Author Matt Wild

Milwaukee County Parks are trying to remove Pokemon Go from Lake Park

August 23, 2016

UPDATE (8/25/16): Here's a statement from the Milwaukee County "Exeggutor" himself, Chris Abele.UPDATE (8/24/16): Here's an email from the Milwaukee County Exec office to concerned Pokemon Go fans.L...

Here are the 58 Milwaukee-made films coming to the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

With less than a month to go before the start of the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival, lineup announcements have been coming at a furious clip. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark O...

For what it’s worth, there’s a petition to restore old Journal Sentinel issues to Google News Archive

Matt Wild

August 23, 2016

On Tuesday, August 16, old issues of the Milwaukee Journal, Milwaukee Sentinel, and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel vanished from Google News Archive. According to Urban Milwaukee, new JS owner Gannett Co. Inc. ...

7 more (mostly) dead websites from Milwaukee’s past

Matt Wild

August 22, 2016

broadstreet.zone(32806);Late last week, Urban Milwaukee ran an alarming story that revealed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—now fully owned by Gannett Co. Inc. and USA Today'd out—had pulled decades of scann...

Remembering the Bronze Fonz controversy of 2008

Matt Wild

August 19, 2016

Take yourself back to August 19, 2008: The Obama/McCain race for the White House was in full swing, The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2 was packing multiplexes, and the New Kids On The Block were dominating...

‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ top Milwaukee Film Fest’s 2016 Cinema Hooligante program

Matt Wild

August 16, 2016

//Are we roughly one month away from the 2016 Milwaukee Film Festival? Yes, yes we are. From September 22 through October 6, the screens of the Landmark Oriental Theatre, Landmark Downer Theatre, Fox-Bay C...

Best Pakistani Restaurant In The Basement Of A Downtown Office Building: Shah Jee’s

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

//Every Friday, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away with pesky voting and feigned attempts at impartiality. Who will ...

Get angst-y and stream Bright Black’s blistering self-titled EP

Matt Wild

August 12, 2016

//For those keeping score at home, emo is currently enjoying a so-called "fourth wave" revival, with bands as disparate as The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die and Title Fight ...

Girls Rock alums, Negative/Positive, make a statement on debut EP

Matt Wild

August 11, 2016

//Since 2013, Girls Rock Milwaukee has given girls age 8-16 a chance to learn the ins and outs of starting their very own rock bands. More importantly, the summer-camp-style crash course has aimed to empow...

Strange Fruit music fest to explore race relations in Milwaukee and beyond

Matt Wild

August 10, 2016

//Socially conscious protest music reaches back to the beginning of music itself, yet modern musicians have struggled with the form in the 21st century. Things have been changing, however, with music's emb...

Take a trip up north and stream The Blue Mooners’ funny, affectionate ‘Wildwood’

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//It's easy to forget that just outside the bustling megalopolis of Milwaukee exists a grand and beautiful state, full of pristine nature, gorgeous sunsets, and a good ol' fishin' hole or two. The Blue Moo...

All three Mitchell Park Domes will reopen by October

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee's long, dark, largely Dome-less night of the soul will soon be over: According to BizTimes, the two remaining Mitchell Park Domes are scheduled to reopen by the fall. The Tropical Dome is set f...

Milwaukee County is finally—finally!—considering a parking fee along the lakefront

Matt Wild

August 9, 2016

//Milwaukee is a city on the move. Every day brings new luxury apartments you can't afford, new increases in rent you can't afford, and other new developments you can't afford (though being white helps). L...

Wisconsin’s most Googled “D-list celebrity” is Dustin Diamond, of course

Matt Wild

August 8, 2016

//For nearly 30 years, Dustin Diamond has been a thing. The curly-haired goof first wormed his way into our hearts in 1987 as Screech on Disney Channel's Good Morning, Miss Bliss. That show was quickly ret...

Remember that canceled ‘Princess Bride’ screening with Cary Elwes? It’s back on

Matt Wild

August 5, 2016

//The Princess Bride is one of those movies that isn't just beloved by countless fans, it's internalized. The quotes ("My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die,") the plethora of left...

The Fatty Acids take on beauty standards, reality TV in “Little Brother Syndrome” video

Matt Wild

August 5, 2016

//"Some people hatchet tree trunks / Some people wipe out brutes / None of these things describe what we do." So go the opening lines to The Fatty Acids' frantic, delightfully self-flagellating song "Littl...

Celebrate the first day of the 2016 Wisconsin State Fair with some bodybuilding videos

Matt Wild

August 4, 2016

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2016 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 4-14, thousands upon thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sight...

Watch APRIME ponder an uncertain future in 3099’s “Ostinato” video

Matt Wild

August 4, 2016

//Longtime AUTOMatic emcee APRIME surprised Milwaukee hip-hop fans earlier this year with the unveiling of his solo side project 3099. Favoring a more R&B vibe than the golden-era hip-hop sound of AUTO...

People’s Books is closing

Matt Wild

August 4, 2016

//For the past 42 (!) years, People's Books Cooperative has been a breath of fresh, progressive-minded air in Milwaukee's ever-consolidating bookstore scene. Chris Chiu opened the shop in 1974 near the cor...

Pabst will return to Wisconsin State Fair with new beer garden

Matt Wild

August 3, 2016

//The 2016 Wisconsin State Fair is approximately 24 hours away. Yes, beginning Thursday, August 4, Wisconsinites can once again enjoy oodles of farm animals, oodles of racing farm animals, cream puffs, dee...