Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Be honest, who thought Debbie Harry was Blondie? I sure did. Made sense, right? There was also that cartoon in the funny pages of the newspaper called Blondie, the...
Thunder Pie | They/Them/Kid
“I think that people with autism are born outside the regime of civilization. Sure, this is just my own made-up theory, but I think that, as a result of...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I recently lost track of time down the rabbit hole known as Rocklopedia Fakebandica.
The online database boasts nearly 6,500 entries of fake or fictional bands and musicians. I wound...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
A few months ago I was holding a pop-up record sale at a local microbrewery. One of the albums I was selling kept causing confusion.
The centre of said confusion...
Thunder Pie | Endless Evening Appomattox Blues
“America is false to the past, false to the present, and solemnly binds herself to be false to the future.”
— Frederick Douglass
George Floyd, face on the street, the cop’s...
20 Questions With Teni Rane
Teni Rane wants to cozy up to you. The Tennessee folk-pop singer-songwriter — who debuted her latest charming single Meet Me In Stockholm HERE a few weeks ago —...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I finally got around to watching that new Creedence Clearwater Revival documentary on Netflix. It's solid — you should watch it, especially if you like gapped teeth, bowl cuts,...
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 —...
Thunder Pie | Red Dope Make You Fall in Love with Peasants
“Wine enters through the mouth,
Love, the eyes.
I raise the glass to my mouth,
I look at you,
I sigh.”
— William Butler Yeats
In the evening, I take my wine in a jelly...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
My day job is doing traffic reporting on the radio in Canada's capital. Whenever anything happens near the intersection of Sussex and Boteler, I always make some sort of...
Next Week in Music | Oct. 24-30 • New Books
Are you in the mood for a little light reading? Good — ’cause if there's one word that describes next week's lineup of new books, it's light (though at...
Thunder Pie | The Walkin’ Talkin’ Two Tavern Hams in a Past Life Country...
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
— E.L. Doctorow
Moving onto the porch, out into the sharp morning, timing the school bus, trying to mess with the gap with...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Recently I acquired a set of 1970s quadraphonic headphones and got an engineer pal to give them a once-over. Listening to my SQ vinyl copy of Wish You Were...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I didn't know Labradoodles were howlers. I always imagined that to be mostly a hound or Husky thing — but I've had two in a row now with a...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Yesterday I picked up an $8 copy of the last Pretty Things album — well, the last one before their modern attempt at a comeback/reunion. The bass player in...
