#3. Buffalo Wild Wings - Roseville: This bar has now surpassed Williams, which in all reality I haven't been there in probably 6 months. Why you ask? Well first off wings. Huge variety of flavors of wings here, from wussy wings to wings that make you cry. Sometimes you'll get a bad batch but I'd say 9 out of 10 are great. The beer while sometimes not exceptionally cold is cheap. Cheap is good. The bartenders are the wait staff, but they manage to do a decent job of keeping your beers full, I guess we tip pretty well so we're almost regulars. Also, they have a ton of TV's here (trivia too), so it's a great place to catch the game before going on to another bar.

#2. Damons: This bar has replaced Brother's which I haven't been to in atleast a year. Damon's is really more of a restaraunt, but it kicks ass. Its got good food, make that great food. They have an awesome sports bar set up, there are 4 big screens in the front wall, it has stadium seating for each booth, so you don't have to look through somebody's head to see, then you have a tuner at your table so you can to listen to either of the 4 big screens. I was totally floored when I walked into this place. Such an awesome setup I can't believe no one thought of it earlier. The only drawback it's in the suburbs, the only one I've been to is in Oakdale. By the way, the suburbs suck.

#1. Lyle's Liquor Lounge - tie: Located in Uptown, for many people this bar is obvious as to why it's made my top 3, its right across the street from my house. It is a great bar to just sit and chill at. They have happy hour everyday from 5-6pm and 9-10pm even on the weekends. All drinks are 2 for 1 during happy hour. The music is a little on the strange side at times, but that's because they have a jukebox and the crowd picks the music. Most of the servers are really cool and will definitely hit you before the happy hour last call (three happy hours daily 2 for 1 anythings). They have Darts and Pool in the back, I don't know I just keep going back there.

#1. Harvey's - tie: Located Downtown, this bar is relatively new to the area but has caught on quickly. This bar isn't all that large but on the weekend it packs in the people. The beer is fairly priced and the music is superior to most bars downtown. One word of warning though the dance floor gets crowded due to its popularity and no cover. Also on a special note, my friends and I saw Jim Thome and Ellis Burks here when the Indians were in town, sign of a happening place.

Recently Removed from the List but ready to be put back on:
Lyon's Pub:

New Thoughts: I've had my run-ins with Lyon's Pub and my opinion constantly changes, of course this varies on how drunk I was, so here's my new take. Last time I was at Lyon's I had a good time because D-Ray and I were drunk enough and we were dancing and there was a ton of our other friends there. This always helps to have people to dance with, anyway I found out I know one of the bouncers from somewhere besides the bar and he's cool and the music wasn't too bad. The ratio was probably 1 decent song to every 2 lame songs, not too bad for no cover. Everywhere in Mpls is now instituting a cover too, so that weighs heavily in Lyon's weighting, but still can't get them into the top 3.

Old Thoughts: I've had enough of this bar, besides the crappy music that they play here, there's not enough action. Despite being one of the few bars without a cover in downtown they can't attract a crowd. The DJ never has any songs that were popular in the last year or years. Also the DJ won't take requests from guys even if you tip him, not that he'll have the song you want anyway. If you wanna dance by yourself to more than one Jackson Five song in one night this is your place.

#3. Blessid Union of Souls - tie: This band is not a religious band despite the name. They sing what some people like to call sappy songs. They know what their doing though. I hate to say something like this but their songs are "pretty". Some of their songs include: "I Believe", "Let Me Be The One", and "Standing On The Edge Of The Earth".

#3. Aerosmith - tie: They are one of the most successful bands of all time. Having great success for now four decades these guys keep rocking. I saw them live at the Target Center and their show rocked. I honestly can't believe they can continue to produce hits, but they suprise me with every new album.

#2. Dr. Dre - tie: I know he's not a band, but his rapping is the best, most addictive rap I've ever heard. I can personally rap every song on The Chronic. Dr. Dre 2001 was awesome too, with its smoot beats and great lyrics. I can't say enough about him since he's one rapper that is successful and keeps his act together too.

#2. Metallica - tie: I think everyone loves them. Personally I only liked three of their albums and everyone will call me a sellout, but they were "And Justice For All . . ., Metallica," and "Load." The rest of their stuff was really too hard for me.

#1. Everclear: As I've grown older and maybe a little more mature, my listening tastes have changed. I think that this band is great. I loved "Sparkle and Fade, So Much for the Afterglow," and "Songs from an American Movie Vol. 1." Whatever you want these guys can do it. I do have to admit though that "Songs from and American Movie Vol 2." wasn't all that great.

#3. Seinfeld: Jerry, George, Elaine, Kramer, I'll even throw in Newman. What a great cast!!! Unfortunately none of them can make it on their own. Who would have thought that a show about nothing could have ever been so successful. Some notable episodes include "The Contest" and "The Soup Nazi".

#2.    Family Guy: This show is hilarious. The show is based around the Griffin Family. They are Peter (Father), Lois (Mother), Chris (Son), Meg (Daughter), Stewie (Baby Boy), Brian (The Dog). There are some great characters on this show, usually there is a moral type message at the end, but its all out hilarious. I wasn't a huge fan the first season, but now looking back and watching those it is such an original show. The show is created by Seth MacFarlane. I can't wait until the next season, watch for it on Fox on Thursday nights.



#1. The Simpsons: This show is based around the Simpson Family. They are Homer (Father), Marge (Mother), Bart (Son), Lisa (Daughter), Maggie (Baby Girl), among various other characters.       If you haven't seen this show you must not be alive. The show has been great ever since the second season. The show is created by Matt Groening. Some notable episodes are "Mr. Plow", "Flaming Moe's", and "Homer The Great". Watch for their next season on Fox on Sunday nights.

#3. John Sanford: He writes murder mystery type novels. He has a main character (I currently can't remember offhand) who does all of his detective work. He's an ultimately cool detective who works for the St. Paul Police of all places. So since it is written about the local area I guess that makes it even more interesting for me. His main character too is much more cool then Nelson Demille's main detective character who comes across as a complete jerk.

#2. Margeret Weis and Tracy Hickman: I include these two together because it seems when they venture off to write their own books they are very dissappointing. These two teamed up together to write the beginning of the DragonLance series, which means they write science fiction/fantasy. They wrote the chronicles and legends trilogy, I believe they have a new trilogy coming out in the DragonLance series. Great character development, great action, they even mix in a not too mushy love story and some great science fiction/fantasy info, definitely a great team.

#1. Stephen King: Although, he is a little bit strange and definitely a complete dork he writes one hell of a book. I've only read about half of his books but most of them have been incredible, filled with suspense and horror sometimes you can't put the damn book down. I'd say he truly is the master of horror, too bad no one can make his books into a successful movie (excluding the Green Mile, which wasn't his typical type of book). If you have the patience I suggest "The Stand Uneditted and Uncut Edition" if you have the patience it's of 1000 pages, but for a quick hitter check out "The Dark Half."