Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Trade Deadline
As I write this, it is the NHL trade deadline. This is that day of the year when teams with a chance at winning the Stanley Cup trade away...
Thunder Pie | An Hour In The Heart Of The Country
8:37 am.
A kid, a boy, maybe 7 or 8, is taking a piss out on the edge of the fields, where the woods start, behind the elementary school. It’s...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Pro-Patria Lists
If Canada is to be beset with tariffs on March 4, we're probably going to see this sudden uptick in Canadian patriotism get even more intense. Perhaps you'll need...
Thunder Pie | Scroll Of Jawns: Episode 9
jawn /jôn/ noun (chiefly in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area) used to refer to a thing, place, person, or event that one need not or cannot give a specific...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Playing Fast & Loose
Vultures mostly just eat the meat of dead animals, but hyenas do it all: They scavenge, they hunt, and they take anything they can find. They are true all-around...
Thunder Pie | Wake Up, Wake Up, My Riot Child
“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
— Frederick Douglass
We toured the local high school yesterday. One of our kids will be heading...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Gratitude
I was 13 years old when Beastie Boys hit. Licensed To Ill. Fight For Your Right To Party. The song, the video. Thirteen. You couldn't not take notice. But,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Cock A Doodle Dandy
Perhaps more than at any other time, established bands chose the transition from the ’70s to the ’80s as a golden opportunity to reinvent themselves.
This era is when rock...
Thunder Pie | The Cloak of Everlasting Truth
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
— Ray Bradbury
Writing memoir ought to be honest. Yet let’s be honest about that honesty. I mean, it’s easier...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Happy Awkward Valentine’s Day
Seeing as it's almost Valentine’s Day, I thought I'd do a roundup of some classic love songs that haven't aged well — and no wonder. Language evolves. Standards get...
Brett Abrahamsen | On The Evolution Of Musical Darwinism
Is there a correlation between evolutionary theory and rock ’n’ roll? Charles Darwin, if alive today, would undoubtedly suspect as much (provided he viewed rock as an objective art...
Brett Abrahamsen | The Worst Of The Best of 2024
Today I have the pleasure of introducing a new columnist joining the esteemed ranks here at Tinnitist. His name is Brett Abrahamsen, and he calls himself “a lifelong connoisseur...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Elmer Gantry’s Insufficient Excellence
Dave Terry is an undeservedly obscure name for a classic rocker with a great voice, a bunch of great songs, and ties to Fleetwood Mac, Arthur Brown, Curved Air,...
Thunder Pie | Hawk Dust Honda in Reasonable Darkness
On secluded roads, I drift longingly. Infused with bittersweet lonesome, the kind the old bluegrass masters sang of, it’s tiny majesty that finds me. Alone, mostly. Up mountain lanes...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Going From The Console To The Studio
There are so many stories of accomplished musicians becoming accomplished engineers and producers — Don Was, Steve Albini, Todd Rundgren, Jim Bryson, Mike Dubue, Brian Eno, Quincy Jones, Nile...
