Music - April 4, 2009
Morrissey knows the formula for fan adulation
It seemed like a bad sign that in the weeks before Morrissey's fourth solo appearance in Milwaukee, Friday night at the Eagles Ballroom, the city was awash in free tickets. Even if the room was only a half to two-thirds full, adulation was bursting out the windows and escaping like smoke from beneath the doors.
Tags: Morrissey, Years of Refusal, Courteeners, Eagles Club, Smiths

Music - Feb. 5, 2008
Shameless promotion
I won't do an interview with him and I won't review his show, but I will do a shameless plug for my friend Justin Currie who plays at Shank Hall on Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m.
Tags: Justin Currie, Del Amitri, Shank Hall, Die Kreuzen, Squares, Blowtorch, Smiths, PAC, Cafe Voltaire, WMSE, Atomic Records

Music - Sept. 26, 2007
Narrowing it down to 10 ... a futile work in progress
With apologies to Nick Hornby, I'm not much of a list-maker anymore. Sure, I was the music geek kid with a list -- and a ready-made mix tape -- for every eventuality, but now I love music more than I enjoy trying to quantify it.
Tags: rock and roll, top 10, marley, stones, beatles, dylan, smiths, sex pistols, clash, funkadelic, elvis costello, gaye, gang of four, placebo, son volt, augustus pablo