‘Harsh’ finds humor in heated debate
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After what he justifiably called "a weird, shitty year" in which his mother passed away and his girlfriend moved out, Cudahy comedian Adam Loeding is ready to get back on stage in 2016. Following the len...
8 “cursed” Milwaukee business locations
There's a dusty "first rule" of real estate: "Location, location, location." Want your business or residence to succeed? Plop it in a primo spot, dummy. But what about business locations that seem to be, for wh...
On The Record Episode 51: Ryan Weber of Eric & Magill
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Ryan Weber was a part of such seminal Milwaukee outfits as The Promise Ring, Camden, and Decibully. After making marks in local music, Weber's thirst for adventure and desire to help others led him to Ar...
Riverwest FemFest is nigh! Download the third and final compilation
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Believe it or not, it was technically last summer when the utterly loaded 50-act lineup for the second annual Riverwest FemFest was announced. It's been more than two months since the four-day schedule w...
Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006 or: What Made Milwaukee Famous
Editor's note: The following piece, covering a 10-year period in Milwaukee's alternative art scene, originally appeared as an accompanying essay for the 2013 "Milwaukeeists: 1996-2006" exhibition at the Lawton ...
Making A Meme Thief: ‘Making A Murderer’ fan art goes viral, lacks credit
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After finishing the Netflix series Making A Murderer last month, Milwaukee comedian Ryan Holman had an idea for a joke.
"I remember that I had a key chain that looked kind of like the one in the show,...
Here’s what was changed to make that non-anti-Semitic Shorewood sculpture even more non-anti-Semitic
Take yourself back to November 2015, when a New Jersey blogger "well known for his innovative and transformative ideas as a marketing, social media, and business development consultant" named Matt Sweetwood tra...
First Impression: Easy Tyger
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When Brady Street Hardware shuttered last year and set off a building owner vs. neighborhood association pillow fight over what should fill the space, it highlighted the fact that if the bohemian center ...
Thanks for making Local Coverage 2016 great, Milwaukee!
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Holy shit! As creators of Local Coverage, we might be a little biased, but the second annual benefit show wherein 10 local acts covered each other will probably go down as our single favorite concert of ...
Old Milwaukee: Turner Hall’s connection to the feminist movement
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The four-story, Cream City brick building on 4th Street known as Turner Hall is well known for hosting a wide variety of shows that range from concerts to comedians to live wrestling. Turner Hall also ho...
Continue your FemFest prep with the benefit’s second compilation
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Only a year in, it's in no way hyperbolic to say that Riverwest FemFest is already one of the best events bearing the "fest" suffix in town. Following a successful first year in which two days of female-...
Tom Bamberger explores time and trash with 36-foot-long landfill photo in “Civil Twilight”
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For all of photography’s triumphs in capturing a moment in time, the medium is surprisingly ill suited to capturing a moment over time. A moment is just that, and although plenty of exceptions abound—thi...
Why MKE and NXT make a great tag team
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Fun fact: "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's famous "Austin 3:16" catchphrase was born right here in Milwaukee at the 1996 King of the Ring tournament. This is but one of many tidbits of wrestling history threa...
Procrastination pays off on Group Of The Altos’ “Coplights” video
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Despite its continually changing number of members and its utter refusal to be chained to any single style of music for more than one release, two things Milwaukee's self-proclaimed "surly high school or...
Alverno Presents’ current season will be its last, and that really sucks
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For the past 56 (!) years, the performing arts series of Alverno College, Alverno Presents, has been bringing some of the most rewarding art and artists to Milwaukee's doorstep. Internationally celebrate...
On The Record Episode 50: Comedian Shane Mauss
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Fresh off a run of shows at Milwaukee's Comedy Cafe, stand-up comedian Shane Mauss met host Tyler Maas at Milwaukee Record headquarters to discuss the trials and tribulations of making a living as a road...
Exclusive: Revel in the blues-rock goodness of The Young Revelators’ ‘All I See’
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When one thinks of the sound of Riverwest, "earnest blues-rock" probably doesn't come to mind. Yet here are The Young Revelators, a young (natch) trio hailing from the ever-buzzing neighborhood, speciali...
Could a cat change the trajectory of the Milwaukee Bucks’ season?
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There are a few alarming things about the Milwaukee Bucks this season. Roughly halfway through the team's 82-game schedule, they're hanging in the basement of the Eastern Conference with the lowly Brookl...
Brendan Dassey’s half brother fights ‘Making A Murderer’ conviction with Christian rap song
Thanks to Making A Murderer, the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach and subsequent conviction of Steven Avery and his (then) 16-year-old nephew Brendan Dassey have returned to the spotlight in Wisconsin, and have si...
Tracklist: 8 things you should know about Local Coverage 2016
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After months of thought, planning, and work, Local Coverage 2016 is now only days away. On Friday, January 15, a diverse grouping of 10 Milwaukee bands and rappers will take the stage at Turner Hall to p...