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Talk of the Charts @totcharts.bsky.social Go follow @talkofthechart.bsky.social 📈 talkofthecharts.org for more 🌐
Lawrence Peryer @lawrenceperyer.com He/Him. Father. Business & Creative Professional. I am not on here. I post using 3rd party tools. Find me and connect with me directly. It's better that way. www.lawrenceperyer.com | www.thetonearm.com
Lucy Sante @luxante.bsky.social writer, artist, enigma
The Tonearm @thetonearm.com celebrating music journalism + putting a needle on the cultural wax an online journal of unexpected music + culture → thetonearm.com
John Dickerson @jdickerson.bsky.social Reporter. Podcasts: Gabfest/Whistlestop/Navel Gazing. Contributor, The Atlantic. Author, The Hardest Job In the World: The American Presidency Https://www.johndickerson.com
Jessica Goldstein @jessicagolds.bsky.social Read my reporting in the New York Times, Vulture, McSweeney's, Marie Claire & more. Debut novel RETRO to be published by Ballantine 💫 6.23.26 💫 Preorder at: jessicamgoldstein.com/retro Subscribe to my newsletter: https://retroreport.substack.com/
Carl Wilson @carlzoilus.bsky.social Music critic for Slate, freelance writer/editor/etc in Toronto (and available for work!), author of Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste, founding associate of Trampoline Hall.
Lina Morgan @alinaisyou.bsky.social * co-host of Song vs Song * co-conceiver for Khan!!! The Musical! * your favorite grandma's favorite grandma
Naima Cochrane @stillnaima.bsky.social Words. Ideas. Culture. Shenanigans. #MusicSermon, CDI @ NYU, BMAC naima@naimacochrane.com
Jamie Fisher @jamie-fisher.bsky.social culture goblin. research editor at NYT Magazine. author of Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith (out Aug. 25th!) patreon + other links: https://solo.to/nobodybrokeyourheart world’s best cats, except for your cats.
Dave Holmes @daveholmes.bsky.social Editor-at-Large, Esquire. Here’s a funky introduction of how nice I am.
Nitish Pahwa @nitishpahwa.com staff writer for business/tech @slate.com and Council Member for Online Media @wgaeast.bsky.social. words also in NYT, LARB, Brooklyn Magazine, Complex, and POW Mag. he/him. nitishpahwa.73 on Signal. if it's major, hit me on my pager.
Becky Hammer @beckyhammer.bsky.social Environmental lawyer/locally notorious person. Bad Bunny 101 adjunct professor. Alexandria, Virginia. Subscribe to ALXtra: https://alxtra.ghost.io/
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov Fighting every day to deliver a city that working New Yorkers can actually afford. Mayor of New York City.
cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social A pal and a confidant
Peter Steward Scholtes @petescholtes.bsky.social I’ve written and taught. Profile photos from Sapsucker Farms Yellow Belly Cidery, Mora, Minnesota, USA, 2022. He/him.
Lindsay Zoladz @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social pop music critic @nytimes
Rian Johnson @rianjohnson.bsky.social Gentleman Sleuth
Matthew Dessem @matthewdessem.bsky.social I’m the enchanting wizard of rhythm. I came here to tell you about the rhythms of the universe.
B-Side @benmsmith.com Nerd-About-Town. Co-Host of The Eurowhat? Podcast. he/him. goodatinter.net @eurowhat.bsky.social
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong @jmkarmstrong.bsky.social NYT bestselling author of SEINFELDIA, WHEN WOMEN INVENTED TELEVISION, POP STAR GODDESSES, and others. Cofounder of Ministry of Pop Culture.
Geoff Edgers @gedge1.bsky.social Too slow, no hats, 1920s moralist.
mz @zwirnm.bsky.social Just trying to get a hang of this thing. Same handle on the other site.
