I created Soul Sides 20 years ago because I wanted an outlet to write about my favorite records. The blog era feels bygone — and I clearly stopped regularly updating the site years ago — but the impulse to talk about records has never faded. It’s …
One of the few freelance pieces I have taken on over the past year was to interview Thes One for Dust and Grooves. D&G’s creator, Eilon Paz, specifically wanted me to talk about my…uh…history with People Under the Stairs, which I …
First of all, I haven’t forgotten the fact that 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Soul Sides. I obviously don’t post here very often at all — it’s been a year and a half since my past post — but I’m not ready to sunset the site…
(I’ve said this in the past but I don’t want artists dying to be only time I actually write new content. I guess I don’t spend enough time giving flowers to the living; I really need to work on that. –O.W.) I always feel awkward…
“Give the flowers to the living” (or, in this case, daisies I suppose). I’m appreciative to URB Magazine for many reasons, not the least of which is that they gave me the opportunity to interview and profile some of my heroe…
I recently published my first freelance piece for 2023, a Los Angeles Times profile of Thes One and how he put together, Farewell, My Friend, a beautiful elegy for his PUTS partner, Double K, who passed away two years ago. (Listen // Buy) It’s be…