David Bowie : Scary Monsters [ purchase ] I currently live in Tarrytown, New York, which is right next to Sleepy Hollow, and our two v...

1978 was generally a pretty good year for lycanthropy. Warren Zevon had been one of the few Americans to crack through my then very An...

[ purchase ] I wrote not too long back (perhaps somewhat misguidedly) about how AM radio play lists were dictated by guidelines se...

R.E.M. : Voice of Harold [ purchase ] The first time I heard “Voice of Harold,” which is a version of “ 7 Chinese Bros. ” from R.E.M.’...

   Written after an argument with then girlfriend Jane Asher, Paul McCartney's bitter "piss off" tirade was recorded mult...

Ooo, this is a good one! Getting straight to the point, here's the opportunity to rave about one of my true faves, ladies and g...

Jimi Hendrix purchase [ Purple Haze ] purchase [ Drifting ] I guess in all my days of listening to rock/pop, nothing has affecte...

Well this cat has certainly run a ragged path around his image(s) over the decades, so as good a candidate as any for this thread,...

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...