Email Author Paul Friswold

2008 Stories by Paul Friswold

• It's a Family Affair

  published December 10, 2008

  Donald Finkel and Constance Urdang were wonderful people. I know that without ever having met them, because every time somebody asks me if... More >>

• Christmas with the Chorale

  published December 10, 2008

  We're a bare ten days from the most wonderful day of the year, and it's time to ask yourself that most difficult of questions: Have you heard... More >>

• Holy Night

  published December 10, 2008

  December is a big month for music, full of Nutcrackers and musical Masses and spiritual concerts. In the rush it'd be easy to overlook the... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published December 10, 2008

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• Fatal Attraction: Die! Mommie! Die! is crass, twisted and naughty. What's not to love?

  published December 10, 2008

  There once was a magical time when everything a celebrity said was so important the words had to be declaimed in a quasi-British accent and... More >>

• Font of Knowledge

  published December 3, 2008

  Should anyone be surprised that a Swiss man devised a typeface with neutrality as its strongest feature? Designer Max Miedinger's Helvetica (as it... More >>

• History in Felt and Fancy

  published December 3, 2008

  Someday in the 21st century, the History Channel will finally exhaust its store of documentaries about WWII and begin infotainment programming on... More >>

• Croatian Sensation

  published December 3, 2008

  Ana Vidovic is a young and lovely woman who has claimed several international prizes for her guitar-playing. Vidovic's repertoire leans... More >>

• Make Tonight White

  published December 3, 2008

  Everybody claims to be dreaming of a white Christmas, but then when it snows, people complain about the traffic. Oh, stupid St. Louisans —... More >>

• Family Affair

  published December 3, 2008

  Fans of hard-charging, escapist fiction are familiar with Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series. Pitt and his right-hand man Al Giordino travel... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published December 3, 2008

  The Dead Guy Reality TV shows take a hit in Eric Coble's black comedy about a loser (the amiable Rusty Gunther) who is chosen by a... More >>

• Skate and Rejoice

  published November 26, 2008

  Your eyes are streaming, your cheeks are chapped and the snot is frozen on your upper lip — congratulations, you’re ice skating outdoors... More >>

• Here Comes Christmas

  published November 26, 2008

  There are two approaches to acquiring an appropriate level of Christmas spirit. The first is to drag your heels, grudgingly acquiescing to the... More >>

• Piano?

  published November 26, 2008

  If you'd rather not blow through your paycheck on black Friday, you can enjoy the extended hours and rather affordable free admission at the Saint... More >>

• Mmm...Cheesecake

  published November 26, 2008

  It has recently come to our attention that the Internet is one vast carnival of what, in a gentler time, we called "dirty pictures." Like, really... More >>

• Make New Memories

  published November 26, 2008

  You'd think a musical about a group of cats deciding which one of them passes on to the afterlife would be depressing — because what animal... More >>

• Get Lost, Kid

  published November 26, 2008

  Rife with gorgeous imagery and weird characters, City of Lost Children is the sort of movie that rewards repeated viewings. French... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 26, 2008

  The Dead Guy Reviewed in... More >>

• Make A Little List

  published November 19, 2008

  When the House of Representatives created the Committee on Un-American Activities, one of its first orders of business was rooting out suspected... More >>

• St. Louis Stage Capsules

  published November 19, 2008

  Black Comedy/White Liars There are laughs aplenty in Peter Shaffer's one-joke farce set in an apartment that's plunged into darkness... More >>

• Heat Wave: Romeo and Juliet smolders with intense lust

  published November 19, 2008

  It is late, the party is long over. Juliet, fair daughter of the Capulets, stands on her balcony speaking dreamily to the night of her first... More >>

• Review + Setlist + Photos: Metallica at the Scottrade Center, 11/17/08

  published Nov 18, 2008

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• What's Eating Peter?

  published November 19, 2008

  Peter's a Gulf War vet — the first Gulf War, not the current one. He's drifting through Oklahoma City when he's introduced to Agnes, a... More >>

• Match Game

  published November 19, 2008

  There's an entire industry devoted to helping you find the perfect mate. Online dating services, books and women's magazines all devote quite a... More >>

• American Idle

  published November 19, 2008

  There's this guy Eldon, and he's a total loser — the perfect schmuck, if you will. One night in a bar, he's offered the deal of his... More >>