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...
Thunder Pie | Kid In Philly
“People sacrifice the present for the future. But life is available only in the present. That is why we should walk in such a way that every step can...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Rockin’ Royalty
When it comes to rockin' royalty, the men way outnumber the women. Not only that, but many of the women are actually men.
At first I was a little surprised,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Say Say Say Hi Hi Hi I Know I...
I had a hankering to listen to When We Meet Again by G. Love & Special Sauce the other day, to celebrate the record-breaking warm weather and the fact...
Thunder Pie | How to Grow Old Gracefully When Everyone Else is Doing It...
“When I discover who I am, I’ll be free.’
— Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
Even now, in the evening with the hot water running over my hands, I am half asleep. Given...
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 | Studio Chatter, Slight Return
Right at the start of Revolution 1 on The Beatles’ White Album, you briefly hear the voice of engineer Geoff Emerick: "All right, Take 2."
The version of the song...
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,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | OMG Sphex!
It happened again: I inherited a box of dusty old records with a treasure inside.
If you ever come across some obscure Canadian vinyl you've never heard of before —...
Rewinding 2023 | Area Resident’s Top Albums
I bought roughly two new albums per month this year. I say roughly because a few of them are doubles, triples or box sets. And while most of 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...
Thunder Pie | Rat-P.
Set back from the road, there’s this banged-up graveyard down the valley not too far from me. That’s where I will be buried when I die. It is neither...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Listen To How The Man Said
I have been devouring the new McCartney: A Life In Lyrics podcast. It's actually very good and features a very natural and relaxed Paul, who shares interesting and honest...
Thunder Pie | Ron To Parts
“This is my child, he said.
I wash a dead man's brains out of his hair.
That is my job.”
— Cormac McCarthy, The Road
I began to notice things in the summer...
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...
