Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Surely Not EVERYBODY Was Kung-Fu Fighting?
Somehow, for some reason, I ended up watching Death Race 2000 the other night. I'd never seen the 1975 cult classic starring David Carradine as Frankenstein (not that one)...
Thunder Pie | Bruce Springsteen’s Atlantic City
“But the worst enemy you can meet will always be yourself; you lie in wait for yourself in caverns and forests. Lonely one, you are going the way to...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | H-E-Double Hockey Sticks
I just had to hear it. Apparently the 2004 track Real N***a Roll Call by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz holds the record for the most swearing...
Thunder Pie | Someone Standing In The Yard
“If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”
— Walt Whitman
There is this unfinished stone patio behind our house. It’s nothing much. There used to be dirt...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Most Unlikely To Succeed
One of the criteria to be among my favourite bands, musicians, acts, etc. is for you to be difficult to pin down. I like artists to try new or...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Beware The Classics
I’ve been pretty focused on filling in some of the gaps in my record collection over the past few years. For the most part, in addition to adding new...
Thunder Pie | Seven Turns
1. In the kitchen, we clear off the island, make it deserted. The candles and the thrift store Day of the Dead Madonna & Child statue and the dying...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Wouldn’t You Miss Me?
The new Syd Barrett documentary Have You Got It Yet? — a tribute to the founder of Pink Floyd — also serves as a memorial to the film's interviewer....
Thunder Pie | This is How You Save Me
“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”
— Anne Frank
If you...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Ça Plane Pour Jet Boy
What is the deal with the songs Jet Boy Jet Girl by Elton Motello and Ça Plane Pour Moi by Plastic Bertrand? They're basically exactly the same, with the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You
Spotify is convinced I’m supposed to be a huge Brian Jonestown Massacre fan. Every time I turn around their algorithm has decided there’s yet another one of the San...
Thunder Pie | The Matted Heat Form
“The reason life is so strange is that so often people have no choice.”
― William Maxwell
On the bus, you feel the loneliness. It starts in as you pass cornfields...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Save The Date
My first musical love was Elton John — from age four to age 10, that's all I listened to. When it comes to his 1969-1985 catalog, I know it...
Thunder Pie | Tougher Than The Rest
“If you're rough enough for love/ Baby, I'm tougher than the rest.”
— Bruce Springsteen
Well, it’s Saturday night. The last hours of our beach vacation have drifted away from us....
Back Stories | My 2010 Interview With Dan Auerbach
In 2010, shortly after the release of The Black Keys’ sixth studio album Brothers — and just before Dan Auerbach left their Akron home for his current digs in Nashville,...
