Olivia Rodrigo’s first two albums grabbed me by the throat. “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love” crept up on me (then made me obsessed). Chatting with Wesley Morris: Listen: bit.ly/4pkM5VG apple.co/4gr9jad Watch: bit.ly/4fqoboe nyti.ms/4w5m4ft
Olivia Rodrigo Makes Heartbreak Pop
Cannonball with Wesley Morris · Episode
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As the debut “Real Housewives” franchise turns 20 and Vicki Gunvalson, the OG of the OC, returns to full-time status, I wrote about the show’s evolution and one of the most quintessential figures in reality TV. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/a...
How a ‘Housewives’ Original Became a Reality TV Blueprint
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i hit the streets last night and spoke to a few of THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF NEW YORK
Hell Gate *subscribe today!*@hellgatenyc.com · 3mo ago"I'm just happy that I could look at my grandkids and be like, I was there," said Daniel Silva, 37, his voice hoarse from screaming. "In a weird way, I feel fulfilled. If the Knicks just won the championship, roll your dice on your dreams. Because if this happened, your dreams have a possibility."
‘Stop! That! Train!’ starring RuPaul & ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ by Olivia Rodrigo release tonight.
Nearly 4 hours of deeper and deeper convo with Yasi Salek about every *Madonna* album since 2005 for Bandsplain! Taped on my last day of work, on nothing but a Dunkin’ iced coffee and a lifetime of appreciation for my favorite unapologetic bitch. open.spotify.com/episode/4RMe...
Madonna: Part 4 With Caryn Ganz
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After 11 years, thousands of articles, 11 Taylor Swift album releases, one of the biggest trials in music history and more traumatizing deaths than one pop music editor could fathom, I have decided to leave The New York Times.
Going to see the R.E.M. cover band play the album I quoted in my high school yearbook with a high school friend tonight 😭 www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/a...
10 Standout R.E.M. Deep Cuts (Published 2024)
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JOHN TESH is somehow exactly who you think he is and completely not what you’d expect. I profiled another Long Island piano man as “Roundball Rock” returns to NBC. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
John Tesh Keeps Bouncing Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Back
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Watching drag queens wrestle to a remix of Lady Gaga’s “Shadow of a Man”
Panic ate all the conventional snacks 5 innings ago. Going to have to get creative.
Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball is the pop event of the year, so I made Wesley Morris come see it so we could discuss. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
Dark Pop Is In. But Gaga Is Mother.
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This is turning into the most interesting Taylor Swift album to argue over. So we did, on a crew reunion Popcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...
Why Is Taylor Swift So Polarizing? And Other Big ‘Showgirl’ Questions
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Lady Gaga finally found a way to tap into all the things that made her so thrilling and enchanting 15 years ago in her new live show. The Mayhem Ball is 10/10 (but a few notes).
A Critic's Notebook: ‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism
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Bless Weird Al for getting Puddles Pity Party on the MSG stage
Grace Jones will not be contained by the Prospect Park curfew
Did not have “Jonathan Groff straddles Keanu Reeves” in our Tonys predictions
The rare Popcast / “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” crossover moment www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/a...
🚨 Tracy Chapman interview siren 🚨 @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social with a lovely, illuminating (and rare) conversation: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/a...
Tracy Chapman Wants to Speak for Herself
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Parched Lady Gaga fans are willing a sip of the good stuff into … something more. Talking “Mayhem” with @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social (who doesn’t necessarily agree with me!) and Joe Coscarelli (who sort of does, but there are other issues there) on Popcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
Lady Gaga Sells ‘Mayhem’ Hard. But Does It Work?
On Popcast, a discussion about the singer’s latest “return to form” album and whether her aggressive promotion of it adds up to anything new.
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In honor of the piece of Britney Spears's birthday cake that has been in my freezer since 2008, I joined @djlouiexiv.bsky.social on Pop Pantheon to talk about her most chaotic and musically fascinating era. bit.ly/4iw9bEe (Apple) bit.ly/3FvX8Ze (Spotify)
BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 3 (with The New York Times' Caryn Ganz)
Podcast Episode · Pop Pantheon · 03/13/2025 · 2h 16m
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