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BOB WEIR AND RATDOG TO PERFORM IN TUCSON TUESDAY - December 1, '05 - Sierra
Vista (AZ) Herald
The Grateful Dead
reminds us of a time when young Americans migrated to San Francisco to explore their inner selves. (Read entire story)
STILL KING AT 80 - November 6, '05 - Sierra Vista (AZ) Herald
Blues legend B.B. King talks
about his beloved guitar, his life, his style. (Read entire
story)
RAITT HASN'T SIMPLY BEEN SINGING THE BLUES - November 1, '05 - Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel
Despite
her association with the genre, nine-time Grammy winner Bonnie Raitt doesn't
like to be called a blues singer. (Read entire story)
YOUNG MAN'S BLUES - August 25, '05 - Shepherd Express
Jonny
Lang is minutes away from going onstage in Fresno. While he's waiting, the
lanky 24-year-old lightly strums one of the Fender Telecaster guitars he
favors. "You can have anything brought to you in this business,"
Lang says. "Drugs, liquor, all the temptations are available anytime you
say the word. I'm just glad I don't want any of it." (Read entire
story)
BLUES TRAIL - August 14, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The
Mississippi blues trail extends north from the Louisiana border all the way
to Memphis. With a bit of research and a good map, blues aficionados can find
remnants of their favorite musicians from one end of the trail to the other. (Read
entire story)
LYNYRD LEGACY - July 21, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For
a guy who fronts one of the most ferocious Southern rock bands ever
assembled, Johnny Van Zant is surprisingly amiable, even at 9:30 in the
morning. He lets out a throaty, whiskey-voiced guffaw as he looks at his
wireless bill. It's astronomical, Van Zant says, because he calls his
daughters at least once a day while on tour with the band. (Read entire story)
STYX concert review - July 6, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
In
a time when bands come and go in a matter of months, it's comforting to know
that a group such as Styx, whose signature sound has been embedded in our
collective consciousness for 30 years, can still get up on stage and kick out
the jams. (Read entire story)
GREGG ALLMAN LOOKS BACK ON YEARS OF TRIUMPH, TROUBLE - July 4, '05 -
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There
haven't been any brothers in the Allman Brothers Band for 34 years now, at
least not any related by blood. Just as the band was coming into its own in
1971, co-founder and lead guitarist Duane Allman was killed in a motorcycle
accident, leaving his younger brother Gregg to carry on by himself. (Read entire story)
DELVING
INTO DEEP PURPLE - June 30, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fueled
by the unforgettable riffs from songs such as "Highway Star,"
"Woman From Tokyo" and "Smoke on the Water," Deep Purple
became one of the most successful and influential hard rock bands of the
1970s. (Read entire story)
BLUES
MAN - April '05 - Cover story M City Lifestyle
By
the time he was ten, Hubert Sumlin was smoking cigarettes and watching blues
singers perform in the rough Mississippi delta roadhouses. Today, at age 74,
he's proud that Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards and blues-rocker Eric
Clapton cite him as one of their major influences. Sumlin also happens to
live right here in Milwaukee. (Read entire
story)
AT
ALMOST 80, B.B.'s GOT THE BLUES, AND THAT AIN'T BAD - March 21, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
For
60 years, B.B. King has traveled the length and breadth of America to tell millions of
listeners about the pleasure and pain that is the essence of the blues.
Despite his age and the diabetes he's battled since 1990, King will play 200
nights this year armed with nothing but his distinctive voice and a guitar
named Lucille. (Read entire story)
Features
A CENTURY OF MOVIES - December 6, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
John
Freuler was one of several pioneers who brought motion pictures to Milwaukee
at the turn of the century. (Read entire story)
MS OFFERS TERI GARR A LESSON IN LIVING - November 27, '05 - Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel
After 20-plus years as an actress,
Teri Garr had respect, a luxurious home - and a recurring illness that
doctors just couldn't seem to diagnose. (Read entire story)
STAR SEARCH - October '05 - M Magazine
The
list of celebrities with connections to Milwaukee is longer than you might
think. A number of renowned actors, writers, musicians and athletes once
called this city home. (Read entire
story)
WHERE ARE THE GOOD OLD DAYS? - August '05 - MetroParent
When
I talk to my teenagers these days, it seems that more than a few
conversations begin with the words, "When I was a kid . . ." (Read entire story)
FIELD OF DREAMS - August '05 - M Magazine
Long
before the city spent $300 million on Miller Park, Milwaukee residents loved
nothing more than whiling away an afternoon watching baseball at Borchert
Field. Baseball detective Jim Nitz is working to ensure that the former baseball
field's legacy isn't forgotten. (Read entire
story)
CHOOSING
PRIVATE RYAN - July '05 - MetroParent
The
rating alone may not be the best way to determine if a film is appropriate
for your children. But there are other ways to find out more about the movies
your kids want to see. (Read
entire story)
DESPERATELY
SEEKING WOODY - June 7, '05 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
A
Brooklyn schoolteacher by day, Keith Black turned his fear of asking women
out on dates into a 17-minute film homage to neurotic comedian Woody Allen.
