More Madison musicians find their way in the Big Apple Jessica Steinhoff on Friday 10/10/2008 1:00 pm, (2) Recommendations The challenges and opportunities faced by musicians gravitating to the promise of New York City and their experiences upon arriving in the metropolis is a universal but constantly renewing story. Here are five more Madisonians who have made their way east over the last few years, and now find themselves navigating this musical maelstrom through the varied tunes and scenes populating the city. >More
Wilmington on DVD: Not enough Michael Moore Slacker Uprising, The Visitor, Sleeping Beauty, and Jean-Pierre Melville Mike Wilmington on Friday 10/10/2008 11:00 am Premiering on DVD and screens as a conscious political gesture -- to try and influence the upcoming Obama vs. McCain election -- Slacker Uprising is probably director/comedian/agitator Michael Moore's weakest movie in recent years, mostly because it's mostly a straight-out concert doc. The event is fascinating -- his 62-city tour calculated to bring out the youth vote, attracting its audience with guest stars as well as free Ramen noodles and new underwear. >More
Blaska's Blog: How low can it go? David Blaska on Friday 10/10/2008 9:37 am, (1) Recommendation My mortgage holder has melted away like the Wicked Witch of the West. WaMu is … what? Melted. The telephone at the mortgage lender that wrote my WaMu mortgage is disconnected. My rollover IRA retirement fund is also melting. WHEDA can’t make loans. The Overture Center is selling its stock. And, somehow, it’s John McCain’s fault! >More
Madison defeats Minnesota in round one of Derby in Dairyland on Friday 10/10/2008 9:31 am Derby in Dairyland opened on Friday morning at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum with a big win for the hometown favorites as the Dairyland Dolls defeated the Minnesota Roller Girls by a score of 143-67. >More
The Week[end]: October 10-12, 2008 on Friday 10/10/2008 6:00 am Thankfully there's plenty going down this weekend for a brief respite from economic woes. The fun includes: Derby in Dairyland, a new Madtown Throwdown, and an anniversary party for the Madison Music Foundry; productions of Brighton Beach Memoirs and Looking Glass Land; and a bull market of music by Con Vivo, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Locksley, The Type, Children of the Sun, Broken Social Scene, The Magnetic Fields, Maylene & the Sons of Disaster, Stephen Feldman, and Tommy Emmanuel. >More
Keeping track of the Derby in Dairyland tournament with DNN Follow live coverage of the Dairyland Dolls all weekend Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/09/2008 11:16 pm, (9) Recommendations When the Derby in Dairyland women's flat track roller derby Eastern Regional tournament is held in Madison this weekend, every bout on the floor of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum will certainly be well-documented by dedicated supporters of sport. Beginning with the opening showdown between the Mad Rollin' Dolls and the Minnesota Roller Girls first thing Friday morning, the team behind the online clearinghouse Derby News Network will closely covering the competition. Like the action on the track, this is a DIY affair, one that's growing along with derby. >More
Madison gets the Schlitz Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/09/2008 3:00 pm, (1) Comment, (9) Recommendations Thirsty quaffers gathered at The Old Fashioned on Thursday afternoon to get a taste of the new classic version of Schlitz beer. Already released in Chicago and Milwaukee over the spring and summer, anticipation for the brew has been building around town over the last couple months as brand owner and master of retro beer marketing Pabst Brewing has launched a forceful promotional campaign. Now the taps are open. >More
MadTracks -- 'Star Explorer' by The Type Jessica Steinhoff on Thursday 10/09/2008 12:00 pm, (8) Recommendations The members of The Type haven't just listened to a lot of albums by Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney and X-Ray Spex, they've studied them. Sludgy, distorted guitar riffs, rebel yells and third-wave feminist overtones are all part of their repertoire -- and they work even though the riot grrl movement is more than 15 years old. >More
Madison Snaps -- October 9, 2008 Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/09/2008 11:00 am, (1) Recommendation Today's image is titled "Weston Place: Towering In Lonely Splendor Over a Now Vacant Lot" and was photographed by Peter Patau. >More
