Author Matt Wild

It’s time for Milwaukee to unite (and mask its bathroom odor) with POTTY Pearls

November 30, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• "We all do it. Poop."So begins the "About" page for POTTY Pearls, a Milwa...

You can finally buy Mark Borchardt’s UFO documentary, ‘The Dundee Project’

Matt Wild

November 28, 2018

Back in January 2017, we spoke to Milwaukee filmmaker/icon Mark Borchardt about his latest film, The Dundee Project. The 40-minute documentary—which chronicles the sights, sounds, and people of Dundee, Wisconsi...

Better Xmas song: Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” or Wham!’s “Last Christmas”?

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

It's a question as old as time (or, more accurately, as old as the mid-1990s): Which is the better Christmas song, Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You," or Wham!'s "Last Christmas"? Both tunes have ...

No shirt, no shoes, no streetcar: Hop on and read the new Streetcar Code of Conduct

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

It's another big week for The Hop, a.k.a. the Milwaukee streetcar that launched earlier this month despite the hard work of those guys who made their own "STOP THE HOP" signs. Ridership numbers are better than ...

Here are 12 pictures of Café Benelux’s new Lux Domes, and 3 pictures of Steve, the bearded dragon who lives at the Mitchell Park Domes

Matt Wild

November 27, 2018

While the fate of Milwaukee's beloved/crumbling Mitchell Park Domes is still uncertain, Café Benelux is making sure the city's dome game remains strong. Tuesday afternoon, the Third Ward restaurant hosted a sne...

Help save Milwaukee County Parks by buying these button-up dog shirts

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

Earlier this summer, a report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum painted a bleak portrait of all things Milwaukee County. "Almost every form of parks infrastructure has pressing needs," the report warned. "The cou...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Nov. 18-24

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "reimagining," like that crappy Tim Burton version of Planet Of Th...

Just for old times’ sake, let’s see how Kato Kaelin felt about last night’s Packers game

Matt Wild

November 26, 2018

Last night's Green Bay Packers game. Ugh. Losing to the Minnesota Vikings 24-17. Ugh. The fact that the score suggests a closer, less depressing game than the one that actually occurred. Ugh. The 2018 Packers s...

Hacienda Beer Co. is coming to the old BBC space on the East Side

Matt Wild

November 23, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Okay, it's Black Friday and some people have a longstanding family bowling to...

Requiem for a reluctant deer hunter

Matt Wild

November 21, 2018

2014 I've been in my tree stand for an hour when a deer walks out in front of me. It appears from nowhere, absurd in its size, absurd in its very presence. It ambles its way to the dead center of my field of v...

That Milwaukee County marijuana referendum went really well. Now what?

Matt Wild

November 16, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• The November midterm election has come and gone (also coming and going: Tony ...

Enjoy Offend Your Friends’ updated “Thank You, Mr. President,” help the band release a 7-inch

Matt Wild

November 15, 2018

Show-goers of a certain age may be familiar with Offend Your Friends, a self-described "mid-2000s politically charged trashy party ska punk from the armpit of Wisconsin" (a.k.a. Fond du Lac). The group, which ...

Remembering the time, in 1985, when Milwaukee went nuts for free Channel 4 golf balls

Matt Wild

November 14, 2018

Milwaukee media history is littered with promotional stunts that set the city abuzz. The radio DJ who camped out on a 21st story ledge to get The Who to play Milwaukee. The year Reitman and Mueller claimed a B-...

“Packers won the Super Bowl!” A brief history of Wisconsin references in ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

One of the many joys of Mystery Science Theater 3000 is catching a particularly obscure riff that seems custom-made for only you. Jokes about little-seen films abound. Nods to half-forgotten moments in history ...

Watch “a group of lovable idiots try to make it in Hollywood” at the world premiere of ‘Shangri-LA’

Matt Wild

November 13, 2018

It's a tale as old as time: aspiring filmmakers move to Los Angeles in hopes of fulfilling their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams; aspiring filmmakers watch as their starry-eyed Hollywood dreams get kicked, punched...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee: Nov. 4-10

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Weird Al’s “Strings Attached Tour” is coming to Miller High Life Theatre July 27

Matt Wild

November 12, 2018

Let's face it, "Weird Al" Yankovic fans: If you've seen one "Weird Al" show, you've seen 'em all. Well, unless you saw last year's "Ill-Advised Vanity" shows at Pabst Theater, which featured oodles of deep cuts...

State board wants to eliminate Milwaukee’s restaurant grading system, Milwaukee not amused

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

Back in January, the City of Milwaukee unveiled its Sanitation Grading System, a program designed to hand out letter grades of A, B, or C to area restaurants based on health inspections. The not-so-scarlet lett...

Café Benelux will triple Milwaukee’s dome count with 6 private, heated rooftop domes

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• While the fate of Milwaukee's beloved/crumbling Mitchell Park Domes is still ...

Frank’s Power Planet is closed. For real this time. For now

Matt Wild

November 9, 2018

We'll be honest: After last month's "he-said-she-said" drama surrounding the apparent closure of Frank's Power Plant, just hearing the words "Frank's Power Plant" makes us dizzy. So we'll keep this short and sw...