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Milwaukee Music Premiere: Diet Lite, ‘X-Ray’

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5 months ago

October 16, 2025

Milwaukee Music Premiere: Diet Lite, ‘X-Ray’

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There’s a distinctly cathartic feel to the power-rock atmosphere that floats all over Diet Lite’s sound. With a constant switch-up of vocals, guitar and bass between Max Niemann and Kelson Kuzdas — backed by the hard-hitting rhythms of Evan Marsalli — the trio quickly became a staple in the Milwaukee scene. Shows that spilled out onto the crowd with a stage presence that’s equal parts jangly and sweaty earned them a rowdy reputation.

Diet Lite fill a packed room with a chaotic sound that remains pointed in its journey, but not its end, which makes sense for a band that radiates so much musical energy. It all has to go somewhere, right?

Today, it goes to the band’s new single, “X-Ray,” off their upcoming album Double Wide Yukon set to release next month.

There’s a clear layer in the band’s writing process that lets their individual perspectives flow into a natural whole. Musically, the song was written by Marsalli, while the lyrics were worked on by Kuzdas and Niemann individually. To no one’s surprise, the latter duo penned similar sentiments that represent, in the band’s own words, “the kinda feeling you might get when you find a fiver in a pocket while doing laundry, and it’s completely covered in hot tar.”

That sense of being thrown out of our day-to-day lives permeates “X-Ray.” The sense of self is gone; it’s just the noise now.

I push the button, and I know not how, but why
I got magic in the fingers and an unrelated rot in the mind
Lying patient in the presence of the prize
Sweet mother of invention, give me some kisses

Self-destructive creativity is a common theme for artists in general. The all-consuming act of creating anything becomes a problem in itself, for it quickly becomes the only thing an artist thinks about. Diet Lite personify this as an omniscient god that one must beg for grace.

Lying tall on our sad ivory stage
Won’t you take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it, take it
I have it all and I can feel it sinking in
Now I have it all and I feel like swimming

There’s a salvation that comes from finishing a piece, but it’s a short one. The hit of dopamine that burns through you only burns for a short time. The only thing you can start thinking of afterward is what’s next. It blurs the lines between vice and opportunity that doesn’t necessarily need to leave you feeling better — just whole.

Sonically, the song mirrors the thematic pull of the lyrics, with sweat-soaked rhythms and virile guitar. It’s a rowdy batch of notes that pushes and pulls at the body, churning the insides until everything starts to boil. That’s what Diet Lite are all about: an unstoppable force with no clear end that just won’t stop going. “X-Ray” grabs the listener with no remorse for a little under two minutes and drops them off at another station with no rhyme or reason for how they got there.

If you want to go for a ride, listen to the song using the player at the top of the page or on the 88Nine airwaves throughout today (6:30 and 10:30 a.m.; 2:30 and 6:30 p.m.). Then stay tuned for when “X-Ray” releases this Friday, Oct. 17, followed by new album Double Wide Yukon on Nov. 14.

Jonathan Joseph is a Milwaukee-based multimedia freelance journalist who specializes in art and culture writing (and all things Milwaukee), with work appearing on Radio Milwaukee and in Milwaukee Magazine. Contact him via email or find him on LinkedIn.

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Brewers finally announce cable, satellite TV channels for broadcasts

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8 hours ago

March 26, 2026

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Brewers finally announce cable, satellite TV channels for broadcasts

Just before the pitch clock hits zero, the Milwaukee Brewers released a rundown of channels on cable and satellite for game broadcasts, mere hours before the 1:10 p.m. CT first pitch on Opening Day, Thursday, March 26.

The club said channels include 1263 on XFinity, 670 on DirecTV, 1743 on U-Verse, and 319 or 469 on Spectrum. The broadcasts are also listed as available on streaming service Fubo.

The Brewers are pointing fans to a channel-finding tool on their web site at Brewers.com/watch, though in the moments after the announcement, the channel finder was not yet locating details for Spectrum customers for Milwaukee-area zip codes. A club spokesperson said Major League Baseball was aware of the error and the games would indeed air on Spectrum in Milwaukee.

The built-in Spectrum guide still showed Channel 308 as the “BREW” offering in Milwaukee, with Brewers Live Pregame scheduled to begin at noon CT and baseball at 1 p.m. March 26.

With the February announcement of a switchover from FanDuel Sports Wisconsin to Major League Baseball productions in 2026, MLB negotiations have gone down to the wire with the various providers around Wisconsin. Several teams covered by Main Street Sports, which operated the FanDuel brand, have been in a similar boat this offseason.