Blaska's Blog: Case for the prosecution David Blaska on Thursday 10/09/2008 8:36 am, (2) Comments Dane County District Attorney Brian Blanchard Tuesday weighed in on The Kathleen’s usurpation of the judicial system’s proper function. You may recall that Falk is holding the budget gun to the judges’ heads. >More
Derby in Dairyland puts Madison skaters and supporters to work Melissa Faliveno on Wednesday 10/08/2008 2:00 pm, (111) Recommendations If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes an entire city to plan a major sports tournament. No one knows this more than the Mad Rollin' Dolls. The Women's Flat Track Derby Association annual Eastern Regional Tournament -- this year aptly named Derby in Dairyland -- will bring 240 skaters from the best leagues east of the Mississippi along with hundreds of staff and volunteers, and throngs of loyal fans to Madison. And making it happen is no roll in the park. >More
MadTracks -- 'All Over Again' by Locksley Bob Koch on Wednesday 10/08/2008 12:00 pm, (9) Recommendations This has been a busy year so far for the Madison West grads who make up Locksley. First the Brooklyn-based band announced a lineup change, with Jordan Laz replacing Aaron Collins in March. Since then the group has coordinated a national re-release of their 2007 album Don't Make Me Wait, was selected as a MTV Artist of the Week, and is now just getting underway with its first headlining tour, branded as part of the network's Choose or Lose political awareness campaign. >More
Wiggin' out over the McCain/Obama presidential debate Bill Lueders on Tuesday 10/07/2008 11:26 pm, (1) Comment, (15) Recommendations I thought it would be fun to watch Tuesday night's second debate between Barack Obama and John McCain at Mickey's or the Harmony or the Laurel Tavern. It probably would have been. But instead, I put on a clean pair of jeans and a flannel shirt and headed for Wiggie's, on Madison's north side, owned by conservative County Board Supv. Dave Wiganowsky. Here was a place, I reasoned, where one might catch a glimpse of that rarest of local birds: the Red, White and Blue American Republican. >More
Blaska's Blog: Another taxpayer bailout David Blaska on Tuesday 10/07/2008 11:08 pm, (7) Comments, (1) Recommendation Kathleen Falk is now dictating how our elected judiciary is supposed to sentence the criminals who come before them. The Kathleen has directed that the judges must meet a quota of sentencing lawbreakers to community service. This woman will do anything to return lawbreakers back into our neighborhoods! >More
The Zombeatles and undead fans infest Frequency to shoot mockumentary Zac Shipley on Tuesday 10/07/2008 3:00 pm, (27) Recommendations One crisp October afternoon, a small music venue in downtown Madison was transformed into a nightclub of the living dead, when Doug Gordon and a small team of assistants shot scenes for All You Need Is Brains, a terrifying glimpse into the zombie apocalypse. The reanimated masses clawing for the stage at The Frequency didn't just have a hunger for decaying flesh, though, they also wanted a piece of the band performing atop it: The Zombeatles! >More
Good tastes from Taste of Asia in east Madison Away from the buffet, the Hmong dishes are worth a special order Linda Falkenstein on Tuesday 10/07/2008 1:00 pm, (12) Recommendations A short detour to the East Madison Shopping Center on East Washington Avenue brought me to Taste of Asia, a pan-Asian restaurant without any fusion pretensions. It serves a creditable lunch and dinner buffet as well as a menu that draws from Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, Lao and Hmong cuisine. Since the owner/chefs, Peng Her and Mai Zong Vue, are Hmong, I steered toward the entrees marked as such on the menu. >More
Mad Tracks -- 'Lazy' by National Beekeepers Society Jessica Steinhoff on Tuesday 10/07/2008 12:00 pm, (50) Recommendations The term "indie" is tossed around so liberally these days that it's hard to know where it came from or what -- if anything -- it means. Old-school punk zines? Tegan and Sara? Urban Outfitters? Thankfully, the members of local four-piece National Beekeepers Society seem to have an idea of what where the indie aesthetic originates and what DIY looks like in an age of rampant corporate branding. >More
Win tickets to Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers at the Majestic on Tuesday 10/07/2008 11:00 am The Isthmus Guest List is back with another round of free tickets to amazing concerts, shows and more fun events around Madison. This week's contests include tickets to: the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Lura at the Wisconsin Union Theatre; Locksley, The Kooks, and Nick Lowe at the Barrymore; Sonya Kitchell and Pinback at the High Noon; Tommy Emmanuel, Cross Canadian Ragweed, George Winston, and Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers at the Majestic; Pine, Lucas Cates Band, Pat McCurdy, and Tattoo You at the Club Tavern; and more. >More
