Milwaukee Buzz - June 20, 2008
Counterculture remembers Ballsieper
Local public relations ace -- and former documenter of Milwaukee's late '60s and early '70s counterculture -- Mark Goff sent a note recently to let me know that long-standing Kaleidoscope magazine photographer Gary Ballsieper passed away on May 14 at age 60.
Tags: ballsieper, reitman, goff, avant garde, kaleidoscope, irish fest, summerfest, sam mccue

Milwaukee Buzz - March 1, 2005
Avant Garde inducted many into local counterculture
The Avant Garde Coffeehouse, upstairs in the French Moorish building at 2111 N. Prospect Ave. shone bright for six years, providing a home for musicians, poets and artists. After six years, it rocked a little too hard for some neighbors, who helped shutter it in '68.
Tags: Avant Garde, Reitman, beatnik, hippie, Goff, Strohmeier, counterculture, poetry, folk, Velvip Whip, Baroques, Dylan, Bob Watt, Kaleidoscope, Bugle American

Milwaukee Buzz - Oct. 28, 2004
Local pubs meant well but couldn't cut it in MKE
Milwaukee publications have it rough. For many, their lifespan is a flash in the pan, and "stop the press!" is shouted early in the game. But all the same, Brew City's seen some fine (and not so fine) reading material over the past few decades.
Tags: media, failed, Shepherd, Bugle, Kaleidoscope, fanzine, 'zines

Milwaukee Buzz - Jan. 3, 2002
Milwaukee talks: Bob Reitman
In the turbulent world of radio, there are but a handful of people who've endured for decades to consistently fill our lives with music, information and conversation that gets us through our day. And ya-ya Milwaukee, one standout is Bob Reitman. We cornered him in a Riverwest eatery recently...
Tags: Milwaukee talks, Bob Reitman, WKTI, Avant Garde, Kaleidoscope, WUWM, radio