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254 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Serb Hall

November 16, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. Three days after the midterm elections, I headed to American Serb Hall (5101 W. Oklahoma A...

That Milwaukee County marijuana referendum went really well. Now what?

Matt Wild

November 16, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The November midterm election has come and gone (also coming and going: Tony ...

It’s apparently National Fast Food Day, so here’s every chain restaurant adventure we’ve ever had

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 16, 2018

It's apparently National Fast Food Day. Though this fake holiday gives fast food-obsessed American consumers a feeble excuse to justify eating something that's bad for them today, we here at Milwaukee Record tr...

Mystery Science Theater 3000 LIVE! was a great homecoming for Joel, a fine showcase for Jonah

Rob Wieland

November 16, 2018

Inevitably, when an influential band breaks up, its members gravitate back toward the thing that made the band famous. Thirty years have passed since Mystery Science Theater 3000 turned an activity once confine...

Set aside a few minutes to watch King Courteen’s “Bucker Boy,” arguably the best Milwaukee music video of 2018

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2018

Back in August, we checked in with King Courteen (the musical alias of singer-songwriter and woodworker Michael Gerlach) as he wandered around Milwaukee City Hall in his "Simeon The Petrus" music video. A few m...

Balzac has a new head chef and a new menu

Tyler Maas

November 15, 2018

Over the last 13 years, Balzac has given the East Side an extra dash of class with an excellent wine selection, contemporary cocktails, and outstanding small plate options. Not wanting to rest on its laurels, t...

Enjoy Offend Your Friends’ updated “Thank You, Mr. President,” help the band release a 7-inch

Matt Wild

November 15, 2018

Show-goers of a certain age may be familiar with Offend Your Friends, a self-described "mid-2000s politically charged trashy party ska punk from the armpit of Wisconsin" (a.k.a. Fond du Lac). The group, which ...

Public Domain: Fox Face performs “There’ll Be Some Changes Made”

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 14, 2018

Milwaukee Record is proud to present Public Domain. The monthly video series features Milwaukee musicians setting up at Colectivo Coffee to adapt some of the world’s best-known songs in ways they’ve never been ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: El Rey Foods has been going (and growing) strong for 40 years

Tyler Maas

November 14, 2018

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

On The Record #143: LeRoy Butler

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 14, 2018

This week's guest is one for the ages! Host and lifelong Packer fan Tyler Maas was fortunate enough to get half an hour of LeRoy Butler's time to talk about the All-Pro safety and Green Bay legend's storied car...

Remembering the time, in 1985, when Milwaukee went nuts for free Channel 4 golf balls

Matt Wild

November 14, 2018

Milwaukee media history is littered with promotional stunts that set the city abuzz. The radio DJ who camped out on a 21st story ledge to get The Who to play Milwaukee. The year Reitman and Mueller claimed a B-...

Here’s the Local Coverage 2019 lineup

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

Following four years of fun philanthropy, Milwaukee Record’s Local Coverage benefit will return to Turner Hall Ballroom in early 2019. On Friday, January 18, an eclectic cast of seven local acts from all corner...

Hear Klassik and Johanna Rose turn Woody Guthrie’s “Ship In The Sky” into an “American Klassik”

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

When Milwaukee rapper, singer, multi-instrumentalist, and all-around visionary Klassik isn’t busy crafting eclectic and incomparable music of his own, he’s reinterpreting time-tested spirituals, hymns, and anth...

Abby Jeanne will ring in the holidays with an ‘Isle Of Misfit Toys’ 7-inch

Tyler Maas

November 13, 2018

How does Abby Jeanne wrap up a year that included a four-show “Fire In February” residency, a WMSE Record Store Day 7-inch, a flurry of high-profile festival gigs, a well-deserved $20,000 Backline grant, a succ...

“Packers won the Super Bowl!” A brief history of Wisconsin references in ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

One of the many joys of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is catching a particularly obscure riff that seems custom-made for only you. Jokes about little-seen films abound. Nods to half-forgotten moments in history ...

Watch “a group of lovable idiots try to make it in Hollywood” at the world premiere of ‘Shangri-LA’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

It's a tale as old as time: aspiring filmmakers move to Los Angeles in hopes of fulfilling their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams; aspiring filmmakers watch as their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams get kicked, punched...

Erth Dispensary will bring CBD and hemp to Bay View storefront in December

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2018

At the end of September, Canni became the first CBD and hemp specialty shop to open in Milwaukee. Less than three months after the hemp and cannabidiol (better known as “CBD”) retailer moved into its Walker's P...

Hit the beach with Paper Holland’s “Sea [Sic]” music video

Tyler Maas

November 12, 2018

On June 1, Paper Holland released Galápagos. The long-awaited sophomore album brought out the band's distinct "trop-pop" style and wisped listeners away on an aural island getaway with smooth vocals, light and ...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Nov. 4-10

Matt Wild

November 12, 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...

Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show, you've seen 'em all. Well, unless you saw last year's "Ill-Advised Vanity" shows at Pabst Theater, which featured oodles of deep cuts...

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