March 1984
Volume 9
Number 3
Features
On the Town
There are more than 1,500 pubs and clubs in the Milwaukee area. So where do you go when you want to go
out?
By Perry M. Lamek
The Cream City Sound
From heavy metal to jazz, the best of Milwaukee’s bands.
Jive Wards
Milwaukee’s youth gangs have become “secret societies,” temperamentally demanding the public’s attention and recognition.
By James Romenesko
Harmful Elements
In the 1920s, a radical group of Milwaukee censors tried to keep everything from bad words to women’s legs off the city’s silver screens. And they’re still at it.
By Richard Bernard, Ph.D
The Bluesman
To play the blues for real is to take on a spirit far more powerful, wiser and meaner than your own. Sometimes the price is just too high.
By Stephen Wiest
Departments
Inside Milwaukee
Milwaukee’s own professor of rock ‘n’ roll, paranoia at City Hall, and more.
Edited by James Romenesko
Sure Things
Tiny trains, fashionable clothes for mothers-to-be, and a most unusual way to relax.
By Judith P. Woodburn
MetroScene
Daring dance and dairy dance: two exhilarating events in March.
Compiled by Heather J. Notch
Restaurant Listings
Milwaukee Classified
Columns
Out Front
By Charles J. Sykes
Wines and Spirits
How to order wine with the ultimate aplomb.
By Michael Muckian
CityLights
The man who can promote anything.
By Perry M. Lamek
Restaurants
Stalking an authentic Irish meal.
By Willard Romantini
The Fine Arts
A farewell message on the state of the arts in Milwaukee.
By Bruce Murphy
Endgame
Ho-hum. The endless ennui of cable television programming.
By Perry M. Lamek
On the Cover
Photograph by James Schnepf. Hair by Bruce DeCarlo; make-up by Cheryl Conley of Faces, Ltd.; clothing from Valentina.
