Riverwest: home to an angry mob, or just some “rowdy” kids?
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• Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane was on vacation during the July 3 mob attack in Riverwest, but that didn’t stop him from weighing in on the troubling subject upon his return. So what did Kane have to say? Not much, though he did scold the “rowdy” kids that, you know, looted a gas station and beat the shit out of a bunch of strangers. What a bunch of knuckleheads!
We’re big fans of Kane, but his late-to-the-party piece on the Riverwest dustup was just plain lazy and self-aggrandizing. (Most of the column deals with the nasty comments and emails he received in the wake of the incident.) Not that he has to answer for the actions of a violent mob, of course, but if you’re going to throw in your two cents, shouldn’t you have something useful to say? To his credit, Kane followed it up with a “Positively Milwaukee”-type piece about the owner of the ransacked BP station.
• Against all odds, it seems that Milwaukee will soon be the proud owner of its very own downtown streetcar system. Just like a real city! According to the Journal Sentinel, the $64.6 million project will be completed by 2014. The shut-ins that make up the JS commenters, however, aren’t too pleased with these plans. See if you can guess how many times the word “boondoggle” gets tossed around.
• As any regular listener knows, WMSE has a deep bench of incredible DJs. In the first installment in the station’s “Get To Know Your WMSE DJ” series, we meet one of the best: Tom Wanderer. Besides presiding over the Tom Wanderer Radio Experience every Thursday from 3 to 6 p.m., the terrifyingly well-versed DJ politely puts up with The A.V. Club’s very own A.V. Radio, which immediately precedes his show.
• Harrison Ford and George Lucas—cinematic icon and cinematic cancer, respectively—will drop by Oshkosh’s annual EAA AirVenture, reports the Journal Sentinel. Lucas will be screening scenes from the upcoming WWII-themed Red Tails on July 29, while Ford will introduce his 1993 joint, Clear And Present Danger, on July 27. Can we get a Kickstarter campaign together to send the dudes from Red Letter Media?
• Evan Rytlewski of the Shepherd Express has details on Cheap Trick’s upcoming 10-show stint at Potawatomi. Spoiler alert: The band will be playing Dream Police in its entirety. Again.
• The always-terrific music blog Seizure Chicken unveiled a snazzy new design this week, as well as a highly-touted show calendar. A show calendar? Why didn’t we think of that?
• In case you missed it (and apparently you did), Milwaukee’s very own Prince Fielder was named MVP of the 2011 All Star Game. Following the game, The New York Times ran an interesting piece on Fielder and his estranged father, Cecil.
• The once-charming but increasingly intolerable Cee Lo Green has cancelled his August 4 show at The Rave, reports the Journal Sentinel. Fuck that.
