The South by Southwest festival unveiled its 2008 schedule yesterday, and, as expected, it’s overwhelming. Buried between all the bands you’re dying to see and all the band’s you’ve never heard of are a handful of Milwaukee acts:
Call Me Lightning
Collections of Colonies of Bees
Cougar Den
Freshwater Collins
Jon Mueller
The BoDeans will also make an appearance, as will potential next-big-thingers Bon Iver, the Eau Claire indie-folk act that’s unfortunately distanced from Milwaukee’s scene.
Three Madison bands made the cut: Screamin’ Cyn Cyn & The Pons, Droids Attack and
The Gusto.
Eighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country drive with his best
friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he
met on the Internet. But the journey, filled wi
"Body of Lies" is based on "Washington Post" columnist David Ignatius' 2007
novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major
terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of J
Ry Cooder's California trilogy started purposefully and thematically with Chavez Ravine, turned old-time-radio wistful on My Name is Buddy, and now takes a complete header into the deep end for the concluding I, Flathead. Assuming the point of view
Genesis skipped Wisconsin during last year's reunion tour, but the three-DVD box set When In Rome 2007 spectacularly captures what we missed. Although original
frontman Peter Gabriel and guitarist Steve Hackett passed on this tour,
the incarnation
Michael Polaski’s Umami Moto is already a familiar dining spot in Brookfield, where it has gained note for its menu of Asian fusion. A second Umami Moto opened in downtown Milwaukee this summer, located on Milwaukee Street in the former Eve. This ti
The Painted Parrot (8028 W. National Ave.) is a fun, colorful restaurant that follows a Caribbean theme. Jamaican murals cover the walls and reggae music blasts from behind the large bar. The menu wanders through the Caribbean with a few Louisiana touches
