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10 kind-of-suggestive Milwaukee County street names, ranked

January 9, 2018

The physical act of love can be a natural and zesty enterprise, and it happens often in Milwaukee. In fact, evidence suggests that at least one member of Milwaukee Record has had sex at least once. Nice. If ...

Listen to the Milwaukee theme song that never was in this HealthReach ad from 1984

Matt Wild

January 9, 2018

Any Milwaukeean worth their salt knows all about that old "Hello Milwaukee" song—a.k.a. that 1977 Channel 12 jingle that went on to inspire dozens of other versions for dozens of other cities. (If not, enjoy it...

Bay View vintage shop Plume will open this weekend

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2018

Bay View is getting another vintage shop. After roughly a year of planning and more than six months after its original projected opening date, Plume will finally open on Saturday, January 13. Plume is locate...

What if Stiles from ‘Teen Wolf’ loved southeastern Wisconsin?

Josh Hoppert

January 8, 2018

We love basketball and movies, so we couldn't resist reading a recent Fansided.com article about who would play the main characters in some of the all-time classic basketball movies. Much to our delight, their ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Jan. 1-6)

Matt Wild

January 8, 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...

Jokerz Comedy Club has closed

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2018

Milwaukee's already-lacking comedy club scene has sustained another sizable hit this month. Last Thursday, Jokerz Comedy Club announced it was closing after more than 10 years in business. Located in the bas...

7 reasons Packers fans should jump on the Buffalo Bills bandwagon

Tyler Maas

January 6, 2018

This weekend marks the beginning of the NFL playoffs. For the first time since the 2008 season, and only the fourth time this century, that doesn't mean a thing to Packers fans. Green Bay's week 17 loss was the...

Recently closed La Fuente will become a (temporary, maybe permanent) Nomad

Matt Wild

January 5, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • One of the final blows of 2017 was the closing of longtime Mexican restaurant...

209 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Swingin’ Door Exchange

Caleb Westphal

January 5, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. The Mackie Building on Michigan Avenue has gone by a few names since it was completed in 1880. I...

Friends come together to make “apocalyptic western” music as Saebra & Carlyle

Tyler Maas

January 5, 2018

Though Saebra & Carlyle only started playing out in September, the duo's roots extend more than 10 years, all the way back to when the project's namesakes worked together at a shopping mall coffee chain. Th...

In case you missed it, Black Cat Alley’s newest mural features an alcoholic Santa Claus

Matt Wild

January 5, 2018

Since opening in September 2016, the East Side's Black Cat Alley has seen its fair share of controversy. Well, one of the pieces in the outdoor mural gallery has seen its fair share of controversy, at least. Ad...

Here’s the Burnhearts Mitten Fest 2018 lineup

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Now that New Year’s festivities have come and gone, folks in Milwaukee are forced to come to terms with the harsh realization that winter is here in full force and there’s not much to do outside. Fortunately, w...

Abby Jeanne releases new single, announces “Fire In February” residency

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Last Sunday night, Abby Jeanne capped off a breakout 2017 with her "Electric New Year" show, an unofficial culmination of a year in which the owner of Milwaukee's most captivating voice released her well-receiv...

Faux Fiction sheds and shreds in “Skin” music video

Tyler Maas

January 4, 2018

Milwaukee musicians don't seem to be wasting any time starting 2018 on a strong note. Adding to the handful of post-New Year releases and album announcements we've already seen in this young year is Faux Fictio...

Could Lake Michigan freeze over? And if so, could you bike or drive across it?

Matt Wild

January 4, 2018

Spend enough time on Facebook and you might come across an event titled "Bike or drive across Lake Michigan?" Set for Saturday, February 10, 2018 in the Milwaukee Harbor, the brazen event claims that "at some u...

Here’s what Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2018 (according to 8 Milwaukeeans)

Matt Wild

January 3, 2018

Twenty-seventeen was...well, it was a year. The list of national outrages and horror stories could go on for days, and that's not even taking into account the international outrages and horror stories. Luckily,...

Witnessing the coldest Polar Plunge in more than 40 years (because I was too scared to actually do it)

Lauren Keene

January 3, 2018

Even though the Polar Plunge is a Milwaukee tradition spanning almost 100 years, I'll be honest: there's pretty much nothing that sounds appealing about it. Getting up bright and early on New Year's Day to…swim...

Mark Yencheske gets in the driver’s seat on ‘Be Easy’

Tyler Maas

January 3, 2018

"I'm a goal-oriented person," says Mark Yencheske. That's a bit of an understatement. On New Year's Eve, he played a total of three sets, split between Paper Holland and backing duties for Abby Jeanne. That ...

Brew City Brand T-shirt appears in new Dave Chappelle Netflix special

Josh Hoppert

January 3, 2018

If you were brave and bundled-up enough to attend one of the many, many cool events going on around town this past New Year's Eve, our hats are off to you. You are a truly hardy Milwaukeean! If you were not, di...

Look sharp in the new year with Kiss Critique’s ‘Allegations’

Matt Wild

January 2, 2018

One of the more idiosyncratic Milwaukee albums of 2017 was Ravi/Lola's Shape Up Shoulders, a swirling concoction of candy-colored psychedelia and blissed-out Sunday-morning pop. It was yet another winning colla...

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