Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers : Atheists Don’t Have No Songs [ purchase ] I can’t pinpoint when I became an atheist. A...

First off .. let's agree that what we celebrate as Christmas is a melange, to say the least. It is a mix of traditions that include ...

Of course, Christmas is a nonsense, timing wise. Whether or not Jesus of Nazareth was real, and it seems likely he was, the timing of his...

Watch/Listen: A Long December  Purchase:   A Long December Just a quick note this month, as the Christmas season revs up, the ...

The Klezmatics : Happy Joyous Hanukkah [ purchase ] For the next two weeks, we will be looking at holiday music that is not Christma...

purchase [ I Am The Light of the World ]   There's something about guitar finger picking for those who play the guitar (as oppose...

(Heh, heh, heh, esteemed buddy, KK, you can't throw a gauntlet of that size down and expect me to walk away........) Now, where were w...

purchase [ Once In A Lifetime ] The Element: Water redux I really thought Retropath was headed down the right path when he started ...

Nick Lowe : All Men Are Liars [ purchase ] It is a post-Thanksgiving tradition at SMM to have a “Leftovers” theme, which allows our wr...

Purchase [ Carole King's version ] Purchase [ Aretha Franklin's version ] If I were filling out a form that asked me for the ...

purchase the original [ Where You Lead ] It's a default: Tapestry is Carole King's best. There's not a song on th...

Me First & The Gimme Gimmes : Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? [ purchase ] You could argue that one of the ways to tell if a song...

Purchase: The Byrds, The Notorious Byrd Brothers Listen:  Going Back It is one of those almost cliché—yet still astounding—facts ...

It's possibly a fact that Ms King's best known song is in itself best known as a cover, namely the comforting and syrupy balm of J...

David Johansen : We Gotta Get Out Of This Place/Don't Bring Me Down/It's My Life [ purchase ] Last week, I watched all 10 epis...

[ purchase ] Why can't land speeders fly higher than five meters above the ground? Why does R2D2, despite being a droid, have feeling...

I’m a teacher in my real life—or is it the other way around?  And one thing I hate, that makes me squirm with embarrassment is when teach...

Kate Bush : Π [ purchase ] As I wracked my brain for another topical track to write about, I discarded a few ideas, mostly because I ...