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Good morning, guys.
How are you doing?
I'm doing all right.
My parents are here visiting.
We've got a full house over here.
They moved down to Tennessee to retire.
Oh, wow.
Well, so they're here, you know, getting some grandson snuggles.
He'll be three in November.
Wow.
Okay.
I guess we could have one more in the family.
Earlier we played a father's review of his four-month-old baby.
It was very, very cute baby review.
But, you know, yeah, you have some interesting stories here and that is the Black Restaurant Week is being celebrated currently in Madison, right?
That's right.
So I didn't know this and I've covered Black Restaurant Week in Madison before.
Madison was the first city in the country to have a Black restaurant week hosted by its Black Chamber of Commerce.
We started it 10 years ago and now it's spread to all kinds of other places across the country, especially in big cities like your Chicago's, your Detroit's, all those
kinds of
areas.
But we were the first here.
They only had about a dozen people and they started or a dozen businesses.
and now they have, I think it's 33 this year.
And that's not even just restaurants, there's caterers, there's even some farmers who have supplied stuff.
Luckily, they're able to, have you ever gone to the Jamboree?
Okay,
what they do at the end of Black Restaurant Week is for five bucks you can go and you can taste
Stuff from pretty much every one of the caterers restaurants that has participated.
Well, that was supposed to be this last Sunday to kick off Black Restaurant Week.
Yeah, I don't know if you remember this last Sunday, but it poured just about
everywhere.
Yeah, they were at
Warner Park.
They
were like ready to do it.
They were like rains.
That's fine.
And then the lightning started and they were like, oh, we can't do it in the lightning, you know,
right?
So luckily they're able to reschedule it for this Sunday at the Madison Labor Temple instead of Warner Park.
So they're still going to be able to do it.
But it is, it's excellent.
You go and you will eat very well for $5.
Wow.
That's a great deal.
I love it.
You know, at a labor temple, I know that I think they sold it, didn't they?
And it's, it's not, it's not long for that area from what I understand anyway on Park Street, correct?
Mm-hmm.
Yep.
Okay.
All right.
Well, Black Restaurant Week sounds fantastic.
A lot of great food, too.
So what else you got?
Yeah.
Tell us about, you
So you guys are right in the campus area
you can, you know, usually see tons of stuff on the...
on the curb, because that's just how it goes every year, right?
officially moving day on the 15th.
It's when all the leases end in the campus area.
Have you seen a ton of it this year?
happened?
The Madison Streets Division has added a ton of extra, you know, collection routes.
They've been giving people carts to be able to dispose of things.
But earlier this week, to put a story online, our news director, Shaly Pittman, was out walking around just trying to find somewhere to take a picture of all the piles, right?
Which, I mean, that should have taken her 30 seconds.
I think
any of us who have spent any time in Madison, it's like, yeah, shouldn't be a long endeavor there.
Instead, he was walking around everywhere trying to find one pile of stuff at the curb.
So I mean, kudos to the streets division because it sounds like they have been busy because it just doesn't look the way it used to.
Yeah.
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah.
Thanks a bunch.
Happy Friday.
Oh, real quick, there was a couple things from the last election that were really, really huge issues, too.
The price of eggs and the fact that people were eating cats and dogs in Ohio.
Yeah.
Yeah, from a lighter thing, though.
Did you happen to see the little bit on the guy that, he's got a George Webb hamburger from the 82 World Series team and the 87,
and
he dipped them in polyurethane, he had them on a board.
Oh
no.
Channel 15 this morning, it was great.
It was absolutely great.
That is great stuff.
I'm thinking
of going down to, yeah, I'm thinking of going to get in the hamburger and doing the same thing.
Well, I have something very similar in my garage.
Back in 93 when the Badgers played that infamous game where the students got hurt in a crush.
Well, we had a great big shindig at this shop that we had.
And the guys that had season tickets went to the game.
We came back on Monday, and there were a couple of brats burnt to a crisp on the grill.
So my buddy, who was a builder, we did just that.
We slacked him on a board.
Dated it put the score of the Badger game against Michigan and I still have it one brought fell off though.
want to know that I saw this guy.
I don't feel so weird anymore.
it was just
Yeah, really?
call.
I
Wow.
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It's all about Jerry Mandarin and Gavin Newsom is out there.
He's promoting this more than anybody.
And I think he's going to get a lot of states to Jerry Mander now as well because Texas is now in session there.
Right.
The Democrats have come back, and they've finally passed this thing down there, and that will spur on like a domino effect through all the blue states to do whatever they can to gerrymander their states as best they can anyway.
But as Gavin Newsom was announcing, his plans for gerrymandering, let's find out what happened here.
Let's check this
out.
Here he is, once again, trying to rig the system.
He doesn't play by a different set of rules.
He doesn't believe in the rules.
