Rick Ramdeen

@strombo This is a perfect record. Nothing could be added or taken away to make it better. Desert island record, no skips, one of my all-time Top 10.

In 1989, this demon of an album dropped. Pixies - Doolittle.

@SalvadorDafti For me, this is greatest live album ever. Like you and others have said, it’s also the finest document of what R’n’R is all about. Arrogance, bravado, sexual tension, pure abandon, soul - this album is just everything! JLL works the crowd like a preacher.

Jerry Lee Lewis - High School Confidential The Killer, in front of a Reeperbahn room full of drunken sailors, hookers, and overall ne'er-do-well’s, bulletproof ego intact. Is this rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form? Probably. 1964.

@ThatEricAlper Paul Weller - his output into his 50’s and now 60’s is of consistent high quality.

Paul Simon released "Graceland" when he was 45 years old. What other artists released amazing work later in life?

The baddest! Bo Diddley is everything!

@allrockmusic Stevie Ray Vaughan, and it’s not even close.

Best MTV Unplugged performance?

@CraigHKing @allrockmusic The only correct answer! It wasn’t even a full set, but it was better than anything that came after it.

@allrockmusic Stevie Ray Vaughan

@jasonguriel Done! Can’t wait to read this, mate.

My book Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe, and Mourn goes to press today. (Gulp.) It has reviews, essays, attacks, obits, couplets, comic strips (by me), et al. If you're into entertaining criticism (on novels, movies, comics, poetry, and music) please preorder below.

@jasonguriel @VehiculePress This is the good stuff! Can’t wait!

Some news: I've got a big new book coming out this fall. It's called Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe, and Mourn. You can read more about this love letter to fandom (and preorder it!) in the link below. @VehiculePress

@SalvadorDafti I Am I Be is one of the greatest songs ever written. The arrangement, the production, the use of the samples, Pos’s and Dave’s verses are top tier. Note that I didn’t just say Hip Hop songs, it’s up there with any song that’s been composed.

De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate My album of the day. Warm, jazzy and staying true to their quirky roots, as opposed to chasing trends. Something of a hip-hop musical balloon: colourful, light and hovered outside of the mainstream. 1993. 🎧 Patti Dooke

I absolutely love this cartoon with all my heart. It never fails to make me cackle with laughter 😆

@jasonguriel You damn right, you need a drink 🥃 Congratulations!

Just sent a book I've been writing for the last ten years to its prospective publisher. Time for a drink?

@historyrock_ No Abbey Road? No Dark Side. As I see it, DS is an extrapolation of AR to the nth degree. DS was recorded in the same studio, using many of the same instruments, using the same engineers and staff from AR. DS filled the void of the Beatles breaking up, but it’s not better.

Is The Dark Side of The Moon a better album than Abbey Road? 👇🏻

@SVG__Collection Stand! - Sly and the Family Stone

Which song has an iconic bridge or breakdown?

@namshine @TheAgenda @tvo My son recently began working for Zoomer but didn’t understand why he’s so important (aside from being the big boss). I had to break it down for him. The New Music, CityLimits, Much, TV Frames, CityPulse, The Originals. My worldview is richer cos of his legacy. Everyone’s is.

Moses Znaimer once made me cry. From Citytv. MuchMusic. Speakers Corner. The list of what he created goes on and on. Moses Znaimer made Toronto great. Why don’t we talk about him more? I wrote about it @TheAgenda + also, why he made me cry 🥲 @tvo tvo.org/article/opinio…

@turnitup211off The perfect Side A. This album is a masterpiece.

So, what do you think of this LP and/or artist?

@ThatEricAlper Paul Weller

Paul Simon released "Graceland" when he was 45 years old. What other artists released amazing work later in life?

@GregFitzShow Paul Weller comes to mind. His solo career is so much better than the Jam and Style Council.

Peter Gabriel is the only musician to go solo and become better.

@jasonguriel @oasis You would think?

Hmmm, @oasis tickets for Toronto are out of my budget. But do you get a discount if you have original CD singles in their fancy faux Benson & Hedges box?

@ErrolNazareth Reason no. 4080 why Rolling Stone magazine is irrelevant and has been for decades.

"“Just for public relations sake, maybe I should have gone and found one Black and one woman artist to include here that didn’t measure up to that same historical standard, just to avert this kind of criticism.” Nasty piece of work. theguardian.com/us-news/2023/s…

This is pure genius!