Clyde Stubblefield, best known for his drum work with the James Brown Band in the 1960’s and 1970’s could possibly be the most sampled human of all time. His drumbeats have reappeared — often uncredited — in countless hip-hop songs. Stubblefield, who in his later years, called Madison home, died in 2017. Filmmaker Trevor Banks […]
Ladyscissors Releases “Ascending Like Flies” Music Video
Madison band Ladyscissors, which features Lorrie Hurckes and Brent George on guitar, Anne Bull on bass and Stephanie Rearick on drums, had been planning a tour when the pandemic hit. With the live universe ground to a halt, the band turned to video projects instead. Ladyscissors released their new music video for “Ascending Like Flies” […]
Bird Collision Corps Needs You
Birds are primarily visual creatures. Billions of years of evolution have honed avian brains and eyes to achieve extraordinary visual feats, from seeing into the ultraviolet spectrum, or in the case of raptors, picking out a small rodent from an altitude of hundreds of feet above the ground. Birds are also skilled navigators, in many […]
The Soft Side of Biden’s Infrastructure Bill
After successfully navigating his multi-trillion dollar COVID relief bill, the American Rescue Plan, through the treacherous waters of the U.S. Congress, President Biden returns to Capitol Hill with an equally ambitious two trillion dollar infrastructure bill, dubbed the American Jobs Plan. As with any infrastructure legislation, the bill includes a hefty dollop of road building, […]
Flurry of Voting Reform Bills Swarm Legislatures
According to the Pew Charitable Trust, two thirds of all eligible voters in the United States cast a ballot in the November 6, 2020 elections. That makes 2020 the highest-turnout election since eligible voter percentages were first calculated in 1980. Remarkable as that is, especially during a global pandemic, that statistic pales in comparison to […]
Wisconsin’s Slice of the American Rescue Plan
On March 11, President Biden signed House Resolution 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which provides nearly two trillion dollars in federal aid for relief and recovery from the COVID-19 global pandemic. The bill includes direct payments to states, counties and local governments throughout the nation. What does this mean for Wisconsin? Well […]
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