COLLEGE RADIO WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY CHILDHOOD GROWING UP OUTSIDE OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN IN THE PRE-INTERNET RADIO LATE 90S. 91.7 WMSE IS REALLY WHERE I CUT MY TEETH AND IN A LOT OF WAYS I CAN KIND OF TRACE IT ALL BACK TO THOSE HEARTLAND NIGHTS, ALONE WITH THE RADIO. PUNK ROCK, RAP, RAVE – ALL THAT SHIT.

THE LATE NIGHT HYPE SHOW ON WMSE WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF A REAL MIDWESTERN INDIE RAP BOOM. WEIRD TO THINK ABOUT AN ERA WHEN ANTICON AND EMINEM WERE IN THE SAME CULTURAL ZONE, BUT IT HAPPENED. IN A WAY THE CURRENT RAP CLIMATE FEELS A LITTLE BIT SIMILAR. CONFUSING BUT FUN.

NOW 10+ YEARS HAVE PASSED AND THE LATE NIGHT HYPE SHOW ARCHIVES ARE ONLINE. RADIO RIPS, VHS FREESTYLES – ALL THAT SHIT. FUNNY TO LISTEN BACK AND HEAR CERTAIN “BACKPACKER” CLICHES BUT FUCK IT, IT WAS A TIME AND A PLACE AND I WAS FUCKING 12. IN THE END, THE MUSIC IS ALL THAT MATTERS AND A LOT OF IT WAS (AND STILL IS) FUCKING BANGING.

I WILL BE THROWING DOWN MY SIGNATURE BLEND OF FUN, INSANITY AND REDEMPTION IN MY HOMETOWN OF MILWAUKEE THIS WEEK!

FIRST ON THE AGENDA IS A DJ SET AT THE WHEREHOUSE NIGHTCLUB ON THURSDAY JULY 28TH – LETS JUST SAY THERE WILL BE SOME DANCE TROOPS IN THE BUILDING! THEN THE MAIN EVENT: SATURDAY JULY 30TH AT STONEFLY IN RIVERWEST PERFORMING LIVE ALONGSIDE SAN DIEGO’S RAFTER AND COLUMBUS, OHIO’S FINEST RHYMESAYER, THE ONE AND ONLY BLUEPRINT.

THE SATURDAY SHOW IS PART OF THE WMSE RADIO SUMMER CAMP SERIES. PSYCHED TO BE A PART OF THIS, I GREW UP LISTENING TO WMSE AND THEY TAUGHT ME A LOT. SEE ALL YOU CHEESEHEADS IN THE PIT!

I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF BEING A TEENAGER IN THE HEARTLAND: WEEKEND ROAD TRIPS, RAGING SHOWS AND GOOFING OFF. JUICEBOXXX GOT ME THRU THE DARKNESS THAT COMES WITH GROWIN’ UP AND FOR THAT I AM FOREVER IN DEBT TO THIS MUSIC SHIT. THE MILWAUKEE BAND DOOM BUGGY WERE A BIG PART OF MY YOUTH, WE PLAYED MANY SHOWS TOGETHER IN 2K3 AND 2K4 THAT I STILL THINK ABOUT TO THIS DAY. WE WERE ALL AROUND THE SAME AGE, JUST KIDS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THIS CRAZY THING CALLED “MUSIC” AND ALSO THIS EVEN CRAZIER THING CALLED “LIFE”.

DOOM BUGGY WERE AND STILL ARE A HARD BAND TO DESCRIBE AND I MEAN THAT IN THE BEST WAY. RIOT GIRRRRRRRLY VOCALS MEETS SPAZZY PUNK WITH A LOT OF SHREDDING GUITAR AND GENRE HOPPING. GRUNGE MUSIC AND NO WAVE ALSO FACTORED INTO THE OVERALL VIBE; DOOM BUGGY FOUND THEIR STYLE FAST AND KEPT GROWING. WHEN YOU ARE 16, GOING ON LIL’ WEEKEND MINI TOURS TRULY DOES MEAN THE WORLD AND I HAVE A MILLION STORIES. I ALWAYS REMEMBER BEING SUPER MANIC ON THESE TRIPS BECAUSE I HAD SO MUCH BOTTLED UP INTENSITY/INSANITY AFTER A WEEK OF SCHOOL, LOOKING BACK I AM PRETTY SURE THAT I WAS OUT OF MY GODDAMN MIND MOST OF THE TIME.

