Over the past four years, I have grown to hate Twitter and its seemingly endless feed of bickering and bad news; since the pandemic started, that disdain has grown tenfold. However, on a Wednesday in late May, I watched and refreshed as Simon Le Bon tweeted the details<\/a> behind Duran Duran’s landmark 1982 LP Rio<\/em><\/a>. This was a social media moment, at least for someone who has loved Rio<\/em> since the age of five. At a time where it’s starting to feel like we may never hear music in a physical space with other people again, Le Bon was guiding us through the now-classic album in a virtual space. He shared the people and places that inspired lyrics, stories from the recording studio and insight from 30-something years later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been other moments that made me glad I haven’t deleted Twitter from my online habits: Miki Berenyi giving the history of Lush’s 1996 album Lovelife<\/em><\/a>; Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie taking us through Kaleidoscope<\/a><\/em>, which celebrated its 40th anniversary<\/a> this year. All this is because of British musician Tim Burgess<\/a>, known for both his work as lead singer of The Charlatans and a number of solo albums. (His most recent full-length, I Love the New Sky<\/em><\/a>, came out in May and he followed it up with the EP Ascent of the Ascended<\/em> in November.)\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n