Elizabeth Nelson
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
Singer-songwriter for the Paranoid Style, contributor to the New York Times, Washington Post, the New Yorker, the Atlantic, The Ringer, Pitchfork, LGM.
I am not sure if it's a bigger compliment to have been asked to write the liner notes for Bob Dylan & The Band's "The 1974 Live Recordings" box set, or for it to be acknowledged by the Deems Taylor Awards as one of the best critical essays of 2025. Anyway, I got a rad certificate. So deeply honored.
January 17, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I am not sure if it's a bigger compliment to have been asked to write the liner notes for Bob Dylan & The Band's "The 1974 Live Recordings" box set, or for it to be acknowledged by the Deems Taylor Awards as one of the best critical essays of 2025. Anyway, I got a rad certificate. So deeply honored.
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❗Fri., Feb. 27 at Comet❗
The Paranoid Style ➕ Dot Dash
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@paranoiacs.bsky.social @dotdashdc.bsky.social @rediscoverfire.bsky.social @barnonerecords.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @countrymile.bsky.social
The Paranoid Style ➕ Dot Dash
tix/info: calendar.rediscoverfirebooking.com/shows/the-paranoid-style-dot-dash-27-feb
@paranoiacs.bsky.social @dotdashdc.bsky.social @rediscoverfire.bsky.social @barnonerecords.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @countrymile.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 2:57 PM
❗Fri., Feb. 27 at Comet❗
The Paranoid Style ➕ Dot Dash
tix/info: calendar.rediscoverfirebooking.com/shows/the-paranoid-style-dot-dash-27-feb
@paranoiacs.bsky.social @dotdashdc.bsky.social @rediscoverfire.bsky.social @barnonerecords.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @countrymile.bsky.social
The Paranoid Style ➕ Dot Dash
tix/info: calendar.rediscoverfirebooking.com/shows/the-paranoid-style-dot-dash-27-feb
@paranoiacs.bsky.social @dotdashdc.bsky.social @rediscoverfire.bsky.social @barnonerecords.bsky.social @wallytbm.bsky.social @countrymile.bsky.social
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This must be the first time I've found a new band because I recognize their byline. Here’s the Paranoid Style theparanoidstyle.bandcamp.com with the music critic Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social as singer and lead songwriter.
The Paranoid Style
The Paranoid Style was a special committee convened in 2012 in order to address our country's many pressing problems.
theparanoidstyle.bandcamp.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:55 PM
This must be the first time I've found a new band because I recognize their byline. Here’s the Paranoid Style theparanoidstyle.bandcamp.com with the music critic Elizabeth Nelson @paranoiacs.bsky.social as singer and lead songwriter.
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Fantastic song. Fantastic piece as usual.
Sounds like litigious Don Henley will need to revise the lyrics to A Month of Sundays.
🎼Folks these days don't do nothin' / simply for the love of it / And if they do I'll sue their ass off..."
Sounds like litigious Don Henley will need to revise the lyrics to A Month of Sundays.
🎼Folks these days don't do nothin' / simply for the love of it / And if they do I'll sue their ass off..."
January 15, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Fantastic song. Fantastic piece as usual.
Sounds like litigious Don Henley will need to revise the lyrics to A Month of Sundays.
🎼Folks these days don't do nothin' / simply for the love of it / And if they do I'll sue their ass off..."
Sounds like litigious Don Henley will need to revise the lyrics to A Month of Sundays.
🎼Folks these days don't do nothin' / simply for the love of it / And if they do I'll sue their ass off..."
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This is amazing stuff from Elizabeth. Sent me back to Henley's meanest, most not-kiddingestly cynical song ("If Dirt Were Dollars") & the meanest (but just-kiddingest), most self-seriousness puncturing song ever written about him (Skid Roper's "Don Henley Must Die").
"Boys of summer/ In the dead of winter". New Paranoid Style single "Elegant Bachelors" is out today on Bar-None Records! It's about the enigma of Don Henley. Here's an accompanying essay about his strange, sad, beautiful, frustrating work over at Southwest Review. southwestreview.com/track-premie...
Track Premiere | Elegant Bachelors
By Elizabeth Nelson
southwestreview.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This is amazing stuff from Elizabeth. Sent me back to Henley's meanest, most not-kiddingestly cynical song ("If Dirt Were Dollars") & the meanest (but just-kiddingest), most self-seriousness puncturing song ever written about him (Skid Roper's "Don Henley Must Die").
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"Boys of summer/ In the dead of winter". New Paranoid Style single "Elegant Bachelors" is out today on Bar-None Records! It's about the enigma of Don Henley. Here's an accompanying essay about his strange, sad, beautiful, frustrating work over at Southwest Review. southwestreview.com/track-premie...
