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Friday, October 03, 2008

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #4

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"We must never stop reminding the reader of how little value they get for their money!"
- William Gaines, founder of MAD

When it's through, it's through
Fate will twist the both of you
So come on baby, come on over
Let me be the one to show you

- Mr. Big, "To Be With You"

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #4
One Last Thing


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Monday, September 22, 2008

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #3

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Wasn't this past weekend something? Rock shows, Euro Bars, fancy hotels, street fests, local dancers hanging from giant chimneys in the Menomonee Valley? Yes, Milwaukee certainly closed the summer in style. My pants were literally charmed off. Twice.

But that's not why you called. No, you wanted to see this:

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #3
The London of the Midwest



Check back for the heartbreaking conclusion later this week.

Part 1 here.
Part 2 here.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #2

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So you're having a horrible day: you're hung over, the bus to work was ridiculously crowded, and this mouth-breather is still, well, breathing. What could possibly cheer you up? More nail-biting footage from Des Moines, that's what.

Des Moines: More Than We Remember #2
Bail bonds, Buck Hunter, and that whole Sarah Palin thing



Part 1 here.

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Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Subversions on Assignment: Des Moines

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For reasons I now believe will remain forever unexplained, I was sent to Des Moines over Labor Day weekend. My mission, as it were, was to find out whether or not a reasonably hip, reasonably good looking person could have a good time in Iowa's most populous city. I was accompanied on this most holy of quests by four beautiful women: Amy Elliott, Bridget Brave, Kat Berger, and Jon Anne Willow. Yeah, I know. Tough assignment.

The following video represents the first installment of my report. Look for the slightly more exciting, slightly more drunken installments sometime next week. Belive me, you'll want to see how this shit ends.

DES MOINES:
MORE THAN WE REMEMBER - PART 1

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

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OK. Forget it. The Hold Steady have redeemed themselves with:

Sunday morning, sidewalk splattered
feverish in
stylish tatters
didn’t this used to seem like glamour?
I remember when it mattered.

Can’t get over what’s transpired
left home virgins, came back vampires
belt it out like backstretched choirs
we're either dead or
really tired.


Every other word was a misfire
Saw the artists, missed the bonfire.*



*Final two lines courtesy of The Hold Steady Random Lyric Generator.

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