Author Matt Wild

OH MY GOD THE MILWAUKEE STREETCAR HAS BEEN APPROVED

February 10, 2015

At a meeting this morning, the Milwaukee Common Council voted 9-6 against four items related to the Milwaukee Streetcar. The votes killed motions to further delay and reconsider the endlessly contentious, best-...

Violent Femmes (and Barenaked Ladies and Colin Hay) will play the BMO Harris Pavilion June 13

Matt Wild

February 10, 2015

Fact #1: Summer is approximately 8,000 years away. Fact #2: Nothing makes us pine for summer more than summer concert announcements—especially good ones. So while we wait for that inevitable “Weird Al” Summerfe...

The Replacements will play The Rave May 2

Matt Wild

February 9, 2015

Legendary rock band The Replacements split up in 1991, walking away from a career that, while never fully embraced by the mainstream, could only be described as incalculably influential. Against all odds, front...

Watch Milwaukee freak out over a Marilyn Manson concert in 1999

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

//This Saturday, shock-rock icon Marilyn Manson will do his Marilyn Manson thing at The Rave. Manson—a.k.a. Brian “Brian Isn’t A Very Spooky Name” Warner—is currently touring behind a new and well-reviewed...

New VISIT Milwaukee video highlights beer, not those totally necessary UW System cuts

Matt Wild

February 5, 2015

A new VISIT Milwaukee promotional video was released yesterday, highlighting an aspect of Milwaukee culture that usually doesn’t get a lot of attention: beer. It’s a lovely video, featuring lovely images of jus...

Here’s the lineup for the inaugural Milwaukee Paranormal Conference

Matt Wild

February 4, 2015

We live in a world where science—to borrow a phrase from Carl Sagan—acts like a candle in the dark. It’s a world where technology, logic, and reason burn bright amongst the shadows of superstition and fear. Tho...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...

There’s a suspicious Summerfest-sized hole in “Weird Al” Yankovic’s 2015 tour schedule

Matt Wild

February 3, 2015

According to Summerfest’s ever-ticking countdown clock (think of it like those “death clocks,” but with less death and more picnic-table dancing), there are four months, 20 days, 23 hours, 48 minutes, and 26......

42 Lounge’s Monday night anime screenings start tonight

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

If you’re of the geeky persuasion and you live in Milwaukee, you probably don’t need any more reasons to patronize 42 Lounge. The nerd-friendly downtown bar is already stocked with video games, board game night...

Streetcar rape, chicken sacrifices, and 5 more Milwaukee scare stories of 2015

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

//The world is a vast and wonderful place, full of people, places, and experiences just waiting to be discovered. Every day holds the possibility of a new beginning; every hour, minute, and second ripe wit...

Ald. Nik Kovac’s explanation of winter parking rules will hurt your brain

Matt Wild

February 2, 2015

Is there any Milwaukee politician cooler than Ald. Nik Kovac? Probably not. The longtime 3rd District alderman is a staunch supporter of the city, a champion of the arts, the host of the weekly Packerverse radi...

Alderman protecting Milwaukee from streetcar rape now protecting it from food trucks, too

Matt Wild

January 30, 2015

Last week, outspoken Milwaukee Streetcar opponent Ald. Joe Dudzik made news by farting out this incredible bullshit on the radio: “There’s going to be a couple of assaults, or maybe a rape or a shooting on one...

Listen to Joe Wong talk to Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty in first episode of The Trap Set

Matt Wild

January 29, 2015

You can find a podcast dedicated to just about anything these days—cats, bad movies, Milwaukee—but one subject has gone curiously unexamined: drummers. Seriously, we can have 8,000 tedious hours of a gussied-up...

The big questions and simple answers of Jon Mueller’s “Death Blues: Ensemble”

Matt Wild

January 27, 2015

The story goes like this: In 2011, Jon Mueller was walking through the streets of New Orleans. The post-Katrina city was buzzing, full of life, optimistic—despite the fact that another hurricane was all but ine...

Meet Valentine Coffee Roasters in new “Meet Milwaukee” video series

Matt Wild

January 26, 2015

If Milwaukee is good at one thing, it’s celebrating itself. And why not? After long decades spent slouching in a self-imposed inferiority complex, the city has finally learned to embrace its many quirks, recogn...

10 notable figures from Milwaukee’s TV news past

Matt Wild

January 26, 2015

This article was originally published in January 2015.Tune into the local TV news these days and you’ll find a dizzying array of Milwaukee stars. Yes, these anchors and reporters are bona fide Milwaukee cel...

Marvel Universe LIVE! coming to Milwaukee…in 2016

Matt Wild

January 22, 2015

If you’re a fan of Marvel Comics, superhero movies, and even more superhero movies, the past few years have been good to you, what with the countless Marvel products movies filling local multiplexes like the Hu...

Bob’s Burgers Live headed to Riverside Theater March 21

Matt Wild

January 20, 2015

Is it possible to imagine anything better than Bob’s Burgers, the alternately hilarious and poignant animated series that takes the pain away from the weekly mercenary awfulness that is Family Guy and The Simps...

Is there a middle ground in the Milwaukee Streetcar debate?

Matt Wild

January 20, 2015

This Wednesday, during a 9 a.m. meeting at Milwaukee City Hall, the Common Council will vote on what is being touted by some as the single most important project in modern Milwaukee history. The approval of thi...

Jenny Lewis will play Turner Hall May 19

Matt Wild

January 20, 2015

Jenny Lewis’ résumé includes everything from child actor (The Wizard), frontwoman for a beloved early-’00s indie band (Rilo Kiley), member of a one-off Traveling Wilburys update (“Handle With Care”), and adored...