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Let’s remember the Social Distortion Milwaukee riot of 1988

Matt Wild
June 29, 2018
Tonight, on day three of Summerfest 2018, living-legend punk band Social Distortion will headline the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse at 10 p.m. It'll surely be a lively, crowded show full of old (and new?) fans enjo...

Dear FOX6: Please, please, please unearth this “Drinking in the ’80s” series from 1984

Matt Wild
June 25, 2018
Dear FOX6, Hi! How are you? Happy Monday! Milwaukee Record here. In case you didn't know, we're big fans of your station. Really! Ted Perry is the best, and FOX6 WakeUp is our second-favorite local morning s...

We demand to know more about this 1984 commercial for Giggles nightclub

Matt Wild
June 6, 2018
The internet is a wonderful and awful place. Wonderful because a near-infinite amount of human knowledge is instantly available at our fingertips; awful because despite that near-infinite amount of human knowle...

Let’s watch five decades of epic Channel 6 news promos

Matt Wild
May 29, 2018
Aside from actual time capsules, there are no better time capsules than old local TV news clips. The anchors! The music! The fashion! The star wipe graphics! In Milwaukee, WISN's ancient "Hello Milwaukee" news ...

Let’s come together and ID these folks from a 1993 Animal Crackers commercial

Matt Wild
May 22, 2018
Hey! Anyone remember Milwaukee-area pet store Animal Crackers? You know, the same Animal Crackers that had locations at Bluemound Plaza, Highland Plaza, and Southridge Plaza? The same Animal Crackers that had a...

Prepare for a summer of fun with this Milwaukee County Parks commercial from 1984

Matt Wild
May 10, 2018
Hey! It's summer! Sort of? Yeah, it's gonna be cold and rainy this weekend, but whatever. Now's the time to get out of the house and enjoy all the summer-y things Milwaukee has to offer: festivals, concerts, an...

Remembering the New Barbarians / MECCA Arena riot of 1979

Matt Wild
April 25, 2018
Buried in the long, storied, and debauched history of The Rolling Stones is a peculiar footnote: The New Barbarians. A side project, of sorts, of Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, the band formed in the spring of 1...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks almost moved to Minnesota

Matt Wild
April 17, 2018
Tonight at 7 p.m., the Milwaukee Bucks meet the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Yes, the Bucks are down one game, but no matter what happens over the course of the next we...

Dick has gone CRAZY in these old commercials for Dick’s Place

Matt Wild
March 20, 2018
Sift through the history of advertising and you'll find a strange subgenre: the CRAZY home electronics salesman. New York's "Crazy Eddie" was probably the most (in)famous, with his IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE prices and ...

Our kingdom for one of these personalized South Milwaukee love songs from 1985

Matt Wild
March 5, 2018
Have you ever listened to a song and thought, "This song is great, but I wish the singer was singing directly to me. You know, like singing my name and everything. That would be swell." Of course you haven't. S...

Wear your Milwaukee nostalgia on your sleeve with Remember The Tees

Matt Wild
February 20, 2018
It has never been easier to flaunt your Milwaukee pride. From the inescapable Milwaukee Home shirts to the nothing-says-Milwaukee-like-a-Corona-sunrise "People's Flag" apparel, it's practically a crime not to s...

7 pre-World War II ads from Milwaukee companies (and the stories behind them)

Catherine Jozwik
February 8, 2018
Today, it seems like the Geico gecko is the height of clever advertising campaigns. While some ads and commercials are arguably comical and memorable today, gone are the days when ads appeared solely on the bac...

Let’s relive the magic of Esser TV & Appliance’s “Stop, Shop, and Buy” jingle, shall we?

Matt Wild
January 31, 2018
If there was a Milwaukee Jingle Hall of Fame (someone get on this, please), you'd find the usual suspects: Channel 12's iconic "Hello Milwaukee." Emergency TV Service's frantic self-titled ditty. That terrifyin...

Adam Levin puts passion for hometown history into “Old Milwaukee” Facebook group

Tyler Maas
January 29, 2018
Milwaukee is always changing. For every new building erected, every new amenity added, or for each conceptual change and ownership overhaul that happens in our city, a piece of Milwaukee's past is lost in the p...

News, ‘Jurassic Park,’ anti-vaccination stories come together in this TMJ4 video from 1995

Matt Wild
January 17, 2018
Sweet, sweet nostalgia comes in many forms, but few forms are sweeter than television commercials. Want to relive your misspent youth? Enjoy it by reliving the exact way you misspent your youth: watching televi...

The heat is on in this Kohl’s “get it to go on cassettes” ad from 1984

Matt Wild
January 16, 2018
The first Kohl's store opened in Milwaukee in 1927. It was little more than a corner grocery store, and it wouldn't be until 1962 that Kohl's got into the full-fledged department store business. Since then, Koh...

Check out this gloriously ’80s commercial for the Milwaukee Public Library

Matt Wild
January 10, 2018
Remember last year when some goof tweeted that "nobody goes to libraries anymore," and that all public libraries should be closed? Remember when the internet put him on blast, pointing out that, hey, everyone—e...

Listen to the Milwaukee theme song that never was in this HealthReach ad from 1984

Matt Wild
January 9, 2018
Any Milwaukeean worth their salt knows all about that old "Hello Milwaukee" song—a.k.a. that 1977 Channel 12 jingle that went on to inspire dozens of other versions for dozens of other cities. (If not, enjoy it...

Put more “ho ho” in your holidays with this Bayshore Mall commercial from 2000

Matt Wild
December 20, 2017
Holiday season got you down? Dismayed at the crass commercialism that dominates this time of year? Can't think of anything to get your family, so, with mere days to go, you're considering faking an illness and ...

What the hell, let’s watch this 1995 Bartz’s commercial for personalized photo Pogs

Matt Wild
November 30, 2017
Earlier this year, venerable party supply business Bartz'sclosed its Wauwatosa location, giving a final "HONK" to the store's long and illustrious run. The family-owned business counted four Milwaukee-area loca...
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