works.
They're power washing it.
Good morning, guys.
I'm doing OK.
I'm told.
by my personal weather source, my husband downstairs, that it's going to be a gorgeous day for the farmer's market tomorrow.
everybody really lucked out in that regard.
Yeah.
He is always a weather person.
Oh, it made my afternoon.
like when you see somebody that you know, you know that you know them,
nice to see you IRL face to face.
That's right.
So this has been the big story throughout the week kind of changing day by day here at this point as far as we know which it has changed Kind of as we go into each day here, but there have been at least 40 students across Wisconsin who have had their visas revoked And there have been at least 300 to this point across the country.
This is all part of
the Trump administration's effort to crack down on immigration.
And they're specifically targeting lots of people who participated in protests against the war in Gaza.
However, UW Madison says they don't believe that the people whose visas have been revoked here in Madison were involved in those protests.
But the big thing, this is going to get kind of into the weeds here.
But when people's visas have been revoked in the past, when they're students, usually
Um, that means they just can't leave the country and come back.
They would have to apply to a new visa.
They're usually allowed to keep their status as permanent residents.
So they're not usually having to self-deport,
basically.
Um, but in some of these cases, and it's not clear yet how many, uh, in some of these cases, the Trump administration is also removing their, uh, legal resident status, which means that they're basically telling people you should get out now.
and that's a big change from, uh,
previous administrations over the last few decades.
right, especially at universities across the country.
So far from UW, all we know is that there were seven alumni who are there now on employment visas.
So
probably working as grad students, I would assume, getting some sort of grad students stipend.
that we have in
people
big thing is Ben Wickler, that was the late breaking story yesterday,
Ben Wickler will be stepping down and we've already got a couple people throwing their hats in the ring.
The State Democratic Party Convention is in the Dells in the middle of June, and so that's when they'll elect the next person to lead wisdom.
So it'll be interesting to see what happens there.
Yeah.
Yeah, that really worked out.
right, well, that sounds fun.
You'll be
It is
right, let's- But not yet.
Don't text yet.
All
Go.
Yes, we got time.
This is your 60 minutes thing?
This is good.
60 minutes from Australia.
This is an Australian version of 60 minutes.
This is, by the way, this is how they describe this story online, all right?
This is it.
We are lifting.
the self-serving veil on the world's richest Nazi.
All right?
They called him Nazi right on their website.
What Musk purports to be doing with Doge and what he's actually doing are two entirely different things.
Now let's listen to this.
This is the interview to a former friend and business partner, Dr. Phil Lowe of NeuroVigil.
And he had a few things to say.
Let's start with Cut 95, all right.
They're parading that he's saving taxpayers money.
What he's actually doing is he is defunding organizations that regulate his companies.
So he is weakening the people who would have weakened him.
So what he says, he's fighting for the American taxpayer.
Respectfully, I say this.
And just like when he calls himself a free speech absolutist, when he clearly is boosting certain voices on X, including his own, and shadow banning others, relatively speaking.
So, no, I know him too well to understand that this is a charade.
What is your ultimate fear?
My fear is that he is using, that he's manipulating President Trump to tear up the Constitution until he will tear up President Trump.
It is.
This relationship with China, which is our greatest adversary over which we need to have leverage and not the other way around, this is a real problem.
You have to understand this is a person who casts himself as a sort of maverick renegade who isn't, you know, shy to insult people in power, but he has never once said anything less than obsequious about Xi Jinping or the Chinese Communist Party.
President Musk is stealing your money.
Operating effectively unchecked.
Musk has dismantled entire federal agencies, torn up spending programs, and shown staff the door.
The US government has never seen upheaval quite like it.
This was my dream job, and it's just being taken away by an administration who doesn't care about science.
Hard enough to take it personal when someone questions my work in thick.
If there's any
lessons to be drawn from this, it is that we do not need
The richest people in the world is controlling our government.
Some estimates suggest up to 300,000 of the 2.3 million federal workforce will go.
To leading Democrats in Congress, it's a scandal, not a saving.
The wrecking ball of right-wing authoritarianism is swinging right through Congress and coming directly at the freedoms of the press and the people right now.
