Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Oh Brünnhilde, You Are So Wuvvley!

Bugs Bunny in drag on that obese horse remains my favourite muse. It may be the greatest television moment of all time, Valkyrie Brünnhilde (Bugs) rides down the hill...

Read Another Exclusive Excerpt From 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts

My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...

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...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Smarter Than The Average Dawg

According to his autobiography No Regrets, founding KISS lead guitarist Ace Frehley challenged the other members of the band to IQ tests. He never divulged what Gene Simmons, Paul...

Fast-Forward | 36 March Releases For Your To-Do List

I don't what it looks like where you are, but outside the Tinnitist bunker, spring is just around the corner. That's definitely something to look forward to. But there's...

Rewinding July | The Best Indie

For some folks, indie is a sound. For others, it's a business approach. For still others, it's an attitude. For me, it can be some of all three. Ultimately,...

Thunder Pie | The Kitchen In The Daylight

“The cleverest of all, in my opinion, is the man who calls himself a fool at least once a month.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky It’s the 4th of July today and everyone is...

Back Stories | My 2011 Interview With Ryan Adams

Since Nov. 5, 2018 is Ryan Adams' 44th birthday, it seemed as good a time as any to replay my 2011 interview with the prolific singer-songwriter. Here it is,...

Rewinding 2019 | The Throwbacks

Some wheels don't need to be reinvented. And some bands don't even bother to try. Instead, they're happy to stick to what they do best or love best —...

Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records

There are a handful of possible reasons behind a decision to buy a live album. I recently picked up Fully Plugged In by Daniel Romano Outfit because I had tickets...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | My Complicated Relationship With KISS

There are quite a few guilty pleasures in my record collection — but none more so than the hottest band in the world, KISS. I'm currently in the middle...

DIY Discovery | One In The Chamber

Most of the music I hear is sent to me by labels and publicists. But there's nothing like getting it straight from the source. Welcome to today's instalment of...

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...

Thunder Pie | The Dash-Fire Days of Private Deviney (Part I)

“There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.” — Helen Keller In the woods...

Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Boombox Favourites

I couldn't do my own music without the incredible advances in home recording technology in the past decade. Not only can I not afford to work in a traditional...

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