Stereogum @stereogum.com 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖔𝖗𝖑𝖉’𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖘𝖙 𝖒𝖚𝖘𝖎𝖈 𝖇𝖑𝖔𝖌 → stereogum.com Merch: http://shop.stereogum.com
rebecca onion @rebeccaonion.bsky.social senior staff writer at slate - www.rebeccaonion.com i don't really post here - more active at: https://www.instagram.com/rebeccaonion https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/13150472-rebecca-onion and https://letterboxd.com/rebeccaonion/
Dana Swanson @danaswanswan.bsky.social Performer and Intuition Coach. Comedy and mediumship. Get curious, be electric. danaswanswan.com patreon.com/weavingelectric
Katey Rich @kateyrich.bsky.social The Ankler | Prestige Junkie and Fighting in the War Room podcasts | I agree, it’s great to be fine
Jason Gorber @filmfest.bsky.social Editor-In-Chief/ Chief Critic ThatShelf.com | POVMagazine.com | CBC Metro Morning | CBC Radio | RogerEbert.com | Member: TFCA, Critics Choices, OFCS. Rotten Tomatoes.
Faith Smith @faithsm.bsky.social Events and other fun things @19thnews.org. I'm always happy to tell you how to make your event less sexist/racist/ableist. Married, mom, too many pets. Okie by birth, Argentine by marriage. fsmith(at)19thnews(dot)org
Stephen Thompson @idislikestephen.bsky.social NPR Music writer, yakker; Pop Culture Happy Hour and New Music Friday host; long-ago A.V. Club editor and Onion copy editor; snack-eater; dad. https://www.npr.org/people/5244882/stephen-thompson
Anthony Breznican @brezwrites.bsky.social Freelance reporter covering film, TV, books. Contributor @ Esquire. Co-host of The Kingcast, a Stephen King show. Formerly Vanity Fair, EW, USAToday, AP. Author of “MCU: Timeline” and the new “Star Wars Icons: Darth Vader.” 🔗 https://linktr.ee/brezwrites
Rebecca Ford @beccamford.bsky.social Senior Correspondent, Vanity Fair. Co-host of the Little Gold Men podcast. Writer. https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/rebecca-ford
Kathryn VanArendonk @kvanaren.bsky.social critic @vulture
Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social NEWSLETTER: https://www.premiereparty.com/ | Partnerships & sponsorships 📩 sarah@collective.media
Julia Turner @juliaturner.bsky.social Co-Founder & EIC, L.A. Material. Formerly Slate, L.A. Times. Co-host, Slate Culture Gabfest.
Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social Host, NPR. Writer of novels. Companion of internet dog. Not a customer service desk. (I do not book guests for NPR. Beware of scams.)
Gary Trust @garytrust.bsky.social Billboard Managing Director, Charts & Data Operations
Barry Walters @barrywalters.bsky.social I'm the author of Mighty Real: A History of LGBTQ Music 1969-2000, which Viking published on May 12. barrywalterswriter.com
Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com Lexicographer. The F-Word (new edition Nov. ’24!), sfdictionary.com, ex-OED, coder (mainly Perl and Python), Threesome Tollbooth #cocktail bar manager, adjunct @ Columbia. "Appealingly obsessive" — NYT
Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social NYT opinion writer, Slate Money co-host, Dem messaging consultant, former EIC The New York Observer, Dealbreaker founder and Gawker founding editor. Brooklyn via Bama. Rednexican. Striver with no chill. https://linktr.ee/elizabethspiers
Keith Caulfield @keithcaulfield.bsky.social Billboard, Billboard Charts, http://linktr.ee/keith_caulfield
Luke Winkie @lukewinkie.bsky.social Staff Writer, Slate. It's all gonna work out this time.
Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social Dad, husband, President, citizen. barackobamabooks.com
Andy Zax @andyzax.bsky.social Music producer. Adjective deployer. Cultural gerontologist.
Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu staff writer @theatlantic.com and senior fellow @snfagora.bsky.social. author of GULAG, IRON CURTAIN, RED FAMINE, TWILIGHT OF DEMOCRACY and AUTOCRACY INC https://linktr.ee/anneapplebaum
Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social Author of four books and the CULTURE STUDY newsletter. PhD in celebrity gossip. My dogs are named Steve and Beverly.
