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Let it all hang out with this Underwear Bike Ride video

July 24, 2017

In honor of this weekend's Riverwest 24, it's "Bike Week" here at Milwaukee Rec...well, okay, it's not, but we totally should have thought of that earlier. Anyway, to tide you over until the big 24-hour extrava...

You didn’t need to understand Gin Blossoms’ Festa Italiana appearance to enjoy it

Tyler Maas

July 24, 2017

Last Friday, BoDeans headlined Festa Italiana's opening night. With no discernible Italian connection, the performance would've seemed strange if not for the band's Milwaukee roots. The following night's Calyps...

Judge rules against Milwaukee’s Pokemon Go-inspired ordinance, Milwaukee responds

Matt Wild

July 21, 2017

Has it already been a year since Milwaukee's picturesque Lake Park was invaded, trampled, and—gasp—used by hordes of folks playing Pokemon Go? Yes, yes it has. Since those dark, damaging days (pictures of which...

185 consecutive Friday night fish fries and counting: The Steakout

Caleb Westphal

July 21, 2017

Caleb Westphal hasn't missed a Friday night fish fry since 2013. Follow along with his record-in-the-making here.Last week I mentioned that I thought it was time to add a little spontaneity to my fish fry r...

Guns N’ Fucking Roses will play BMO Harris Bradley Center November 7

Matt Wild

July 21, 2017

Every Friday, Off The Record looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for bits of news we missed throughout the week.• You know where Guns N' Fucking Roses are going to be Tuesday, November 7? The...

Comedian Rita Landis makes up for lost time

Tyler Maas

July 21, 2017

In 1984, Rita Landis went to a ComedySportz show and vowed she'd one day be on stage. Thirty years later, she did. Now 54, the longtime comedy fan has taken the steps to make her improv aspirations a reality. S...

Remembering Phish’s infamous “O.J. Show” at The Rave

Chris Lay

July 20, 2017

This article was originally published in 2017.June 17, 1994. It's a date that never quite got the same temporal recognition as, say, September 11, 2001, or December 7, 1941, but many Americans will remember...

5 things the Milwaukee Brewers must do to make the playoffs

Vince Morales

July 20, 2017

The best Milwaukee Brewers baseball team of the Mark Attanasio ownership era is the 2011 team that made it to the NLCS. The most fun and important team, however, is the 2008 team that started it all.The 200...

Help paint a new mural in Sherman Park

Matt Wild

July 20, 2017

It's been nearly a year since the fatal police shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith touched off days of unrest in Milwaukee's Sherman Park neighborhood. In that time, the neighborhood has moved on, balancing ...

Settle in and enjoy The Directionals’ new 17-minute song/video, “Vashta Nerada”

Matt Wild

July 20, 2017

The ideal length for a pop song is somewhere in the neighborhood of three minutes. Why? Well, it's complicated. (Wired looks at the reasons behind the standard here.) And while extremely short or extremely long...

GGOOLLDD is playing the fucking Catalina Wine Mixer

Tyler Maas

July 20, 2017

Since GGOOLLDD up and moved to Appleton in spring, the electro-pop project has been occupied with a steady diet of out-of-town gigs, lucrative festival slots, and working hard to write and record new material. ...

First Impression: Sabrosa Cafe & Gallery

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2017

Last August, Milwaukee learned that former Taqueria Aztec chef Francisco Sanchez and business partner Ruben Piirainen were planning to open a restaurant, cafe, and art gallery on Howell Avenue in the former sit...

20 Milwaukee Brewers-inspired beers we’d totally drink

Tyler Maas

July 19, 2017

Last week, the Milwaukee Brewers officially announced a beer brewed in collaboration with MillerCoors would be (temporarily) hitting Miller Park tap lines during the August 10 game against the Minnesota Twins. ...

On The Record Episode 102: Milwaukee Comedy Festival and Fringe Fest co-founder Matt Kemple

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 19, 2017

Matt Kemple is a busy man. When he's not producing theatrical events and comedy showcases at the Underground Collaborative (which he founded and manages), he's booking nationally known comedians like Godfrey, N...

Milwaukee rock duo form The Crystal Gayles, pen song for down-on-her-luck country star

Matt Wild

July 18, 2017

It's the middle of the afternoon at an East Side hair salon and a member of Pet Engine, Stephen Ziel, is getting his hair cut by a former member of The Lovelies, Liv Mueller. Moments ago, Violent Femmes bassist...

“Maybe I am a sucker, after all”: My reading with Milwaukee psychic Mary Ellen Pride

Lauren Keene

July 18, 2017

Last month, I spent the first half of my 21st birthday seeing a psychic. As a self-proclaimed superfreak, getting my cards read by Mary Ellen Pride seemed like the perfect way to spend my early hours as an adul...

A day-by-day Milwaukee guide to Mile Of Music

Tyler Maas

July 18, 2017

From August 3-6, close to 20 Milwaukee (or Milwaukee-adjacent) bands and solo artists will make the 100-mile trek north on US 41—or I-43, if they want to take the scenic route—to partake in the fifth annual Mil...

We used UberEats to get McDonald’s delivered to weird and hard-to-find places

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 17, 2017

After enjoying success in other markets, McDonald's officially became available on UberEats in Milwaukee last month. On June 26, the world's largest and best-known fast food chain joined forces with a controver...

In case you blinked last week, here’s all the new shit they’re building in Milwaukee (July 9-15)

Matt Wild

July 17, 2017

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...

The Guess Who brings classic rock to Fontana, Wisconsin

Lauren Keene

July 17, 2017

It's hard to imagine that legendary rock critic Lester Bangs would be hanging out with 15-year-old kids and encouraging them to write for Rolling Stone and follow a fictional band obviously inspired by Led Zepp...