EricCast

The "World's Largest Music Festival" returns to Milwaukee's lakefront June 27-July 8. Summerfest 2018 brings new stages, a new North Gate, over 800 bands, and 11 days of music, food, drink, and new memories. Sarah Smith Pancheri, VP/Marketing for Milwaukee World Festivals, Inc., joins me for a fun conversation about what's new, what's it like to work on it, which specials you can take advantage of, and how you can maximize your Summerfest experience. We also candidly cover what MAJOR performer influenced the Stones to play Summerfest in 2015, what goofy question was I tempted to ask Huey Lewis during a press conference last year (I chickened out), and even the term "bang-off" appears. Find out why by listening!

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George Thorogood & the Destroyers were coming to town. I interviewed George as he prepared for a show in Milwaukee, talking about his early Summerfest experience, his upcoming solo album, and how his band may have proved too crazy for Madison during Halloween. This interview aired on "The Morning Rewind" on Rewind 92.1/WXXM-FM in Madison on May 29, 2017.

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An update for entrepreneurs on resources available in Wisconsin, including making connections, raising capital, events, suppliers and service providers, partnerships with organizations and large, established companies, and more. Examples of young, growing startups and even the potential impacts of Foxconn are discussed in this talk with Matt Cordio, Co-founder & President of Skills Pipeline and StartupMKE.

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Producer John Mitchell is a Wisconsin native who left for L.A. and returned two decades later to make a documentary showcasing his home state and its special culture, history, and appeal. Called "Cheeseheads: The Documentary," this in-depth, sometimes personal, often humorous look at the state shows why the "Cheesehead" is more than just a funny foam hat. It's out now, and we talk with him about Wisconsin, making this documentary, and what makes this state so special.

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Roving Blue is a young Wisconsin-based company that seeks to make the world your water bottle, Portable, effective ozone-based water purification in something as small and light as a pen is now possible without the use of industrial chemicals; this technology can also ensure safe fruits & vegetables, clean tap lines, improve dental rinses, even get dirty clothes and wet dogs to smell fresh again. With their proprietary technology they're poised to make a big splash. We talk with Marianna "Yana" DeMyer, CEO & Co-founder of Roving Blue about getting started, working with the military, finding new uses, and the promise of what's to come. You can go to http://www.rovingblue.com/?bid=1000&rc=FW2XZAY96E to find out more on their site.

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America (the band) folk-rocked the 70s. Ventura Highway, A Horse With No Name, Tin Man, admit it - you know 'em all. These American high school kids in London in 1970 rose to prominence and still tour today. But questions remain: are alligator lizards real? Did they originate the phrase "purple rain"? Why didn't that horse ever get named? Why did they start most of their albums with the letter H? And what's their Wisconsin connection? I talk with Dewey Bunnell of America to find out these things and more on today's EriCast.

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