Four Poems & A 12-Bar Blues For Jimmy Page’s 81st Birthday
Guitar wizard. Double-neck Gibson SG salesman. Violin bow abuser. Theremin pesterer. Green laser-pyramid dweller. Dragon-pants model. Aleister Crowley acolyte. Presumably reformed recreational drug and teenage groupie enthusiast. The Firm...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | 13 Records Or Tapes For $1!!
My mother was rightfully suspicious when I asked for a stamp: "What for, son?" I excitedly told her that I was going to double my record collection for $1....
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Absolutely Fired
The original four musicians who made up The Mothers Of Invention on their 1966 debut album found out it was even colder outside of Frank Zappa’s shadow than it...
Thunder Pie | A New Year’s Guide to Mindful Sadness
Christmas morning came and I stood at the bottom of the steps holding the kids back, trying to get them to keep still for some photos. It wasn’t easy/...
Welcome To The Tinnitist Mustache Alliance!
“Greetings, my friend. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my...
Now Hear This: Rock Classics Get An AI Makeover
It popped up on my YouTube home page a few days ago. “Led Zeppelin — if it was recorded in the 50s,” the caption read. Above, there was a...
Rewinding 2024 | The Shortest List: Tinnitist’s Favourite Albums
It all comes down to this. After the all-inclusive Long List and the wide-ranging, misleadingly titled Slightly Shorter Lists, here — finally — are my favourite albums of 2024,...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 10: W-Z)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 9: T-V)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 8: S)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 7: P-R)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 6: M-O)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 5: K-L)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 4: H-J)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
Rewinding 2024 | The Slightly Shorter List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 3: E-G)
As the old saying goes: If you want to sculpt a statue of an elephant, you just get the biggest granite block you can find — and chip away...
