Author Matt Wild

Supervisor Supreme Moore Omokunde is calling for the resignation of Sheriff David Clarke

December 1, 2016

Professional internet troll, hat-wearer, television pundit, podcast host, speaker, and, oh yeah, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke has been making even more headlines than usual these days. No, he's not s...

Let True Skool take you back to summer with “Liquid Gold” video

Matt Wild

November 30, 2016

Last week we named hip-hop after-school program True Skool the "best Milwaukee group using music to make Milwaukee a better place (Grand Ave. basement)" in our prestigious and highly specific Random awards. "...

In case you blinked recently, here’s all the shit that’s happening with the Domes this week

Matt Wild

November 29, 2016

Back in October, we paid a visit to the Mitchell Park Domes. It was an enjoyable and informative visit, full of Halloween decorations, tropical vistas, and no people. The Domes were so bereft of fellow visito...

Now there’s an Aaron Rodgers Discount Double Check bobblehead

Matt Wild

November 29, 2016

The Green Bay Packers defeated the Philadelphia Eagles Monday night, putting an end to a dispiriting four-game losing streak. Still, the Packers are a lowly 5-6 going into Week 13, and it's hard not to hear d...

16 things Milwaukee can be thankful for in 2016

Matt Wild

November 23, 2016

Thanksgiving is a time for taking stock of the year gone by, for stuffing your face with family and friends, and for praying you'll get out of this thing alive without said family and friends saying anything ...

WMSE’s Friday Night Freak Show will feed fans before midnight with ‘Gremlins’

Matt Wild

November 22, 2016

Since returning from a decade-long hiatus back in August, WMSE's Friday Night Freak Show has lit up the silver screen of the Times Cinema with a number of beloved cult classics. Easy Rider, Army Of Darkness, ...

McDonald’s has cheese curds now (in Milwaukee, at least) and they’re okay

Matt Wild

November 22, 2016

In the whiz-bang and artery-hardening world of fast food, there exist magical places known as test markets. These are cities, or sometimes entire states, that are frequently graced with new fast food menu ite...

Cool your (warm) jets to Nineteen Thirteen’s hypnotic ‘The Dream’

Matt Wild

November 18, 2016

When we last checked in with Nineteen Thirteen, the drum/cello duo of Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Janet Schiff were teasing a new album, Music For Time Travel, with a tantalizing single called "The ...

Bid on original Riverside Theater seats from 1927, help save area pets

Matt Wild

November 16, 2016

Back in December 2015, Milwaukee's historic Riverside Theater got all fancied up with a sweet new marquee and a 40-foot vertical sign. Further upgrades to the nearly 90-year-old venue followed, including new ...

The Milwaukee Bucks have stopped staying at Trump hotels

Matt Wild

November 15, 2016

Perhaps you've heard that Donald Trump is set to be the next President of the United States. Perhaps you've heard that some people aren't thrilled with this idea. Well, here's something you may not have heard...

Lisa Gatewood honors fallen friend on ‘When It’s The End, You Feel It In Your Bones’

Matt Wild

November 15, 2016

In times of uncertainty and confusion, anger and fear, resentment and distrust, few things cut through the din better than a voice and a guitar. In the case of Milwaukee singer-songwriter Lisa Gatewood, that ...

Kato Kaelin’s angry Packer tweets and the internet’s angry Trump tweets have a lot in common

Matt Wild

November 14, 2016

Kato Kaelin, as you may or may not know, is a former O.J. Simpson houseguest, a Milwaukee native, and a long-suffering Wisconsin sports fan. Donald Trump, as you may or may not know, is the soon-to-be Preside...

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink are playing Summerfest 2017

Matt Wild

November 14, 2016

Winter is just around the corner and we're all going to die, but that isn't stopping Summerfest from announcing some headliners seven months (!) in advance of its big 50th (!!) anniversary. This morning, foll...

AUTOMatic goes the distance on the excellent, irresistible ‘Marathon’

Matt Wild

November 10, 2016

By design or fate, AUTOMatic has always been interested in the long game. The emcee/producer duo of APRIME and Trellmatic has been a fixture of Milwaukee hip-hop since 2007, releasing three full-length albums...

It’s Election Day, so f*ck it, let’s just watch the City of Festivals Parade from 1987

Matt Wild

November 8, 2016

Let's be honest: short of Bob Uecker running shirtless down Wisconsin Avenue, or Sheriff Clarke declaring himself Emperor and issuing Order 66 (a distinct possibility, depending on how things pan out), nothin...

“This feels like something with longevity”: Close Up of the Serene, Precognition celebrate one-year anniversary

Matt Wild

November 4, 2016

Max Holiday has a hard time standing still. Since moving to Milwaukee from Appleton in 2010, Holiday has self-recorded a handful of lo-fi garage-pop songs as Young Holidays, created a band around that name, d...

Milwaukee is considering a “five feet rule” for strip clubs

Matt Wild

November 3, 2016

Remember a few weeks ago, when the umpteenth downtown strip club was proposed for Milwaukee? Remember when you learned it wasn't just any strip club, but a "Roaring '20s-themed gentlemen's club"? Remember whe...

In case you blinked this week, here’s all the shit they’re changing in Milwaukee

Matt Wild

November 3, 2016

Depending on which news sources you follow, Milwaukee is going through either a "renaissance" or a "reinvention." Or maybe it's a "development boom" or a "construction boom." Or maybe it's a "reboot" or a "re...

Check out these historic “then and now” pictures of Riverwest

Matt Wild

November 2, 2016

Like Milwaukee itself, the Riverwest neighborhood is in a state of constant change. What was once new is now old (or gone), and what was once grand is now a gas station (or gone). And what better way to exper...

MAM’s “Haunted Screens” delves deep into dark world of German Expressionist cinema

Matt Wild

October 27, 2016

Earlier this month, during the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, Boston's Alloy Orchestra returned to the Oriental Theatre to perform a live music accompaniment to Fritz Lang's 1927 classic Metropolis. Lang's sil...