Subject: Des Moines

• Neglected Children

  January 2, 2007

• Our Daily Bread

  July 30, 2007

• Why Does It Always Rain on Drakkar Sauna?

  September 7, 2007

• Expand the Sprint Center!

  March 13, 2008

• Our Daily Bread

  July 30, 2007

• Elementary school playground named 'eyesore'

  September 24, 2008

• Now Open: 801 Chop House

  By OWEN MORRIS The 801 Chop House has more menus than some restaurants have items: a fine wines menu, a wines-by-the-glass menu, a bar menu, a fresh catch menu, a Sunday prix-fixe menu, a dessert menu and finally, a menu. Each is printed on a separate sheet of heavy paper; the fine wines menu is six pages with a six-point font. It's almost as if 801 Chop House is trying to show off. Actually, 801 Chop House is showing off. It makes no apologies for its train-magnate/oil-baron prices.

  November 14, 2008

• Dialogue in the Dark: A hate/love story

  Since it's been a while since we've heard about Union Station's uncertain future, I thought I'd take a tour of its current attraction, Dialogue in the Dark, Thursday afternoon. The tour isn't going to save the place -- and it's not supposed to -- but I can tell you that even without the thrill of wondering whether everyone around you is having a very quiet orgy, it's still worth a walk-through for the $22 ticket price.

  December 15, 2008

• Sports

  June 4, 2009

• Chiefs Hall of Famer Ed Podolak "retiring"

  If you get your picture taken while peeping down a woman's shirt ...and gentlemanly court the woman whose titties you inspected ...but look shitfaced ...you may be forced to "retire" when your boss sees the photos. A Des Moines television station says that Iowa Hawkeye radio broadcaster, Chiefs legend and boobie inspector Ed Podolak is "retiring" from calling Hawkeye football games. The official announcement could come today. Podolak made a stupid, drunken mistake during the Hawks' Tampa trip.

  January 14, 2009

• Stealing Time: They tried to make Eddie go to rehab, and he said no, no, no

  Lots of Iowa media sources say Chiefs Hall of Famer, now-former Iowa Hawkeye broadcaster and nipple inspector Ed Podolak was given a choice: Go directly to rehab and continue calling Hawkeye football games or "retire." See ya, said Podolak. Sean Keeler of The Des Moines Register basically says Podolak isn't a victim of the Internet but his own doing. Still, sad end for an icon.

  January 15, 2009

• Concert Review: Stull and Dark Castle at the Replay, Thursday, February 12, 2009

  By ANDREW MILLER "We're Stull, we're from Des Moines," announced guitarist Shawn Carrey, midway through the group's performance. After pausing a beat, he revealed the band actually hails from Lawrence, and that he knew most of the people in attendance. But when Stull settles into one of its blues-based grooves, anchored by Hank Osterhout's bow-stroked upright bass, even close friends might get so lost in the entrancingly repetitive doom-metal tunes that they forget their connection to the peopl

  February 13, 2009

• Early frontrunner for jackass of 2009

  Flickr: KMountManIt's a pain but many restaurants require credit cards when making reservations. Especially on busy holidays like Valentine's, and that makes regular patrons angry. But there is a reason for this. Many reasons in fact. Such as this gentleman low-down-good-for-nothing jerk in Des Moines who made reservations at 10 restaurants on Valentine's. Yes, 10!  From the Des Moines Register: My friend Ethan, owner of Fleur Wine and Ale, poured lots of yummy sparkling wines last ni

  February 17, 2009

• Tour of Duty

  September 2, 2004

• There will be no Airborne Toxic Event tonight in Lawrence

  Kristy Sparrow Sometime around midnight, Airborne Toxic Event will not be crooning to a crowd at the Jackpot's Web site in Lawrence. The overly dramatic California rockers have canceled tonight's gig, along with tomorrow night's show in Des Moines, Iowa, according to MySpace. Refunds for the Jackpot show will be offered at the point of purchase, according to the venue's Web site. I say hit the club, anyway. Exciting local duo Audiovox and Glendale, California's Henry Clay People (ATE's tour mat

  February 25, 2009

• Anita Bryant is alive ... and up to her old tricks

  Like Satan, Anita Bryant keeps coming back.Some of y'all are, sadly, too young to remember the woman who might be the country's original celebrity right-winger -- a milder, sunnier and way-hotter precursor to Fred Phelps. Younguns who've seen the movie might recognize her as one of the villains in the Harvey Milk story. But those of us who are a certain age -- old enough to remember her impossible-to-forget commercials for Florida Orange Juice -- know the former Miss Oklahoma (and second runner-

  March 26, 2009

• Incoming: Jonathan Richman to the Record Bar (no Vic)

  Brooklyn Vegan is reporting that ex-Modern Lover Jonathan Richman and sidekick Tommy Larkins will be coming to the Record Bar on June 29. Fellow sardonic singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt will be joining Richman for part of the tour, but, unfortunately not the part that comes to KC. Unless Vic's eight loyal local fans want to stand up and demand he be drafted for one more show. Come on, guys! Dates are as follows: Jun 5 - Tucson, AZ Club Congress Lemon Drop Gang Jun 8 - Norman, OK Da Opolis Jun 1

  March 25, 2009

• Sky's the Limit

  November 16, 2006

• Bluesday Tuesday News: Jitterbuggin', Elvis tribute show

  The Grand Marquis are beginning a new residency tonight at Czar Bar (1531 Grand, 816-221-2244). Feel the jump and swing every Tuesday night from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Extended happy hour pricing includes specials on appetizers and appletinis. Parking in the KC Star lot is also free after 5 p.m. so walking back to your ride after three hours of doing the jitterbug or watching others do the jitterbug won't be so bad. The Grand Marquis have been doing a lot of regional touring lately. Stops include Wich

  April 7, 2009

• For disgraced former Joust king Steve Sanders, there’s life after the arcade

  January 15, 2009

• Are You Ready for Some ... Women?

