Travel & Visitors Guide - May 19, 2006
Quiet Edison Street once housed bars, brothels
If you could step back in time 100 years, you might be surprised to find that River Street -- as Edison Street was then called -- was lined with taverns, music halls, hotels and, believe it or not, brothels.
Tags: Edison Street, River Street, Water Street, downtown, bars, tavern, Kitty Williams, Zabel, Seidel, Socialist, Janssen, prostitution, brother, Miss Kitty, Gurda, red light, Mayor Rose

Music - April 14, 2005
"Interesting pop record" draws attention to Milwaukee's Decibully
When Decibully guitarist/singer William Seidel urges you to call the band's new record, "an interesting pop record," it's hard to argue. That's because "Sing Out America," the band's third full-length CD, is just that.
Tags: Decibully, Polyvinyl, Onopa, Seidel, Camden

Music - May 6, 2004
Taking Decibully by the horns
Milwaukee's Decibully has a clever name, but the music is much deeper, with an overall sound that's like a lonely marriage of Mazzy Star and Wilco. The band is currently touring in Canada.
Tags: Decibully, Camden, emo, Polyvinyl, Seidel