Author Matt Wild

New Scott Walker ad is a timely spoof of 1970s kid show ‘The Electric Company’

September 26, 2018

In case you haven't been paying attention, there's a general election coming up in November. You should totally vote! (Need some info? Click here.) In the meantime, let's puzzle over a new ad from Governor Scot...

“This building deserves a chance to be one space”: Tavern at Turner coming soon to underused Turner Hall restaurant

Matt Wild

September 25, 2018

For more than a decade, Turner Hall Ballroom has been a workhorse of the Milwaukee music scene. The Pabst Theater Group assumed operations of the historic venue in the fall of 2007, and quickly transformed what...

Sign up for our horror movie-themed party at AXE MKE, October 25 during the Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

The 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival is imminent. From October 18 through November 1, MFF2018 will screen 305 films at multiple theaters, host oodles of events at multiple venues, and kick all kinds of ass. Also im...

A brief timeline of the bizarre Milwaukee Bus Shelter Art Heist of 2018

Matt Wild

September 24, 2018

Back in June, the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) unveiled a program to install original vinyl artwork on Milwaukee County bus shelters. Funded by personal donations—including a $5,000 personal donation ...

Milwaukee County is up deferred maintenance creek without a paddle

Matt Wild

September 21, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Are you a fan of Milwaukee County and all the things Milwaukee County offers?...

25 Milwaukee shows, festivals, and random events to check out this fall

Matt Wild

September 20, 2018

broadstreet.zone(32806); Our weekly Tracklist is brought to you by the 2018 Milwaukee Film Festival.Hello, fall. Hello, sweater weather and crunching leaves. Hello, oodles of shows, festivals, and random e...

The Hop to host streetcar bike ride, despite discouraging “less comfortable cyclists” from riding near streetcar

Matt Wild

September 20, 2018

Today at 6 p.m. (weather permitting, we assume?), The Hop and the Wisconsin Bike Fed will host a free bicycle ride along Milwaukee's soon-to-be-fully-operational streetcar route. This "relaxed ride through the ...

So long, Soul Low

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

Sad news, Milwaukee music fans: Soul Low, one of the city's best bands, has called it quits. The writing has been on the wall for some time (band members moved to different parts of the country last year), but ...

Vinz Clortho travels down a lost highway in “Endless Road”

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

On paper, Milwaukee super-group Vinz Clortho sounds like a goof. Here are a bunch of musicians from bands like Calliope, Mortgage Freeman, Castle Thunder, and Mouse Corn playing in a group named after the Keyma...

Jake “The Snake” Roberts is coming to Club Garibaldi November 24

Matt Wild

September 19, 2018

Few figures are as emblematic of the highs and lows of '80s WWF/WWE professional wrestling than Jake "The Snake" Roberts. Right up there with Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant, Roberts was a towering, brooding fig...

New Turner Hall restaurant, Tavern at Turner, set to open October 3

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

For more than a decade, Turner Hall Ballroom has been a gem of a venue, hosting bands and events (like our own Local Coverage!) both big and small. And for more than a decade, the restaurant on the first floor ...

FYI: Only three restaurants remain in the Grand Ave. food court

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

The last time we dropped by the ever-emptying Shops of Grand Avenue, we said goodbye to Boston Store. A few months before that, we paid our respects to the recently closed Rocky Rococo. Only four restaurants re...

You’ll always remember where you were when WalletHub named Milwaukee the 32nd “most fun” city in America

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

There are certain events that are forever burned in America's collective memory: the moon landing, September 11, that time at the VMAs when Axl Rose got into it with Kurt Cobain. Provided you were actually aliv...

Charly Bliss charms, receives the gift of cheese at Colectivo’s Back Room

Matt Wild

September 18, 2018

Before we begin, let's get all the Charly Bliss talking points out of the way. Cool? Cool. The Brooklyn power-pop/alt-rockers have been around since 2014, but they sound like they're straight out of 1994. The g...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Sept. 9-15)

Matt Wild

September 17, 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...

SafeHouse, AJ Bombers, country prepare for National Cheeseburger Day on September 18

Matt Wild

September 17, 2018

Today—Monday, September 17—is...let's see here...International Country Music Day! Fun! Go out and enjoy some country music (and ask us about a killer country ballad we once wrote called "Bar Dice")! Meanwhile, ...

Let us ponder, for a moment, DJ Aaron Rodgers

Matt Wild

September 14, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• How about that Aaron Rodgers? How about that career-defining comeback Monday ...

Now there’s a petition to save Milwaukee County parks, preferably without the help of parking meters

Matt Wild

September 14, 2018

Back in February, a controversial plan to install paid parking meters in Milwaukee County parks and along the lakefront was roundly booed, protested, and eventually shot down. Milwaukee County Executive Chris A...

Kick ass for the Lord and come to our screening of ‘Dead Alive’ October 17 at Avalon Theater

Matt Wild

September 13, 2018

Do you like movies with goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with lots of goofy, over-the-top gore? Do you like movies with tons of goofy, over-the-top gore? Then you're in luck, because on Wednesday, O...

Ever notice how Mayor Barrett and Alex Trebek kind of look alike?

Matt Wild

September 13, 2018

Hey. It's Thursday. It's getting late. The weekend is on the horizon. Just a few more hours and one more day to go. Yawn.Hey. Ever notice how Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Tre...