Music - Aug. 16, 2007
Violent Femmes' Ritchie sues Gano over Wendy's flap
Brian Ritchie is suing Gordon Gano, claiming he was deprived credit for some of the group's songs.
Tags: violent femmes, ritchie, gano, wendy's, lawsuit, delorenzo

Music - March 6, 2007
Femmes' Ritchie reacts to Wendy's chili commerical controversy
A few weeks ago, I blogged about my reaction to hearing the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun" featured in a Wendy's chili commercial. Apparently, I'm not the only one who found the placement puzzling.
Tags: violent femmes, ritchie, gano, delorenzo

Music - Feb. 2, 2005
Milwaukee Talks: Brian Ritchie
Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie is a Milwaukeean whose music is internationally known, but he still can fly under the radar in his hometown. Friday, he plays a show for tsunami victims. We caught up with him in this latest Milwaukee Talks.
Tags: ritchie, femmes, gano, snopek, vartanian, delorenzo, violent femmes

Music - Oct. 24, 2004
Elder DeLorenzo was also a respected Milwaukee musician
Most young Milwaukeeans know about Victor DeLorenzo, but the Racine-born Violent Femmes drummer was not the first major DeLorenzo in the Milwaukee music scene. Rocco DeLorenzo was, for many years, perhaps Milwaukee's most respected musician.
Tags: DeLorenzo, DeBona, Ferrullo, Femmes, Caruso, Mascagni

Milwaukee Buzz - May 13, 2003
Group seeks to reformat WYMS with local bent
Currently, WYMS streams national feeds from JazzWorks, a company that provides packaged mainstream jazz for radio. One group is now emerging with a vision for the station to program a mix of alternative, jazz and other under-represented forms of music, particularly focusing on the local music scene.
Tags: WYMS, Buffett, YPM, DeLorenzo