[ purchase the Woodstock box set ] I was only 8 when the original Woodstock festival took place about 75 miles from my home, and I have ...

Quick submission loosely lauding the legend of farmer's daughters, usually involving buxom beauties, forever enticing the sort of ...

  Purchase [ Dylan Do Re Mi ] Purchase [ Bob Campbell Starvation ....] Purchase [ Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Ballads ] Purchase [ ...

       From the 1974 compilation, Odds and Sods , comes "Now I'm a Farmer", a song Pete Townshend was originally hoping t...

                                                                Unusually, at least for me, this post is prompting you toward an entire ...

The Byrds : Turn! Turn! Turn! [ purchase ] They say that writers should stick to what they know, but I’m going to chuck that advice aw...

Every year, ‘round All Hallow’s Eve, I make a point of watching some of my favorite horror films, to revive the haunting spirit. John Carpen...

  [purchase Thriller ] [purchase Monster ] You would think that for all the mind enhancement of the 60s and 70s, that someone would ...

PFM : Per un amico   PFM : Photos of Ghosts [ purchase Per un amico ] [ purchase Photos of Ghosts ] If I had thought of this sooner...

Bit of a no-brainer*, really, and all the more surprising that the whole essence of goth has yet to be invoked this fortnight. In truth, ...

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...