@catthewilson.bsky.social @catthewilson.bsky.social
joe kwaczala @joekwa.bsky.social i wrote and star in a new film called AMERICAN COMIC premiering june 29 in los angeles
Lizzie O'Leary @lizzieohreally.bsky.social Shareholder value = 3 eggs https://slate.com/podcasts/what-next-tbd Lizzie.oleary@slate.com Signal: Lizzieohreally.31
Pet Shop Boys @handle.invalid Since 1984. "Dreamworld" concert film out now on Blu-ray & 2CD. “Volume” & “Annually“ books available now. “It’s a sin” dance show dates announced. https://linktr.ee/petshopboys
Jennie Armon @sunshinelite.bsky.social Quality over quantity
Scott Lapatine @scott.stereogum.com Founder/Editor-in-Chief, @stereogum.com
Stephanie Erlewine @sverlewine.bsky.social Non-exclusionary pro-choice feminist. Mom of four.
Judge John Hodgman @judgejohnhodgman.bsky.social Have your pressing issues decided by Famous Minor Television Personality John Hodgman, Certified Judge, and Bailiff Jess Thorn. https://linktr.ee/judgejohnhodgman
Elijah Wald @elijahwald.bsky.social musician, writer
Francesca Royster @roysterfr.bsky.social Teacher, writer, scholar, music fan, Mama-of-Cece. Professor at DePaul University.
Scott Woods & DJ Shoe North @sw00ds.bsky.social
RJC @voguingtodanzig.bsky.social “I’m just a boy with a new account/Well that’s a pretty nice ac-count” 💍
@sandeeprobertdatta.bsky.social @sandeeprobertdatta.bsky.social
@jewlyhight.bsky.social @jewlyhight.bsky.social
Karen Wolf @marcelle42.bsky.social Activist, queer, feminist, mom. Here to imagine a better world, and then make it happen.
Tracy Calvert @tracyrva.bsky.social
@sie84.bsky.social @sie84.bsky.social
Jim Farber @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social I've been praising and panning music for scores of outlets for over 30 years now. 📧 jim@jimfarbermusic.com
Louie @djlouiexiv.bsky.social Host of Pop Pantheon.
Antti Isokangas @isokangas.bsky.social Communications consultant, co-author of Viherpesutalous (”The Greenwashing Economy”), speaker, all-round media enthusiast, music nerd
Rob Harvilla @harvilla.bsky.social Host of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S, old guy at THE RINGER, tentative embracer of new social-media platforms
Jay Smooth @jsmooth.bsky.social I be the personal computer information on rap he/him
Danielle Pelfrey Duryea @pelfreyduryea.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law, Center for Health Law Studies. Health equity, race-gender-law, medical-legal partnership, regulatory compliance, pedagogy. #healthlaw
@joncaramanica.bsky.social @joncaramanica.bsky.social
@michaelmolanphy.bsky.social @michaelmolanphy.bsky.social
Alexei Koseff @akoseff.bsky.social Congress accountability and enterprise reporter for @washingtonpost.com Reach me at alexei.koseff@washpost.com or on Signal at akoseff.01
J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social Xicana writer/editor. She/her/ella. Editor Hell Gate (hellgatenyc.com), cofounder Hearing Things (hearingthings.co), Vaquera forthcoming on Penguin Books, etc
Robert Christgau @rxgau.bsky.social Rock critic since 1967, ain't stopping now. Consumer Guide reborn at robertchristgau.substack.com.
Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social Culture writer at Slate, published in LA Times, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, THR, and points south. Member: New York Film Critics Circle, National Society of Film Critics, WGA East
Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social GQ Correspondent, NYT Mag, NatGeo, Vanity Fair, Bon Appetit, Garden & Gun, This American Life, et. al. Author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a Creative Revolution. Three James Beard awards. https://linktr.ee/brettsy http://www.brettmartin.org
Mary Harris @maryharris.bsky.social Hosting Slate’s daily news podcast What Next. Getting closer to God in a tight situation. Alum: WNYC Always: therealness.org
Tim Appelo @timappelo.bsky.social Film/TV editor/writer, past at: Hollywood Reporter,EW,The Nation, LAT,NYT,got Bezos to buy IMDb, taught him Beatles lore. Amazon's last human homepage editor, launch editor, what's now Prime Video.
