Daryl Morey was the only NBA president of basketball operations to attend an event for my Linkin Park book, or discuss Kesha’s discography in my Twitter DMs, or kick my ass in Chess With Friends. A good and generous guy who tried to save a cursed franchise and will forever rule in my book 🙏🏻

The silver lining for Sixers fans watching the Sixers right now: imagine Celtics fans watching the Sixers right now!

What I wouldn’t give for any Sixers team to play like this in a Round 2 closeout game. 9 of 10 from three in the first quarter? I’d donate an organ

Joel & Tyrese & Paul & Kelly & Valdez Motherfucking Junior. Tears of joy

OH BOY ARE WE THRIVING

Still buzzing after that Sixers game, jet lagged after a long travel day but not one iota tired. Feels like electricity running through my veins.

A lifelong Embiid defender is also a lifelong Jokic hater. We thrive on nights like this

Thank you for this 🙏🏻

Here’s what I will say about my beloved and maddening Philadelphia 76ers: That performance had the same energy as the team that started 4-0. If they can bottle that energy, this series will not be a blowout

No matter how this season ends, it is worth noting that Valdez Edgecombe Jr. is a Sixer, which means that this season is a success

Tonight’s sleep for Trendon Watford Hive (aka The Watchmen)

In her SXSW DJ set St. Vincent dropped “Berghain” into “Idioteque” and my body hasn’t levitated like that in a while

WE ARE BACK

I've been lucky enough to read an advance of this and it's predictably wonderful — make sure to pre-order your copies now for yourself and all other Directioners in your life!

My new book, A WHOLE LOTTA HISTORY: ONE DIRECTION AND THE SOUND THAT SHAPED A GENERATION, will be released on Nov. 3, and is available now for pre-order. Thrilled to share the cover and some more details about an absolute dream project!

Evil

Bad Bunny’s superpower has always been making the deeply personal impossibly universal. Crowning moment tonight

Democrats can and must make it clear there will be trials and anyone even somewhat associated with ICE will face them. Maybe give a quit-your-job deadline on appeasement and give people 72 hours. I don't know. But currently the plan is to let them murder us in the street and get away with it.

I WANT MORE ELECTED DEMS TO SAY "future prosecution of ICE agents."

Harry channeling Hot Chip? I’m all in. Let’s GO

I am in a bad place with Nick Nurse these days

NEW COVER STORY Louis Tomlinson, the creative force behind some of One Direction’s very best moments, counted himself out as a solo star. Then he spent a decade working toward success on his own terms. The new album is great. The arenas will be loud. www.billboard.com/music/pop/lo...

Denver guys were awesome, growing-pain loss for this Sixers team. Awful but it happens. It’ll be nice to get Paul George back, they missed him out there tonight

Brutal how impossible this seems — and yet this is what we gotta keep pushing for, every single day

We’ll see what this actually amounts to, but one thing their two games have made abundantly clear: this Sixers team is not afraid of the Knicks one bit

Better (Very) Late Than Never

Hey thanks to everyone who checked out my Billboard work this year. No year-end recap from me, but re-sharing my favorite thing that got published this year (now more timely thanks to the Wolf Parade viral moment!) www.billboard.com/music/featur...

Katy Perry haters in August 2010:

I am in a bad place with Nick Nurse these days

It's year-end season at Billboard! @jasonlipshutz.bsky.social comes off the PUP list to talk about our songs and albums lists and their Greatest Pop Stars implications (and yell at us for leaving Jade off in his absence) www.billboard.com/music/pop/bi...

Honestly, the Eagles oscillating between “Super Bowl” and “unfathomable collapse” every season is useful for planning purposes. I will be locked IN on the 2026-27 squad!

Trendon Watford gets hurt and everything falls apart 😞

2-0 🤔👀

Getting Hobert-pilled youtu.be/qbA_YEOqWNY?...

Sixers undefeated when Paul George plays this season 🤔👀

SIXERS WIN youtu.be/MngppG2JXpA?...

This epitomized

We are still recruiting FYI

The refs in this Sixers-Raptors game caught bemoaning the Blue Jays base running while sipping their Tim Horton’s

New Hilary Duff single is preposterously good — as in, you listen to it in disbelief of how insanely great it is. WOW youtu.be/AOEklH8Eyw4?...

In retrospect, the “He calls his parent’s cousin his AUNT!” news cycle was like when Wile E. Coyote keeps running off the cliff, long after Road Runner has stopped short to watch him fall to his doom

LETS GO

This was initially a bit but I legitimately think Watford is awesome lol

Tonight’s sleep for Trendon Watford Hive (aka The Watchmen)

Watchmen, it’s our fandom’s time to shine. Trendon Makes, The World Takes

A summary of the start of the Sixers season

GRIMES WITH THE VISIONS (2012) !!!

SIXERS WIN youtu.be/MngppG2JXpA?...

D’Angelo’s surprise Superjam performance at Bonnaroo in 2012 is the single most special musical performance I’ve ever seen in person. It probably always will be. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

It Starts With ONE YEAR. My first book came out on Oct. 1, 2024, and the past year has been full of wonderful and gratifying events, interactions and feedback (oh yeah, and a new Linkin Park album and tour too). I’ve loved every minute. Thank you to everyone who’s supported, it’s meant the world.