An interview with the legendary Grand Puba about the formative years of hip-hop, his classic Brand Nubian and solo albums, his underrated work as a producer, ghostwriting, the deeper meaning of "Wake Up" & "One For All" and more. By Paul Thompson www.passionweiss.com/2025/10/16/t...

Saw @passionweiss.bsky.social and @paulxt.bsky.social talk Britney, Brad Pitt, and how media’s been fucked for years (but in exciting different ways!) last night at Stories. Still floating… Buy the damn book already!

Back in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social this week on MOUNTAINHEAD and the Jesse Armstrong project. thanks @paulxt.bsky.social for the edit lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...

spent the last month writing about Nathan Fielder lareviewofbooks.org/article/i-be...

This review by @paulxt.bsky.social of the MM.. FOOD reissue is very good. pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...

wrote about election despair, Ursula K Le Guin, F*ggots & Their Friends, getting high during the last Tr*mp presidency, traveling the country, the hope for a free Palestine, MJ Lenderman, & collective action for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social @paulxt.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/perf...

"I think the best way to describe it is a kind of rot. It’s so easy to backslide into if you are bored and hateful." Sophie Kemp considers the recent and ongoing radicalization of young men in the United States. lareviewofbooks.org/article/new-...