It is a truth universally acknowledged that a former English Major, in possession of many sagging shelves, has not only read but rather enjoyed the…
Author: Grant Wentzel
Middle age sneaks up on you in different ways. Might be big, like a heart attack, or a pink slip from that sure-fire thing, or…
Sliding in on a conversation with some younger friends, I bid my time and knew my place. It’s weird to be this age, when yes,…
File under forgotten texts. Hermann Broch was a Austrian author from the first half of the twentieth century. He came to writing somewhat later in…
Utter mayhem. That’s the only way to describe my first go with Ministry decades back. It was an outdoor show, with a swirling pit that…
While most of the local hipsters and party people were shaking it at various Pride Fest events in Sioux Falls last weekend, a different kind…
“Who here has been saved by Scooter?” From the front row came the question, as a lady flagged down the attention of Scooter Ward, lead-man…
While a prophet may have no honor in his hometown, the sweet-singing guitar player done-good always deserves a hero’s welcome. At the Orion Pub in…
At the age of fourteen, Brady Wrede got his first guitar. “I was driving down 41st Street with my uncle and he said, ‘Have you…