Posted 5/26/2010 by cal
There's no
SPIN jinx, right? No less than four mentions of Milwaukee appear in the latest issue. There's the dubious notoriety of
Weiland's latest crash-and-burn during
STP's March show at the Rave ("...Weiland was out of it in Milwaukee, forgetting lyrics and looking confused...").
Summerfest gets a brief capsule in the festival feature story ("DON'T MISS:
Thievery Corporation's politically fiery Bollywood-dub chutney"--no argument here). Naturally, the review of the widely-acclaimed new disc from local heroes
Kings Go Forth receives eight pink dots (that's four stars to the rest of the publishing world).
But perhaps the most satisfying blurb is a shout-out to our very own Radio Milwaukee from Elijah Jones of The Constellations: "'We sent songs to everyone,' explains the singer. 'And 88.9 in Milwaukee was the first to catch on. They invited us to play a show, and the day I got there, I heard three of our songs on the radio.'" Between the Mighty 91 (still in need of ten grand in community support by the end of the month--show 'em some support at wmse.org!!) and 88Nine, we have the best radio airwaves pound for pound in the country. Believe it, people: MKE is bustin' out.
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