Music - Feb. 24, 2005
Sony/ATV Music takes aim at Milwaukee's Beatallica
Local musical parody group Beatallica got a shock last week when its Internet Service Provider ThePlanet.com received a cease and desist order via e-mail and fax from Sony/ATV Music demanding the removal of the bulk of the band's Web site.
Tags: Sony/ATV Music, Beatallica, Metallica, Lars Ulrich, Beatles, Tinker, reilly, spoof, parody, Rutles, Mike Portnoy

Music - Aug. 26, 2004
Beatallica upends two legendary rock bands
Take one part Beatles, one part Metallica and one part Michael Tierney and pals and you've got a good start for an oddball band. Add a healthy dose of humor and parody and you've got the fun and funny -- and quite popular -- Beatallica!
Tags: Tierney, Tinker, Reilly, Beatallica, Beatles, Metallica, Spoof

Music - April 15, 2004
Spoof Fest lets local rockers polish their favorite stars
If you think you've spotted Tesla in town, remain calm. More than likely, it's Michael "Tinker" Tierney and his pals, who salute that '80s hair metal band at the 11th annual Spoof Fest, this weekend at Vnuk's.
Tags: Spoof, Vnuk's, Tinker

Movies - March 12, 2004
Trashy "Cadavra" is a riotous spoof of b-movies
If it's meant to be trash, does that make it any less trashy? That's the question you might ask yourself at the end of "The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra" ... unless you're laughing too hard to ask yourself anything.
Tags: spoof, b-movie, Skeleton, Cadavra, sci-fi, alien, Puffinstuff