Steve Lampiris is a freelance writer in Milwaukee. He's been writing about pop culture (mostly music) for 10 years, having started at the Badger Herald in college. After graduation, he moved on to the London-based blog The Line of Best Fit in March 2009, where he still contributes. He's also written for the Shepherd Express and Spectrum Culture. Occasionally, he writes jokes for his own amusement. He shares a birthday with Marilyn Manson and Charlie Rose, the polarity of which is oddly fitting.
Rock and roll was alive and well at The Rave Friday night when Thrice came to town with a pair of bands from Los Angeles, Teenage Wrist and The Bronx. Teenage Wrist kicked things off with a promising and confid...
Milwaukee-based record label New Pavement Records is owned and run by Nate Ruvin, JJ Agara. It was founded because Ruvin, the de facto spokesman for NPR, was "sick of waiting to get signed to a label."
In ju...
To enter the world of Milwaukee's Fibonacci Sequence is to enter a world whose backstory includes two Chads ("Chad 1" and "Chad 2"), a producer/musician named Chris Kringel, and a current bass player being conf...