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Well, we talked about it last week, but today is the day where all the residents have to leave Dairy Drive so the city can start demolishing things there.
There was that really emotional hearing last week when they kind of had that.
will marry to try to save it or at least extend it until the springtime.
And I just listened to that again yesterday.
And I mean, it just kind of puts a pit in your stomach,
know, there's one person who came up and said, I'm sure lots of you voting on this or listening or going home to your warm beds and a kitchen, you know, and it's,
it's
just rough to try to
watch people figure out where they're going to go from here.
The team at Madison Street Medicine is in charge of all that though.
And, you know, they have so much trust with the people who live there on Dairy Drive.
The next step is finding where everybody can go.
I mean, temporary quarters for these individuals.
Was there high turnover or did they find a home there and they were kind of planted there?
for a long period of time.
I mean, it sounds like the woman that you interviewed and that every time I hear it in my eyes well up listening to that, she's doing it for her son.
Is it something that they can stay there a long period of time for?
Or I mean, if this had gone on, could they have stayed there?
Yeah, I listened to one man named Kenneth Shapiro who had been there since 2021, not long after it opened.
And he talked a lot about how they were building relationships among each other there and trying to ensure that it was a safe community for everybody because then there started to be more people who were camping nearby Dairy Drive because they had community with the people who lived in the tiny home shelters
there.
They really started to build something together and there were people who even suggested like, you know, can we plant some sort of community garden and then that way we can contribute to food banks in the area and you know, they really wanted to find some sort of solution.
But the city has lots of other priorities and that includes the shelter at Bartalon Drive that they'll be opening in the springtime.
something that Brenda Conkel, who's the executive director of Madison street medicine, talked about a lot.
She talked about they can't, they don't know what day it is because they're busy thinking about how they're going to get their next meal and where they're going to sleep.
That's it.
And so the idea of trying to figure out what to do next is really in the hands of the people at Madison Street Medicine who kind of have to lead that charge for them.
On Dairy Drive?
It's because all the federal funding ended and so it costs about a million dollars a year to run Okay, and so the all the federal funding that all came from pandemic money from Arpa funds.
Yeah, and all that money ran out So the idea was and the structures also were not built to be Built to be permanent.
So a
lot of them started having some issues there, too But they're also really switching their focus to
the Bartelon Drive shelter now that that is getting closer to being up and running.
That's about it.
Yeah.
But they always blame spending.
Well, we're not going to spend money.
We can't spend money.
You know, that's the government.
You know, I would just like to draw the line and the sand as the public.
I don't know how we would do that.
But we'll take away your health care until you give us health care.
We're paying for your healthcare, but you're keeping healthcare away from us or making it more expensive.
We want to take it away from you until you give us the same thing you have.
Seriously, why don't we have that kind of power?
We're- I don't get it at all.
We're helpless.
To our own politicians, the people that represent us, that's driving them crazy.
Well, and I read that
right, this
So Trump over the weekend implemented a $100,000 H1B Visa fee, which typically there was no fee for going through this H1B Visa application.
And the reason why Jeff Bezos is pissed is because they employ more than 14,000 H1B visa holders.
Way more than Microsoft, Meta, and Google, which all had around 4,000 employees with an H1B visa.
Azos and other CEOs in America are also pissed because this means the talent pool may not come to America anymore.
We might have the best developers, the best employees in the world that are amazing at their craft go to other countries.
And other countries are taking advantage of this and they're doing marketing campaigns saying, come work in X country.
Instead of going to America, come work in our country and you don't have to pay this super hefty fee.
What do you think about this?
Do you think this is going to be good for the country or bad for the country?
a lot of good stuff
Subject.
Call me what I said yesterday.
I'll stand behind.
If anybody should have an axe to grind with him, it would be Hillary Clinton for, you know, kind of dropping that in 12 days before the election.
But what do you guys think of this situation?
I think we've crossed into.
I was
thinking about it too, because now you know, Comey was the big villain, you know, took down Hillary Clinton, essentially.
And now we're sitting here thinking he's going to be the big hero, depending himself against something that is just cooked up by the Trump administration.
Amazing stuff.
Just a reversal of everything we ever thought could happen in this life.
Right?
Well, and his description of Comey was more of himself.
That one's totaled beyond me.
Yeah.
I mean, this whole last nine months is, but this is so out of bounds.
It's, I don't know.
Have a good weekend.
Thank you.
Doesn't make any sense at all, does it?
