Some semi-deep final thoughts on Summerfest 2024

Matt Wild
To paraphrase a great band that played Summerfest in 1983: it's the end of Summerfest 2024 and I feel fine. Of Summerfest 2024's nine days—divided into three consecutive Thursday-Friday-Saturday chunks—I att...

Living in the city, getting lunch at Gyro Palace

Matt Wild
Years ago, I briefly worked for a guy who delivered free weekly newspapers and magazines to Milwaukee businesses. You know, the stuff you'd find scattered on the floor next to racks of The Onion and Shepherd Ex...

Animal Well, and the pleasures of not knowing

Matt Wild
I was roughly two hours into Animal Well before I realized what was going on. The game had opened simply enough. Four pixelated flames appeared and disappeared. My pixelated player character—a little Meatwad...

I ate like Giannis Antetokounmpo for a weekend

Tyler Maas
broadstreet.zone(160542); Welcome to Food/Drink Week at Milwaukee Record, brought to you by Third Space Brewing. From May 13 through May 20, belly up and enjoy adventurous, odd, and elaborate coverage of all t...

I went to the last Blimpie Subs in Wisconsin

Tyler Maas
Last weekend, I took to our social media accounts and reposted an October 2022 article where I went to the last Ponderosa restaurant location in Wisconsin. (Yes, it's the one in Wisconsin Dells and it's still o...

Burrito Sandwich: An investigation

Tyler Maas
I didn't want to do it. I really didn't, but you all pulled me back in. I tried to ignore it. I wanted to avoid it, foolishly thinking it would blow over in a few days and things would return to some semblance ...