Ellen Foley out at Wisconsin State Journal Editor submits her resignation, amid signs of turmoil Jason Shepard on Monday 10/06/2008 4:50 pm, (3) Recommendations Ellen Foley, hired as editor of the Wisconsin State Journal in April 2004 to "sharpen the edges" of the state's second largest newspaper, resigned today, effective Friday. Foley's resignation is the latest sign of tumult at Capital Newspapers Inc., which owns and publishes the State Journal and The Capital Times. The State Journal is also one of the flagship newspapers of Lee Enterprises, a newspaper company whose stock has plummeted in recent months. >More
On the Agenda: Dane County budget, parking fines, and a school referendum Vikki Kratz on Monday 10/06/2008 2:23 pm The various Dane County committees begin reviewing County Executive Kathleen Falk's $450 million budget for 2009. Most of the wheeling and dealing on the budget occurs in committee, not before the full County Board, so this is where the action is. Health and Human Needs oversees half the budget. >More
Derby in Dairyland rolls art and music into flat track festival Kristian Knutsen on Monday 10/06/2008 1:48 pm, (62) Recommendations Roller derby skaters and fans across the eastern half of the country are polishing their best moves and cheers for Derby in Dairyland this weekend in Madison. The Women's Flat Track Derby Association 2008 Eastern Regionals Tournament will bring together 12 teams, including the local faves Dairyland Dolls, in a three day frenzy of competition at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center for a shot at the nationals in November. The fun will extend well beyond the rink, though. >More
Mayor Dave's weekly whereabouts: Tow the scofflaws! Jason Joyce on Monday 10/06/2008 1:26 pm, (2) Recommendations Tuesday night, Mayor Dave Cieslewicz meets with the Common Council which, among other issues, will attempt to tackle the problem of keeping Madison's streets clear of snow during winter months. >More
The Week: October 6-9, 2008 on Monday 10/06/2008 10:00 am Live music is commandeering this first full week of October, with shows by Todd Rundgren, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk, The CunninLynguists, Southern Culture on the Skids, Matt Wertz, Red Elvises, Ricky Skaggs & Bruce Hornsby with Kentucky Thunder, The Kooks, along with a release party for Sleeping in the Aviary. Oh, and David Sedaris is swooping into town too for an appearance at the Overture Center. >More
Vinyl Cave -- The Best of... by Joe Tex Bob Koch on Saturday 10/04/2008 12:00 pm, (3) Recommendations After almost a decade of recording, Joe Tex finally hit the big time at the end of 1964, when "Hold What You Got" became a huge hit on both the R&B and pop charts. That song provided a template that Tex returned to numerous times over the rest of his career, but it wasn't the first time he'd mixed his blend of deep soul balladry and gospel preaching. >More
Wisconsin Book Festival 2008: Dave Zirin speaks David Medaris on Friday 10/03/2008 3:00 pm, (3) Recommendations Perhaps best known for his Edge of Sports column and radio show, Dave Zirin is the award-winning antithesis of the mainstream sportswriter. His new volume, A People's History of Sports in the United States, was published last month as part of historian Howard Zinn's People's History series for New Press. In 320 pages, Zirin places sports in the socio-political and cultural contexts where they belong, tracing the most courageous and ignominious sports episodes in U.S. history. >More
For WCO musicians, the show goes on amidst strike Kenneth Burns on Friday 10/03/2008 1:49 pm, (2) Recommendations Musicians of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra went on strike late Wednesday afternoon, and this evening's WCO concert is cancelled. But on Friday night the musicians will present a free performance of one of the scuttled selections, Beethoven's "Symphony No. 2 in D Major." The concert is scheduled for 9 p.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church, 312 Wisconsin Ave. >More
Wilmington on DVD: Farewell, Paul Newman Iron Man, An American in Paris, The Last Laugh, and Lawrence Jordan Mike Wilmington on Friday 10/03/2008 12:00 pm, (2) Recommendations Paul Newman was the Great Good Guy of American movies. He was a film-star prince of middle America, a heartbreaker with a brain, an athlete with a soul. He became a movie star in the mid-'50s, by the time he was 30, and at first he seemed most famous for his good looks -- for that Grecian profile, that middleweight's body and those legendary blue eyes, as well as the flip, sardonic wisecracks that could issue somewhat surprisingly from his chiseled lips. >More
