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Musical #hottakes from a new father. They don’t make em like they used to. Tweets by @julianvelard. Debut album "Cote Du Rhodes" due out someday.

Queens, NY
Joined October 2017
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Any album you thought sucked 15-18 years ago is now great. Examples: Ben Folds’ Rockin The Suburbs The Strokes’ Is This It? Coldplay’s Rush Of Blood To The Head Why? It’s cause you’re a dad now.
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Due to popular demand (aka @elibolin), this account has been reactivated. #returnofthedad
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Having a life crisis upon realizing that the drum track to Babylon Sisters drags.
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POP MUSIC FACT: Let It Go is Don't Stop Believin' for 10 year old girls.
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No one remembers the bridge.
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Take 4 chords and play them in every possible combination. You have just played Adele’s Hello.
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Still not convinced Lionel Richie’s Penny Lover isn’t about cheap sex.
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Exhibit #2,687 of why Paul Simon is an asshole: he sued the writer of the H.R. Pufnstuf theme for credit and royalties.
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FACT: there is too much music.
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After years of research, I have conclusively determined that Something About You by Level 42 is, in fact, the greatest song ever written.
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The lyrics are worthy of Dylan, assuming Dylan played an active bass with a light up fretboard.
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Am I the only new parent who's deeply disturbed by the idea of "clapping your crazies" out?
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The most frustrating part of vinyl is the inability to skip Contusion on Songs In The Key Of Life.
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I live my life in triode mode. (This tweet is designed for middle-aged men with disposable income)
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Seriously though, musicians take themselves way too seriously.
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A thing I do for fun that no one likes: Referring to any rough patch of time as a "long December."
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An 'emerging musician' sounds like an unwanted boner.
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It should be illegal for white men to play Bob Marley songs on acoustic guitars.
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"Is there gas for the car?" "Yes there's gas for the car?" - Me to my wife this past weekend
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Time was drifting. This rock had to roll, so I hit the road and made my getaway.
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