Madison, prepare for a time warp. Swamp Thing reunites this Thursday, June 30th, in a WORT benefit at the Crystal Corner Bar, 1302 Williamson Street. They’ll perform the entirety of their 1985 debut album Learning to Disintegrate, in addition to covers and other Swamp Thing classics. The quirky ’80s alt-rockers, featuring WORT’s own Jonathan Zarov […]
Dan Kaufman on growing up in Madison in the ’80s
Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon talks with Madison native, musician, and journalist Dan Kaufman about growing up in Madison in the 1980s and getting exposed to that era’s great Midwestern underground—especially Appliances-SFB, whose singer, Tom Laskin, died on June 15. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.
Wendy Schneider on ‘The Smart Studios Story’
Tone Madison‘s Scott Gordon hosted a live conversation at the High Noon Saloon this week with Wendy Schneider, director of The Smart Studios Story. The documentary, charting the history of the long-running Madison recording studio, screens twice at the 2016 Wisconsin Film Festival. Subscribe to the Tone Madison/WORT-FM podcast on iTunes.
