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Let’s relive the magic of Esser TV & Appliance’s “Stop, Shop, and Buy” jingle, shall we?

January 31, 2018

If there was a Milwaukee Jingle Hall of Fame (someone get on this, please), you'd find the usual suspects: Channel 12's iconic "Hello Milwaukee." Emergency TV Service's frantic self-titled ditty. That terrifyin...

Watch BLAX rock Cactus Club, explore public art with Adam Carr in new Cream City Soundcheck video

Matt Wild

January 30, 2018

"This is a hardworking city. This is a diverse city. It's not pretty all the time. If you're knowledgeable and you keep your eyes open and you happen to peek over, you can see something beautiful in all this me...

Brush up on your ’80s Milwaukee references with Sigmund Snopek’s “Cookin With A Wok In Milwaukee”

Matt Wild

January 30, 2018

Last summer we dug up a 1984 parody of Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon" called "I'm A Milwaukeean." The song—from Guy Herman And The Bubbler Boys—contained all sorts of timeless Milwaukee references: beer, brat...

Check out this “ghost sign” hidden in the rubble of the old Comedy Cafe (before it’s gone)

Matt Wild

January 29, 2018

Back in August, news broke that '80s and '90s arcade bar Up-Down would be opening a Milwaukee location in the old Comedy Cafe at 615 E. Brady St. Since then, another arcade bar has already opened (1983 Arcade B...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 21-27)

Matt Wild

January 29, 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...

Gypsy Taco is changing its name because it’s the right thing to do, and people are maaaad

Matt Wild

January 26, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Mitch Ciohon, owner of popular Bay View taco purveyor Gypsy Taco and Gypsy Bu...

Travel Channel’s ‘Food Paradise’ will be filming at Merriment Social January 30

Matt Wild

January 24, 2018

The love affair between Milwaukee and food/travel shows continues. Following in the august tradition of the Travel Channel visiting Sobelman's Pub & Grill, the Travel Channel visiting Comet, and Spike TV (R...

Milwaukee’s East Side: ramen, poke, cat cafes, axe throwing bars

Matt Wild

January 24, 2018

Still concerned about nightlife on Milwaukee's East Side? Still weirded out when you drive around North Avenue and see the once-busy BBC, Hotel Foster, and Rosati's dark and empty? Well never fear: in addition ...

Let’s take a moment to recognize that the guy who voiced Howard the Duck is from Milwaukee

Matt Wild

January 24, 2018

If you've ever stumbled across one of those "47 celebrities you didn't know were from Milwaukee" things, you've probably seen the usual suspects: Gene Wilder, Heather Graham, the nice lady who played Mrs. Garre...

Dream Lab aims to blur the line between coffee shop and artist studio

Matt Wild

January 23, 2018

"I want to be the creative hub. I want to have a hand in everything creative that goes on in this city. I want it to happen here." So says Shawn DeKay, owner, creator, and dreamer-upper of Dream Lab, a hybri...

Here’s the full Milwaukee Psych Fest VI lineup and schedule

Matt Wild

January 23, 2018

Since 2013, Milwaukee musician Andrew Shelp has given the city a loud, fuzzed-out, and reverb-drenched gift every spring: Milwaukee Psych Fest. Returning for its sixth year May 4 and 5 at Boone & Crocket (n...

Foo Fighters will play new Milwaukee Bucks arena October 17

Matt Wild

January 22, 2018

Hey! Remember when Foo Fighters played Milwaukee but didn't play Milwaukee? Well, now they're going to play Milwaukee, but for real! Dave Grohl and company (Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smea...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Betty Brinn Children’s Museum is a hands-on haven for restless rugrats

Matt Wild

January 22, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Milwaukee isn’t getting that Amazon headquarters, but here’s some stuff it is getting

Matt Wild

January 19, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Milwaukee isn't getting that Amazon headquarters. https://www.youtube.com...

Troma legend Lloyd Kaufman will help judge this year’s Twisted Dreams Film Festival

Matt Wild

January 18, 2018

Milwaukee's Twisted Dreams Film Festival is coming soon—April 13-15 to the Times Cinema, to be exact—and the homegrown indie horror fest has already nabbed some solid judges. Chief among them is Lloyd Kauman, c...

Fine, let’s use Google’s “art selfie” thing on some famous Milwaukee faces

Matt Wild

January 18, 2018

Let's just get this out of the way before it disappears from your Facebook feed like so many other "10 bands I've seen live...but 1 is a lie!" time-wasters: Over the weekend, everyone got really into using Goog...

News, ‘Jurassic Park,’ anti-vaccination stories come together in this TMJ4 video from 1995

Matt Wild

January 17, 2018

Sweet, sweet nostalgia comes in many forms, but few forms are sweeter than television commercials. Want to relive your misspent youth? Enjoy it by reliving the exact way you misspent your youth: watching televi...

The heat is on in this Kohl’s “get it to go on cassettes” ad from 1984

Matt Wild

January 16, 2018

The first Kohl's store opened in Milwaukee in 1927. It was little more than a corner grocery store, and it wouldn't be until 1962 that Kohl's got into the full-fledged department store business. Since then, Koh...

Enjoy new ads and jingles from Joshua Jones, creator of the Milwaukee Record theme song

Matt Wild

January 11, 2018

Back in 2016 we stumbled across a local auto detailing and carpet cleaning commercial that was, in a word, the best. Created by Milwaukee-by-way-of-Memphis entrepreneur Joshua Jones, the no-budget, catchy-as-he...

Check out this gloriously ’80s commercial for the Milwaukee Public Library

Matt Wild

January 10, 2018

Remember last year when some goof tweeted that "nobody goes to libraries anymore," and that all public libraries should be closed? Remember when the internet put him on blast, pointing out that, hey, everyone—e...

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