This is gonna be great - congrats to Jeff Gage, and can't wait to read it.

I'm writing a book! I'm thrilled to announce that my first book, "Slaves to the Grave: The Wicked Rise and Deadly Fall of Rigor Mortis, Pantera, and Southern Metal," will be published by Da Capo Press in the fall of 2027. I couldn't be more excited. Now for the easy part—writing the damn thing!

Man, you have to be kidding. Absolute tragedy

From 'Hurtin' (on the Bottle)' to 'Hard Headed Woman': Margo Price's booze-free reinvention

I had the pleasure of speaking with @missmargoprice.bsky.social about her new album “Hard Headed Woman” for the @latimes.com. It just so happened she was in L.A. for @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social when we called, but we talked about fun stuff like not drinking and her new album tinyurl.com/mpcwnjyu

Minneapolis 💔 www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

This summer I’ve helped teach the CLARIFY Youth Program for @citylimitsnews.bsky.social, a summer journalism internship for high schoolers. Yesterday my students published their first story, covering a rally to save mental health care coverage in New York. So proud! citylimits.org/new-york-hea...

My advice for journalists covering education via @thenation.com: pay attention to re-ascendancy of race science on the right and Trump's education moves make much more sense www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Lotti Golden’s ‘Motor-Cycle’ Was a Counterculture Oddity. It’s Finally Getting Its Due.

In a new profile for @rollingstone.com, I revisit the story of Lotti Golden’s long-lost (but cult-classic) debut “Motor-Cycle,” a wonderfully strange document of Sixties New York that got a richly deserved reissue recently after 56 years out of print www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Damn, what a shame. Some stellar people there who’ve done great work and deserve better. Hoping they all land on their feet

SORRY. Sorry. Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

Amazing piece. So proud of Jenni

Trump’s mission is simple: to exert authoritarian control over all branches of the federal government. To do that, he has to break the back of the federal employee labor movement.

Pssst. There's something you can do: slate.com/news-and-pol...

For those unfamiliar, the Associated Press is a non-profit cooperative formed by US news organizations that covers news for its 1,300 member papers, radio stations and TV stations. It is the foundation of the American press. It has always gotten the first seat and first question at official events.

Writing-wise, most ridiculous moment of decade was as writer-guest for a workshop held at someone's house. During the workshop, I got a massive headache & asked for aspirin. Someone gave me aspirin after which I began to itch. "Sorry--gave u my anti-itching pills by mistake." 1/?

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"Lynch wasn’t just writing about women; his collaborations with women represented some of his most compelling musical works," @anniezaleski.bsky.social writes. www.salon.com/2025/01/29/d...

The guy who really held it all together

The outgoing administration has released Leonard Peltier from prison. Numerous activists and tribal officials have requested the release of Peltier, whom they believe to be innocent of killing two FBI agents in 1975. via @mprnews.org

I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Breaking News: New York City’s congestion pricing program has cleared its last bureaucratic hurdle, and most drivers in January could be paying $9 to enter the busiest parts of Manhattan during peak hours. The plan could still be stopped by lawsuits, even after its start date. nyti.ms/4hYMKb8

New platform, same shit news 🫠 www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Every scene needs people like Mark Ridlen. Heartbreaking to hear this news. Rest easy, Mr. Rid dallas.culturemap.com/news/enterta...

we have country songs 4 u www.dontrocktheinbox.com/p/put-a-reco...

I will never stop having to add platforms, will I