Brewers fans aren’t alone in experiencing the late-arriving channel information. Maury Brown of Forbes has been keeping track of all the late-arriving channel announcements for teams around baseball, specifically those that were covered by the Main Street Sports. As of 7 a.m. March 26, the Royals, Rays, Tigers and Braves also still hadn’t released channel listings.

Streaming customers who used the FanDuel Sports Wisconsin app in previous years can use the new Brewers.TV option to once again watch games. The opener is also one of 10 games simulcast on over-the-air channels this season, including WITI-TV (Channel 6) in Milwaukee.

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Chase, crash into Milwaukee library construction site; man pleads guilty

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20 hours ago

March 25, 2026

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Chase, crash into Milwaukee library construction site; man pleads guilty

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MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a pursuit that ended with a crash into a library construction site.

In court:

Court records show Cameron Moore, 37, pleaded guilty to three felonies and the state dismissed two others as part of a plea deal. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in May.

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The backstory:

Sheriff’s deputies were monitoring a home near 2nd and Lloyd. They were trying to locate a man, later identified as Moore, who was wanted for burglary and fleeing/eluding.

Moore left the home and got into an SUV that afternoon. Detectives tried to pull the SUV over and, while it did briefly stop, it almost immediately took off.

Crash damages library at MLK and Locust, Milwaukee (Jan. 7, 2025)

About a mile into the chase, the SUV ran a red light and slammed into a car at the intersection of King Drive and Locust Street. It then careened into the library construction site.

Nobody in the vehicles involved in the pursuit or crash was injured, according to authorities. A construction worker inside the building reported leg pain, and he was examined and cleared at the scene.

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“120 to 140 miles per hour on the freeway, on the public roadways passing people,” Court Commissioner Katharine Kucharski said after charges were filed. “We are all very lucky that nobody is…passed in this situation.”

The Milwaukee Public Library’s new Martin Luther King Branch opened months later. At the official opening, Ald. Milele Coggs acknowledged the roadblocks along the way – including the crash.

The Source: Information in this report is from the Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior FOX6 News coverage.

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Musical ‘The Wiz’ eases on down to Milwaukee’s Water Street

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1 day ago

March 25, 2026

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Musical ‘The Wiz’ eases on down to Milwaukee’s Water Street

“The Wiz” was a good idea in 1974, and it’s still a good idea today: Retell “The Wizard of Oz” as a musical with a Black cast, singing tunes with R&B, disco, soul and gospel arrangements.

The North American tour of this brightly colored song-and-dance spectacle, directed by Schele Williams, has eased on down the road to Milwaukee’s Marcus Performing Arts Center for performances through March 29.

It’s a clever blend of human creativity and technology. The tornado winds, poppies and even the yellow brick road are represented by costumed ensemble dancers (the yellow brick road people are drum majors). But during the March 24 opening performance, the Marcus audience also saw some groovy, psychedelic projections and a futuristic Oz.

Just like in L. Frank Baum’s original novel (1900) and the famous movie adaptation (1939), a cyclone deposits young Dorothy (Phoenix Assata LaFreniere) in Oz, where she meets and befriends Scarecrow (Elijah Ahmad Lewis), Tinman (D. Jerome) and Lion (Cal Mitchell). They’re off to see The Wiz (Alan Mingo Jr.), hoping he’ll give them a brain, a heart, some courage and a way home for Dorothy. But wicked witch Evillene (Kyla Jade) has designs on that silver footwear Dorothy’s wearing (yes, silver like the novel, rather than the movie’s ruby red).

LaFreniere is a convincing Dorothy in her yearning ballads, character moments and dance moves. Lewis’ adorable Scarecrow has some early Eddie Murphy charm. There are some big voices here, too, include Jade, who could power most of Water Street with her roar in “Don’t Nobody Bring Me No Bad News.”

Jaquel Knight choreographed the nearly nonstop flow of dance, which ranges from balletic moves to the disco party in the Emerald City.

There’s no Toto in this version, which has led to a few changes in how the story unfolds. The way this version ends is even stronger than the 1939 movie in depicting the fabulous four as coming to understand they had what they were searching for all along.

If you go

“The Wiz” continues through March 29 at the Marcus Performing Arts Center, 929 N. Water. Visit marcuscenter.org or call (414) 273-7206. The Marcus recommends this show for people 8 years and older.

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