A devout Hindu man from India, Srinivas “Cheeni” Rao was raised to worship Shiva and excel in academics. Somewhere in his path, however, Rao decided to take a different route and, still embracing...

Creepy Crawlers was the Easy Bake Oven for boys. Well, aside from the end product which was not supposed to be eaten — which some of us found out about too late. It really looked like gummy candy. For...

The Dig Angees: Surfing up some pop rock The Dig Angees of Des Moines will bring gig-bags full of rock ’n’ roll to this year’s 80/35 festival on Friday at 5:15 p.m. on the Meredith West Stage. The...

FLATFORM: Visual artists meet disc jockey FLATFORM, a disc jockey and visual-art pair based in Des Moines, will close the 80/35 festivities on Independence Day at 11 p.m. on the Meredith West Stage. Composed...

Ready for a fitter, happier, and healthier you? The DI is here to help. Each week, we’ll feature a new yoga pose you can easily incorporate into your daily regimen to promote oneness of body, mind, and...

Michael Jackson: Thriller It’s easy to pay homage to the late Michael Jackson — who died June 25 of cardiac arrest — with his copious numbers of recording sensations that have graced radio waves...

Hasidic Jewish reggae mixed with beat boxing, hip-hop, and rock ’n’ roll. It may seem strange, but artist Matisyahu makes it work. “I like to make music,” Matisyahu said. “I don’t think about...

Gregory Hines may have made it cool to tap dance, but Tilly and the Wall proves it can gain worldwide success with a few indie tunes and a whole lot of hoofing. Tilly and the Wall will play 80/35 Friday...

Thursday marks the anniversary of acclaimed writer Ernest Hemingway’s death in 1961. The author committed suicide by laying a Boss & Co. shotgun at an angle on the ground, leaning his face over the...

Michael Jackson: The Good Michael Jackson, a man of extremes, was never simply good. When he was low, he sunk way low, but when he was “good,” he was the all-out blazing King of Pop. His achievements...

The ’60s had Jimi’s guitar. The ’80s had Michael’s dance moves. The ’90s had Kurt’s vocals. The ’00s have … laptops? Well, that’s the case for Deepak Mantena. “I got really bored...

Suicide Silence stresses the “death” in the hard-core genre “death metal.” That isn’t to say Suicide Silence completely crashes in its sophomore album, No Time to Bleed, but the mark it leaves...