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‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’ tops Milwaukee Film Festival’s 2018 Cinema Hooligante program

September 27, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is exactly three weeks away. That's three weeks to prepare for 304 films (!), oodles of events and discussions, and one horror movie-themed axe-throwing party at AXE MKE. (Sign ...

Joe Bob Briggs will appear at next year’s Twisted Dreams Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

Fans of cheesy movies and long-canceled TNT shows were beside themselves this past July when horror streaming service Shudder released a 13-movie marathon dubbed The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs. The serie...

New Brady Street escape room, Caspian P. McSnooty’s Gallery of Fine Art, opening October 12

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

Don't you just love escape rooms? You know, those things where you and a bunch of friends/coworkers are locked in a room and you have to find clues or whatever to get out? Yeah, we've never done one either, but...

Soul Low will say goodbye with four shows in November

Matt Wild

September 27, 2018

We're still smarting at the news that one of Milwaukee's best bands, Soul Low, has officially called it quits. The group made the announcement last week, and though it wasn't exactly a surprise (band members ha...

5 Milwaukee area Big Boy burger impostors

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2018

Last month, we took a boat all the way to Michigan to eat at a Big Boy restaurant. As we'd assumed would be the case with a beloved burger chain that tragically left Wisconsin during our youth, we loved it. In ...

Hear Flat Teeth’s impressive and emotional debut EP, ‘Winter House’

Tyler Maas

September 26, 2018

If the name Flat Teeth doesn’t mean anything to you, there’s a good reason for that. Though the project has been writing and rehearsing in some capacity since 2016, the unknown Milwaukee indie outfit—which feat...

Bowling In Place #7: MCTS bowling adventure!

Josh Hoppert

September 26, 2018

Milwaukeeans work hard and bowl harder. Follow this monthly series to learn more about your favorite bowling houses and some new ones you’ll want to visit. Here at Milwaukee Record, we are old. We convince o...

New Scott Walker ad is a timely spoof of 1970s kid show ‘The Electric Company’

Matt Wild

September 26, 2018

In case you haven't been paying attention, there's a general election coming up in November. You should totally vote! (Need some info? Click here.) In the meantime, let's puzzle over a new ad from Governor Scot...

“This building deserves a chance to be one space”: Tavern at Turner coming soon to underused Turner Hall restaurant

Matt Wild

September 25, 2018

For more than a decade, Turner Hall Ballroom has been a workhorse of the Milwaukee music scene. The Pabst Theater Group assumed operations of the historic venue in the fall of 2007, and quickly transformed what...

Henry Rollins’ “Travel Slideshow Tour” shows the world through his lens

Dan Agacki

September 25, 2018

From his time fronting Black Flag and Rollins Band to his spoken word, radio and TV gigs, Henry Rollins has never shied away from being the megaphone. Even as a man who suffers from social anxiety off-stage, he...

Live On Air brings stand-up comedy to Riverwest Radio

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2018

Though Milwaukee doesn't currently have a comedy club to its name, the lack of a traditional venue that's fully dedicated to hosting stand-up shows has resulted in motivated comedians and creative producers bri...

Watch Direct Hit!’s new “Perfect Black” video

Tyler Maas

September 25, 2018

Direct Hit! won't slow down. Since putting out its outstanding Wasted Mind on Fat Wreck Chords in the summer of 2016, the band has not only toured relentlessly, but they've also found time to write, record, ...

Sign up for our horror movie-themed party at AXE MKE, October 25 during the Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is imminent. From October 18 through November 1, MFF2018 will screen 305 films at multiple theaters, host oodles of events at multiple venues, and kick all kinds of ass. Also im...

16 (more) edgy album covers from Milwaukee music past

Tyler Maas

September 24, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival. Back in May, we combed the used bin, local thrift stores, and our personal CD collection to round up 20 a...

A brief timeline of the bizarre Milwaukee Bus Shelter Art Heist of 2018

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

Back in June, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) unveiled a program to install original vinyl artwork on Milwaukee County bus shelters. Funded by personal donations—including a $5,000 personal donation ...

Green and Gold forever: Fans put skin in the game with Packers tattoos

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2018

In case you missed the various billboards, drink coasters, posters, and other forms of advertising haven't caught your attention yet, you might be interested to know the Milwaukee Tattoo Convention is this week...

Milwaukee County is up deferred maintenance creek without a paddle

Matt Wild

September 21, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • Are you a fan of Milwaukee County and all the things Milwaukee County offers?...

MKE Music Rewind: Red Knife Lottery, “The Good Land”

Tyler Maas

September 21, 2018

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit a notable Milwaukee song that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014. In retrospect, 2009 was a strange time of transition in Milwaukee m...

246 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: St. Paul Fish Company (Milwaukee Public Market)

Caleb Westphal

September 21, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here. This has probably happened to you more than once. You are driving over the Hoan Bridge, ta...

Our Milwaukee Record Re-Porter beer is coming back (and is available in cans)

Tyler Maas

September 20, 2018

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

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