8 O'Clock Buzz Brian Standing, Haywood Simmons & Michelle Naff, Jan Miyasaki, Tony Castaneda, & Jonathan Zarov

Another week and more horrific stories from the ongoing genocide in Gaza as Israeli military forces continue their assault on Palestinian civilians.  Jennifer Lowenstein, activist and freelance journalist, joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about recent events there including the bombing of a refugee encampment resulting in 45 deaths, the Biden Administration’s backtracking of enforcing tougher measures against the Israeli government, and the International Criminal Court seeking arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other top officials.

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Definitely go to the Burr Oak tomorrow night, Friday, May 31, as Madison’s own The Dead Johnnys pay tribute to the English punk rock band, The Clash.  Jim Goronson, one of the main members of the Madison band joins the Thursday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk about their show and the musical odyssey that made the English punk pioneers a “clash-ical” act.  Tomorrow night’s lineup includes The Blue Herons and the Broken Boards.  This is your chance to rock the Casbah, or at least the Burr Oak.

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It’s been 14 years since the Supreme Court opened the floodwaters of large, and highly unregulated, election campaign donations in the U.S. The Center for Media and Democracy’s Research Director, David Armiak, tracks some of these large donors, including Charles Koch and Wisconsin’s Richard Uihlein, and where their money goes and how it affects local and national elections.

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COVID has had long-term effects — not just health effects on some people, but also high grocery prices on everyone. Sulma Arias, Executive Director of People’s Action Institute, talks about a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) report that shows how COVID resulted in business failure of smaller grocery suppliers, to the advantage of the large chains such as Kroger and Walmart, who have held consumer prices high for continued greed and record profits.

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Today on the Too Turnt Up Tuesday 8:00 Buzz with Tara Wilhelmi and Antoine McNeail featuring RR Moore and Lolo Lature, catching up on the latest trip to Vegas and it’s culture and opportunities, networking in the entertainment world, some of what’s going on this summer, and talking seriously about negativity attracting attention and child sexual relationships.

Coming up next week: summer youth programming and what’s coming up this month for Juneteenth and more!

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If you think of classic silent film comedy stars, chances are your mind will turn to Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy or Harold Lloyd.  But what about Florence Turner, Texas Guinan, Edna “Billy” Foster or Tsura Aoki?  Men did not have a monopoly on early twentieth century slapstick humor.  The next installment of Duck Soup Cinema at Madison’s Capitol Theatre features the “Queens of Destruction,” a new compilation of female comedians hell-bent on toppling gender stereotypes.  Maggie Hennefeld joined the Monday Buzz by phone to tell us about these early pioneers of silent comedy. Hennefeld is a professor of Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, and co-curated the “Queens of Destruction” program.

Photo: Still from Léontine s’envole, 1911, courtesy Duck Soup Cinema

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