Holiday Guide - Dec. 4, 2009
A gift a day: The Beatles Box of Vision
"Beatlemania Now" hit Milwaukee in mid-October, but Beatles fever was already in full swing around the Western world thanks to the arrival of the remastered versions of the Fab Four's original U.K. long-players. Those discs will likely be at the top of many holiday wish lists and savvy Beatles fans will put the stunning The Beatles Box of Vision on their lists, too.
Tags: Beatles, Box of Vision

Music - Oct. 14, 2009
"Beatlemania Now" has special meaning to some
As a kid I was a huge Beatles fan. So, in summer 1977, my mom loaded me and my brother onto the D train and took us to see "Beatlemania" on stage at Broadway's legendary Winter Garden Theater. But there's another Milwaukee with much stronger ties to the show. A related show, "Beatlemania Now" comes to Milwaukee this week.
Tags: Beatlemania Now, Marcus Center, Reed Kailing, Winter Garden Theater, Beatles

Music - July 29, 2009
Roll up for Beatallica's "Masterful Mystery Tour"
Beatallica is one of Milwaukee's longest-running musical gags. But the thing is, if you've seen the band or heard one of its three CDs, you know that the concept - that of marrying the music and style of the Beatles with the music and style of Metallica - is a winner and that it takes a lot of skill, humor and cojones to make it work.
Tags: Beatallica, Masterful Mystery Tour, Jaymz Lennfield, Beatles, Metallica

Music - Feb. 9, 2009
Video of the Day: The show that started everything
It was on this day -- Feb. 9 -- in 1964, that the Beatles made their first appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." Rock and roll and pop culture were never the same. Take a look:
Tags: beatles, ed sullivan

Music - Aug. 11, 2008
Fab '60s Ricochettes bounce back onto local scene
The Ricochettes, a Beatles-inspired pop group that performed in area clubs and recorded a few singles in the mid-1960s, has reformed after a 40-year hiatus and plays at Serb Hall on Friday, Aug. 22.
Tags: Ricochettes, Serb Hall, Beatles, Rolling Stones, WOKY, Ar Kriegel, Herb Hohnke, Jerry Wollenzien, Jon Galobich, Humpty Neuhofer, Jim Milewski, Mike Milewski