James Campion

In tribute to @prince and his incredible life and art, I’m offering signed and personally inscribed copies of my new book, “Revolution - Prince, the Band, the Era” for only $20 with shipping at the link below today and the rest of this month: jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

@Steven_Hyden Is this one with the killer version of “Light of Day,” in which his telecaster sounds the way god intended?

Real ones know.

Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss: 🇦🇺 0 🇨🇦 0 🇩🇰 0 🇫🇮 0 🇫🇷 0 🇩🇪 0 🇮🇸 0 🇮🇪 0 🇮🇹 0 🇯🇵 0 🇳🇱 0 🇳🇴 0 🇵🇹 0 🇪🇸 0 🇸🇪 0 🇬🇧 0 🇺🇸 530,000 There’s a lesson there.

@Heccles94 @LKSEsene Complaining about this dink is like complaining about 60 Minutes. It’s over. Move on. This guy was something twenty years ago, now he’s desperately trying to revive his relevance by being a hot mess.

It’s almost like he is a complete fraud trying to hide behind fake religion to cover up his sex crimes.

@TimHannan 77 million did, actually.

Donald Trump is the biggest pile of shit in American History. No single individual has done more damage.

@miles_commodore Being a Nazi hurting him, ya think?

Lynn Swann is in the HOF for one reason, he played huge in big games. Why isn’t that the case for Curt Schilling? He has 11 postseason wins that’s fifth all time, and he was the best pitcher on three championship teams. He didn’t even receive enough votes to stay on the ballot.

Wokeness defeated 🏆

@SIOLoudcast @tcgigliotti This needs to be real.

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@EdKrassen Everybody together now… “Duh!” I thank you.

Wow! Megyn Kelly on Americans giving up on Trump: “They feel like they gave Trump a year-and-a-half. He’s done nothing other than make things worse… They’re pissed. They’re not feeling pro-GOP right now for a variety of reasons. They don’t like the tariffs… They don’t like the war. They don’t like what’s happening in their bank accounts and they’re starting to think that Democrats might be the better option on the economy.”

@MrMarinKnows Thanx! Hope you dig it.

@FearNoArt Dope! I’m gonna check this out

“All the white people clap your hands on the 4 now” and then counting them into rhythm is very funny open.spotify.com/track/7Iw9zCmY…

@ThatEricAlper Ummmm… jamescampion.com/take-a-sad-son…

What piece of music makes you feel like everything is going to be okay?

@RMBee Yes, sir. A theory I explore in-depth in my new book, “Revolution.” jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

I've been a massive Prince fan since the early eighties and heard DIRTY MIND for the first time. 1999 was a revelation. DMSR, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE MARRIED, ALL THE CRITICS LOVE YOU IN NY, LADY CAB DRIVER... But nothing compared to seeing the man LIVE: youtube.com/watch?v=_uCYdw…

@iamslickrick01 @danny_tickner Huzzah. This is why I wrote “Revolution.”. Thanx for this. jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

Prince’s body of work is one of the richest catalogs in modern music. The time now isn’t to redefine his legacy, but to elevate how it’s shared, protected, and experienced. If handled with intention and authenticity, it can continue to grow and resonate for generations to come.

Last words on the Prince estate fiasco for a while. 🧵 👇🏾

@lilbabygandhi This would have been a good idea in 2024, but we failed as a nation. We suck. And deserve to go down with the garbage we put in power.

Gerrymandering is not enough, Democrats must commit to the destruction of the Republican Party once they are in power. It is what is best for the entire world.

@marceelias @JoJoFromJerz This is how fascism survives. The fascists fuck everything up and the press is distracted by cracks in the sidewalk. America is a joke

For the record: The Washington Post can go fuck itself. Support pro-democracy media that doesn't have its head stuck up Donald Trump's ass. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

@JermaineWatkins So much fun writing about this appearance from the American Music Awards. Magnificent. In a few hours @prince will skip the “We Are the World” session and his bodyguards will assault photographers. He’ll be an industry pariah. But return stronger. jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

Prince. Purple Rain

@TalkinYanks I’d like the Yankees to fire Boone and lead Ben Rice off. Then we’ll discuss laundry.

Yankees players want an alternate jersey to wear on the road

@SarahIronside6 I disagree. Tucker Carlson is stupid. Painfully stupid. I have heard him speak. Miles from coherent. None of his ideas are remotely original. He’s an echo chamber. The broadcasting equivalent of a rodeo clown.

As much as I loathe Tucker Carlson, the man is not stupid. He was not duped. He knew exactly who and what he was supporting. If you are falling for his “apology” then you’re either very naive, or you’re just another garden variety white Christian nationalist.

@SVG__Collection Maybe my favorite period to write about in here: jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

“Around the World in a Day” by Prince was released 41 years ago today.

@iamslickrick01 Not that run, that’s for sure. That was a spectacular one-off. jamescampion.com/revolution-pri…

even with such a wide pallet in 1985-86, Prince was pretty consistent with the tools in his toolbox but he got so much out of them. that toolbox would look limited today but I wonder what a great artist of today could do with a limited toolbox.