Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | One & Done
What do Gary Cherone and The Littlest Hobo have in common? Until tomorrow, they'll just keep movin' on. The lead vocalist made just one album with Van Halen, the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What Were They Thinking?
My mother used to say some people don't have the sense God gave geese. But when it comes to the idiocy surrounding the cover song choices of some prominent...
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...
Thunder Pie | Out Of All That Battle Smoke, Along Comes This American Child
Everyday I think about stupid shit. That’s true freedom right there. I get up in the morning and I pull myself together. Shorts, T-shirt, socks, work boots. Right Guard....
Rewinding 2023 (So Far) | Tinnitist’s Top Interviews
I spent about 30 years interviewing musicians the old-fashioned way: Talking on the telephone, transcribing the tape (and then, eventually, the digital recording) and turning it all into a...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Call Me Ishmael
My recent column about Led Zeppelin concerts sent me on a side quest about drum solos, specifically Moby Dick.
Now there's a thing you don't hear on albums much anymore...
Thunder Pie | The High Lonesome Penns Valley Blues
“I shall not leave these prisoning hills
Though they topple their barren heads to level earth
And the forests slide uprooted out of the sky.
Though the waters of Troublesome, of Trace...
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...
Stylus Counsel | Area Resident’s Records
We're celebrating my 50th early. Actually, I won't reach that milestone until April 1 — but Stylus Counsel is celebrating its 50th instalment today. I'm pretty proud of the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Great Bands, Awful Names
I'm not sure how great a band they are — they for sure have at least one awesome song — but there's no question Fartbarf is the worst band...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Ernie Tucker, The Old Pornophoner
In many ways, the movie Boogie Nights was no work of fiction. But the sex industry wasn't confined to cinema in the filthy 1970s — there are plenty of...
Thunder Pie | Powder Burns: A Pocket-Sized Essay Collection
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My left hand is numb lately. My whole left arm feels strange to be honest. It started a few weeks ago, just when the mega rapid heartbeat days from...
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...
Thunder Pie | Something In The Night
Long before I understood what it means to be alive, I felt isolated on leafy streets. At the bus stop in the morning, I would stand there calmly: observant...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Locked Groove Is In The Heart
If you've never listened to This Is The Kit, I invite you to do so. Kate Stables fronts the duo-turned-band from the U.K., who create beautiful, cool alt-folk music...
