Another Nebraska transplant from Omaha, Andrew grew up only listening to gospel, motown, and oldies. So he listens to KIOA alot. He's still one of the whitest kids you'll ever know. He's a freelance videographer and editor and user of Apple Final Cut Studio 2. He reads alot of CS lewis and just started to rake his leaves. Contact him at andrew@rockiowa.com and tell him how boring he is. 
…the Best Place Ever!
This awesome little but ever-growing independent movie rental shop has been graciously lending some of the best films ever made for five years now. These guys have brought critically acclaimed features, dirty underground flicks, and rare and virtually unseen foreign masterpieces all at one store. Truly, it’s the Best Place Ever. This [...]
If you had five minutes to talk to Des Moines, what would you say?
Its the question that the first-of-its-kind event, Ignite Des Moines, is posing this thursday night. Hosted by Impromptu Studio, speakers from around the metro area are talking about topics from website design, to legal issues, to homelessness and more. Personally interested to [...]
After visiting family in Omaha, I was reminiscing about my teen years in the “Big O” with a high school friend. We were remembering going to shows and seeing 311, Clever, Jank1000, Gnome Slaughterhouse, Venaculus, early Cursive, and many more. Some of which have come and gone. My scene memory has been through the wash and I can’t remember [...]
So what has Dumb and Dumber actor Jeff Daniels been up to recently? Well besides the fine Good Night and Good Luck and the esoteric Squid and the Whale, he wrote a hick comedy called Escanaba in Da Moonlight. This sophomoric tale shows Rueben Soady’s struggle to see his son get a buck before deer [...]
RockIowa has been nominated for four categories at The Iowa Web Awards. We’re bubbling that people recognize us. If you have enjoyed the site, please vote for us as Best Video Blog, Best Music Blog, Best Podcast, and Best Des Moines Blog. If you want change from boring cookiecutter Iowa blogs, you’ll find hope in us mavericks [...]