And as a consequence, we need to disabuse ourselves of the way things have been done.
It's not good enough to just hold hands, have a candlelight vigil, and talk about the way the world should be.
We have got to recognize the cards that have been dealt.
And we have got to meet fire with fire.
armed DHS agents just so happened to show up outside that rally today.
For his part, Governor Newsom made clear he saw the presence of these federal agents as no coincidence.
I think it's pretty sick and pathetic.
And it should set everything you need to know the setting that we're under.
That they chose the time, manner, and place to send their district director outside
right when we're about to have this press conference.
Everything you know about Donald Trump's America.
And that was top down, you know that for a fact.
They'll deny it, I'm sure.
Maybe they won't deny it.
So everything you know about the authoritarian tendencies of the president of the United States, I said in a moment, wake up America, wake up.
You will not have a country if he rigs this election.
You will have a president who'll be running for a third term.
Mark my
People are so happy to see our military going into DC and getting these thugs out.
As you know, we arrested a lot of people yesterday.
Despite the president's claim, I'm not so sure that people are so happy with what this administration is doing.
Okay cut 121.
Could you bring that up?
I saw this video and it was just it was God awful and I just want to kind of give you the audio of it as it was happening here about a minute DC police are Are the new gang in town and one guy was just with us
with his phone was just recording the police walking by and stuff like that when they turned around went after him six police officers jumped this guy that took him away in handcuffs listen to this just just play it just play
it don't spray him don't spray
Don't spray
Pepper spray.
They pepper spray him.
And they hauled him away.
And it was just one of the worst things.
I mean, the guy was doing nothing.
It was just, I mean, any one of us could have been doing that.
And they just turned around and jumped on him.
Wow.
And it just outrageous.
This is truly an authoritarian takeover of
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23 minutes past the hour.
It looks like a pretty nice day, at least so far here in Madison.
Some sunshine out there and a few clouds in mid 80s.
We're going to talk to Brittany Merleau here in a moment.
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We
back.
Yeah,
Thank you, thank you so much.
It's good to be back, but you know, I wish I had a better forecast again.
Yeah, it is.
Today and tomorrow, very hot and humid, nearing 90 degrees.
Humidity in those 70 degree dew points, so it's gonna be feeling like the low to mid 90s today tomorrow We've got showers and storms.
We've got of course heavy rain potential through across lots portions of the state Yeah, we could see strong to severe storms up north today this afternoon and evening.
We are looking at potentially some tornadoes could form Hopefully that'll stay away and
ease up
as it heads towards us, but there's gonna be some strong weather
as we go into this weekend and still a lot of juice for these storms to drink.
So I'm worried about flooding again.
Yeah.
And some of the latest data right now is putting a good four to seven inches just north of Madison, maybe into the Dells.
Hopefully that doesn't verify, but it is moving around.
Earlier this week, it was like, oh, the Northwoods is going to get hit with about two to five inches.
Oh, these runs are showing little pockets spread as further south where we could see some heavy rainfall.
And I think that could potentially happen tomorrow.
We got multiple, multiple rounds headed our way.
So some rain and storms starting probably late tonight, 10 or 11 or so.
And
then by tomorrow early evening, I think those thunderstorms are going to pack a punch.
quick inch, maybe an inch and a half, if not
more in
some places.
Wow.
So be careful there.
But then that rain continues into Sunday, potentially Monday and some scattered showers still into Tuesday before we start to dry things out, though.
to
right.
Knockin' the pollen down and bustin' it up,
easy.
Well, it's not what else.
We're going to get into the story with DC.
Everybody's talking about it.
It's one of the best examples of an authoritarian dictatorship that we have now in this country.
So let's go to, uh, where the, where are the troops in DC?
Isn't that kind of a curious question?
Well, this, uh, this individual has talked, this my pundit happened to say what it's all about.
Let's listen.
Okay.
Listen, there are some people in Washington who has some comfort about the fact that there are more agents around metro stations, that sort of thing.
The question for me becomes, are these agents concentrated in the northwest quadrant of the city?
For those of us who spent a lot of time in Washington and lived there for most of my adult life.
That's that part of the city is wealthier.
It's more well connected.
And frankly, it's wider, right?
And so you see these agents in places where Donald Trump and more elites spend time and what's happening in the southeast part of the city and other parts of the city that do have heavy crime.
Are we worried more about the real victims of crime in the district?
Are we worried about showing a force for Donald Trump and his political agenda?
That's a real question for me.
A big question, right?
No one's
Okay.
How do you feel about Mayor Bowser's level of cooperation and her choosing to advocate for DC statehood right now?
Well, the
It's
It's the Democrats want it because the Democrats have you know about 95% in this little area Even I didn't get it very much.
They want that they want to pick up two senators and that's not gonna happen And that's the least of the reasons why but that's one of the reasons why what we want to do is make
Washington, DC, the greatest, most beautiful, safest capital anywhere in the world.
