The spectacle of the debt ceiling battle going down to the deadline made for a hard-to-watch and embarrassing little TV show - except for one hopeful image. ... Don't forget Milwaukee's "Man vs. Food Nation" at 8 tonight on Travel Channel. ... Jimmy Kimmel mashes up "The Bachelorette" and "Shark Week."
Veteran Milwaukee DJ Cosmo Cruz passed away today. Cruz, nee Patrick Cummings, has been a fixture on the local scene for decades and is known for his ready smile, his encyclopedic knowledge and his quick wit.
Birding is rarely spoken in the same breath as rock n' roll, but 91.7 WMSE station manager Tom Crawford is one of the city's biggest champions of both passions. Crawford, the tattooed and broad-shouldered tower of a man responsible for the immense growth and success of the listener-supported radio station in his 27 years there has also been an avid bird watcher since childhood.
These Milwaukeeans are probably too cool to flaunt their own panache, so that's why we are doing it for them. In the spirit of OnMilwaukee.com's popular "100 hottest lists" parts one and two, we present our list of 100 coolest Milwaukeeans.
This weekend WMSE dishes up The Radio Summer Camp Symposium, a convention-style event with breakout sessions on topics like developing band brand identity, licensing, recording, booking and touring, financial planning, careers in music beyond playing in a band and more.