John Fogerty : Almost Saturday Night [ purchase ] After hit maker machine Creedence Clearwater Revival disbanded in 1972, main songwriter a...

Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday – I love the non-commercial/no-agenda-ness of the intangible season that Hallmark has yet t...

The Beautiful South: Don't Marry Her [ purchase ] Being that I'm one of the spanking new contributors here, there were several theme...

When I was growing up, we would, of course, have turkey for Thanksgiving. In the week that followed, much of the meat that remained on the b...

John Prine: Sweet Revenge [ purchase ] Just thought I’d add one more song to the theme I’ve enjoyed the most here at SMM. Adjective Noun l...

Susanna Hoffs: Weak With Love [ Purchase ] Appropriate for History Week , is Susanna Hoffs' "Weak With Love", as it both give...

The Jody Grind: Just Because You Wear Big Shoes [ purchase ] The Jody Grind was an iconic Atlanta band in the early 90’s and I saw/heard t...

That Dog: Minneapolis [ Purchase ] I missed the awesome City Songs week, but I am glad I now get the chance to share what I consider my fa...

One of the things I love about being involved in SMM is discovering new music. Usually, this happens because my fellow Starmakers are a grea...

Weird Al Yankovic: Don't Download This Song [ purchase ] I was here for The Music Biz week back at the end of September, and I enjoyed...

During Horns week I didn’t have the problem of submitting material too late to get it posted; I simply had more material than I had time. T...

Barenaked Ladies : Grade 9 [ purchase ] A game of thematic spin the bottle -- to play, just close your eyes and click randomly on the archiv...

I would have loved to have been around for this theme – even in retrospect, I can read between the [state] lines of the mad scramble in be...

Lucy Lee: Don't Stop Asking [ Purchase ] Advice week came and went long before I was a contributor here. But Lucy Lee has some advice ...

Jilted John : Jilted John [ purchase ] "Here we go - two three four..." Every once in a while, one needs a healthy dose of Jilted...

Shudder To Think: Kissi Penny [purchase] I'm decent, not excellent, but pretty decent with time signatures and "tricky beats....

Ryan Adams: Amy [ purchase ] The Little Black Book theme is by far the one I regret missing out on the most. Not only is it an interesting...

Lisa Germano: You Make Me Wanna Wear Dresses [ purchase ] When Boyhowdy asked me to write a guest post a few months ago, I was beyond flatt...

Robyn Hitchcock: Viva! Sea-Tac [ Purchase ] Back when I was merely a lurker here, they had a Fifty States week. This was by far one of my ...

When I first joined Starmaker, I was a guest poster for quite some time. The procedure at first was that I would send my text, along with th...