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Been blocked by Corey Feldman? Now there’s a patch for that

October 24, 2017

Back in March, we drove our sorry asses to Green Bay to see Corey Feldman and his lingerie-clad group of Angels play the Green Bay Distillery. The show was...something. Feldman, apparently peeved at our review,...

Judas Priest rules, man! Judas Priest is playing Riverside Theater April 3, man!

Matt Wild

October 23, 2017

Priest is the best, man! Priest is the best, I'm telling you! Hey, lemme tell you. Rob Halford is the baddest motherfucking singer aroooouuuund! And K.K. Downing, man? That motherfucker can play some guitar! Pr...

In case you blinked, here are all the new $34M AI facilities they’re building in Milwaukee (October 15-23)

Matt Wild

October 23, 2017

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...

Watch Andrew W.K. sing a life-affirming ode to Milwaukee, “I Love Milwaukee, Wisconsin”

Matt Wild

October 21, 2017

Friday night's Andrew W.K. show at The Rave was more than a show. It was a party (of course), but it was also a life-affirming celebration of all that is good and positive in the world, a world that too often s...

Man in cowboy hat calls woman in cowboy hat “whacky,” a “buffoon”

Matt Wild

October 20, 2017

In the late hours of Thursday night, where neither the distractions of the day nor the burden of self-awareness could find purchase, a man who wears cowboy hats called a woman who wears cowboy hats a "buffoon."...

35 years ago today: Remembering the time the Brewers lost Game 7 of the 1982 World Series

Matt Wild

October 20, 2017

Take a moment, if you will, to stop mourning Aaron Rodgers' embattled collarbone and think back to happier times and sunnier sports. Remember this year's pretty-fun Milwaukee Brewers season? Yeah! That was grea...

I experienced the magic of the “grown-up” East Side by eating at three ramen places in one night

Matt Wild

October 19, 2017

The strangest thing about the changing face of Milwaukee's East Side is that I should love it. I'm 39 years old, married, a father, and a longtime East Side resident who has long outgrown the beautiful dream of...

2017 Milwaukee Film Festival drew a record 84,072 attendees (a 9% increase over 2016)

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

Earlier this week we rounded up our 20 standout moments from the recently wrapped 2017 Milwaukee Film Festival. Today, Milwaukee Film has revealed a few highlights of its own. 84,072 of them, to be exact. Ye...

Remembering the 2011 Gallery Night when Milwaukee officially met Milverine

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

Milwaukee's quarterly Gallery Night is always a blast. But no matter how great the latest installment will be, it won't hold a candle to a Very Special Gallery Night event that went down in 2011. It was a water...

Joseph Huber, Buffalo Gospel highlight Cedarburg Cultural Center’s “Rebels & Renegades” series

Matt Wild

October 18, 2017

As Wisconsin prepares to ease into late fall and (ugh) winter, it can be tempting to prepare in kind for a four-to-five-month-long hibernation. No concerts, no shows, no fun. But not so fast! Center Stage at th...

NO/NO’s ‘Twentysomethings’ is out today and it’s good

Matt Wild

October 17, 2017

Hey! NO/NO's new EP, Twentysomethings, is out today. It's good. Here's what we had to say when we debuted one its tracks, "Take Out," earlier this month: The evolution of Milwaukee's NO/NO has been a thing to ...

4K ‘Re-Animator’ restoration highlights Bloody Good Horror’s 10th anniversary celebration

Matt Wild

October 16, 2017

For those special folks who begin their Halloween celebrations in late August (cough cough), mid-October is crunch time. Mere weeks remain until the big day, and it's high time to cram in as much spooky and fal...

Let’s go to “The Hop” (which is now the official name of the Milwaukee Streetcar)

Matt Wild

October 13, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • If you've tried to navigate downtown Milwaukee lately, you know that, yep, th...

“Weird Al” will bring his non-parody “Ill-Advised Vanity Tour” to Pabst Theater April 10

Matt Wild

October 13, 2017

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show in recent years, you've seen 'em all. There's the big-single opener, the obligatory costume romps through "Fat" and "Smells Like Nirva...

Great Job, Milwaukee (and 11 other cities)! We’re “America’s best-kept secret”

Matt Wild

October 11, 2017

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 ...

Get a second hit of Indonesian Junk with the hook-heavy ‘Stars In The Night’

Matt Wild

October 10, 2017

The opening seconds of Indonesian Junk's terrific Stars In The Night consist of a vocal take played backwards. It's a fitting introduction to an album that rewinds the clock to a time and place long gone—CBGB c...

Take a (literal) minute and enjoy (ORB)’s “Worse Than It Was”

Matt Wild

October 10, 2017

Ever wake up and think to yourself, "Gee, things are worse today than they were yesterday?" If you're living in the year 2017, the answer is probably "YES." But rather than dwell on whatever horror show is curr...

Remembering the time, in 1980, when Black Sabbath fans rioted in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

October 9, 2017

Throwing bottles at performers is a dubious concert-going tradition. Sure, it can be darkly funny in some cases (Justin Bieber), but it can be downright dangerous in others (Tila Tequila at the 2010 Gathering o...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (October 1-7)

Matt Wild

October 9, 2017

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! Bay View is the 13th “hottest hipster market in America”

Matt Wild

October 6, 2017

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...

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