Rev. Keith A. Gordon
@rocknrollreverend.bsky.social
The “Reverend of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Gordon has been writing about classic rock and blues music for 50+ years for over 100 publications worldwide, and has written 30 music-related books, including Nuggets Redux, Planet of Sound, and Spirit...On Track!
Bootleg Album of the Day: Jethro Tull's Songs From the Tower, a two-LP set with gatefold cover on clear vinyl. The album is comprised of a live King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast from the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in November 1987 in support of the underrated Crest of A Knave LP. #rocknroll
February 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Bootleg Album of the Day: Jethro Tull's Songs From the Tower, a two-LP set with gatefold cover on clear vinyl. The album is comprised of a live King Biscuit Flower Hour broadcast from the Tower Theater in Philadelphia in November 1987 in support of the underrated Crest of A Knave LP. #rocknroll
Fossils v3 is my third futile attempt at explaining why album ads from the 1970s, seen in music & culturally adjacent mags like High Times & National Lampoon, is an art form & deserving of dissection & critique. The trade paperback is now available from Excitable Press! #booksky tinyurl.com/ysb92j6y
Fossils, Classic Rock Relics, Volume 3: More 1970s & '80s
Once upon a time, rock ‘n’ roll fanatics had to learn about new album releases through label advertising in rags like Creem , Trouser Pre...
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February 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Fossils v3 is my third futile attempt at explaining why album ads from the 1970s, seen in music & culturally adjacent mags like High Times & National Lampoon, is an art form & deserving of dissection & critique. The trade paperback is now available from Excitable Press! #booksky tinyurl.com/ysb92j6y
The Rev reviews the new Damned covers album & deems it a "a raucous, rockin’ tribute" to their late bandmember, Brian James! #rocknroll #punkrock tinyurl.com/mr2vp6ys
CD Review: The Damned’s Not Like Everybody Else (2026)
Almost 55 years of listening to, collecting, and writing about music have taught me to be suspect of “cover songs.” Far too often, the song ...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:26 PM
The Rev reviews the new Damned covers album & deems it a "a raucous, rockin’ tribute" to their late bandmember, Brian James! #rocknroll #punkrock tinyurl.com/mr2vp6ys
Hot of the presses, the Reverend's review of a pair of recently-released live CDs from the underrated British blues-rock outfit Humble Pie... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/jwfznw67
CD Review: Very 'eavy, Very 'umble...Humble Pie Live! (2026)
Humble Pie , in my…ahem…‘humble’ opinion, are one of the great lost bands of the 1970s. To my knowledge, they’ve never even been considered...
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February 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Hot of the presses, the Reverend's review of a pair of recently-released live CDs from the underrated British blues-rock outfit Humble Pie... #rocknroll tinyurl.com/jwfznw67
It's your Monday Moanin' Bootleg Playlist w/Jethro Tull, Todd Rundgren & Rockpile! Tull's A = Live 1980 is sourced from a 1981 FM broadcast; no source listed for Rundgren & Utopia's Utopia Is Here To Come, but it's a 1977 performance & Rockpile's I Hear You Rocking is a 1978 NYC show. #rocknroll
January 26, 2026 at 12:50 PM
It's your Monday Moanin' Bootleg Playlist w/Jethro Tull, Todd Rundgren & Rockpile! Tull's A = Live 1980 is sourced from a 1981 FM broadcast; no source listed for Rundgren & Utopia's Utopia Is Here To Come, but it's a 1977 performance & Rockpile's I Hear You Rocking is a 1978 NYC show. #rocknroll
Digging even further back into the archives, here's a 1995 review of the Ramones' ¡Adios Amigos! album from the Rev's long-gone R.A.D! music zine... #theramones #rocknroll tinyurl.com/2n5na9e3
Archive Review: The Ramones’ ¡Adios Amigos! (1995)
As the Ramones pass their twentieth anniversary together, the Queens, New York foursome that was long considered a one joke, “here-today, g...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Digging even further back into the archives, here's a 1995 review of the Ramones' ¡Adios Amigos! album from the Rev's long-gone R.A.D! music zine... #theramones #rocknroll tinyurl.com/2n5na9e3
Another deep dive into the Rev's archives finds this 2006 Alt.Culture.Guide™ review of Steve Wynn & the Marvelous 3's marvelous LP ...tick...tick...tick @stevewynn.bsky.social #rocknroll tinyurl.com/5bex9nfp
Archive Review: Steve Wynn & the Marvelous 3’s …tick…tick…tick (2006)
Former Dream Syndicate frontman Steve Wynn has enjoyed a lengthy, distinguished, and sadly uncommercial solo career over the past couple of...
