Author Matt Wild

Rock on, Milwaukee, with these vintage radio station commercials

May 3, 2017

We live in a world of media fragmentation, where music, film, and television are laser-focused to appeal to highly specific tastes and interests. It's a great time to be alive, but the lack of a common bond, a ...

Mandatory Milwaukee: Miss Katie’s Diner combines classic kitchen with ’50s kitsch

Matt Wild

May 2, 2017

Some places come and go, while some places become icons. Mandatory Milwaukee is all about the latter. Join us as we revisit beloved and well-worn local staples with fresh eyes, and explore how they might figure...

Good City Brewing will celebrate its one-year anniversary with a craft beer, food, and music fest

Matt Wild

May 1, 2017

With all the talk (and hard evidence) of the demise of the East Side, here's some good news: Good City Brewing (2108 N. Farwell Ave., 414-539-4343) is doing really, really well. Since opening in the summer of 2...

Let’s get excited for the Milwaukee Food Truck & Craft Beer Festival (coming soon to Waukesha)

Matt Wild

April 28, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• Do you like Milwaukee food trucks? Do you like Milwaukee craft beer? Then you'r...

Arte Para Todos, Day 1: Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

April 27, 2017

From April 27-30, Arte Para Todos—a.k.a. "Milwaukee's largest local music event"—will return for its third year. With nearly 100 acts showcasing their talents in 25 venues spread throughout five neighborhoods, ...

Per development law, old Hamburger Mary’s in Bay View will likely become mixed-use apartment building

Matt Wild

April 26, 2017

Back in 2016, the owners of the Bay View Hamburger Mary's, 2130 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., packed up and moved shop to the former La Perla building, 734 S. 5th St. Since then, the Walker's Point Hambu...

Rejoice, young urban disciples, and witness the video for Sat. Nite Duets’ “St. Yuppie”

Matt Wild

April 26, 2017

"I am the patron saint of young professionals / I'm in love with you / Everything you do." So goes the opening salvo of Sat. Nite Duets' "St. Yuppie," a whip-smart piss-take on LaCroix-drinking, luxury apartmen...

In Defense Of: “The Calling,” a.k.a. that big orange sunburst thing at the end of Wisconsin Avenue

Matt Wild

April 25, 2017

In a city as relatively small as Milwaukee, certain people, places, or things can get saddled with bad reputations. Even if these reputations are somewhat deserved, Milwaukee Record strives to look past the neg...

Watch Bob Uecker talk drunk driving, “falsies,” on 1976 episode of ‘Johnny Carson’

Matt Wild

April 25, 2017

What can we say about Bob Uecker that we haven't said already? Not much! Well, there's this: Milwaukee's own Mr. Baseball was a favorite guest of the late, great Johnny Carson, having appeared on the old Tonigh...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (April 16-22)

Matt Wild

April 24, 2017

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...

Here are the details for the 88Nine Block Party, coming June 24 to Walker’s Point

Matt Wild

April 24, 2017

Has it really been 10 years since 88Nine Radio Milwaukee took to the local airwaves? Yes, it really has been 10 years (the station launched on February 26, 2007). To celebrate the big anniversary, 88Nine will t...

Milwaukee County is being sued for requiring permits for Pokemon Go-like games

Matt Wild

April 21, 2017

Back in February, Milwaukee County adopted an ordinance requiring all virtual and location-based augmented reality games to apply for permits to do virtual business in Milwaukee County Parks. The ordinance was ...

What’s the deal with the Lake Park bridge?

Matt Wild

April 20, 2017

Ever come across a mildly interesting thing in Milwaukee and wonder, "What's the deal with that mildly interesting thing?" What's The Deal With explores these local curiosities, and aims to find the stories beh...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re the 5th-“least attractive” city in America

Matt Wild

April 20, 2017

Here at Milwaukee Record, we employ a sentient machine known as the Great Job, Milwaukee! Bot to keep track of the city's many appearances on dopey online lists, as well as any time a national publication deign...

Great Job, Milwaukee! We’re a “city to watch” in 2017

Matt Wild

April 19, 2017

Corey Feldman is playing Shank Hall in June and you better believe we’re going to this thing

Matt Wild

April 18, 2017

In case you missed it, we drove to Green Bay last month to see a show from Corey Feldman and his band of Angels. We wrote a (remarkably fair and evenhanded) review of said Corey Feldman show. Corey Feldman then...

Watch Mark Borchardt give a tour of Menomonee Falls and Milwaukee (circa 2000) on ‘Letterman’

Matt Wild

April 17, 2017

Mark Borchardt is a Milwaukee icon, as familiar as the wings of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the shores of Lake Michigan, or the jean shorts on that guy who sells hot dogs on the corner of Wisconsin and Water...

Stream the brooding, brilliantly bleak electronic sounds of Tarek Sabbar

Matt Wild

April 14, 2017

One of the best Milwaukee albums of 2016 was Heath Death's 9 Steps To A Happier Life. The brainchild of Kenneth Sabbar, 9 Steps was a noisy, post-punk assault that delved into the "unhappy aspects of existence,...

Pabst Milwaukee Brewery will host a grand opening street festival in May

Matt Wild

April 13, 2017

On Friday, April 14 (Milwaukee Day!) Pabst Milwaukee Brewery will open its doors to the public. The highly anticipated new brewery will focus on craft and historical brews from the Pabst vault, and will come co...

Wonder UNCOVERED digs deep into Stevie Wonder’s ‘Songs In The Key Of Life’

Matt Wild

April 12, 2017

Crunch the numbers on Stevie Wonder and you'll wind up with some impressive figures. There's the slew of top ten hits, Grammys, and other accolades, sure, but there's also the fact that Wonder was signed to Mot...