tag: st. paul
bruce springsteen locations
March 20, 2013 peter bell
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen was born in the fertile green hills of New Jersey, USA on September 2, 1949. The Boss was raised on 50s rock, became an Americana rock-and-roller in the 70s, turned into a denim-clad icon in the 80s, and today has the distinguished position of elder rock statesman and link to music […]
Remembering Hüsker Dü
March 6, 2012 peter bell
Remarkable music scenes don’t happen every day, and they don’t pop out of the void spontaneously. It takes the hard work of dedicated individuals to produce the type of culture that fosters great music. Behind every individual that reaps the financial rewards of a successfully commoditized music scene, there is a network of unsung heroes […]
Factotum pub crawl
November 16, 2011 peter bell
The 2005 film Factotum is based on the writings of Charles Bukowski. Whether you love him or hate him, it’s indisputable that Bukowski has had an impact on American literature. His gritty realistic writing is like a cocktail of anger, misanthropy, addiction, and occasionally, transcendence. With lines like “my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all […]
F. Scott Fitzgerald in St. Paul, MN
November 15, 2011 peter bell
Every era of writers has their set of literary heroes, and F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the standouts of the Lost Generation. The man who coined the phrase “the Jazz Age” while reveling in its excesses, Fitzgerald spent much of his life in the city of St. Paul. From popturf user donkeyoti comes a […]