The dB’s : Change With The Changing Times [ purchase, if you can ]  As my friend and multi-site blogging colleague Seuras pointed out, I d...

To say I am fond of pedal steel guitar would be an understatement; I bloody adore the instrument and how it sounds, whether as high lonesom...

  Since its formation in 1968, King Crimson has gone through many different lineups and musicians , and over the years, there has been some...

 As in, yes, if you are asking me whether I won't, no thanks, I will survive. I will, rather than rejecting the alternative option, but ...

  No, not, really not a snarky, snidey post at all, but a comment that might not have been out of place even as little as a year ago. And, h...

Purchase: Goat's Head Soup , Highway to Hell , Purple Rain , Who's Next It's been a while since I've posted on SMM. N...

R.E.M. : What’s The Frequency, Kenneth? [ purchase ] I know that my chosen song for this piece asks a question, but the answer to t...

Uncle Tupelo : Atomic Power [ purchase ] This is going to be one of those posts that tries to create a fusion of different things. L...

The Feelies : Raised Eyebrows [ purchase ] I suggested this theme (or something like it), thinking that there were large numbers of so...

Or what my wife calls slidy steel. Too obvious, too literal? Well maybe, but I cannot let this pass, the instrument being my favourite music...

  The Fleshtones : The World Has Changed [ purchase ] Things are going to change on January 20. In the abstract, as an American citiz...

R.E.M. : Winged Mammal Theme [ purchase ] I’m a little obsessed with baseball right now, on the verge of Game 1 of the World Series....

REM , Superman , from Life's Rich Pageant My song choice is a no-brainer for this month’s theme; it’s long been in any number of m...

The Baseball Project : All Future and No Past [ stream ] Later today, my long-beleaguered Mets will be playing a decisive Game 5 in th...