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Seedy memories of the gloriously seedy Prospect Mall

June 3, 2020

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I believe in Milwaukee

Tyler Maas

April 7, 2020

Today is Milwaukee Record's 6th anniversary. Each April 7 since Matt Wild and I launched this noble venture in 2014, we've typically celebrated our birthday by thanking our readers, our contributors, and our ad...

I am not handling this well

Matt Wild

March 20, 2020

Last Thursday, just as things were beginning to fall apart, I was on a 21-hour train trip to Colorado. My father-in-law had a new family vehicle waiting for me there and it was my job to retrieve it and drive i...

We closed Wolski’s and opened Highbury on the same day (and did local late night stuff in between)

Tyler Maas

March 2, 2020

On Saturday, the world enjoyed an extra day. Due to an oversight in the Gregorian calendar thousands of years ago, earth is still granted a 29th day in February (or "Leap Day") once every four years. We don't k...

Fear, Jon Bon Jovi, and the worst Q&A ever

Matt Wild

January 16, 2020

The following article originally appeared in the December 2019 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 ...

The differences and difficulties of being a Packers fan living in Scotland

Erik Niewiarowski

January 9, 2020

broadstreet.zone(72581); Just over five years ago, I was living in Chicago and humorously musing about being a Packers fan Bear country. Now I live in Glasgow, Scotland. While a lot has changed since then, my ...

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...

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...

My flight was delayed, so I wandered around Mitchell Airport listening to the new Bon Iver album

Joey Grihalva

August 21, 2019

I am the type of music fan who prefers to listen to a new album with "virgin ears," uninterrupted and in the intended sequence. Because of this, I tend to avoid pre-release singles like the plague. I also try t...

I got married at Pizza Shuttle

MaryGrace Genova Borenstein

July 16, 2019

broadstreet.zone(71237); During a brunch at Honeypie in July of 2015, my boyfriend and I decided we wanted to get married. No, this wasn't a regular engagement. I never wanted an engagement ring, so I had him ...

I went to Kopp’s on Father’s Day and ate “Nuts For Daddy”: A minute-by-minute report

Matt Wild

June 17, 2019

Yesterday was Father's Day, a.k.a. Post A Picture Of Your Dad From When He Was In High School And Wonder Why Everyone Back Then Looked Like They Were 36 Years Old Day. It was a day of love and respect for fathe...

The night I saw Tiffany at a rural Wisconsin bar

Joey Grihalva

June 11, 2019

To paraphrase Chuck Klosterman—who has a new book coming out and will be at Turner Hall on July 18—nostalgia, when it comes to music, may have less to do with warm and fuzzy memories and more to do with repetit...

My mom went to LeRoy Butler and Genesis Jordan’s wedding. Here’s what she thought about the special day

Tyler Maas

May 16, 2019

Last weekend, Genesis Jordan and Green Bay Packers great LeRoy Butler got married. Beyond the fact that one half of the couple is a future Hall Of Famer and the inventor of the Lambeau Leap, this momentous occa...

What’s up with this weird rock/log thing in the woods along Lincoln Memorial Drive?

Matt Wild

May 14, 2019

Have you ever come across something in the city—a building, a business, a park—and thought to yourself, "Is this new? Have I seen this before? It can't be new, right? I must have seen this before. I dunno..." I...

I went fishing and I caught…something

Matt Wild

May 8, 2019

UPDATE: Looks like we have a positive ID! Scroll to the bottom of the story to find out what this...thing really is. Thanks, internet!Hi! It's me, your friendly Milwaukee Record co-founder/editor Matt! How ...

The Bucks lost and Brother Ron got his car towed

Justin Kern

April 28, 2019

"… Babylon is nothing else than an infinite game of chance." –Jorge Luis BorgesThe entire sports world stared at Milwaukee, for a while, through a camera's funnel cartography on Sunday afternoon. It felt ri...

I ate a CBD-infused brat and then I sat in a park and looked at stuff

Matt Wild

April 25, 2019

Confession: I don't understand CBD. I mean, I know it's a thing, I know it's a thing that everyone is excited about, and I know it's a thing that everyone suddenly became experts on nine months ago. Still, I'm ...

From 15 to 60 wins: Watching the Bucks complete a 5-year turnaround

Dan Shafer

April 8, 2019

Most of the fans in attendance at the sold-out Fiserv Forum on Sunday night stuck around to the final bell, and with good reason. The Milwaukee Bucks had just notched their 60th win of this magical, gift-from-a...

The guy who wrote “Milwaukee Poop Poop Poop” (and 20,000 other songs) wrote a song about me and now I’m complete

Matt Wild

March 7, 2019

Back in 2017, I discovered a song called "Milwaukee Poop Poop Poop." It was about Milwaukee. And poop. (Sample lyric: "Milwaukee! Poop! Poop!") The 64-second ditty was from City Poop Songs, a 48-track album by ...

MKE Music Rewind: The Promise Ring, ‘Very Emergency’

Matt Wild

February 21, 2019

In our MKE Music Rewind series, we revisit notable Milwaukee music that was released before Milwaukee Record became a thing in April 2014.I have a confession to make: I didn't get into The Promise Ring unti...