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Wednesday, May 28,2008
May 29 - Jun. 4
This Week in Milwaukee
Barbara Walters @ Alverno’s Pitman Theatre, 7 p.m.
Who would want to know the lurid details of iconic journalist Barbara Walters’ sex life? Apparently plenty of people. This year the queen of celebrity interviews, so adept at scooping her competition, turned the spotlight on herself with the announcement that...
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Wednesday, May 21,2008
May 22 - May 28
This Week in Milwaukee
Friday, May 23, Milwaukee Bonecrushers vs. Rock River Raptors @ U.S. Cellular Arena, 7:30 p.m.
“HERE TO STAY!” the Milwaukee Bonecrushers’ Web site defiantly declares, but the team has often seemed as unlikely to make it through its inaugural season as Hillary Clinton is to make it to the Democratic convention.
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Thursday, May 15,2008
May 15 - May 21
This Week in Milwaukee
Thursday, May 15
VHS or Beta @ Stonefly Brewery, 9 p.m.
VHS or Beta doubled down on the dance-punk craze of a half-decade ago, pairing their twitchy guitars with boisterous
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Thursday, May 8,2008
May 8 - May 14
This Week in Milwaukee
he Swell Season @ The Riverside Theater, 8 p.m.
In an Academy Awards musical moment that ranks with Elliott Smith’s “Miss Misery” performance or Three 6 Mafia’s unlikely win for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp,” this year’s Best Original Song award went to singer-songwriters Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova...
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Wednesday, April 30,2008
May 1 - May 7
This Week in Milwaukee
Kathleen Edwards w/ The Last Town Chorus @ Shank Hall, 8 p.m. Canadian alt-country songstress Kathleen Edwards has become a favorite of the “World Caf” set since her lauded 2003 release, Failer.
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Wednesday, April 23,2008
Apr. 24 - Apr. 30
This Week in Milwaukee
Intertwined melodies in the spirit of Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons are spread across husband-and-wife duo Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion’s Exploration, their most recent set of originals, which they recorded with members of Son Volt and The Jayhawks.
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Wednesday, April 16,2008
Apr. 17 - Apr. 23
This Week in Milwaukee
Blending a mix of narrative lyrics, lush instrumentation and synth-pop flourishes, the Toronto-based indie-pop collective Stars has distinguished itself from fellow bands treading this well-worn terrain. Led by vocalists Torquil Campbell and Amy Millan, both sometimes members of Broken Social Scene...
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Wednesday, April 9,2008
Apr. 3 - Apr. 9
This Week in Milwaukee
The Farrelly brothers infamously used Jonathan Richman’s music in their ’90s comedies, but for those emotional moments in their latter films when Richman’s music wouldn’t suffice, they turned to another Massachusetts musician, folk-pop singer Ellis Paul.
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Wednesday, March 26,2008
Mar. 27 - Apr. 2
This Week in Milwaukee
Breaking Benjamin w/ Three Days Grace, Seether @ The Rave Eagles Club, 7 p.m. - These are tough times for many alternative-metal bands—blame those emo kids— but the three bands on this bill are doing more than all right for themselves.
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Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
(AP)
AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
(AP)
AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
(Politico)
Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
(AP)
AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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