Here’s the third and final part of my tribute to some of the surprisingly large number of drummers we lost in 2022 (and I'm not sure wha...

Another of my personal mighty fell at the top end of the year, one of those pillars of my teenaged infatuation with rock and prog, namely Mr...

We continue featuring drummers who died in 2022. Part I featured Jet Black (Brian Duffy), Jerry Allison, and Dino Danelli, and you can read...

The reaper has reaped a grim toll this last year, many across these last few weeks of the year. Including this, which surprised me quite how...

We interrupt the annual In Memoriam theme for our eighth annual listing of the most viewed posts of the prior year. Through our (usually) t...

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....