Thunder Pie | In The Streetlight Under The Monkey Ball Tree: Mini-Essays About Halloween
Fear As A Tonic For Madness
Somewhere deep within some of us there are things we mustn’t speak of. Notions, perhaps we might call them. Others: they insist on fresher...
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...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Baby, Can You Drive My Car?
One thing which complicates my own band practices is our bass player doesn't drive. In fairness, it doesn't really complicate things for me — the guitarist drives him. Still,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | I Cast Thee Out!
It used to be that "getting cancelled" was something that only happened to the likes of Manimal, My So-Called Life, The Green Hornet, Archive 81 and The Tick. But...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Not Just Abbey Road
Chances are, when you think of Paul McCartney in a recording studio, an image of him and The Beatles in Abbey Road comes to mind. It's true that the...
Thunder Pie | Suit Made of Stranded Moonlight
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”
– Soren Kierkegaard
On my way through the bathroom I notice myself in the orange string lights that dangle...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Twang Bar Kings
If there's one thing which makes me both cringe and laugh, it's the use of the word “tone" by musicians. I suppose the latter reaction is the result of...
Book Review: Britney Spears: The Woman In Me by Britney Spears
When I'm not listening to an album, watching a video or posting something about music, I'm probably reading about it in a memoir or biography. Like this one:
Britney Spears:...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What’s That You’re Saying?
Last year, my sweetie cued up a new, promotional Spotify playlist by New York pseudo-punks Bodega. The nine-track playlist is actually just one song — Statuette On The Console,...
Thunder Pie | The Old Deer Camp From The Mountain At Night
“I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and...
Thunder Pie | Kid Breath Blues
“I have no definite talent or trade, and how I stay alive is largely a matter of magic.”
— Charles Bukowski
The passing years have left me with more memories than...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | What You Talkin’ ’Bout, Willis?
I grew up a fan of Elton John, and while most people just love to blather on about what a brilliant lyricist Bernie Taupin is, I've always found his...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | You’ve Changed, Man
What songs come to mind when I say the names Bob Seger and Steve Miller? Old Time Rock & Roll and The Joker? Night Moves and Abracadabra? Against The...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Someone Shut That Kid Up!
One of the times I really enjoy putting a record on is while I'm folding laundry. It's kind of anything-goes time, because it's just for me. I always seem...
Rewinding 2023 | 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...
