Thunder Pie | Foggy Mountain Breakdown
The afternoon sky is forever blue, me and Charlie on the ground. To the Crows in the woods across the creek, we are small. We are commoners of no...
20 Questions (& More) With Sir Will
Sir Will is ready to pump you up. The Compton-bred, Phoenix-based rapper's latest single Weight Up is a hip-hop anthem dedicated to investing in yourself, putting in the work...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I have a Velvet Underground live album recorded at Max's Kansas City in 1970. The album came out in 1972, the year the band broke up — just five...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I recently picked up a limited copy of Elton John's debut-album-that-wasn't. Regimental Sgt. Zippo was recorded in 1967 and 1968 and was intended to be Elton's first studio release....
Thunder Pie | Druggie at the Edge of the Woods
In the old days, I would waffle a tight blue racquetball off the high slate shingles of the Methodist Church and just stand there at the hunk of foundation...
Back Stories | My 2010 Interview With Hendrix Bassist Billy Cox
Since it's the anniversay of Jimi Hendrix’s death this week, I figured I'd dig a littler further into my files and resurrect this 2010 interview I did with Band...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
I did a quick tally to see how many of my own Area Resident songs have a person's name in the title. The answer is three: Louise, You Can't...
Thunder Pie | Everything Gonna Be Alright
Muddy Waters: Whooooooooa, yeah. (Pause). Whoa, yeah.
Johnny Winter: Whooo!
Muddy Waters: Everything. (Pause). Everything. (Pause). Everything gonna be alright this morning.
Johnny Winter: Yes and No! (?)
Muddy Waters: Ohhh yeah.
Johnny Winter:...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
These days there are so many ways to find that awesome song you just heard in a store, movie, TV show or commercial.
My partner Chelle routinely turns to Shazam...
Thunder Pie: Two Wood Boxes Lyin’ Side By Side
“You are wonderful.”
— Arthur Conan Doyle, at age 71, standing in his garden one summer afternoon, turned to his wife and said, simply, “You are wonderful.”
Then he clutched his...
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...
