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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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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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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The (semi) Official Barack Obama Mixtape
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
I ducked out of the office for a couple of hours today to catch Barack
Obama’s afternoon town hall appearance in Waukesha. The candidate was
running a bit late—apparently an auto factory tour in Janesville went
long—so I had plenty of time to take in t
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WKTI 94.5 FM Changes Formats for the Worse
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
Hat tip to my friend Beth, who alerted me to the news in an e-mail titled "Wow ... Another Milwaukee Radio Station that Plays 'Whatever.'"
In a confounding move, one of the few Milwaukee radio stations that played contemporary-pop music, WKTI-FM
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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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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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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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