Published April 26, 2013
Milwaukeean Richard Lorbach launched a Kickstarter campaign in late March to bulk-produce hand-crafted neon signs that say "Drink Wisconsinbly" along with other memorabilia and T-shirts.
Published April 16, 2013
Joshua Zimmerman isn't a full-time inventor, but that's about to change. The 30-year-old middle school science teacher has raised almost $100,000 on Kickstarter project, the "Folding USB Solar Cell." With 15 days left, the Milwaukee history buff has well surpassed his $5,000 goal to build an inexpensive, easy-to-use, practical, every-day solar USB system.
Published March 22, 2013
Known for their tin can microphone, shiny tuba, eclectic instrumentation--which ranges from a typewriter to a customized whirring vibraphone--and, most importantly, lead singer Daniel Bullock's thoughtful, incisive lyrics. The Scarring Party's songs have roots in the early days of radio jazz, but the tone is more foreboding, as if one was being stalked by guard dogs in a French walled city while on the way to a burlesque show in Hell. Equal parts exciting, unnerving, and devious.
Published March 18, 2013
Earlier this week, Warner Bros. green-lit a project by "Veronica Mars" creators to produce a movie of the three-season TV series that stared Kristin Bell. With Kickstarter, the effort amassed more than $2 million in less than 2 days.
Published March 11, 2013
Milwaukee filmmaker Frankie Latina is trying to raise money for his latest effort "Snap Shot" and he recruited "Machete" actor Danny Trejo to help. For $5,000, you can be killed by Trejo in the film.
Published Feb. 6, 2013
Three Milwaukee filmmakers and a professional clown performer are turning to the Internet to support their short film, "Coulrophobia." The film is a variation on the 1967 classic "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" ... but with clowns.
Published Jan. 15, 2013
Gustin is a high-end denim brand from the birthplace of blue jeans, San Francisco. For the past six years, its selvedge jeans sat on the shelves of boutique shops, selling for $205. Now, thanks to Kickstarter, the crowd-sourced funding tool, Gustin will sell the very same jeans, direct to customers, for its wholesale price of $81, shipped. The way it's all unraveled is impressive.
Published Nov. 13, 2012
Keith Hayes and Rob Zdanowski, founders of Beintween.org and the brains behind the ARTery, have lofty goals for their new project, Matireal, a creational trail. But now they need your help.
Published May 6, 2012
Kickstarter, a fundraising website for creative endeavors, facilitates the donation process and makes it easier for creatives. Photographer Stephanie Bartz is in the process of using Kickstarter to fund her coffee table book, "For The Love Of Dogs."
Published Jan. 2, 2012
After years of playing with local bands, Milwaukee musician Roman Edirisinghe has decided to record a solo disc - as Roman Rising - based on the music he's absorbed during his unusual life's journey. To make it a reality, Edirisinghe has launched a Kickstarter campaign.
Published Dec. 20, 2011
To celebrate reaching its $30,000 Kickstarter goal to "Keep Live Music on WMSE," WMSE 91.7 FM has announced an exclusive "Cover Milwaukee" concert March 30, 2012 in MSOE's Todd Wehr Auditorium.
Published Dec. 7, 2011
If you read this blog regularly, or any of the music columns in other major Milwaukee media, you probably know about WMSE's Kickstarter fundraiser that was set up to replace the very outdated equipment that makes their Local/Live program a possibility. As it stands right now there are two more weeks for them to find the final third - or $10,000 - they need to be able to get the dollars pledged to them by loyal lovers of WMSE.
Published Oct. 27, 2011
Our good friends at WMSE need your help to update the equipment that they use for their fantastic Local/Live series, which has seen many Milwaukee bands/musicians create unique performances of their music.
Published Oct. 27, 2011
What happens when a community rallies in support of a common cause? Ask Jessica Kelter-Weisnicht, a 30-something vegan baker and owner of Compassionate Cake in Milwaukee. Her new business is the focus of a Kickstarter crowdsourcing campaign which will assist in establishing a commercial kitchen for her at the non-profit East Side coffee shop Brewing Grounds for Change.
Published July 29, 2011
Milwaukee Surgeons In Heat has launched a Kickstarter campaign to release its great debut EP on 10" vinyl. On it's Facebook page for the project, the band says it needs 100 pre-orders to make the disc a reality.
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