[ purchase ] A look at the thesaurus provides the scholar with variations on our theme such as appellation, sobriquet, moniker, cog...

John Wesley Harding: Sussex Ghost Story [ purchase ] Eh? That's not Dylan and indeed it's not. In fact the image isn...

Hole : Doll Parts [ purchase ] Sometimes, it is harder to come up with an idea when there are so many choices out there than when the ...

Billy Joel: Allentown [ purchase ] My second post for Star Maker Machine, back in 2008, was about the difference between a protest so...

I have to admit that I cannot remember ever being at a bar for last call. Which is not a joke—you know, like “if you remember the sixt...

Rolling Stones: You Can't Always Get What You Want [ purchase ] One lesson that we might pick up from the stand-off/shut-down come...

Tom Waits: Closing Time [ purchase ] Our current theme is rich with possibilities, but they require some creative thought to tease o...

Flogging Molly : Don’t Shut ‘em Down [ purchase ] So, of course, the government shutdown is over, and we here at Star Maker Machine ta...

Working for the Clampdown Get it, here! OK, so it's not the version you were expecting, but indulge me this opportunity to hit sev...

Beach Boys: Shut Down [ purchase ] The exuberance of the '60s Beach Boys was infectious: so infectious that they sold millions. ...

" Chris Bell: You And Your Sister [ purchase ] When I first posted the original version of You And Your Sister here way back in 2...

Steely Dan: Babylon Sisters [ purchase ] Babylon Sisters comes from the album Gaucho, which would be the last album from the origina...

Pernilla Andersson: "Don't Let Me Down" Pernilla Andersson: "Don't Let Me Down" (Twisted Sister cover) [ p...

Be Bop Deluxe : Sister Seagull [ purchase ] I don’t know if it is because I’ve been writing for another blog that wants third-person a...

Sisters : Richard and Linda Thompson Buy it! Phew, I was worried I wouldn't get back on-line in time for this submission, the...

The Roches: The Troubles [ purchase ] “We are Maggie and Terre and Suzzy, Maggie and Terre and Suzzy Roche…” Those were the first wo...

Ry Cooder : Little Sister [ Purchase ] I had to go way back through the SMM search/archives to be sure that I hadn't posted this s...

[Purchase] Producer and songwriter extraordinaire ( "Working In a Coalmine", "A Certain Girl", "Everyth...

Brothers and Sisters : One Night [ purchase ] What better way to transition from “Brothers” to “Sisters,” than to write about a band n...

[ purchase ] I‘m sure that we will be getting to pure posts for our new Sisters theme soon, but I wanted to share this second transiti...