Uh, anyway.
Um, hey, I got something here.
I think this is, uh, something we can get in.
Uh, what are the terror?
What kind of effect are the tariffs having, uh, on Wisconsin's ag business?
Let's go to cut 202.
Uh, by the way, Pam Yankee is included in this clip.
So let's listen to it.
Okay.
What we're looking for is more, um, predictability and transparency so that we know cause.
the changes that keep happening, it impacts pricing and planning and no one really likes that.
My
hope and dream is that the Supreme Court supports the international trade court and striking down those tariffs that are imposed under the International Economic Emergencies Act.
And that doesn't mean that all the tariffs go away.
In section 232 and 301 tariffs, they're still there.
Those are not struck down if the Supreme Court supports the appellate court.
But that would at least take away a lot of uncertainty.
And I think uncertainty is a lot of what's slowing down the economy on top of the higher input costs.
There'll still be uncertainty because, you know, there's still policies that kept on being thrown at us, you know, immigration, other trade policies, foreign direct investment, snafus, like, you know, raiding
a
Hyundai plant.
So even with
But getting rid of those tariffs, we'd still be in, I think, a bad shape.
Some of the damage has already been done.
You can retract the tariffs, put a sunshine face on everything.
The damage has been done.
And I started at the outset with soybeans in China.
Well, everything can change overnight with the sign of a pen.
That doesn't mean it's going to change.
That's
right.
The damage has been done in many regards as far as the agricultural commodities.
I'm going to dream that the three branches of government all start to do their job the way they were intended to do them so that we don't have people constantly crossing the lines on what the original founders intended and that will end up with better policies better ideas and more stability overall and the second thing I'm
dreaming about and I think is coming about is that people realize just the critical importance of manufacturing to the base of the economy so
can innovate, so that we can make things and so that we can build prosperity for everybody in the economy.
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Good morning.
Well, all three need is the test scores.
Don't we?
Well,
All right.
Well,
No, go ahead.
Well, I want to respond to the James Comey thing.
come us.
This is a beautiful thing because we're gonna find out the truth finally but You know he but I do want to say I was listening earlier to the so-called gotcha a moment from one of your previous callers.
How many genders are there?
know,
It
stop it.
saying.
That's a good question, isn't it?
Well, as far as James Comey goes, yes, he lied to the FISA court.
determined.
You know, that's very important.
He knew that it was a lie.
He lied under oath.
He passed on information.
He was the leaker that authorized it.
Okay, so the truth comment there's gonna be a lot of them and this is a great thing because our history books are gonna tell the yes The truth about
they all knew it
the truth.
want to know the truth that he lied.
Okay.
You know, you talked about, um,
the election.
We had President Obama and Hillary Clinton involved in lying to the American people for two and a half years.
right.
We'll
that.
I want to move on to Stephen Miller because Stephen Miller, his comment is so outrageous and so ridiculous and they're going after the left terrorist organizations.
Let's just play the cut.
This is Stephen Miller handing an executive order for Trump to sign in order to go after these left-wing organizations.
This is the first time in American history that there is an all-of-government effort to dismantle left-wing terrorism, to dismantle Antifa, to dismantle the organizations that have been carrying out these acts of political violence and terrorism.
What we have seen, if you look at whether it be going back to the riots that started with Black Lives Matter and all the way through to the Antifa riots, the attacks on ICE officers, the doxing campaigns, and now the political assassinations,
These are not lone, isolated events.
This is part of an organized campaign of radical left terrorism.
It is structured, it is sophisticated, it is well funded, it is well planned.
There is really no parallel like this to anything else in the country right now.
There is an entire system of feeder organizations that provide money, resources, weapons, and when they're attacking ICE officers, they're attacking federal buildings where they're isolating public officials for harassment, doxing, intimidation, and ultimately attempted assassination, it is all carefully planned, executed, and thought through.
It is terrorism on our soil because of this executive order.
Cash and PAM are going to have the tools they need, working with Scott, to take these organizations apart piece by piece.
And the central hub of that effort is going to be the Joint Terrorism Task Force, or JTTF, which sits inside the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
But for those at home who are worried about terrorism in this
country, they
understand because of President Trump's strength, because of his vision, because of his leadership.
We are now going to use the entire force of the federal government to uproot these organizations, root and branch.
And again, it's only possible because of President Trump and his leadership.
Now,
This is the first anyone has ever heard of some kind of left-wing organization doing such things.