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January 23, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Another deep dive into the Rev's archives finds this 2006 Alt.Culture.Guide™ review of Steve Wynn & the Marvelous 3's marvelous LP ...tick...tick...tick @stevewynn.bsky.social #rocknroll tinyurl.com/5bex9nfp
Now available for purchase from Excitable Press, Andy Anderson's Help! There's A Fire (Reflections on Nashville's '80s New Music Scene) featuring early interviews w/members of R.E.M., The Bangles, The English Beat, Jason & the Scorchers, among others! Edited by me! #booksky tinyurl.com/3b2yyxma
Andy Anderson's Help! There's A Fire (2026 book)
Excitable Press is an independent publisher of books on rock music history and criticism penned by the Rev. Keith A. Gordon
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January 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Now available for purchase from Excitable Press, Andy Anderson's Help! There's A Fire (Reflections on Nashville's '80s New Music Scene) featuring early interviews w/members of R.E.M., The Bangles, The English Beat, Jason & the Scorchers, among others! Edited by me! #booksky tinyurl.com/3b2yyxma
Here's an oldie but a goodie from the Rev's archives, this 2007 Alt.Culture.Guide™ review of issue 7 of the Galactic Zoo Dossier zine... tinyurl.com/3r85kw7e
Zine Review: Plastic Crimewave’s Galactic Zoo Dossier #7 (2007)
If you’re a fan of psychedelic delicacies, acid-washed rock, stoned blues and other musical obscurities from the hallowed ‘60s and early-70s...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Here's an oldie but a goodie from the Rev's archives, this 2007 Alt.Culture.Guide™ review of issue 7 of the Galactic Zoo Dossier zine... tinyurl.com/3r85kw7e
Listening to Bob Vylan makes me want to run headfirst through a brick wall like the Kool-Aid man with a flaming torch in my hand... youtu.be/VFqhJyvly1g?...
Bob Vylan - We Live Here
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January 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Listening to Bob Vylan makes me want to run headfirst through a brick wall like the Kool-Aid man with a flaming torch in my hand... youtu.be/VFqhJyvly1g?...
The Rev's second & final "best of list" for 2025, this one of my favorite reissue and archival releases of the year... #rocknroll #bestof2025 tinyurl.com/4wwj2sbm
The Reverend's Favorite Reissues & Archival Albums of 2025
As a child of the '70s, although my musical tastes didn't calcify after the decade like so many of my contemporaries, the exciting and adven...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The Rev's second & final "best of list" for 2025, this one of my favorite reissue and archival releases of the year... #rocknroll #bestof2025 tinyurl.com/4wwj2sbm
It's the end of the years & that means lists, lots of "best of" lists, everywhere you turn. I only have two lists & they're the only two that matter! Today, it's the "best" new albums of 2025, or at least my own personal faves... #bestof2025 #rocknroll tinyurl.com/3fy6zyvz
The Reverend's Favorite New Albums of 2025
Much like the swallows return to Capistrano, each year I check out the various "best of" album lists in different publications. As I've...
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December 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It's the end of the years & that means lists, lots of "best of" lists, everywhere you turn. I only have two lists & they're the only two that matter! Today, it's the "best" new albums of 2025, or at least my own personal faves... #bestof2025 #rocknroll tinyurl.com/3fy6zyvz
My last record reviews of the year discuss new music from a couple of old friends, Nashville musicians Richie Owens and Steve Boyd. #rocknroll #Nashvillerocks tinyurl.com/mub7r57b
Nashville Cats: Richie Owens & Steve Boyd (2025)
Back in 1966, the Lovin’ Spoonful’s John Sebastian sang “there’s thirteen hundred and fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville” later adding “a...
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December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My last record reviews of the year discuss new music from a couple of old friends, Nashville musicians Richie Owens and Steve Boyd. #rocknroll #Nashvillerocks tinyurl.com/mub7r57b
Coming soon from Excitable Press, Andy Anderson's Help! There's A Fire, a collection of interviews, etc from the Music City's first rock zine, Nashville Intelligence Report. Early career interviews w/R.E.M., The Police, The Bangles & English Beat as well as Iggy, Rollins & Joe Strummer! #booksky
December 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Coming soon from Excitable Press, Andy Anderson's Help! There's A Fire, a collection of interviews, etc from the Music City's first rock zine, Nashville Intelligence Report. Early career interviews w/R.E.M., The Police, The Bangles & English Beat as well as Iggy, Rollins & Joe Strummer! #booksky
I dunno what it says about me, but Toni Storm's matches -- no matter the gimmick -- regularly rank among my favorites on AEW Dynamite... #AEWwrestling #AEW
December 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I dunno what it says about me, but Toni Storm's matches -- no matter the gimmick -- regularly rank among my favorites on AEW Dynamite... #AEWwrestling #AEW
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Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Please add "puppy killers" to your proposed travel ban.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM. NOT ONE.
