“When I first saw the Ramones I said, ‘This is the best band in the world.’ I went up to them after the set and ‘You
guys are great! You guys are great!’ That’s all I could say.”
Originally published October 24, 1977
Talking Heads, Television, Blondie, The Ramones, and the birth of punk at CBGB’s.
May 23, 2019
The 12th (or 13th) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
January 11, 2019
a/k/a The Third (or Fourth) Annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
December 26, 2018
‘People tended to view the question in one of three ways: Any song that has the word “summer” in the title; a song that dominated the charts and airplay for a summer; or a song that simply evokes the feeling of summer’
August 3, 2018
“Siren Song: My Life in Music” explores Seymour Stein’s wild ride through the record industry
July 11, 2018
‘The leather jacket and Levi’s and Converse was classic, and they knew that. The only thing they’d change was their T-shirt and the socks.’
May 10, 2018