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The Death of the Mainstream Roar

The Death of the Mainstream Roar

I spent the morning spinning Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young’s “Ohio,” and it hit me like a brick through a plate-glass window. Where the hell did the teeth go? Back in 1970, when that track dropped, it wasn’t some focus-grouped, corporate-approved...
Early 2000s Madison Scene Retrospective: Episode 1356

Early 2000s Madison Scene Retrospective: Episode 1356

Late to the Party, but Turning Up the Volume First off, a quick apology to the late-night regulars and the first-thing-in-the-morning crowd. These episode notes should have hit the site on Monday night or Tuesday, but life had other plans. Between wrangling some...
Prince of Darkness for President

Prince of Darkness for President

Let’s just start by asking the single most urgent question facing this country right now: What the fuck is actually going on? I am asking that question to both sides of the aisle, because what I am seeing from our national leadership right now is a complete and...
The 127-Mile Refusal

The 127-Mile Refusal

If you want to know what unvarnished grit looks like in Wisconsin, look toward Fox Crossing tomorrow morning. My peer, county board supervisor, and fellow wheeler Carl Schulze—known online as “Quad Carl”—is firing up his power wheelchair on Friday, July...