Tagged On The Record

On The Record Episode 56: Author and Milwaukier Than Thou’s Adam Carr

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 24, 2016

// Nobody knows Milwaukee quite like Adam Carr. Born and raised in the city, he's taken his love of his hometown and made it into his livelihood. The Milwaukier Than Thou founder/photographer, civic activis...

On The Record Episode 55: The state of metal in Milwaukee

February 17, 2016

// It took 55 episodes to do so, but On The Record finally took a long-overdue look at the state of heavy metal in Milwaukee. Though the city's metal scene rarely gets covered adequately by local publicatio...

On The Record Episode 54: Documentary filmmaker Spencer Chumbley

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 10, 2016

// During his short-yet-impressive career as a documentary filmmaker, Milwaukee native Spencer Chumbley has shot for such internationally regarded news outlets as VICE, AL Jazeera, TIME, and more. He's cove...

On The Record Episode 53: The state of terrestrial radio

Milwaukee Record Staff

February 3, 2016

// Compared to the way things were as recently as 10 or even five years ago, the radio industry is virtually unrecognizable. Here, in the age of the aux cable, streaming services, and in the golden age of p...

On The Record Episode 52: Memes and online ownership

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 29, 2016

// When it comes to online source acknowledgment, we're living in the wild, wild west. With more "content" than ever being posted, uploaded, and shared on exceedingly more platforms than ever before, it see...

On The Record Episode 51: Ryan Weber of Eric & Magill

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 20, 2016

// Ryan Weber was a part of such seminal Milwaukee outfits as The Promise Ring, Camden, and Decibully. After making marks in local music, Weber's thirst for adventure and desire to help others led him to Ar...

On The Record Episode 50: Comedian Shane Mauss

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 13, 2016

// Fresh off a run of shows at Milwaukee's Comedy Cafe, stand-up comedian Shane Mauss met host Tyler Maas at Milwaukee Record headquarters to discuss the trials and tribulations of making a living as a road...

On The Record Episode 49: Milwaukee improv

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 6, 2016

// Believe it or not, Milwaukee is a true blue improv city. Though nearby Chicago boasts the internationally renowned likes of Second City and Improv Olympic, New York is the birthplace of Upright Citizens ...

On The Record Episode 47: Talking about the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 16, 2015

// Earlier this month, Milwaukee Record unveiled its list of the 25 best Milwaukee albums of 2015. On this episode of On The Record, hosts Tyler Maas and Matt Wild discuss that list, explain how they arrive...

On The Record Episode 46: Fuck it, let’s just talk about ‘Star Wars’

Milwaukee Record Staff

December 9, 2015

// Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens December 18. ’Nuff said. For this decidedly geeky and non-locally focused episode of On The Record, host Matt Wild pulls up a cantina barstool at Bay View’s Boone &...

On The Record Episode 44: Food trends

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 18, 2015

// Milwaukee food is having something of a moment right now. Long known as a bastion of beer, brats, cheese, starchy sides, and, uh, pretty much nothing else, the city—in line with the national “foodie” sur...

On The Record Episode 43: Victor DeLorenzo and Janet Schiff

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 11, 2015

// As a founding member of the seminal Violent Femmes, Victor DeLorenzo has left an indelible impression on the world of music and pop culture, one that reaches far beyond the Femmes’ hometown of Milwaukee ...

On The Record Episode 42: Milwaukee punk rock

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 4, 2015

// Punk rock isn’t dead. In fact, it’s in quite good shape in and around Milwaukee these days. Between punk and hardcore bands like Direct Hit!, Expire, and Tenement currently making waves across state line...

On The Record Episode 40: TMJ4 anchor/reporter Bridget Shanahan

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 21, 2015

For the “lordy, lordy, look who’s 40” episode of On The Record, Tyler and Matt sit down and chat with TMJ4 anchor and reporter Bridget Shanahan. An Illinois native, Shanahan has worked in a number of different ...

On The Record Episode 39: John Axford

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 14, 2015

Despite playing for four other teams since the Milwaukee Brewers traded him in 2013, John Axford has maintained a great relationship with his first Major League city. The current Colorado Rockies reliever remai...

On The Record Episode 36: MFF2015 with The Tiny Film Invasion

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 25, 2015

The 2015 Milwaukee Film Festival is currently in full swing, and it will continue to swing through Thursday, October 8. So in honor of this most awesome event, this week’s very special episode of On The Record ...

On The Record Episode 35: Ex Fabula

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 16, 2015

// For the past six years, Ex Fabula has served as Milwaukee’s premier live storytelling series, bringing a diverse cross-section of the city together and finding a common bond through the power of simple, di...

On The Record Episode 34: Recording in Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 9, 2015

// Here, in the age of the bedroom EP and at a time when albums can be captured by laptop microphones at a stream of consciousness pace, the recording industry is having to deal with some serious changes. Tho...

On The Record Episode 33: Ted Perry

Milwaukee Record Staff

September 2, 2015

You know him, you love him, and if you’re a regular local news viewer, you invite him into your home on a daily basis. Yes, this week we were thrilled to talk to the one and only Ted Perry. The FOX6 anchor has ...

On The Record Episode 32: The Roast Of Milwaukee at Bremen Cafe

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 19, 2015

Milwaukee Record is proud to present a very special episode of On The Record. On Thursday, August 6, to coincide with Milwaukee Comedy Festival’s opening night, we rounded up eight stand-up comedians with local...