I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m a bad drummer, but nevertheless, I’m a member of the Drummers Club, such as it is. In 2022, the club los...

  As Jordan Becker pointed out earlier this week, there is lots of room for celebration if you look at life with that kind of a mind-set (He...

Led Zeppelin : Celebration Day [ purchase ]  One of the joys of having written for Star Maker Machine since 2011 is that one week I can wri...

Celebrations is the brand name for a selection of miniature chocolate bars over here. And, for all I know, elsewhere, but given it being the...

purchase [ Ogdens Nut Gone Flake ] Back when the few/little theme was up, I had this idea that small was also a variation on Little/Few, and...

  OK, sorta kinda a contrivance here, given I have been away a week or two, with, if not a fever, the treatment for one I had earlier. Anyon...

Lene Lovich : Lucky Number [ purchase ]  When I started thinking about the Leftovers theme, I was reminded of something I heard a few days ...

purchase [ get some Taylor Swift ]  It seemed like  an appropriate time to take a look at a musician I confess I know virtually nothing abo...

  I’m a big fan of Bonnie Raitt. Always have been, from long before her eventual break through, the one heralded, I guess by the song that e...

  purchase [ get it ] At the time (early 70s), ELP was big. Their 1977 US tour was notable for its size as they went on the road with an or...

 Is this purely a UK thing, I wonder, with pirate radio a real nostalgia trip for anyone of a specific vintage? (Yup, I do mean old. Boomer....

Lambchop : National Talk Like A Pirate Day [ purchase ]  I’ve probably mentioned here that since 2017, I’ve been the secretary for my coll...

 Captain Hook aside, is there a greater pirate than Long John? I think not and am not even going to bothered if any dullard mentions Depp an...

  purchase [ A Little Less Conversation   ] I particularly like a good cover. To the extent that more than once, I have shone a light on mus...

 [ purchase ] When she was fifteen years old, Eva Boyd moved from North Carolina to Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, and worked as a maid and occas...

Who can forget it, the snarl and the spat out words, as the youthful Elvis Costello gave his commentary on right wing political ideology. Or...

  purchase [ The Philosophy of Modern Song ] If you use Amazon as your guide to the number of books Bob Dylan has written, you'll end u...

Musician? Yeah, I know, but the problem with this theme is a need to have read the books in question, and the reading of a book requires a h...

Robert Hunter Stories about the Grateful Dead, as with any number of other bands, often relate events that are wild, outrageous and salaciou...

Josh Ritter : Southern Pacifica [ purchase ]  Not every great songwriter is a great writer, and not every great writer is a great songwrit...