tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2011:/angryfingers/40 /img/atom_logo.png 2008-12-17T20:36:41Z The Riverfront Times Editorial Blog Movable Type Enterprise 4.21-en tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.64719 2007-11-09 18:08:35 2008-12-17T20:36:41Z

In the late afternoon, a ray of light that originated in the heart of the sun roughly twelve minutes ago slips through the blinds behind me and re-shapes itself as six-inch tall, black-and-white ...

Paul Friswold In the late afternoon, a ray of light that originated in the heart of the sun roughly twelve minutes ago slips through the blinds behind me and re-shapes itself as six-inch tall, black-and-white ...

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Nostalgia. It’s not as good as I remember it. In the summer of 1985, my musical world was tumped on its pear-shaped ass by the arrival of thrash. Thrash was terrifying – a new species formed fro...

Paul Friswold Nostalgia. It’s not as good as I remember it. In the summer of 1985, my musical world was tumped on its pear-shaped ass by the arrival of thrash. Thrash was terrifying – a new species formed fro...

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Geezer Butler is the bassist/lyricist for Black Sabbath, Birmingham, England’s finest contribution to the music world. Butler’s seismic bass playing figuratively and literally laid the foundation...

Paul Friswold Geezer Butler is the bassist/lyricist for Black Sabbath, Birmingham, England’s finest contribution to the music world. Butler’s seismic bass playing figuratively and literally laid the foundation...

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It’s three days later, and I’m still thinking about Hydeware Theatre’s outdoor production of Macbeth. It’s a very good production, a smart and honest production with a few problems – but I don’t ...

Paul Friswold It’s three days later, and I’m still thinking about Hydeware Theatre’s outdoor production of Macbeth. It’s a very good production, a smart and honest production with a few problems – but I don’t ...

Continue reading "We Are Groundlings, All" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.54233 2007-08-24 21:39:22 2007-08-25T02:44:45Z

In the summer of 2007, I was an old man of 52. Laughter, hope, joy; these concepts were foreign to me. They had been supplanted by the terms work, duty, obligation; words that taste like ashes an...

Paul Friswold In the summer of 2007, I was an old man of 52. Laughter, hope, joy; these concepts were foreign to me. They had been supplanted by the terms work, duty, obligation; words that taste like ashes an...

Continue reading "The Geddy Lee Chronicles: Episode Now" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.54134 2007-08-23 19:22:21 2007-08-24T01:03:17Z

Somewhere out there in the real world, there's a reader who's had a rough year. Took a bad spill on her bike, and had a coffee incident that’d make Juan Valdez shudder. She's banged up, but don't...

Paul Friswold Somewhere out there in the real world, there's a reader who's had a rough year. Took a bad spill on her bike, and had a coffee incident that’d make Juan Valdez shudder. She's banged up, but don't...

Continue reading "If Mama Ain't Happy, Ain't Nobody Happy" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.53932 2007-08-21 16:36:27 2008-12-18T23:14:54Z

In three short days, Canada's greatest intelligent rock band returns to St. Louis. In honor of yet another visit by Alex, Neil and Geddy, let us turn back the clock to that moment when Rush earne...

Paul Friswold In three short days, Canada's greatest intelligent rock band returns to St. Louis. In honor of yet another visit by Alex, Neil and Geddy, let us turn back the clock to that moment when Rush earne...

Continue reading "The Geddy Lee Chronicles II: Electric Jambaroo" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/angryfingers/test3.jpg tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.53842 2007-08-20 17:47:33 2007-08-20T22:54:57Z

A recent post on this very blog was found by a certain reader to be insulting to the character of Blackmore. That would be the character of Brythunian Soldier/Thief Blackmore and not his namesake...

Paul Friswold A recent post on this very blog was found by a certain reader to be insulting to the character of Blackmore. That would be the character of Brythunian Soldier/Thief Blackmore and not his namesake...

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The recent release of re-mastered versions of Deep Purple’s lost albums, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band and Made In Europe, led to the inevitable Friday Night Role Playing Game Roundtable Argu...

Paul Friswold The recent release of re-mastered versions of Deep Purple’s lost albums, Stormbringer, Come Taste the Band and Made In Europe, led to the inevitable Friday Night Role Playing Game Roundtable Argu...

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Out of the blue on a hot-as-the-dog's-balls Wednesday morning, Paul Stanley called. It wasn't entirely unexpected; we did have an interview scheduled for later that afternoon. But something came ...

Paul Friswold Out of the blue on a hot-as-the-dog's-balls Wednesday morning, Paul Stanley called. It wasn't entirely unexpected; we did have an interview scheduled for later that afternoon. But something came ...

Continue reading "Some Lame Pun on Gustav Klimt's Famous Painting Whose Name We Can't Quite Remember" > ]]> 1 http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/angryfingers/test2.jpg tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.29884 2007-06-20 14:26:57 2007-08-15T16:46:54Z

Hail and well-met, boon companion. Welcome to the debut installment of What Would Ronnie James Dio Do?, an advice column for the fantasy-loving, dragon-hugging, role-playing-game-enjoying-metal h...

Paul Friswold Hail and well-met, boon companion. Welcome to the debut installment of What Would Ronnie James Dio Do?, an advice column for the fantasy-loving, dragon-hugging, role-playing-game-enjoying-metal h...

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On August 24, 2007, Rush, Canada’s greatest intelligent rock band returns to St. Louis. In honor of yet another visit by Alex, Neil and Geddy, let us turn back the clock to that moment when Rush ...

Paul Friswold On August 24, 2007, Rush, Canada’s greatest intelligent rock band returns to St. Louis. In honor of yet another visit by Alex, Neil and Geddy, let us turn back the clock to that moment when Rush ...

Continue reading "The Geddy Lee Chronicles, Episode I" > ]]> 0 tag:blogs.riverfronttimes.com,2007:/angryfingers//40.29876 2007-06-20 13:23:41 2007-08-15T16:46:54Z

Thoughts on Pig Destroyer's Phantom Limb America’s greatest export is violence. We produce it around the clock and ship it anywhere, any time, no questions asked. It comes in a variety of colors...

Paul Friswold Thoughts on Pig Destroyer's Phantom Limb America’s greatest export is violence. We produce it around the clock and ship it anywhere, any time, no questions asked. It comes in a variety of colors...

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