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Jeremy is Co-Editor in Chief and contributes regularly to Pencil Storm - a Columbus, Ohio-based music, film, sports, and culture blog run by Colin Gawel of the band Watershed. Jeremy writes album reviews, show previews and reviews, memoriam articles, and other peices. Please visit Pencil Storm regularly for great content by all of the contributors!

Direct links to Jeremy's contributions are below.
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Album Reviews

   2024-06-29 - Album Review (and Five Questions with): Society of the Silver Cross - Festival of Invocations
   2024-06-25 - Album Review: Bottlecap Mountain - Electric Love Spree
   2024-06-20 - GTG Records Twofer Album Review: The Wild Honey Collective and A Rueful Noise
   2023-09-30 - The Replacements Tim: Let it Bleed Edition Box Set - The Pencil Storm Review
   2023-04-29 - Gallons of Style: The Replacements' Hootenanny Turns 40!
   2021-12-04 - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Review the New Replacements Box Set!
   2021-04-17 - Album Review: Cheap Trick - In Another World
   2021-02-13 - Album Review: Lucero - When You Found Me
   2020-10-31 - Box Set Review: The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me
   2020-09-26 - Dual Releases from Bob Mould Bring Needed Rage and Release to 2020
   2020-05-23 - Record Review NP Presley & The Ghost Of Jesse Garon - In Celebration Of Everything That Went Wrong
   2020-01-30 - Record Review: Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling
   2019-12-07 - Record Review: Micah Schnabel - The Teenage Years of the 21st Century
   2019-09-27 - Record Review: The Replacements - Dead Man`s Pop
   2016-11-14 - Show and Album Preview: N.P. Presley and The Ghost of Jesse Garon

Album Reviews - Lost Classic

   2020-04-18 - Album Review - A Lost Classic - Nazareth - No Mean City
   2017-09-04 - Album Review - A Lost Classic - Samantha 7

Book Reviews

   2024-04-27 - Book Review: All Over The Place - The Rise of The Bangles from the L.A. Underground plus an interview with author Eric M. Shade

Concert Review

   2024-02-03 - Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill at The Troubadour, Hollywood, California

Concert Reviews

   2023-05-18 - Concert Review: Ultrabomb - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago - May 13, 2023
   2022-07-30 - Concert Review: Drive-By Truckers/Lydia Loveless - Bell`s Beer Garden - Kalamazoo, MI - 7/24/22
   2022-07-23 - Concert Review: The Sonic Slam 2022 Tour Hits Detroit - Tom Keifer/L.A. Guns/Faster Pussycat at The Token Lounge
   2022-05-21 - Concert Review: Sin City Nights - Scorpions and Skid Row Las Vegas Residency
   2021-11-20 - Concert Review: The Rolling Stones In Detroit - November 15, 2021
   2021-09-18 - "Nights Like These" - Lucero with Two Cow Garage @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI, Nov. 8th & 9th, 2017
   2021-07-17 - Concert Review: Cheap Trick - Bay City, MI - July 11, 2021
   2019-04-23 - Concert Review: Ex Hex - The Loving Touch, Ferndale, Mi. - April 8, 2019
   2019-04-02 - Concert Review: KISS - The End of The Road - Live in Pittsburgh, March 20, 2019
   2017-09-18 - Concert Review & Gallery - Steve Earle & The Dukes - Fillmore, Detroit, September 21, 2017
   2017-07-14 - Concert Review: Night Ranger 7/14/2017
   2017-04-17 - Dual Concert Review: Cheap Trick - Exene & John Doe
   2017-01-27 - Craig Finn (The Hold Steady) House Show Review
   2016-09-07 - Space Ace at the Motor City Food Fest