It's your Monday Morning Bootleg Playlist, post-Thanksgiving edition & this time around we have steamin' hot flapjacks from Jethro Tull (West Germany 1972), Talking Heads (Berkley CA 1979) & Syd Barrett (studio outtakes & live tracks, many with David Gilmour, a couple with Pink Floyd). #bootlegs
December 1, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's your Monday Morning Bootleg Playlist, post-Thanksgiving edition & this time around we have steamin' hot flapjacks from Jethro Tull (West Germany 1972), Talking Heads (Berkley CA 1979) & Syd Barrett (studio outtakes & live tracks, many with David Gilmour, a couple with Pink Floyd). #bootlegs
Since I'm digging into the archives, what about this 2012 review of the fourth and final album by the late, great Michael "Iron Man" Burks, Show of Strength, released by Alligator Records? #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/4ces7wwu
Archive Review: Michael “Iron Man” Burks’ Show of Strength (2012)
The blues world lost a major talent in Michael “Iron Man” Burks when the 54-year-old guitarist died unexpectedly in May 2012. Burks had all...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Since I'm digging into the archives, what about this 2012 review of the fourth and final album by the late, great Michael "Iron Man" Burks, Show of Strength, released by Alligator Records? #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/4ces7wwu
Here's a good 'un from the Reverend's archives, this vintage review of the classic 1986 Alligator Records album Roughhousin' by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials! #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/43kj37c2
Archive Review: Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials’ Roughhousin’ (1986)
The creation of Roughhousin’ was one of those happy mistakes that sometimes occur in blues music. Invited into the studio to record just a ...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Here's a good 'un from the Reverend's archives, this vintage review of the classic 1986 Alligator Records album Roughhousin' by Lil' Ed and the Blues Imperials! #bluesmusic tinyurl.com/43kj37c2
My tribute to the late Nashville troubadour Todd Snider, who passed away over the weekend... #ToddSnider #Americana tinyurl.com/59nz4zy9
Remembering Todd Snider
For a teenaged music fanatic, Nashville in the early ‘70s was a magical place. As a high schooler who looked just “adult” enough to sne...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
My tribute to the late Nashville troubadour Todd Snider, who passed away over the weekend... #ToddSnider #Americana tinyurl.com/59nz4zy9
Living in Detroit circa 1978-81, punk rockers Cinecyde were one of the more exciting bands on a thriving Motor City rock scene alongside outfits like Destroy All Monsters, Flirt & Sonic's Rendezvous Band. This 2015 Italian import LP collects all of Cinecyde's singles & included a bonus 45!
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Living in Detroit circa 1978-81, punk rockers Cinecyde were one of the more exciting bands on a thriving Motor City rock scene alongside outfits like Destroy All Monsters, Flirt & Sonic's Rendezvous Band. This 2015 Italian import LP collects all of Cinecyde's singles & included a bonus 45!
A golden oldie from the deepest nooks 'n' crannies of the Reverend's bottomless archives, this vintage 1986 review of the Smithereens' classic LP Especially For You, originally published by The Metro magazine in Nashville. #albumreview #classicrock #smithereens tinyurl.com/yznjkf45
Archive Review: The Smithereens’ Especially For You (1986)
It’s a music lover’s dream come true, the best damn pop band in the whole freakin’ world recording an album with the globe’s top pop produce...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
A golden oldie from the deepest nooks 'n' crannies of the Reverend's bottomless archives, this vintage 1986 review of the Smithereens' classic LP Especially For You, originally published by The Metro magazine in Nashville. #albumreview #classicrock #smithereens tinyurl.com/yznjkf45
Lemme see if I got this right...after 15 years of trying to "replace" the ACA (a/k/a "Obamacare") with an-eternally imminent "better" GOP program, great Grandfather Blockhead's plan is to replace Obamacare with...well, #Obamacare but with more paperwork? (Thanx to @jefftiedrich.bsky.social!)
November 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Lemme see if I got this right...after 15 years of trying to "replace" the ACA (a/k/a "Obamacare") with an-eternally imminent "better" GOP program, great Grandfather Blockhead's plan is to replace Obamacare with...well, #Obamacare but with more paperwork? (Thanx to @jefftiedrich.bsky.social!)
Pioneering Seattle indie label C/Z Records has launched a long-overdue web shop featuring various label collectibles from the earliest days of grunge, some cheap, some not...the Rev sez "check it out!" tinyurl.com/yr3nefuk
C/Z Records Online with Groovy Collectibles!
Legendary Seattle-based indie punk imprint C/Z Records has launched its very first webstore offering a slew of the label’s out-of-print alb...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Pioneering Seattle indie label C/Z Records has launched a long-overdue web shop featuring various label collectibles from the earliest days of grunge, some cheap, some not...the Rev sez "check it out!" tinyurl.com/yr3nefuk
The Reverend dips his toe in the dark waters of death metal with this vintage archive review of "Fenriz Presents The Best of Old-School Black Metal" from the old Alt.Culture.Guide zine circa 2008... #heavymetal #blackmetal tinyurl.com/2u4pbpc2
Archive Review: Fenriz Presents The Best of Old-School Black Metal (2008)
That rush of blood to your brain that floods all coherent thought; that not-so-subtle, hammerlike throbbing that begins between your temples...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Reverend dips his toe in the dark waters of death metal with this vintage archive review of "Fenriz Presents The Best of Old-School Black Metal" from the old Alt.Culture.Guide zine circa 2008... #heavymetal #blackmetal tinyurl.com/2u4pbpc2