Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mz54qlb3w22tThe Paranoid Style went to the polls! It’s truly inspiring to see so many folks out this afternoon, doing their civic duty early and often. It’s easy to feel beat up and cynical, I know. But voting is an act of hope and hope is an endlessly replenishable resource. We CAN prevail.31 Oct 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz54qlb3w22thttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mz53v4i3ts22It's difficult to overstate the sublime genius of Joni Mitchell's 'Coyote': Little Feat's 'Willin' as rewritten by Joyce Carol Oates and rearranged by the Modern Jazz Quartet. A letter perfect response to 'Tangled Up In Blue' which raises the stakes and shrugs off the chauvinism.31 Oct 2026 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz53v4i3ts22https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3myllungpy22hSo psyched about the newest episode of my podcast 'Known Associates' featuring the brilliant Steve Jenkins, director of the Bob Dylan Center. Tune in for an amazing talk about Tulsa, Woody Guthrie, the mission and the fact that Bob will never enter his own museum. https://southwestreview.com/volume-111-number-3/known-associates-steve-jenkins/24 Oct 2026 02:00 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myllungpy22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3myi7rvfbrc2zThis was a rad one! Talked with Dylan Center director Steven Jenkins all about Tulsa's rich and complicated history, the amazing work they are doing with the Dylan archives and how the man himself has been seconds away but never stepped once inside his own museum! And more! Listen here!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Oct 2026 17:45 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myi7rvfbrc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3myanvagyac2i"Here's the thing about "Maggie May:" I’m not sure that any cock-swinging rock & roll high-era frontman has ever made himself quite so vulnerable." Musing on substack about one of my fave songs by the man who will ALWAYS be the one for me: Sir Rod Stewart. theparanoidstyle.substack.com/p/wake-up19 Oct 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3myanvagyac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3my24ckdxa22xWhile on tour with Lisa Walker from Wussy, I've been negligent about promoting so many things I'm thrilled with. First is the second season of my podcast "Known Associates" starting with the wondrous raconteur Jonathan Lethem. Dylan, Portis and gossip. Jump in. https://southwestreview.com/known-associates-season-2-episode-1-jonathan-lethem/17 Oct 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3my24ckdxa22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mxzwjs3ss22hThe Replacement's 'Tim' is as powerful an evocation of working class life as any by Springsteen or Pulp. Resentment and joy dwell in every detail: bus-courtships, scared-but-stalwart-single-mothers, and the watering holes where must nights dreams both blossom and die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIgv5HZkIqQ&list=RDyIgv5HZkIqQ&start_radio=117 Oct 2026 01:23 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxzwjs3ss22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mxxitbcw3c2bThe heavyweight champ no one recalls is Larry Holmes from Easton, PA. 19 successful defenses. Came one short of Marciano's 49-0 record, after losing a controversial decision to Michael Spinks. Battered Ali, hurtfully, in a retirement ritual. Battered Gerry Cooney too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s2rOOocTXs16 Oct 2026 02:12 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxxitbcw3c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mxdjpxkpok2f'Nashville Skyline' is the unique situation when Bob Dylan acts like it's perfectly normal that his new LP is a wildly horny 28-minute Country & Western album wherein he sings like a particularly hash-drunk Dean Martin. Eventually, we agree that it's utterly flawless. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZhLGP5dF2k&list=RD9ZhLGP5dF2k&start_radio=108 Oct 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdjpxkpok2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mx43dypcuk2h“Trapped between the doctor and the magistrate!” ICYMI! Over at Pitchfork, I gave my final ruling on Elvis Costello’s brilliant ‘My Aim Is True' on the occasion of its box set reissue for its 49th anniversary. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/elvis-costello-my-aim-is-true-49th-anniversary-edition/?fbclid=IwY2xjawUv_7dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBWJyaWQRMUdKZ0xwc3RRRVdNaEJJZEVzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeJBd7hAw850x7SQOhNsSw-86vVRj-_cDGhlAywGodqewdVpO-XJNRrGDFMC8_aem_nOqNRHTeH3_vik7X5D1tZQ05 Oct 2026 04:29 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx43dypcuk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mwys7n3lm22s'It positively marinates in social, romantic and political outrage, overlapping into a mosaic of grievance that would take decades to untangle." Over at Pitchfork, I reviewed the rad new 49th anniversary addition of Elvis Costello's debut 'My Aim Is True.' https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/elvis-costello-my-aim-is-true-49th-anniversary-edition/03 Oct 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwys7n3lm22shttps://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mvwf4zt45k22"The paradoxes kept piling up, the prison of freedom growing ever more impossible to escape." For the Pitchfork Sunday Review, I wrote about 1969's sorrowful, game-changing 'Easy Rider' soundtrack. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/various-artists-easy-rider-music-from-the-soundtrack/20 Sep 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvwf4zt45k22https://bsky.app/profile/paranoiacs.bsky.social/post/3mvtj375xm22pEvery discerning fan of popular music should register that ticket sales are growing scarce for the one-time-only-historical-anomaly Lisa Walker & Elizabeth Nelson house tour package occurring next week in venues ranging from the midwest to the Atlantic. Grab a seat at Undertow Music while you can.19 Sep 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:4dm4val52snkcppjntvwlok3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvtj375xm22p