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Entries from September 2005

Oriental Theatre is Number Nine With a Bullet

September 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Shoot the Messenger

A belated congrats for the Oriental Theatre, recognized by Entertainment Weekly as ‘One of the Best Theatres in America’ . No shock here. If you haven’t been to one Milwaukee’s greatest landmarks, let alone a damn fine place to catch a flick , go here.

Hey, the staff even feeds your parking meters while you’re in [...]

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Fireworks Farewell Set For Hunter S. Thompson

September 20th, 2005 · 2 Comments · Shoot the Messenger

The final memorial for the legendary Dr. Thompson is set for tonight . The world still seems less exciting without knowing he’s out there creating havoc.

Eric Gillin and Will Leitch of The Black Table had the priviledge of spending some time with him while they were on spring break. This was their experience.

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R.L. Burnside Died

September 3rd, 2005 · No Comments · Blues, Music, Shoot the Messenger

One of my favorite blues musicians, R.L. Burnside died Thursday.

Born in Mississippi in 1926, R.L. spent much of his young adulthood sharcropping. A guitarist, singer, and songwriter, he began playing in the 1950’s. Burnside, learned the guitar from his neighbor Fred McDowell and developed a heavily rhythmic orientated style played with a slide. Up [...]

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