Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Stairwell To Heaven
The drum sound on Led Zeppelin’s When The Levee Breaks might be the GOAT. Goddamn huge, and such a cool performance. The band knew it; they saved it for...
Thunder Pie | Shark Tooth Necklace
Arle spends $10 on a shark tooth necklace at a souvenir shop across from our rental. It is basic as far as these things go. You don’t end up...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Taking A Look Inside Take A Look Inside
According to Discogs, there are 316 people who wish they had my OG copy of Take A Look Inside by The Folk Implosion. Joyful Noise Recordings are banking on...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Don’t Quit Your Day Job, Quit Your Other One
The perennial best chuckle in a used record store's discount bin is always the "I can't believe they made an album!" records. These are those albums made by TV...
Thunder Pie | Area 51
We had a little shindig this past Sunday. Had some people over. It was mostly for the kids. We rented a big inflatable waterslide that costs an arm and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: A Tale Of Two Troubadours
Elton John famously played the Troubadour in West Hollywood twice. The first show was a triumph signifying his ascent to superstardom. The second was a special anniversary show five...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Billion Dollar Babies
It's the ultimate "where are they now?" Rock ’n’ roll album cover babies — who are they, and whatever became of them?
I was wondering about this as I gathered...
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...
20 Questions With Kyle Richardson
Kyle Richardson has something to say — and isn't shy about speaking his mind. The Vancouver singer-songwriter made that crystal clear with his confident new single Can You Hear...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Save My Babies!
What you're looking at here is my 100th Stylus Counsel column. It's a fairly significant number, so I decided I should commemorate it with a fairly significant piece. Thanks...
Thunder Pie | Dame’s Rocket
In my part of Pennsylvania, the Dame’s Rocket is out. On various roads/ I zip by small waves of it on rolling hillsides/ the whites and the pinks and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: The Big Nope List
I hate lots of things. Pretty much every single day I find something new to be miserable about — people with their mouths open, shows with constant and manipulative...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Put Your Name On It
I can recite from memory every single record in my brother John’s collection from the time he was in high school and I was just a little kid. My...
Waiting For Eugene: My Visit To The Punk Rock Museum
Eugene Hütz is more than half an hour late. Which is exactly how it should be.
It's a hot Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, and I've just arrived in the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel: Rod Evans & The Strange Case of New Deep Purple
During the first eight years, Deep Purple’s lead vocalist and bass player positions were hot seats — six people held the roles during that time in band lineups referred...