The Week[end]: October 3-5, 2008 on Friday 10/03/2008 9:00 am, (2) Recommendations Art takes the lead this weekend at Gallery Night and Madison Area Open Art Studios, along with the Mami Wata Regatta at the Chazen and Memorial Union Terrace. Don't forget live music, too, with release parties by Pale Young Gentlemen and The Arge, not to mention a strong slate of shows by Ray LaMontagne, Sunset Rubdown, Eoto, Altered Five, Mathematicians, Ani DiFranco, and The Cardinals featuring Ryan Adams. Performances of Walk with a Vampire and by the Kanopy Dance Company are likewise keeping stages hopping. Finally, find some simple Gemütlichkeit with Oktoberfest at the Essen Haus. >More
Madison Fall Gallery Night 2008 ignites weekend of up-close art Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/02/2008 10:23 pm, (7) Recommendations Twice every year, galleries, gift shops, studios, museums and more from Monroe Street to Atwood Avenue open their doors for Gallery Night, the combined showcase and soirée for visual arts put on by Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Scores of participants have made for an overwhelming array of options at the semiannual celebration, and this autumn is no different. >More
Rock Band 2 retains title as the Golden God of music games Zac Shipley on Thursday 10/02/2008 3:30 pm, (113) Recommendations Music and video games have been naturally complimentary since the latter became complex enough to emit more than a single beep. Rhythm games have allowed players to experience music by tapping out beats on controllers, using dance pads, or even shaking maracas. But there has been no game as successful at simulating the truly American art form of rock 'n' roll as Rock Band. >More
Zombies set their sights on Madison for yet another Halloween Annual lurch down State Street to follow video shoot for The Zombeatles Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/02/2008 2:00 pm, (1) Comment, (16) Recommendations Now that the ghouls of public disorder at the Halloween revelry on State Street look to be departing thanks to the tuneful sounds of pop-punk and college-jam bands at Freakfest, a new menace is rising in Madison to disturb the scary season. These would be zombies, of course. At least two infestations are projected for October, the first for a music video shoot by The Zombeatles at The Frequency on Sunday, and the second being the annual lurch from the Capitol to Memorial Union at the end of the month. >More
Revenge of the Son of the Bride of the Giant Pumpkin Regatta on Lake Mendota Fourth annual event promises high hilarity at Memorial Union Terrace David Medaris on Thursday 10/02/2008 12:00 pm, (8) Recommendations In a city renowned for its Halloween celebrations, the UW-Madison's annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta has emerged as one of the most inspired hoots of the season -- albeit one that is not without its haunted hazards. Now marking its fourth year, this contest of the gourds is scheduled to hit Lake Mendota off the Memorial Union Terrace this Saturday, October 4. >More
Ohio State favored by 2.5 over Wisconsin this Saturday betfirms.com
Seven men arrested Thursday for soliciting prostitution in Allied Drive neighborhood MPD
Seeking a suspect in Monday morning sex offense on E. Gorham Street MPD
Madison man arrested for 4th Degree Sexual Assault on Langdon Street. MPD
"Madison is a town where everyone you meet is your friend as long as you know those nine magic words: How ya think the Badgers will do this year?" 'Talechaser'
UCrime.com uses Google Maps to show crimes that occur near the UW-Madison campus Daily Cardinal
Madison Area Bus Advocates oppose hiking fares for Madison Metro. Brenda Konkel
Audio ads would be a "fresh new hell for busriders" Brenda Konkel
"Maza's modern twist appeals to enough folks that we can see them sticking it out for some time." Eating in Madison A to Z
"The denial of fundamental services to the homeless continues to be a sad, predictable trend in this supposedly progressive city." Samir Jaber at the Badger Herald
"If there was ever demonstrable proof of the infantile nature of the extreme right wing of the Republican Party this was it." Paul Soglin
Obama to campaign in La Crosse area Wednesday WisPolitics
The proposed 2009 Capital Budget for the City of Madison is $7.3 million under the original borrowing target Dave Cieslewicz
Wisconsin football coach Bret Bielema addresses the media on the Akron win, the upcoming game against Marshall, and injuries UW Ath. Dept.