Documentary Reviews

   2024-06-08 - Documentary Review - Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
   2023-12-02 - Documentary Review: Bye Bye Barry
   2023-06-10 - Dual Rock-Doc Review: Peter Case and Fanny
   2023-04-15 - Documentary Review: Jason Isbell - Running With Our Eyes Closed
   2022-10-08 - Dio: Dreamers Never Die - Documentary Review
   2022-07-09 - Documentary Review: UNRIVALED Red Wings Vs. Avalanche
   2022-05-28 - Double Decker Rock-Doc Reviews: Randy Rhoads & Sheryl Crow
   2022-05-07 - Documentary Review: Where Are You, Jay Bennett
   2021-06-05 - Documentary Review: The Pedal Movie (plus My Pedal Board! )
   2020-08-08 - Review: New Documentaries About Suzi Quatro and The Go-Go`s

End Of Year Lists

   2023-12-23 - Jeremy Porter's Top-Ten of 2023 and Lots of Other Stuff
   2022-12-10 - JP's Best of 2022 (And Then Some!)
   2021-12-25 - My Top 10 of 2021
   2020-12-06 - Top 10 of 2020
   2019-12-23 - Top 10 Albums of 2019 & Other Great Stuff

Essays/Stories

   2023-11-18 - 60 Years Later - Five Songs About the Cult and Assassination of JFK
   2023-10-28 - Jeremy Porter and The Tucos Tour Diary: October 12-21, 2023
   2023-08-12 - 2023: A Hell of a Summer for Replacements Fans!
   2023-05-20 - Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Song Premiere & Charity Push: TEENAGE KICKS!
   2023-03-27 - Bottlecap Mountain Hits Ohio!
   2023-02-18 - 1X2: Social Distortion's Mommy's Little Monster Turns 40! (JCE and Jeremy Porter)
   2022-08-12 - New 7 Single & Video Premiere: Jeremy Porter and The tucos
   2022-02-26 - Two Cow Garage Celebrates 20 Years - Let`s Rank Their Catalog!
   2022-02-23 - Record Store Day 2022: A Preview for Replacements Fans
   2021-05-15 - Snubs, Flubs & a Pleasant Surprise: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021
   2021-05-08 - Our Night With Charo
   2021-03-13 - Covid Thoughts: One Year of Covid 19 - The Night Before the World Shut Down
   2021-01-16 - The Bangles Discography Ranked: A Deep Dive Into the Catalog of The Paisley Underground`s Rocking Darlings
   2020-07-18 - A look back to every acoustic Quarantine Session by Jeremy Porter - Pencil Storm.pdf
   2020-06-30 - Covid Thoughts: 5 Great Music Venues Venues That Didn`t Survive
   2020-06-20 - My 5 Favorite Guitar Solos
   2020-06-06 - How I Got My Copy Of KISS Dynasty (With Illustrations by Jason Bowes)
   2019-05-24 - Five Life-Changing Concerts
   2019-01-17 - What Columbus Means To Me: My History In Ohio`s Biggest City
   2018-05-10 - Sinkers, Stinkers and Cringers - My Unmasked KISS Album
   2017-03-04 - Nine Guilty Pleasures (and a couple not so much)

Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era

   2023-07-08 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era - Episode Five: Black Sabbath - Live Evil
   2022-06-25 - Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era - Episode Four `Get Yer Ya-Ya`s Out!` - The Rolling Stones in Concert
   2022-04-16 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode Three: Judas Priest - Priest...Live!
   2022-01-15 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode Two: The Who - Live At Leeds
   2021-08-14 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode One: Scorpions - World Wide Live

