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• a.MKE: Three Bridges Park, Gwen Moore on Colbert, Wildfire cause and Daniel Werfel 5.17.13

  President Barack Obama picked a senior White House budget official, Daniel Werfel, to be head of the Internal Revenue Service yesterday. Werfel currently serves as controller of the Office of Management and Budget, and was a key player in implementing recent automatic spending cuts knows as the sequester. Officials from the state Department of Natural Resources announced the use of logging equipment on private forest land caused the massive wildfire in northwest WI this week. The fire is fully contained, but not before it burned 8,131 acres in Douglas and Bayfield counties. "Three Bridges Park", a 24-acre park that occupies a former rail yard east of Miller Park between the 27th and 35th street viaducts in the Menomonee Valley will open on July 20th. The park is the last of $25 million in projects for the valley that include extending the Hank Aaron State Trail and the new Urban Ecology Center. Democratic Representative Gwen Moore from WI's 4th congressional district appeared this week on The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Harley-Davidson, Milwaukee Brewers and Johnsonville sausages all got shout-outs, as did classic shows "Happy Days" and "Laverne & Shirley". Gwen Moore was a great sport and played along with Colbert, riding on the back of his imaginary Harley as they were being chased by the police. Video found on our Facebook page.

• Doin Time with Herbie Mann

  We wrap up this week's Seven O'Clock Sample exploration of the Alternative Rock hits of the 1990s.  If there was one song that defined the summer of 1996, this would be it... Sublime's rise to fame was a breath of fresh air in the mid-90s.  While harder grunge rock was breaking into the the top 10, Sumblime's mix of reggae, rock and rap was a nice change for the moment.  It also had MASSIVE appeal. This song not only samples a Beastie Boy's lick, but the main meldoy comes from Herbie Mann's cover of "Summertime". SUBLIMEHERBIE MANNDOIN' TIME (UPTOWN DUB)

• RNDM On World Cafe | May 15, 2013

  RNDM is a new band featuring Joseph Arthur, Pearl Jambassist Jeff Ament and drummer Richard Stuverud. Ament and Arthur met when the latter opened for Pearl Jam on tour. Ament tells World Cafe host David Dye that he was mesmerized by Arthur's ability to create band sounds by looping his guitar and vocals. He also describes how RNDM formed and explains the process behind creating its debut album, Acts. (Link) Tracklisting (( )) for interlude music Joe Henry “Stop” Scar Rhye “Open” Woman Aretha Franklin “Oh Me Oh My (I’m A Fool For You Baby)” Young, Gifted and Black Pearl Jam “Nothingman” Vitalogy ((Joseph Arthur “Spaceman” Recorded Live for the World Cafe)) RNDM “What You Can’t Control” Recorded Live for the World Cafe RNDM “Williamsburg” Recorded Live for the World Cafe RNDM “The Disappearing Ones” Recorded Live for the World Cafe ((Real Estate “Atlantic City” Real Estate)) Joseph Arthur “Saint of Impossible Causes” The Ballad of Boogie Christ Jane Siberry “Sail Across the Water” When I Was A Boy Tears For Fears “Mad World” The Hurting The Postal Service “A Tattered Line Of String” Give Up Ryan Adams “La Cienega Just Smiled” Gold Steve Forbert “Romeo’s Tune” The Best Of Steve Forbert Josh Ritter “Hopeful” The Beast In Its Tracks Jack White “I’m Shakin’” Blunderbuss Jimi Hendrix “Voodoo Chile” Electric Ladyland ((Black Joe Lewis “I Don’t Mind” Black Joe Lewis)) Charles Bradley “Strictly Reserved For You” Victim of Love Kings of Leon “Back Down South” Come Around Sundown The National “Don’t Swallow the Cap” Trouble Will Find Me TV On the Radio “Halfway Home” Dear Science ((Audra Mae “Eli The Barrow Boy” Haunt)) Caitlin Rose “I Was Cruel” The Stand-In Neil Young “Look Out For My Love” Comes A Time Little Green Cars “Harper Lee” Absolute Zero Rhett Miller “Our Love” The Instigator ((Madi Diaz “Christine” Skin and Bone))

• Listen To Alice Russell's Haunting Cover of James Blake's "Retrograde"

  Brighton-based singer/songwriter Alice Russell is one of my favorite vocalists. Before Amy Winehouse and the retro-soul sound became popular, there was always Alice Russell. Ms. Russell recently released her 5th studio record entitled To Dust.  In a recent session at WYNC, Alice Russell performed a few tracks including a very beautiful rendition of James Blake's "Retrograde." Take a listen below and let us know what you think.