Last Wednesday, the new art zine Gestalt launched at a Space for Ames release party. The inaugural issue’s contributors include past and present Ames Progressive collaborators Dave Atchison, Hannah Johnson, Rick Lem, Nikki Rains, and Jordan Zantow (see his Gestalt sketch below), as well as our editors Molly McDonald and Nate Logsdon. Check out the [...]
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Check Out Ames’ New Art Zine!
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Blogs · The AP Lounge
The Poison Control Center’s Patrick Tape Fleming Talks New Album (And Ames Music History!)
December 20th, 2011 · 1 Comment
The locally legendary rock band the Poison Control Center is set to release a limited edition vinyl record of their previously unreleased rock opera A Nice Old-Fashioned Romance With Love Lyrics and Everything on Maximum Ames Records (with which I, Mr. Blogsdon, am affiliated). In this video, Patrick Tape Fleming talks to the music writer [...]
Tags: Blogs · Nate Logsdon · The AP Lounge
The Iowa State-9/11 Inside Job Connection
December 19th, 2011 · No Comments
Last week, deconstructing some of the arguments of the conspiracy group Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth reminded me of one particular video trying to prove 7 World Trade Center was felled by a controlled demolition. “Compare the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 with stock footage of controlled demolitions,” the video’s description reads. [...]
Tags: Ames Prog Blog · Blogs · Gavin Aronsen
Christopher Hitchens, 1949 — 2011
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments
The British polemicist Christopher Hitchens, perhaps best known in later years for his unwavering opposition to organized religion and for butting heads with his comrades on the Left over the Iraq war, died last night of pneumonia after a yearlong struggle with esophageal cancer. In his 62 years, Hitchens wrote more than a dozen books [...]
Tags: Ames Prog Blog · Blogs · Greg Bonett
Citing Pokémon, Herman Cain Suspends Campaign, Gives Romney Headache
December 3rd, 2011 · No Comments
From Politico, quoting Herman Cain’s campaign-suspension speech: “I believe these words came from the Pokemon movie,” Cain said. “Life can be a challenge. Life can seem impossible. It’s never easy when there’s so much on the line. But you and I can make a difference. There’s a mission just for you and me.” Cain finally [...]
Tags: Ames Prog Blog · Blogs · Gavin Aronsen
KURE Fest Prepares to Rock the M Shop
October 24th, 2011 · No Comments
The second annual KURE Fest is coming up on Thursday, October 27, at the M Shop. The fest is in its second year. Last year, the event featured a big lineup of local talent. This year, the organizers decided to go for some national talent and managed to get the awesome bands Neon Indian and [...]
Tags: Blogs · Nate Logsdon · The AP Lounge
Protest-Bashing Branstad, Former Protester of Vietnam War Protesters
October 20th, 2011 · No Comments
On Tuesday, Under the Golden Dome unearthed a gem about Terry Branstad. Last week, our protest-bashing governor told Iowa Public Radio, responding to questions about the Occupy Des Moines demonstrators, that he had never participated in a protest himself because he was “too busy working on the farm” and “didn’t have time for that.” Not [...]
Tags: Ames Prog Blog · Blogs · Gavin Aronsen
Take the Campustown Visioning Survey
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments
Courtesy of City Councilman Matthew Goodman’s Facebook wall, I present you with this survey to weigh in on the future of Campustown. Relatedly, check out all our great coverage/criticism of the stalled Lane4 development plans for Campustown here.
Tags: Ames Prog Blog · Blogs · Gavin Aronsen
Leslie Hall Plays Jimmy Fallon!
October 12th, 2011 · 1 Comment
Ames sensation Leslie Hall, who Ames Progressive’s Nate Logsdon profiled in 2009, performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Monday night with Yo Gabba Gabba, who sang “We’re Gonna Party Tonight” with some additional help from Fallon’s house band The Roots. Check it out (Hall’s got a solo at 1:21): Related articles Nate’s Tour Blog [...]
Tags: Blogs · Gavin Aronsen · The AP Lounge
Occupy ISU to Hold Demonstration Tomorrow at Noon
October 12th, 2011 · No Comments
What began, oddly enough, as a call to action from an anti-consumerist Canadian magazine to set up camp to protest financial corruption on Wall Street has spread from Manhattan across the United States and world. Occupations, as they’re being called, started in Iowa last week and quickly spread to Des Moines, where demonstrators faced arrest [...]
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