In a sea of polo-clad Midwestern boys and carefully made-up sorority girls, Troy Cairo isn’t hard to miss. A brooding artist attached to his iPod by day and a pink sunglasses and white suit clad DJ by night, Cairo, better known as DJ Kinky Kyro, is a regular fixture at the Bali Satay House on [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Denise Behrens'
Hey, Mr. DJ: A Conversation with Ames DJ Kinky Kyro
May 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Denise Behrens · Interviews · June 2008
A Salad-Free Week of Veganism
March 26th, 2008 · No Comments
As a vegetarian of two years, I’ve always thrown around the idea of being vegan. Veganism, or the elimination of all animal products, including eggs and dairy, from one’s diet and lifestyle, isn’t exactly a familiar concept in small town Iowa. Living in a largely agricultural state, most people wouldn’t know how to live their [...]
Tags: 2008 · AP Issues · Denise Behrens · Features · March 2008
Pole 101: A Night at Dangerous Curves
February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment
“Let’s get the journalist up here!” The girls giggle as I climb onto the quiet stage. Of course, I’m wearing my reindeer sweater and argyle socks. It soon becomes apparent that pole dancing isn’t my forte. As instructed by the platinum blonde manager, Alex*, I wrap my right leg around the pole and brace myself [...]
Tags: 2008 · Ames Progressive Classics · AP Issues · Denise Behrens · Features · February 2008
Communist in Red Lipstick
December 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Bolshevik tart You smudged your revolution across the face of that boy. You sent him stumbling out of the bar Like a child scattering his sweat out of the ruined village. Years after, he’d feel phantom pain in the center of his chest when it rained or snowed or broke out a few splinters of [...]
Tags: AP Issues · December 2007 · Denise Behrens · Poetry
