My First Band: Frank Turner
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Frank Turner has done it all. The English punk singer-songwriter has played thousands of shows over the course of his 25-year musical career. During that quarter-century span, he's rel...
Check out Wes Tank’s new ‘StoryRaps’ children’s series
When we last caught up with Wes Tank, the Milwaukee musician, producer, actor, and videographer had just gone viral by rapping Dr. Seuss books over beats made by Dr. Dre. In the months since Tank garnered milli...
Milwaukee Brewers give city its first canceled event for 2021
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week.• Remember the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when, say, Irish Fest canc...
I tried Crafty Cow’s “Heat And Repeat” spicy chicken sandwich challenge
It's been a while since I did an eating challenge. Sure, I sampled SafeHouse's OOMG Burger before it made its Milwaukee debut in January, but there was no way I wanted to try to conquer that humongous endeavor....
New MOWA and Saint Kate exhibits celebrate Wisconsin’s legacy of underground “comix”
Back in 2003 I was taking a stab at underground comic production with an anthology of mostly local artists titled Riverwurst Comics, which ran six issues from 2003-2006. As I got started, I had the thrill of di...
Love Milwaukee County Parks? Then buy some “Love Your Parks” coffee from Stone Creek
Want to show off your love for Milwaukee County Parks and help the ailing parks system at the same time? There's a coffee for that now.Way back in the beforetimes of 2018, we said that Milwaukee County was ...
Plexiglass and PPE: What to expect if you vote in person next Tuesday
Hey Milwaukee! The 2020 Partisan Primary Election is on Tuesday, August 11! Here's a handy voting guide! If you've already voted absentee, congrats! If you plan on voting in person next Tuesday, here's what you...
Milwaukee County medical services director: “We seem to be making progress”
Looking for some extremely hesitant good news about Milwaukee County's fight against COVID-19? Of course you are. During a media briefing Thursday afternoon, Milwaukee County's medical services director Dr. Ben...
Police commission demotes tear gas fan Alfonso Morales, replaces him with new tear gas fan
New boss, old boss, etc.At a meeting of the Fire & Police Commission Thursday night, the commission voted unanimously to demote Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales to the role of captain. The commiss...
Fruits and vegetables produce artistic opportunity for dwellephant
When we last checked in with dwellephant, the incomparable Milwaukee artist was telling us the motivation behind his series of coffee cup illustrations. In the approximately six months since that interview, dwe...
A deep dive into Wisconsin’s many lakes (and what some of them mean to me)
This article originally appeared on our Patreon. Want to support Milwaukee Record and get exclusive content that (unlike this re-post) will never appear on our site? Click HERE.When I think of summer in Wi...
The DNC in Milwaukee is dead
Multiple sources are reporting that Joe Biden will NOT travel to Milwaukee for the Democratic National Convention August 17-20. The move, attributed to COVID-19 concerns, effectively kills what little remained ...
8 unique to-go summertime drinks available in Milwaukee right now
Face it. Unless you're the type of person who is still going out to bars and restaurants with reckless abandon for your health and the health of others, it's probably been a while since you've had a quality dri...
It’s now or never: Tell Congress to #SaveOurStages
"Most of us have gone from our best year ever to a dead stop in revenues, but our expenses and overhead are still real, and many will not make it without help. Our employees, the artists, and the fans need us t...
Turn off the noise for 3 minutes and enjoy a new Daydream Retrievers song, “Static On TV”
This is usually the part where we hit you with a belabored and overly long introduction about how awful everything is right now, and how (to invert a quote from the recently passed Wilford Brimley) we're all go...
Milwaukee Turners partner with Ayuda Mutua MKE and Metcalfe Park Community Bridges for food and supply drive
The pandemic has taught us many important things. Among them are two apparent truths: people find wearing a mask violates their civil liberties, and the government is even less willing to help in the face of wi...
Bernie Mac’s character in ‘Mr. 3000’ is (statistically speaking) the best Brewers hitter of all time
Way back in March, Milwaukee Record ran a list of the best Brewers players of all time. Over the course of three articles, a trio of contributors crunched numbers, considered some intangibles, and tried to set ...
Local artists, activists oppose Shepard Fairey mural installation in Milwaukee
UPDATE (8/3/20): Based on technical and historical considerations (and not on the mural's content or artist), the Historic Preservation Commission has denied a Certificate of Appropriateness for the Shepard Fai...
Milwaukee Public Museum will reopen to the public on August 21 (with some changes, of course)
The Milwaukee Public Museum will reopen to the public on Friday, August 21. Fun! Enjoy it before the museum makes a permanent move in the near future!There'll be some pandemic-era changes, of course. First ...
In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 26-Aug. 1)
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...