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Enjoy Offend Your Friends’ updated “Thank You, Mr. President,” help the band release a 7-inch

November 15, 2018

Show-goers of a certain age may be familiar with Offend Your Friends, a self-described "mid-2000s politically charged trashy party ska punk from the armpit of Wisconsin" (a.k.a. Fond du Lac). The group, which ...

Remembering the time, in 1985, when Milwaukee went nuts for free Channel 4 golf balls

Matt Wild

November 14, 2018

Milwaukee media history is littered with promotional stunts that set the city abuzz. The radio DJ who camped out on a 21st story ledge to get The Who to play Milwaukee. The year Reitman and Mueller claimed a B-...

“Packers won the Super Bowl!” A brief history of Wisconsin references in ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

One of the many joys of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is catching a particularly obscure riff that seems custom-made for only you. Jokes about little-seen films abound. Nods to half-forgotten moments in history ...

Watch “a group of lovable idiots try to make it in Hollywood” at the world premiere of ‘Shangri-LA’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

It's a tale as old as time: aspiring filmmakers move to Los Angeles in hopes of fulfilling their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams; aspiring filmmakers watch as their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams get kicked, punched...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Nov. 4-10

Matt Wild

November 12, 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...

Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show, you've seen 'em all. Well, unless you saw last year's "Ill-Advised Vanity" shows at Pabst Theater, which featured oodles of deep cuts...

State board wants to eliminate Milwaukee’s restaurant grading system, Milwaukee not amused

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

Back in January, the City of Milwaukee unveiled its Sanitation Grading System, a program designed to hand out letter grades of A, B, or C to area restaurants based on health inspections. The not-so-scarlet lett...

Café Benelux will triple Milwaukee’s dome count with 6 private, heated rooftop domes

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • While the fate of Milwaukee's beloved/crumbling Mitchell Park Domes is still ...

Frank’s Power Planet is closed. For real this time. For now

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

We'll be honest: After last month's "he-said-she-said" drama surrounding the apparent closure of Frank's Power Plant, just hearing the words "Frank's Power Plant" makes us dizzy. So we'll keep this short and sw...

Some neighbors think Up-Down Milwaukee is just too darn loud

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

If you've dropped by Up-Down Milwaukee on a random night since its opening in August, you know that the Brady Street arcade bar can get packed. And if you've cruised past Up-Down Milwaukee in the past few days,...

The ape girl! She’s alive! See the documentary November 11 at Sugar Maple!

Matt Wild

November 8, 2018

Take a stroll through a carnival or a state fair and you may stumble across a remnant from the past. There, tucked away behind the Ferris wheel and the game where you sink ping pong balls in fish bowls, is the ...

Wisconsin must unite and tell Tony Evers to make his own “Welcome to deer season” videos

Matt Wild

November 7, 2018

Tuesday night—well, Wednesday morning, to be exact—Tony Evers narrowly defeated Scott Walker to become the next governor of Wisconsin. Evers' advantage currently stands at a little more than 1 percent—not slim ...

MCTS will temporarily rename its Route 22 bus line the “Yelich Line”

Matt Wild

November 7, 2018

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich is awesome. The Milwaukee County Transit System is awesome. What happens when you combine these two awesome Milwaukee things a week before Yelich may or may not be ...

No matter what happens today, those “Game Show Battle Rooms” are still opening this Friday

Matt Wild

November 6, 2018

First came the ramen. Then came the poke. Then came the axe-throwing bars and the video game bars and the cat-petting cafes. (Also: "foot bowling bars"?) And now, on the day of an all-important midterm election...

Oh for god’s sake, just vote today, Milwaukee

Matt Wild

November 6, 2018

Today is the 2018 midterm election. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 35 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate are up for grabs. Whether you're a Democrat or a Republican, ...

Move over, Saint Nick: Milwaukee Krampusnacht will return December 5

Matt Wild

November 5, 2018

If you're looking to spice up your holiday season with a little something off the beaten Hallmark Christmas movie path, look no further: On Wednesday, December 5, the second annual Milwaukee Krampusnacht will t...

The streetcar’s “Grand Hop-ening”: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

November 2, 2018

Friday afternoon, in an event dubbed both "historic" and "glorious," Milwaukee's long-awaited streetcar system, The Hop, officially opened to the public. A "Grand Hop-ening" at Cathedral Square Park celebrated ...

Someday this streetcar war’s gonna end. Until then, here’s the schedule for the “Grand Hop-ening”

Matt Wild

November 1, 2018

Everyone knows that iconic scene in Apocalypse Now. You know, the one where Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore (Robert Duvall) soaks in some good ol' fashioned mayhem and destruction and says, "I love the smell of napa...

Help Arctic Sleep release a new album (and brew its own limited-edition coffee)

Matt Wild

November 1, 2018

The last time we checked in with Arctic Sleep (way back in 2014), the progressive/atmospheric metal band had released its sixth full-length album, Passage Of Gai. That album, we said at the time, boasted songs ...

Vote next Tuesday, and then check out these free #iVoted shows

Matt Wild

October 31, 2018

Perhaps you've heard about a big election coming up next week. Perhaps you've been implored by friends and strangers alike to vote in said election. If not, let us join the chorus: On Tuesday, November 6, 2018,...

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