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The trans women Lou Reed left behind 50 years after “Coney Island Baby” came out, it’s just Candy, Rachel, and me.

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

The first death I ever grieved was David Bowie’s Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

The eternal offering of Toadies’ “Possum Kingdom” Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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.

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“We Built This City” is a good song, actually Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

I Might Live a Thousand Years: Zuma Turns 50 Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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 🕯️🕯️

Cameron Crowe: To Begin With… Everything Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

The Way Emmylou Harris Rolls Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

Walking Out In the Big Sky: Kate Bush’s 'Hounds of Love' Turns 40 Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

If I Go Down Dying: 'Highway 61 Revisited' Turns 60 Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

Gravity Relaunched The media industry: great fun forever. Last week, I was laid off from my role as deputy editor of Splinter, where I spent about a year and a half covering — among other things — climate change, scien...

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.

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Between What’s Flesh and What’s Fantasy: 'Born to Run' at 50 Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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-...

Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball Captures the Completeness of a Pop Star Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

COVER STORY | Nourished by Time Is Possessed Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

In 1973, Bruce Springsteen Wrote the Greatest Summer Song Ever Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

There It Is and There We Are: Prefab Sprout’s Steve McQueen at 40 Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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.

COVER STORY | Matt Berninger: On the Other Side of Collapse Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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: A Storyteller Hiding in Plain Sight Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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.
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Brian Wilson Was Music’s Greatest Exception Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

“sonically codify california” is an insane phrase

COVER STORY | Could You Love John C. Reilly Forever? Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

COVER STORY | Sufjan Stevens Communicates With Ghosts Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

Jeff Bridges: A Vibe of the Times Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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

lmao

used the same blurb from our 21st century list and didn’t amend the copy, things happen

COVER STORY | From Adelaide to Anomaly: The Rise of Rhea Ripley In a new Digital Cover Story, Paste chronicles the career of Rhea Ripley, the youngest-ever WWE Grand Slam Champion.

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...

Paste Internships: How to Apply Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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-...

COVER STORY | The Everything of Perfume Genius Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

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