Everything from white canvas sneakers and leather jackets to how a song gets counted in onstage is, ostensibly, a fully considered addition to the big picture. All contours clearly defined—and yet, artistic choices seemingly spontaneous and blind, i.e., not “choices” at all. Which also makes plain some unmistakable genius at work—sharp, deliberate, and permanent. All of this is to say I ADORE the Ramones. If I haven’t heard them for a while, tears of joy shoot out of my eyes like windshield wiper fluid when we’re reunited.
