Yet Another View: A New Velvet Underground Song
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
It's the type of news that usually turns out to be a hoax. Late last week, an unreleased 1967 Velvet Underground bootleg with a never-before-heard song hit the Internet.
Even without the new cut, this would be a huge deal. While the Velvet Undergroun
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Hanson's Surprising Durability
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
I've long admired Hanson for their sheer tenacity. Unlike most one-hit wonders, especially kiddie one-hit wonders, they've refused to go away, fighting tooth and nail to remain in the spotlight. Adept at turning proverbial lemons into lemonade, the Hanson
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Meet Kerli, the New Goth Starlet
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
The latest doll-sized singer being groomed for major-label stardom, Kerli presents herself as an irreverent, sassy Avril Lavigne-style mallpunk in her press photos, complete with pouty lips, a Hot Topic fashion sense and an affinity for black eyeliner. He
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Revisiting Now That's What I Call Music, Volume 1
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
Each old Now That’s What I Call Music compilation is a time capsule, a one-disc summary of the state of popular music for a given month. Since its American debut 10 years ago, the compilation has released over 25 installments, but few tell a more vivid st
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Milwaukeeans Diss Soulja Boy
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
The big music news today is uniformly bleak—Amy Winehouse was apparently filmed hitting the crack pipe, Scott Weiland disappeared and the Coachella lineup sucks—but one headline, via MTV News, made me chuckle: ”Soulja Boy Claims He’s the Hottest MC In T
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Shooting Film in the Third Ward
David Luhrssen
I Hate Hollywood
Milwaukee native Michael Nehs is coming home to make a movie. The president of Chicago's Frontsight Productions is filming his next picture, Blue World, in his hometown. The cameras are set to begin rolling in May.
Blue World is based on the 1990 n
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Holistic method of unblocking a tear duct (without surgery)
SaraM
Health
As mentioned in my previous blog, I am not a medical professional. I often try alternative treatments instead of or in addition to mainstream medical treatment. Today I'm writing about my daughter, Maddie, who had a problem with both tear ducts.
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Radio in Milwaukee
Mark K.
General
As a guy that's been on Milwaukee radio for 30 years I would like to know your thoughts, good or bad. I don't want to bash radio 100% at all. If there is something you don't like let it be known. If there is something you like please let us know that to
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I Got Fed By Rachael Ray
Evan Rytlewski
The SXSW Blog
Yesterday brought one of SXSW’s most anticipated (and oddest) day parties: Rachael Ray’s. Apparently, the celebrity chef/media mogul is a serious indie music lover, but I still have a hard time believing that the soccer mom-like talk show host has an iP
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Another Embarrassing Rolling Stone Cover
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
I still haven't forgiven Rolling Stone for the cover it printed last summer of a teenage boy flashing his treasure trail—it was Zac Efron, but it was still ultra creepy—but I think the magazine's current cover may actually even more embarrassing: It's The
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