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Joe Lawler | Metromix
November 15, 2011

Once a month, Vaudeville Mews is home to Metal Up Your Tap, featuring some of the finest heavy metal bands in the Midwest. I stopped by the October installment on the night of the Court Avenue Halloween party to experience the show for myself.

5:37 p.m.: I walk in to see a crowd dense with patches, vests, black jeans and shirts. I have a cardigan on. I did not plan ahead.

5:41 p.m.: The first band, Agrinex, starts. I’m told they’re the only pure black metal band in Des Moines. The singer is wearing wrist cuffs with long nails poking through them. He looks like a very intense tetanus warning.

5:48 p.m.: The bartender, Clint Curtis, talks me into doing a shot made with a cake-flavored vodka. I’m wearing a cardigan. I just did a pineapple upside down cake shot. I. Am. Metal.

5:51 p.m.: A guy walks in, appearing to be carrying a child. On closer inspection he’s wearing a Dr. Evil costume with a Mini Me doll. I’m not sure what party he just came from, but I’m pretty sure it was in 1999. It would have been cooler if he was a parent who brought his kid to see Impaler.

5:58 p.m.: Walking toward the stage I notice a door I’ve never seen before. Having attended shows here for nearly 10 years I’m not sure how that could be. Is it a door to hell? That would be pretty badass.

6:01 p.m.: The singer from Agrinex is chewing on something. Is it bat heads? Gum?

6:03 p.m.: I look over and see that someone has brought a toddler to an Impaler show. She is crying. I predict the rest of her night and the subsequent 14 years will be interesting.

6:15 p.m.: I find out that Quad Cities band The Horde has dropped off the bill because they ran out of money for traveling.

6:25 p.m.: I notice that the singer from Impaler is manning the merch table. All the band’s stuff is stored in a black and orange Rubbermaid bin with an Impaler logo on top.

6:27 p.m.: Metal Up Your Tap organizers Trevor Fisher and Nate Fetus are on stage to ask some trivia questions. Which Cory is in “Tales From the Crypt: Bordello of Blood”? Turns out it’s Feldman. Reagan’s last name in “The Exorcist”? MacNeil. What was Reggie’s job in “Phantasm”? Ice cream vendor.

6:34 p.m.: Sick Burn takes the stage. It’s a hardcore tribute act featuring members of Black Market Fetus and Knuckled Down. Nate Fetus announces a song by the hardcore punk act Cro-Mags.

6:42 p.m.: A member of Sick Burn calls the show a “total sausage party” and tells the crowd to bring their girlfriends next time. To be fair, I count at least three women in the crowd.

6:44 p.m.: A crowd surfing attempt turns into crowd dropping. Things are getting pretty intense near the front. It’s like something out of “Mad Max.”

7:25 p.m.: Time for the final round of trivia. Fetus asks the crowd to name the five most known Universal monsters. My hand shoots up: “Dracula, Frankenstein, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Mummy, Wolf-Man.” It’s a bit of a gamble, since Bride of Frankenstein or The Phantom of the Opera could arguably be in there. Also, someone makes the point that I didn’t say “Frankenstein’s Monster.” Screw that, as Dr. Frankenstein’s de facto son I feel the monster has earned the right to the name Frankenstein.

Thankfully, Fetus agrees with me, and he admits that by “most known” he really meant his five favorites. Thankfully, the film “Monster Squad” left a strong impression on him as well. I collect my black bag of winnings, which includes DVDs of “The Descent,” “Dead Girl” and a too-small-for-me Shadows Fall shirt.

7:30 p.m.: “Hello Des Moines, we’re going to blow your face off!” Impaler growls from the stage. Fearful for my face, and with another Halloween party still ahead of me, I take my bag and disappear into the night.

6:34 p.m.: Sick Burn takes the stage. It’s a hardcore tribute act featuring members of Black Market Fetus and Knuckled Down. Nate Fetus announces a song by the hardcore punk act Cro-Mags.

6:42 p.m.: A member of Sick Burn calls the show a “total sausage party” and tells the crowd to bring their girlfriends next time. To be fair, I count at least three women in the crowd.

joseph wrote:THERES NOTHING IN THIS REVIEW ABOUT THE MUSIC

joseph wrote:people that still try to book/play/attend/do things regardless of any kind of gain just to enjoy themselves and have fun. those people i like. a lot. even though i dont personally know most of them.

