8 months of work, 7 hours of interviews, 30 pages in the google doc, 17k words, and 4 very long days of editing later… my story on the first ramones album, which turns 50 this month. www.pastemagazine.com/music/ramone...

8 months of work, 7 hours of interviews, 30 pages in the google doc, 17k words, and 4 very long days of editing later… my story on the first ramones album, which turns 50 this month. www.pastemagazine.com/music/ramone...

I appreciate @yogurttowne.bsky.social's mention of the rude folks near the ADA section at McCartney because this is such a common experience when I'm in ADA sections - and it's infuriating! Be quiet! You're at a Paul McCartney show! www.pastemagazine.com/music/paul-m...

coney island baby turns 50 this month www.pastemagazine.com/music/lou-re...

here’s a new essay of mine about bowie, my intersex diagnosis, and the shapes of death www.pastemagazine.com/music/david-...

Big news for 2026, I'm back to having a column in @pastemagazine.bsky.social! Alt-rock Department is about grocery store radio rock, and my experiences working in a grocery store, in the mid to late 90s. The first one is here, it's about Possum Kingdom. www.pastemagazine.com/music/alt-ro...

what the hell why not. here’s 1500 words on a song i like www.pastemagazine.com/music/starsh...

happy zuma day to you and yours www.pastemagazine.com/music/neil-y...

🕯️🕯️ you want to hire tatiana to write for your publication so bad 🕯️🕯️

everything i could ever hope to say is right in here www.pastemagazine.com/music/camero...

me and emmylou www.pastemagazine.com/music/emmylo...

i wake up crying, you’re making rain!! happy hounds of love day www.pastemagazine.com/music/kate-b...

the year of dylan beats on www.pastemagazine.com/music/bob-dy...

HELLO: As I mentioned on Friday, I got laid off from my role at Splinter. I have now migrated my long-dormant newsletter, Gravity Is Gone, to a better home (Ghost), and will start writing and reporting over there. I would *love* it if you would sign up. www.gravityisgone.com/gravity-rela...

born to run is an album i’ve wanted to write about for years. i finally did it, on its 50th birthday. www.pastemagazine.com/music/bruce-...

this week i went to the mayhem ball www.pastemagazine.com/music/lady-g...

AOTY incoming. my latest: www.pastemagazine.com/music/nouris...

setting myself on fire today www.pastemagazine.com/music/bruce-...

wrote about an album i love very much www.pastemagazine.com/music/prefab...

“Am I trying to prove something? Yeah. What am I trying to prove? I have no fucking idea,” he admits, chuckling.

it’s hard to fully articulate how informative matt berninger’s writing is on my own, so this story was a big one www.pastemagazine.com/music/matt-b...

Dean Johnson is one of the best living songwriters. This profile by @yogurttowne.bsky.social over at @pastemagazine.bsky.social is tremendous and should be an inspiration to anyone making art as they age. He's 52 and making revelatory music. You can to. www.pastemagazine.com/music/dean-j...

some thoughts on sweet brian: www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-be...

i recently spent some time with the greatest to ever do it www.pastemagazine.com/music/john-c...

i spoke with sufjan stevens about illinois and carrie & lowell and wrote about it www.pastemagazine.com/music/sufjan...

we’re all dudes around here www.pastemagazine.com/music/jeff-b...

a change of pace from my usual beat: 10,000 words on the superstardom of rhea ripley, because wrestling is fucking cool www.pastemagazine.com/tv/rhea-ripl...

the application deadline for paste’s summer internship program is this friday, so if you know of anyone looking for a steady writing/editorial gig pass it on! www.pastemagazine.com/music/paste-...

happy perfume genius day to all who celebrate www.pastemagazine.com/music/perfum...

go start anew. the year of dylan continues with bringing it all back home’s 60th birthday www.pastemagazine.com/music/bob-dy...

i interviewed Gaga + wrote about mayhem www.pastemagazine.com/music/lady-g...

doo-wop is my favorite genre. here’s my deep dive on its best songs www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-s...

i quite like the music sam fender makes, so i wrote about him www.pastemagazine.com/music/sam-fe...

read this @yogurttowne.bsky.social piece today www.pastemagazine.com/music/tears-...

my favorite album of all time, ‘songs from the big chair,’ is 40 years old today. so i went long with the guys who made it. www.pastemagazine.com/music/tears-...

my favorite album of all time, ‘songs from the big chair,’ is 40 years old today. so i went long with the guys who made it. www.pastemagazine.com/music/tears-...

i wrote about grand theft hamlet, a truly intimate and remarkable achievement in pandemic storytelling www.pastemagazine.com/movies/gta/g...

got caught writing, again, about my favorite band. fust 4 ever www.pastemagazine.com/music/fust/f...

i wrote some final words about the band, who’ve all left us now. www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-ba...

i wrote about blood on the tracks: www.pastemagazine.com/music/bob-dy...

so long to you, david. thanks for giving me the language www.pastemagazine.com/movies/david...

the flower ladies want back what they have lent you www.pastemagazine.com/music/bob-dy...

hauling through the snow at a frightening speed www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-be...

i wrote a lot this year, but my favorite thing i did was this stop making sense deep dive with talking heads www.pastemagazine.com/article/time...

wrapping up my year of writing with my last cover story of 2024, on one of the best to ever do it: dawn richard www.pastemagazine.com/music/dawn-r...

I wrote about Bryan Ferry, the coolest guy who’s ever lived. www.pastemagazine.com/music/bryan-...

jack white is paste’s artist of the year for 2024: www.pastemagazine.com/music/jack-w...

part 1 of my live session is now up. it looks like this. hell yeah please share m.youtube.com/watch?v=aZXY...

it’s been a great year for listening to stuff www.pastemagazine.com/music/best-a...