The self-appointed CEO of this operation is the unelected bureaucrat and aspiring techno dictator Elon Musk.
For this to be happening on a mass scale is just... is really unprecedented.
Shannon Liz Reardon is one of America's top employment lawyers and has spent years defending 2,000 Twitter employees.
She's now busy building cases on behalf of federal employees.
How would you describe Elon Musk's approach to reducing the federal workforce?
He's acting like it's his own business.
He's acting as though he owns the government and he can use the same methods that he used at Twitter.
This just should not be happening this way.
The courts have now ordered the reinstatement of 25,000 workers across 18 agencies.
For Doge Advisor James Fishback, it's chaotic.
but necessary to cull bloated government spending.
You probably have to cut a little bit too much.
You have to go a little bit too far and then pull back as a result.
Seeing that already with some of the federal workers that were sacked recently and then re-hired a couple of days later.
No harm, no foul.
No harm, no foul.
Tough weekend for them.
harm, no
No harm no harm.
We all have bad days.
Some of us lose our jobs on some of them.
Some of us just, I don't know, spill a glass of milk.
Yeah.
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you
It has a mess and smell for days.
It's 22 past the hour.
A nice day to start out sunshine.
We'll see clouds later and highs in the mid 50s but here to tell us more about what we can expect.
Weather-wise this weekend, boy, we got a lot of stuff going on in Madison this weekend, like the first farmer's market of the season and the horse fair is going on at the Alliance Center.
There's a lot of pressure.
right?
That's what we need.
That's what we have.
That's what we've
Yes, absolutely.
High pressure system in place now, mostly sunny skies and highs in those mid fifties.
Like you said, tomorrow we will see a few more clouds out there, but we will hit 60 degrees and then partly sunny on Sunday into the mid sixties.
But there is a little chance of rain in the afternoon.
So keep an eye out for that on Sunday and Monday, still into those upper 50s.
So gorgeous weather out there.
Well, it looks good through the weekend and at least the early part of next week.
But one thing we want to remind folks is this is severe weather awareness week, right?
And we really haven't mentioned this too much because it's been fairly mild lately.
But this is the time of year where things can really stir up, right?
Oh, what sure is it's tornado season from April through August.
I mean, it can happen any time of the year.
We had one in February, but this is their season.
This is their time.
This is when all the ingredients usually like to line up and they can strike at any minute.
So yesterday, those sirens went off twice, right?
Everybody practiced their plan and took shelter and that was what.
was supposed to happen, right?
You want to know what you're going to do ahead of time before the actual emergency happens because you're running around in circles, all confused, grabbing stuff left and right.
And time is of the essence when a tornado warning is out there.
Really, if you didn't do anything yesterday, make a plan today with your family, with your friends in different situations, different times of the day, because they can happen in the morning.
They can happen in the evening.
They can happen overnight, too.
So do you have a way to wake up?
Does that phone have those emergency alerts turned on?
Will those severe weather things go through?
If not, do you have a severe weather radio?
Those are pretty fun, too, because you can hit the test.
You just set the alarm off and have the family run around.
I
Yeah.
So it's just a time to really just plan because these things come out of nowhere.
And of course we all think it's never going to happen to us, but it can.
No, you're welcome.
a
lot of people are.
I get it.
This is what kicking the out of fascism looks like.
Yes.
This is what it looks like.
We've seen a lot of people cave to fascism in America.
We're not.
We've seen the CEO's cave.
Will you cave?
We've seen the law firm's cave.
Will you cave?
We've seen the college's cave.
Will you cave?
We can't cave.
My name's Eric Swalwell.
I'm the son of a cop, a mom who was a baker.
And I went to college as the first in the family on a soccer scholarship.
And before every big game,
Before every season, the coach would tell us, I want you to close your eyes and think about what does that last moment of the game look like?
And I want you to think as we begin this season of democracy, what does the last moment of this march look like?
We win!
That's what it looks like.
It's justice!
It's redemption!
It's accountability!
And it's renewal.
Because as you stand here right now, we have gone from a Trump slump to a Trump train wreck.
