• Come Visit Scenic MILWAUKEE

    Not that any of you needed better reasons than Brice and myself living in Milwaukee to come visit I thought I would provide a little incentive of some exciting happenings.

    1. Sonic

    2. Betsy and Bernie

    2. Admirals College Night Games = $5

    3.  Dr. Dog February 4th at Turner Hall

    4. .357 String Band February 12th at Turner Hall

    5. Brian, Ellen tells me you are a huge fan of hippies/long-hairs and Sound Opinions

    6.  The Chieftains February 6th at the Pabst

    7.  Many others including Vampire Weekend, G. Love and Special Sauce, Magnetic Fields, Tegan & Sara, Tossers

    If you had not already noticed I have spent a lot of time on the Pabst/Riverside/Turner Hall website.

    On the cheaper side there is Dice every night of the week at the Harp and Sham (Ellen, Brice, and Kelly know it well)

    Finally, obviously Sobelmans… highly delicious

  • Playing the Enemy

    South Africa post-1994 is the topic of tons of books. However, not all so enjoyable to read as John Carlin’s “Playing the Enemy”. The book is good but it was recently turned into a movie, Invictus,  set to be released in December 2009. Perfect timing for my return the U.S. Our house has been watching the trailor for the movie religiously and are uncontrollably excited.

  • When in Africa…

    Outside of the Amy Biehl Foundation Trust Marimba Band at my site I have not done too much exploration into music while in Cape Town. However, I have stumbled upon K’naan without even leaving our house on Kimberly Road. My friend, Pat Duffey, recently spent a month or so in Voi, Kenya and heard about K’naan from a friend in Voi. He is from Somalia and the song, “Waving Flag“, has quickly taken off as a house hit. Sam Drew and I are doing more research into procuring his other albums. One of our other favorites is “Take a Minute“. South Africa is amazing, come visit me.