Archive for the 'Minnetrista' Category
The Fear Year (Part 3)
• March 29, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1992, 1993, Florida, Hopkins, Minnetrista, St. Paul
Tags: Ahmed, Bill Clinton, Cathedral Hill, Cognac McCarthy's, conciliation court, depression, Depressive Mind, Eric, forcible rape, George H.W. Bush, German Kulturhaus, holiday parties, Jenny, landlords, Lexington on Grand, Mancini's, Morroccan, New Year's Day, New Years Eve, Ramsey County Sheriff, Ryder van, Shad, Summit Avenue, Sweeney's, Town & Country Club
A Few Short Steps Down to Hell
• May 26, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1967, 1988, 2008, Family, Minnetrista, Mom
Tags: artistic projects, depression, mental illness, Mother's Day, Red Lobster
No Vacancy
• December 30, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2016, Christmas, Florida, Minnetrista, Music, Religion
Tags: 400 Bar, Aztec Camera, City Pages, digital house of mirrors, Facebook, Family Project, Ginsu, Grace Slick, holiday depression, house fire, Instagram, Kimberly, Lisa, Love Ain't For Keepin', Marlee MacLeod, Mata Hari Dress, No Vacancy, Portland Avenue, R.E.M., Rain Parade, Reddit, Season of Silence, Selby Avenue, social media, star Christmas ornament, The Three O'Clock, Tumblr, Twitter, Unity Unitarian, Walgreens
The Horseshoe
• June 10, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1985, Casco Point, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: boathouse, Datsun GX coupe, depressive episode, diaries, Fingerhut, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Hopkins, horseshoes, Iowa City, journals, La Brea Tar Pits, luck, Mayer, memory, Mound, nostalgia, nostalgia neuralgia, Rogers, Strom, Susan, The Big Time, totem, wishful thinking
Hey Mr. DJ!
• January 29, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1975, 1985, 1986, Casco Point, Hopkins, Iowa, Lake Minnetonka, Minnetrista, Music, Writing
Tags: Baibi Vegners, Bruce Springsteen, Captain and Tennille, Casco Point, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, David Bowie, DJ, E.G. Marshall, Elton John, Forest Lake, Gillette, Grandpa Maupin, Helen Reddy, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jeff Taylor, John Sebastian, Juicy Fruit, KDWB, Knollwood Towers West, Michelle, Miloš Forman, Neil Sedaka, Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Pall Malls, Panasonic flip clock radio, pop music, Queen, radio, Rob Sherwood, rock concerts, St. Paul Civic Center, Sweet, The Carpenters, The Eagles, The Lovin' Spoonful, Theron Hollingsworth, Tony Orlando and Dawn, True Don Bleu, Walker Art Center, WCCO, WDGY, WLKX-FM
No One Ever Left Alive in Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five (Part 2)
• September 18, 2015 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1985, Iowa, Minnetrista
Tags: Anti-apartheid, Boswell, Bud Morris, Chris Hampl, Crèvecœur, Currier Hall, Datsun, Dick Bray, Dolphin's, English-Philosophy Building, Fingerhut, Fitzpatrick's, Greyhound, Hancher Auditorium, Harv's House, Hopkins, Iowa City, Jane, Jessup Hall, Jim, John Sayles, Laura Speaks, Mayflower Hall, Minneapolis Tribune, Pentacrest, proofreading, REM, Rick Kubat, Ron Howard, Samuel Johnson, Selected Authors, St. Louis, Stephen Biko, The Crow's Nest, Therese, University of Iowa, Volkswagen Bug, Wayne Franklin, Yolanda
Your Greatest Year
• June 12, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1984, Iowa, Minnetrista, Writing
Tags: 20 Questions, Bill Schutt, Blatz Light Cream Ale, Burger Chef, college loan, fathers, Hy-Vee, Incredible Festival, Indianahead Players, Iowa City, Jose Sanchez, Karin Davis, Lake Waconia, Lianna, Mad Dog, Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, Mound American Legion Hall, Old Capitol Mall, Out of English, reinvention, sons, The Last Judgment, The Neighborhood Pharmacy, Tom LaCrosse, University of Iowa, Westonka Community Theater
Full Mental Racket
• May 29, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1984, Minnesota, Minnetrista
Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, All My Sons, Arthur Miller, Bob Bye, Brian Atene, Brooklyn Park, Carlos P., community theater, Full Metal Jacket, Gerry Smith, Gustav Hasford, Hue, Iowa City, Iowa House, Iowa Memorial Union, Khe Sanh, MacBride Hall, Matthew Modine, Middlebrook Hall, Monique, SOS Printing, St. Boni, Stanley Kubrick, Terry Kargel, The Short-Timers, The Twin Cities Reader, Tom LaCrosse, University of Iowa, Vietnam, Warner Brothers, Westonka Community Center
Skinful
• March 20, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1983, 1984, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Mound
Tags: alcoholism, Army, Charles Bukowski, creativity, Dartillac, Dave Rogers, drug addiction, Germany, Itchycoo Park, Jesse Ventura, John Larson, Keaveny Drugs, Kinky Friedman, Mad Dog, Mark Huttner, Michael Franks, Mound High School, municipal liquor stores, OxyContin, Peter Gabriel, print shop, Schlitz, Scotch whisky, SOS Printing, Stephen Biko, The Small Faces, Vietnam
Life as a Poor Player
• March 6, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1983, Minnesota, Minnetrista, Theater
Tags: acting, American Legion Club, bacon, Britain, community theater, Dan Rogers, depression, Elwood P. Dowd, Harvey, Indianhead Players, Jimmy Stewart, junior high school, Legion Hall, Lindsay Clarke, Mound, Paul Nelson, Piglet, Terry Hollingsworth, The Laker, Tom LaCrosse, Veta Louise Simmons, Vicki Spaling, Westonka Community Theater, Winnie the Pooh
Completely in the Dark 