Save the Milwaukee flag!
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
PrideFest and a year of Wisconsin marriage equality on Episode 21 of On The Record
June 6, 2014 is a momentous day in Wisconsin history. On that fateful Friday, the state's ban on same-sex marriage was ruled to be unconstitutional. As the ban was lifted, hundreds of couples rushed to courthou...
Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Locust Street Festival
A week or so of hoodie weather notwithstanding, summer in Milwaukee is more or less here, and with it comes the buildup to the city’s countless festivals and street parties. A perennial favorite, the Locust Str...
Prince tribute, Greil Marcus talk highlight Alverno Presents Season 56
If there’s one constant to Alverno Presents—the long-running performing arts series of Alverno College—it’s a willingness to try anything and everything. The past few years alone have seen local musicians payin...
Welcome to June: Here’s what you’re doing this month
Though July comes close to matching it, there’s simply no month in Milwaukee that’s more jam-packed with entertainment than June. Festival season officially kicks off with PrideFest, which gives way to Polish F...
Tea Krulos talks Monster Hunters, Paranormal Conference in Episode 20 of On The Record
This week on On The Record, we sit down with author (and occasional Milwaukee Record contributor) Tea Krulos to talk about his latest book, Monster Hunters: On The Trail With Ghost Hunters, Bigfooters, Ufologis...
Urban Milwaukee’s Jeramey Jannene talks development, empty storefronts, more
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Ryan Mason and Joel Shanahan tackle the Madison-Milwaukee disconnect in Episode 19 of On The Record
While fewer than 80 miles sit between the city halls of Madison and Milwaukee, the two biggest cities in Wisconsin exhibit a world of difference. Each place and its populace are shrouded with an array of genera...
At Random, and the trouble with Bay View development
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Evan Rytlewski helps preview Summerfest in Episode 18 of On The Record
Do you like summer? Do you like Summerfest? Do you like summer fests that aren’t Summerfest? Do you like stories about leaving a Gin Blossoms concert right before the bass player passes out and a roadie has to ...
Milwaukee Record’s 2015 summer festival guide
Is there anything better than summer in Milwaukee? No, no there is not. For four months out of the year, Milwaukee becomes a warm and joyous place stocked with an improbable number of summer festivals, street p...
Tracklist: 12 non-festival Milwaukee shows worth checking out this summer
Summertime musical entertainment in Milwaukee typically finds a home at the city’s 8,000 street fests, or, you know, that whole Summerfest thing. But look beyond the temporary street stages and the sea of dance...
Welcome to May: Here’s what you’re doing this month
May in Milwaukee usually serves as the calm before the storm that is summer festival season. By the time next month, we'll be gearing up for block parties, weekly concerts, and a massive wave of occurrences bea...
Poking holes in “poptimism”
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Yo-Dot and milo weigh in on the state of Milwaukee hip-hop in Episode 17 of On The Record
Milwaukee's hip-hop scene is in a pretty good place at the moment. However, that wasn't always the case. Besides the late '90s and early '00s blip Coo Coo Cal made on rap's radar, the city has lacked any sembla...
Who Said It Best (And Worst): April 20-24
Who Said It Best (And Worst) is a new feature that rounds up the best and worst quotes of the week from notable Milwaukee figures, pundits, and folks-about-town.
SAID IT BEST
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel colu...
Milwaukee’s best band, Ted Perry for mayor, and more rapid-fire hot takes
Every Wednesday at noon, Ryan Schleicher, Evan Rytlewski, and Matt Wild take to the WMSE airwaves to discuss all things Milwaukee. This half-hour fun-fest is called The Disclaimer, so named because none of the ...
Burnhearts owner BJ Seidel and Enlightened Brewing’s Tommy Vandervort talk beer in Episode 16 of On the Record
We're smack dab in the middle of Milwaukee Beer Week! Though every week is unofficially beer week in a place proudly dubbed "Brew City" by its populace, this particular eight-day run finds close to 100 local ba...
Here’s the lineup for the 2015 Summer Soulstice Music Festival
For 15 years, the East Side’s annual Summer Soulstice Music Festival has celebrated the first day of summer with music, food, drinks, and that one guy who always shows up to the thing carrying a giant lizard. O...
Midwest Real’s Michael Phillip talks pot and podcasting in Episode 15 of On The Record
On this week’s episode of On The Record, Tyler and Matt sit down with Michael Phillip, creator and host of the popular Midwest Real podcast. Midwest Real describes itself as “an indie podcast and blog with an u...