Music - Dec. 22, 2004
Milwaukee Pop Undrgrnd texts local music fans
If you're an info junkie, a local music fan and a cell phone owner, then veteran Milwaukee musician Joe Kirschling has got just the thing for you: MKE Pop Undrgrnd, a text messaging service to keep you up on what's going on in town.
Tags: MKE Pop Undrgrnd, text, cell phone, Kirschling, Menlo, Sparkler, New Blind Nationals, Nice Outfit, Trolley, Heathrow, No Kiss for New Year's, Gregory Borden

Music - Oct. 15, 2004
Curtain comes down on New Blind Nationals
After releasing the stunning first full-length album "Bury the Pattern," the noise-pop quintet and Sparkler Records recording artists The New Blind Nationals have called it quits.
Tags: New Blind Nationals, Kirschling, Altadonna, Marchant, Sparkler

Music - July 8, 2003
New Blind Nationals: When bad things happen to good bands
Don your flak jacket and prepare to meet the villains of the Milwaukee music scene. They are the New Blind Nationals, a rock and roll quintet whose origins are based in chaos.
Tags: Menlo, Kirschling, Nationals, Sparkler, Koala, Strangest, Capital

Music - Jan. 14, 2003
New label sparks action among local bands
Milwaukee can never have too many people working hard to broaden the audience for homegrown music. So, when two members of Menlo decided to start a co-op record label, Sparkler Records, there was no shortage of bands hoping to get on board. We talked to one of the co-founders about Sparkler's birth and development.
Tags: Sparkler, Menlo, Kirschling, Strangest, Borden