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November 18, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary “best of” awards that do away...

Cool your (warm) jets to Nineteen Thirteen’s hypnotic ‘The Dream’

November 18, 2016

When we last checked in with Nineteen Thirteen, the drum/cello duo of Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Janet Schiff were teasing a new album, Music For Time Travel, with a tantalizing single called "The ...

Hot ‘n Now or never: Driving thru the edge of extinction

November 17, 2016

It's said nothing lasts forever, but that isn't always true.In this insatiable era of nostalgia, reunions, reissues, and arbitrarily-numbered lists of minutia only kids can understand, anything simply ce...

The Randoms 2016: Best 3,000+ Milwaukee movie buffs who help support a local film festival

November 17, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

Alive And Fine gives new life to vintage items in Bay View

November 16, 2016

Next weekend, as hoards of consumers are camped out in front of big box retailers in effort to get deals on brand new mass-produced items, a new shop in the heart of Bay View will open its doors with the inte...

The Randoms 2016: Best alternate alternate Milwaukee flag

November 16, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

Bid on original Riverside Theater seats from 1927, help save area pets

November 16, 2016

Back in December 2015, Milwaukee's historic Riverside Theater got all fancied up with a sweet new marquee and a 40-foot vertical sign. Further upgrades to the nearly 90-year-old venue followed, including new ...

The Milwaukee Bucks have stopped staying at Trump hotels

November 15, 2016

Perhaps you've heard that Donald Trump is set to be the next President of the United States. Perhaps you've heard that some people aren't thrilled with this idea. Well, here's something you may not have heard...

The Randoms 2016: Best new Milwaukee microbrewery (not originally from Milwaukee)

November 15, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary “best of” awards that do away...

1840 Brewing Company to open in Bay View next spring

November 15, 2016

At the tail end of an extraordinarily fruitful year for Milwaukee microbreweries, it's looking as if the brewery boom is going to continue into 2017. Soon, 1840 Brewing Company will join local newcomers Good ...

Lisa Gatewood honors fallen friend on ‘When It’s The End, You Feel It In Your Bones’

November 15, 2016

In times of uncertainty and confusion, anger and fear, resentment and distrust, few things cut through the din better than a voice and a guitar. In the case of Milwaukee singer-songwriter Lisa Gatewood, that ...

The Randoms 2016: Local musician who could run for, become President of Milwaukee music

November 14, 2016

broadstreet.zone(54421); With the city currently in the throes of local awards fever, Milwaukee Record presents The Randoms, a series of highly specific and delightfully arbitrary "best of" awards that do away...

Kato Kaelin’s angry Packer tweets and the internet’s angry Trump tweets have a lot in common

November 14, 2016

Kato Kaelin, as you may or may not know, is a former O.J. Simpson houseguest, a Milwaukee native, and a long-suffering Wisconsin sports fan. Donald Trump, as you may or may not know, is the soon-to-be Preside...

Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pink are playing Summerfest 2017

November 14, 2016

Winter is just around the corner and we're all going to die, but that isn't stopping Summerfest from announcing some headliners seven months (!) in advance of its big 50th (!!) anniversary. This morning, foll...

NOFX’s Fat Mike discusses election night, makes Trump presidency predictions

Nick Woods

November 11, 2016

Last week, when Milwaukee Record asked if I wanted to interview "Fat Mike" Burkett (pictured far right), frontman and bassist for NOFX, and founder and owner of Fat Wreck Chords—the label that released my own...

MKE SEX: Helping LGBTQ teens in a post-election America

Lucky Tomaszek

November 11, 2016

broadstreet.zone(49071); Tonight, as I sat down at my computer to write a column about condom fit, I received a message from an old friend. We knew each other well many years ago, when she and her kids lived n...

Here’s the list of Riverwest FemFest 2017 artists and makers

November 11, 2016

Last week, we unveiled more than 50 music, comedy, and poetry acts that would be participating in the third year of Riverwest FemFest. Not only is the female-focused benefit—that's raising funds for ...

I hung out with the mayor of South Milwaukee

November 10, 2016

Way back in 1892, a small village came into existence along the Lake Michigan shoreline just a few miles south of Milwaukee. For reasons we can only speculate, the suburb was named South Milwaukee. The follow...

AUTOMatic goes the distance on the excellent, irresistible ‘Marathon’