Your Teeth Are All Clear

Yeah, I know it’s been awhile, and yeah, I’m seriously going to start my first blogging effort in a couple of months like this:
So last week, I went to the dentist.
(It will get better. Trust me, loyal Stephenhero fans.)
Anyway, my dentist is a former Marine, Dr. Kingston, and usually his wife, Mrs. Dr. Kingston is [...]

Not Welcome at The Fitz

From my inbox this morning:
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Subject: Friday night…..
From: “Forrest Karstoff” steveneedsanewhobby@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, April 20, 2008 11:35 am
To: smarsh@mspmag.com
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I just have to wonder - if someone loathes a certain restaurants cuisine, or despises a particular band, why would that person keep coming back?
The [...]

The Republican Super Bowl

Hey, I’m as excited about the prospects of the RNC poking The City that Sleeps at 9pm Sharp with its ashen, elephantine shaft as the next local journo, but, Jesus, it sure seems like this summer Denver might be having all the fun.

I Always Love That One…

A young Pete Doherty on my favorite band. No, not REM.

The End of My Jonny-Diablo Guilt

Hey, remember when I asked Diablo Cody, “So let’s say $100 million gross, little gold man–does that mean ‘bye, bye Jonny’?” And remember when her husband called the question “the most offensive question anybody’s ever asked her”? And then remember when, like a month later, my stupid question actually turned out to be right on?
Remember [...]

The Hallmark Side of Bill Rawls

His People Were Weird and had Stars in their Beards: Gary Gygax R.I.P

[Ciaran Daly, reporting]
As some of you may have heard, Gary Gygax, the father of Dungeons & Dragons, lost his last Hit Point/failed his Saving Throw vs Death a few days ago at his home in Wisconsin. Geeks everywhere observed a moment of silence. I really wasn’t expecting to hear that much about it, [...]

“Ciaran Daly…the Geraldo Rivera of the MPLS indie rock scene.”

Props to geoff for the video.

Clubhouse Jager Uber Alles?

A true crime post sent in by Stephenhero North Loop correspondent Ciaran Daly:
What’s a scene, exactly? What does it ask from you, and what do you owe it?
These thoughts have been bouncing around my head for the last few days since my last ill-fated visit to Transmission, the weekly 80s/British/indie themed night hosted by local [...]

“Time is going by really, really, really, really slow.”

I know this is old, but time is going by really, really, really, really slow this winter.