8 (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild
It’s been said the Internet is written in ink, not pencil. Nothing ever truly disappears from the ol’ World Wide Web, even (and some might say especially) the embarrassing stuff. Thanks to handy tools like the ...

First Impression: Fore! Milwaukee

Tyler Maas
In January 2013, former coach, noted southeast Wisconsin instructor, and scratch golfer Tim Grogan took a financial swing and tried to wedge an indoor golfing range into the Third Ward. Not 18 months later, the...

An entirely local day at Summerfest

Tyler Maas
Wednesday’s Summerfest lineup scared up a wealth of immensely popular and internationally known talent (and DJ Pauly D) that included the likes of Dave Matthews Band, Ludacris, Bonnie Raitt, Joan Jett, the Wail...
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Sat. Nite Duets: Los DJs

Matt Wild
Give Sat. Nite Duets credit where credit is due: For a band that has long cultivated an image of scruffy, tongue-in-cheek good-time dudes who are prone to use hashtags like #blessed and #tite on Twitter, they’v...

Ed Kowalczyk Lives on at Miller Lite Oasis

Tyler Maas
You missed it the first time you thumbed through the Summerfest schedule. It’s okay. Virtually everybody missed it. Eventually, people either stopped dismissing the the oddly arranged smattering of consonant...

Last Impression: VIA Downer

Tyler Maas
More often than not, a restaurant closure comes as the result of some combination of factors like poor sales, health violations, or an irreparably bad reputation, or as a reaction to stiff competition sprouting...
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The New Red Moons: Mesmérisme

Matt Wild
Taking disparate musical influences and shaping them into something new and/or fresh is an art many bands profess proficiency in, but few ever truly master. Collect a nickel for every group that claims its musi...

Brewers bullpen stars in awful Will Smith medley

Tyler Maas
It’s a good time to be a Brewers fan. Milwaukee currently has the best record in the National League, and had the distinction of being the first team to 50 wins. The team’s shutdown bullpen has a lot to do with...

First Impression: Bounce Milwaukee

Tyler Maas
With 42 Lounge enjoying a downtown stronghold, pinball enthusiasts taking to bars in all corners of the city in droves, and events like the Midwest Gaming Classic thriving in nearby Brookfield (why Brookfield?!...

Off Base: A bevy of bad Brewers bobbleheads

Tyler Maas
People love bobbleheads. The Milwaukee Brewers were among the first teams in Major League Baseball to realize that an oversized, spring-mounted head propped atop a tiny body translated into butts in seats. For ...