Notes of a Defeatist

Louis C.K. and  Todd Barry have found their way into Milwaukee and someone convinced them to perform. The last time Todd Barry was set to take the stage here a few years back, a huge ass snow storm hit and made the travel a dicey proposition. This may be Louis C.K.’s first ever performance in Milwaukee, we’re [...]

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There may be no bad words, but thirty-five years ago, George Carlin’s performance at Summerfest proved that when an off-duty police officer and his nine year old son are present there are inopportune moments.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Jim Stingl spoke with Elmer Lenz, the officer who filed the complaint that led to Carlin’s arrest and [...]

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WNOV-AM (860) Milwaukee has barred talk show host Michael McGee for comments about the death of Katherine Sykes. Sykes, the mother of conservative talk show host Charlie Sykes, WTMJ 620 AM, died earlier this week in a fire at her Mequon home.

...”Mother Sykes, she dead. To me it’s the vengeance of God. I ain’t got [...]

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Milwaukee has found itself ranked number two in the nation in teen pregnancy.

For those of you at home taking part in the Watching Milwaukee’s Further Degradation Drinking Game take a few for each of the future generations this will impact.
Fear not, we can expect this:
Conservatives and Liberals and in-betweeners will trade blame.
Governemnt officals will blame [...]

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What we lack in high culture we make up for in alcohol consumption.

from the Green Bay Press Gazette:

State Senate OKs free beer samples at the store

  The Associated Press

MADISON — Beer lovers of Wisconsin, rejoice! Thanks [...]

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Jonathan Lethem stopped by Harry W. Schwartz books in Milwaukee, a couple of weeks ago to read from his new novel, You Don’t Love Me Yet.

Here’s some audio of the event.



tags technorati : Jonathan Lethem, books, reading, Milwaukee, You_Don’t_Love_Me_Yet, audio

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From the Oconomowoc Focus:

One man’s viewing pleasure was the cause of another man’s alarm just before noon Feb. 11.

Let’s just say it was not your typical Sunday morning.

According to the police report, officers were called to a residence in the 100 block of North Main Street after a man kicked in his neighbor’s door and [...]

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From Penny Arcade:



Inspired by this   hard hitting news story.

tags technorati : T.V., news, Fox, WITI-TV, Milwaukee, Catastrophe

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This just in: thin ice is thin.

After passing a sign for the boat launch and pier off Durham Drive, on Big Muskego Lake, the driver of the WDJT-TV (Channel 58—Milwaukee’s fourth rate news station) had taken the truck about 150 yards onto an ice- and snow-covered channel leading to the lake. They were hoping to [...]

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Happy Trails to T.J. Ford.

You played a season and a half for the Bucks bringing speed and athleticism to the court but little else. While in Milwauke you may have only scratched the surface of your potential, but they need a point guard who can make decisons under pressure or at least a lay up [...]

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