Milwaukee Record • 16th January 2025

Ocean of tenderness: Watching the NFL playoffs on mute

This articles suggests watching the NFL on mute, with your music of choice bumping. It's a great way to experience the twisted barbary of an NFL broadcast: I watched the Raven/Steeler game, with Derrick Henry stiff-arming to the crescendo of “Deep Distance” by Ashra off their 1977 release New Age Of Earth: this article explains how it went.

Milwaukee Record • 9th October 2024

Hey MPS: More Montessori, please

In these critical four years of adolescence, our children are forced to sit still, raise their hand to request permission to use the restroom, be silent, and keep their eyes on the teacher. How does the leadership style of Command and Control prepare our teens for living their future lives? My hope is that MPS schools adopt Montessori as their curriculum and do it soon. Command and Control serves no child, only the adults who command.

Milwaukee Record • 31st July 2024

Dispatches from Route 66, Day 2: Honest Abe & Mother Jones

Article 2 in a 5-Part Series I wrote during the RNC in MKE for Milwaukee Record: "Things are getting weirder than weird in American politics so two Milwaukeeans choose to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan Centers in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Will the road lead them to something better?"

Voice of Experience • 30th July 2024

Interview & Audio Editing: Sharlen Moore, 10th Aldermanic District

I interviewed Sharlen Moore, candidate for 10th Aldermanic District in Milwaukee, WI. I provided audio & video editing.

Voice of Experience • 30th July 2024

Interview & Video Editing for WMSE: "Never Saw a Hearse Pull a U-Haul"

I interviewed FM Radio original Downstairs Dan, who tells the tale of the final broadcast of WZMF, Milwaukee. The interview took place at WMSE Milwaukee, January of 2024. I provided audio & video editing.

Milwaukee Record • 26th July 2024

Dispatches from Route 66, Day 3: Fictional Podcasts & Civil Wars

Article 3 in a 5-Part Series I wrote for Milwaukee Record: “There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false...as a writer I stand by them but as a citizen I cannot. As a citizen I must ask: What is true? What is false?”

Voice of Experience • 25th July 2024

Interview & Video Editing for WMSE: DJ Flux Does Devo

My short film based upon my interview with legendary WMSE DJ Steve Schmidt and his "trip" to a Devo concert in 1981, when he was interrupted by a work call to service a Muzak microphone in a revolving restaurant. I provided audio & video editing.

Milwaukee Record • 18th July 2024

Dispatches from Route 66, Day 4: Escape from MKE: The Road Narrows

Article 4 in a 5-Part Series I wrote for Milwaukee Record: This trip is about escaping Milwaukee, but the gravitational pull is too much...I wake to worse news out of Milwaukee: a man shot dead by police in King Park. Neighboring the school I hold most dear, King Park will be forever reformatted in my mind...

18th July 2024

Interview & Video Editing for WMSE: Host's Interviews with Rock Legends

I edited highlights from from Host's interviews w/ Lou Reed, Eric Burdon, Henry Rollins (sort of) & more. Host was WMSE Music Director from 1982-94. I provided audio & video editing.

Milwaukee Record • 17th July 2024

On the Run from RNC: Final Dispatch from Route 66: A Direction Home?

Article 5 in a 5-Part Series I wrote for Milwaukee Record: To our Milwaukee: I understand I left you in your week of need. Instead we escaped via Route 66 to Tulsa, Oklahoma, the home of Woody Guthrie’s and Bob Dylan’s archives. We hoped the road would lead to something better…did it happen?