Back Stories | My 2015 Interview With Roger Waters
Roger Waters speaks his mind. For better or worse.
That's obvious to anyone who's read, watched or heard an interview with the opinionated, mercurial singer-songwriter and former Pink Floyd member....
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
My partner and I are huge Last Podcast On The Left fans. As such, not only do we try to listen together, but also get routinely prompted to go...
Thunder Pie | How I Died the First Time
“Strum the guitar!
Strum the guitar!
Strum the guitar
With no beginning, with no ending
Take down the guitar and strum the guitar!
Strum the guitar if you're afraid
And I'm afraid and everyone's afraid...
20 Questions With Marina Rocks
Marina Rocks likes to keep moving. Just look (and listen) to the Texas singer-songwriter and guitar slinger's latest infectious single and video Joy Ride, a life-affirming encapsulation of the...
20 Questions With Bonzai
Every party has to start somewhere. And for the men of Tennessee reggae-rock outfit Bonzai, it starts with One Margarita, their latest single and video — which just happened to...
20 Questions With Maddisun
Maddisun is a happy camper. In every sense of the term. The up-and-coming small-town B.C. singer-songwriter loves being outdoors, claims she never gets angry, and only writes positive songs....
Thunder Pie | At the End, You’re Just Going to Feel the Good Breeze...
“Forever is composed of nows.” — Emily Dickinson
Like fools, we drag the bikes out of the basement in the last week of summer. Their chains are all Stage 3...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Twice Luba has surprised me. The first time was when she was on a Canada Day concert bill along with The Box, Tragically Hip, Kim Mitchell and (I think)...
Back Stories | My 2016 Interview With Brendon Urie Of Panic! At The Disco
Brendon Urie is proof that nice guys don't have to finish last. I've had the pleasure of interviewing the Panic! At the Disco leader a few times over the...
Thunder Pie | The Kid Can Float
“If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.”
— Rohinton Mistry
At...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
My first kindergarten report card had a lengthy paragraph about me not playing well with others. Years later, I was kicked out of a band because they decided to...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
As a kid, I was only familiar with the Nazareth version of This Flight Tonight, rather than the Joni Mitchell original.
The Nazareth one was on at least one of...
Thunder Pie | The Walkin’ Talkin’ American Mongoose Blues
One summer evening in 1984, feeling good with a belly full of flounder and fries, I flung the screen door open, moved with the swiftness across our front porch,...
20 Questions With Joanna Pearl
Joanna Pearl has been shining lately. The California singer-songwriter just made a high-profile appearance on Chicago’s single The Mermaid (Sereia Do Mar), lending her sweetly flowing background vocals to...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
As a musician, I use Spotify for marketing — no reasonable indie artist like me would ever expect to get rich and famous on such a platform. As a...
