Harmonie got tickets for us to go down to The Metro in Chicago last weekend to see mewithoutYou as a father’s day gift. Before i attempt to review the show though, i have to register my surprise at the fees. $13.50 for a ticket (4 bands) is not a bad price. It’s a good price […]

Last night Benji and I went to Shank Hall here in Milwaukee to see Jeremy Enigk. Just as an aside - Milwaukee is frequently passed over whenever a national indie rock act comes through the midwest. Usually it’s Chicago and sometimes Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, or Cincinnati - but no Milwaukee. Milwaukee of course has it’s […]

I like conceptual art. It’s not always as visually stimulating as the Dutch masters, but it’s intellectually satisfying. Cory Arcangel creates art with the philosophy that pretension is bad, simplicity is better, and something that “knows it’s ridiculous” is best. Arcangel was visiting MIAD recently and brought along his “studio” to demo his work and […]

Milwaukee is a great little city. We have a lake that’s too disgusting to swim in, a “downtown” several blocks in diameter, and a lot of white-man-blues cover bands. But we also have a great college radio station playing some great indie and underground music. WMSE (91.7) (in the milwaukee school of engineering) has an […]

Milwaukee is known for many things Milwaukee is known for two things: Beer and Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Photos were recently posted of the new Harley-Davidson (HD) museum, which incidentally will be only 6 blocks from my house, and it looks really cool. Better than the museum in my opinion is the transformation of one of the […]