"Swilling whiskey and spinning tales of Satan and deserted towns, Murder By Death chilled bones and warmed hearts at The Annex" Stacey Lansing
View photos of Atlatl, Juniper Tar, and Icarus Himself playing last Friday at the High Noon Saloon "Cheese"
View photos of Beaten By Them and El Valiente playing last week at the High Noon Saloon "Cheese"
Watch The Whigs play "Right Hand on My Heart" in a late July show at the Annex Aaron Veenstra
Multiple cars damaged in Monday evening BB gun shootings on southwest side MPD
Peak Ridge Capital Group has made Wisconsin investments in Frozen Codebase and Broadjam Wis. Tech. Net.
Karl Rove "apologizes for 'getting weepy' in front of Wisconsin delegation" at the RNC in St. Paul WisPolitics
Wisconsin football moves up to 11th in AP and coaches poll following season opener win over Akron UW Ath. Dept.
Taking a burger road trip to Wedl's Hamburger Stand in Jefferson "Wauna-burger"
Seeking two suspects in early Tuesday morning armed robbery of Falbo Brothers Pizza on South Park MPD
Seeking multiple suspects in weapons violation outside a Schenk's Corners bank early Monday morning MPD
Seeking two suspects in early Sunday morning armed robbery in apartment parking lot near East Towne MPD
One arrested and two at-large after Saturday burglary in Bassett neighborhood MPD
Seeking two suspects in an early Tuesday morning shooting during an armed robbery outside an Eken Park tavern MPD
Wisconsin volleyball moves up three spots to 10th in the first regular season coaches poll UW Ath. Dept.
"I went to see Walls of Jericho because I've known Dustin Schoenhofer for five years" Lindsay Christian @ TCT
The host city organizer for National Poetry Slam 2008 responds to allegations made by national parent group about cancellation of 2009 competition in Madison Emily Mills @ Dane101
"There are so many points I want to make in response to State Representative Steve Nass' column in the Badger Herald that I almost don't know where to begin" Patrick McEwen
"Many of the Wisconsin delegates spent Monday night at a fundraiser for Hurricane Gustav victims held at The Shout House" during the RNC Christian Schneider @ WisPolitics
"Extra points for ethnic food, Wisconsin specialities or anything that we were pretty sure we couldn't get anywhere else" at the Taste of Madison Anne Kapler @ Cedar Rapids Gazette
The Wisconsin Badgers football program is "more than a sport" Alex Tallitsch
UW geologist Anders Carlson "reports that sea level rise from greenhouse-induced warming of the Greenland ice sheet could be double or triple current estimates over the next century" UW Comm.
Last month was tied for the 17th driest August on record in Madison NWS
A look ahead to this week's committee meetings and other business for the City of Madison Brenda Konkel
"In what has become an annual event, I attended Taste of Madison this weekend, though I went both days this year" "spudsterz"
"The Taste of Madison is a great excuse to indulge yourself until you pass out from one thing or another" "Jeanna"
"One of my favorite events during summer in Madison is The Taste of Madison" "Princess Mikkimoto"
"Yesterday at Taste of Madison we hung out with the Rock and Pop Masters again-- Jimi Jamison from Survivor, Joe Bouchard from Blue Oyster Cult, and Pat Travers" "jabartlett"
Watch The Whigs play "God's Biographer" in a late July show at the Annex Aaron Veenstra
An interview with MadStage.com creator Eric Houghton about theater around Madison Christian Neuhaus
Madison has "a really different, Norwegian-Swede, progressive, socialism vibe going on that's pretty different from Austin's wild west, libertarianism" "Lee"
Zach Brandon "had his business pay a nearly $2,500 penalty last week, a year after he was personally assessed the fine for failing to pay worker's compensation insurance" Patrick Marley @ MJS
Madison "wakes to banners in solidarity with RNC blockades" TC IMC
"On a muggy Friday in August, while standing on a folding chair, I was entertained by Cycropia Aerial Dance" Luke Witkowski
"Find out why Lea Culver believes a job in food service is terrific training for life" Storybridge.tv