We are going into a red recession.
Our 401Ks are 201Ks.
Our costs at Walmart and Home Depot and Target, where four out of five of the things we buy or from overseas are going up.
And where is Donald Trump?
He's golfing.
So to Donald Trump, I say, get your ass off the golf course and face the people.
America first.
It's Trump first.
This guy is a con.
Trump bibles, made in China.
Trump sneakers, made in China.
The Trump coin.
made on a computer made in China, and he's not just disappearing people.
He's disappearing rights.
And to that we say, disappear, we're still here.
Our veterans, we're still here.
That's right.
He wants to disappear our veterans and women and hardworking immigrants and our seniors and our kids and the sick.
So you are asking us, what is the plan?
And I'll tell you this, we are not going to give a single vote to fascism inside the Congress, because we know you're fighting outside the Congress.
And so small victories will bring us big victories.
We had a victory last Tuesday in Wisconsin.
Thank you.
Wow.
I know.
That is truly a great speech.
You got the crowd fired up.
And I just want to mention that you should look for, Rachel Maddow did a great story last night on a simple historical.
It's a history competition by students all across the country.
And it was canceled because Doge canceled it.
Trump canceled the funding for this.
It's just a minor amount of money for this competition.
You know,
students
Way to go, Tom.
And we'll get those tickets to you.
Next week, we'll have tickets to the Milwaukee Film Festival coming up next.
Rocker is in the studio with a Max Inc preview of local and regional music and what's happening around our area.
Stay with
Yep, he's going to Peter Frampton at the Riverside Theater April 15th and next week we'll be giving away tickets to the Milwaukee Film Festival and that's coming up April 24th through May 8th in Milwaukee.
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What is happening, John and Gordy?
Back in the saddle.
Okay, Max, Ink, Radio.
We have actually some good news and some good things happening.
Some great music this morning.
Max, Ink, Radio 6 to midnight.
every Saturday night and that repeats on Sunday all over the civic media radio network.
This week we have ethical trade company.
We're going to be talking to Manuel and James, the founders of that and talk to them about their great mission of bringing products from
from people that they've saved in the slave industry across the world and bring them and sell them on their website here in Madison.
Joey B Banks from the Funky JB's, he's going to be doing the Clyde Stubblefield birthday tribute that's going to be coming up April 18th at the High Noon Saloon.
And live in the lair, tomorrow we have the Marissa Ballastrieri duo.
And that's going to be very kind of jazzy, very interesting stuff, very original.
And Trevor Banks, Clyde Stubblefield, they're trying to get him into the Hall of Fame.
And Trevor Banks has been making a movie, he gave it the drummer some.
And so he's raising...
awareness efforts and fundraising for this film and to get him in the Hall of Fame.
they have a stick, okay?
They
one of his drumsticks on display, but he's not like a tree, you know, he's not like a gold coat, you know, member, right?
Right.
So they, there's really an effort to try and get him what he deserves.
there.
He's one of the top drummers in the world.
I think he was rated like number four or something by Rolling Stone.
crazy.
Well, Clyde Stubblefield's birthday, the tribute is coming up April 18th at the high noon saloon with the funky JB's.
Then they're going to be doing another Clyde tribute celebrating Clyde's doctorate PhD from the UW Madison music school.
And that's going to be Friday, May 9th at the Moral Union Terrace.
I can't think of a better place to see.
That band.
You know, we always got to play a little tribute to Clyde.
So this is Clyde Stubblefield from a 1997 album that they did.
You know, Clyde was, of course, the drummer for James Brown.
Never got a lot of credit on with James Brown.
And that's where he really got famous, right?
So he didn't have any songs.
back, you know, in the 90s, they started putting together these albums so that he could actually have songs that they could go to him.
So this one is Parties in the Kitchen, 1997 Clydes Double View.
Laying it down.
he's the most sampled drummer in the world.
But if you talk to him where it came from, it came from the railroad tracks down in the south
he used to listen to.
So, you know, you listen to like a train going by, you know.
You
know,
he put that to drum beats.
So he listened to all those train sounds and you know, he didn't take lessons, right?
Right.
