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The Catered Quiz: Gene Jacket answers questions about UFOs and Pauly Shore movies

July 8, 2025

On this edition of The Catered Quiz, Telethon’s Gene Jacket joins the show to answer questions about UFOs and Pauly Shore movies. Also discussed in this episode: Art Bell, Slugfest, and Taylor Negron delivering...

Surprise! Enjoy Telethon’s unexpected and exceptional new album, ‘Suburban Electric’

Tyler Maas

March 6, 2025

Surprise! Even though the world seems to be full of almost exclusively bad surprises these days, we're thrilled to be sharing a rare bit of unexpected news that's actually not terrifying or soul-crushing. In fa...

We ranked all 30 tracks on Telethon’s ‘The Grand Spontaneon: A Tale Told In Five Acts’

Tyler Maas

August 3, 2022

Back in 2017, Milwaukee "hard pop" project Telethon released The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts. The 30-track, 90-minute "rock opera about the internet, culture, human relationships, and the apocaly...

My First Band: Kevin Tully (Telethon)

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 20, 2021

broadstreet.zone(81112); These days, Kevin Tully can be heard singing and playing guitar in Telethon, a Milwaukee/Chicago "hard pop" project that just released its fifth full-length. Before he was fronting the...

Telethon returns with new single, “Selfstarter A.E.”

Tyler Maas

June 3, 2021

Telethon has the unique ability to craft interesting, fun, and palatable material that touches on decidedly less enjoyable aspects of life. The Milwaukee- and Chicago-based "Hard Pop" band came out of relative ...

Did you miss our “14-Hour Socially Distant Telethon” yesterday? You can watch it here

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 15, 2020

WOW. Yesterday was incredible. We can't begin to describe how thankful we are to those who have donated to our GoFundMe campaign and how much we appreciate those who tuned in for some (or, in a few cases, al...

Milwaukee Record’s “14-Hour Socially Distant Telethon” is today!

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 14, 2020

Because it's Milwaukee Day and we love you (and because, frankly, we need money), we’ll be hosting a “14-Hour Socially Distant Telethon” on Facebook Live today where we’ll be seeking donations and encouraging y...

Hear Telethon’s latest ‘Modern Abrasive’ single, “Palo Santo”

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2018

Last week, Telethon announced Modern Abrasive—the follow-up to last year's outstanding 30-song and 90-minute concept album, The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts—and released a hilarious music video fo...

Telethon roams Bay View in search of instruments in the “Modern Abrasive” video

Tyler Maas

October 23, 2018

Last year, Telethon came out of nowhere to release one of Milwaukee's best albums in the form of the ambitious and all-around excellent The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts. Though the 30-track, 90-mi...

Telethon goes long on ambitious, excellent concept album, ‘The Grand Spontanean: A Tale Told In Five Acts’

Tyler Maas

September 27, 2017

If you're anything like we were two weeks ago, you've never heard of Telethon. Evidently, the Milwaukee pop-punk quintet has managed two albums in its relatively brief existence and has stayed squarely under th...

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