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Polyvinyl to Release Pele Rarities Compilationnew
Polyvinyl Records plans to pay tribute to one of its better fallen acts, Milwaukee's brain-twisting post-rock group, Pele, with a two-hour-plus compilation of rarities and reissues of the group's two full-length albums.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
04-03-2009 |
Music
Animals in Art: Surveying American Wildlifenew
Some people have dismissed wildlife art as sentimental kitsch fit only for hotel lobbies or illustrating bird-watcher's handbooks. David J. Wagner might just change that perception with American Wildlife Art, a magisterial volume lavishly illustrated with more than 300 pictures, most in color.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
02-13-2009 |
Nonfiction
Slank's 'Anthem for the Broken Hearted'new
They've sold 15 million records in their native Indonesia, and now the five members of Slank invade America with their first English-language album. Far from a reference to the lovelorn, the title refers to the inhabitants of a homeland riddled with strife and corruption.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Popke |
02-13-2009 |
Reviews
How Milwaukee Does Itnew
As always, the Shepherd’s Fifth Biennial Sex Survey is an unscientific sample, so it’s best to assume that its large, self-selected sample skews more sexually adventurous than the average Milwaukeean. But kinky as they can be, it seems that at heart Milwaukeeans are a bunch of romantics.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
02-13-2009 |
Sex
Leaving the Fast Lane: The Slow Food Phenomenonnew
Central to Slow Food USA is the promotion of good, clean, fair food for everybody, whether you’re in a hut or kitchen or around a campfire. The goal is quite simple: to build community and celebrate cultural diversity through the enjoyment of delicious food prepared from healthy plants and animals.
Shepherd Express |
Sarah Biondich |
02-06-2009 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Slow Food Movement
Clearing Up Myths About the Stimulus Packagenew
Obama critics advocate the same policies that created this disaster.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis and Lisa Kaiser |
02-06-2009 |
Commentary
Independent Bookshops Chain to Close After 82 Yearsnew
Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, one of the largest and oldest independent chains in Wisconsin, survived the Great Depression but wasn't able to overcome titanic changes in the retail sector, exacerbated by the current economic crisis.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
01-23-2009 |
Books
Mr. Jobs: Investment Board Head Discusses Milwaukee's Efforts to Create Employmentnew
When Donald Sykes took over the Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board in 2007, he had decades of experience in training new workers. Now Sykes faces the worst job losses in the United States since 1945, including large layoffs in our area, and a shaky employment future.
Shepherd Express |
Louis Fortis and Lisa Kaiser |
01-23-2009 |
Economy
Embracing Green Growth: L'eft Bank Wine's Bio-Fueled Fleetnew
Whether it's in the form of government regulation, consumer demand or simply one's conscience, concern about environmental sustainability is rearranging the way we do commerce. But making a strategic transition from traditional business to green business is fraught with challenges.
Shepherd Express |
Sarah Biondich |
01-23-2009 |
Food+Drink
An Open Letter to President-Elect Obamanew
Before Tuesday's election results were announced, we asked our fellow Milwaukeeans: If you could sit with the next president for two minutes, what would you tell him about your area of expertise? Here's what they had to say.
Shepherd Express |
Staff |
11-10-2008 |
Commentary
The Nightwatchman Gives Tom Morello an Activist Outletnew
As much as Tom Morello enjoyed his stint with Audioslave, the post-Rage Against the Machine band he founded with Chris Cornell, Cornell's scorching, introspective arena-rock left Morello hungry for the activism of his previous band.
Shepherd Express |
Evan Rytlewski |
11-10-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
'Awaiting the Heavenly Country' Examines the American Death Cultnew
With generous illustrated examples, Professor Mark S. Schantz depicts an America preoccupied with death. In this America, Shakespeare and militaristic Greek classicists like Herodotus were popular reading, and families of the 1830s and 1840s treasured photographic portraits of the freshly dead, including infants and children.
Shepherd Express |
Eric Beaumont |
11-10-2008 |
Nonfiction
Will the Election Be Fair in Wisconsin?new
Wisconsin voters are expected to turn out in unprecedented numbers for the Nov. 4 election. And that has created some concern about the integrity of such a high-stakes election in a state that has had razor-thin winning margins in recent presidential elections.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
10-24-2008 |
Politics
McCain's Outrageous Robocalls Reveal His Desperationnew
With a blast of inflammatory recorded phone messages linking Obama with William Ayers that was broadcast in Wisconsin and other swing states, McCain takes the low road.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
10-24-2008 |
Commentary
The Elusive Parallelograms Go Back to the Futurenew
As more and more of their indie-rock brethren opt for a stripped-down approach to songwriting, an insistence on creating multilayered soundscapes allows the Elusive Parallelograms to distance themselves a bit from many of their contemporaries -- a development that the band seems to welcome.
Shepherd Express |
Michael Carriere |
10-17-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