Sean’s Ramblings @seansramblings.bsky.social I write the longest-running active and independent blog. There’s no apparent reason why I still do it. Pittsburgher living in Northern Virginia. Ithaca College grad and Sheffield Wednesday fan too. https://seanramblings.blogspot.com/
Jon Pareles @jonpareles.bsky.social always listening
Slicing Up Eyeballs @slicingupeyeballs.com Legacy of '80s college rock, alternative, indie | Host of Sirius XM's 'Dark Wave' — 10 p.m.-1 a.m. EST Sundays on 1st Wave (Ch. 33) | slicingupeyeballs.com
Sounduppod @sounduppod.bsky.social
Andy Cush @cushac.bsky.social musician, writer, editor
Jason Lipshutz @jasonlipshutz.bsky.social Co-Chief Content Officer, Billboard. My debut book, IT STARTS WITH ONE: THE LEGEND AND LEGACY OF LINKIN PARK, is out now. One Direction book coming soon.
Phil Nugent @philnugent.bsky.social A cool rebel with no friends
Bill Janovitz @billjanovitz.bsky.social Guy in Buffalo Tom. Author, Leon Russell, Rolling Stones, & 2025: The Cars: Let the Stories Be Told. https://linktr.ee/billjanovitz
@neatsloan.bsky.social @neatsloan.bsky.social
Thierry @tcote.bsky.social I lecture about political science, social media and media & politics @ York University, I used to write a lot about music but I don’t so much anymore. I still watch too much tennis. He/him.
JessicaSiriusXM @jessicasiriusxm.bsky.social SiriusXM Host: The Highway 56 & Hair Nation 39 - Join me for Spandex Sunday Mornings 🤘 Also Y2Kountry 57, Prime Country 58 & Classic Rewind 25 🎸
Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social writer. gardener. cailleach na luatha 🦋 moryan.com 💚 linktr.ee/maureenryan 🚀 I’m writing a book about Battlestar Galactica. I wrote a book about Hollywood titled Burn It Down. I’ve been a critic & journalist for 100 years. More at links above 🌸 Abolish ICE
Peoples Pop Polls: The World Cup Of 1996 @peoples-pop-polls.bsky.social The Peoples Pop Polls, run by Tom Ewing. Congratulations to ZOHRA, winner of the Pop World Cup for Algeria! Currently open polls: https://peoples-pop.com/2025/10/24/currently-open-polls/ NEXT: The World Cup Of 1996 - Starts 8th July!
Marissa R. Moss @marissarmoss.bsky.social Senior Writer, Rolling Stone. Nashvillian, etc. Wrote a book called HER COUNTRY for Holt. Writing one now for Da Capo called I'VE BEEN A BAD, BAD GIRL. Don’t Rock The Inbox newsletter: https://www.dontrocktheinbox.com
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group. Send me your mutual aid requests.
Dan Nguyen @dancow.bsky.social chicago area data journalist/scientist/wrangler, duolingo vietnamese language learner. the best chicago banh mi is at nhu lan on lawrence st
Alexandra Lippman @alexandralippman.bsky.social Ethnographer of sound, technology and politics. Host of “Sound Study” on Dublab. Curator and co-founder of Discos Rolas.
Matt Brennan @profmattbrennan.bsky.social Professor of Popular Music at University of Glasgow. My book 'Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit' (Oxford University Press) is out now: linksta.cc/@mattbrennan
Alyssa Barna @abarna.bsky.social Music theorist, ass prof @UMN music. Public music theory, popular music, telling it like it is. she/her
JD Ryznar @jdryznar.bsky.social Hollywood Writer
Jim Naureckas @naureckas.bsky.social Editor at FAIR since 1990.