Petaluma teen swimmer escapes from Alcatraz
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010After fog had thwarted his first attempt, Petaluma teenager Tom Franicevich managed to escape from Alcatraz in impressive fashion last month.
Band of Horses brings heartfelt sounds to Milwaukee
Friday, July 16th, 2010With the thunderous roar of a white rapids river or the silence in a far-away, frozen and snow-covered forest, Seattle's Band of Horses gallops into the unsteady and expansive terrains of Americana, folk and rock.
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Band of Horses brings heartfelt sounds to Milwaukee
Tracking the Day’s Business News, From Markets to Mergers
Friday, July 16th, 2010Professional investors and Wall Street executives have Bloomberg terminals and a small army of assistants, analysts and brokers to keep them fully updated on business news at any given moment.
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Sixteen bands to look out for at the 16th Warped Tour
Sunday, July 4th, 2010Concert preview: The beauty of the Vans Warped Tour is that if the band in front of you is lame, annoying, pretentious or has one of the monster-vocal dudes you can't stand, you can just walk away and find another one.
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Pan Am shows some promise
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010A young band from L.A. mentioned the Brewers from the stage, but it wasn't pandering. Pan Am, a band with baseball bloodlines, had a solid afternoon set Tuesday.
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Sensory Overload: Terribly Empty Pockets
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010The most momentous comeback Friday at The Summit was by Jenny Mae, the barfly singer-songwriter whose life spun out of control after her critically acclaimed 1990s heyday. Close friend Bela Koe-Krompecher has assembled a powerful memoir of her rise, demise and recovery at his blog, belakoekrompecher.wordpress.com.
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Community Events
Monday, June 14th, 2010Check out all the community events going on for this month.
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Zoso, the Led Zep tribute band, makes a rare, small-club appearance tonight at Crooked I
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010Matt Jernigan saw Jimmy Page play with the Firm and Robert Plant sing with the Honeydrippers.
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Zoso, the Led Zep tribute band, makes a rare, small-club appearance tonight at Crooked I
Locals Only: The Kyle Sowashes
Friday, May 21st, 2010Oh, what a glorious thing, to be a Sowash! When bearded, beer-gutted, indie-rock nice guy Kyle Sowash's band Tom Foolery and the Mistakes ended in 2005, he created a new project in his own image.
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