Let me first say that I absolutely love working for 88Nine Radio Milwaukee.  I began working for the station right before we launched in 2007 and I know how lucky I am to have landed a job not only in the music industry, but for a station with values and ethical standards.  My love for music began in my youth when I sang in countless choirs; the sound of perfectly pitched vocal harmonies is my personal utopia (total choir dork).  This was the beginning of what has become unconditional love for fine-tuned musicians. 

I grew up in Cedarburg, WI and realized at a young age that the dynamic Brady Street area was my neighborhood of choice.  Growing up I constantly found myself in detention or grounded, not because I was a “bad kid” but because I had the inability to know when to shut up.  Ironically, talking is now what I do for a living…I wonder what the nuns think of me now!  I received my undergraduate degree in Broadcast and Electronic Communication from Marquette University in 2005, and I am currently working on my Master’s Degree in Business Ethics and Compliance.  I spend my free time rockin’ out to local bands, yappin’ it up at Rochambo, and caring for my horribly disobedient dogs.  My musical heroes are Ani DiFranco, Otis Redding, and local singer-songwriter Mark Waldoch.

I’ve lived in Milwaukee longer than anywhere else in my life, other than my hometown. I just realized that as I sat down to attempt writing about myself. (I cannot afford a copywriter, nor will I pretend to speak in the third person. This is a hard rule I have. Feel free to write about yourself in third person all the time. Better yet, project what you would like to do and have your third person say it. “YOUR NAME HERE will get a new job as a copywriter.” There, doesn’t that feel better?)

I’ve worked in radio for the past fifteen years at a few excellent alternative music stations (91X in San Diego, notably) and some really awful ones. Most recently I worked at a pretty good place in Milwaukee before joining 88Nine. I had become a bit more idealistic than your typical DJ, so Radio Milwaukee made a great deal of sense. It’s a place for passionate music fans that care as much about “The Community” as much as “The Scene” and that ‘s unique. I’m thrilled to be here and am looking forward to contributing to the station and Milwaukee at large.

Other things of note: I was born and raised in Milwaukee’s largest suburb, Chicago, but please don’t hold it against me for I dislike the Cubs as well. I live for good Mexican food, probably why I reside in Walker’s Point along with my cat, Vega. I’ve been listening to a lot of New Order, Nine Inch Nails, Minus the Bear, Local H, Dave Brubeck and Massive Attack recently. I photograph people and bands when I have the chance. Finally, I am a Boise State football apologist, principally because I lived there, and secondly because I am colorblind.
 

Jordan “Madhatter” Lee began deejaying in 1998 after moving to Milwaukee, WI from his hometown of Kenosha, WI. Jordan began playing drums and making music before the age of ten. His musical roots were deeply based in soul, funk and rhythm and blues, but were also inspired later in his teens by punk, ska, reggae, and rock. Jordan's roots in drumming and years of voice and theater training, made the progression into working as a DJ, a smooth one. Music has always been, and continues to be, the major building block of his life.

Jordan is a member of the Milwaukee Hip Hop group Rusty Ps and is also heavily involved in the Milwaukee DJ community. As a producer and musician, Jordan dables in Jazz, Soul, Rap and Rock. His musical taste vary from week to week and month to month, which is reflective in his Djing style.

“Music is the one language that every culture on this planet speaks. It is man’s great equalizer” - Jordan “Madhatter” Lee