Tagged Opinion

May 14, 2015

What constitutes a hero? Heroes aren’t born. Heroes are made. A hero is fashioned from bravery put to use when times get tough, harvested from experience incurred on the field of battle, and nourished by the ad...

I was a guest on The Morning Blend and I feel pretty good about that

April 24, 2015

On Tuesday, I published a story entitled “I watched The Morning Blend for a week and I feel pretty good about that.” Three days later, I’m happy to report that I was a guest on The Morning Blend, and I feel pre...

A piece of paper with Phylicia Rashad on it convinced me to listen to a song

April 22, 2015

Last weekend, while partaking in Record Store Day festivities, I was sipping a sample of Ale Asylum Hopalicious—now in cans, by the way (I'M A COMPANY MAN!)—outside Bullseye Record and Comet Cafe. There, I was ...

I watched The Morning Blend for a week and I feel pretty good about that

April 21, 2015

//I have a not-so-scandalous confession to make: I don’t watch a lot of TV. Not in an “I don’t even own a TV” kind of way, but more in an “Eh, I watch a few shows on Netflix and that’s about it” kind of wa...

A-side/B-side: What Milwaukee things do you consider irreplaceable?

April 15, 2015

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe. Matt Wild: I...

We (used to) eat people: Old Milwaukee, new Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Day

April 14, 2015

A few days ago, while scrolling through my Facebook feed and pondering the existence of “National Siblings Day,” I came across a post by my friend Matt Massive. Massive, you may remember, was one of the archite...

Warped perception: A guide to the worst Warped Tour lineup in recent memory

April 10, 2015

Earlier this week, the lineup for Warped Tour was announced. If that sentence makes you feel incredibly old, then you probably won't like hearing that Warped Tour is now 20 years old. Spawned in 1995 by Kevin L...

Could Gen Con come back to Milwaukee?

March 30, 2015

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle important city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Matt Wild:...

Why can’t Milwaukee support multiple nerd-themed conventions?

Rob Wieland

March 24, 2015

Last spring, things were looking pretty rosy for board gamers, role-players, cosplayers, and all the other geeks in Milwaukee with money to burn and wall space looking for some signed pictures. Three new nerd-t...

What can a Milwaukee music compilation from 1980 tell us about the scene of today?

March 4, 2015

At some point during last weekend’s ridiculously great Arte Para Todos festival—possibly while passing a block-long line for GGOOLLD at Company Brewing on my way to see Canopies at Club Timbuktu—I had a thought...

Let’s watch the anti-streetcar movement concede defeat, eat its own

February 25, 2015

It’s been just over two weeks since the approval of the Greatest Thing In Milwaukee History (not including Channel 12’s “Hello Milwaukee” song): a 2.4-mile downtown streetcar line. Yes, after months of bizarrel...

I went to Dave & Buster’s and played the new ‘Star Wars: Battle Pod’ arcade game

February 3, 2015

I was born in 1977, the year the first Star Wars film was released. I’m confident that when I die, even if I live to be 100, there will be another Star Wars film lighting up theaters or looming on the horizon, ...

Is there a middle ground in the Milwaukee Streetcar debate?

January 20, 2015

This Wednesday, during a 9 a.m. meeting at Milwaukee City Hall, the Common Council will vote on what is being touted by some as the single most important project in modern Milwaukee history. The approval of thi...

Moms group urges Kohl’s to pull ads from “s-nsual” and “p-rn-graphic” ABC show

December 10, 2014

One Million Moms, a “Christian community” of parents, was brought into this world by a higher power (Facebook) in 2009. Since then, the group—which is more accurately just 69,723 uptight people with nothing bet...

Tracklist: 12 Bar Rescue takeaways

December 8, 2014

//It finally happened. Months after revealing Spike TV “reality” series Bar Rescue was scouting locations in the city, then subsequently breaking the news of what bar would be featured on the show and when...

A-side/B-side: Should Miller Park field more local entertainment options?

November 26, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Matt Wild: W...

A-side/B-side: The BoDeans, and the way Milwaukee sees its music scene

November 19, 2014

In A-side/B-side, two Milwaukee Record writers tackle various city issues in an informal, crosstalk style. Insults are hurled, feelings are hurt, and everyone learns something in the end. Maybe.Tyler Maas: ...

5 late period Interpol songs as good as anything from the first 2 albums

Andrew Winistorfer

November 13, 2014

No matter if you bought their first EP before Pitchfork reviewed it, or if you got on board for their major label debut, it’s an accepted fact that Interpol peaked—as a band, as a brand, as a way of life—on the...

A-side/B-side: Should there be stricter audience “rules” at shows?