Milwaukee Buzz - June 20, 2008
Counterculture remembers Ballsieper
Local public relations ace -- and former documenter of Milwaukee's late '60s and early '70s counterculture -- Mark Goff sent a note recently to let me know that long-standing Kaleidoscope magazine photographer Gary Ballsieper passed away on May 14 at age 60.
Tags: ballsieper, reitman, goff, avant garde, kaleidoscope, irish fest, summerfest, sam mccue

Milwaukee Buzz - March 1, 2005
Avant Garde inducted many into local counterculture
The Avant Garde Coffeehouse, upstairs in the French Moorish building at 2111 N. Prospect Ave. shone bright for six years, providing a home for musicians, poets and artists. After six years, it rocked a little too hard for some neighbors, who helped shutter it in '68.
Tags: Avant Garde, Reitman, beatnik, hippie, Goff, Strohmeier, counterculture, poetry, folk, Velvip Whip, Baroques, Dylan, Bob Watt, Kaleidoscope, Bugle American