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Remembering the New Barbarians / MECCA Arena riot of 1979

Matt Wild
April 25, 2018
Buried in the long, storied, and debauched history of The Rolling Stones is a peculiar footnote: The New Barbarians. A side project, of sorts, of Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood, the band formed in the spring of 1...

Remembering the time the Milwaukee Bucks almost moved to Minnesota

Matt Wild
April 17, 2018
Tonight at 7 p.m., the Milwaukee Bucks meet the Boston Celtics for Game 2 of the first round of the 2018 NBA Playoffs. Yes, the Bucks are down one game, but no matter what happens over the course of the next we...

Dick has gone CRAZY in these old commercials for Dick’s Place

Matt Wild
March 20, 2018
Sift through the history of advertising and you'll find a strange subgenre: the CRAZY home electronics salesman. New York's "Crazy Eddie" was probably the most (in)famous, with his IN-SA-A-A-A-A-ANE prices and ...

Our kingdom for one of these personalized South Milwaukee love songs from 1985

Matt Wild
March 5, 2018
Have you ever listened to a song and thought, "This song is great, but I wish the singer was singing directly to me. You know, like singing my name and everything. That would be swell." Of course you haven't. S...

Wear your Milwaukee nostalgia on your sleeve with Remember The Tees

Matt Wild
February 20, 2018
It has never been easier to flaunt your Milwaukee pride. From the inescapable Milwaukee Home shirts to the nothing-says-Milwaukee-like-a-Corona-sunrise "People's Flag" apparel, it's practically a crime not to s...

7 pre-World War II ads from Milwaukee companies (and the stories behind them)

Catherine Jozwik
February 8, 2018
Today, it seems like the Geico gecko is the height of clever advertising campaigns. While some ads and commercials are arguably comical and memorable today, gone are the days when ads appeared solely on the bac...

Let’s relive the magic of Esser TV & Appliance’s “Stop, Shop, and Buy” jingle, shall we?

Matt Wild
January 31, 2018
If there was a Milwaukee Jingle Hall of Fame (someone get on this, please), you'd find the usual suspects: Channel 12's iconic "Hello Milwaukee." Emergency TV Service's frantic self-titled ditty. That terrifyin...

Adam Levin puts passion for hometown history into “Old Milwaukee” Facebook group

Tyler Maas
January 29, 2018
Milwaukee is always changing. For every new building erected, every new amenity added, or for each conceptual change and ownership overhaul that happens in our city, a piece of Milwaukee's past is lost in the p...

News, ‘Jurassic Park,’ anti-vaccination stories come together in this TMJ4 video from 1995

Matt Wild
January 17, 2018
Sweet, sweet nostalgia comes in many forms, but few forms are sweeter than television commercials. Want to relive your misspent youth? Enjoy it by reliving the exact way you misspent your youth: watching televi...

The heat is on in this Kohl’s “get it to go on cassettes” ad from 1984

Matt Wild
January 16, 2018
The first Kohl's store opened in Milwaukee in 1927. It was little more than a corner grocery store, and it wouldn't be until 1962 that Kohl's got into the full-fledged department store business. Since then, Koh...

Check out this gloriously ’80s commercial for the Milwaukee Public Library

Matt Wild
January 10, 2018
Remember last year when some goof tweeted that "nobody goes to libraries anymore," and that all public libraries should be closed? Remember when the internet put him on blast, pointing out that, hey, everyone—e...

Listen to the Milwaukee theme song that never was in this HealthReach ad from 1984

Matt Wild
January 9, 2018
Any Milwaukeean worth their salt knows all about that old "Hello Milwaukee" song—a.k.a. that 1977 Channel 12 jingle that went on to inspire dozens of other versions for dozens of other cities. (If not, enjoy it...

Put more “ho ho” in your holidays with this Bayshore Mall commercial from 2000

Matt Wild
December 20, 2017
Holiday season got you down? Dismayed at the crass commercialism that dominates this time of year? Can't think of anything to get your family, so, with mere days to go, you're considering faking an illness and ...

What the hell, let’s watch this 1995 Bartz’s commercial for personalized photo Pogs

Matt Wild
November 30, 2017
Earlier this year, venerable party supply business Bartz'sclosed its Wauwatosa location, giving a final "HONK" to the store's long and illustrious run. The family-owned business counted four Milwaukee-area loca...

Remembering Reitman and Mueller’s ridiculous Cabbage Patch Kids stunt of 1983

Matt Wild
November 29, 2017
Since time immemorial (or, you know, since the 1980s), every holiday season has been blessed/plagued with one "must-have" toy that sends wide-eyed children and eager-to-please parents into hysterics. Tickle Me ...

On this day in 1995: Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong moons Milwaukee, gets arrested

Matt Wild
November 21, 2017
What is it with Milwaukee and famous arrests for disorderly conduct and indecent exposure? There was the time George Carlin was busted for performing his infamous "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" r...

49 years ago today: The Bucks win! For the first time!

Matt Wild
October 31, 2017
The Milwaukee Bucks' 2017-2018 season is only just underway, but it's already a memorable one. The "Return to the MECCA" game (which we totally went to in person), the dude dressed as Milhouse, the existence of...

Remembering the 2007 USBC Masters, a failed Miller Park tournament that changed the course of professional bowling

Tyler Maas
October 27, 2017
Milwaukee loves bowling. The city is home to Holler House, which is the oldest sanctioned bowling alley in the country, as well as 90-year-old East Side mainstay Landmark Lanes, and dozens of other alleys that ...

35 years ago today: Remembering the time the Brewers lost Game 7 of the 1982 World Series

Matt Wild
October 20, 2017
Take a moment, if you will, to stop mourning Aaron Rodgers' embattled collarbone and think back to happier times and sunnier sports. Remember this year's pretty-fun Milwaukee Brewers season? Yeah! That was grea...

Remembering the 2011 Gallery Night when Milwaukee officially met Milverine

Matt Wild
October 18, 2017
This Friday and Saturday, Milwaukee will once again be abuzz with its beloved quarterly art explosion, Gallery Night and Day. But no matter how great this installment will be, it won't hold a candle to a Very S...
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