He learned all that himself, just
and copying the beats.
Clyde's house, right?
it was true.
Like when you whenever you went to like a hangout with Clyde, everybody ended up in the kitchen partying, right?
Absolutely.
And then they were in the kitchen and they're like, well, what's going to happen when the beer runs
personable.
You could really approach
Laughed at all your jokes.
So yeah, so you know, we need to get him in the Hall of Fame.
So check out that movie that's, you know, give the drummer some they're making and they have a fundraiser.
Now, speaking of.
of awards and ceremonies and stuff.
The Whammy, Wisconsin area music industry, they have their annual awards.
It's coming up this March, May 4th, I'm sorry, May 4th at 6 p.m.
it starts, it's at the Deco in West Alice.
And they just announced, this is pretty crazy, it came to me as a surprise, they are going to induct me, Rocker,
into the whammy wall of honor.
congratulations.
this award
So that's pretty cool.
it's a great kind of recognition for people who kind of really over a lifetime have worked to enhance or enrich the music scene of Wisconsin.
So it's a great honor to receive this award.
I'll be in person.
and to do it on May 4th.
And it'll be crazy because, you know, the Rocker Jamboree is May 4th.
So I'm going to do the Rocker Jamboree and then race out to Milwaukee.
I'm going to feel like Phil Collins in live eight racing back and forth.
like, it's a pretty big award.
And I was like just completely shocked.
So
Terrific.
Let's get back to music here in Madison tonight, April 11th at the Old Brick Botanical Gardens.
It's the canopy sessions from six to eight PM.
Kick off your weekend with live concert in one of Madison's most unique spots.
It's the Bowles Conservatory.
You can immerse yourself in tropical surrounding, soak up the warmth and enjoy performances by regional artists.
It's a whole series.
There's bar service available in the conservatory, so you can get a drink, right?
It's a strolling...
So no seating, right?
There's some benches, but you can't carry in chairs.
It's at the conservatory there.
And the canopy sessions are amplified performances.
So they're not acoustics.
So don't be surprised when you see some loud raucous music.
And this time, April 11th tonight, alternative rock trio.
the racing pulses who were founded in 2012.
They are going to be playing there tonight.
They've had this couple of hit songs since 2012.
Let's hear a little racing pulses.
This is
surreal.
racing pulses again, that's tonight.
And that's at Old Brick Botanical Gardens.
So that's, you know, you go in that beer mid kind of looking building, right?
That's, you know, I can't imagine actually playing in there because how it would be humid.
closest thing to Florida you can get right here.
Natty Nation.
Natty Nation is having their almost 420 party because it's going to be on the 19th of April at the high noon saloon.
420 party.
these guys do this annual thing for them.
Critically acclaimed metaphysical hard roots reggae outfit.
They're based in Madison since 1995.
So they've been around for a long time.
I thought I'd bring in a really old song from their first album.
The journey has just begun.
This is Nanny Nation with Youth Bring
Roots.
No matter what the time of day, youth bringin' roots.
What do people say if they want the roots?
It don't matter who they think they are.
They'll never be no big, big star.
I just want to be a roots rocker.
Just want to be a showstopper.
Youth bring roots, man.
Youth bring roots.
Would you say, ah, youth bring roots?
Oh, yeah,
Maddie Nation.
And that's exactly what we need, right?
Let's get quick to the spine stealers.
April 27th at the Hainun Saloon and April 30th at the Burr Oak.
And they'll be at the Blue Ox Music Festival on June 27th.
That's up in Eau Claire.
The Spine Steelers are a two gal duo making spooky folk influenced by the Northwood, Wisconsin pines.
24-7 truck stop
Heartbreak and dark lights.
Wow.
That's a mouthful.
Steelers.
Yeah, when you stop and think about it, Spine Steelers.
That's pretty interesting.
Well, Kate and Emma started learning guitar together around bonfires and shared their hometown experiences during the height of the pandemic.
They wrote songs and now they're like a thing.
They kind of evolved after the pandemic.
Spine Steelers, West Texas Sun.
Let's hear it.
