Author: Matt Wild

In these dark and troubled times, remember that we are all Perry’s People

December 18, 2018

You wake up. You grab your phone. You see story after story about how we're divided, about how we're at war, about how we're doomed. You put down your phone. You close your eyes. You sigh. You go to work. Maybe...

Report: Wisconsin drinks a lot

Matt Wild

December 14, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • It's that time of year again—the time to round up the best music of the year,...

Watch Milwaukee BMX rider Tim Knoll take to the streets, do some unbelievable stuff

Matt Wild

December 13, 2018

If your last exposure to freestyle BMX was Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX for the PS1, you'll be surprised to see how far the sport has progressed. Or, rather, how far Milwaukee BMX rider Tim Knoll has progressed it....

Here’s the Brewers’ 2019 (and tragically Uecker-less) giveaway schedule

Matt Wild

December 12, 2018

Baseball! Brewers! Giveaways! Is there anything better! No! So let's just cut to the chase: Here's the Milwaukee Brewers' 2019 giveaway schedule. Highlights include a Christian Yelich bobblehead (cue the Chr...

Remembering the time, in 1979, when Milwaukee declared war on “rump cleavage”

Matt Wild

December 11, 2018

Times change. Standards evolve. What was acceptable in one era becomes unacceptable in the next. Here's a thought experiment: Imagine a city in 2018 dragging an exotic dancer to court because of her excessive "...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Dec. 2-8

Matt Wild

December 10, 2018

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...

Great Job, Milwaukee! Money Inc. thinks the Third Ward is a “Midwestern mecca for foodies”

Matt Wild

December 10, 2018

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job Milwaukee Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deigns ...

A $128 million streetcar system isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? A $1.4 billion commuter rail system

Matt Wild

December 7, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Thought Milwaukee was satisfied with a $128 million, 2.1-mile streetcar syste...

Bon Iver will headline Summerfest 2019

Matt Wild

December 7, 2018

Y'all know Bon Iver. Know how the acclaimed Eau Claire indie-folk group led by Justin Vernon earns a livin'. They'll play a show for you next summer, but it ain't gonna be easy. Good band! Not like going do...

Shops of Grand Avenue will become “The Avenue,” feature fancy food hall and more

Matt Wild

December 6, 2018

Get your Shops of Grand Avenue shopping in now, because the end is nigh: Today, Grand Avenue owners and developers unveiled details of their long-in-the-works plan to transform the virtually empty downtown mall...

Café Centraal will close for a month, renovate

Matt Wild

December 6, 2018

One week you're getting a (pretty great) fish fry at Café Centraal, the next the longtime Bay View restaurant announces it's closing for extensive renovations. Yes, today, Lowlands Group revealed that Centraal ...

Milwaukee had a thing for boozy dog names in 2018

Matt Wild

December 5, 2018

Okay, let's just get through this: Since 2013 the folks at Rover.com—a.k.a. "the nation's largest network of 5-star pet sitters and dog walkers"—have released a list of the year's top 100 male and female dog na...

The insane clowns from Insane Clown Posse will play Club Garibaldi (separately)

Matt Wild

December 3, 2018

It's hard to believe now, but there was a moment when the most outrageous thing in pop culture was a song in which two rapping clowns from Detroit questioned the inner workings of magnets. "Fucking magnets, how...

It’s time for Milwaukee to unite (and mask its bathroom odor) with POTTY Pearls

Matt Wild

November 30, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • "We all do it. Poop." So begins the "About" page for POTTY Pearls, a Milwa...

You can finally buy Mark Borchardt’s UFO documentary, ‘The Dundee Project’

Matt Wild

November 28, 2018

Back in January 2017, we spoke to Milwaukee filmmaker/icon Mark Borchardt about his latest film, The Dundee Project. The 40-minute documentary—which chronicles the sights, sounds, and people of Dundee, Wisconsi...

Better Xmas song: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” or Wham!’s “Last Christmas”?

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

It's a question as old as time (or, more accurately, as old as the mid-1990s): Which is the better Christmas song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," or Wham!'s "Last Christmas"? Both tunes have ...

No shirt, no shoes, no streetcar: Hop on and read the new Streetcar Code of Conduct

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

It's another big week for The Hop, a.k.a. the Milwaukee streetcar that launched earlier this month despite the hard work of those guys who made their own "STOP THE HOP" signs. Ridership numbers are better than ...

Here are 12 pictures of Café Benelux’s new Lux Domes, and 3 pictures of Steve, the bearded dragon who lives at the Mitchell Park Domes

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

While the fate of Milwaukee's beloved/crumbling Mitchell Park Domes is still uncertain, Café Benelux is making sure the city's dome game remains strong. Tuesday afternoon, the Third Ward restaurant hosted a sne...

Help save Milwaukee County Parks by buying these button-up dog shirts

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

Earlier this summer, a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum painted a bleak portrait of all things Milwaukee County. "Almost every form of parks infrastructure has pressing needs," the report warned. "The cou...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Nov. 18-24

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

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...

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