DIY Discovery | Adrian Whitehead
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 another instalment of...
DIY Discovery | Steven Graves
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 back to DIY Discovery,...
Mike Plume | The Tinnitist Interview
It took an intervention to get Mike Plume back on tour.
No, not THAT kind of intervention. The singer-songwriter didn't need rehab. He needed to be reminded the road is...
DIY Discovery | The Crooked
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 back to DIY Discovery,...
DIY Discovery | The 1984 Draft
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 DIY Discovery, where...
DIY Discovery | Spacecadet Lullabies
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 DIY Discovery, where...
Back Stories | Bruce Springsteen Birthday Quiz
Bruce Springsteen was born on Sept. 23, 1949. Which means The Boss is one year away from turning 70. I don't know about you, but suddenly I feel very...
Back Stories | Black Eye Peas X Green Eggs & Ham
This week in Reunions Nobody Really Asked For: The Black Eyed Peas — or at least will.i.am and the other two dudes — have reportedly resurfaced and released their first new...
Back Stories | The Evolution of the Concert Ticket Rip-Off
Ticket scalping is back in the news this week, thanks to the Toronto Star's excellent report on Ticketmaster's latest round of skullduggery and scumbaggery. That reminded me of a...
Welcome to Tinnitist!
Hello there. Welcome to Tinnitist. My name is Darryl Sterdan. I'll be your server, chef, sommelier and pretty much everything else around these parts.
If you followed me here from...
Back Stories | My 2001 Interview With Jello Biafra
Like every other teenage lunkhead who heard Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, I was a big Dead Kennedys fan back in the ’80s. I even saw them during their...
Musicians I Love to Interview – Or Not
When you write about music for as long as I have — more than 35 years and counting, off and on — you end up interviewing your fair share...
Beautiful Losers | Bob Seger’s Greatest Misses
Artists seldom make the best judges of their own work. Or their own legacies.
Take Bob Seger and his early releases. Based on interviews the Detroit rocker has given over...
