Jeremy Porter Writings
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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2024
2024-07-02 - In Memoriam - Laurie Lindeen (In Memoriam)
2024-06-29 - Album Review (and Five Questions with): Society of the Silver Cross - Festival of Invocations (Album Reviews)
2024-06-25 - Album Review: Bottlecap Mountain - Electric Love Spree (Album Reviews)
2024-06-20 - GTG Records Twofer Album Review: The Wild Honey Collective and A Rueful Noise (Album Reviews)
2024-06-13 - In Memoriam: Françoise Hardy (In Memoriam)
2024-06-08 - Documentary Review - Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (Documentary Reviews)
2024-05-11 - 5 Questions with Micah Schnabel About His New Album and Novel, The Clown Watches the Clock (Interviews)
2024-05-08 - In Memoriam: Steve Albini (In Memoriam)
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 (Book Reviews)
2024-04-06 - This Song: Hüsker Dü - Makes No Sense At All (This Song!)
2024-02-24 - The Story Behind My 1960s Silvertone Guitar + Chris Hosner Interview (Interviews)
2024-02-05 - In Memoriam: Carl Weathers (In Memoriam)
2024-02-03 - Concert Review: The Dream Syndicate with Vicki Peterson and John Cowsill at The Troubadour, Hollywood, California (Concert Review)
2023
2023-12-23 - Jeremy Porter's Top-Ten of 2023 and Lots of Other Stuff (End Of Year Lists)
2023-12-02 - Documentary Review: Bye Bye Barry (Documentary Reviews)
2023-11-30 - In Memoriam: Shane MacGowan (In Memoriam)
2023-11-22 - Five Questions For Colin Gawel (Interviews)
2023-11-18 - 60 Years Later - Five Songs About the Cult and Assassination of JFK (Essays/Stories)
2023-10-28 - Jeremy Porter and The Tucos Tour Diary: October 12-21, 2023 (Essays/Stories)
2023-09-30 - The Replacements Tim: Let it Bleed Edition Box Set - The Pencil Storm Review (Album Reviews)
2023-09-23 - Three Detroit Bands to Watch (And a City Lines Video Premiere!) (Three Detroit Bands to Watch)
2023-08-12 - 2023: A Hell of a Summer for Replacements Fans! (Essays/Stories)
2023-07-31 - In Memoriam: Sinéad O`Connor and Randy Meisner (In Memoriam)
2023-07-23 - Five Questions with Jeff German (Plus New Single and Show Preview!) (Interviews)
2023-07-08 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era - Episode Five: Black Sabbath - Live Evil (Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era)
2023-06-17 - Three Detroit Bands to Watch (Three Detroit Bands to Watch)
2023-06-10 - Dual Rock-Doc Review: Peter Case and Fanny (Documentary Reviews)
2023-06-07 - Model Citizen Hits the Midwest! Five-Questions with Matt Patton (Interviews)
2023-05-25 - In Memoriam: Tina Turner (In Memoriam)
2023-05-20 - Jeremy Porter and The Tucos - Song Premiere & Charity Push: TEENAGE KICKS! (Essays/Stories)
2023-05-18 - Concert Review: Ultrabomb - Reggie's Rock Club - Chicago - May 13, 2023 (Concert Reviews)
2023-05-02 - In Memoriam: Gordon Lightfoot (In Memoriam)
2023-04-29 - Gallons of Style: The Replacements' Hootenanny Turns 40! (Album Reviews)
2023-04-15 - Documentary Review: Jason Isbell - Running With Our Eyes Closed (Documentary Reviews)
2023-03-27 - Bottlecap Mountain Hits Ohio! (Essays/Stories)
2023-03-25 - Five Questions With Jason Narducy (Interviews)
2023-03-05 - In Memoriam: SPØT (In Memoriam)
2023-03-04 - These Songs!: "The Answer Was You" and "False Alarm" by Sloan (This Song!)
2023-02-18 - 1X2: Social Distortion's Mommy's Little Monster Turns 40! (JCE and Jeremy Porter) (Essays/Stories)
2023-01-21 - Mini-series Review: George & Tammy (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2023-01-20 - In Memoriam: David Crosby (In Memoriam)
2023-01-10 - This Song!: "Jaded" - The Last GREAT Aerosmith Song (This Song!)
