Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Softcore For The Swaggart-curious
I can't remember who told me Jimmy Swaggart was Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin. Maybe it was Swaggart himself.
The legendary and infamous televangelist was always on TV during my cable-less...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Speak To Me
My day job is as a radio broadcaster, so my speaking voice is pretty decent — much better than my singing voice. But one thing I've never done on...
Thunder Pie | Night Bird
Night birds come and go without sound. That’s why no one knows about them. The sky being dark, they move unseen, undetected. Unknown. Of course, the moon and the...
20 Questions With Chayce Kennedy
Chayce Kennedy knows what she's after — in more ways than one. As someone who's been in love with music ever since could reach the keys on the piano,...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | I’m Good, It’s OK
I can only think of three mainstream acts where none of the original members have done a solo album or been part of a significant, successful, long-running splinter group:...
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...
Read Yet Another Excerpt From 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts
My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...
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Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | More Cowbell!!
When it comes to cowbell songs, I’d never really considered (Don’t Fear) The Reaper. In fact, before the famous 2000 Saturday Night Live sketch, I never really noticed there...
Read Another Exclusive Excerpt From 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts
My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...
Read An Exclusive Excerpt From The New Book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts
My buddy David McPherson’s latest book 101 Fascinating Canadian Music Facts recently hit shelves. To mark the occasion, this week he's letting me share a few of the stories...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | All Dead, All Dead
I have been guilty of moaning about all these farewell tours, but the sad truth is we're rapidly losing rock 'n' roll's icons. In a few years there won't...
Thunder Pie | Pink Wasp
“Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | My Complicated Relationship With Bongo Fury
It was such an unusual thing to see in a junk shop — an amateur painting of the cover of Bongo Fury.
My partner and I go to lots of...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Excuse Me While I Bootleg This Guy
I love feeding-frenzy records. These are the ones which come out after someone has become a star — usually involving their early studio works or unofficial material — and...
Area Resident’s Stylus Counsel | Pure Pag For Fab People
By the age of 10 or so, I was already a keen enough Beatles fan to be able to decipher the era of the song and which of them...
