Music - Nov. 25, 2008
As Mueller crushes Crouton, he looks to the future
After 10 years local musician Jon Mueller is shutting down his avant garde, new music label Crouton Records, which has issued more than three dozen engaging musical projects, always packaged in great sleeves. The end of the label does not signal an end to Mueller's musical activity, he says.
Tags: Jon Mueller, Crouton, Physical Changes, Radium/Table of the Elements, Pele, James Plotkin, Marcus Schmickler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Dan Burke, Jim Schoenecker, David Dinnell

Movies & TV - Sept. 25, 2008
Shiny prints offer new look at Godard classics
Serious film buffs need no introduction to the great works of French director Jean-Luc Godard. Two of those works -- 1962's "Vivre sa vie" and "Contempt," from 1963 -- screen at UWM's Union Theatre, Friday-Sunday, Sept. 26-28. But since they will be shown in sparkling new 35mm prints, they're worth rediscovering even if you think you've already seen them.
Tags: Jean-Luc Godard, David Dinnell, UWM, Contempt, Vivre sa vie, Alberto Moravia, Bridget Bardot, Anna Karina, Fritz Lang, Jack Palance, Michel Piccoli, Raoul Coutard