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The search for the missing East Side comic book shop iguana is heating up

August 22, 2018

The story so far: Earlier this summer, a five-foot-long iguana named Nail escaped from the second-story window of East Side comic book shop The Turning Page. Nail owner/Turning Page owner Zach Hauser turned to ...

Here’s the 2018 MKE Punk Fest lineup

Tyler Maas

August 22, 2018

Entering its eighth year, MKE Punk Fest as quietly grown from one or two glorified local shows to become a full-fledged festival. Last year, the event made the move from spring to late summer, and will now incl...

We visited the last Blockbuster video store in America

Josh Hoppert

August 21, 2018

If you've ever been an American, you've probably been inside a Blockbuster video store. At its peak in 2004, the rental chain had 9,000-ish stores worldwide, all offering a variety of movies, TV shows, and vide...

C’mon and listen to the new Indonesian Junk EP, ‘Darkness Calling’

Matt Wild

August 21, 2018

Death. Taxes. Another snotty, glammed-up record from Milwaukee's Indonesian Junk. These are the three certainties in life, folks. One is grim, the other grimmer; happily, the third makes the whole thing worthwh...

Now you can play board games outside the big blue federal building in downtown Milwaukee

Matt Wild

August 21, 2018

Board games are a big business these days. Throw a stone and you're sure to hit a newly minted gaming pub. Go to any family function and you're sure to get stuck playing Apples To Apples or, sigh, Cards Against...

Pabst Milwaukee Brewery is bringing back classic Andeker lager

Matt Wild

August 21, 2018

Back when it opened in April 2017, Pabst Milwaukee Brewery and Taproom promised it would focus on craft and historical brews from the Pabst vault. The brewery made good on that promise earlier this summer when ...

Here’s the full 2018 Bay View Bash lineup

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2018

As we sit less than two weeks from the start of September, Milwaukee’s once-bountiful batch of summer festivals has dwindled considerably. Saturday, September 15 basically doubles as the unofficial end of summe...

Get ready for Abby Jeanne’s Cosmic Weekend and hear “Music Box Dancer”

Tyler Maas

August 20, 2018

Last February, Abby Jeanne kicked off a whirlwind 2018—which followed a breakout 2017—with a month-long run of Monday night shows at Company Brewing, which she dubbed "Fire In February." Following that well-att...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (Aug. 12-18)

Matt Wild

August 20, 2018

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...

Milwaukee will try to break the Guinness record for “simultaneous beer can opening,” which seems doable

Matt Wild

August 20, 2018

Despite the occasional "Oof, we've gotta slow down," Milwaukeeans love to drink. Is that a good thing? It can be. Is that a bad thing? It can be. Can we use our drinking prowess for good and break the Guinness ...

“Double Dare Live” (with original host Marc Summers!) coming to Miller High Life Theatre November 7

Matt Wild

August 20, 2018

On your mark...get set...GOOOO to Nickelodeon's frickin' "Double Dare Live," coming to Milwaukee's Miller High Life Theatre Wednesday, November 7. Original host Marc Summers and sidekick Robin Russo will be the...

Weezer played The Rave, and dammit, it was a great show

Matt Wild

August 18, 2018

What's the deal with Weezer? There was the band's classic 1994 debut ("The Blue Album"), its difficult but eventually beloved 1996 followup (Pinkerton), its belated 2001 return ("The Green Album"), and then...a...

Did anyone figure out who stole that State Fair golf cart and drove it all the way downtown?

Matt Wild

August 17, 2018

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• The 2018 Wisconsin State Fair is in the books, and it was a big one: a record...

Meet Flat Teeth and hear the title track from the band’s forthcoming ‘Winter House’ EP

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2018

If the name Flat Teeth doesn't mean anything to you, there's a good reason for that. Though the project has been writing and rehearsing in some capacity since 2016, the unknown Milwaukee indie outfit—which feat...

Teetering on pleasant: Tan talks formation, name changes, (lack of) expectations

Tyler Maas

August 17, 2018

What's in a name? To paraphrase The Immortal Bard himself, that which we call a band by any other word would sound as sweet.Saturday night's performance in support of Joan Of Arc will be the debut of a proj...

241 consecutive Friday fish frys and counting: Millie’s Supper Club (Chicago)

Caleb Westphal

August 17, 2018

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his never-ending adventures here.The destination was California—a trip to explore Los Angeles, and to visit San Ysidro alon...

Take another eerie trip through the abandoned Northridge Mall

Matt Wild

August 17, 2018

What is it about dead malls that fascinates us so? More specifically: What is it about Northridge Mall that fascinates us so? Hardly a month seems to go by without another group of "urban explorers" puttering a...

Show me some teeth! We’re screening ‘Drop Dead Gorgeous’ September 12 at the Avalon

Josh Hoppert

August 16, 2018

If you missed last night's 20th anniversary screening of Half Baked at Avalon Theater, there's no way you know what next month's screening will be. Well, unless you read the title of this article. Anyway, get r...

Town hall meeting to discuss safety at “Swing Park” set for August 22

Matt Wild

August 16, 2018

Ever since its creation in 2014, Milwaukee's so-called "Swing Park" has been a source of controversy. Art critics called foul when an "improv-architecture group" just went ahead and attached some swings to the ...

What we’re excited to see at the Oriental Theatre: ‘Barry Lyndon’ and ‘Filmworker’

Chris DeMay

August 16, 2018

Judging by the initial rollout, Milwaukee Film's reopening of the Oriental Theatre promises to be a ceaseless trip for lovers of current and classic cinema. Falling cleanly on the classic side is Stanley Kubric...