This is insanity.
What they have created, the Trump White House has created, is the ultimate super villain that Democrats may never be able to shake off.
because they've got three and a half years to beat this drum.
He's a real piece of work.
OK, 29 past the hour.
We're going to set some politics aside and make room for a Maxing preview with Rocker right around the corner on WMDX.
And he's here in studio with us.
Yes, John and Gordy in the morning.
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Good morning, Rocker.
What's happening, guys?
Oh, let's turn your mic up here.
What's happening, guys?
There we go.
Sorry.
That was my bad.
I seem a little overdribbing there.
Hello, Tessy.
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Hey, Maxingradio, Saturday night, 6 to 9 PM.
You can find us on Spotify, Apple Music, or Civic Media dot US slash Maxingradio.
You know what?
We have over 425 interviews.
and performances you can choose from.
It's amazing.
Go to Spotify, just search Maxink, Radio or Apple Music.
This week we have Terry Talbot.
He's the owner of a local photography studio over on Atwood Avenue.
He's been in the music scene since the early 70s shooting photos.
He's gonna have some great stories.
The Central, their new kind of grindcore band with Frank Farillo will be talking to him and live from the Mad City with Shaqari Dazaar.
It's gonna be some really awesome singing.
great vocalist.
And let's get through what's going on for some things.
We'll talk about, you know, tonight going on Bree Stevens Field, the bodega 2025.
That's over on East Washington Avenue.
The bodega series is returning to Madison ninth year.
It's a nighttime local artisan market.
So make sure you go there.
Tonight there's so much happening in Madison.
It's amazing, but let's get into some music tonight the electric spanking September 26th 6 to 9 p.m.
They're at the up north bar there of course the spin-off of groovulous glove and Baghdad scuba review Totally fun jambam.
Let's check it out.
This is whether or not the electric
spanking
See a shade tree within of my heart.
Take off your shirt.
Want
The electric spanking tonight.
That's up the up north bar over on the east side.
And tonight and tomorrow night, there's a couple of things going on, September 25th and 26th over at the Memorial Union, celebrate the German tradition of Oktoberfest, specialty beers, dishes, entertainment.
The two day event features schnitzel, curly worst, spetzel, pretzels, polka lessons in
live music,
Stein decorating crafts and competitions.
It's going to be a crazy weekend there because one of the bands that they're having on Friday and Saturday is going to be the Madison Tuba Band.
Oh, they'll be playing the Memorial
Union Terrace
September 26th and Saturday, the 27th.
Both days are playing from three to six p.m.
So have a beer and cheer and act to buffest.
And you know, you guys, if you want to hang out with me tonight,
am going to the Memorial Union rocked over fast.
And tonight is Horace Green and Horace Green.
They're from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the water city with the name Horace Green.
They chose it because it's time.
like an old man's name that the band could imbue with meaning.
But it's kind of like Jethro Tull, right?
There
is no actual horror screen.
Friday, September 26, 7 to 10 p.m.
That is tonight, okay?
And I'm gonna go hang out with them and then guess what?
They're here right here in the studio, the whole full band, October 4th, Maxink Radio, live from the Mad City, 8 to 9 PM.
They're going to do this kind of stripped down, acoustic, slinky version.
But right now, let's check out their brand new song.
This is Horace Green.
This goes out to my wife because it's our favorite band.
This is
Cream.
Yourself.
man.
They are awesome,
they?
Oh, they're so fun.
You know, I brought them to Adwood Festival two years ago.
And all of a sudden, they put out this new album, and we started really playing a lot on Maxine Grady.
It's been getting a great response.
And they're just a great band.
Tonight at the Memorial Union, we're going to be hanging out at the terrace.
So come on down.
is gonna be perfect tonight.
There's more stuff going on.
There's so much in Madison Trapper Shep with Bear in the Woods at the Bur oak.
That's tonight Milwaukee singer songwriter.
He's got five albums the song that we're gonna hear
It's called Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man.
This song was written as a plea to Richard Nixon, actually, to alleviate poverty during the 1970s recession, but it has renewed relevance during the pandemic and Trump's presidency.
It was written in 2020, right before the election.
Let's check this out.
Trapper Shep from Milwaukee.
This is Mr. President Have Pity on the Working Man.
Mr. President, have pity on the working man.
We ain't asking for you to love us.
You may place yourself high above us, Mr. President.
I'll get you the whole song because there's a lot of good pieces
Yeah.
