All of History Channel got to see my dumb face tonight!

UPDATE: I have now discovered the episode of THE UNXPLAINED I was interviewed airs tomorrow ("Unlocking the Sixth Sense," Oct. 10, 8pm CST, History Channel)! I will also be talking on this subject Oct. 18 at the Milwaukee Paranormal Conference 2025!

QWERTYFEST starts today! I talked with my QF co-organizer Molly Snyder, plus weird news and "Long Days Travel." teasweirdweek.podbean.com/e/teas-weird...

I'll be on "Lake Effect" on WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR today at noon (repeats at 8pm) to talk about my article "From Whence the Witches Came" for Milwaukee Magazine.

There's a dang Rapture predicted for today, so a good of time as any to remind you I wrote a book titled APOCALYPSE ANY DAY NOW (2019, Chicago Review Press). Great item for your bunker bookshelf: teakrulos.com/apocalypse-a...

The Tea's Weird Week podcast is back! Tea Krulos is your host, Heidi L Erickson is your host. This episode Heidi and Tea speak to Alicia Krupsky, director of I'M YOUR HOST, a documentary about Kenosha area horror hosts that screened at several film fests last year and is now available online.

I'M YOUR HOST available to rent/ buy here, just in time for the fall season! artforanti-villains.vhx.tv

Volunteers! We are in need of some volunteers to help with QWERTYFEST MKE 2025, esp. Fri. Oct. 3. Form here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1lUQ...

I wish I could go to all of them! teakrulos.com/2025/08/20/t...

The article I wrote on illusionist Bill Blagg is now available online, so you don't need to pull a quarter from behind your ear at the newstand to buy a copy: www.milwaukeemag.com/local-magici...

Update: My dumb face was supposed to be on THE UNXPLAINED tomorrow, but in a twist worthy of the Bermuda Triangle, the episode has been bumped back to October: teakrulos.com/2025/07/16/t...

Big congrats to Sahan Jayasuriya on his book "Don't Say Please: The Oral History of Die Kreuzen." He's worked on this a long time and I know how much effort a project like this is and Sahan did a great job preserving this chapter of Milwaukee and music history.

Some things I've been working on: teakrulos.com/2025/07/31/t...

MIlwaukee Krampusnacht art! It's Dec. 7 this year.

QWERTYFEST schedule! onmilwaukee.com/articles/qwe...

I wrote this to coincide with Shark Week. teakrulos.com/2025/07/23/t...

I am glad to say I will be on an episode of History Channel's THE UNXPLAINED, hosted by our guy Willy Shatner on Aug. 15. I'm discussing an unusual Milwaukee character, psychic detective Arthur Price Roberts. teakrulos.com/2025/07/16/t...

It's been a bit since I reflected on my book AMERICAN MADNESS and conspiracy (it moves so fast, it's hard to keep track) but here we are. Conspiracy legislation. teakrulos.com/2025/07/09/t...

Hey @everyone we are down to our last 12 hours of fundraising. We still have a long way to go, so any donation to help us make QWERTYFEST MKE is appreciated. Here's the link: www.indiegogo.com/projects/qwe...

A note on Central Library and last call for our QWERTYFEST fundraiser. teakrulos.com/2025/07/02/t...

We have a week to go on the QWERTYFEST MKE 2025 fundraiser. There is a lot of great stuff planned for this year, please help us make it happen! www.indiegogo.com/projects/qwe...

Operation Captain Hammer.

Hot! Today is the QWERTYFEST "telethon." We are trying to get a boost in fundraising. We're trying to raise $1k today. Ways you can support: -Stop in and enjoy some A/C and make a donation/ buy some merch/ have a cold one at The Sugar Maple 1-5pm.

Some kind of random thoughts. teakrulos.com/2025/06/13/t...

I'm on the rare but not unheard of triple deadline for Friday. When faced with this situation, remember the Sex Pistols "Anarchy in the UK" checklist for things to use to get the job done: 1. The Best 2. The Rest 3. The Enemy and if all else fails 4. Anarchy

HELL YES. A Milwaukee Magazine feature I contributed to just won a National City & Regional Magazine Award. "High Dive" was about MIlwaukee dive bars and won in the Leisure/Lifestyle category.

