Category Archives: Music

Concert Auction: They Might Be Giants

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Kevin A. Barnes

Alternative rock pioneers They Might Be Giants are performing at Milwaukee’s Pabst Theater this Friday (October 28), and you could be there! I am auctioning off one ticket for the concert, with all proceeds to benefit CCFA’s Team Challenge and their effort … Read the rest of this entry →

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Marian Call 49>50 Tour

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Kevin A. Barnes

Note: Although this review is for Marian Call’s house concert in Wisconsin on May 27, 2010, her 49>50 Tour continues through January 2011. Singer-songwriter Marian Call1 has been performing throughout the U.S. and Canada since April with her 49>50 Tour.2 On … Read the rest of this entry →

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Is Dylan god (at least in the Battlestar Galactica universe)?

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

In the late ‘70s while I was in high school, it wasn’t that unusual to see “Clapton is God” scrawled on a wall. Less frequently seen1 was the message “Dylan is God.” As my musical horizons expanded after high school, … Read the rest of this entry →

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Two new blogs of note

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

During the past week, a couple of promising new blogs were launched by some prominent Milwaukeans. Meg McKenna, co-founder of the successful MilwaukeeMoms.com, has started City on the Lake. McKenna has been a resident of both Chicagoland (she grew up … Read the rest of this entry →

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Krishna Beach, Surf’s Up, Let’s Go!

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Kevin A. Barnes

The Krishmatics are online! (Or at least someone has started a MySpace band page for them.) Who are the Krishmatics? The Krishmatics were one of the best fake Krishna bands to come out of Milwaukee in the early 1980s. Known … Read the rest of this entry →

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