Posts Tagged ‘roundup’
Greg Jennings (left) is better than a Chicago Bear (right)
Turns out that tonight there is some kind of sporting contest between our state’s football team and a team assembled and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. You probably already know this and are busy making the necessary preparations: ironing your green-and-gold pants, texting “GO PACK GO!” to all your friends, and arranging for tomorrow morning’s hangover.
If you have the desire this afternoon to read something non-football-related, here is a round-up of some local blog activity so you can have something to talk about with your friends during the many television commercial breaks that you will experience tonight.
- Best Place at Pabst Brewery will start to feature music. They should bring Milwaukee Metal Fest back here! [OnMilwaukee]
- Obama’s rally in Madison on Tuesday is turning into a concert with The National and Ben Harper. That sound you just heard was several thousand college kids squealing at once. [Express Milwaukee]
- Folks up north did some fast acting to abate rising flood waters. We wonder if the Milwaukee flood taught state officials that intervention can’t be delayed. [Uppity Wisconsin]
- The Brewers are done at Miller Park for 2010. It was a disappointing season, for sure, but it ended with some class. [The Brewers Bar]
Oh, and if you want to talk football and sound smarter than everyone else, read The Dope Sheet. That is all.
Fairgoers on high (image from the Image Cafe)
Blame it on the heat, a head cold, hangovers, or just plain ennui but we couldn’t be arsed to do much in the last week. Shame on us, naturally, but we spent much of the last several hours reading over our local internet happenings to see what the hell has been going on lately. So, that may not make up for a lack of activity but it’s a good gesture in trying to keep up with you, the ever-active reader.
For musical accompaniment as you read, we provide this track from local boysThe Fatty Acids: “Howl”. Hear more at http://thefattyacidsmusic.com/
-First, on a non-blog-based note, Hunger Task Force is still soliciting donations as a result of the flood. They have been been busy feeding a lot of people and help is still needed. You can easily donate cash for food purchases via their website. [Hunger Task Force]
-In slightly more positive flood recovery news, the Teecycle folks are grateful for the post-flood help they’re getting. [Save Teecycle]
-OnMilwaukee Molly walks by a house with dolls in the windows, blogs about it, tags the post with “witch’s house.” Instant folklore. [OnMilwaukee]
-Confession: we drooled upon seeing this ad. [As Seen in WI]
-Inaugural Cheers to Volunteers happened this weekend. Stay tuned for more opportunities. [Cheers to Volunteers]
-A quick bike ride to get custard at a gelato shop. [Over the Bars in Milwaukee]
-Mark your damn calendars: World’s Largest Fish Fry event on Aug. 25th and 26th. [Bay View Compass]
-Who doesn’t love a Top 10 list? Here are 10 people changing Milwaukee. You know it’s a bad year for baseball when no Brewers are listed. [BizTimes]
-A look back at a 19th century Waukesha-to-Milwaukee bike race. Let’s bring it back! [OnMilwaukee]
-Heading out of town for the Great Taste fest in Madison? Check out this agenda of beer fest happenings this week so you can indulge properly. [Madison Beer Review]
-If you’re headed out of town but not to drink mass amounts of beer in Madison, maybe you should swing by Old World Wisconsin as it “continues to celebrate its reopening” with a look at Central European immigrant food as it was in the 19th century. Expect loads of hearty food. [Old World Wisconsin]
Here’s a smattering of internet finds that appealed to us. And now…they shall appeal to you!
- In light of the recent discussion regarding murals in Milwaukee, Art City takes a tour of, uh, murals in Milwaukee [Art City/Journal Sentinel]
- Riverwest 24 Recap! [Over the Bars in Milwaukee]
- Two organic farms close to Milwaukee will be open for tours Aug. 15. [Journal Sentinel]
- Review of new Bay View Vietnamese restaurant, Hue. [On My Table]
- The Brewery complex will be the home of UWM’s new School of Public Health. [BizTimes]
- Now is your once-per-year chance to tell New Glarus what you want them to brew in 2011. We think the Cherry Stout is a keeper! [New Glarus Brewing Co.]
Kick back, have a smoke, and read some blogs. (Photo from Wisconsin Historical Society)
This isn’t the timeliest entry of blog round-up but rather a collection of recent finds. Consider it a list of blog posts you should check out today because tomorrow they will be old news.
