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Let’s watch more clips of the Milwaukee Elvira vamping it up in 1985

October 22, 2019

Hello, darlings. Last year we told you about Milwaukee's very own version of legendary horror movie host Elvira. Yes, Milwaukee had something of an "official" Elvira look-alike back in 1985, as confirmed by the...

Milwaukee is looking for someone to figure out how to design the city’s 8,000th flag

Matt Wild

October 21, 2019

Previously on Milwaukee Flag...On April 25, 2019, Milwaukee's Steering and Rules Committee approved a resolution to create a new process to come up with an official city flag. This despite the fact that A.)...

Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this video of corgis dressed as MCTS buses

Tyler Maas

October 21, 2019

When Milwaukee County Transit System isn't busy getting a vast portion of the city from point A to point B or telling the public about the most recent act of legitimate heroism by one of its amazing drivers, MC...

“I was a jock growing up”: an interview with Zia Anger

Tone Madison

October 21, 2019

The following piece by Grant Phipps was originally published on Tone Madison.In the last few years, multidisciplinary artist Zia Anger has traversed the boundaries between music, performance art, and cinema...

Trey Anastasio refuses to play it safe at rewarding Riverside Theater show

Cal Roach

October 19, 2019

It’s been another uneventful year for Phish frontman Trey Anastasio. He didn’t write a single Broadway musical, nor did he perform with any symphony orchestras. Phish didn’t even release an album or invent an i...

I dug up the free George Webb burger I buried in the woods one year ago and it was gross

Matt Wild

October 18, 2019

On Thursday, October 18, 2018, I buried a free George Webb burger in a time capsule in the woods. I did this for several reasons: 1.) The Milwaukee Brewers had recently won 12 games in a row, and regional resta...

My First Band: Channy Leaneagh (Poliça, Gayngs, Roma di Luna)

Milwaukee Record Staff

October 18, 2019

In the eight-plus years Poliça has been a band, the synth-pop project has toured the world, released critically-acclaimed albums that have been heard millions upon millions of times, and further bolstered the a...

The making of ‘Markie In Milwaukee’

Carmella D'Acquisto

October 18, 2019

Every once in a while, we stumble across people whose stories beg to be heard. You see them at a coffee shop, maybe at a show, or, in director Matt Kliegman's case, at the airport. "Markie was putting out some ...

302 Friday fish frys and counting: Club Paragon (Greenfield)

Caleb Westphal

October 18, 2019

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.Club Paragon's Texas-sized parking lot is matched by its equally imposing building, which, with ...

Fuzzysurf’s “Don’t Worry Baby” video channels horror and silent film classics

Tyler Maas

October 18, 2019

Fuzzysurf is a band suited for any era. We said as much back in May, when we debuted the Milwaukee quartet's latest and greatest album, Fuzzy & The Surfs. Over the course of that album, the group managed to...

Gareth Reynolds of ‘The Dollop’ talks about his 5 favorite players in Green Bay Packers history

Tyler Maas

October 17, 2019

broadstreet.zone(72581); Brown Deer, Wisconsin native and ComedySportz alum Gareth Reynolds is best known as the co-host of The Dollop, a popular American history podcast that’s landed him a book deal and has ...

Lion’s Tooth debuts alt-comics subscription service, looks ahead to brick-and-mortar future

Matt Wild

October 17, 2019

Milwaukee has a long and storied history with alternative comic books. Local artists like Jim Mitchell and Denis Kitchen were influential figures in the underground comix boom of the 1960s and '70s. Events like...

Mini Meltdowns mix anguish and animation in the “I Wanna Die” music video

Tyler Maas

October 17, 2019

Back in August, we debuted a brand new song from Mini Meltdowns—a super group featuring current and former members of Limbeck, Dashboard Confessional, The Promise Ring, The Benjamins, Rx Drugs, and Alligator Gu...

Confessions of a (former) 40-year-old coffee virgin

Matt Wild

October 17, 2019

The following article originally appeared in the September edition of Colectivo Coffee's "Off The Record" print-only periodical/crossword puzzle. You can pick up "Off The Record" free of charge at all 13 Milwau...

Our Milwaukee Record Re-Porter beer is back! Here’s where you can get it

Tyler Maas

October 16, 2019

Since 2016, Milwaukee Record and Company Brewing have joined forces to make a delicious spiced porter called "Milwaukee Record Re-Porter." For the uninformed, Re-Porter is Company’s Night Rye’d Porter that has ...

Justin Townes Earle takes a no-nonsense songwriting approach

Joshua Miller

October 16, 2019

As evidenced by his last Milwaukee show, Justin Townes Earle is no-nonsense when it comes to writing and performing songs. He tells it like it is and doesn’t dance around the point he wants to make. In May, th...

Watch the wistful video for Negative/Positive’s “Space Smells Like Lilacs”

Matt Wild

October 16, 2019

If you've been following Milwaukee band Negative/Positive over the last few years, you've seen the group grow up. Literally. The guitar-bass-drum trio formed at the inaugural Girls Rock Milwaukee camp in the su...

LiveSCREAM Theater: Watch ‘Dementia 13’ with the cast and crew of ‘The Field’

Matt Wild

October 16, 2019

Tuesday night, we took a dip in a nearby pond, discovered a watery grave, and got our heads chopped off for the third installment of Milwaukee Record LiveSCREAM Theater. Yep, we watched the 1963 Francis Ford Co...

Get ready for The Low Down at Indeed Brewing with Cozy Danger’s “80 Proofed” video

Tyler Maas

October 16, 2019

On Saturday, October 19, Indeed Brewing Company will formally introduce Milwaukee to its new (and downright awesome) Walker's Point brewery and taproom with a block party the 2nd Street establishment is calling...

11 reasons to get excited for the 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival

Matt Wild

October 15, 2019

broadstreet.zone(32806); HERE WE GO: The 2019 Milwaukee Film Festival runs October 17-31. Roughly 300 films will screen at various Milwaukee-area theaters and venues. Oodles of panels, discussions, and concert...