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Upside Groove Coalition: A Premium Blend of Musical Style

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by Thomas Durkin / photos by Jason Williams

Crashing the national music scene not only takes talent, but often a whole lot of luck (exceptions: you look like either Britney Spears or Justin Timberlake or you perform like John Mayer, a watered down facsimile of a watered down Dave Matthews). For most bands, developing a local following is difficult enough. Translating that local support into national exposure can be nearly impossible, but the Milwaukee-based Upside Groove Coalition appears poised to try to make that transition.

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September 2003

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Celia – Bean Head Book Club – La Tradicion e Innovacion: Discovering the Art and Culture of Mexico – The Academy of Unconventional Art – Escovedo benefit – Rhythm & Soul Drum Line – Booze at Bremen Cafe – Matt Cook – Circle A’s 5th Tuesday Poetry Readings – Nessun Dorma a year old, $1.75 taps of Riverwest Stein on Tuesdays – Food Coming to Onopa – Paul Cebar @ Gordon Park – Conscious Hip Hop – MARN: Dossier Project – Will Kolstad – Andre Ferrella – Riverwest’s Annual Artwalk

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Cleveland Miles: An Unorthodox Approach to Music Stardom

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by Brian Kalish

While the end goal is the same for this Riverwest-based urban rock outfit, Cleveland Miles is taking a decidedly unorthodox approach. Instead of playing shows to establish his band, Miles is making an album and banking heavily on the success of his newly-launched website and airplay on the nation’s most popular college radio stations — not to mention healthy dose of luck — to propel him into the limelight.

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In Memoriam: Death of a Corner Drugstore Captures the Last Days of Oriental Drugs

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by Jeremy Berg

For those with fond memories of the East Side’s one-time most popular eatery/pharmacy/hardware store/cultural melting pot, Brooke Maroldi’s Death of a Corner Drugstore offers delights just by showing footage of Oriental Drugs and its customers and staff. Yet while the first section of the video, entitled “What did you get at Oriental Drugs?,” paints a portrait of the staff and customers and offers the expected encomiums to milkshake quality and food prices, it also opens the door to a much more serious inquiry. As one patron asks, “What’s the marketplace economy if a place that’s always busy can’t stay afloat?”