Back
right?
Oh, those were the days, weren't they?
great humor, right, with the president.
We could really have some good
humor.
Bear in the forest, okay?
We just talked about Trapper Shep.
He's gonna bear in the woods, you know, bear in the forest.
I
got it right, I got
a typo
here.
Let me get through it.
I'm gonna get through it,
okay?
Bear in the Forest is the musical soul craft of a man simply known as Bear, a wandering tubidor whose song shimmered with mysticism and memory.
He was born in New Orleans, raised amongst the lake and seasons of Milwaukee, and now he's rooted in Madison right here.
He weaves his story through melodic lyric and atmosphere.
He's a classically trained violinist and a choir-owned vocalist, self-taught guitarist.
This guy is incredible.
This was when he was on Live From the Mad City on Maxingradio back in July.
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Here it is, Bear in the Forest, Live From the Mad City.
This is
Quimbera.
It's incredible.
They were in here with a cello, a guitar, a little bit of percussion.
I mean, a
really good band.
Yeah.
It's it's definitely in a different language
don't speak currently
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parkies group machine.
Okay.
called double dip
We play that song all the time as a double dip.
double dip on Max and Gradio is when we play two songs in a row by the same artist.
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Local music.
love Wisconsin music.
Tomorrow night, guys,
so much happening right now in this city.
Fufu Dolls featuring Taylor Sherrick on vocals 927, the 27th.
The Fufu Dolls is a 90s cover band featuring Taylor Sherrick on vocals.
Paul Schluter
And Todd Winger from Last Crack and a bunch of other local veterans of the music scene, September 27th at the Lake Louis Brewing in Verona.
And then the 18th of October at the Boulevard Lanes, way over on the east side by Easttown, Fufu Dahl's feature singer Taylor Sherrick, and he's been putting out some new music this summer.
This is his solo stuff.
So while we won't play the 90s covers that he sings with Fufu Dahls, we will play his own music.
so that you can check it out.
Taylor Sherrick, smile.
This is from
2025.
If this darkness cries I'll still ignite some light inside Cause you don't have to fight
amazing?
I mean, every one of his songs is totally amazing.
When he came in here to the studio to play live from the Man City, he brought his mom.
so his mom was doing backing vocals.
It was
just it was
incredible.
great.
Taylor Sherrick.
Of course, he sings with Foo Foo Dolls.
Check him out this weekend.
That one guy.
Have
you
ever heard of him?
No, you know that one guy.
That one guy.
That one guy,
describe the people
Well, now on, it's going to take a...
a different meaning,
actually be a band.
You're gonna
guy, you mean, oh, you mean that band?
Yeah, that one guy.
He's
from Las Vegas, actually.
He plays here quite often over the past two decades.
So if you haven't heard of him, I'm not sure why.
But he's trained double-based player who attended the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and developed a career in progressive jazz in the 90s.
Now he performs as a one-man band, and he performs with the Magic Pipe.
The Magic Pipe is a seven-foot-tall collection of steel plumbing pipes and joints.
Its orchestral base strings are attached to it, and then it feeds into electronics, so he can do all these crazy samples.
It's the most unbelievable thing you've ever actually seen.
But that's not all he has, right?
He has the Magic Boot.
magic boot is a scorpion and blazing cowboy boot, which is wired and fed through the magic pipe's audio lines.
And then it's played as a percussive instrument by tapping the soul.
That's even the short answer.
Believe
it or
not, he was in the fabulous hedgehogs.
This guy's pretty crazy.
October 19th, he's going to be at the high noon saloon.
He's been garnering attention after the use of his song, but machine from his second album.
And the moon is disgusting, right?
The song is Butt Machine.
It was on Showtime's original comedy series Weeds in season three, episode nine.
And this is a bit of a throwback, but it's one of his more popular songs.
So I thought I played for you guys.
It's
really popular.
It's called Butt Machine.
This is that one
guy.
That's fun.
One guy, yeah.
It sure
I mean, look him up on YouTube so that you can see the magic pipe.
He makes these instruments himself, right?
Mm-hmm.
And it's just totally crazy.
He's a one-man show, but he can really bring it.
The
October 19th.
So we got some time.
Maybe we'll find some other stuff and bring it in here and let people sample some more of that one
weekend on Max Inc Radio we have Terry Talbot.
photography and the central and live from the Mad City with Shikari Dazeir.
All
you
Monday.
So long.
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