Freelance Journalist, Rolling Stone, NY Times, New York magazine, etc. Author of Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution. https://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3mi2dwpn7as2pI first connected with Sherman Austin about StopICE last year while working on a separate story. As soon as he told me his own wild origin story, I figured it deserved a story all its own. So... https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/03/stopice-immigration-alerts-sherman-austin/27 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2dwpn7as2phttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3lsta4u4zes2wI was living in London in 1994, so I experienced Oasis' initial rise to be the BIGGEST BAND IN ALL THE LAND (UK version) up close. I wrote about Oasis' differing fortunes on both sides of the Atlantic and he band's unlikely but still somehow inevitable return. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/arts/music/oasis-liam-noel-gallagher-reunion.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.3z7U.VmSFVxSpV54y&smid=bs-share30 Jun 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsta4u4zes2whttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3lrygmorysc2kBc I'm an incurable narcissist, I recently got an alert that my book was on a best comedy books list by @brianboone.bsky.social and @megh.bsky.social at @nymag.com. Nice write-up but omg THE PRICE! $55 at Amazon! I mean, totally worth it, but jeez. What hell hath these tariffs wrought?19 Jun 2025 21:08 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrygmorysc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3lqd7eb55zc2uHere's me blabbing about that one time when I spent the better part of a day fighting with Kid Rock at his house, and then wrote about it for Rolling Stone. Thanks to Vanessa Grigoriadis/Campside Media for asking me to blab about it: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EnHM64hpR7bIo4yksAXlJ?si=cfc729cfd6b7469729 May 2025 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqd7eb55zc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3ljalfevslc2lI feel like a nice-subtitle to this story could've been: I spent months watching incredibly long YouTube videos so you don't have to. https://longreads.com/2025/02/26/inside-carbon-nation/28 Feb 2025 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljalfevslc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/djpeisner.bsky.social/post/3liwyzuiqps2zIf you're ready to go down a deep, deep rabbit hole: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/carbon-nation-eligio-bishop-atlanta-cult-1235253419/24 Feb 2025 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:fwpfwef7dnpma6ifmj66hdko/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwyzuiqps2z