Legendary take
06.03.2026 17:55
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Legendary take
In his final video, he says, "I'm sad and I'm lonely." He talked about loneliness a lot. It's powerful hearing somebody talk that honestly. By being so free with his thoughts, he captured some really profound and important ones. RIP Dave. Nobody should have to feel lonely.
Begel was a content creator to the core. He spent his final weeks in the hospital, video blogging for Facebook. Those videos are a little like his columns: expression for the sake of it. But they're also very moving in their documentation of end of life www.facebook.com/reel/1592495...
How much Begel was in on his own joke is hard to say. But earlier in his career he'd been a notable sports reporter. And even late in his career, he was a serious theater critic. The theater scene really respected him, and cared about his opinion. He provided artists with crucial validation
Begel was infamous during early Twitter for his OnMilwaukee column, which was always thoughts in search of a point. A weird, "how did this run?" thing, that almost went out of its way to offer no value to the reader. Yet we all had fun reading them
onmilwaukee.com/articles/beg...
A tweet announcing that Dave Begel has died. "PR man. Columnist. Radio talk show host. Storyteller. Musician. East side legend."
RIP Dave Begel, a complicated Milwaukee media figure
This makes me wish Leonard Cohen got to collaborate with car vs driver or Christine front drive
value-neutral statement: the new deathcrash album feels very little like the previous ones, like it's a true fresh start/new direction, very accessible. Somebody on the other app likened it to BCNR making their own Meadowlands
Impossible to imagine this happening but her character would be amazing in like a brisk Baltasar Kormákur/Ilya Naishuller/Antoine Fuqua action thriller.
Let PTA hand over the reins to a competent spectacle director so they could have some fun with i
deathcrash just made their own Boxer deathcrash.bandcamp.com/album/somers...
floweragain.substack.com/p/explaining...
I wrote a bit about my favorite album of 2026 so far
Topics covered: Milwaukee lowend, Tommy from Big Frank videos, Lil Pump, Willy Staley tweets, Modest Mouse B-side titles, etc.
floweragain.substack.com/p/explaining...
At what point does it start to feel personal that Trump has dedicated his first 14 months solely to tanking JD Vance’s chances of ever being president
let's save tony orlando's house (chopped and screwed)
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
wrote about the LaRussell x Wayne discourse and gave my two cents on what it *really* means for rap to have substance for @hearingthingsco.bsky.social
A nondescript modern, grey building called Landmark Credit Union Live
People outside of Milwaukee (no cheating): What would you guess this building is?
the cover of the replacements' "tim" album
Wrote a bit about the Replacements' "Left of the Dial" this week. anniezaleski.substack.com/p/sweet-geor...
Mama Tried maybe?
I’m in a weird cycle of Millennialhood where a lot of my middle school/high school favorite bands are extremely celebrated and relevant, and a lot of my college favs are forgotten or underrated.
An AI-generated flyer for Coffee with a LGBTQ cop at Anodyne Coffee
Not to upstage the Summerfest announcement but
February showers bring March flowers
this will be my first time seeing Hot Mulligan, I'm stoked
OH THAT SUCKS!!! I didn't even notice The Beths were playing
Summerfest lineup is so packed I couldn't fit my shortlist into a tweet
I've once again fulfilled my solemn duty of organizing the Summerfest lineup into an easy-to-read format. The Spin Doctors go on at 7:30.
I wrote this about my friend Nikki Delamotte a few years ago too. anniezaleski.substack.com/p/i-am-tryin...
New hardcore column on a soul-stirring Division Of Mind/Eliminators show and new tracks from Knocked Loose/Denzel Curry, Holder, Crush Your Soul, Unreal City, Killing Pace, Giallo, Loose Leash, Burning Lord, Taker, & Ritual Cross.
