Email Author Paul Friswold

2004 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Shaking the Vine

  published August 18, 2004

  There are more than 30,000 Mizzou alumni in the St. Louis area, and these are the people who know specifically what "the winery" is. For those who... More >>

• Let's Go, Terriers

  published August 18, 2004

  MON 8/23 Late August, when the Cardinals have a comfortable lead in the standings and the playoffs loom pregnant with possibility, is a... More >>

• We Come from the Water

  published August 11, 2004

  Twins are creepy, mystical beings. From Romulus and Remus to Elvis and Jesse Presley, twins have proven to possess powers that set them apart from... More >>

• Our Man Flynt

  published August 11, 2004

  TUE 8/17 Larry Flynt has engineered one of the greatest public-image turnarounds of all time. How did a pornographer (he's the man... More >>

• Otaku Night on Friday

  published August 11, 2004

  FRI 8/13 What is this otaku that all the kids are talking about? OK, not all the kids are talking about otaku; it's... More >>

• Reel Entertaining

  published August 11, 2004

  Somewhere in St. Louis a group of fourteen-year-olds are filming themselves with a digital camcorder while they skate the benches in front of... More >>

• Miso Soup?

  published August 4, 2004

  THUR 8/5 According to official anniversary rules, the third-year gift is supposed to be either leather (traditionally) or crystal or... More >>

• Tie Two On

  published August 4, 2004

  WED 8/4 Runners seem like such an austere bunch: the gaunt physiques, the crack-of-dawn workouts, the fact that they find running fun... More >>

• Weapons of Mass Didacticism

  published August 4, 2004

  Slam poets are invading St. Louis. Try to remain calm. The RFT has learned that performance poets have chosen St. Louis as the site for the... More >>

• For the Eighth Time

  published July 28, 2004

  SAT 7/31 Even through all that Irish clogging hoopla a while back, tap dancing kept its constant, but not quiet, toehold in the minds... More >>

• Kome and Get It

  published July 28, 2004

  SUN 8/1 What with the hurly-burly of modern life and the unbearable heat that comes this time of year, who has the time or the stamina... More >>

• Dog Days of Summer

  published July 28, 2004

  SAT 7/31 Are we almost out of Lewis & Clark activities yet? Of course not! Despite 200 years of study time since Lewis & Clark's mystic... More >>

• Less Is Moore

  published July 28, 2004

  Part of the responsibility of being an American is being a consumer. That's how capitalism works; people make things, other people buy them,... More >>

• The Great Debate

  published July 21, 2004

  St. Louis loves Van Halen. This can be proved mathematically: Observe the light speed with which the band sold out the gi-normous Savvis Center... More >>

• Live, from Canada

  published July 21, 2004

  It seems as if half of the two-thirds of life not spent asleep is spent in the coffeehouse. But it's purely by choice; we can quit chasing the... More >>

• The U.S. Senior Open in St. Louis?

  published July 21, 2004

  The U.S. Senior Open is at the Bellerive Country Club (12925 Ladue Road; 314-878-2004) this year! We didn't know what that meant either, but after... More >>

• Ethnicity

  published July 21, 2004

  Do you watch those travel shows on PBS where the tourists and their camera crews go to these wonderfully worldly and dangerous places? You know,... More >>

• Dirty Romancing

  published July 14, 2004

  SAT 7/17 Electronica. Psychedelica. Romantica -- what? It's time to float a new term: "Romantica" is an offshoot of the... More >>

• Sin-e-bago

  published July 14, 2004

  Smokers, we feel your pain. There was a time when you could sit in your cubicle and smoke freely and gaily while mountains of paperwork sprouted... More >>

• Eats on the Road

  published July 14, 2004

  Despite the heat, the humidity and the questionable air quality, St. Louisans still love to eat outdoors. Our fondness for al fresco dining is... More >>

• Sonic Youth

  published July 7, 2004

  Maybe it was the death of Robert Quine, or just the long string of Tuesdays that brought nothing but crap in shiny packages to the new-release... More >>

• Cajun Haus

  published July 7, 2004

  Hermann, Missouri, is a good little field trip for St. Louisans. It's a fun place to get drunk -- get drunk, that is, on the intoxicating aroma of... More >>

• Emperor Tomato Catsup

  published July 7, 2004

  SUN 7/11 The people of Collinsville, Illinois, take their ketchup very seriously. They don't even call it "ketchup," preferring instead... More >>

• The Boathouse Rocks

  published July 7, 2004

  The original Boathouse in Forest Park (on Post-Dispatch Lake, just down the road from the Muny) was built in 1876, which makes it as old as the... More >>

• Journalistic Integrity

  published June 30, 2004

  WED 6/30 When Bob Edwards (pictured) wrote of a well-known broadcast journalist who "lost favor with his bosses, but never with his... More >>