Music - Nov. 11, 2004
DJs Kid Cut Up, Why B master hip-hop mixes at bSide
Friday nights at the bSide are marked by DJs Why B and Kid Cut Up's innovative mixes. "I have no problem playing commercial music," says Cut Up, but both adhere to the idea that hip-hop is "more about how you play than what you play."
Tags: 5{y B, hip-hop, bSide, Chris Gerard, Tim Zick, No Request Fridays, indie, old school, funk, soul, rock, reggae, Atmosphere, Jay Z, John Swan, Fader Grimmlins, The Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Thai Joes, WNOV, Beat Junkies, Collect Callin' & Small B

Music - March 9, 2004
Contraphonic Music launched as a No Karma sibling
Ben Schulman and Michael Wojtasiak have focused their No Karma business as an online music store and have launched a new label, which issues three discs this week and two more in the next few weeks.
Tags: Contraphonic, records, indie, No Karma, Schulman, IfIHadaHiFi, Onopa

Music - March 2, 2004
Indie Snapdragon Records celebrates first birthday
Sometimes things don't go the way you expect them to and, often, that's just fine. Just ask Dan Clark of Milwaukee's independent Snapdragon Records, which is celebrating its first anniversary.
Tags: Snapdragon, Welton, Rave, indie, records, label

Marketplace - Jan. 23, 2004
Milwaukee Feminist Books seeks a room of its own
Although bulldozed by big chains for years, independent bookshops seem to be -- thankfully -- reemerging from the rubble. Milwaukee will welcome a feminist bookshop, aptly named Milwaukee Feminist Books.
Tags: feminist, LGBT, gay, books, indie, bookseller