Neither the first nor, I suspect, the last time for me to feature Squeeze, a band who have given me as much pleasure as many, and continue s...

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes : I Don’t Want To Go Home [ purchase ]  I mentioned a few weeks ago that I’d been spending a lot ...

  purchase [ Europe 72 ] Back when I was in colllege I had a guitar-playing friend named Dickster whose band focused on Grateful Dead covers...

The Clash : Janie Jones [ purchase ]  Although my name Begins With A J, I decided not to write (more) about myself, because I do tend to ...

I started thinking this post, moving on through the pantheon of female names, and it should be Jezebel, and I might yet get round to that. B...

This old band infrequently get a mention in these pages, usually in conjunction with a mention of Graham Nash , the erstwhile manc turned go...

The Jags : Back of My Hand [ purchase ]  One of the fun things about writing for this blog is that I never really know where the piece is...

 "Phew, what a scorcher" is the traditional newspaper headline whenever the UK "swelters" in balmy tropical temperatures...

  Jill Sobule : When They Say We Want Our America Back (What The F#%k Do They Mean?) [ purchase ]  It’s been a while since I’ve gone off o...

And I still haven't got around to seeing them, either? Them? Human League. (Or is it The  Human League, I never quite grasping? A bit li...

  purchase [ Boston ] The band named Boston doesnt seem to have been dissected much here and maybe that's not such a surprise. Most fol...

Spiral Starecase : I Love You More Today Than Yesterday [ purchase ]  My blogging lately has really slowed. Typically, around this time...

Huh, me and my headings, eh, always the smart arse..... But, y'know, I think the performers of this song would want that, being ineffabl...

Dum dum da dooby dum dum, is that how it goes? You know it does, of course, one of those terific songs that, no matter your age, evokes simp...

  purchase [ Luck of the Draw   ] Bonnie Raitt ranks very high among my favorite musicians, slide players and vocalists, but I have said tha...