Email Author Paul Friswold

2004 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Raglani/Ghost Ice with the Coughs and Skarekrauradio

  published December 29, 2004

  The blank slate that is 2005 has been barely scratched by the feeble stylus of worldly indiscretion, and yet we already have an opportunity to hit... More >>

• Remember Nonna?

  published December 29, 2004

  THUR 12/30 As soon as Eleanore Berra Marfisi's book I Remember Nonna arrived in the office, an irresistible baking urge came... More >>

• Winter White Ball

  published December 29, 2004

  FRI 12/31 "It is not white hair that engenders wisdom," quoth Greek dramatist Menander more than 2,000 New Year's Eves ago. But a... More >>

• The Munificent Seven

  published December 29, 2004

  WED 12/29 Contrary to common belief, Kwanzaa is not a replacement for Christmas or any other holiday. Founded by Dr. Maulana Karenga... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 29, 2004

  Wednesday, December 29 Are improv-comedy nights becoming the open-mic nights of the new millennium? Not that we're complaining or... More >>

• The Belly's the Boss

  published December 22, 2004

  Around the holidays most of us eat more -- you know, to keep warm (or to keep happy, one of the two). Maybe during this time of year your belly... More >>

• Casanosa

  published December 22, 2004

  MON 12/27 Raja, if you were a human, this would be a tough birthday for you. Twelve years old, not a boy and not yet a man, with... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published December 22, 2004

  Wednesday, December 22 Oh, the poor poinsettia! She is lauded only once a year, when her beauty colorfully matches the red and green of... More >>

• Forget MILFs

  published December 15, 2004

  We are obsessed with elves. Is it because they are known to be mischievous and a bit eccentric (à la Will Ferrell in Elf)? Perhaps.... More >>

• Yuletide Beer

  published December 15, 2004

  Beer's kind to us -- constant, accessible, inexpensive. We don't abuse it; it doesn't abuse us. We have a nurturing, reciprocal arrangement. If... More >>

• American Choppers

  published December 15, 2004

  What do we really know about the origin of the Christmas tree? Is it a vestige of Europe's pagan past? A descendent of the "paradise tree"... More >>

• Satyricon

  published December 8, 2004

  Berserkers! Berserkers, it is time! From Ultima Thule, across the top of the world and toward St. Louis strides the mighty Satyricon! Oh,... More >>

• Just Get Out!

  published December 8, 2004

  Since the dawn of song, Hollywood-based voice coach Seth Riggs has worked the pipes of more than 100 Grammy Award-winning singers. Now, just in... More >>

• Call the Doctor

  published December 8, 2004

  It's more than a little depressing to realize how we as a nation took Doc Severinsen for granted. For 30-odd years, the flamboyantly dressed... More >>

• Tie One On

  published December 8, 2004

  December is perhaps the most wish-filled month of the year. Children wish for piles of loot, parents wish for patience, the good-hearted wish for... More >>

• Hermann Holiday

  published December 8, 2004

  Let's be brutally honest: What has your carefully cultivated image as the Rugged Individualist gained you? You fancy yourself the mighty... More >>

• Fiestas Are Inn Again

  published December 1, 2004

  SUN 12/5 If you're in the mood for Christmas music already but you're looking for something a little different, consider the Webster... More >>

• Tower of Power

  published December 1, 2004

  MON 12/6 Referring to the post-9/11 New York skyline, Tunde Adebimpe, a native New Yorker and singer for indie-pop group TV on the... More >>

• Japanese Babies

  published December 1, 2004

  Yoshitomo Nara, the Japanese artist who counts among his celebrity fans Leonard Nimoy and Billy Joe Armstrong, politely declined an interview on... More >>

• Vaz, with the Conformists and Skarekrau Radio

  published November 24, 2004

  Two-piece bands. Motherfucking two-piece bands. The next two-piece band that stumbles into town is gonna get a naked foot punched up their... More >>

• Boy Crazy

  published November 24, 2004

  MON 11/29 Austrian contributions to global culture include little sausages, wienerschnitzel, Conan the Governator and the Vienna Boys'... More >>

• Get a Room

  published November 24, 2004

  Do you usually spend Thanksgiving Friday sitting around on your ass, downing pint glasses of giblet gravy? Such pastimes are admirable and... More >>

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  published November 24, 2004

  Wednesday, November 24 Maybe it's just the way we see things from our golden cubicles, but we seem to be a bit behind on what we like... More >>

• Battles

  published November 17, 2004

  Somewhere in America, Page Hamilton is wondering what went wrong with the Helmet reunion album. Hopefully he's not wasting too much thought on it,... More >>

• Abridged over Troubled Waters

  published November 17, 2004

  College students, rejoice: Even though finals loom on your horizon and you've frittered away the past month shtupping hookers (vicariously,... More >>