Tagged Opinion

November 19, 2014

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

5 late period Interpol songs as good as anything from the first 2 albums

Andrew Winistorfer

November 13, 2014

No matter if you bought their first EP before Pitchfork reviewed it, or if you got on board for their major label debut, it’s an accepted fact that Interpol peaked—as a band, as a brand, as a way of life—on the...

A-side/B-side: Should there be stricter audience “rules” at shows?

November 5, 2014

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

Ladies: Let WTMJ help you treat your man’s “football psychosis”

September 17, 2014

It’s that time of year again. Football is back, which means it’s also time for at least one Milwaukee media outlet to inevitably decide to fill time and bandwidth with an antiquated guide to help its female lis...

On living in Milwaukee for half your life and never wanting to leave

September 2, 2014

Beginning this fall, I will have lived in Milwaukee for half my life. I moved here in 1996, an incoming UWM film student with a part-time job and a questionable haircut. I played in an equally questionable rock...

A-side/B-side: Should there be more local openers on high-profile shows?

August 13, 2014

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

A-side/B-side: Revisiting the Madison-Milwaukee disconnect

August 6, 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. Maybe. Tyler Maas...

Postmodern dance, heavy metal, and venturing outside one’s comfort zones

July 29, 2014

This past Sunday, I went to the Lynden Sculpture Garden to see a retrospective performance from the Trisha Brown Dance Company, which kicked off Alverno Presents’ 2014-15 season. To say I knew nothing—and still...

A-side/B-side: Is the Milwaukee music scene too insular?

July 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. Maybe. Matt Wild:...

It’s time to establish some rules for using (or not using) cell phones at concerts

July 10, 2014

A few weeks ago, mere hours before Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds took the stage at Milwaukee Theater, I made a joke about the show on Twitter: “MKE drinking game: Take a shot for every Nick Cave picture you see i...

A-side/B-side: Let’s talk about Wisconsin’s indoor smoking ban, four years later

July 2, 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. Maybe. Matt Wild:...

I failed Red Rock Saloon’s “Unforgiven Challenge”

June 11, 2014

I’ve always been able to eat a lot. Even before I was a love-handled and beer-gutted walking (with some discomfort) Wisconsin male stereotype, I could always put away more food than those around me—usually at a...

VISIT Milwaukee’s “You Gotta Be Here” video is hilariously awful

June 6, 2014

Back in 2008, a strange video surfaced online called “This Is My Milwaukee.” The 11-minute clip was an upbeat tourism video touting the many benefits of the Brew City, hosted by an agreeably accented man named ...

K-Nation takes Summerfest sponsorship to a horrible level

May 29, 2014

The lineup for KNE New Music Stage was unveiled yesterday. At the risk of my Summerfest press pass being lost in the mail, the cast of performers announced was a supreme letdown. In just its second year at the ...

A-side/B-side: Does Milwaukee need more all-ages venues?

May 28, 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. Maybe. Tyler Maas...

A-side/B-side: Is this year’s Summerfest lineup any good?

May 21, 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. Maybe. Tyler Maas...

A-side/B-side: Does the Milwaukee music scene have a “glass ceiling”?

May 14, 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. Maybe. Matt Wild:...

Nobody cares what you think about Ryan Braun

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...

The cheap buzz of “Bring PBR Home”