Michael Azerrad
@michaelazerrad.bsky.social
Author of _The Amplified Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana_ and _Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991_.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Bylines: the New Yorker, the Yale Review, the New York Times, etc.
Well, Jill Lepore just said she was thinking of leaving academia due to the "repressive" campus culture and an environment she described as "miserable" — and she’s tenured at Harvard.
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Well, Jill Lepore just said she was thinking of leaving academia due to the "repressive" campus culture and an environment she described as "miserable" — and she’s tenured at Harvard.
The improv duo of Bill Orcutt (guitar) and Chris Corsano (drums) opened for Tortoise last night and they were freakishly telepathic, jaw-droppingly intense and utterly joyous. The crowd was blown away. Wow, am I glad I got there early.
November 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The improv duo of Bill Orcutt (guitar) and Chris Corsano (drums) opened for Tortoise last night and they were freakishly telepathic, jaw-droppingly intense and utterly joyous. The crowd was blown away. Wow, am I glad I got there early.
Argh, you're right. Well, it's still a good excuse to listen.
November 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Argh, you're right. Well, it's still a good excuse to listen.
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Eric Adams: "New York City is the ____ of America"
YouTube video by Avery the Cuban-American
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October 31, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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The point is, much of the music is also organized around Nathan Larson's guitar and Adam Wade's drums: it's about the particular sound that those particular people make together.
October 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The point is, much of the music is also organized around Nathan Larson's guitar and Adam Wade's drums: it's about the particular sound that those particular people make together.
This isn't a nostalgia thing — they're really psyched to be playing and writing together again, and it looks like some great stuff is going to come out of it.
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This isn't a nostalgia thing — they're really psyched to be playing and writing together again, and it looks like some great stuff is going to come out of it.