And that's going to
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All right,
rocker.
Yeah.
How you doing, man?
What's going on, guys?
Good to see
you.
Oh, it's great to be here this morning.
What a great day outside so far
You know, I thought I'd bring up a couple of issues.
I heard you guys talking about before we get to Maxink radio.
First off, the hippie Christmas,
Yeah.
And in you guys were commenting on how it seems different.
There's maybe less out there and stuff.
Well, my theory is that
You know, Beck, I lived here in the 80s right downtown and did many hippie Christmases.
But you know what?
We always lived in flats, right?
Big three
bedroom
apartments.
You
had to fill them with all kinds of stuff,
right?
And then when
you left, you had to get rid of all kinds of stuff, right?
So there were these old houses just all over the place, right?
But over the last 20 years, those houses have all become super high rent, small apartments and efficiencies, right?
And.
you know, you barely fill up
those things with anything.
And
now, and it's usually now you're, it's really expensive furniture because like students have a lot of money compared to when we were like, you know, giving blood to get beer money, you know what I mean?
Right.
so,
know, the hippie Christmas has changed quite a bit.
And right now it seems more like flood stuff is out there.
yeah.
Yeah.
And when you do see something now, it's like, oh my gosh, look at that leather couch.
It's really good.
Yeah.
Somebody's already snabbin' it.
Yeah.
Well, next, you know, I know, I know you guys love Art Paul.
So I saw Art Paul came out with a new song.
So I thought we'd get a little clip of Art Paul Schlosser for you guys.
This is a new song for him.
It's Butter and Bread.
oh okay i
know you put butter on bread do you put it on the bed do you put it on your head do you put it on red do you put it on the dead do you put it on the bed do you put it on people that were wed did you hear what i said i know you put butter on bread but do you put it on the bed do you put it on your head do you put it on anything that's red do you put it on the dead do you put it on the bed do you put it on people that were wed did
hear what i said
actually.
don't know if it compares to purple bananas on the moon, but,
Chris Cameron, he's awesome,
All right.
Well, that's what I got.
We'll go.
We'll go.
That's good.
That's good.
Max ink radio six to nine p.m.
Saturday nights right here on WMDX 927.
This week we have one beer please with Steven beta and we'll be interviewing him and we have some new songs and maybe we even have a new song in a few minutes from one beer please.
Also Mars Hall, Perry Polito.
He used to be the singer for the band Falcon and he's the singer for Mars Hall right now and he's going to be live from the Mad City and
I don't know if you remember Falcon John, that was back 80, that was 70s, late 70s, 80s.
They were a real classic band around here.
So Perry was the singer of that and he'll be in solo.
Excellent.
Cool.
This weekend.
There is also some really interesting throwback things happening.
Groovy List Glove, Friday, August 15th.
That's tonight at the beer rock.
It's in the Northgate Shopping Center on the north side of Madison and the many face band.
which is an original high vibration rock band based out of Madison, but it features members from the green situation, minglewood, groovulous glove, Baghdad scuba review and electric spanking.
And they'll be playing tonight at the beer ox.
So one of the great things is groovulous glove is going to get all the other members.
I believe they're there from 1995.
And so they it was groovulous glove into Baghdad scooby review into electric spanking as the evolution there.
So let's go all the way back to the beginning.
I got some music from groovulous glove.
OK.
Not to.
bad only 1995 but 30
this song is called a shake and roaches
I
like
Didn't everybody used to have like a container like that with
of thing?
Right.
Oh
boy, that
70s, wasn't it?
Yes, it was.
Jane Hobson, you may remember, we've talked about her before.
She has just released a new single and she's coming up here.
She's based out of Chicago now.
Of course, she is here from Madison.
You may remember Dan Hobson, drummer from and founding member from Killdozer.
That's his daughter.
So we really love to see when the youth and the second generation is kind of taking up live music
she'll be up here from Chicago where she resides now and at the high noon summer patio series.
is at the high noon saloon.
That's going to be Friday, August 15th.
That's tonight at
5
30 p.m.
And here is her brand new single.
This is called 25 Jane
Hobson.
Strong voice.
Oh
sound.
She really has a beautiful voice.
Coming in here from Chicago tonight, so it's a good time to see her.
at the summer patio series at the high noon saloon that's tonight.
Let's start looking towards next week and see what's going on around Madison, huh?
John, I know you like this band, Dogtown Hollow.
Friday, August 22nd, they'll be at the Burr Oak on Winnebago with the also rands and they just put out a new software EP.
It's called Watch Your Step.
It was recorded at DNA Music Labs here in Madison on Winnebago Avenue.
Country Funk.
Dark Town Hollow, this song is called Seven Sisters, brand new from
Dark Town Hollow.
