A week or so ago, when I told you about my recent trip to Milwaukee, I promised that there would be a follow-up post, in which I’d talk about fish fries, public art, and the like. Well, I’m afraid that I’ve put it off so long now that I can’t quite remember what it was […]
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Milwaukee part two… fish fries, public art and swooning tweens
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged alewife, Calvin Black, door-to-door eel salesman, Dorothy Avery, eels, experimental film, fish, fish fry, folk art, folk art environments, Frank Sinatra, fried fish, Galesburg, Illinois, invasive species, kids today, Lake Michigan, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Museum, Mimi Dorothy, native species, perch, pollution, Possum Trot, public art, salmon, sculpture, street lights, Sweden, Water Street, Water Street Commons, wheatpasting, Wisconsin, zebra mussels 10 Comments
R.E.M. and the legacy of that perfect circle of acquaintances and friends
I wasn’t going to post anything here about the recent news that R.E.M. was breaking up, until, at the gym this morning, I heard two network morning show talking heads going back and forth about how they’d only started appreciating the band in recent years. I suppose they could have meant that they were really […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized Also tagged 394 Oconee Street, Andrew Fassel, Athens, Athens GA: Inside/Out, before the internet, bootlegs, CBGB, Country Pie, David Letterman, Degrassi Jr High, fandom, historic archeology, Losing My Religion, Michael Lachowski, Michael Stipe, Murmur, music scenes, Newton, perfect circle, R.E.M., Radio Free Europe, Ramones, self-taught art, St. Marys Episcopal Church, Vanessa Briscoe Hay, Velvet Underground 35 Comments