Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Most Ontario Record Ever?
For $9, I couldn't resist. My record collection is kind of thin where The Yardbirds are concerned. I have a nice mono pressing of Roger The Engineer and I...
Read Another Exclusive Excerpt From 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts
My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...
Bad Flamingo | The Tinnitist Interview
They are mavericks. Renegades. Outlaws. Enigmatic loners with no names, no pasts, no places they call home. They play by their own rules, take orders from no one, respect...
Read Exclusive Excerpts From Bob Wegner’s Definitive Max Webster Bio High Class
“This guy just asked me if I want to buy some hash!” Kim Mitchell announced to the crowd at Winnipeg Arena, pointing down at the supposed wannabe dealer — me.
As...
Rewinding 2023 (So Far) | The Short List: Tinnitist’s Top Albums (Part 2: N-Z)
Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's actually having any. But even if the...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I saw David Lee Roth on the Skyscraper tour. I have two defining memories: the boxing ring which dropped down above general admission, and the emergence of his bandanna...
Mike Plume | The Tinnitist Interview
It took an intervention to get Mike Plume back on tour.
No, not THAT kind of intervention. The singer-songwriter didn't need rehab. He needed to be reminded the road is...
20 Questions With Paul Reddick
Back in August, Paul Reddick penned a love letter to Italy with his tellingly titled latest album Alive In Italia. Today, Toronto's Juno-winning blues singer, songwriter and harmonica master...
Thunder Pie | Pink Wasp
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Buyer Beware
Back in the day, one of my Xmas wish lists included the debut album Funeral by Arcade Fire. They were basically brand new at the time. But Santa clearly...
Now Hear This: The Glasspack
What's better than stumbling across a great band? Stumbling across a great band with a mighty back catalogue. That's what I lucked into with The Glasspack. If you're already...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Baby, If You’ve Ever Wondered…
WKRP in Cincinnati has always been cool and will always be cool. The late-’70s / early-’80s sitcom has, in my opinion, one of the best-written comedy episodes of all-time:...
Thunder Pie | A Dark Hole In The Forest Full Of Bluegills
“I have liked remembering almost as much as I have liked living.”
— William Maxwell
The blue is backed by blue then backed by blue. Above the mountain lake another mountain...
Rewinding 2022 | In Memoriam
“The goal isn’t to live forever,” Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk once said. “The goal is to create something that will.” These people certainly did. Here's a list of...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
He's long gone now, but when I was a kid it seemed like Vincent Price was everywhere.
The legendary American actor made a career for himself as the face —...
