Welcome to another exciting edition of the OnMilwaukee.com / WMSE Local Music Podcast, where Brent and I try our best to insure quality programming for all you local music lovers. Lots of good things happening in Riverwest this week -- it might be your best bet.
Circle A Café owner Warwick Seay tells us that his new once-monthly BingeWeek format -- booking four days' worth of shows the last weekend of every month -- is working out well, so we're excited to tell you about Friday's gig at the Circle A. Live at Eight features Tuff Bananas with Plexi 3, who just returned to Milwaukee from tour. Then at 10 p.m. Plexi 3 takes to the turntables for a DJ set.
The Mad Planet is celebrating hump day with a big Smoking Popes show, complemented by our very own Bosio and From the Headline. Listen to Bosio's "Bullet Holes the Size of Matzah Balls" today (and check out the very Milwaukee video on myspace) and see them tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25.
Matt Hendricks' "Ghetto Blues Hotel" is a collection of 10 songs recorded in a hotel room on Milwaukee's East Side. If you're into the song we play, "If You See Me," you can see him this Friday at Bremen Café, sharing the bill with Heidi Spencer.
Headlining Saturday night at the Circle A Café are the Assh*ole Two and Masonry, a progressive instrumental trio who you can catch playing Local Live tonight (Tuesday) on WMSE at 8 p.m. The self-titled debut record is ready for the buying, and we give you a sneak peak with "Days Are Shorter Than You Think."
OnMilwaukee.com staff writer Julie Lawrence grew up in Wauwatosa and has lived her whole life in the Milwaukee area.
As any “word nerd” can attest, you never know when inspiration will strike, so from a very early age Julie has rarely been seen sans pen and little notebook. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee it seemed only natural that she major in journalism. When OnMilwaukee.com offered her an avenue to combine her writing and the city she knows and loves in late 2004, she knew it was meant to be. Around the office, she answers to a plethora of nicknames, including “Lar,” (short for “Larry,” which is short for “Lawrence”) as well as the mysteriously-sourced “Bill Murray.”