- A photo-rific tribute to summer in Wisconsin. [Berrylies]
- A very simple summer garden breakfast. [Image Cafe]
- Another photo-rific post: Fox River Tubing with Faythe Levine. [I was born in 1977]
- Seizure Chicken makes it easy for you to stay on top of Modern music with their July mp3 mixtape. [Seizure Chicken]
- Riverwest 24 Bike Race is this weekend. Go watch all 24 hours of it! [Express Milwaukee]
- Brady St. Festival photo gallery. [ThirdCoast Digest]
- UrbanMilwaukee makes a case for allowing street festivals to stay open until bar close. [Urban Milwaukee]
- Singer/Songwriter Jewel wrote and sang a song about Milwaukee. Part tribute, Part pandering-to-the-locals. [Express Milwaukee]
- A brief tale of 19th Century Jackasses. [Wisconsin Historical Society]
- Miller Park Drunk wants to party with you at August 29 Brewers game. [Miller Park Drunk]
- What bike-centric inspiration can we get from looking to Europe? [Over the Bars in Milwaukee]
The Rhythm Chicken brings you the ruckus. You bring him Pabst.
A hungover Monday meant it was someone else’s responsibility to do report on the world’s happening. Here is the best they could do.
- Wisconsin treasure, the Rhythm Chicken, makes an appearance in Milwaukee over the weekend. Brief video evidence exists. [Faythe Levine]
- A gallery of photos highlighting good uses of Cream City Brick [Urban Milwaukee]
- Two-minute video visits Kopp’s to talk custard. No one gets called a smart-ass. [ThirdCoast Digest]
- “There’s a New Berlin Wall taking shape.” [The Political Environment]
- A bike trip to Bradford Beach. [Over the Bars in Milwaukee]
- Assuming he doesn’t get traded, can we expect a strong second half from Corey Hart? [The Brewers Bar]
Maybe your band’s crappy van will inspire a book, too.
Here’s what’s happening lately:
- A band’s van kicks the bucket. A loving tribute follows. [ThirdCoast Digest]
- Building a stronger Milwaukee biking community. [Over the Bars in Milwaukee]
- Mucho Milwaukee advocates DEET in all its forms. If you prefer prefer crunchier methods of mosquito repelling, here are some tips. [Express Milwaukee]
- Scott Walker claims he will save Wisconsin money by eliminating jobs. Jobs that are already vacant and not costing taxpayers a dime. [Uppity Wisconsin]
- A.V. Club takes a look at the Horny Goat Hideaway. [A.V. Club]
- Polka goodness begins at 5 p.m. today. [St. Helen's Annual Polka Festival]
Erie Street Plaza - totally not eerie. (Photo: Urban Milwaukee)
It’s warm outside but people are still pounding out content for their webpages. Here are some noteworthy selections:
- A look at Erie Street Plaza. [Urban Milwaukee]
- Travel Wisconsin wants you to go golfing in Lake Geneva. It could earn you some money, even! [Travel Wisconsin]
- Hooray! There could be less road construction in 2011! Oh wait, it’s because we’re short on money. [Daily Reporter]
- Milwaukee History Lesson: A Look at Solomon Juneau: [Express Milwaukee]
- The Wisconsin Judicial Commission won’t pursue the ethics complaint against Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. [Express Milwaukee]
- Happy Cows Drink Point? Here is photographic evidence. [Midwest Refugee]
- No telling who will even be on the Brewers in 2011, but we know we’ll get a spanky new scoreboard. [The Brewers Bar]
- And while you’re considering a trip to Miller Park, why not bring a date? [Miller Park Drunk]
- Turns out your doggie can eat local, too. Woof. [OnMilwaukee]
The Humboldt Ave. Bridge is ready for you to come on it. Photo by Nicole Braunsdorf via ThirdCoast Digest
After 19 straight days of couch-plus-beer activity, there are NO World Cup games on Wednesday. Maybe you should use that free time to catch up on some local happenings. Or just turn your brain off and veg out. Either way, here are some damn links:
Wednesday, June 23rd. A day that will live in (sports) infamy…
Face it...life was more interesting in olden times.
State St. from behind the handlebars (photo from Over the Bars in Milwaukee)
Who's a good boy? (Photo from the WI Humane Society Website)
- The Wisconsin Humane Society wants you to adopt Henry (or another sweet widdle doggie). [WI Humane Society]
- Miller Park Drunk takes the current temperature of the Brewers and realizes the inevitable. [Miller Park Drunk]
-UrbanMilwaukee continues to play UrbanAnthropologist and provides a perspective on Columbus, OH. [UrbanMilwaukee]
-The AV Club eats Thai food on Brady St., expenses the meal on The Onion. [AV Club]
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