2022
2022-12-10 - JP's Best of 2022 (And Then Some!) (End Of Year Lists)
2022-12-03 - 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Recap (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2022-12-01 - In Memoriam: Christine McVie (In Memoriam)
2022-10-08 - Dio: Dreamers Never Die - Documentary Review (Documentary Reviews)
2022-09-17 - Mini-Series Review: The Offer on Paramount+ (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2022-09-05 - In Memoriam: Wes Freed (In Memoriam)
2022-08-16 - New Call Me Rita Video - Measure Twice, Cut Once (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2022-08-12 - New 7 Single & Video Premiere: Jeremy Porter and The tucos (Essays/Stories)
2022-07-30 - Concert Review: Drive-By Truckers/Lydia Loveless - Bell`s Beer Garden - Kalamazoo, MI - 7/24/22 (Concert Reviews)
2022-07-23 - Concert Review: The Sonic Slam 2022 Tour Hits Detroit - Tom Keifer/L.A. Guns/Faster Pussycat at The Token Lounge (Concert Reviews)
2022-07-09 - Documentary Review: UNRIVALED Red Wings Vs. Avalanche (Documentary Reviews)
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 (Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era)
2022-06-11 - Never Mind Bohemian Rhapsody, Here`s "Pistol!" (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2022-05-28 - Double Decker Rock-Doc Reviews: Randy Rhoads & Sheryl Crow (Documentary Reviews)
2022-05-21 - Concert Review: Sin City Nights - Scorpions and Skid Row Las Vegas Residency (Concert Reviews)
2022-05-07 - Documentary Review: Where Are You, Jay Bennett (Documentary Reviews)
2022-04-16 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode Three: Judas Priest - Priest...Live! (Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era)
2022-02-26 - Two Cow Garage Celebrates 20 Years - Let`s Rank Their Catalog! (Essays/Stories)
2022-02-23 - Record Store Day 2022: A Preview for Replacements Fans (Essays/Stories)
2022-02-09 - We Fall, We Break - In Memoriam Walter DeBarr (In Memoriam)
2022-02-08 - This Song! I`m Her Slave by The Afghan Whigs (This Song!)
2022-01-15 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode Two: The Who - Live At Leeds (Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era)
2022-01-12 - Rolling Stones/Flying Burrito Brothers Fans Rejoice - New Altamont Footage Unearthed! (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2021
2021-12-25 - My Top 10 of 2021 (End Of Year Lists)
2021-12-11 - In Memoriam: Michael Nesmith (In Memoriam)
2021-12-04 - Album Review & Interview: Shane Sweeney - Love, The Dynamo (Interviews)
2021-12-04 - Sorry Ma, Forgot to Review the New Replacements Box Set! (Album Reviews)
2021-11-20 - Concert Review: The Rolling Stones In Detroit - November 15, 2021 (Concert Reviews)
2021-11-13 - Album Revew: Bat Fangs - Queen Of My World + The Pencil Storm Betsy Boots Interview! (Interviews)
2021-10-21 - New Song from Call Me Rita: Are You OK & 5 Questions with Vanessa Jean Speckman (Interviews)
2021-09-18 - "Nights Like These" - Lucero with Two Cow Garage @ The Loving Touch, Ferndale MI, Nov. 8th & 9th, 2017 (Concert Reviews)
2021-08-21 - Micah Schnabel`s Your New Norman Rockwell (Interviews)
2021-08-14 - Five Live Albums that Signified the End of an Era, Episode One: Scorpions - World Wide Live (Five Live Albums That Signified the End of an Era)
2021-07-17 - Concert Review: Cheap Trick - Bay City, MI - July 11, 2021 (Concert Reviews)
2021-06-05 - Documentary Review: The Pedal Movie (plus My Pedal Board! ) (Documentary Reviews)
2021-05-15 - Snubs, Flubs & a Pleasant Surprise: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2021 (Essays/Stories)
2021-05-08 - Our Night With Charo (Essays/Stories)
2021-04-27 - Five Questions With Nick Leet from High on Stress (Interviews)
2021-04-17 - Album Review: Cheap Trick - In Another World (Album Reviews)
2021-03-13 - Covid Thoughts: One Year of Covid 19 - The Night Before the World Shut Down (Essays/Stories)
2021-02-20 - Interview/Book Review: Doug Brod - They Just Seem A Little Weird (Interviews)
2021-02-13 - Album Review: Lucero - When You Found Me (Album Reviews)
2021-01-16 - The Bangles Discography Ranked: A Deep Dive Into the Catalog of The Paisley Underground`s Rocking Darlings (Essays/Stories)
2020
2020-12-15 - This Song! D. Boon-Free (a ninth grade crime) - Centro-Matic (This Song!)
