The modern Eno. How could I pass up another opportunity to write about Brian Eno? The ambient sound he helped pioneer isn't only com...

[ purchase pretty much every recorded note from King Crimson at their shop ] It is not every day that you get to see Supreme Court Just...

Pshaw, and to think I thought I knew everything! One of the occasional joys of this nonsense is the need to research learned tomes for ...

Beach Boys: Wouldn't It Be Nice [ purchase mp3 ] When the current theme idea first popped up, it was originally proposed as “u...

Aretha Franklin (w/ Duane Allman) : The Weight [ purchase ] When I heard about this theme, I thought that I might try to write about s...

Yup, I'm messing you about again, as you scuttle about around how a godfather can be regal. But I don't mean that one. O, I see, ...

Click and listen: Cheesecake Truck [ Purchase King Missile's Mystical Shit ] I have no quantitative way of backing up this s...

As a native of the New York borough of Queens , I’ve been a bit miffed by the virtual (but not complete) absence of any references to Qu...

Herman's Hermits : Ace, King, Queen, Jack  [ Purchase ]   Let's admit we've all written off Herman's Hermits. ...

Duke Ellington and Count Basie : Battle Royal [ purchase ] In a way, I kind of wish that I had been able to do the transition post f...

Much as I loathe Queen, sorry if that shocks, by the same token I 'king loved this lot, shortlived as their flame flickered. Early m...

Prince et al: While My Guitar ... I lived in a place where MTV did not shine for many of its early years. Of course, you can undo...

  King Crimson: Court of the Crimson King [ purchase ] I am not going pretend that I was ever overboard about King Crimson just ...

Uncertain if this is sorta timely, given the rash of recent trashings of J ewish businesses in the UK, and further afield too, no doub...

[ purchase a documentary ] Time to really go for it here. I first heard about GG Allin from the early Drive-By Truckers song “ The Ni...

Vomit Launch : Stillness [ purchase ] Choosing a band name should be a big deal. You would think that deciding how you are going to b...

Tough assignment, boss! OK, could have been easy to wade into Wayne/Jayne  County  territory with some uber-punk swearies, but, on stripping...

Frank Zappa: Camarillo Brillo [purchase: Camarillo Brillo ] The Wiki informs us that Camarillo is the location of a mental institutio...

Buy the Valentines Buy the Huck Come on then, who remembers this, the original version  from 1982. I thought probably not, but it isn...

Sam and Dave : Rich Kind of Poverty [ Purchase ] I wasn't sure I would have time to post anything on the subject of  Income...