EDDDDD! @beyerbeware.bsky.social Twin Peaks themed THE NADINE ZINE is out now. I contributed a piece to it. Read more about and the zine (and Young Tea) and find out how you can get a copy (eBay only) here: teakrulos.com/2025/06/05/t...

Me and @mollysnyder.bsky.social have been hard at work this week putting together some elements of QWERTYFEST MKE (Oct.3-5). We do it cause we love it. We got really great stuff lined up for this year, we'll be announcing some of it soon. Meanwhile, please hear this: teakrulos.com/2025/05/29/t...

Here's my column about our QWERTYFEST MKE fundraising efforts. Please read and support! teakrulos.com/2025/05/29/t...

The Shep assigned me this and I started writing this up in the standard way you might approach it, but then I thought "why deny the passion in your heart for American Science & Surplus? Why?" shepherdexpress.com/news/communi...

Hey, do me a solid and check out the QWERTYFEST fundraiser and share if you can, from the QWERTY to the VBNM! www.indiegogo.com/projects/qwe...

I did a Q & A with Craig Thompson, who will be in town on Tuesday to promote his new graphic novel, GINSENG ROOTS (good stuff!) www.milwaukeemag.com/graphic-nove...

We launched QWERTYFEST fundraising today! www.indiegogo.com/projects/qwe...

What is your favorite apocalypse show (other than the news)? teakrulos.com/2025/05/22/t...

Happy birthday to my QWERTYFEST MKE co-organizer, Molly Snyder! Molly wanted to launch our QWERTYFEST fundraiser today so she can ask you gift donations. We both feel strongly that the fest is a great thing for Milwaukee, so we hope you'll consider supporting it! www.indiegogo.com/projects/qwe...

Let's give a round of applause to the Hodag Heritage Festival, which officially kicks off a Hot Cryptid Summer today! teakrulos.com/2025/05/15/t...

Oh yeah-- have yourself a Hot Cryptid Summer hanging out with the dang Hodag, Grafton Monster, Veggie Man, the Big Muddy Monster, the m*thaf*ckin' Squonk, and more (a guide to cryptid fest, part one). teakrulos.com/2025/05/15/t...

You know how I'm like "right on, I got to use this word in an article?" Well, I overdid it here, hee haw! But when MilMag asks if you'll investigate a local line-dancing beef, you gotta git your ten-gallon hat on and go HOG WILD. www.milwaukeemag.com/is-there-a-h...

Always throw in a quote from MOBY DICK if you can. www.milwaukeemag.com/deep-thought...

Milwaukee Mag is doing important journalism on the LINE DANCING BEEF that's tearing apart the city. More on the hoedown throwdown, a headline definitely was not written before @teakrulos.bsky.social reported out the story - no, not at all, nope. www.milwaukeemag.com/is-there-a-h...

The Tea's Weird Week column is back with a 1960s dream of the Milwaukee Boat wreck, Clownwatch, and other updates! teakrulos.com/2025/05/08/t...

Congrats to Danny Villanueva Jr.-- his film "What Happened to Dorothy Bell?" is playing this weekend at the Milwaukee Film Fest. I did a short Q and A with him here: www.milwaukeemag.com/qa-behind-ke...

April is Poetry Month and to celebrate, Qwerty Quarterly is hosting a typewriter-themed haiku writing contest. Submit up to three haiku for consideration by Mon., MAY 5 to [email protected]. See QQ #8 for examples. Winners will get published in QQ, QWERTYFEST MKE tickets and other prizes!

I kissed the ground and I liked it! After I flew 10 minutes in a dong-shaped rocket You can have that one for free, "Weird Al" Yankovic

I know spring is here cause the hot dog cart is set up on Water and Wisconsin!

Soft proof- donezo! #TheNadineZine #TwinPeaks #MKEArtist 🖨️ @teakrulos.bsky.social @milwaukeezinefest.bsky.social

Sunday-- pick up a copy of the new QQ at Cork Wine Bar (1039 S. 5th St.) 3-5pm. Vintage store On and On MKE next door will be selling typers! This issue: poetry, fiction, fun pages, Alton Brown, Severance, historic bobblehead news, and more. Please rally and start doing the wave over this endeavor.

We're really excited for you to check out QQ#8. Release party @ Cork Wine Bar is April 13. This issue we talk to Alton Brown about typewriters, a piece on the typewriters of Severance by Richard Polt, info our haiku contest, articles, fiction, poetry, fun pages, and more!

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public