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Tom Nelson would like to defeat Ron Johnson, and the Spin Doctors are gonna help him

June 21, 2022

In Wisconsin, one of the big stories of the upcoming U.S. Senate election is who, if anyone, can defeat former folk music fan and current human shit stain Sen. Ron Johnson. There are plenty of big names in the ...

Make it a sleazy summer with The Grovelers’ new record, ‘Misplaced Cars And Blackouts’

Matt Wild

June 21, 2022

The Grovelers don't mess with the formula. For the past seven years, the Milwaukee group has delivered album after album of greasy, grimy rock 'n' roll, all shot through with dashes of rockabilly, garage, and p...

Those darn scooters could return to Milwaukee streets by early August

Matt Wild

June 20, 2022

How many "pilot studies" will it take for Milwaukee to decide whether or not to allow those dockless electric scooters to roam/litter the streets? At least three, apparently. On Monday morning, the Common...

In case you blinked, here are all the new and wonderful things they’re building in Milwaukee (June 12-18)

Matt Wild

June 20, 2022

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...

Lap steel metal band Velocihamster covers “Ace Of Spades,” more on ‘Uncaged’

Matt Wild

June 20, 2022

As we all know, there can be only one lap steel metal band in the world. Luckily, Milwaukee is home to that lap steel metal band, Velocihamster. Yes, we've covered the unlikely band in these digital pages be...

Stuff We Missed: Brewers unveil City Connect uniforms! Basketball coming to AmFam Field?

Matt Wild

June 17, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: • Do you like alternate sports uniforms? Do you like alternate spor...

New and open now at 3rd St. Market Hall: Kompali Tacos y Tortas

Matt Wild

June 17, 2022

It's Friday, so you know what that means: downtown food hall 3rd St. Market Hall has added 17 new vendors! (Seriously, we think we missed a few in the past week alone.) Today, 3rd St. has added Kompali Tacos...

Here’s the Milwaukee “News Clues” category from last night’s ‘Jeopardy!’

Matt Wild

June 16, 2022

In case you missed it, Milwaukee had its own "News Clues" category on last night's episode of Jeopardy! And just barely, too—it was thankfully the first category chosen, and Jeopardy! was subsequently preempted...

Oriental Theatre’s COVID-canceled ‘Cats’ screening claws its way back to July 23

Matt Wild

June 16, 2022

It's been two loooooong years since Milwaukee's Oriental Theatre announced that, thanks to an online petition, it would screen the misbegotten 2019 film version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's misbegotten 1981 stage m...

Milwaukee edition of Red Bull Flugtag will feature flying bratwurst, giant KN95 mask, more

Matt Wild

June 15, 2022

In case you missed it, Red Bull's long-running Flugtag event—in which folks construct their own ridiculous "flying" machines and "fly" them off a ramp into a body of water—is set to make its Wisconsin/Milwaukee...

Soundtrack your summer with L’Resorts’ breezy new record, ‘Explorers’

Matt Wild

June 15, 2022

There are countless Milwaukee summer traditions: festivals, block parties, complaining about the heat even though we just suffered through 8,000 months of winter. For the past three years, Milwaukee tropical-po...

Third annual Milwaukee Black Theater Festival will celebrate Black families August 10-14

Matt Wild

June 15, 2022

The Milwaukee Black Theater Festival—a five-day celebration of Black arts and culture—will take over multiple Milwaukee venues August 10-14. When it does, it'll come complete with two theatrical world premieres...

Milwaukee will be featured in a “News Clues” category during tonight’s ‘Jeopardy!’

Matt Wild

June 15, 2022

Who is Giannis Antetokounmpo? Who is Cavalier Johnson? What is that snow pile outside the Marcus Center parking structure that Milwaukee Record meticulously monitors every winter? We're guessing those ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Bringing the air conditioners up from storage because it’s gonna be 90 today

Matt Wild

June 14, 2022

Some places summer traditions come and go, while some places summer traditions become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples summer traditi...

Join Ruth B8r Ginsburg on June 25 for a parade and fundraiser for reproductive freedom

Matt Wild

June 14, 2022

"We will not stop fighting for ourselves and each other. This event is part of that fight." That's a statement from venerable Milwaukee band Ruth B8r Ginsburg. For the past seven years, the femme-led force o...

Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood’s The Smile will play Riverside Theater November 29

Matt Wild

June 13, 2022

The Smile—a new band featuring Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood, plus Sons Of Kemet drummer Tom Skinner—recently released its debut album, A Light For Attracting Attention. It's great. The Smile—a ...

Post Malone will play Fiserv Forum September 15

Matt Wild

June 13, 2022

And the (late) summer just keeps getting busier: Wildly popular/tattooed rapper Post Malone will make his Milwaukee debut Thursday, September 15 at Fiserv Forum. The show will be the fourth of Malone's 2022, 33...

Brad Dassey returns with new rap track and Tony Evers skit, “Free Brendan Dassey”

Matt Wild

June 10, 2022

It's been 17 years since photographer Teresa Halbach was murdered, and seven years since a Netflix documentary covering the case (and much more), Making A Murderer, kicked off the current true-crime craze. In t...

Stuff We Missed: Kia Boys get interviewed, World Naked Bike Ride returns

Matt Wild

June 10, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the Kia Boys and the Naked Bike Ride. Another infuriating and weird...

Oh hell yeah the Domes’ summer floral show is “Faerie Gardens” and it opens June 11

Matt Wild

June 10, 2022

We love the Mitchell Park Domes. We also love faerie gardens, because we used to be big Sherlock Holmes fans and Arthur Conan Doyle had a weird thing for faeries. So we say this with absolutely no snark or sarc...

Author Matt Wild