Hot summer hibachi in downtown Madison Grilled street food gets a snazzy new name Linda Falkenstein on Wednesday 07/16/2008 2:02 pm, (30) Recommendations All of a sudden, it's hibachi. There's the new food cart called Hibachi Hut on the UW Library Mall. And the old standby food cart Wei's Food to Go on the Capitol Square -- formerly Viet Foods to Go -- has once again changed its name to Hibachi Grill and adjusted its menu accordingly. Why the sudden interest? Is it that Americans' food imaginations turn to grilled meats from June-August? >MoreFringe Foods: The Madison Mallards version of the Luther Burger Go whole doughnut with the Glazer Bacon Cheeseburger at the Duck Pond Kyle Nabilcy on Tuesday 07/15/2008 1:27 pm, (4) Comments, (63) Recommendations Men of prodigious appetites often become known for their favorite foodstuffs. Elvis Presley had his fried peanut butter and banana sandwiches. John Madden enjoys a good turducken when the season is right. "Joliet" Jake Blues famously ordered "four fried chickens and a Coke." And now, Luther Vandross has, as part of his legacy, the Luther Burger. >More
MadTracks -- 'Spaceships' by Patchwork Tom Laskin on Wednesday 07/16/2008 7:22 pm, (36) Recommendations Sometimes Patchwork leader Jeremiah Nelson sounds so much like Madison expat Carl Johns it's unnerving. His high, reedy voice bleeds sweetness, and you wonder whether it might wear out its welcome on more urgent material. However, it's the ideal instrument for "Spaceships," a bittersweet slice of back-porch folk-rock that also plays footsie with '60s psychedelia in a dreamy coda. >MoreCollecting MadVideos -- A trailer for Drown Out the Daylights DVD from Crustacean Records Kristian Knutsen on Tuesday 07/15/2008 4:12 pm, (32) Recommendations Last summer on the final day of August, the Madison-based rock label Crustacean Records hosted a showcase at the High Noon Saloon featuring performances by the bands Screamin' Cyn Cyn & the Pons, Ouija Radio, The Gusto, Droids Attack and Things Fall Apart. Several months later in the middle of last December, the label presented John Kruth & the Destructone Orchestra, Drunk Drivers, Awesome Snakes, The Skintones and Mad Trucker Gone Mad for another special show at the east side venue. All ten bands' performances at both concerts were shot live for a new DVD being released by the label. >More
On the Agenda: Mayor Dave orders hefty budget cuts for Madison in 2009 Vikki Kratz on Monday 07/14/2008 1:19 pm, (20) Recommendations The CSC discusses Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's operating budget guidelines for 2009 on Wednesday. Based on the memo Cieslewicz sent out, it's going to be another tough year. The mayor is asking departments to trim their budgets by at least 5%. If the city were to simply keep operations as is, he notes, it would require an "unacceptably high increase" of 10% in taxes on the average home. >MoreMayor Dave's weekly whereabouts: See ya, George Jason Joyce on Monday 07/14/2008 11:39 am, (23) Recommendations Mayor Dave's weekly whereabouts would not be possible were it not for an email that arrives each Friday afternoon, courtesy of mayoral spokesman George Twigg. As has been widely chronicled, Twigg leaves his job, and Madison, this week. He'll be missed. >More
Tegenkamp runs fastest 1500 meters ever on Wisconsin soil Olympian defeats Riley, Solinsky before 1,000 fans at McClimon Track Jason Joyce on Tuesday 07/15/2008 11:22 pm, (40) Recommendations Matt Tegenkamp, the former UW-Madison distance runner who has qualified to compete in the 5,000 meters at the Olympics next month, ran the fastest 1500 meter race ever on Wisconsin soil Tuesday night, beating training partners Jonathon Riley, Chris Solinsky and Sean Quigley in front of approximately 1,000 cheering fans at the McClimon Track. >MoreNorthwoods League All-Star Game live blog: South wins, 8-4, behind Vaughn, Jansen Record attendance, Mallard Matt Jansen impresses early, Cory Vaughn is Jason Joyce on Monday 07/14/2008 7:52 pm, (32) Recommendations The South division jumped out to an early lead and managed to weather a brief rally from the North to win the 2008 Northwoods League All-Star Game, 8-4, at Warner Park in Madison Monday night. Particularly notable efforts came from Madison Mallard Matt Jansen, who struck out the North’s first three batters, and LaCrosse Logger Cory Vaughn, who finished 2-for-3 with two doubles and secured the game’s “Star of Stars” award. >More
