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A Milwaukee native, Thomas Michalski is a freelance writer, blogger, and host of Mondo Radio on WMSE. You can keep track of his various comings and goings at voodooinspector.com.

Tracklist: 4 highlights from Kaleidoscope, Milwaukee’s legendary underground newspaper

Thomas Michalski
March 3, 2015
As the counterculture swelled in the latter half of the 1960s, the underground press filled an essential role, disseminating information and ideas that the mainstream media would consider pinko propaganda. Loca...

The return (and unwritten future) of All Messed Up

Thomas Michalski
October 29, 2014
Taking 64 Milwaukee-area musicians and randomly shuffling them into 16 ad hoc ensembles, All Messed Up, now entering its fifth year, has transformed from a creative way for local players to stave off the winter...

How Tim The Rock ‘N’ Roll Animal brought The Who to Milwaukee

Thomas Michalski
July 31, 2014
// It’s a frustrating situation that has befallen every music-loving Milwaukeean from time to time: you hear your favorite band is going on tour and eagerly scan the list of dates, only to find our fair cit...
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