AltWeeklies Wire
The Land of GoBots, Pound Puppies, and Care Bearsnew
Minnesota's surprising place as a hub of toy crazes.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Jessica Lussenhop |
03-30-2011 |
Culture
Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey Takes 16-year-old Fiancéenew
The smitten guy in this story is Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey, a 44-year-old self-described vampire from New Jersey. The object of his affection is 16-year-old Paige Brewer, a troubled kid who walked out on her mother, Jillian Moen, and their Mound home six months ago.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Hart Van Denburg |
02-24-2010 |
Culture
Vivid-Alt's Vin Vericose Transforms from Minnesota Boy to Porn Starnew
Chad Fjerstad and his pornstar girlfriend are moving to L.A. to make a go in porn at one of the worst times for adult entertainment, when even the most prominent stars are seeing a dent in their paychecks and a deficit of work.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Emily Kaiser |
10-21-2009 |
Culture
Manners 101: Etiquette Queen Angelyn Davis Gives it to Us Straightnew
I don't think of myself as a particularly ill-mannered rube, but for someone who eats out for a living, my tableside comportment is, frankly, a bit lacking. I have discovered the hard way that manners do matter.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Rachel Hutton |
09-30-2009 |
Culture
Amateur Sociologist Uses Social Experiment to Expose Mullet Bigotrynew
Just as John Howard Griffin attempted to expose racism,Jake Nyberg hopes to expose "mulletism"—the mistreatment of mulleted Americans. He's been documenting his experiment at www.mulletlikeme.com.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Erin Carlyle |
05-22-2009 |
Culture
Tags: Jake Nyberg, mulletlikeme.com
Meet the Vulcans: The Twin Cites' Most Controversial Partiersnew
The Winter Carnival may be over for the year, but for St. Paul Vulcans past and present, the cape and goggles represent a year-round way of life.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Matt Snyders |
02-18-2009 |
Culture
Being Tron Guynew
The Tron Plane was recently featured on Wired magazine's website, but that was hardly Tron Guy's first taste of fame. He has been a regular on Jimmy Kimmel Live, mocked on South Park, and the butt of ridicule on Fark.com, all just for being Tron Guy.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Ben Palosaari |
08-13-2008 |
Culture
'So My Boyfriend and I Went Speed Dating'new
An intrepid reporter enters the modern world of attention deficit dates.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
06-18-2008 |
Culture