BUT ENOUGH OF ALL THAT, CAN’T LOOK BACK. ENJOY THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING: THE MUSIC. DOOM BUGGY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO LET ME POST THEIR ENTIRE DISCOGRAPHY HERE, INCLUDING UNRELEASED SHIT. CHECK IT OUT AND TRY TO GET BACK INTO A CERTAIN ZONE, EVEN IF JUST FOR A SECOND. BASEMENT SHOWS, VFW/LEGION HALL SHOWS, ALL AGES SHOWS – ALL THAT SHIT. I KNOW I’M GETTING CHEESEBALL HERE BUT FUCK IT, IT WAS AN IMPORTANT TIME IN MY LIFE.

DOWNLOAD THE FULL DOOM BUGGY DISCOGRAPHY HERE

PS. ALL THE MEMBERS OF DOOM BUGGY ARE STILL IN THE MUSIC GAME. TONY RUNS VICIOUS POP RECORDS AND WILLY D IS A TOURING MEMBER OF THE JUICEBOXXX LIVE EXPERIENCE. MOLLY HOLDS IT DOWN IN MAGIC WORDS AND SAM IS IN CATACOMBZ AND ALSO BIG FUN 4 EVER WITH WILLY AND TONY, WHO ARE ALSO IN MANY OTHER BANDS, INCLUDING POSSIBLE FATHERS. WAS THAT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT? DID THAT MAKE SENSE? PROBABLY NOT WHO KNOWS FUK U. MILWAUKEE 4 EVER.

BOOOOOOOOYA

TWO “ASIAN TOUR WARMUP” SHOWS IN WISCONSIN THIS WEEKEND THAT WILL RAGE REALLY HARD 4 SURE! ASIAN TOUR DATES ON MONDAY. THE MIXTAPE ON TUESDAY. EVERYTHING IS GOING DOWN. LET’S GO.

FRIDAY OCTOBER 15TH @ STONEFLY BREWERY IN MILWAUKEE
WITH BIG FREEDIA
(NOLA BOUNCE LEGEND IN THE GAME IF YOU LIVE IN MILWAUKEE AND MISS THIS I’M SORRY BUT YOU FUCKED UP)
+DJ RUSTY LAZER
9:00

SATURDAY OCTOBER 16TH @ 703 E GORHAM HOUSE IN MADISON
WITH PIONEER, MADDEN, PROBLEM CHILD AND MORE
7:30

MASSIVE MAGAZINE WAS A RAVE ZINE BASED OUT OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. AS A 12-YEAR OLD KID I WAS ABLE TO CATCH THE TAIL END OF THIS PUBLICATION IN THE LATE 90′S JUST AS RAVE CULTURE WAS STARTING TO DECLINE IN WISCONSIN. THERE WAS A PERIOD WHEN THE MIDWEST RULED THE RAVE WITH LARGE SCALE EVENTS LIKE EVEN FURTHUR, WHICH IS PROBABLY MOST FAMOUS FOR HOSTING THE AMERICAN DEBUT OF DAFT PUNK. I THINK MY FASCINATION WITH THIS SCENE/TIME PERIOD PARTIALLY STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT I WAS JUST TOO YOUNG TO BE A PART OF IT (I WAS 12 IN 1999). I REMEMBER HANGING OUT AT MASSIVE RECORD SOURCE AROUND THAT TIME, A SHOP THAT WAS OWNED BY THE LEGEND DAN DOORMOUSE. MY DAD WOULD DROP ME OFF AND I WOULD SPEND TIME LISTENING TO RECORDS THAT DAN WOULD PICK OUT FOR ME. THIS WAS A PRETTY IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE IN SHAPING A YOUNG JUICEBOXXX! I WAS EXPOSED TO A LOT OF NEW STYLES FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THAT STORE, THANKS DAN. YOU CAN READ OLD ISSUES OF MASSIVE HERE, I RECOMMEND IT.