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Last night just outside of NYC at All Points West Festival, Jay Z payed tribute to the Beastie Boys by covering No Sleep Til Brooklyn. As you probably know, the Beastie Boys have had to cancel their summer festival schedule due to the recent news that Adam Yauch (aka MCA) has cancer. Our thoughts and [...]
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We’ve just confirmed with our friends at Turner Hall Ballroom that we will be presenting a FREE screening of The Devil and Daniel Johnston on Wednesday, August 5th at 8PM. Yes, there will be popcorn to go along with those $3 PBR Tall Boys that we all know and love. All ages are welcome (for [...]
Filed under: Events, Freebie, Movies & Film, Music | Tagged: Daniel Johnston, Kurt Cobain, The Devil and Daniel Johnston, Turner Hall Ballroom | Leave a Comment »
I bet you didn’t realize that Milwaukee has some of the best parks in the country. Or maybe you did. In fact, our very own Milwaukee County Parks Department is one of 4 finalists for the Gold Medal Award in the Park and Recreation Management Program! The award is based on excellence in long-term [...]
Filed under: Community, Environment, Family | Tagged: Environment, Lake Park, milwaukee, Milwaukee County Parks, Parks | 1 Comment »
As you may know, Milwaukee’s own, Figureheads is one of the bands featured in this week’s New Music Wednesday. In my opinion, this is one of the best New Music Wednesday’s that we’ve had to date. Great music from K’Naan, The Noisettes and fellow Milwaukeeans, The Championship (who have a EP release party this Saturday [...]
Filed under: 414 Music, Music, New Music | Tagged: Cactus Club, figureheads, K'Naan, New Music Wednesday, summerfest, the championship, The Noisettes | Leave a Comment »
This just in…reigning World Air Guitar Champion Hot Lixx Hulahan along with Air Guitar Nation star Bjorn Turoque will be parking the US Air Guitar Tour bus outside of Stonefly Brewery tonight for a FREE Aireoke party. If you don’t know (and I’d be surprised if you did), aireoke is a hybrid of air-guitar [...]
Filed under: Events, Music | Tagged: Air Guitar Nation, Aireoke, Bjorn Turoque, Hot Lixx Hulahan, US Air Guitar | 1 Comment »
I just got word that this Wednesday June 3rd there will be a really cool event at Whole Foods Market (2305 N. Prospect Ave.) Tool‘s lead singer, Maynard James Keenan will be signing (not singing) bottles of wine from 4:30-7:30. Apparently he’s part owner of Caduceus Cellars and Merkin Vineyards and will be stopping through [...]
Filed under: Community, Music | Tagged: Caduceus Cellars, lollapalooza, Maynard James Keenan, Merkin Vineyards, Tool, Whole Foods Market Milwaukee | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that April is International Guitar Month? Our friends at Music Go Round are celebrating International Guitar Month with a free re-string clinic. So mark your calendars for April 25th and take you axe in for a free re-stringing! Music Go Round is also encouraging people to participate in Music Go Round [...]
Filed under: Community, Events, Freebie | Tagged: Hunger Task Force, International Guitar Month, Music Go Round, National Humor Month | 2 Comments »
This just in….Tickets for Wilco’s April 14th and 15th concerts at the Pabst Theater will be going on sale this Friday, February 27th at NOON. Tickets will be available at pabsttheater.org or by calling (414) 286-3663 or (800) 511-1552. This is exciting news for Milwaukee, as Wilco is only playing 10 shows on this tour! [...]
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WOW!! Need I say more? Check out www.pabsttheater.org for more details.
Filed under: Concerts, Events, Music | Tagged: Jam Productions, milwaukee, Pabst Theater, Wilco | 1 Comment »
As some of you may know already, Phish tickets for their June 20th and June 21st Alpine Valley concerts go on sale this Saturday morning at 10am. If you mail ordered for tickets and were like me and got denied, this may be your last chance to purchase them. Phish is going to be touring [...]
Filed under: Concerts, Music | Tagged: Alpine Valley Music Theater, Live Nation, Phish, The Beatles, The Talking Heads, The Velvet Underground, The Who | 5 Comments »
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