Sometimes we have to go outside of the Gonzo norms. Sometimes something comes along that is just so whiz your pants cool, that you just have to tell people about it. No matter where the physical location of said establishment may be. So with that, we break from keeping our posts entirely local, at least with this particular rant.
Milwaukee is the scene of the crime, and the suspect is 88Nine Radio Milwaukee. While this station is not available on your local Green Bay FM tuner, it is available through that thing they call the Internet. You can listen online. Radio through my computer?! That is some majorly crazy shit!!
Why do we listen online and frequently visit this eclectic, and publicly funded (e)lectronic-spot? There are two answers to that question.
The first answer is simple. It is because they play a really fresh line-up of music. Think of it like going to the Farmers' Market for your daily dose of veggies. Fresh, never frozen. Their playlist of songs blends the new, and truly cutting edge of music's horizons, with the old flow of generations past. Their DJ's aren't trying to make a funny, like some of the other tools that pose as radio DJ's. The aren't hawking some sort of contest. They like music, they play good music, they like their community, and they do their part to hip you into all of it.
Now again, their discussions and points relate to Milwaukee, but that doesn't mean you can't tune in for their solid music, and maybe bogart some neat ideas from them along the way.
One of their latest projects is especially cool, from a community spotlight point of view. You might see us do something similar in the near future in the Green Bay area. It is called 88Nine Neighborhood Project. The goal is to get readers to submit their positive pictures, stories, and views on the local neighborhoods of the Milwaukee area. Build a unified view of Milwaukee. While GB is smaller in scale, we have a lot of unique, historic, and culturally different areas of our city. Why not ask our readers to send in their photos, and thoughts on their neighborhoods? Build a greater sense of community here, so people aren't afraid to cross the bridge to the "West Side" (said in a scary voice).
In any case, check out 88Nine Radio Milwaukee on your Broadband/DSL/Cable modem tuner.
We give 88Nine Radio Milwaukee 4.731 bitchin guitar riffs out of 5.
Plug In - Participate - Go Gonzo
Gomez Gonzo
Gonzo Editor-at-Large
gomez@gonzoguidegreenbay.com
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