Track Premiere | Elegant Bachelors
By Elizabeth Nelson
southwestreview.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"Boys of summer/ In the dead of winter". New Paranoid Style single "Elegant Bachelors" is out today on Bar-None Records! It's about the enigma of Don Henley. Here's an accompanying essay about his strange, sad, beautiful, frustrating work over at Southwest Review. southwestreview.com/track-premie...
"Boys of summer/ In the dead of winter". New Paranoid Style single "Elegant Bachelors" is out today on Bar-None Records! It's about the enigma of Don Henley. Here's an accompanying essay about his strange, sad, beautiful, frustrating work over at Southwest Review. southwestreview.com/track-premie...
Track Premiere | Elegant Bachelors
By Elizabeth Nelson
southwestreview.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:11 PM
"Boys of summer/ In the dead of winter". New Paranoid Style single "Elegant Bachelors" is out today on Bar-None Records! It's about the enigma of Don Henley. Here's an accompanying essay about his strange, sad, beautiful, frustrating work over at Southwest Review. southwestreview.com/track-premie...
Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour, Bryson DeChambeau seems primed to follow him and the weird LIV golf experiment appears to be reaching its natural, pointless conclusion. I wrote about it all for the Ringer, as well as a little "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" talk! www.theringer.com/2026/01/13/g...
Brooks Koepka’s Return to the PGA Tour Is a Decisive Blow in Golf’s Civil War
After four years of LIV Golf disrupting and dictating, the PGA Tour has gone on the offensive
www.theringer.com
January 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Brooks Koepka is back on the PGA Tour, Bryson DeChambeau seems primed to follow him and the weird LIV golf experiment appears to be reaching its natural, pointless conclusion. I wrote about it all for the Ringer, as well as a little "McCabe & Mrs. Miller" talk! www.theringer.com/2026/01/13/g...
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From the always incredibly insightful Elizabeth Nelson. I’ve seen the Grateful Dead’s role in the evolution of what became known as alt.country downplayed, likely based on the stereotype of the “jam band” when they were actually among the early purveyors. So misunderstood.
A kind of 'White Album' in reverse, Wilco's 'Being There' is the sound of one schizophrenic man resolving himself three ways, rather than three men splitting apart. A wondrous amalgam of Twilley-inspired pop, Dead-indebted digressions and a horn section that won't quit on Monday. So long, Bob Weir.
January 11, 2026 at 4:07 AM
From the always incredibly insightful Elizabeth Nelson. I’ve seen the Grateful Dead’s role in the evolution of what became known as alt.country downplayed, likely based on the stereotype of the “jam band” when they were actually among the early purveyors. So misunderstood.
A kind of 'White Album' in reverse, Wilco's 'Being There' is the sound of one schizophrenic man resolving himself three ways, rather than three men splitting apart. A wondrous amalgam of Twilley-inspired pop, Dead-indebted digressions and a horn section that won't quit on Monday. So long, Bob Weir.
January 11, 2026 at 3:20 AM
A kind of 'White Album' in reverse, Wilco's 'Being There' is the sound of one schizophrenic man resolving himself three ways, rather than three men splitting apart. A wondrous amalgam of Twilley-inspired pop, Dead-indebted digressions and a horn section that won't quit on Monday. So long, Bob Weir.
I am CONVINCED that I was correct about the number of rubicons!
Let's check with @paranoiacs.bsky.social
So many rubicons and so many rivers to defile
The human equivalent of Satan on your speed dial
When the whole thing goes down and no roads are open
You'll remember this sound: it’s love and demotion
So many rubicons and so many rivers to defile
The human equivalent of Satan on your speed dial
When the whole thing goes down and no roads are open
You'll remember this sound: it’s love and demotion
How many rubicons are there?
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
I am CONVINCED that I was correct about the number of rubicons!
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Also an unusually good video
January 4, 2026 at 4:34 AM
Also an unusually good video
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@paranoiacs.bsky.social just did a nice run-though of the first wave of solo projects open.substack.com/pub/theparan...
On Bash & Pop’s Friday Night Is Killing Me and Tommy Stinson’s Deep, Dark Truthful Mirror
"Your golden age/ I was born too late"
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
@paranoiacs.bsky.social just did a nice run-though of the first wave of solo projects open.substack.com/pub/theparan...
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Former rock deejay here. Still get tears in my eyes when I listen to Boys of Summer. Great lyrics, on many levels. I've taught it in my English lit class. "Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac; a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back..."
January 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Former rock deejay here. Still get tears in my eyes when I listen to Boys of Summer. Great lyrics, on many levels. I've taught it in my English lit class. "Out on the road today I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac; a little voice inside my head said don't look back, you can never look back..."
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Also: Mike Campbell, underrated
A fever dream of creeping spiritual corruption, Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" is probably finally the greatest song written about the failed revolutions of the 60's, and the nightmare of disillusioned consumerism and hippie fall-out to follow. The first spasms of the angry investor class. Buckle up.
