Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Soyuz Thought Ya Might Like To Go To The...
Screw music, let's talk about space. Fifty years ago today — June 26, 1974 — the Soviets started star wars. They successfully launched Salyut 3, which was the first...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Confounding Case Of Dion DiMucci
Every once in a while, I find myself down a rabbit hole because I've just heard a great song by an artist who I didn't think had any great...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | They Got The Touch
I will never, ever tire of that scene in Boogie Nights where Dirk Diggler — after being fired by filmmaker Jack Horner — decides the time is right to...
Thunder Pie | Pretend The Fire Is Rain
“The planet is fine. The people are fucked.”
— George Carlin
Around dusk, I drink wine around my fire pit while the genocides unfold. It’s not like I want people to...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Artists Formerly Known As…
I have already written about bands and performers who also have alter egos, or secret side projects, but today I’m going to dive into the rabbit hole of bands...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Rounding Up The Musical Royalty
I stumbled upon a compendium of all the honorifics in popular music. You know — the King of Rock ’n’ Roll, the Godmother of Soul, etc.
If you ignore the...
Thunder Pie | Summer Day / Don’t Go Away
We drive down to Raystown Lake, me and Arle and Milla and Piper. It’s one of those massive impoundments, a trillion acres of flooded forests and farms. On the...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Kinks Kontroversy Kronikle
Any band that stays together for three decades will have their ups and downs, but it seems to me The Kinks had more than their share of drama.
This London...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Son Of Dracula
In 1972, Harry Nilsson made a bonkers followup to his masterpiece Nilsson Schmilsson called Son of Schmilsson. It featured him on the cover dressed as Dracula — standing atop a...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | (I Can’t Get No) Dime-A-Dance Flash
Everybody ripped off The Rolling Stones’ Satisfaction — even the Stones themselves.
The summer of '65 hit was the band's first No. 1, and widely considered to contain one of...
Stylus Counsel | The Lost Weekend Albums
Fifty years ago this summer saw the release of a handful of records, mired in a legendary alcoholic smog emanating from the early-onset mid-life crises of John Lennon, Harry...
Thunder Pie | Freeborn Man
The boy opened his eyes to the bright streaky sun and closed them quick again. Birds were singing in the treetops and bugs were buzzing his face. In these...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | The Mystery & Majesty Of Lou Reed
I have always considered myself a Lou Reed fan — but maybe I'm not. Or at least not an indiscriminate one — especially when it comes to his solo output....
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Lou Reed | Metal Machine Music
I have always considered myself a Lou Reed fan — but maybe I'm not. Or at least not an indiscriminate one — especially when it comes to his solo output....
Area Resident’s Classic Album Review: Lou Reed | Sally Can’t Dance
I have always considered myself a Lou Reed fan — but maybe I'm not. Or at least not an indiscriminate one — especially when it comes to his solo output....
