Music - Aug. 11, 2008
Fab '60s Ricochettes bounce back onto local scene
The Ricochettes, a Beatles-inspired pop group that performed in area clubs and recorded a few singles in the mid-1960s, has reformed after a 40-year hiatus and plays at Serb Hall on Friday, Aug. 22.
Tags: Ricochettes, Serb Hall, Beatles, Rolling Stones, WOKY, Ar Kriegel, Herb Hohnke, Jerry Wollenzien, Jon Galobich, Humpty Neuhofer, Jim Milewski, Mike Milewski

Music - July 18, 2008
Waukesha museum exhibits Beatles memorabilia
Despite a single gig here in at the Arena in1964 and much-recounted stories of fans besieging the Fab Four's Wisconsin Avenue hotel -- now Marquette's Mashuda Hall dormitory -- Milwaukee and the Beatles don't really have much shared history. Or do they?
Tags: Beatles, Imagine, Mecca Arena, Sept. 4, 1964, Mashuda Hall, Bob Barry, John Lennon, Kirsten Lee Villegas, Waukesha County Museum, Coming Together through the art of John Lennon

Music - July 10, 2008
A Starr-studded dream
Last night, I had a really weird dream. Check it out... I was at Potawatomi Bingo Casino's Northern Lights Theater at a table down in front, just right of center and who was on stage but Ringo Starr.
Tags: Ring Starr, Beatles, Potawatomi Bingo Casino, Northern Lights Theater, All-Starrs, Colin Hay, Men at Work, Billy Squier, Greg Bissonette, Gary Writer, Dream Weaver, Hamish Stuart, Average White Band, Edgar Winter, Liverpool 8

Music - Nov. 7, 2007
McCurdy stretches musical muscles on "15 Favorites"
Singer-songwriter Pat McCurdy, one of Milwaukee's busiest and most prolific musicians, talks about the inspiration behind his latest CD.
Tags: pat mccurdy, 15 favorites, beatles, divine comedy, neil hannon

Music - Sept. 26, 2007
Narrowing it down to 10 ... a futile work in progress
With apologies to Nick Hornby, I'm not much of a list-maker anymore. Sure, I was the music geek kid with a list -- and a ready-made mix tape -- for every eventuality, but now I love music more than I enjoy trying to quantify it.
Tags: rock and roll, top 10, marley, stones, beatles, dylan, smiths, sex pistols, clash, funkadelic, elvis costello, gaye, gang of four, placebo, son volt, augustus pablo