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Violent Femmes' Ritchie sues Gano over Wendy's flap

Published Aug. 16, 2007

Brian Ritchie is suing Gordon Gano, claiming he was deprived credit for some of the group's songs.

Femmes' Ritchie reacts to Wendy's chili commerical controversy

Published March 6, 2007

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.

Milwaukee Talks: Brian Ritchie

Published Feb. 2, 2005

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.

Elder DeLorenzo was also a respected Milwaukee musician

Published Oct. 24, 2004

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.

Group seeks to reformat WYMS with local bent

Published May 13, 2003

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.

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