Posts tagged Dean Robbins

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Dylan Slept Here

What makes an ordinary place extra-ordinary?  Discovering that one of your heroes slept there, maybe.  Commentator Dean Robbins recently stumbled on a little-known piece of music history.

Dean Robbins is the editor of Madison’s alternative weekly, Isthmus.

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Nirvana in Madison:

20 years ago, Nirvana’s album “Nevermind” went to number one on the music charts, bringing alternative rock to a mainstream audience. Commentator Dean Robbins remembers the album’s Wisconsin roots.

Dean Robbins is the editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative news weekly.

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Martial Arts Elvis:

August 16th marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis’s death. And while many people will make the pilgrimage to Graceland to mark the occasion, commentator Dean Robbins tells us about a place a little closer to home.

Dean Robbins is the editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly.

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Hank Aaron:

It’s baseball season, and today, commentator Dean Robbins shares a story about a legendary player and a small Wisconsin city.

Dean Robbins is the Editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly newspaper.

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Buddy Holly:

February is Grammy Awards month, a time to celebrate the best new music of the year. Commentator Dean Robbins rarely misses the Grammys, but February has another meaning for him. A little more than fifty years ago, rock and roll legend Buddy Holly was touring Wisconsin when his small plane went down. He and his tour mates died in the crash, but not before changing the course of rock and roll.

Dean Robbins is the Editor of the Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly newspaper.

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Paramount Records:

February is Black History month. Today, commentator Dean Robbins uncovers a little-known story, about the Wisconsin roots of some of the late, great, Delta blues musicians.

Dean Robbins is the Editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly newspaper.

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Bunny Berigan:

75 years ago, a man from Fox Lake did something extraordinary. So extraordinary, that the state of Wisconsin erected a historical marker in his Dodge County hometown, population 14-hundred. Who was he? Commentator Dean Robbins has the story.

Dean Robbins is the editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly newspaper.