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by Jeremy Berg
“You gotta make people feel the music,” agrees a selector in a video interview, stressing the need for a selector to have “talent and confidence.” He then jokes about putting a lot of ordinary DJs out of business after coming back from Jamaica, but the joke probably has some truth to it. The audience at Thai Joe’s is not allowed to remain standing. This is dancehall music, and you’re going to dance.
by Jeremy Berg
The Institute for Thought will also host a lecture at UWM’s architecture and urban planning department this fall, and Griswold has worked with the sheriff’s department, fire department, and mayor to make it safe and legal to practice spinning poi (two kevlar balls at the end of chains dipped in flammable liquid and spun around, unsurprisingly popular at a festival that climaxes with the burning of a 40-foot statue of a man).
8/6 – Little Jimmy & The Blackbirds; 8/20 – The Woodticks
Announcing ROCKERBOX, the first annual motorcycle street fest for Vintage and Modern, Euro/Japanese motorcycles; aiding The Wegman Benefit Fund.
by Vince Bushell
Whether you call it poetry, spoken word or performance art, this is a well-done CD. Taken in a piece at a time or listened to all at a sitting, it works. Eliet’s voice is pleasing to the ear and matches perfectly with the soundscaping provided by a litany of Riverwesters and friends. Paul Setser, Paul (the fly) Lawson, Richard Pinney, The Aimless Blades, and Mariah Myerson all provide music for the poems. Tequila Dreams adds a restaurant background soundtrack to a number of readers you might recognize, including Frank Chandek, Paul Cotter, Rhonda Greenhaw Wood, Rustle of Luv, Voot Warnings, and more.
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