I could have sworn I'd posted something by Baka Beyond sometime in the past, but no…it's not in the labels yet, s...

Dweezil Zappa: Peaches en Regalia purchase link [ Frank Zappa/Hot  Rats - Peaches en Regalia ] Life goes on. Your favorite musi...

  Some music just comes across better live and visually, so I'm taking this chance to post the YouTube video of my gatewa...

Explosions In The Sky : Your Hand In Mine [ purchase ] I used to have a subscription to Mojo , an English music magazine that epitomi...

[ purchase ] This week’s theme is an experiment. We will be presenting songs in a variety of formats, and I mean that both in terms of...

[ purchase ] I’m currently reading Kenny Rogers’ new autobiography, Luck or Something Like It . If you’re into music history, it’s a v...

Taj Mahal: Bourgeois Blues [ purchase ] When I saw the topic of this week’s post, I said to myself: “...but ...every song has a st...

Jim Roll : Eddie Rode the Orphan Train [ purchase ] One of the themes that I seem to explore on this blog is why some perform...

  John Lennon: (Just Like) Starting Over D'ville: Starting Over [ purchase Lennon version ] I am one of many SMM contribut...

Bruce Springsteen : The Rising [ purchase ] Today, on the eleventh anniversary of the September 11th attack, it seems apropos...

THE LINK TO THE SONG WAS DISABLED AND THIS POST WAS REMOVED DUE TO A COMPLAINT ABOUT MY POSTING THIS SONG.  I HAVE BEEN A FAN OF G...

Colin Hay: Waiting For My Real Life To Begin [ purchase ] Colin Hay's fresh start began in 1987, with the release of his first solo...

One of the treats of posting videos is that some of them are mini-movies, with a complete (if short) storyline. We know that songs can te...

I really miss posting on SMM, but like so many of us here, I've got no host at the moment. What I really miss is the sheer fun of sha...

Dire Straits: Money for Nothing   Back in the 80s, where I live, we had no MTV - until very recently - at which time it had degenerate...

Elbow : Independent Woman Part 1 Ten years before they were one of the few bands chosen to perform at the Closing Ceremonies of 2012 Ol...

Julia Nunes : Binoculars [ purchase ] Last week, I discussed plagiarism, and touched upon the increasingly complicated issues that...