Produced for less than $4,000, it's been shown on selected Northwest Airlines
flights and several cable channels, as well as being screened during a recent
Manhattan theater's tribute to Allen's 35-year film career. (Read entire story)
MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION - April 05 -
Cover story M North Shore Lifestyle
Punch.
Counterpunch. Dodge. Feint. The
world of amateur boxing is fraught with black eyes, bloody noses and split
lips. So what makes a female pre-med student from the North Shore
decide to become a boxer? (Read
entire story)
OFF THE BEATEN PATH - March 05 -
MetroParent
When the kids
are younger, family vacations are often limited to destinations that offer
children's menus, wading pools, and costumed characters. But as your kids
grow up, these trips can turn into adventure-filled outings. (Read entire story)
FARWELL FACELIFT - March 05 - M City Lifestyle After two decades of
neglect, North Farwell Avenue
is undergoing a renaissance at the hands of a passionate city alderman,
civic-minded businessmen and creative real estate developers. (Read
entire story)
STUCK IN THE MIDDLE - February 05 -
MetroParent
Parents may be
convinced their adolescent teen is capable only of communicating in
monosyllabic grunts. However, recent interviews with 14 middle-schoolers
showed them to be thoughtful, articulate, and introspective. (Read entire story)
THE DEVIL WEARS A POWER SUIT -
February 05 - M City Lifestyle Ask someone to describe Satan and
they’ll probably say ‘red with horns and a pitchfork.’ But a short, balding egomaniac or a
terrible communicator in high heels can be far more accurate. (Read entire story)
Health
FOCUS ON YOUR HEART - February 05 - Wisconsin Woman
Heart disease.
It's always been considered a man's health problem. However, in the last 20
years, incidence of heart disease in women has overtaken men. In fact, women
are more likely to die of cardiac problems than breast cancer. (Read entire story)
NEW SURGICAL OPTION OPENS BLOCKAGES
- February 05 - Wisconsin Woman Critical coronary
stenosis is a condition where cardiac function is impaired by plaque inside an
artery. Left untreated, stenosis
will eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke. (Read entire
story)
MAINTAINING HEALTHY JOINTS –
July 04 – Salt Lake City
Tribune Your joints do more
than connect bones. They provide strength, flexibility and movement. Left untreated, stenosis will
eventually lead to a heart attack or stroke. (Read entire story)
GEARING UP FOR SUMMER – June
04 – Salt Lake City
Tribune Bikes, skateboards
and rollerblades all come out in summer, and do the injuries. Let the experts tell you how to keep
kids healthy (Read entire
story)
Local History
SIN
CITY - June '05 - M City Lifestyle
In
the 1890’s, Milwaukee’s Red Light district rivaled that of San
Francisco’s Barbary Coast or New York City’s Tenderloin. Surprisingly, more than 20 house of
prostitution flourished just one block from City Hall. (Read entire story)
A FIERY END - February 05 - M City
Lifestyle
In one of the
worst local disasters of the 19th century, an out-of-control blaze destroyed
Milwaukee's Newhall House hotel and claimed more than 70 lives in its path. Could
this tragedy have been prevented? (Read entire story)
FOUNDING FORE - City Lifestyle
In 1894, real estate
man John Tweedy and local banking executives James Ilsley and Grant Fitch
traveled to Chicago
on business. While in that city,
their host introduced them to golf, a European sensation recently caught on
in the United States. (Read entire story)
MILWAUKEE’S AMUSEMENT
PARK HISTORY - City Lifestyle
At the beginning of the 20th century, city
residents traveled by electric trolley to the parks for an afternoon or
evening of music, theater, dancing, and fun. Their destinations included
Pabst, Blatz, and Schlitz Parks, and the fabulous White City. But the biggest and brightest of the
local amusement parks was a 33-acre wonderland located on the Milwaukee River in Shorewood. (Read entire story)
FORGOTTEN TEMPLES - City Lifestyle
- In 1931, the Wisconsin, Palace, Strand, Merrill, Alhambra,
Garden, Warner, and Riverside
theaters lined Wisconsin Avenue
from Sixth Street
to the river. The Miller, White
House, Magnet, Empress and Princess lined both sides of North Third Street between Wells and Wisconsin. (Read entire
story)
FADED SHADOWS - City Lifestyle
During the city’s gaslight era, daily
life for Milwaukee’s
residents was often more difficult than nostalgic reminiscing would indicate. (Read entire story)
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