Email Author Paul Friswold

2004 Stories by Paul Friswold

• Get Well Soon, Jimmy

  published May 12, 2004

  We pride ourselves on St. Louis being a historic city, but let's face it: "Historic" is just a euphemism for "old," which is a just another word... More >>

• A 'Stache of Evil

  published May 12, 2004

  "Moustache is a symbol of repression and hate...it's the facial marking of the man who holds you down" -- or so an old punk-rock song would have... More >>

• Makin' a List

  published May 12, 2004

  FRI 5/14 To-do lists are the ultimate unifier: Everyone has made at least one. Most times these lists are cryptic, and often the items... More >>

• The Big Bang...

  published May 5, 2004

  Was there ever a time when all was still, when not a single thing moved? Before conscious life, there was movement. In the time before mountains,... More >>

• With Friends Like These

  published May 5, 2004

  They promised they'd be there for you. Like they've been there before -- since 1994, to be exact. That's ten years of loyalty, and while you've... More >>

• Hands Across Skinker

  published May 5, 2004

  No, you still can't climb aboard that trolley we've all been waiting for. But otherwise, the Loop's much-predicted expansion eastward into the... More >>

• The Black Death

  published April 28, 2004

  There comes a time in your life when you realize the dagger of alcohol cuts both directions: While it can underscore your party lifestyle in... More >>

• Drums Along the Quad

  published April 28, 2004

  THUR 4/29 Taiko, the first native Japanese musical tradition to spread throughout the world, has only recently made the North American... More >>

• Dirty Movies

  published April 28, 2004

  Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's block of surreal cartoons created for the immature human of drinking age, has started seeping into the... More >>

• Holy Cow!

  published April 28, 2004

  SAT 5/1 Cards vs. Cubs: Can there ever be any common ground between these two contentious tribes? Not a truce, because it is their... More >>

• It Takes Two

  published April 28, 2004

  Psssst! Write this down. No, wait: Tear this section out of the paper and hand the scrap to the next person you see. Are you ready? Here it is: In... More >>

• Never the Twain Shall Meet

  published April 21, 2004

  WED 4/21 Take the curious case of Solomon Carver. A contemporary of Mark Twain, this noted satirist suffered from a particularly... More >>

• Chi Whiz!

  published April 21, 2004

  SAT 4/24 You've seen their silent, graceful movements in city parks. They appear to grab at invisible floating objects, then manipulate... More >>

• Deep Rugs

  published April 21, 2004

  Think of it as a split-screen TV -- made out of wool. It's called a "four-in-one" rug, and the four colorful scenes depicted in the weaving... More >>

• Arena Poetry

  published April 14, 2004

  Remember the scene in Gladiator where the gladiator single-handedly defeats the tigers? Or those nature shows that follow the lions as they... More >>

• Psycho Bikers

  published April 14, 2004

  SAT 4/17 You're driving along I-270 when a motorcyclist passes you at about 100 mph, weaving in and out of traffic. Surprised, you... More >>

• The Projectionist

  published April 14, 2004

  After weeks of discussion, reconsideration, and general hand-wringing, the now-notorious St. Louis Projection by Krzysztof Wodiczko (in... More >>

• North to Alaska

  published April 7, 2004

  TUES 4/13 Somehow St. Louis has become a contender in the world of advanced rock mathematics. While the shiny demigods of the rock... More >>

• Ye Goddesses!

  published April 7, 2004

  SAT 4/10 We're all fortunate to live in these times. In the olde days, when an outspoken woman of poise and confidence outgrew her... More >>

• Think Cinema

  published April 7, 2004

  Avant-garde film (stifle that yawn) has a bad reputation with the modern movie audience. Obtuse, nonlinear, plotless experimentation doesn't go... More >>

• Irish Invasion

  published March 31, 2004

  The Mississippi River Celtic Music Festival -- the Tionól, or "assembly" -- is a weekend-long invasion of Irish musicians that will ease... More >>

• Music for Bookstores

  published March 31, 2004

  Dunaway Books (3111 South Grand Boulevard, 314-771-7150) is a fantastic bookstore, a multilevel maze of shelves teeming with everything from old... More >>

• Nothing Lonely

  published March 31, 2004

  We speak from personal experience when we tell you: Anybody can run a marathon. Honestly. You, for example -- you, who are probably sitting in a... More >>

• Quiet Impressive

  published March 31, 2004

  Francis Cape's site-specific installation pieces are, by design, nearly invisible. Not invisible in the strict sense but in the way they fade into... More >>

• It Was an Accident

  published March 24, 2004

  SAT 3/27 Scene: New York City. You are a dime-a-dozen, non-working actor. You are therefore, obviously, quite left-leaning in your... More >>