Category: SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY

Happy birthday Ron Mael (Sparks, FFS). Beat the clock. Photo for MAGNET by Sean Shroff. Read Tommy Keene and Wesley

55 years ago today, Big Brother & The Holding Company released Cheap Thrills. Oh, sweet Janis.

Happy birthday Mark Knopfler (Dire Straits). Do the walk of life. Photo for MAGNET by Wes Orshoski. Read our live

Happy birthday Del The Funky Homosapien. No need for alarm. Read our Lost Classics feature on Deltron 3030 (Del and

10 years ago today, White Lies released Big TV. Got nothing but time. Read our Q&A with them: A Conversation

Happy 60th birthday Sir Mix-A-Lot. We hope your cake is round and big and a juicy double. Read our classic

Happy birthday Pat Metheny. Time goes on. Read Petra Haden in MAGNET on Pat: Petra Haden Thinks You Feel Right:

Happy birthday Benjamin Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie, Postal Service). Stay young, go dancing. Photo for MAGNET by Gene Smirnov.

Happy birthday Andy Bell (Ride, Oasis, Hurricane No.1). Keep the dream alive. Watch our MAGNET television episode with Bell: MAGNET

Happy birthday Bob Mothersbaugh (Devo). All grown up! Read our MAGNET Classics on the making of Freedom Of Choice: MAGNET

25 years ago today, Liz Phair released whitechocolatespaceegg. Baby got going ... with R.E.M. Read our Phair live review from

Happy 55th birthday Charlie Sexton (Bob Dylan). Don’t look back. Read in MAGNET about recent Sexton collaborations with Fastball and

Happy birthday Eric Carmen (Raspberries). Here’s hoping you don’t spend it all by yourself. Read our history of ’70s American

Happy birthday Joe Jackson. You can't get what you want till you know what you want. Read the Minders in