Something To Do
by Brett Lemke
February 2003
Madison’s Something To Do invade the Ska scene of Wisconsin
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by Brett Lemke
February 2003
Hank Thomas and the Western Starlanders
by Dave Leucinger
February 2003
Interview with Milwaukee alt-country rocker Hank Thomas of Hank Thomas and the Western Starlanders
Beatallica
by Mike Huberty
January 2008
an interview with Beatallica singer Jaymz Lennfield as the band headed to Europe for their fifth Euro-tour.
Psychedelicasi
by Kevin John
September 1997
An interview with Paris Ortiz, then guitarist for the now-defunct Milwaukee band, Psychedelicasi
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Summerfest History - 35 Years
by Rachelle Blair
June 2007
Summerfest: The world’s largest music festival and it’s right here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Started in 1972 and in it’s 35th year, here is a brief history of the event.
The Cocksmiths
by Sarah H. Grant
October 2007
An interview with The Cocksmiths, a band featuring Milwaukee veterans Ryan Daniels, Matty Gonzalez, Joey Carini, Paris Ortiz and Dave Schoepke.
Les Paul
by Sarah H. Grant
May 2007
‘Upgrade’ is a fairly new term in today’s society, yet it has sparked an international obsession. We need our internet faster, our cars bigger, our celebrities skinnier, and our televisions more…defined? Well listen up, Generation Next, because the man responsible for the original upgrade worked for it… Without the cheat codes.
There is no doubt Les Paul is a living legend of the twenty-first century. He not only invented the first electric guitar, but revolutionized the music industry with countless recording breakthroughs. Les Paul has played for kings, queens and presidents, and is revered by musical titans throughout the world. But one Monday night, on the busiest and brightest street in New York City, this legend sat on a moth-eaten, dusty couch, alone in a cramped dressing room, just a door-swing away from his audience.
A chill ran up my spine. I tried to imagine all the influential people that had gazed into those misty blue eyes, as I was doing. Every inch of his face was brimming with eagerness to talk about the past, perhaps wondering which stories I would conjure. He gently twisted the top of his cane as his eyes darted around before settling on an object across the room, and then back at me.