  May 22, 2008

• Hyatt Regency skywalks designer Bob Berkebile is the godfather of green building

  April 10, 2008

• Ambush at Channel 5: One TV type gets a dose of her own hidden-camera-style investigation and finds it "uncool"

  February 21, 2008

• Vote for Nostalgia

  January 24, 2008

• Not Hiring

  August 16, 2007

• On the Road With God

  June 14, 2007

• Hell-Bent

  Earnest punks Bent Left know how to have a good time while preaching politics on the road.

  January 11, 2007

• Ethanol Pushers

  September 28, 2006

• Granny the Terrorist

  September 21, 2006

• Up the River

  The Kansas City Rowing Club has world-class talent. Now it needs cash.

  November 3, 2005

• Yo, Kansas City! It's time to rock the vote!

  August 4, 2005

• Live Free & Die

  June 30, 2005

• Drunk on Optimism

  Missouri says tourism is a $7 billion industry. Yeah, and Gladstone is the new Venice.

  November 18, 2004

• Stump of Approval

  President Bush flew in to leave behind some soothing words of wisdom.

  September 16, 2004

• Secret Santanas

  Holidazed and confused? Consider this your stairway to shopping heaven.

  December 18, 2003

• Action Heroes

  Local comics creators transcend the death and destruction at Westport Road and Main.

  April 24, 2003

• Generation XXX

  Can this KC group conquer the coasts? Might be a Stretch.

  August 22, 2002

• House Party

  Lawrence indie rockers enjoy premium concerts without leaving the House.

  June 13, 2002

• Spare Hearts

  Two lovers taught a giant automaker all about the junkyard business - but that took a back seat to Ford's feelings about romance.

  June 6, 2002

• He's All Wet

  Author Johnathan Raban is no travel writer.

  November 30, 2000

• The Cost of the Game

  Kansas and Missouri legislators are crafting a second bistate tax proposal with the help of major league sports teams and the business community. Some people, including economists, raise questions about what taxpayers will get for their money -- if anyt

  March 30, 2000

• The Local Music Show, Will Matthews, & The sunshine Vandals

  February 10, 2000

• KC Storm

  June 18, 2009

• Dungen Touring U.S. This Summer

  My prayers have finally been answered and Swedish psych-rockers Dungen return to the US this summer to headline a tour with supporters Woods and Kurt Vile, as well as a selection of dates opening up for Fleet Foxes (see tour dates after the jump). Of course, I should have been more specific in my prayers, because the closest Dungen are coming to our neighborhood is Iowa City on August 10. Now, that's something like a five or six hour drive, which isn't too terribly bad for a road trip. Plus, th

  June 26, 2009

• Review Slide Show: Tilly and the Wall at the Granada

  BY NICOLE REINERTSON What do you do when the tap-dancing percussion section of your band gets pregnant? Go on tour! Duh. Tilly and the Wall were joined by Lawrence locals Fourth of July and Fortuning Saturday night at the Granada. Dancer Jamie Pressnall, the band's sole percussionist, subtly announced (wearing a Peggy Noland dress complete with baby and umbilical cord) she is five months pregnant. Nicole ReinertsonClick for slide show.

  June 29, 2009

• Pitch Music Showcase Roundup: the Beaumont Club

  It's safe to say that the night of the Showcase is one of the best nights of the year to go out... even better than New Year's Eve, Irish Fest, Rock Fest, the first First Friday of the summer or your cousin from Blue Springs' bachelor or bachelorette party at Toby Keith's. It's awesome. You don't even have to be a hipster to have fun. It'll be hard to ever again find the energy I felt back in 2006 at the Showcase when onemilliontinytinyjesuses had a packed house at the Dark Horse standing in wi

  August 10, 2009

• KISS and the Demise of the Small Town Record Store

  Last week, KISS announced that its new album, Sonic Boom, is to be sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. Is this further evidence of what the Chicago Tribune's Mark Caro referred to as "the death of the record store"? Caro also asked if a rock band selling an album exclusively at a big box store counted as a sell-out. ​I think it's a valid question. The Tribune's Greg Kott and compatriot critic Jim Derogatis on the Sun-Times have discussed this sort of thing time and time again on their program S

  August 25, 2009

• Still at war, the Army opens a new front: against soldier suicide

  August 27, 2009

• My two wives

  ​The player haters in the Johnson County District Attorney's office charged a 62-year-old Overland Park man with bigamy back in March. Yesterday, Charles L. Clemens pleaded guilty to bigamy and identity theft. The Kansas City Star tells a fantastic story of a married man of more than 20 years marrying another woman in the same apartment complex ... just a few doors down. Somehow, neither wife knew about the other. The Star reports that Clemens told his second wife, Jayme Wear, that he was a re

  October 14, 2009

• News flash: Gay marriage is a conservative cause!

  ​In one way, it was surprising to see what might appear to be a blasphemous argument coming from the Missouri Record, a journal of politics and policy put out by the conservative Missourians for Responsible Government.But there it was, yesterday, a post headlined "Economics of Gay Marriage."In the post, Stephen Eisele, a Springfield political consultant and Obama delegate to last year's Democratic National Convention, notes that despite some recent electoral reversals for gay marriage, the gen

  November 13, 2009