Shinedown, Five Figner Death Punch, Slash and more at Lazerfest
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Tweet Lazer 103.3 has announced the line-up for its 2012 Lazerfest and a new location for the May 13 concert.

Shinedown and Five Finger Death Punch will co-headline the two stage music festival, with Slash, Chevelle, Theory of a Deadman, Volbeat, Adelitas Way and Buckcherry round out the current acts, with more to be announced.

Five Finger Death Punch is a band that has really risen through the ranks with Lazerfest, going from much lower on the bill (and playing House of Bricks in 2008) to headlining the event.

The festival is also moving from the Indianola Balloon Grounds to the Central Iowa Expo in Boone.The space is supposed to offer better parking and better line of sight for viewers.

Tickets will go on sale Feb. 24 through Ticketmaster. Tickets will start out at $37 for a limited time, but members of Lazer's email club will get a first crack with a $5 discount between Feb. 17-Feb. 22.



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Bruce Springsteen to play Hilton in support of President Barack Obama
Bruce Springsteen to play Hilton in support of President Barack Obama.
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Bruuuuuuuucccccceeeee! at Wells Fargo Arena last year. Yet another music/politics blog. Only a few more weeks of these to go.

Bruce Springsteen will perform at Hilton Coliseum in Ames on Thursday. Doors will open at 1 p.m. It's a part the president's bush to get people to vote early.

Tickets are free and are available at Obama campaign offices around the state.

Exclusive: People's is closing Saturday
Exclusive: People's is closing Saturday.
Tweet . I've received word from owner Tom Zmolek that People's on Court, 214 Court Ave., will be closing this week after the shows scheduled for Friday and Saturday. I'll updating with more details soon.

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Exclusive: People's is closing Saturday
Exclusive: People's is closing Saturday.
Tweet . I've received word from owner Tom Zmolek that People's on Court, 214 Court Ave., will be closing this week after the shows scheduled for Friday and Saturday. I'll updating with more details soon.

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If you like The Misfits, you're in for a treat.
Tweet . For Misfits fans, Des Moines can be kind of feast or famine. I believe the last time the band played Des Moines was way back in 2005. Their former singer Michale Graves playes every so often, and Danzig played Davenport in 2007.

Other than that, you can buy a shirt at Hot Topic.

But over the next few weeks we will have three Misfits tribute acts playing Des Moines.

On Friday The Misfits Karaoke Halloween Ball will be held at the Vaudeville Mews. Admission is free, and you can sing "Die, Die My Darling" with a live band backing you. Face paint is optional.

On Nov. 2 Hollywood Horrors (Misfits tribute) will play Zombie Prom at Wooly's. Seems like a good pairing. The Entitled, Rumble Seat Riot and DJ Maj also perform. Admission is $15.

On Nov. 3 Horror Business, a Misfits tribute act featuring members of FacecCage, Only and Green Death will play the House of Bricks. A Pink Floyd tribute act, The Dark Side of the Wall, will also perform. You think you could get the real Misfits and Pink Floyd on the same bill? Think again. Admission is $10.

Wait, I'm just assuming when these people say they're Misfits tribute acts that they mean the 80s punk band. Hopefully I haven't mislabeled any tribute acts of Jem & The Holograms rival act, The Misfits. That would be truly outrageous. Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

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Ever get a burger topped with cold cheese? The meal is ruined.

Enter the Juicy Lucy, a burger where the cheese is encased in the meat itself — essentially a molten core of awesome wrapped in beef. The idea sprang up in Minneapolis, and has been slowly expanding south.

Here are three local places where you can find the greatest invention since cheese was first added to a burger.

Wellman’s Pub and Rooftop

Find it: 597 Market St., West Des Moines

About the Lucy: Wellman’s makes its burgers with a combo of ground beef and ground pork. $10.99.

Trophy’s Sports Bar & Grill

Find it: 2701 Douglas Ave.

About the Lucy: A massive half-pound burger that oozes cheese with each bite. $9.49.

Mickey’s Irish Pub

Find it: 1800 N.W. 86th St., Clive

About the Lucy: Two regular patties are merged into one around your choice of cheese. $8.50. For an even better deal, get a burger basket with fries for $5 on Thursdays.