The Pencilstorm offices will be closed from July 23 until Monday August 2nd while we take a much-needed vacation. (note; any reports that Pencil Storm staffers will be competing in the Tokyo Olympics are completely erroneous.) In the meantime enjoy the stories below - or even better - try googling the following words and see what pops up.

Pencilstorm Cheap Trick - Pencilstorm KISS - Pencilstorm Willie Phoenix - Pencilstorm Ricki C.

You get the idea. In the meantime, here a few story links to tide you over until we return. - Colin

12 of the Best Stories You Will Read About KISS Good and Bad

Rob Braithwaite reviewed 365 movies in 365 days. Click here to see all of them.

Click here for a list of Pencilstorm’s most popular stories January 2016

We thought it would be cool to have a street named after Willie Phoenix. The city of Columbus agreed.

Jeremy Porter has written so much good stuff. Click the following links: The Replacements, Micah Schnabel,

Lucero, An interview with Juliana Hatfield, Or just plug Jeremy into our search bar on the front page.

Ricki C. on his 64 years covering rock n roll. He saw the beginning, middle and the end.

Watershed playing Columbus October 9th. Click here for David Martin Watershed 35 for 35