Finding nirvana at a Brewers game, alone
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Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Wheel & Sprocket August 3-10 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer.
Following a Mother's Day get-together with...
Dodging death threats and outing senators: Remembering Milwaukee public access show ‘The Queer Program’
In anticipation of PrideFest Milwaukee (June 4-6), here's a look back at groundbreaking LGBTQ+ public access television show The Queer Program (1992-2017). For more information on the history of LGBTQ+ televisi...
The Lemon Twigs at Turner Hall: I came for monkey rock opera but stayed for great guitars and harmony
One comes to things in so many ways. One comes to The Lemon Twigs by having a friend loco enough to teach for 30 years with an open mind and ears, all three wide enough ajar for a rock opera about a couple adop...
I was an Election Inspector: 15 hours of nonstop democracy
Someone who knows me well enough to suspect that my freewheeling lifestyle could (or should) accommodate direct civil service suggested that I apply to be an Election Inspector. Being susceptible to suggestions...
Milwaukee’s Satanic panic of 1988: The kids were alright
Where was I in 1988? Anywhere but aware. In my fourteenth year on Planet Suburb, folded neatly between the Green Sheets of the afternoon Milwaukee Journal and the abstract piety of St. Alphonsus middle school, ...
I played in Milwaukee’s largest Tecmo Super Bowl tournament
Of all the things I value most in life
I see my memories
And feel their warmth
And know that they are good
- "Spiral Architect" by Black Sabbath
When “real” American football failed as a religion, Tecmo ...
The agony and the irony are killing me (and WLUM-FM 102.1)
"One morning I showed up and Norm Macdonald was waiting at the door!"
No, this isn't the beginning of a Lorne Michaels story or an outtake from Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend. This is an end-of-days true state...
I listened to my sister’s Milwaukee radio mixtape from 1988: “Good Songs on Lazer + QFM”
The Excitement of a Song You May Only Hear Once
Dig if you will a 1988 bedroom: Ratt's Out Of The Cellar album cover is taped to the closet door, a guinea pig rambles the shag red carpet, a phone cord snakes...
The (completely fictitious) origin story of the Brewers’ “Two-Fisted Slopper”
The Milwaukee Brewers surged to great success in the late 1970s and early '80s, culminating with their first (and still only) pennant in 1982. Despite rostering several future Hall of Fame players, the Brewer s...
“Song To Woody” becomes “Song To Uecker”: A Q&A with Milwaukee’s “Weird Al of Baseball”
Milwaukee is home to many characters in the world of sport. Mike "Freeway" McCarter is a legendary presence at MKE sporting events. Eddy J. Lemberger has crafted memorable tunes dedicated to the Green Bay Packe...
Ocean of tenderness: Watching the NFL playoffs on mute
Now that the Packers have been eliminated from Super Bowl contention, it’s time to consider how one can best enjoy what’s left of the NFL playoffs. I propose watching all non-Packers playoff games with your mus...
Hey MPS: More Montessori, please
The purpose of this opinion piece is to suggest that Montessori education is not only developmentally appropriate and effective for most children aged 3-14, but elements of its theory and practice can and SHOUL...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 5: A direction home?
To our Milwaukee: I understand I left you in your week of need. Sure, you didn't need me gonzo-ing adjacent to the RNC, but you could've used Barry with a bullhorn downtown to drown out some of the nonsense wit...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 4: The road narrows
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 3: Civil war and fictional podcasts
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 2: Honest Abe and Mother Jones
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...
On The Run From RNC: Dispatches from Route 66, Day 1: American giants
Things are getting weirder than weird as the Republican National Convention invades Milwaukee, so two forlorn Milwaukeeans are choosing to follow Route 66 to remember, to recharge, and to take pilgrimage at the...