Texas Sunset Reminds me of the moon In this sun as we burn Burn to go All my third cup of gay station coffee Tasting last night's cigarettes
Well,
heard some
Good Rock and
Well, you know, every week I've been coming in here, bringing a little bit of music from the bands that are playing the Rocker Jamboree.
And the Rocker Jamboree is happening at the Baroque on Winnebago on Sunday, May 4th.
That's one to 5 p.m.
And of course, there's bands that are reuniting that haven't played in 20 years or 10 years or a dozen years, six.
None of them really have.
Last Crack, Magic 7, Mindox.
and then subatomic and electromag.
So today I thought I'd bring in some Mindocs.
Now Mindocs was a band that happened after Last Crack where Last Crack's singer, Buddo, left Last Crack and he started with Mindocs.
And Mindocs was looking to get signed by record.
They went out to LA and El Dorado Studios, which is where Alice in Chains, Jean's Addiction and Last Crack had recorded.
And Mindocs was Peter Rest, who you might know from the skin tones on guitar and Butto from Last Crack of Magic 7 on vocals.
This is one of the songs that they did at El Dorado Studios.
This is Mindocs.
It's the whale.
mind ox that's right yeah that's gonna be great I mean a lot of people are really psyched to see him they really very rarely play yeah and so this is a real treat some of these other bands you know last crack magic seven
Catherine's in the studio hello Catherine pretty happy to
oh my god
yeah it's not crazy oh my gosh yeah
thank you so much.
I know it's it's it's really it's surreal You know, I mean, yeah, it's one of those things like you know, you just work your whole life You know in the music right because you love music, you know
And
yeah, and then all of a sudden, you know
One day they're giving you this like lifetime achievement award and you're like, well, you know, I guess it has.
I mean, my hair is all white now and I've been in music for a long time.
Realization settles in.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You know, it's pretty cool.
So I'm pretty psyched.
Thank you.
uh, the ghost particles.
Now we talked about them before, right?
They're, they're a bunch of guys.
They have like a, you know, a thousand years of history between all the guys in the band.
They're the ghost particles.
And they're a band comprised of veteran Madison musicians, some of who have been active in the music scene since the mid seventies.
Phil Davis on lead vocals and guitars.
Dave Benton, you might recognize his name.
Yeah.
Lee Lasky from the Rousers.
Um,
And now, and Polly Ryan, I'm percussion, you've played with Schreitz Double Field Band for many, many years.
But now they have a new member.
Ernie from the Rousers has joined the Ghost Particles.
How fitting, right?
Ernie.
Ernie from the Rousers now in the Ghost Particles.
So I thought I'd bring in another song.
Now this is from their latest album, North Central, I believe it's the name of it.
And this song is oblivious, but it's with Beth Killian singing along with it.
This is the Ghost Particles, oblivious with Beth
Killian.
The way you reach across and touch my hand Like a soldier from a foreign land
like that a
Oh, yeah, isn't it?
is.
Oh, I should probably tell you where they're playing, right?
Yeah.
May 10th, coming up Burroke, and they're going to be playing with Richard Weigel.
People may recognize that name, too.
Another ghost particle out there in the Madison music scene.
The moon gypsies are playing tonight Saturday or tomorrow night.
I'm sorry Saturday April 12th at the comeback in that's Robert J Chris Wagner and Mary Gaines And you know, did you hear the terrace chair return party?
Okay, that's the first Friday that you can be out on the terrace though UW marching band is gonna be performing at 4 30 fish fries hot dogs It's just a great time out there and that's
the 18th.
Yep
And then May 8th, here we come again, Madison Night Market.
So you guys know all about that.
It's happening again.
The cycle starts.
Here we go.
Take off the shoes.
This is Madison.
Go around barefoot.
We did this last year.
What the heck?
We'll
Rockers,
Thanks, guys.
I really appreciate it.
Coming up Monday, we'll be giving away tickets to Milwaukee Film Festival.
That'll be a lot of fun.
And coming up next, it's Stephanie Miller.
And don't forget, Farmers Market starts tomorrow.
And maybe out and about to walk around the square.
Maybe give out a few t-shirts or something.
Something like that.
Yes.
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