Milwaukee's DrAwkward

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IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures drummer/vocalist guy. He/him. Skeeting about loud music, pro wrestling, and whatever I feel like. If you are anti-trans you aren't my friend. IfIHadAHiFi EP PAWS IN THE BACON GREASE now available: IfIHadAHiFi.bandcamp.com

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Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· 25d

On the other hand, I had a very chill 52nd birthday today full of comic book shopping, a stop at American Science & Surplus, ramen served to me by a robot, a delicious fruit sour at Amorphic, and the official start of my "older dude in big chunky frames" era. Next stop: progressive lenses, YAY

A 52-year-old cis white male with fabulous curly grey hair and black eyeglass frames like Elvis Costello or some shit

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· 25d

In 1969, Lombardi’s Redskins included a running back named Ray McDonald, who in 1968 had been arrested for having sex with another man in public. In the Lombardi biography When Pride Still Mattered, author David Maraniss writes that Lombardi told his assistants he wanted them to work with McDonald to help him make the team, “And if I hear one of you people make reference to his manhood, you’ll be out of here before your ass hits the ground.”

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· 26d

I'm gonna pickle some of this shit and see what happens

Some goddamn delicious zucchini from our garden

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 30

Time to start talking about this one incessantly. The Flavor That Kills are absolutely wild. Come hang out next Wednesday night!

Poster for Body Futures/The Flavor that Kills/Resurrectionists/Vile Bees @ X-Ray Arcade, Cudahy, WI, Wednesday July 8

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 27

Just sent Neptune off on their way to Iowa City. Man, it was so great to hang with them and reconnect for the first time in like 18 fucking years. Just the greatest dudes, and oh my god were they incredible last night

The band NEPTUNE performing at MKE Ultra Milwaukee last night. Three middle-aged dudes playing home-built guitars, tone generators, synths, and LOTS of drums

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 26

Normal is 3 hours 40 minutes from me. That's manageable

3 BOJANGLES LOCATIONS IN ILLINOIS: Marion, Mt. Vernon, Normal

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 19

P.S. You near Sturgeon Bay? Come on out tomorrow

LIVE @ MUSE, Sturgeon Bay, WI: IFIHADAHIFI, Key of Evil, The Band Spot; Friday, June 19 at 8 pm. All ages, $20. www.musesturgeonbay.org

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 16

That's been part of their look since their first album cover in '85. It's apparently the Star of Lakshmi but they say they came up with it as a riff on the symbol for chaos? I dunno!

The album cover of Faith No More's WE CARE A LOT (1985)

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 16

This better mean what I hope it fucking means

A post from the Faith No More Facebook page, displaying a crowd shot with the year 2027 placed over it

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 10

Alex Summers, is that you?

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 7

Hey, look to the East. Jupiter and Venus are getting really close to each other and it's really pretty

A night sky with Jupiter (left) and Venus (right) near conjunction

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 3

Fisto AND Ram Man

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 1

Finally, July 9-12 is the annual PRF BBQ in Chicago. Four days and nights of stellar bands and stellar hangs. Body Futures plays Saturday July 11 at 2:50 PM in the afternoon.

Poster for the 2026 PRF BBQ in Chicago, July 9-12. Way too many bands to mention but a great time and even greater hangs

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 1

On July 8, it's BODY FUTURES / RESURRECTIONISTS / VILE BEES / THE FLAVOR THAT KILLS AT X-RAY ARCADE! Madison's The Flavor That Kills is best described by me as "what if Electric Six was REALLY FUCKING WEIRD?" They are absolutely compelling live

Flier for Body Futures/Resurrectionists/Vile Bees/The Flavor That Kills at X-Ray Arcade on July 8

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 1

On June 26, IfIHadAHiFi is playing again with Key of Evil, and are joined by Karl J. Palouček and Neptune. Neptune are a weirdo installation art-as-band trio who build their own instruments out of scrap metal. They are transfixing & we are stoked to have them back and YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THEM.

Flier for Neptune/IfIHadAHiFi/Key of Evil/Karl Paloucek at MKE Ultra on June 26

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Jun 1

Here's a thread of stuff that is happening this month with my bands, in case you're one of the 12 or so people who are interested: June 19: IfIHadAHiFi is heading up to Sturgeon Bay for the first time since like 2009! Playing with Key of Evil and Spot.

