purchase [ Ogdens Nut Gone Flake ] Back when the few/little theme was up, I had this idea that small was also a variation on Little/Few, and...

  OK, sorta kinda a contrivance here, given I have been away a week or two, with, if not a fever, the treatment for one I had earlier. Anyon...

Lene Lovich : Lucky Number [ purchase ]  When I started thinking about the Leftovers theme, I was reminded of something I heard a few days ...

[ purchase ] Since I started writing here almost exactly 10 years ago (my first piece, a holiday post about The Roches’ Christmas album ...

 Well, if nothing else, a post here about Joanna Newsom has the opportunity to sidestep a similar piece appearing in the FUNNY VOICES theme,...

  purchase  [ Clarence White guitar ] I confess- the text here is half baked. Never quite finished – but this music needs to go out before ...

A leftover to encapsulate both ‘empty’ and ‘spirit’, as in I am in danger of being drained of all celebratory Christmas spirit. OK, it’s tru...

[ purchase ] I guess this is sort of related to my “No Thanks” post about Old 97’s “Lonely Holiday,” but back in June, when I think that...

  purchase  [ Gorilla ] SMM has done Leftovers at this season every year since its inception back in 2008. That theme, something Christmass...

Rockpile : A Knife and Fork [ purchase ] I took some time off from this blog over the summer, so for the Leftovers theme I’m trying ...

I initially thought I wouldn't make it to this party, my macbook's hard disk seeming to be in dire need of  palliative care, the ici...

purchase [ Eric Burdon - Spill The Wine ] I believe it was Darius who once noted that even a short post was better than none. I'...

[ purchase ] Last week’s Leftovers post was inspired by the I’m With Her concert my wife and I recently saw. Nine days later, we went...

Let's get this straight, tea is so not my cup of tea. I can't stand the stuff, being an avowedly (instant) coffee man. Yet it is ...

I knew this guy had to get a mention ahead of year end, having briefly invoked his spirit in an earlier post. But once again I fear I may...

[ purchase ] Usually, when I go to a concert, I have expectations. That’s because I’m a fan of the artist, and I have a sense of what ...

Curiously, this has almost the same title as the last song I wrote about in this theme, albeit in translation, confirming, if ever needed, ...

Have Scritti Politti ever appeared in these pages? I don't believe so and that is a shame. They were, and indeed still are, a fine...

purchase [ John Barleycorn ] I was on the road when SMM did the Two Words theme back in late July, so I couldn't contribute. There...

The Plimsouls : A Million Miles Away [ purchase ] I’m kind of surprised that no one has ever written about this song on Star Maker Mac...