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Great Job, Milwaukee! The New York Times thinks we’re a “cursed sports city”

June 20, 2016

// Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee Bot (similar to OnMilwaukee's Jeff Sherman Bot 8000) to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online ...

Vincent VanGREAT’s persistence produces results in ‘UnGREATful’

Tyler Maas

June 20, 2016

// This time last year, longtime SAFS Crew producer Vincent VanGREAT was planning to release his debut solo release, UnGREATful, which would bring the beat maker to the forefront and allow him to sing and r...

Built To Spill plays to unconventional strengths at Turner Hall

Cal Roach

June 20, 2016

// The definition of "indie rock" may have changed over the years, but the sound of the music has not. Take everything in your iTunes library assigned to that genre, make a giant playlist and hit shuffle: s...

Milwaukee comes together to help Orlando

Tyler Maas

June 18, 2016

// Tonight, Wisconsin state representative JoCasta Zamarripa, District 12 alderman José Pérez, and others will meet in a Walker's Point park a week after 49 lives were lost in the Pulse Orlando shooting, a ...

Biju’s Block Party gives back to local music super fan

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2016

// Even if you've only been to a few local concerts, you've surely seen her. Whether she was watching intently near the front of the stage, perched behind a table to sell a band's merchandise or doling out ...

Carly Malison delivers in female-focused Hellcat Amazons showcase

Tyler Maas

June 17, 2016

// It usually takes a comedian years of trial and error to find their voice. Carly Malison didn't have that problem. Mere months after trying stand-up for the first time, she topped a crop of comics—many of...

Silent protest: 42 Ale House’s “Headphone Disco” skirts St. Francis ordinance

Tyler Maas

June 16, 2016

// Back in April, we featured 42 Ale House on our list of "16 quintessentially Milwaukee patios," despite the fact the nerd bar is technically located about a mile from Milwaukee's border in St. Francis. Wh...

I hung out with the mayor of Cudahy

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2016

// Last year, a few weeks after we posted about a particularly harsh video about West Allis (that, again, we had no part in making), I sought to see if the industrial Milwaukee suburb was indeed the "worst ...

Milwaukee Record’s 2016 summer movie guide

Tyler Maas

June 15, 2016

// In addition to the wealth of festivals, patio fun, (ugh) pedal taverns, tailgating blowouts, beer gardens and beach relaxation, and countless other outdoor activities Milwaukee offers throughout the summ...

Here’s the winner of the “People’s Flag of Milwaukee” contest, available now for $50

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Tuesday night, at an event at 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, the "People's Flag of Milwaukee" was finally unveiled. The winning design was "Sunrise Over the Lake," designed by Robert Lenz. According to Lenz, "t...

Milwaukee’s Veterans Park is an occult mating-ritual site, apparently

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Milwaukee County's celebrated park system has been called an "emerald necklace"—a sea of sparkling green that enriches and nourishes the community it surrounds. Looked at another way, however, and that n...

Take one small step with psyched-out Calliope side project, Moon Rats

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Type "Milwaukee psych-rock" into the search engine of your choice, and you'll quickly land on Calliope. (Go ahead, try it!) The group has been blasting the city with it's heavy, bluesy, Doors-channeling ...

Help Queen Tut relocate to Brooklyn, connect Milwaukee and New York

Matt Wild

June 14, 2016

// Milwaukee's Queen Tut has been a force to reckoned with in 2016, with high-profile gigs at Riverwest FemFest, Mitten Fest, Arte Para Todos, last weekend's Locust Street Festival, the upcoming Summer Soul...

I got a Milwaukee flag tattoo

Tyler Maas

June 13, 2016

Oh great, another opinion article about the fucking Milwaukee flag! Well, not exactly. At this point, I'm sure whatever thoughts and feelings I could write about the latest (and seemingly most organized) effort...

Locust Street Festival 2016: A minute-by-minute recap

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 13, 2016

// For the past four decades, the annual Locust Street Festival of Music and Art has been one of the city's best street fests, celebrating all that is good, right, and drum circle-y in Riverwest. This year'...

Louie Anderson’s bad Summerfest experience inspired him to write a book about his alcoholic father

Matt Wild

June 13, 2016

// Louie Anderson has been flexing his comedic chops for more than 30 years, racking up old-school Tonight Show appearances, numerous stand-up specials, TV and movie gigs, an Emmy-winning animated series, a...

From garbage man to garbage innings: An ode to Joe Winkelsas

Tyler Maas

June 10, 2016

// Even the most devoted fan of the Milwaukee Brewers would forgive you for not knowing the name Joe Winkelsas. Though the unheralded relief pitcher's Major League career technically spanned seven years and...

MKE SEX: Trans sex and sexuality

Lucky Tomaszek

June 10, 2016

// Dear MKE SEX, What's the deal with transgender people and sex? I mean, can they have sex? If so, how does it work? Thanks! Just Curious Dear Curious, This is one of those times when a seemingly s...

We tried (and failed) “Wisconsin’s Largest Pizza Challenge” at Pizza Shuttle

Milwaukee Record Staff

June 9, 2016

// Milwaukee's East Side is changing. Though the historic neighborhood is becoming cluttered with cookie cutter apartment complexes, rent is on the rise, and chain restaurants continue to move it, a few bus...

Compliments to the chef: Area gourmets serve up cross-kitchen love

Tyler Maas

June 9, 2016

// Today marks the final day of Downtown Dining Week and, with it, the conclusion of Milwaukee Record's unofficial Food Week-type thingy we tried to do. Over the last seven or so days, we featured some Milw...

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