The thoughts of a journalist/libertarian–conservative/Christian husband, father, Eagle Scout and aficionado of obscure rock music. Thoughts herein are only the author’s and not necessarily the opinions of his family, friends, neighbors, church members or past, present or future employers.
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Yesterday was the 10th anniversary of Facebook. That prompted founder Mark Zuckerberg to pause and pontificate: I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world. I always … Continue reading Apparently I’m still in the UW Band, and I still eat
Tonight through Saturday night at the UW–Madison Kohl Center:
The start of this week brought the excellent news of Wisconsin’s going to the Holiday Bowl in nearly-always-sunny San Diego to play Southern California. That was followed by this not-excellent news, reported by the Badger Herald: The University of Wisconsin marching band will have a not so happy holidays after 90 freshmen and several band … Continue reading The Band wants the field
I never thought we had a very musical family, but apparently we do. Last weekend, our oldest son performed in Ripon Middle School’s “Another Op’nin’, Another Show,” a musical about musical opening numbers, ranging from “On the Town” to “The Lion King.” On Monday, Michael played trumpet and sang in the RMS band and chorus … Continue reading Strike up the band
Josh Schafer: Mark Berg couldn’t find his football team. Literally. On the first day of the practice for the 1983 Platteville High School football team the head ball coach questioned whether his players had forgotten about practice. He walked up to the field anyway. “Oh my gosh,” Berg said as he approached the hill near … Continue reading A coach when he was a quarterback
Thursday night, the past and present of the UW Band came together: Since there is no 2020 UW Band concert, PBS Wisconsin is streaming … … and showing the 2019 concert (and you know one of the marchers) on PBS’ Wisconsin Channel Saturday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
I am, I must say, opposed to Jay Wilson’s retirement from WISC-TV in Madison. I’m opposed because I remember when WKOW-TV in Madison hired Wilson to do weekend sports. Then he left for WISN-TV in Milwaukee, and then he came back as WKOW’s sports director when I was a sports intern there, working mostly with … Continue reading The last sportscast (for now?)
Earlier this week I pointed out the numerous flaws in a “news” release ranking states as places for journalists to work. (Which included a huge math error.) Maybe I was grumpy about that because I had to write a story about making objective and societal the subjective and individual definition of happiness. (Really.) The good … Continue reading What happiness is not
A Facebook Friend pointed out that the owner of the Wisconsin State Journal in Madison, Lee Enterprises, is looking for … Reporter – State Government News & Editorial Madison, Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin Position at Wisconsin State Journal The Wisconsin State Journal, south-central Wisconsin’s leading news source, is seeking a smart and aggressive reporter to join its state … Continue reading A job I’m not applying for
With Mike Leckrone’s final UW Band concert(s) on Wisconsin Public Television Saturday at 7 p.m., we combine a UW–Madison College of Letters and Science interview and Madison.com photos plus several YouTube videos and occasionally snarky commentary by myself: My approach to teaching has always been that is it has to be fun. But at the same time, I have a reputation for being … Continue reading Multimedia Mike
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