends dealing with [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
The alley
An alley can be a fiendish place. Tales from a host of ghoulish writers speak of dark deeds done in dark alleys. Perhaps the concern is that once you are [...]
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Posted October 24, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Notes
Sound Notes Pick O’ the Week
It’s time for the “Happy Halloween” edition of Sound Notes. So get your costumes ready, and let’s see what kind of entertainment we can scare up for the week. (I [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in On The Tube, Recent Posts
Spy vs. spy vs. spy
You can’t trust anyone in the brilliant thriller ‘Hunted’ Forget the overrated “Homeland.” If you’re looking for an international spy thriller on premium cable, “Hunted” (Friday, 9 p.m., Cinemax) is [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Center Stage, Recent Posts
‘Prelude’ brings ballet to Hoyt Sherman
Movement comes to the metro in a big way this month with the premiere of “Prelude: A Triple Bill,” the new performance from Ballet Des Moines. Featuring six professional dancers, [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Joe's Neighborhood, Recent Posts
On the edge with the sunflower
When your wife is on the “edge,” you know that you need to tread lightly. She’s edgy. If you’re walking on the boat dock at Gray’s Lake, you know that [...]
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Posted October 17, 2012in Recent Posts, Sound Check
Cokey G
‘Cokey G Is My Favorite Rapper’ BCG Records That’s mighty presumptuous of you, Cokey G. Even though I don’t know if I’m quite ready to go out and [...]
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