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Jackass’ Preston Lacy does, uh, something at Cactus Club

November 6, 2015

// Ironically, comedy can oftentimes be a cruel and humorless industry. While the art of making others laugh can propel people to international notoriety, untold levels of wealth, and immense influence, the...

Exclusive: Stream GGOOLLDD’s new EP, ‘For The Night’

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2015

// It’s incredible to think that GGOOLLDD has only been around for two years. Originally intended to be a playful project that would dissolve after its inaugural show in an East Side attic three Halloweens ...

Ton Johnson talks storytelling, comic collaboration, 2016 goals

Tyler Maas

November 5, 2015

// Though he says he tried and failed to be the class clown in high school, Milwaukee comedian Anton "Ton" Johnson eventually developed his material enough to give stand-up a belated try. Since he made his ...

Watch Red Letter Media predict exactly what will happen in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Matt Wild

November 5, 2015

// It’s hard to overstate just how much Red Letter Media has influenced the way the Internet talks about Star Wars. The Milwaukee-based production company—made up of Mike Stoklasa, Jay Bauman, the cherubic ...

Let’s talk about excessive guest lists at shows, Milwaukee

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 4, 2015

// Earlier this week, Milwaukee musician Klassik, fresh from a Halloween show at Company Brewing, took to Twitter to speak his mind about a seemingly innocuous subject: guest lists at shows. Here’s what he ...

On The Record Episode 42: Milwaukee punk rock

Milwaukee Record Staff

November 4, 2015

// Punk rock isn’t dead. In fact, it’s in quite good shape in and around Milwaukee these days. Between punk and hardcore bands like Direct Hit!, Expire, and Tenement currently making waves across state line...

Holy fucking shit the Brewers are giving away a Bob Uecker talking alarm clock next season

Matt Wild

November 4, 2015

// Holy fucking shit the Milwaukee Brewers are giving away a Bob Uecker talking alarm clock next season. As revealed today by the club, the All-Fan Giveaway will be available at the July 10, 2016 Brewers/Ca...

I tried (and utterly failed) Zaffiro’s first “Big Z Challenge”

Tyler Maas

November 3, 2015

// I'm incredibly sad to inform you, reader, that this is quite possibly my final post at Milwaukee Record. You see, I am dying. Probably very soon. Okay, perhaps none of that stuff is exactly true. Howe...

Former Schwartz booksellers spin tale of mystery, murder, shady animals in ‘Shady Hollow’

Matt Wild

November 3, 2015

A small-town gossip columnist stumbles across a body floating in a pond. An intrepid reporter takes up the case and starts sniffing around. A peaceful village is revealed to be a mysterious place full of dark s...

Welcome to November: Here’s what you’re doing this month

Tyler Maas

November 2, 2015

November. Summer is now far in the rear view mirror. Your Halloween costume has been washed, de-vomited, and stored away for later use. The extra hour of sleep you enjoyed over the weekend as a result of daylig...

Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Week 8: Club Garibaldi

Maggie Iken

November 2, 2015

In Search For The Perfect Packers Bar, Milwaukee Record contributor and Green Bay native Maggie Iken sets out to find the best Packers viewing experience Milwaukee has to offer. Catch up with Week 1, Week 2, We...

Author Patrick Tomlinson prepares to launch ‘The Ark’

Rob Wieland

November 2, 2015

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo if you’re into the whole brevity thing, began yesterday. Writers throughout the country go on something of a creative crash diet to do the one thing everybody needs to...

Temple is breaking up

Tyler Maas

October 31, 2015

Friday, Milwaukee post-punk quartet Temple announced the band will be ending. After forming early iterations of the project almost a decade ago when the members were high school students in Green Bay, the lo...

Extra Points: Projecting John Kuhn’s next beard

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2015

Congratulations! If you're reading this, you survived the Packers bye week. Hopefully you found some bullshit to help occupy you last Sunday as you waited for the green and gold to return to action. Green Bay p...

Update: New Bucks arena, streetcar (OH GOD THE STREETCAR) coming in 2018

Matt Wild

October 30, 2015

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week. • The city-, state-, and world-changing power of the new downtown Bucks arena w...

Ozmi Osbourne talks comedy, honesty, Palestine

Tyler Maas

October 30, 2015

With about a year to his credit, Azmi Abdel-Hamid (better known as "Ozmi Osbourne") has no problem admitting he's new to doing stand-up. However, he's no stranger to the Milwaukee comedy scene. Before he steppe...

Update: Rejoice, ladies, for Wisconsin is one step closer to legalizing blaze pink hunting gear

Matt Wild

October 29, 2015

UPDATE: Yes, the dreams of millions of Wisconsin women who have long refrained from deer hunting due to the decidedly un-ladylike clothing requirements are coming closer to reality. According to the Journal Sen...

On The Record Episode 41: Milwaukee Bucks season preview

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 28, 2015

Today marks the beginning of another Milwaukee Bucks season. Unlike many recent years, this particular campaign comes with a great deal of intrigue and expectation. After a franchise-worst 2013-14, the promisin...

Sheriff Clarke breaks news that Black Lives Matter, ISIS will “join forces,” bring down government

Matt Wild

October 28, 2015

Tired and weary from another day of serving as Milwaukee County Sheriff joylessly trolling the Internet, David A. Clarke, Jr. broke the shocking news last night that the grassroots Black Lives Matter movement a...

Bill Burr takes Riverside Theater on a wild ride

Tyler Maas

October 28, 2015

In this ongoing epoch of never-before-seen comic saturation that finds Netflix and iTunes releasing new stand-up specials at an astounding rate, every person who has ever told a joke beginning a podcast to talk...

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