Flier for IfIHadAHiFi/Key of Evil/Spot at MUSE in Sturgeon Bay June 19

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· May 16

In Chicago tonight. (MKE Ultra tomorrow)

Flier for Stick Horse record release with IfIHadAHiFi, Nonagon, and the Fuzzbox DJs @ Illuminated Brew Works, 6186 Northwest Hwy, Chicago, 8 pm, no cover (bring earplugs)

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· May 12

Hahahaha this guy is a fucking DOPE

"I've got oodles of money in Facebook followers and Substack, or the equivalent of that in my being able to reach people and give them my message," Bangstad added.

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· May 8

I know lots of people are clowning on the Gingerbread Man stuff on Smackdown right now, but let the record show that I am more than ok with large cartoon characters in the ring. #NJPW 🤼

Still from New Japan Ignition to Dominion post match comments: Hirooki Goto and a mascot named Karatsu. Subtitle reads "Keep supporting Karatsu, New Japan, and the Goto Revolutionary Army."

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 29

Good luck framing a policy focused around affordability and "rural preservation" when you're riding the President's jock, Tom. Didn't he just open up Minnesota's boundary waters to mining?

MADISON – Within the first few months of the year that Wisconsin will elect its next governor, democratic socialist Francesca Hong is leading the pack in the state's most prominent public poll and running a campaign at a moment she’s said “may be the only time for a candidate like me to run statewide.”

She's generated buzz that's not as easily measured, too.

Buoyed by an ardent group of supporters spanning the state, her momentum is fueled by volunteers whose contributions include a "Why Fran?" 'zine, policy trading cards and volunteer-led events. A section of volunteer-designed merchandise on Hong's campaign store includes "Hotties for Hong" shirts, among other designs.

It's enough that consultants for U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany's campaign are urging the Republican candidate to treat her as a "very probable nominee" whose "combination of grassroots momentum, unapologetically progressive ideology, and a platform centered on high turnout makes her uniquely dangerous in the general election," according to a campaign memo leaked to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

The subject line of the memo, prepared by consultants Clinton Soffer and Chris Hansen? "We Need To Take Francesca Hong Seriously."

"There's definitely an appetite among Democratic voters for the kinds of things that Hong and Sanders and Mamdani are saying," UW political science professor Barry Burden said. "In the electorate generally, there's a frustration with how the economy is working or not working nowadays … and lots of people across the political spectrum are discontent."

Hong said she feels she brings a more relatable message on these issues because she deals with them herself as a single mom and a renter.

"I try to talk about the issues in a way that helps people make the connection that there is a villain, that this is part of a system that wasn’t designed to support working-class people," Hong said. "So, 'tax the billionaires,' it’s not just a catchphrase, right? It’s a way for us to start the conversation about how we can have fairness in a tax system."

The memo from Tiffany's campaign consultants notes her "working-class biography and populist economics [could] blunt 'radical socialist' framing."

The memo also describes Hong's platform as "broadly popular and difficult to counter." Her agenda "is built around kitchen-table issues that poll strongly with independents, working families, and even some rural voters," according to the consultants.

Tiffany's consultants recommended developing a message focused on Hong's most liberal votes and elements of her record while testing messaging to undercut her "tax the rich" plans.

"Facing Hong requires a fundamentally different playbook than against a moderate Democrat," they wrote, adding that while pushing back on her "Madison-centric worldview," the GOP campaign must also present "superior alternatives on affordability and rural preservation."

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 28

This #NJPW World graphic has been slaying my wife and me. Jake Lee, you are a weirdo 🤼

The wrestler Jake Lee with the caption for a show he is hosting called "THAT'S LIFE"

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 27

Hi, I honestly don't give a shit whether the assassination attempt was staged

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 20

Saturday. Come party and help Francesca Hong get elected governor

A flier for a benefit show for Francesca Hong's campaign for governor of Wisconsin. April 25 at X-Ray Arcade with Chappell Hoan, Ape in a Tank, and Alkaline Quartet. www.xrayarcade.com

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 12

Sooshibay in downtown Milwaukee (the new conveyor belt sushi bar style restaurant) has fucking robots, y'all

Milwaukee's DrAwkward@hotshotrobot· Apr 11

A FRAMES at the Crystal Corner in Madison. Most fun I have had attending a show in some time. Seeing a legend level band with so many great people. Can't remember last time I rocked out first row like that. COME BACK SOON, GUYS