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Chart analyst/pop critic. Host of podcast #HitParadePod. Writer of Slate's #WhylsThisSongNo1? Author of book #OldTownRoad. Feet on the ground, reaching for the stars. (Pronouns—he/him/his.)
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Published: August 10, 2025 22:04
Hear me blush at a lewd AI country song! (Don’t make me repeat its title.) Srsly this is a fun #WhatNextTBD episode from @slate.com. Thx to @lizzieohreally.bsky.social for a diverting, ominous game (+shoutout @charlieharding.bsky.social +…
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Published: August 6, 2025 21:20
I’m back on the #CultureGabfest on @slate.com for our cherished annual hot-weather tradition, Summer Strut! Julia Turner, Dana Stevens & Steve Metcalf cull the list + I demystify the bops. This year we jam to Lola Young…Bad Bunny…Haim…Diana Ross & Del tha…
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Published: August 6, 2025 02:23
I appreciate folks who call me “pop-chart maestro.” ☺️ But srsly @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s Substack on Alex Warren et al. is a good read. Back in June in my @slate.com piece on “Ordinary” I called the Swims/Boone/Warren wave ‘Guys Who Really Mean It,…
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Published: July 29, 2025 19:06
On a new #HitParadePod –The Bridge—now live on @slate.com —my guest @dancharnas.bsky.social says beef has always been part of rap’s culture of competition—& sometimes, grammar matters! (Shout-out Chino XL+2Pac.) Plus, trivia…and a next-episode preview that…
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Published: July 27, 2025 20:10
#RIP #TomLehrer —Cold War comic+a formative building block of my sense of humor (alongside Python). Honestly my all-time TL jam is “Vatican Rag” followed closely by “Pollution,” “A Christmas Carol” &“Who’s Next?” But given this weekend’s sad news this is…
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Published: July 26, 2025 21:21
I not only enjoyed but empathized w/this @lindaholmes.bsky.social piece reflecting on the HBO Billy Joel doc & how it reflects our uncool childhood fandom. As an outerborough New Yorker in the ’70s–’80s, I grew up w/Joel’s music unquestioningly & I related…
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Published: July 20, 2025 20:17
You probably think this pod is about you—my new #HitParadePod from @slate.com is a history of diss records, which predate hip-hop+even rock. From Eddie Cantor bitching about “Bananas” to Carly Simon puncturing vanity…an army of Roxanne,Roxannes or K-dot…
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Published: June 29, 2025 22:26
On a new #HitParadePod —The Bridge, my guest @barrywalters.bsky.social says LGBTQ hitmakers have long expressed queerness through their art & on the dancefloor, whether or not they were nominally “out.” Plus, trivia…and a next-episode preview that’s trying…
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Published: June 14, 2025 23:36
Mighty Real: my new #HitParadePod on @slate.com celebrates #LGBTQ+ hitmakers who shaped how pop sounds, signifies, shimmies+shakes. How’d queer artists navigate the charts while coming out? We salute titans from Little Richard to Lil Nas X…Dusty…