An e-zine for happenings of local culture in Milwaukee and elsewhere
I'm from the Chronic generation. Let me explain, in 1992 I was younger than Travon Martin. I was in middle school when Dr. Dre's The Chronic came out, a year later Snoop Dogg's Doggystyle dropped. If N.W.A. and Tupac were the watersheds for "Gangster" hitting the surface of pop culture, Dr. Dre, with the commercial... Continue Reading →
I'm stepping on a thousand cigarette butts on the way in, it's not dark and smokey in the Cactus Club anymore, but still a little dank on the music side. Someone on staff managed to keep a VHS tape of an old Arsenio Hall episode featuring N.W.A from being magnetized after all these years and... Continue Reading →
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo. Jason Russel is an activist that has taken film and narrative to new heights to raise awareness of a long hidden conflict in central Uganda. The West has seen glimpses of social, political and economic violent crimes prevalent in the African continent through Hollywood dramatizations like Blood Diamond... Continue Reading →
As if the this season wasn't strange enough weather-wise, our extra winter leap day was clad in fog. The dense vapor gave the Riverwalk at Mason Street an awe inspiring haze, as the bridge engineers do their duty tiny compared to the raised platform. On the way down Wells, towards that great triangle shaped area... Continue Reading →
Waiting for the next snow storm won't make the Spring come any quicker, I get the feeling people can sense the season coming anyway. Don't be so hard on yourself you earned it. By the end of the week, you'll be ready for a few entertainment options provided by a few of Milwaukee's brightest unsung... Continue Reading →
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