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Tracklist: 6 things to take your mind off a Packers-less Super Bowl

January 19, 2015

Yesterday’s Green Bay Packers loss to the Seattle Seahawks was the kind of game that could only be described thusly: crushing, upsetting, heartbreaking, horrendous, pathetic, stupefying, un-fucking-believable. ...

First Impression: The Brown Bottle

Todd Lazarski

January 19, 2015

To those of a certain late-20s/early-30s bent, the newly re-opened Brown Bottle harkens memories of a former downtown bastion of Thursday night specials and college-y underage drinking. To those of a different ...

Frank Caliendo leaves a good impression at Riverside Theater

Tyler Maas

January 19, 2015

Frank Caliendo has a unique career as a comedian. Not unlike an American Idol favorite or a late night talk show host, the impressionist's career is dependent on the work of other, usually more famous, people. ...

We talk Milwaukee comedy with Matt Kemple and Allison Dunne in Episode 2 of On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 16, 2015

Though the city is eager to claim the likes of Community creator Dan Harmon, collegiate Chris Farley, the ZAZ film team, Gene Wilder, and Frank Caliendo—who will perform two Riverside Theater shows Saturday—as ...

Beat the winter blues with Klassik’s soul-warming Winter EP

Matt Wild

January 15, 2015

Milwaukeeans love to boast about their heartiness and resolve when it comes to the seemingly endless seasonal drag known as winter. We’re a tough and resilient people, we tell ourselves, able to endure the kind...

Pablove 6 gives the gift of GGOOLLDD

Tyler Maas

January 15, 2015

If you read this site semi-regularly, take even a passing interest in Milwaukee music, or have turned on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee within the last hour, you assuredly already know GGOOLLDD. On the weight of its cr...

Midwinter Gaming Convention celebrates 15 years of dressing up as sexy vampires (and other things)

Rob Wieland

January 15, 2015

Time stretches out like a barren graveyard, with the headstones marking the frailty of joy and hiding crypts full of regret. But enough about the shitty weather. There’s only so much time one can spend huddled ...

It’s all right! It’s okay! You can finally buy a Mark Borchardt T-shirt!

Matt Wild

January 14, 2015

In today’s “Why hasn’t this existed for the past 15 years?” news, you can finally buy your very own Mark Borchardt T-shirt. Yes, thanks to Milwaukee’s preeminent schlock filmmaker Frankie Latina (director of Mo...

Sat. Nite Duets recorded a bittersweet ode to Packers backup QB Matt Flynn

Matt Wild

January 14, 2015

The NFL career of perennial backup quarterback Matt Flynn has been a long and strange one. Originally drafted by the Green Bay Packers in 2008, Flynn spent the next few season backing up the one and only Aaron ...

Phil Davidson aims to (re)start strong in Milwaukee comedy

Tyler Maas

January 14, 2015

Phil Davidson has moved around. Being the supportive husband of a news anchor, the Illinois native has lived in Boise, St. Louis, and most recently spent more than three years in Burlington, Vermont. While in t...

The longest brunch: Bottoming out on bottomless mimosas

Tyler Maas

January 13, 2015

Everybody loves brunch, right? Even the most hateful soul or jaded downer who vehemently abhors anything the vast majority of the population enjoys can’t resist the appeal of rolling out of bed naturally on a w...

“Favre & Carve” isn’t a real thing, unfortunately

Matt Wild

January 13, 2015

When he isn’t granting epic-length interviews from his Mississippi ranch or discussing his playoffs predictions from a Mississippi deer stand, legendary Packers quarterback Brett Favre is busy doing whatever he...

Tracklist: 12 Milwaukee-on-Milwaukee covers

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2015

If you haven’t heard, Milwaukee Record is putting on a little show Friday, January 16. Essentially, the inaugural Local Coverage will feature some great local bands playing at Club Garibaldi as part of a Girls ...

First Impression: Red Lion Pub

Tyler Maas

January 12, 2015

In 2011, a little British pub called Three Lions Pub popped up in the northern part of Shorewood. A safe haven for soccer hooligans and an occasional karaoke host with traditional British food and a fun-loving ...

Listen to the first episode of our new podcast, On The Record

Milwaukee Record Staff

January 9, 2015

Do you enjoy the laughter, the tears, and the heartwarming life lessons of Milwaukee Record, but wish you could consume them in podcast form? Of course you do. So welcome to our brand-new weekly podcast, On The...

Extra Points: 7 dumb Packers-Cowboys storylines you’ll hear Sunday

Tyler Maas

January 9, 2015

Following the referee-assisted victory by the Dallas Cowboys last week, the storylines began to pile up. Close to 50 years removed from the unforgettable events of the Ice Bowl, the Dallas Cowboys will return t...

Mount Rush-Mor: An interview with Rush-Mor Records’ Dan DuChaine

Lauren Keene

January 8, 2015

Standing on the corner of Kinnickinnic and Potter, Rush-Mor Records is a landmark in Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood. Founded in 1971, Rush-Mor is Milwaukee’s oldest and longest running record store. Since 19...

Paul Collins’ Milwaukee connection: As told by him and local musicians

Tyler Maas

January 8, 2015

Power-pop icon Paul Collins has strong ties to both New York and Los Angles with the 40-or-so years he’s spent on stage in noted projects on both coasts, including The Beat, The Nerves, and Paul Collins Beat. T...

Tracklist: 5 things Milwaukee needs to accomplish in 2015

Matt Wild

January 7, 2015

Milwaukee used to be a city stuck in the past, content to enjoy a few cold ones after work and shoot down any new or interesting ideas that threatened the status quo. That has changed in recent years, but not c...

Liz Ziner resolves to keep the comedy coming in 2015

Tyler Maas

January 7, 2015

What's your New Year's resolution? In 2013, ex-improvisor and then-workaholic Liz Ziner decided she was finally going to throw caution to the wind and give stand-up comedy a try. Sure, it took her 10 months of ...