5 Albums for Spring Cleaning

5 Albums for Spring Cleaning

Sunday marks the official start of Spring, the time when we all start thinking about kicking off the ice from winter and getting a fresh start for the warmer months ahead. If you’re like me, that process includes giving your home a good deep cleaning. Cleaning...
5 Tips for Collecting Vinyl Records

5 Tips for Collecting Vinyl Records

Did you buy one of the 9 million vinyl records sold in the U.S. last year? If you’re among the many people who have rediscovered (or, for younger listeners, discovered) the magic of old-school albums, you may be interested in starting a collection. Before you...
5 Albums for the MTV Generation

5 Albums for the MTV Generation

The MTV Video Music Awards are Sunday, Aug. 30. You read that correctly. MTV still awards music videos despite no longer playing music videos. If, like me, you were born in the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, aka “the MTV Generation,” you remember fondly when...
Q&A: Chef George Formaro

Q&A: Chef George Formaro

Des Moines is an amazing city. When I sing its praises to people who’ve never lived in Iowa’s capital, however, they tend to look at me like I’m joking, crazy, or a country bumpkin. Ask anyone who has spent meaningful time there and you’ll...
The Power of Pairing Music and Food

The Power of Pairing Music and Food

There’s something magical about cooking a meal while listening to a record. It’s also just as wonderful to sit down and enjoy that food to the sounds of your favorite musicians. Food and music are a pitch-perfect pairing. I’ve long known this, and...

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