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Here’s the list of the 2014 WAMI winners

April 28, 2014

Last week, we discussed whether or not the Wisconsin Area Music Industry awards (or WAMIs, if you’re nasty) were still relevant, whether or not they were ever relevant, and, more importantly, whether or not the...

Demetri Martin brings his heady, hilarious musings to Pabst Theater

Tyler Maas

April 26, 2014

Funnyman Demetri Martin isn’t quite a household name, but between his 2007 special Demetri Martin. Person. and the cancellation of his short-lived Comedy Central series Important Things With Demetri Martin in 2...

Nobody cares what you think about Ryan Braun

Tyler Maas

April 25, 2014

When Ryan Braun stepped to the plate for his first at-bat this season—his first Miller Park plate appearance since serving a 65-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball’s performance enhancing drug p...

Help make KPolly’s “Fake A$$ Rappers” a reality

Matt Wild

April 25, 2014

The music world is filled with plenty of outsized personalities better suited to seizure-inducing Japanese cartoons (Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Nicki Minaj, etc.), and artists who blur the line between artist and...

The cheap buzz of “Bring PBR Home”

Matt Wild

April 24, 2014

To call last night’s “Bring PBR Home” town hall meeting at Best Place a stunning waste of time would be an insult not only to legitimate wastes of time—staring at a wall, checking your phone while taking a dump...

White trash Fabergé: L.CHAPPELLE’s “Expanded Landscapes” highlights Gallery Night & Day

Brent Gohde

April 24, 2014

Spring in Milwaukee. It’s not just for baseball and Sunday Funday patio drinking. John Malan gives us the impression that this is the first time since last July that God Himself will not indiscriminately punish...

First Impression: Who’s On Third

Tyler Maas

April 24, 2014

If Research & Development Pub taught us nothing else, we learned that sometimes a bar can overcome a stupid-ass name to prove itself a worthwhile establishment for one to spend time and money. April 19 mark...

A-side/B-side: Are the WAMIs even worth making fun of anymore?

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 23, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Sometimes. Matt W...

Milwaukee Record’s guide to Milwaukee Psych Fest 2014

Matt Wild

April 22, 2014

Beginning Thursday, April 24, Bay View’s venerable Cactus Club will play host 20 bands from Milwaukee, the United States, and beyond that fall somewhere in the hazy “psych” genre. Effects-laden guitars, whirlin...

First Impression: Cream City Swirl

Tyler Maas

April 22, 2014

Bay View is in the midst of a restaurant renaissance. The chunk of southeast Milwaukee—which already has such feathers as Odd Duck, Guanajuato, both DeMarinis, Palomino, Classic Slice, and Hué proudly stuck in ...

Ponder life’s mysteries with this Milwaukee tape measure unboxing video

Matt Wild

April 22, 2014

Deep within the strange but largely harmless bowels of the Internet, somewhere near furry forums and zit-popping subreddits, there exists the world of “unboxing videos.” Everyday people with terrifying amounts ...

Tracklist: 10 fictional (or poorly depicted) WI places in film and TV

Tyler Maas

April 21, 2014

Despite being placed directly between coasts and in the thick of a region of America that’s commonly reduced to “flyover country,” Wisconsin manages to be cast in film and on television fairly often. Whether as...

Here’s Carlos Gomez’s bench-clearing brawl soundtracked by the Benny Hill song

Matt Wild

April 21, 2014

There’s nothing better than a friendly game of baseball on Easter Sunday—especially if that friendly game isn’t friendly at all, and involves a bench-clearing, knock-down, drag-out brawl. Yes, yesterday’s Carlo...

Extra Points: A guide to GreenBayPackersLovers.com

Tyler Maas

April 18, 2014

Whether it comes after a 4-12 rebuilding year or a Super Bowl-winning season, that harsh portion of each year that rests between Green Bay’s final play and the team’s first pick of the NFL Draft is a lonely one...

Here’s what’s happening in Milwaukee for Record Store Day 2014

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 18, 2014

On Saturday, April 19, music fans nationwide will celebrate Record Store Day, a day dedicated to the ancient practice of hanging out in record stores and buying stuff. Per usual, there will be countless awesome...

Milwaukee Bucks’ end is just the beginning

Tyler Maas

April 17, 2014

It was like the last days of Rome…if the empire’s decline featured a t-shirt bazooka, a senior citizen dance squad, and Dippin’ Dots kiosks. After a brutal 81-game stretch that already ensured the team would...

A-side/B-side: Why is Milwaukee so bad at selling itself to others?

Milwaukee Record Staff

April 16, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Sometimes. Tyler ...

First Impression: Wild Bill’s Sports Saloon

Tyler Maas

April 16, 2014

Milwaukee’s south side isn’t for want when it comes to chain restaurants. The airport-adjacent slice of the city has no shortage of dining establishments to welcome visitors to town with a corporately standardi...

Check out the trailer for the next high-flying installment of Mondo Lucha

Matt Wild

April 15, 2014

Last night at the official Milwaukee Day show at Turner Hall (ICYMI: Decibully and Juniper Tar reunited, and Byron Kilbourn and Solomon Juneau did some improv comedy), homegrown lucha libre wrestling outfit Mon...

Joke Thief Night brings open mic to taboo places

Tyler Maas

April 15, 2014

In the world of stand-up comedy, there’s no worse crime than stealing another comedian’s material. Even the implied heist of another comic’s jokes has pretty much sunk Carlos Mencia (not that we’re complaining)...

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