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Touring Rock band in Search of New Drummer

UndyingAllegiance — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:04:11 GMT

Hello, my name is Nik and I am with the Milwaukee rock band Undying Allegiance. Recently our drummer decided to quit leaving a need with the band. Here is a little about us. We are a band that has been active locally for three years and nationally for six months. In the last six months we have logged thousands of miles on the road on two separate National tours. We have one full length CD called Don't Panic we are not in control(2009). This CD was recorded with Grammy nominated producer Tomas Costanza. The band has also released a pair of EPs Story of our Lives(2008) recorded with Drew Clayton and "The Broken, The Beaten, The Beloved"(2010) recorded with producer Nick Rad(Acceptance, Hangnail). Due to our constant touring we now have a manager so we will soon be even more full time. Alright now to what we need in a drummer. 1. You must be able to play with a metronome. 2. You must be able to tour 3. You must be a born again Christian Email me if this is you undyingallegianceband@yahoo.com listen to our music here myspace.com.undyingallegiancerock

An OnMilwaukee.com Bowler hits the big 300!

Joscasta — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:31:32 GMT

I would like to take a moment here, and congratulate Ryan Dimond, who bowls on the OnMilwaukee.com's bowling team for getting his first ever 300 this past Wednesday! He's worked hard, and bowled hard for a long time to finally hit that sweet number!

Go OnMilwaukee.com GO!!

Introducing A No Safe Haven Caper -- An Audio Preview

susanscotfry — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:57:29 GMT

Welcome to the World! Introducing Caper Company's newest Haunt Spots tour, "A No Safe Haven Caper". All new audio stories and adventures await the final key ingredient -- You.

In this newest exploration of Wisconsin's ghosts, you will experience a haunt so deeply rooted that the spirits moved with the buildings, trek haunted trails with their own legend trip, and investigate a tragic road to nowhere. This tour includes one Bonus Haunt Spot -- a haunted theatre.

Details...

Time of Day / Access: All destinations are accessible during daytime hours. The first destination must be explored by 9:00 pm, and the third and fourth by 10:00 pm. Explorers must be able to walk uneven terrain and to cover at least 1 mile in distance. Exploring after dark will require flashlights - and a big sense of adventure. Estimated total tour length is 3.5 to 5 hours. We suggest that you arrive at your first Haunt Spot no later than 6:30 pm.

General Tour Area: The tour route begins approx 15 minutes west of Milwaukee and then heads southwest down I-94.

Starting Points: Caper Company provides directions from Milwaukee, Waukesha, Madison, Mequon, Racine, and West Bend. Other starting points are easily available upon request.

Special Tour Price: Only $26.00 per downloaded itinerary. Offer expires 12/31/09.

Click the link below to hear an audio snippet for the first destination on "A No Safe Haven Caper".

Happy Haunts,

Susan Scot Fry

Caper Company Tours LLC -- What's Your Ghost Story?

www.CaperCompany.com

Another Nut Cracks

ItsMrLucky — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:47:41 GMT

Thursday November 5th, 2009 - Sault Ste. Marie, MI

   The drive between St. Ignace and Sault Ste. Marie is only about fifty miles, but today it seemed like five hundred because of the weather conditions. There was rain and sleet and slow and wind, and then it was sunny for five minutes. Then it was like a blizzard again.

   It went back and forth like that the whole way and I can’t recall ever seeing such diverse weather conditions on such a short trip. My little Toyota was rocking back and forth with such force there for a while I thought for sure I’d wind up dead in the ditch as bear chow.

   We ended up making it to the Kewadin Casino and checked in. They feed us here and it was lunch time so we went and had a spectacular meal. That’s one of the perks of this run so Tom and I made full use of it. After lunch it was nap time and I made full use of that as well. I didn’t get much sleep last night so I went down for the count and sawed some logs.

   I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon and woke up around 6pm. I don’t usually turn the TV on often but today I did and saw the coverage of the shooting situation in Texas at Ft. Hood. Of course I was stunned like anyone else would be and it made me feel very sad for the families of the victims. If anything puts a damper on comedy it’s a mass shooting.

   These kinds of situations are never going to go away unfortunately, but I sure wish they would. If the guy was that wacked out, he should have gotten help or just blown his own head off. Why do these nut bags always have to take out innocent people? Have a plan.

   The second thing I thought of was his name. They said he’s from Jordan and probably a Muslim and that pours gas on that whole situation. I know all Muslims aren’t bad but this won’t do anything to squash those rumors. Innocent people will get screwed once more.

   My friend Azhar Usman comes to mind immediately. Azhar is a wonderful person and hilarious comic as well. Unfortunately he looks like he should be the poster child for The Taliban’s recruitment division. He’s dark skinned and has long hair and a beard and he’s about 6’2” tall. I have to admit, I’d look twice or more if he was on an airplane with me.

   HE’S the one that has to suffer the most when things like this happen because everyone assumes he’s a terrorist along with every cab driver and millions of other good folks who moved to America to build better lives for themselves and their families. It’s just not fair.

   I know life isn’t fair and never will be but my heart goes out to Azhar and everyone else who happens to be of Middle Eastern descent who are good people and just want to live a peaceful life. I know there are bad ones just like there are bad apples of every group but it stinks that those maniacal selfish bung holes have to ruin it for all the others, and they do.

   Check out Azhar’s website at www.azhar.com. He’s really funny and a very gentle soul. Hopefully he can help to cool off some of the tensions that are sure to get tighter after this little cowardly punk stunt. Life is tense enough and nobody needed this. Enough already.