I collect old toys. I should say I used to collect old toys. I no longer have the disposable income I once did. To tell the truth, I never really had the disposable income and yet I would collect old toys. Not just any old toys, I collected the toys that I or a friendContinue reading “world’s coolest toys pt. 1: ghost of capt. kidd”
Author Archives: Jim "Dr. Dim" Fitzsimons
the 80s’ top ten saddest songs by the replacements
You may not be aware of it, but there is a pretty entertaining podcast and blog called Stuck in the 80s. As the title suggests, they pretty much cover everything in the 1980s. Well, except television and politics. The hosts are Steve Spears and Sean Daly and they are very fun. There have been otherContinue reading “the 80s’ top ten saddest songs by the replacements”
concert memoirs pt. 46 – urban guerrillas
Urban Guerrillas (Minneapolis band) This is it. The last installment of my concert memoirs. I’m ending it with the band I had seen the most of any band I’ve ever seen, the Urban Guerrillas. The Urban Guerrillas are among the most local of all the local bands I’ve seen. I mean that they didn’t getContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 46 – urban guerrillas”
concert memoirs pt. 45 – cold side bands
I have mentioned a few times through this series that I used to work at Cold Side Silkscreening ( http://www.coldside.com ). Cold Side has been printing t-shirts in the warehouse district of Minneapolis since 1976. It’s been seriously struggling over the last few years and is in danger of going under. It’s a pity becauseContinue reading “concert memoirs pt. 45 – cold side bands”
concert memoirs pt. 44 – gang of four & wire
Gang of Four with John and David at First Avenue. John and I had discovered Gang of Four when we watched the concert movie ‘Urgh! A Music War’. It is a great film with a lot of great bands, including The Police, The Fleshtones, The Cramps, Oingo Boingo, Wall of Voodoo, XTC and many others.Continue reading “concert memoirs pt. 44 – gang of four & wire”
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