Art & Music images

Full house

Here's the Flickr set from last night's soirée for Andrea Drida's art opening and Kyle Feerick's gig. A busy, fun night and a lot of pictures in this set.

Allie and Andrea

It was a very nice opening for Andrea, with a ton of compliments on her work and several sales. And Kyle was great, with a couple of sets that included just a few covers (that he made his own), but mostly his own original tunes, which were very well received by the audience (lots of whistles and shouts). Doug (Day) set up his gear and recorded Kyle, so hopefully we got some good stuff down on tape (or more accurately, down on digital).

Kyle Feerick

Our pal Marty also has some Stumpjack images on his own Flickr site, including a few from last night.

MUSIC & ART this weekend

poster by Andrea

Double whammy on Friday night: 7:00 opening art exhibition: "Broken Hearts Bleed" drawings and paintings by Andrea Drida. 8:00 Live Music with Kyle Feerick - Milwaukee independent musician.

Kyle Feerick

From the press release:

Kyle Feerick is a musician living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin who has shared the stage with many established Milwaukee artists. He has a reputation as an artist who enjoys spontaneous collaborations and musical experimentation. A member of the Milwaukee band Momentary, Feerick also performs numerous solo concerts while continually writing and experimenting with new sounds and recording techniques. His voice and music have fresh and upbeat quality reminiscent of the 80s English New Wave band XTC, while he lists his influences as including artits such as Radiohead, The Mars Volta, Dave Matthews Band, Bob Marley, Nirvana, Weezer, Wes Montgomery, and Sublime. This will be Feerick’s first appearance at Stumpjack Coffee and his performance will take place during the opening reception of “Broken Hearts Bleed,” an art exhibition featuring the drawings and paintings of Andrea Drida. Feerick’s Music can be heard on his MySpace site as well as Momentary’s site.

Saturday night at 8:00: Becky Markvart, recent winner of Best Local Musical Group (along with her partner Bill Martell) and new recording artist with her just released CD "Shine Down On Me."

Open Monday mornings/Coffee Column

Open this summer on Mondays 8:00a.m. - Noon
FYI: We're going to be fiddling with our hours a bit for this summer (yes, we'll likely be using the term "summer hours" in signage somewhere). Haven't entirely settled on everything yet, but one thing we will be doing is opening Monday mornings from 8:00 until around noon. Cheyenne will be running the shop while I'm busy doing other maintenance work.

Last Week Wednesday, June 11, the Herald Times Reporter published the first installment of my coffee column. We've received a truckload of very kind responses and comments on it, that are much appreciated. The HTR is calling the column "Spill the Beans"...a bit clichéd but serviceable nonetheless. The column will be published twice a month with half of columns being written by me and the other half coming from a small pool of other good folks.

You can click the image above to enlarge or go directly to the HTR site online to read it: http://www.htrnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080611/MAN04/806110535/-1/archive

I would ask a favor of you: if you do read the articles at the HTR online site please leave a comment at the bottom of the page with your thoughts (for this and future "Spill the Beans" columns by me or the other writers). While a lot of people have been very vocal about the column to me personally, the HTR would also like to know what people think, and your feedback will help keep the thing going and may even shape what is discussed in the column.

New Flickr Sets

click the links below each picture or on the right side column

Koz 5/17/08

Kerry Michaels & Tom Reynolds 5/23/08

Jeannie Mayotte 5/24/08

Pagel & Turner 6/6/08

Lloyd Rohr 6/7/08

Bill Walkner 6/13/08

I crush your head!

Yes, yes, hello there...I crush your head!

We are crushing your head!
(Click on this one to see Becky's victorious head crushing smirk.)

I am crushing your head!