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Milwaukee Fools: 5 Milwaukee-related goofs, pranks, and hoaxes

April 1, 2019

Don't you just love April Fools' Day? Don't you just love when every publication on planet Earth suddenly thinks they're The Onion and pens some rib-tickling "satire"? Yeah, ugh. Anyway, here are a few amusing ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (March 24-30)

Matt Wild

April 1, 2019

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Just in time for winter, Milwaukee calls on retired snow plow drivers to help plow snow

Matt Wild

March 29, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Opening Day and Back Again: Scenes from Opening Day 2018

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

This piece appears with permission as an exclusive from The Milwaukee Anthology, out on April 9 from Belt Publishing. You read more about and order the book HERE. In the shadow of Miller Park stands another ...

Pizza Sutra is making frozen pizza sexy again

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

When lists are made of the world's sexiest foods, frozen pizza typically ranks somewhere between raisin bread and Cool Ranch Doritos. Jack's rarely shows up in gauzy direct-to-video sex scenes. Orv's almost nev...

AJ Bombers has turned into “Bernie’s Bombers,” complete with Braun Double Bacon Burger

Matt Wild

March 28, 2019

If you thought George Webb was the only Brewers burger buddy in town, think again. (Here's a friendly reminder that we buried a free George Webb burger in a time capsule in the woods last year, and that we will...

Under the cover of darkness, we snapped these pictures of the former, currently gutted BBC

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

If you've walked by the old G-Daddy's BBC on the East Side lately, you know that the once-mighty sports bar is a shell of its former self. Literally: The building is currently boarded up and completely gutted, ...

Wrap your arms around “Arms,” the wonderful new single from Soda Road

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

When we last checked in with Soda Road—a.k.a. the new project from former Sat. Nite Duets member Stephen Strupp—the band was in a mood. We described Soda Road's debut album, Varsity Of Winter, as a "melancholy,...

WAMI announces performers, People’s Choice nominees

Matt Wild

March 26, 2019

Who's got WAMI fever? On Sunday, April 14, the 39th annual Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards will take over Milwaukee's Turner Hall Ballroom for a night of fun, excitement, and, of course, music. The 2019 no...

Calliope says farewell (for now), morphs into cosmic Astral Hand

Matt Wild

March 25, 2019

Type "Milwaukee psych-stoner-biker-band" into the search engine of your choice and you'll land on Calliope. Beginning with a bluesy self-titled album in 2013 and culminating with the thunderous Chapel Perilous ...

Oops, forget about that whole National Avenue food truck ban

Matt Wild

March 23, 2019

Friday afternoon, ahead of a rally against Ald. Bob Donovan's proposed National Avenue food truck ban, Donovan issued a press released that stated everything had been resolved. No more food truck ban. A verbal ...

Everyone’s mad about that National Avenue food truck ban and there’s gonna be a rally tonight

Matt Wild

March 22, 2019

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed (formerly Off The Record, which is now the name of our print-only Colectivo publication) looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout th...

Here’s the absolute last word on the Bud vs. Miller corn syrup controversy

Matt Wild

March 22, 2019

It's Friday and it's kind of nice outside, so let's just cut to the chase: Here's the absolute last word on the exhausting Bud vs. Miller corn syrup controversy, courtesy of an in-depth TMJ4 report and Milwauke...

Put on your Sunday best, we’re screening ‘The Brady Bunch Movie’ at the Avalon on April 24

Matt Wild

March 21, 2019

Here's the story: The weirdly brilliant Brady Bunch Movie imagines what would happen if the titular '70s sitcom family was living in the then-present day of 1995. The Bradys are still the same—all bellbottoms, ...

Pete Freeman doesn’t want buildings scraping his sky in “Skylines & Distilleries”

Matt Wild

March 21, 2019

You may know Pete Freeman as the guy behind that Front Row Amy song that totally blew up. You may know Pete Freeman as the guy behind that "Please don't move to Milwaukee" song that also blew up. Now, Pete Free...

It’s March, so Milwaukee County Parks will open 5 golf courses this Friday

Matt Wild

March 20, 2019

It's March. Another brutal, seemingly endless winter is mostly behind us, but it's still kind of cold. So what? So let's dance golf! Today, Milwaukee County Parks announced that five select golf courses—Lincoln...

Want to create a mural for the west-facing facade of 622 W. Wisconsin Ave.?

Matt Wild

March 19, 2019

Downtown Milwaukee , you may have heard, is going through quite the renaissance/reboot/reimagining etc. The lowly Shops of Grand Avenue are transforming into "The Avenue." The long-vacant Warner Grand Theatre i...

‘Mandy,’ ‘Scott Pilgrim’ highlight Downer Theatre’s latest “Almost Midnight” series

Matt Wild

March 19, 2019

Do you like movies? Do you like "midnight" movies? Do you like watching "midnight" movies at midnight? If so, then you're sure to love the latest installment in Downer Theatre's "Almost Midnight" movie series. ...

With no more ’90s movies left to spoof, the Brewers go ahead and spoof ‘Mean Girls’

Matt Wild

March 18, 2019

If you've spent the weeks leading up to Opening Day wondering which iconic '90s movies the Milwaukee Brewers would spoof this year, you're in for a big surprise. Yes, the team known for its viral parodies of Wa...

Celebrate our 5,000th post with Alice Cooper saying “Mill-e-wah-que” 5,000 times

Matt Wild

March 18, 2019

Hey! This post—yes, this post right here—is the 5,000th post to grace the digital pages of Milwaukee Record! How about that! We announced our impending arrival exactly five years ago today; one month later, on ...

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