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Take Solace with Art in a Bar
Take Solace will be at the Art Bar again this Saturday (6/9/2007). We’ll be starting around 9PM.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Take Solace with Sweetheart Tripwire Friday!
Take Solace, an indie folk rock band in Milwaukee, will be playing with Sweetheart Tripwire at The Main Stage in Waukesha on Friday, May 25th. I think the show will be starting around 9. So be there around 8:45PM.
The Main Stage
716 Clinton St.
Waukesha, WI 53186 (MAP)
Oh, and check out our new song before [...]
Song: The Mountain Is Going Away
We finally finished recording The Mountain Is Going Away. It took us a while and I’m proud of this little recording.
[audio:TakeSolace-TheMountainIsGoingAway.mp3]
We recorded it all in my second bedroom since it has carpet and the dither was reduced to a minimum. We added a whole slew of weird background noises and yellings. Try [...]
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Walk
My good friend, Melissa Naatz, is sponsoring a team for the MS Walk on Sunday, May 6, 2007. We’re walking around the lake front downtown in the morning. If you wish to donate to her team and help those with Multiple Sclerosis please visit her site hosted by the National MS Society:
http://www.nationalmssociety.org/goto/melissanaatz
The National [...]
My Flagr Map Spots
Note: You may have to move the map around to find the flags.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Take Solace at John Harbors, April 14th 2007
On Saturday, April 14th 2007 Take Solace will be at John Harbor’s Main Street Coffee House in Menomonee Falls. We’ll play around 7PM or so. You can come and get a nice sandwich and drink some excellent coffee while you watch us play. They have beer and wine too. We’re planning [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )Salary Resources on the Web
There is a nice article from the New York Times called Using the Web to Get the Boss to Pay More that will give you a good summary for salary research on the web. The article gives some good background information on where a lot of the top job sites get their salary information from. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sufjan Stevens and My Brightest Diamond Show Review
Last night, around 7 pm, I was working on the Take Solace web site, designing at a feverish pace when my good friend Joe Dorn called. “Dirk. I have an extra ticket to Sufjan Stevens at 8 pm tonight at the Pabst. Want to go?” “Sure”, I replied, “If you pick [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( Comments Off so far )More On La Fiesta
La Fiesta de Gringo is fast approaching. It’s this Saturday already! The festival will start around 2:30pm and will be going strong for at least 12 hours until 2:30am. Crabgrass, Sweetheart Tripwire and other crazy compilations of musicians and artisans will be rocking all night long. Matt has been preparing for [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Milwaukee Gas Prices
Here is a list of the cheapest gas stations in Milwaukee. Entries come from site visitors so there may be some discrepancies in what the actual prices are but otherwise it’s pretty helpful if you’re a cheapskate like me.
http://milwaukeegasprices.com/
This is really prime for a mash-up with Google Maps. It’d be really sweet to see [...]
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