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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
Thurs. Dec.20
Carte Blanche Studios, 7:30 p.m. For decades, playwrights and screenwriters have been twisting and subverting the conventions of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, but Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Mistletoe Meltdown
Fri. Dec. 21
The Rave, 7 p.m. Five regional bands share this benefit for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Air Guitar
Fri. Dec. 21
Stonefly Brewery, 9 p.m. As goofy as it sounds, with the popularity of the U.S. Air Guitar Championships, competitions like this one are popping up all over the country. It’s easy enough to understand the appeal:
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Miller Holiday Lites
Fri. Dec. 21
Miller Brewery, 5-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday are the final days to view Miller’s annual free holiday lights show, which the brewery is billing as the largest of its kind in the Midwest, and also one of the most energy efficient.
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
The Why Store
Sat. Dec. 22
Shank Hall, 8 p.m. Indiana’s The Why Store represented two factions of ’90s alternative rock: the heavier, grungier side (evidenced by the beefy production and the throaty, Eddie Vedder vocals) and the softer, jammier side (the loose, bluesy jangle, the Spin Doctors-ish digressions).
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Fever Marlene
Sat. Dec. 22
The Miramar Theatre, 8 p.m. One of the city’s more-established bands, alt-rockers Fever Marlene, whose visceral single “Red Fire” had an impressive run on local radio this spring
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
Acoustic Christmas
Sun. Dec. 23
Shank Hall, 7 p.m. Once again Shank Hall hosts its informal Acoustic Christmas concert, an informal mixer spotlighting an eclectic smattering of local musicians playing au natural.
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Wednesday, December 19,2007
A Very Noisy Xmas
Tues. Dec. 25
The Ring, 9 p.m. Some venue needed to step up and host music on Christmas Day, and The Ring, a new club on 113 W. Virginia Ave., volunteered with an evening of noisy electronic music and Indian food.
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Tuesday, December 18,2007
Pat Graham
Schwartz Bookshop, 7pm
Milwaukee native Pat Graham has spent much of the last 20 years on the road, snapping pictures of bands for the pages of magazines like Rolling Stone, NME and Spin, as well as shooting album covers for acts like Modest Mouse and Bikini Kill.
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Tuesday, December 18,2007
Marc Ballini
Jackalope Lounj, 9pm
Two local singer-songwriters, Marc Ballini, winner of the 2006 Shepherd Express Best-Of Milwaukee award for Acoustic Performer, and Ethan Keller, frontman for his eponymous jam-rock band the Ethan Keller Group, share a laid-back show tonight at the Wicked Hop’s Jackalope Lounj at 9 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
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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
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AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
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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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