Oh yeah, DNA's been there for years.
Mark Wickham, Brian Daly.
are the two partners there.
And Ryan Daly, of course, came from Smart Studios and Mark Whitcomb came from Sleepless Nights.
And they've been in tons of different bands over the many years and recorded a million bands over at DNA.
It's a very popular studio in here.
Excellent.
All right.
Hey, Shanks Corners Black Party, it's coming this Friday and Saturday.
August 15th and 16th.
That's at the corner of Winnebago and Atwood, that
little
kind of triangle park there in front of the Alchemy Cafe.
And they have a ton of bands Friday starting five to 10 p.m.
Nuggernaut, Blue Shields, Seasaw, Joseph Huber Band, and Great American Taxi.
And of course on Saturday, there's bands like Salty Dog, Valley Fox, Work, Heatbox, and then the Talking Head Street Band.
So that's going to be pretty cool.
Make sure you get over to Shanks Corners Friday and Saturday, August 15th and 16th.
The Joseph Huber
Well,
Ross corn.
And the Spine Steelers.
Ross Thorne is a Duluth Minnesota-based folk Americano singer and songwriter.
And of course, the Spine Steelers are from right here in Madison in San Prairie.
They're on the far away tour right now.
They've been in Colorado through the Pacific Northwest, and they're coming back to Madison Friday, August 22nd at the High Noon Saloon.
And then they're off to Milwaukee at the Falcon Bowl on the 23rd of August.
Far Away is Ross Thorne on background vocals and banjos.
And then Emma O'Shea and Kate Ruland from Spine Steelers.
It was recorded at Packarderm Studios in Cannon Falls right up by Minneapolis.
this is a song, Ross Thorne featuring the Spine Steelers.
So this is called Far Away.
Okay.
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All right, back with Rocker.
A few more minutes here.
What do you got for us, Rocker?
One beer please.
We're going to be interviewing Steven Beda from one beer please.
They are a Madison scoff fusion, uh, Madison scoff fusion band.
I got that right.
High noon saloon summer patio series, August 28th at 5 30 PM.
Uh, remember that that's free.
So that's pretty cool to go there and hang out on the patio.
Check out a Madison scoff fusion band.
One beer please.
This is brand new from them.
I just got it last night.
It's called it is good for your
soul.
Since heavy years, it's your featherweights Grumble stone hearts to feel love
Hang
just a
morning.
Iron Plow.
Iron Plow.
to
see Iron Plow.
When are you playing again?
That's all I want to hear from
you.
My comeback show for Iron Plow is scheduled on September 14th at the Crucible here in Madison.
with Abaddon's End, Revolution X, and Mother Hive.
And it's going to be a great benefit for a fellow drummer here in Madison, big John Smolik, who is with Go Play God, who unfortunately had a health crisis with diabetes and his leg.
And it was pretty bad, but we're going to help him out.
So it's a great cause.
All right.
And your cause.
Yes.
Thank
you.
Thank you.
Well, hey, we got to mention the Eakin Park Festival.
That's coming up this Saturday, August 16th.
That's tomorrow.
The broken boards, cherry toad, seesaw, kids parade, the flavor that kills and Radke.
Make sure you stop out there.
It's a great growing festival on Madison's northeast side.
And let's talk Orton Park Festival, Orton Park on the east side, August 29th through the 31st.
There's great bands like Paige Gleeber, Heavy Looks.
Poop shovels playing, they're going to be making a reuniting.
And Hot Like Mars, Yiddishous, Automatic Lovers, Them Coolie Boys, lots of bands that we've played right here on the show.
And you like Poop Shovel?
Have you ever
them?
No,
remember.
Classic Madison
Yiddishous.
Oh, they're great too.
Klezmer.
Okay.
Klezmer right from right here in Madison.
But I brought in a little clip from a band called Hot Like Mars.
This is called Hit It
Hard.
you
Yeah.
Very interesting, huh?
Hot like Mars.
They're going to be at the Orton Park Festival coming up at the end of the month.
Pretty great thing.
That's that's the songs I got for today, guys.
Yeah, that's all that's what I brought in.
Max Inc radio six to nine p.m.
Saturday night.
We'll be here live.
We'll be talking to Perry Polito.
He'll be performing.
He's the singer from Mars Hall and, of course, Falcon from the 70s and 80s.
So it's going to be great to talk to him about music history.
You know, he's really a legend in Madison, been around for many years here.
that's happening.
When is that again?
That's going to be September 14th.
That'll
will.
And it's going to be filmed by UW Health, actually.
Oh, really?
They're going to come in and they're doing a little documentary type thing on my story.
And so they want to get some film clips of the comeback show.
So under pressure.
Training.
I'm like in training, you
feel like Ozzy.
You know, he had to train for his gig, you know.
Yep,
have a good one.
So long.
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