2020-12-06 - Top 10 of 2020 (End Of Year Lists)
2020-10-31 - Box Set Review: The Replacements - Pleased to Meet Me (Album Reviews)
2020-10-28 - Album Review & 5 Questions with Doug McKean The Second Golden Age of Piracy (Interviews)
2020-09-26 - Dual Releases from Bob Mould Bring Needed Rage and Release to 2020 (Album Reviews)
2020-09-22 - Lydia Loveless: The Pencil Storm Interview (Interviews)
2020-09-05 - Whitesnake At Donington 1990, 30 Years Later (TV/Movie/Video Reviews)
2020-08-25 - In Memoriam: Justin Townes Earle (In Memoriam)
2020-08-10 - In Memoriam: Legendary Producer Martin Birch 1948-2020, RIP (In Memoriam)
2020-08-08 - Review: New Documentaries About Suzi Quatro and The Go-Go`s (Documentary Reviews)
2020-07-18 - A look back to every acoustic Quarantine Session by Jeremy Porter - Pencil Storm.pdf (Essays/Stories)
2020-06-30 - Covid Thoughts: 5 Great Music Venues Venues That Didn`t Survive (Essays/Stories)
2020-06-20 - My 5 Favorite Guitar Solos (Essays/Stories)
2020-06-06 - How I Got My Copy Of KISS Dynasty (With Illustrations by Jason Bowes) (Essays/Stories)
2020-06-03 - The Quarantine Blues Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, Part Nineteen - Ned Hill (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-06-01 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, Part Eighteen - Ken Haas (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-05-23 - Record Review NP Presley & The Ghost Of Jesse Garon - In Celebration Of Everything That Went Wrong (Album Reviews)
2020-05-13 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Thirteen - James Alex of Beach Slang (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-05-08 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Eleven - Tommy Plural (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-05-06 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time in Isolation, Part Ten - Stephen Egerton (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-04-18 - Album Review - A Lost Classic - Nazareth - No Mean City (Album Reviews - Lost Classic)
2020-04-05 - The Quarantine Blues: Musicians Killing Time In Isolation, A Pencilstorm Series Kickoff (Interviews - The Quarantine Blues)
2020-01-30 - Record Review: Drive-By Truckers - The Unraveling (Album Reviews)
2019
2019-12-23 - Top 10 Albums of 2019 & Other Great Stuff (End Of Year Lists)
2019-12-07 - Record Review: Micah Schnabel - The Teenage Years of the 21st Century (Album Reviews)
2019-09-27 - Record Review: The Replacements - Dead Man`s Pop (Album Reviews)
2019-06-18 - Juliana Hatfield: The Pencilstorm Interview (Interviews)
2019-05-24 - Five Life-Changing Concerts (Essays/Stories)
2019-04-23 - Concert Review: Ex Hex - The Loving Touch, Ferndale, Mi. - April 8, 2019 (Concert Reviews)
2019-04-02 - Concert Review: KISS - The End of The Road - Live in Pittsburgh, March 20, 2019 (Concert Reviews)
2019-01-17 - What Columbus Means To Me: My History In Ohio`s Biggest City (Essays/Stories)
2018
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)
2018-05-10 - Sinkers, Stinkers and Cringers - My Unmasked KISS Album (Essays/Stories)
2017
2017-09-30 - Pink Turns to Blue. Grant Hart 1961 - 2017 (In Memoriam)
2017-09-18 - Concert Review & Gallery - Steve Earle & The Dukes - Fillmore, Detroit, September 21, 2017 (Concert Reviews)
2017-09-04 - Album Review - A Lost Classic - Samantha 7 (Album Reviews - Lost Classic)
2017-07-14 - Concert Review: Night Ranger 7/14/2017 (Concert Reviews)
2017-04-17 - Dual Concert Review: Cheap Trick - Exene & John Doe (Concert Reviews)
2017-03-04 - Nine Guilty Pleasures (and a couple not so much) (Essays/Stories)
2017-01-27 - Craig Finn (The Hold Steady) House Show Review (Concert Reviews)
2016
2016-11-14 - Show and Album Preview: N.P. Presley and The Ghost of Jesse Garon (Album Reviews)
2016-09-07 - Space Ace at the Motor City Food Fest (Concert Reviews)