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15 (mostly extinct) East Side institutions on that North Ave. “Compass” sculpture

June 22, 2016

// Near the corner of North and Cambridge avenues on Milwaukee's East Side stands a curious piece of public art. A 22-foot-tall light pole juts out from a median in the middle of the road, its body adorned ...

Watch Reuben Glaser troll an Appleton Trump rally

Matt Wild

June 21, 2016

// When we last talked with Reuben Glaser, the Milwaukee-area funnyman was contemplating the meaning of life via his "Tiny Face Trump" meme—a creation similar to, but sadly not as successful as, his "Little...

Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times thinks we’re a “cursed sports city”

Matt Wild

June 20, 2016

// Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot (similar to OnMilwaukee's Jeff Sherman Bot 8000) to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online ...

Here’s the winner of the “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” contest, available now for $50

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Tuesday night, at an event at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, the "People's Flag of Milwaukee" was finally unveiled. The winning design was "Sunrise Over the Lake," designed by Robert Lenz. According to Lenz, "t...

Milwaukee’s Veterans Park is an occult mating-ritual site, apparently

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Milwaukee County's celebrated park system has been called an "emerald necklace"—a sea of sparkling green that enriches and nourishes the community it surrounds. Looked at another way, however, and that n...

Take one small step with psyched-out Calliope side project, Moon Rats

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Type "Milwaukee psych-rock" into the search engine of your choice, and you'll quickly land on Calliope. (Go ahead, try it!) The group has been blasting the city with it's heavy, bluesy, Doors-channeling ...

Help Queen Tut relocate to Brooklyn, connect Milwaukee and New York

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Milwaukee's Queen Tut has been a force to reckoned with in 2016, with high-profile gigs at Riverwest FemFest, Mitten Fest, Arte Para Todos, last weekend's Locust Street Festival, the upcoming Summer Soul...

Louie Anderson’s bad Summerfest experience inspired him to write a book about his alcoholic father

Matt Wild

June 13, 2016

// Louie Anderson has been flexing his comedic chops for more than 30 years, racking up old-school Tonight Show appearances, numerous stand-up specials, TV and movie gigs, an Emmy-winning animated series, a...

Nomad’s biergarten is now open

Matt Wild

June 9, 2016

// Last year we hipped you to a handful of Milwaukee patios that "make you feel like you're not in Milwaukee." Entering the mix this year is Nomad World Pub's long-awaited, world-flavored outdoor biergarten...

Ponder Chris Siegel’s “All I Think About,” featuring Lex Allen and Siren

Matt Wild

June 9, 2016

// Chris Siegel's "This Is How" recently landed on our Summer 2016 playlist, and with good reason: the chilled-out, steel-drum-infused track practically begs to blasted on repeat at any self-respecting summ...

Lorde Fredd33 dies by the sword in bloody video for “SOS”

Matt Wild

June 7, 2016

// We may have included Lorde Fredd33's haunting "SOS" on our recent summer playlist, but the song's video, released today via These Days, is anything but warm and sunny. In the Kiran Vee-directed clip, the...

Tucked Away: East End Cafe

Matt Wild

June 7, 2016

// Between beloved and well-established local staples and a steady wave of new bars and restaurants popping up in and around Milwaukee almost every week, worthwhile dining and drinking gems can occasionally...

Sat. Nite Duets unveil announcement video for new album, ‘Air Guitar’

Matt Wild

June 3, 2016

// It's been two long, terrifying years since the fine fellas behind Milwaukee's delightfully warped rock institution Sat. Nite Duets released a new album. 2014's Los DJs (the follow-up to 2013's excellent ...

The spot of the former “Spot 4MKE” is for sale, will be used to pay for streetcar expansion

Matt Wild

June 2, 2016

// Back in March, we wrote about the end of "The Spot 4MKE," an ill-fated "placemaking" project from Creative Alliance Milwaukee that sought to inject some life into a disused downtown parking lot on the co...

Watch Trapper Schoepp party with Richard “Office Space” Riehle in “Settlin’ Or Sleepin’ Around”

Matt Wild

June 1, 2016

// Trapper Schoepp's new Rangers & Valentines is the kind of big, bold, brassy album that practically begs to be played at porch parties nationwide. (It would have made our "22 Milwaukee summer songs" T...

Say yes to NO/NO’s gorgeous ‘Sound And Light’ LP

Matt Wild

May 31, 2016

// The origin story of Milwaukee electro-pop project NO/NO is well-worn territory, but it's worth repeating one last time: The group formed from the ashes of The Delphines in 2014, keeping that band's sense...

I humiliated myself in front of one of the dudes from Cherry Pie

Matt Wild

May 26, 2016

// You find yourself backstage at a play, moments before your entrance, unable to remember your lines. A creeping wave of terror washes over you. Oh god, what am I doing here? What is this? I'm doomed. Mayb...

Dustin Diamond is back in jail for violating his probation

Matt Wild

May 25, 2016

// Zoinks! According to FOX6, Dustin Diamond, a.k.a. Screech from Saved By Bell, is back behind bars at the Ozaukee County Jail, a month after he was released for a 2014 Christmas Day stabbing incident in a...

“Highlights” from Dustin Diamond’s post-jail interview with Mario Lopez

Matt Wild

May 24, 2016

// In the annals of close-but-not-quite-Milwaukee-related pop-culture ephemera, Dustin Diamond's arrest and subsequent jail time for stabbing a motherfucker in a Port Washington bar on Christmas Day sits lo...

Tracklist: 11 unofficial Milwaukee theme songs

Matt Wild

May 23, 2016

// In case you missed it, Milwaukee Record has a theme song now. Courtesy of local auto detailing and carpet cleaning professional Joshua Jones, the song touts our "music and news" coverage, while the accom...

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