Guardian Music — Our brother Pat Moran, who has died aged 63, was a record producer and engineer who worked with many top performers. He was the assistant engineer on Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera and was engineer on the 1977 Rush album A Farewell to Kings.... more info

Guardian Music — If Gaddafi goes, who will bankroll enormous gigs of the kind played by Lionel Richie and Beyoncé?Like everyone, Lost in Showbiz has spent this week looking aghast at events in Libya: the violence, the bloodshed – and Gaddafi's insistence that ever... more info

Totally Fuzzy — mercurochrome said... YoungMossTongue presents Singles Only Sunday! SUEDE - Stay Together FUCK BUTTONS - Colours Move DEEP DISH WITH EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL - The Future Of The Future (Stay Gold) TRICKY - Christiansands MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO - Dog Sta... more info

Totally Fuzzy — cuddlefish said... Dave Brock - Memos and Demos (2001) Hawkwind - The 1999 Party: Live at The Chicago Auditorium - March 21, 1974 (1997) http://suckingicecubes.blogspot.com Mark said... Marvin Pontiac - The Legendary Greatest Hits http://elestuporse... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ROCKTIME said... ROCKTIME - Podcast Edition - n.01/11 --- THIS IS OUR MUSICAL PODCAST --- You can hear 60 years of Rock 'n' Roll in 60 minutes! Enjoy the last episode. With the sound of: 01. IKE TURNER & HIS KINGS OF RHYTHM - Rocket 88 (1951) 02. ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — W said... A look at cosmic bands playing in cosmic places. * PINK FLOYD At Pompeii (1972) * HAWKWIND At Stonehenge (1984) * GRATEFUL DEAD At The Giza Pyramids (3CD 1978) Listen Before You Download * REDUX http://ngootbredux.blogspot.com Thanks Fuzzy ... more info

Guardian Music — The influence of Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart, stretched from the Grateful Dead to the Sex Pistols and beyondDon Van Vliet, better-known as Captain Beefheart, one of the most influential American musicians of the 1960s and 1970s and avant gar... more info

Guardian Music — Discordant and mesmeric, the 1960s Magic Band singer Don Van Vliet was rhythm and blues based but completely unorthodox; latterly he won fame as an artistCaptain Beefheart, Don Van Vliet, who has died at the age of 69, was one of the most influential... more info

Guardian Music — The idea of making a playlist of songs about mistakes only came about because of a mistake, yet many of the song choices it provoked have been brilliant – strange, but beautiful and trueMistakes are wonderful things because they open up so many p... more info

The Telegraph — Hawkwind's Blood of the Earth is thoroughly entertaining. more info