In February, I hung out with America’s Internet princeling, Jaboukie Young-White, and wrote about what his new hour of standup means to his career, and what his career means to comedy in 2026. www.bkmag.com/2026/03/31/j...

"Take this as a call to arms. You have an opportunity to become a general in the struggle to preserve a culture." On the magazines and ephemera that documented hip hop culture, and the urgency of preservation by @abebeame.bsky.social on @defector.com -> defector.com/lost-recipes

You may not know Andy Weir’s name yet but the author of Project Hail Mary has established himself as the new Michael Crichton. He made a list of the sci-fi books and movies that influenced him as a young writer and we discussed. www.gq.com/story/projec...

For most of my childhood my mom was a researcher at Entertainment Weekly and worked in their massive library of other magazines reporters were constantly referencing. We lose so much when reporters, or anyone else, can't access that history.

This was a great read. As a Mind Squad alum who fought with publishers to digitize mag content, thank you for this.

great piece. the erosion of search has made finding old music journalism even more frustrating I use proquest through a friend's NYPL card to access a lot of mag and newspaper archives, but pdfs aren't as easy to share as links (and what if my friend moves?!?)

outstanding and important piece

I still have all the magazines I collected from my teen years through early adulthood. They've survived several moves (one cross country). They sit in a crate in my garage. One day I'll finally give them the ol' cellophane treatment. They're legit relics now and should be treated respectfully.

Really good deep dive on the terrible state of hip-hop media archives and what that means for culture writing today

I wrote about old rap magazines, the fight for the future of hip hop’s past, and the impact the digital age has had on history, for @defector.com defector.com/lost-recipes

For March, the column travels both to Myrtle Ave and the El Paso/Juarez border to discuss the best tortillas in America, self-funding a hit restaurant, and how New Yorkers feel about ICE with the great Chef Alan Delgado. www.bkmag.com/2026/03/03/o...

a few months ago, i talked to Tony Kushner for an hour and a half about Munich

This weekend at BAM, Criterion curatorial director Ashley Clark has programmed a series with selections from his new essential new book, The World of Black Film. I got on the phone with Ash to discuss his life’s work, Spike Lee, and more. www.bkmag.com/2026/02/24/a...

in which @abebeame.bsky.social talks to some Barbz from X about their queen, gets some extremely revealing responses, and afterward gets accused of being a paid op against Nicki: www.complex.com/music/a/abe-...

Opened the DMs to find out what happens when a historically apolitical space dedicated to celebrity beef and streaming charts gets radicalized. www.complex.com/music/a/abe-...

Casino turned 30 over the weekend. I wrote about the maximalist brilliance many critics missed in 1995 and why they missed it, as well as its place in Scorsese’s filmography three decades later. inreviewonline.com/2025/11/24/y...

A beautiful requiem for the miracle that was D'Angelo. The pen, the voice, the face, the talent. The three classics. The genius that he could summon by force of will. The impossibility of categorizing him. The void that his death leaves. By Abe Beame www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...

Dug this heartfelt tribute to D'Angelo by @abebeame.bsky.social. "With each project that parallel line between the sound of mainstream R&B & whatever TF D’Angelo is up to continued to diverge...but the songs were no less potent or beloved." HT @nitishpahwa.com | www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/14/d...

few people beat @abebeame.bsky.social when it comes to passionate, deeply felt obits of our greatest artists

so, @abebeame.bsky.social finagled his way into the NYFF's Marty Supreme events, then penned a dispatch for the ages

Feed: "GQ UK" By: Abe Beame on Friday, August 22, 2025

Wrote about a beloved, once thriving industry in decline and why you’re all responsible for it. www.bkmag.com/2025/08/18/r...

another solid Cuban Linx retrospective from @abebeame.bsky.social: www.okayplayer.com/rediscovered...

This is a good deep dive on Meek. Being Philly all the way down to my bones means he reps the city and vice versa but it's known that his limitless talent is matched only by the fucking mess of a life he has outside the studio. Also he lost a rap beef to Drake, but mainly it's the other things.

Profiled Meek Mill and discussed criminal justice reform, label bullshit, and you know who. www.complex.com/music/a/abe-...

Saw Wayne move into a new stage in his career last night and considered the passage of time for @rollingstone.com www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Updated the great Wes Andersonverse actor rankings www.gq.com/story/wes-an...

As a restaurateur, Tilman Fertitta has exhibited no specific taste other than a hunger for a thick, juicy bottom line. We sent @abebeame.bsky.social to dine at his latest and buzziest establishment: The Corner Store.

Spent the last few months thinking and writing about Tilman Fertitta, the billionaire restauranteur attempting a hostile takeover of New York’s restaurant scene, for @thebaffler.com thebaffler.com/latest/the-b...

I wrote about the end of a great bar in Bed Stuy and some real bullshit for @bkmag.bsky.social www.bkmag.com/2025/05/28/b...

I spent the entirety of Q1 rewatching and definitively ranking every Tom Cruise action movie. www.polygon.com/rankings/601...

Wrote about a decades long evolution in how we represent the spectrum on screen. www.gq.com/story/rehear...

He still ain’t good in Dyckman.

Wrote about the staying power of “Fuck Trae Young” as a revolutionary slogan for a new generation of Knicks fans. www.sbnation.com/nba/2025/5/2...

Linked with my guy Rob49 to talk the art of virality and what it’s like collaborating with Justin Bieber www.gq.com/story/how-ro...

12. Isle of Dogs 11. Asteroid City 10. Aquatic 9. Bottle Rocket 8. Fox 7. Darjeeling 6. Moonrise 5. Phoenician 4. French 3. Rushmore 2. Tenenbaums 1. Budapest

@coreyatad.com claims sharing work on here is better for writers, so prove him right by performatively liking this Unified Theory of Tim Robinson piece I wrote for GQ that no one on Twitter gives a shit about www.gq.com/story/tim-ro...

you may think you never want to read anything about the adjective "Lynchian" ever again, but I promise you that the great @abebeame.bsky.social has written an etymology extremely worth your time: lareviewofbooks.org/article/defi...

Wrote about the history of rap and booze. tastecooking.com/rappers-used...

Said goodbye to Ms. Wallace www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Given this some thought and: 6. Pitching phase 5. Reach out/logistics phase 4. Editing phase 3. Writing phase 2. Interview phase 1. Research phase

Something I have to be constantly reminded by when I talk to editors is you can’t base the popularity of a piece on Twitter traffic.

Some personal news: Nominated for my first James Beard Award after making a Gochujang, Kimchi & Tofu Stew with the bric-a-brac in my pantry and wilting produce in my fridge

If he wants to secure that Oscar he should do the full version of "Brownsville Girl" on SNL this weekend. bsky.app/profile/abeb...

Blogged about A Complete Unknown and Timmy’s Saturday night gig www.stereogum.com/2294037/chal...

What the fuck did I do to the algorithm to deserve this

A fun way to watch The Order is to pretend it’s about a redneck militia opposed to the Zionist project.

honored, as always, to contribute to @passionweiss.bsky.social's annual roundup of the best rap songs of the year, this time to expound on the wonders of the Luh Tyler and Bossman Dlow collaboration "2 Slippery," a fitting anthem for the Florida rap scene: www.passionweiss.com/2024/12/29/t...

I am learning my taste as an editor is completely different to the point of being diametrically opposed to my taste as a writer.