Thunder Pie | We Don’t Even Try
“The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.”
— Bruce Springsteen
In the darkness of Ridge Avenue, I would stand there like a...
Thunder Pie | The Ballad of the Nightmare Kid
“I’ll split you in two.” — Freddy Krueger
The other night, deep in the dark, way after the bats had flown out of the holes in the eaves and the...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
Long before it was a Top 40 radio station in the nation's capital, Ottawa's CFMO was an easy-listening station. My parents often chose it — not because they liked...
20 Questions With MONTE
Some bands make music from the heart. Others craft songs directly from the soul. New York pop-punk power-trio MONTE launch their crunchy little nuggets “straight from the groin,” according...
Thunder Pie | The Lonesome Death of William McClure
Moments of their secret life together burst like stars upon his memory.
― James Joyce, The Dead
One summer he appeared on the sidewalk, out of some kind of past that...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I’m in the basement, mixing up the Resident … I’ve done seven full-length albums in my basement — including most of my latest release Polycanard, which comes out next...
Back Stories | My 2010 Interview With Black Sabbath Bassist Geezer Butler
It was Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler’s birthday on July 17, so it seems like a good time to post my 2010 interview with him. Our chat was set...
Thunder Pie | The Summer Bat & The Lightning Bug
If you know me, you know I'm a huge fan of the band Marah. I've raved about their music for decades in print and online, and recently had the...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I have always been a lover of liner notes. It might even have more to do with why I love vinyl records than anything involving audio quality. It's so...
20 Questions With Moonlight Jones
Music has taken Moonlight Jones to many corners of the globe and from coast to coast in the United States. In 2021, the Florida guitarist teamed up with International...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
My life-long pal Jordon Zadorozny of Blinker The Star made news late last year. Sadly, it wasn't for producing and contributing to any of my six Area Resident albums....
Rewinding 2022 (So Far) | The Long List
Another six months, another bajillion albums, EPs, box sets, compilations, anthologies, retrospectives, soundtracks, bootlegs and vinyl reissues. Here's every title that found its way into my ears and onto...
Rewinding 2022 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Favourite Albums
Wait, it's July already? Damn. That was fast. I'd say time flies when you're having fun, but I don't know anybody who's actually having any. But even if the...
Rewinding 2022 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Top Interviews
I spent about 30 years interviewing musicians the old-fashioned way: Talking on the telephone, transcribing the tape (or digital recording) and turning it all into a story or Q&A....
Rewinding 2022 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Top Music Videos
I have said it before. I am saying it again: If there's one thing I've learned from running this site, it's that people love music videos. Here's the proof:...