January 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Also: Mike Campbell, underrated
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I feel like I'm understanding the line "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" for the first time. (I was born in the 80s, I think those words had lost some of their cultural impact by the time I learned the song.)
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 AM
I feel like I'm understanding the line "Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac" for the first time. (I was born in the 80s, I think those words had lost some of their cultural impact by the time I learned the song.)
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i was in the front row for mike campbell’s first performance of it on his book tour last year and i don’t think i’ve recovered, yet. the sound of yearning for something that barely existed… it hurt, so good.
January 4, 2026 at 3:10 AM
i was in the front row for mike campbell’s first performance of it on his book tour last year and i don’t think i’ve recovered, yet. the sound of yearning for something that barely existed… it hurt, so good.
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On top of a killer instrumental backing that sets the mood from the first note.
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 AM
On top of a killer instrumental backing that sets the mood from the first note.
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#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#DanuaryDozen
Day 4
“Daniel In The Basement” by The Paranoid Style
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=haJl...
#MusicSky
#DanuaryDozen
Day 4
“Daniel In The Basement” by The Paranoid Style
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=haJl...
Daniel In The Basement
YouTube video by The Paranoid Style - Topic
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January 3, 2026 at 10:08 PM
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky
#DanuaryDozen
Day 4
“Daniel In The Basement” by The Paranoid Style
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=haJl...
#MusicSky
#DanuaryDozen
Day 4
“Daniel In The Basement” by The Paranoid Style
@paranoiacs.bsky.social
m.youtube.com/watch?v=haJl...
A fever dream of creeping spiritual corruption, Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" is probably finally the greatest song written about the failed revolutions of the 60's, and the nightmare of disillusioned consumerism and hippie fall-out to follow. The first spasms of the angry investor class. Buckle up.
January 4, 2026 at 3:08 AM
A fever dream of creeping spiritual corruption, Don Henley's "Boys Of Summer" is probably finally the greatest song written about the failed revolutions of the 60's, and the nightmare of disillusioned consumerism and hippie fall-out to follow. The first spasms of the angry investor class. Buckle up.
Had great fun appearing on Kreative Kontrol recently with Jason Jones and Peter Jesperson to discuss the new Replacements 'Let It Be' reissue! Please give it a spin and keep this great listener funded podcast thriving!!
November 18, 2025
Ep. 1040: The Replacements’ ‘Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)’ with Peter Jesperson, Jason Jones & Elizabeth Nelson
Thanks Peter, Jason, and @paranoiacs.bsky.social
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Ep. 1040: The Replacements’ ‘Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)’ with Peter Jesperson, Jason Jones & Elizabeth Nelson
Thanks Peter, Jason, and @paranoiacs.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/11/18/e...
Ep. #1040: The Replacements' 'Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)' with Peter Jesperson, Jason Jones & Elizabeth Nelson - Kreative Kontrol
Peter Jesperson, Jason Jones, and Elizabeth Nelson are here to discuss their work on 'Let It Be (Deluxe Edition)' by the Replacements, Peter’s fondness for Elizabeth’s writing and her excellent liner ...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Had great fun appearing on Kreative Kontrol recently with Jason Jones and Peter Jesperson to discuss the new Replacements 'Let It Be' reissue! Please give it a spin and keep this great listener funded podcast thriving!!
Happy birthday to the inimitable Charles Portis, my favorite fiction writer. Re-posting this digressive multi-thousand word meditation on his astonishing novel 'Dog Of The South,' first published over at the Ringer. "It's a shame how we neglect our poets." www.theringer.com/2019/02/01/b...
December 29, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Happy birthday to the inimitable Charles Portis, my favorite fiction writer. Re-posting this digressive multi-thousand word meditation on his astonishing novel 'Dog Of The South,' first published over at the Ringer. "It's a shame how we neglect our poets." www.theringer.com/2019/02/01/b...
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Tommy Stinson, who played with Soul Asylum for a number of years, is opening for them tonight at First Avenue. @paranoiacs.bsky.social, who wrote the liner notes for the reent Let It Be reissue box set, devoted her most recent newsletter to the Replacements' post-band releases, especially Tommy's...
Leading up tonight’s appearance at First Avenue, @chrisrstrib.bsky.social suggested that Soul Asylum might be the artist who has performed at the club more than any other. I’m hard-pressed to offer a better suggestion. Any other guesses? Think both longevity and frequency.
December 27, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Tommy Stinson, who played with Soul Asylum for a number of years, is opening for them tonight at First Avenue. @paranoiacs.bsky.social, who wrote the liner notes for the reent Let It Be reissue box set, devoted her most recent newsletter to the Replacements' post-band releases, especially Tommy's...
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I think Schopenhauer wrote somewhere that the hardest vice for the wise to purge was vanity.
December 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I think Schopenhauer wrote somewhere that the hardest vice for the wise to purge was vanity.