About Me

Hello, my name is Joshua M. Miller, and I’m a freelance journalist and web designer in Southeastern Wisconsin. I’m also the co-founder of Scummy Water Tower, a music and entertainment website I started with Alex M Theel in September 2023.

My writing has appeared in a variety of state and national publications. I’ve created sites for clients such as Club Garibaldi and Milwaukee band De La Buena, and posted premieres and news at UndertheRadarMag.com.

A Little Bit About Me

JoshThere are many words I live by as a writer and web designer – hard work, persistence, determination, and honesty, just to name a few.

Life doesn’t go far if you play safe, though, so my ability to take initiative with projects and constant search to find new ways to display information are key aspects for finding success. I’m constantly looking to find new web trends and new ways of writing. With a long history of journalism and creative writing, I became fascinated with telling people’s stories through words.

Web design has given me a visual outlet to “describe” a person, business or organization through creating websites. There are many similarities between web design and my writing and many reasons why I think both compliment each other. Through my writing I’ve dealt with tight deadlines, varying assignment lengths, being persistent with getting information, and putting together many sources into one.

I also learned the ability to take initiative, looking up contacts and able to put things together without much help. I also have a long history of design, from school projects to working on my high school yearbook. I’m determined to dig deep into the caverns of creativity to present a unique vision, whether in words in the form of writing or on the web in the form of web design.

Where I’ve Been Published

  • Alternative Press
  • Chicago Magazine
  • Austin Monthly
  • MTV News
  • The Boston Globe
  • GRAMMY.com
  • SPIN
  • Rolling Stone
  • Chicago Sun-Times (October 2016 – Present)
  • Madison Magazine
  • Chicago Reader
  • Paste
  • Noisey (Music By Vice)
  • Relix/Jambands.com
  • Guitar World
  • Under the Radar
  • American Songwriter
  • A.V. Club (national and Milwaukee)
  • No Depression
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
  • MKE Lifestyle Magazine
  • Milwaukee Magazine
  • On Wisconsin Magazine
  • Milwaukee Record
  • Capital Times (Sept 2014 – Present)
  • Isthmus
  • Shepherd Express (October 2009 – Present)
  • Urban Milwaukee Dial
  • OnMilwaukee.com
  • Perfect Sound Forever
  • 88Nine Radio Milwaukee website
  • Maximum Ink music magazine
  • Muzzle of Bees
  • West Bend Daily News
  • University of Denver alumni publications
  • PopMatters

Who I’ve Interviewed

  • William Shatner
  • Steve Martin
  • The Edge (U2)
  • “Weird Al” Yankovic
  • Patton Oswalt
  • Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Fleetwood Mac)
  • Alice Cooper
  • Dave Davies (The Kinks)
  • Ron Funches
  • Fred Armisen
  • Hans Zimmer
  • Chris Sullivan
  • Colin Hay (Men at Work)
  • Idina Menzel
  • Pete Townshend (The Who)
  • Brian Wilson
  • Chrissie Hynde (The Pretenders)
  • Ian Anderson
  • Steve Miller
  • Stewart Copeland (The Police)
  • Paul Rodgers
  • Roger Glover (Deep Purple)
  • John Kay (Steppenwolf)
  • John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche (Wilco)
  • Joe Satriani
  • John Rzeznik (Goo Goo Dolls)
  • Lyle Lovett
  • Steve Earle
  • Jakob Dylan
  • Bob Mould
  • John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants)
  • G.E. Smith
  • LeRoy Bell
  • Joe Bonamassa
  • Ben Harper
  • Chris and Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)
  • Devon Allman and Duanne Betts
  • Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)
  • John Cusack
  • Joe Morton
  • Lucinda Williams
  • Ian Hunter (Mott the Hoople)
  • Lindsey Buckingham
  • Donald Driver
  • Chris Jericho
  • Colin Jost
  • Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain (Journey)
  • Joan Baez
  • Booker T. Jones
  • Steven Van Zandt
  • Chris Hardwick
  • John Hodgman
  • Ginger Baker
  • Bruce Hornsby
  • Kiefer Sutherland
  • Joel McHale
  • Jeff Lynne
  • Jeff Daniels
  • John Fogerty
  • Nick Offerman
  • Gary Clark Jr
  • Corin Tucker (Sleater-Kinney)
  • Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters)
  • Bruce Campbell
  • Rick Nielsen (Cheap Trick)
  • Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top)
  • Tom Paxton
  • Frank Caliendo
  • Warren Haynes
  • Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
  • John Cho
  • James Williamson (The Stooges)
  • Phil Collen (Def Leppard)
  • Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead)
  • Nils Lofgren (E Street Band)
  • Rosanne Cash
  • Tommy Lee
  • Victor Wooten
  • Jason Raff (Producer of America’s Got Talent)
  • Nancy Wilson (Heart)
  • Lukas and Micah Nelson
  • Richard Thompson
  • Benmont Tench (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
  • Mike Watt (The Minutemen)
  • Joey Santiago and David Lovering (Pixies)
  • J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.)
  • Tommy Stinson (The Replacements)
  • Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth)
  • Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
  • Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney (The Black Keys)
  • Mike Reiss (writer for The Simpsons)
  • Randall Marsh (Mudcrutch, Code Blue)
  • Charles Lloyd
  • William Wisher Jr (Terminator 2)
  • Marcus King