I finally went to bed at about 2 am. None the wiser to the future of our country, no better informed as to what to expect from my country, my city the following day. I’m used to knowing more on election night. Not just as the ballots and results roll in, but just in fucking…
What the Actual…?
As far as I can tell, while I watch election results dribble in on Disney owned ABC news, this year’s election seems to be brought to us by murderers, liars, and bounty hunters…seems appropriate. That’s just based on commercials for current and future tv shows – I miss Green Acres. Though, this particular crew of…
Social Distancing Olympics
by Jon Hartz & Tim Mueller From the no shit file, a recent survey by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago revealed that only 14% of American adults can currently say they are very happy, compared to 45% at this same time of year in 2018. So, thanks for quantifying this,…
A Sunday Sorta Thing
I’m looking for the perfect donut. As far as goals, great quests, or life changing discoveries this may seem a little light. I mean, some people dedicate their lives to altruistic endeavors to make the world a better, safer, cleaner place so finding the perfect donut may seem frivolous. Let’s face it, every grocery store…
A Different Summer, But Something of the Same: Where There’s a Grill, There’s a Way
We do a lot of entertaining at our abode off of Brady Street. We’re one of those families that grills every weekend, and a couple of times a week, winter included. My wife doesn’t even like grilled food, save for chicken wings. And they have to be plain. Which is egregious, but not a deal…
Live Music, Brat Pack Hair, Please Don’t Pee on the Floor
What’s better? Is bigger better? Is smaller better? Or is better better? What the hell are we even talking about? Honestly, at this point, I don’t even know. A lot of the conversations I’ve had over the past month have been with myself. I usually know what I’m talking about and am very impressed with…
Finding Fuel, Finding Coffee, Finding Milwaukee
Seattle is synonymous with coffee. Mostly, because of Starbucks whose tagline could be: Starbucks, It Tastes Like Coffee. Sumatra Blend, tastes like coffee. Pike Place, tastes like coffee. Blonde Roast, tastes like coffee. Breakfast sandwich, tastes like frozen, goes pretty good with coffee. I lived in Seattle for the past seven years and, I guess,…
One Foot In The Rave
Even on a normal day, entering The Rave to see a show is gambling on your physical and mental health. That’s part of its charm. Of all our Milwaukee venues, one could argue that The Rave (and its sub-venues inside) knows itself better than any of them. Nobody goes to a show there because they want…
First Responders
“Let’s go shopping.” “Umm, no?” Tom walked around the couch and stood between his wife and the television. He’d shaved today, for the first time in ten days. He should have used a clipper first, trimmed down to stubble, but he’d gone right for the razor and as a result his neck was red with…
The Point
This’ll change. That’s the point. The point of this opening article, blog, announcement was supposed to be something else, but in light of our recent action, reaction or lack thereof to the coronavirus pandemic this has become a call to dig in, to find Milwaukee, to realize we have something that can be defined as…