Diary of a Madwoman
David Luhrssen
I Hate Hollywood
Hungary, 1913: Dr. Josef Brenner is a famous novelist whose day job in psychiatry has drained his creativity, leaving him incapable of forming a story. But his patient, Gizella, can’t stop writing, covering sheets of paper and the walls of her cell with
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Juliana Hatfield's Tell-All Policy
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
Joe Uchill has a must-read article in this week's Shepherd on Juliana Hatfield and her struggles with eating disorders. It touches on a personality shift that's alto doubled as a career-reviving business model for Hatfield: After falling out of fashion an
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Wrath of God?
David Luhrssen
I Hate Hollywood
Middle aged, pious and retiring, Muharrem leads a quiet life in an old neighborhood in the ancient crossroads city of Istanbul. He’s an office clerk, says his daily prayers as a devout Muslim and attends the ecstatic worship of the dervishes at a near
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Classic Early Television
David Luhrssen
I Hate Hollywood
A fly landed on the brow of Julius Caesar in the “Studio One” production of Shakespeare’s play. And then it flew away before Caesar could blink.
At least I think that’s what happened in the 1955 program for CBS, preserved in shadowy black and whi
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Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak: Bad Times, Hot Jams
Evan Rytlewski
On Music
Kanye West's rush-released 808s & Heartbreak arrives the same week as another event album, Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy, and though the two discs have little in common, their appeal is largely the same—both have curious fans wondering, "how c
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Milwaukee Theatre Holliday Season
Russ Bickerstaff
Curtains
The morning of the first snow is probably as good a time as any to make mention of the Milwaukee Christmas/holiday theatre season. This season brings with it a few new items to mingle with the standard series of shows that tend to pleasantly plague my sch
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Marquette 100, UWM 80
Nicole
Cute Sports
Wesley Matthews and Lazar Hayward each had 25 points and Jerel McNeal
added 22 to account for almost a third of the Golden Eagles' scoring
Saturday night.UWM kept it close in the first half, with
Marquette leading by just five at halftime. However, the Go
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Badger Men's BBall in finals of Paradise Jam
Nicole
Curtains
While the women's hockey team enjoyed Florida, the men's basketball
team enjoyed the warm weather in the US Virgin Islands. Must suck to be
a Badger!The men's bball team advanced to the finals of the Paradise Jam tournament with a 64-49 win over San Diego
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Badger Women's Hockey still undefeated
Nicole
Cute Sports
The women's team was in Ft. Myers, FL this week playing #3 UNH. I'm still not sure why they played there, but they swept UNH, taught a few hockey clincs, visited the Red Sox Spring Training facility and set records.Saturday's shutout was career #31 for go
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Badger Men's Hockey splits with St. Cloud State
Nicole
Cute Sports
It was a tale of two team this weekend at St. Cloud. Friday night, the team that started the season a dismal 0-6-1 showed up and got absolutely demolished by SCS 6-2. The game wasn't televised, but by all accounts, the problems taking care of the puck and
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