Music - Aug. 23, 2007
Milwaukee Talks: Sigmund Snopek, 2007
Sigmund Snopek's "Baseball" CD has become very personal for the Milwaukee musician and composer. In some ways, he's been working on it for 30 years.
Tags: snopek, violent femmes, gano, ritchie, baseball, piano, robin yount, classical music, prog rock, opryland

Music - Aug. 16, 2007
Violent Femmes' Ritchie sues Gano over Wendy's flap
Brian Ritchie is suing Gordon Gano, claiming he was deprived credit for some of the group's songs.
Tags: violent femmes, ritchie, gano, wendy's, lawsuit, delorenzo

Music - March 6, 2007
Femmes' Ritchie reacts to Wendy's chili commerical controversy
A few weeks ago, I blogged about my reaction to hearing the Violent Femmes' "Blister in the Sun" featured in a Wendy's chili commercial. Apparently, I'm not the only one who found the placement puzzling.
Tags: violent femmes, ritchie, gano, delorenzo

Music - Feb. 2, 2005
Milwaukee Talks: Brian Ritchie
Violent Femmes' Brian Ritchie is a Milwaukeean whose music is internationally known, but he still can fly under the radar in his hometown. Friday, he plays a show for tsunami victims. We caught up with him in this latest Milwaukee Talks.
Tags: ritchie, femmes, gano, snopek, vartanian, delorenzo, violent femmes

Music - June 17, 2004
Kruth chooses Bosnian gypsies over Big Gig
For the first time since 1986, ex-Milwaukeean John Kruth won't roll into the Big Gig. Instead, he'll play a Neil Young tribute in Brooklyn and later in Croatia with a "wild band of Bosnian gypsy guitarists."
Tags: Kruth, Gano, Femmes