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Big Boy restaurant is coming back (to a Mequon retirement community)

July 27, 2017

Big Boy restaurants—home to double-decker cheeseburgers, tasty fries, and the iconic suspender-clad Big Boy—first opened in California in the 1940s, but they soon became a beloved Wisconsin tradition. The Marcu...

Here’s the full WMSE Backyard BBQ lineup

Tyler Maas

July 27, 2017

Last month, before Summerfest, Pabst Street Party, and Corey Feldman's front tooth all came and went, WMSE announced the legendary Alejandro Escovedo will headline the station’s 8th annual Backyard BBQ at Humbo...

Whenever life gets you down, just remember there’s a “Karma Chameleon” parody called “I’m A Milwaukeean”

Matt Wild

July 26, 2017

In Monty Python's "Galaxy Song," a ditty from the group's 1983 film The Meaning Of Life, Eric Idle offers this bit of existential comfort food: Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown And things seem hard o...

Get ready for Triple Eye Industries Fest 2, stream the ‘Vinyl Noise Beer Vol. 2’ comp

Tyler Maas

July 26, 2017

As Milwaukee prepares to say goodbye to July, the city has already said farewell to a wide variety of festivals, block parties, and a number of other celebrations that help make summer here special. After Germa...

Tim And Eric’s “10 Year Anniversary Awesome Tour” puts new spin on old favorites at Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

July 26, 2017

Since Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job premiered in 2007, the subversive sketch show from the twisted minds of anti-comedy geniuses Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim has amassed significant cult acclaim. Beyo...

Returning to Warped Tour after 15 years away

Tyler Maas

July 25, 2017

On July 27, 2002, I attended the first and only Van's Warped Tour of my life. The show, which took place at the Tweeter Center in the Chicago suburb of Tinley Park, boasted dozens of popular punk, ska, and hard...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Oakland Gyros serves the city’s best Greek food, day or night

Matt Wild

July 25, 2017

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...

NXT is a preview of WWE’s not-so-distant future

Vince Morales

July 25, 2017

The last time that NXT hit Milwaukee, the show opened with everyone in the crowd enthusiastically singing/speaking along with every word out of Enzo Amore's mouth. He introduced himself and his partner Big Cass...

Milwaukee entrepreneur hits the road with The Beauty Bus

Alison Fox

July 24, 2017

It takes a certain type of person with gumption and determination to buy a bus, gut it, and start a business. Meet Stephanie Senebouttarath, owner of The Beauty Bus—a mobile salon specializing in a range of ...

Here’s the MishMash Fest 2017 lineup

Tyler Maas

July 24, 2017

One event we failed to mention in our otherwise thorough and exhaustive Summer Festival Guide was MishMash Fest. Since The Fatty Acids unofficially christened the inaugural event with an amp fire back in 2011, ...

Let it all hang out with this Underwear Bike Ride video

Matt Wild

July 24, 2017

In honor of this weekend's Riverwest 24, it's "Bike Week" here at Milwaukee Rec...well, okay, it's not, but we totally should have thought of that earlier. Anyway, to tide you over until the big 24-hour extrava...

You didn’t need to understand Gin Blossoms’ Festa Italiana appearance to enjoy it

Tyler Maas

July 24, 2017

Last Friday, BoDeans headlined Festa Italiana's opening night. With no discernible Italian connection, the performance would've seemed strange if not for the band's Milwaukee roots. The following night's Calyps...

Judge rules against Milwaukee’s Pokemon Go-inspired ordinance, Milwaukee responds

Matt Wild

July 21, 2017

Has it already been a year since Milwaukee's picturesque Lake Park was invaded, trampled, and—gasp—used by hordes of folks playing Pokemon Go? Yes, yes it has. Since those dark, damaging days (pictures of which...

185 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: The Steakout

Caleb Westphal

July 21, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here. Last week I mentioned that I thought it was time to add a little spontaneity to my fish fry r...

Guns N’ Fucking Roses will play BMO Harris Bradley Center November 7

Matt Wild

July 21, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • You know where Guns N' Fucking Roses are going to be Tuesday, November 7? The...

Comedian Rita Landis makes up for lost time

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2017

In 1984, Rita Landis went to a ComedySportz show and vowed she'd one day be on stage. Thirty years later, she did. Now 54, the longtime comedy fan has taken the steps to make her improv aspirations a reality. S...

Remembering Phish’s infamous “O.J. Show” at The Rave

Chris Lay

July 20, 2017

This article was originally published in 2017. June 17, 1994. It's a date that never quite got the same temporal recognition as, say, September 11, 2001, or December 7, 1941, but many Americans will remember...

5 things the Milwaukee Brewers must do to make the playoffs

Vince Morales

July 20, 2017

The best Milwaukee Brewers baseball team of the Mark Attanasio ownership era is the 2011 team that made it to the NLCS. The most fun and important team, however, is the 2008 team that started it all. The 200...

Help paint a new mural in Sherman Park

Matt Wild

July 20, 2017

It's been nearly a year since the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith touched off days of unrest in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. In that time, the neighborhood has moved on, balancing ...

Settle in and enjoy The Directionals’ new 17-minute song/video, “Vashta Nerada”

Matt Wild

July 20, 2017

The ideal length for a pop song is somewhere in the neighborhood of three minutes. Why? Well, it's complicated. (Wired looks at the reasons behind the standard here.) And while extremely short or extremely long...

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