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Blaska's Blog: A nice walk, unspoiled David Blaska on Wednesday 07/16/2008 11:58 am, (4) Comments, (26) Recommendations Not once did my wife and I dart to the other side of the street to avoid the specter of a panhandler stinking of gin or shouting the C word. This portion of the Marquette Neighborhood, it can be said, is not "troubled." >MoreBlaska's Blog: Get in their belly David Blaska on Friday 07/11/2008 10:02 am, (3) Comments, (22) Recommendations The drawback to being the conservative Jonah in the belly of Madison's bestial Left is that the resultant indigestion produces truly odious results. >More
Frozen Codebase discusses new WFTDA roller derby video game Zac Shipley on Thursday 07/17/2008 12:22 pm, (47) Recommendations The Fast Forward Skate Center at Verona Road and the Beltline has been the home to the Mad Rollin' Dolls roller derby league for five years now. There the Dairyland Dolls take on a visiting squad from Baltimore in hardcore derby action this weekend, the latest in a summer of bouts culminating in the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Eastern Regionals in Madison this October. But who said you shouldn’t be able to play along at home? >MoreCollecting MadVideos -- Activision debuts trailer for Singularity from Raven Software at E3 Kristian Knutsen on Wednesday 07/16/2008 12:25 pm, (2) Comments, (30) Recommendations It's Christmas in July for gamers, as the video game industry holds the annual E3 Media and Business Summit this week in Los Angeles. Developers showcase and promote their latest releases to retailers and gaming media at the tradeshow, as well as announce upcoming games still in the production pipeline, an event that's become wildly successful at building buzz in this growing universe of entertainment culture. One new title drawing attention is Singularity, the latest big game that can call Madison its birthplace. >More
Reclaiming Madison gaming camaraderie with Soul Calibur tournaments Zac Shipley on Tuesday 07/01/2008 4:12 pm, (46) Recommendations At the dawn of interactive entertainment, videogames were played in parlors called "arcades." Home equipment was prohibitively expensive, but for a few quarters one could play any variety of space shooters, puzzlers and sports simulations at the arcades. Home gaming has long been affordable and convenient, but something is missing from the arcade days: competition. Online gaming has brought players together worldwide, but the local camaraderie has been missing. >MoreR.I.P. SOLVE: Murder of Madison East alum Brendan Scanlon spurs tributes David Medaris on Tuesday 07/01/2008 12:08 pm, (11) Comments, (51) Recommendations The outpouring of SOLVE and R.I.P. SOLVE graffiti in Madison is one measure of the esteem in which Madison East High School alumnus Brendan Scanlon was -- and still is -- held by his friends and admirers in the street-art community. The 24-year-old artist, known as SOLVE, was stabbed to death in Chicago in the early morning hours of Saturday, June 14. A suspect was arrested and has been charged with first-degree murder in the case. But you can't murder an artists legacy. >More
Follow Madison vs. New York at Derby in Dairyland LIVE! on Friday 10/10/2008 4:01 pm Madison's own Dairyland Dolls, having defeated the Minnesota Roller Girls Friday morning, advance to the next round of the Womens Flat Track Derby Association's Eastern Regionals where they'll face New York's Gotham Girls. Follow the action with a live video stream and live blog here. >MoreMadison defeats Minnesota in round one of Derby in Dairyland on Friday 10/10/2008 9:31 am Derby in Dairyland opened on Friday morning at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum with a big win for the hometown favorites as the Dairyland Dolls defeated the Minnesota Roller Girls by a score of 143-67. >MoreKeeping track of the Derby in Dairyland tournament with DNN Follow live coverage of the Dairyland Dolls all weekend Kristian Knutsen on Thursday 10/09/2008 11:16 pm, (9) Recommendations When the Derby in Dairyland women's flat track roller derby Eastern Regional tournament is held in Madison this weekend, every bout on the floor of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum will certainly be well-documented by dedicated supporters of sport. Beginning with the opening showdown between the Mad Rollin' Dolls and the Minnesota Roller Girls first thing Friday morning, the team behind the online clearinghouse Derby News Network will closely covering the competition. Like the action on the track, this is a DIY affair, one that's growing along with derby. >MoreDerby in Dairyland puts Mad
