20 Questions With Bob Gaulke
Bob Gaulke is probably not somebody who believes less is more. Or that a little is enough. That much is obvious from the Bronx singer-songwriter and bassist’s absurdly prolific...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Hits That Nobody Misses
OK, I'll admit it. I bought a copy of the Didn't You Kill My Brother single by Alexei Sayle. I just watched the video now. Holy cats, is it...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Makin’ Them Look Mean
There's a great line in the ’70s Paul Newman hockey movie Slapshot, where one of the Chiefs players is bashing dents in the side of the team bus, inspired...
Thunder Pie | Stabbed In The Neck By Some Kid With A Pencil: Tiny...
Pee-Paw Decides What to Write About.
Coffee. Folgers. Or Walmart brand. Cheap coffee, with like two or three fingers of milk and a healthy/ unhealthy dose of sugar. No fake...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Killed By Death
John Lennon has been dead for three years more than he was alive — and more than twice as long as he was famous. But the beloved Beatle will...
Thunder Pie | Idiots
“For a long time I had to fight against a feeling of aversion for my country; now I am beginning to accustom myself to all the horrors that make...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Artists At The End Of The Road
“So I went to the doctor, see what he could give me
He said, ‘Son, son, you've gone too far.’ ”
— Black Sabbath, Fairies Wear Boots
It was a little heartbreaking...
20 Questions With Demi Ramos
Demi Ramos does not waste time. Yours or hers. Recently, the multi-tasking, fast-rising N.Y.C. pop-rocker got a head start on summer with the exclusive Tinnitist premiere of her energetic...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Sublime And Ridiculous
My girlfriend (...she) suggested I go investigate subliminal messaging (...rocks) in popular music. There are two kinds of subliminal messaging, and one is distinctly more common than the other....
Thunder Pie | Death Of A Rocker
“The meaning of life is that it stops.”
— Franz Kafka
It was a sunny day. I remember that much. The fuzz of sunshine joists crashing through the blinds. Elasticated seams...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Musicians Turned Politicians
Popular music and democracy are mutually exclusive. There are loads of performers with title designations — like, for example, Prince of Pop, King of Rock and Roll, Queen Of...
Thunder Pie | A Horse That Looks Hard At The Sun
“We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives.”
— Toni Morrison
At the stoplight before I hook the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Bands With Fake Accents
Man, we used to really laugh at Klaatu. No question the late ’70s Canadian band had some great songs — and even a fairly major hit, made even bigger...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Ugh, Let’s Make A Record
Even in the throes of writer's block or technical difficulties, I can’t imagine having to be forced to make an album. It’s usually something I get very excited about....
Thunder Pie | Powder Burns: A Pocket-Sized Essay Collection
CougarPineBeaverDeath.
My left hand is numb lately. My whole left arm feels strange to be honest. It started a few weeks ago, just when the mega rapid heartbeat days from...
