Music - Dec. 29, 2005
The Velvet Whip tore through musical conventions
The Velvet Whip grew out of a desire to fuse classical instrumentation and contemporary music and quickly became one of the hottest acts on the counterculture scene, playing at the Avant Garde Coffee House and other venues in the second half of the 1960s.
Tagged with: Velvet Whip, Avant Garde, Baroques, Ruppenthal, Dan Ball, Steinfort, The Richard, Bussian, Negative Movement, Dennis Kitchen, Chuck Reitzner

Milwaukee Buzz - July 12, 2006
Milwaukee Talks: Denis Kitchen
Denis Kitchen is a major player in the world of comics; that’s the world of R. Crumb, Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman and others. And he’s a Milwaukee boy. He returns home to collaborate with MAM and we took the opportunity to catch up with him.
Tagged with: Denis Kitchen, Avant Garde, Negative Movement, Baroques, comix, comics, graphic novel, Velvet Whip, Reitman, MAM, Will Eisner

Marketplace - Nov. 15, 2005
Former Avant Garde owner Barker dies in Santa Fe
Jim Barker, a former co-owner of the Avant Garde coffeehouse on Prospect Avenue in the 1960s, died Nov. 5 in New Mexico, after reportedly falling ill in October.
Tagged with: Avant Gardem Goff, Barker, Lisa Bialac-Jehle, Strohmeier, Von Trier, Baroques, Velvet Whip

Milwaukee Buzz - March 1, 2005
Avant Garde inducted many into local counterculture
The Avant Garde Coffeehouse, upstairs in the French Moorish building at 2111 N. Prospect Ave. shone bright for six years, providing a home for musicians, poets and artists. After six years, it rocked a little too hard for some neighbors, who helped shutter it in '68.
Tagged with: Avant Garde, Reitman, beatnik, hippie, Goff, Strohmeier, counterculture, poetry, folk, Velvip Whip, Baroques, Dylan, Bob Watt, Kaleidoscope, Bugle American

Music - March 1, 2008
Northern Room gets comfy at Hi-Hat Garage
Although astute music fans remember such famous residencies as those of the Beatles at Liverpool's Cavern Club and The Jam's at London's Red Cow, the practice hasn't been popular among rock and roll bands in recent years. Now, Milwaukee's Northern Room is giving it a whirl.
Tagged with: Northern Room, Hi-Hat Garage, Andrew Jonathan, Michael Morgan, The Gufs, Jack's Mannequin