In Memoriam

   2024-07-02 - In Memoriam - Laurie Lindeen
   2024-06-13 - In Memoriam: Françoise Hardy
   2024-05-08 - In Memoriam: Steve Albini
   2024-02-05 - In Memoriam: Carl Weathers
   2023-11-30 - In Memoriam: Shane MacGowan
   2023-07-31 - In Memoriam: Sinéad O`Connor and Randy Meisner
   2023-05-25 - In Memoriam: Tina Turner
   2023-05-02 - In Memoriam: Gordon Lightfoot
   2023-03-05 - In Memoriam: SPØT
   2023-01-20 - In Memoriam: David Crosby
   2022-12-01 - In Memoriam: Christine McVie
   2022-09-05 - In Memoriam: Wes Freed
   2022-02-09 - We Fall, We Break - In Memoriam Walter DeBarr
   2021-12-11 - In Memoriam: Michael Nesmith
   2020-08-25 - In Memoriam: Justin Townes Earle
   2020-08-10 - In Memoriam: Legendary Producer Martin Birch 1948-2020, RIP
   2017-09-30 - Pink Turns to Blue. Grant Hart 1961 - 2017

Interviews

   2024-05-11 - 5 Questions with Micah Schnabel About His New Album and Novel, The Clown Watches the Clock
   2024-02-24 - The Story Behind My 1960s Silvertone Guitar + Chris Hosner Interview
   2023-11-22 - Five Questions For Colin Gawel
   2023-07-23 - Five Questions with Jeff German (Plus New Single and Show Preview!)
   2023-06-07 - Model Citizen Hits the Midwest! Five-Questions with Matt Patton
   2023-03-25 - Five Questions With Jason Narducy
   2021-12-04 - Album Review & Interview: Shane Sweeney - Love, The Dynamo
   2021-11-13 - Album Revew: Bat Fangs - Queen Of My World + The Pencil Storm Betsy Boots Interview!
   2021-10-21 - New Song from Call Me Rita: Are You OK & 5 Questions with Vanessa Jean Speckman
   2021-08-21 - Micah Schnabel`s Your New Norman Rockwell
   2021-04-27 - Five Questions With Nick Leet from High on Stress
   2021-02-20 - Interview/Book Review: Doug Brod - They Just Seem A Little Weird
   2020-10-28 - Album Review & 5 Questions with Doug McKean The Second Golden Age of Piracy
   2020-09-22 - Lydia Loveless: The Pencil Storm Interview
   2019-06-18 - Juliana Hatfield: The Pencilstorm Interview
   2018-07-11 - Waiting to Derail: Ryan Adams and Whiskeytown, Alt-Country`s Brilliant Wreck - Book Review & Interviews with Authors Thomas O`Keefe & Joe Oestreich

Interviews - The Quarantine Blues

   2020-06-03 - The Quarantine Blues Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, Part Nineteen - Ned Hill
   2020-06-01 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, Part Eighteen - Ken Haas
   2020-05-13 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Thirteen - James Alex of Beach Slang
   2020-05-08 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Eleven - Tommy Plural
   2020-05-06 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Ten - Stephen Egerton
   2020-04-05 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, A Pencilstorm Series Kickoff

This Song!

   2024-04-06 - This Song: Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All
   2023-03-04 - These Songs!: "The Answer Was You" and "False Alarm" by Sloan
   2023-01-10 - This Song!: "Jaded" - The Last GREAT Aerosmith Song
   2022-02-08 - This Song! I`m Her Slave by The Afghan Whigs
   2020-12-15 - This Song! D. Boon-Free (a ninth grade crime) - Centro-Matic

Three Detroit Bands to Watch

   2023-09-23 - Three Detroit Bands to Watch (And a City Lines Video Premiere!)
   2023-06-17 - Three Detroit Bands to Watch

TV/Movie/Video Reviews

   2023-01-21 - Mini-series Review: George & Tammy
   2022-12-03 - 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Recap
   2022-09-17 - Mini-Series Review: The Offer on Paramount+
   2022-08-16 - New Call Me Rita Video - Measure Twice, Cut Once
   2022-06-11 - Never Mind Bohemian Rhapsody, Here`s "Pistol!"
   2022-01-12 - Rolling Stones/Flying Burrito Brothers Fans Rejoice - New Altamont Footage Unearthed!
   2020-09-05 - Whitesnake At Donington 1990, 30 Years Later

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