Annie Zaleski
@anniezaleski.bsky.social
NYT Bestselling Author, “Taylor Swift: The Stories Behind the Songs.” 33 1/3 book on Duran Duran’s ‘Rio.’ Other books: Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Pink, Christmas songs, Cher. Trans + disability rights are human rights. [email protected]; anniez.com.
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Annie Zaleski
@anniezaleski.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Annie’s Newsletter | Annie Zaleski | Substack
Music musings with a personal twist. Click to read Annie’s Newsletter, by Annie Zaleski, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
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An intro! I'm a music journalist who also (sometimes) writes about culture, business, healthcare + marketing. I've written books on: Duran Duran's 'Rio,' Pink, Lady Gaga, Harry Styles, Taylor Swift, Christmas music (and soon): love songs and Cher! I have a newsletter too: anniezaleski.substack.com
This raccoon represents 2025.
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
This raccoon represents 2025.
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“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
Interactive AIDS Quilt
The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 48,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience People around the world can experie...
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December 1, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“The National AIDS Memorial, through a partnership with the AIDS Quilt Touch team, presents all 50,000 panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt in an interactive experience so people around the world can experience the beauty of the Quilt and witness the love and stories stitched into each panel.”
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50 years ago, Dec 1975: teenager Brad Elterman learns that Bowie's recording at Cherokee in LA & stakes out the studio, catching DB & Paul Buckmaster leaving one morning with a pile of "Man Who Fell to Earth" soundtrack tapes. "He thought it was a bit funny, smiled & said good morning."
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
50 years ago, Dec 1975: teenager Brad Elterman learns that Bowie's recording at Cherokee in LA & stakes out the studio, catching DB & Paul Buckmaster leaving one morning with a pile of "Man Who Fell to Earth" soundtrack tapes. "He thought it was a bit funny, smiled & said good morning."
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This is a banger. I will not be taking questions at this time.
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is a banger. I will not be taking questions at this time.
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Every year on World AIDS Day I commemorate my uncle, a man I barely knew who died in 1995. He haunts my memory because I can't say he was a great, good, or OK man -- he barely existed. In those days we tended to x-out AIDS victims. But his life shadows -- shades -- mine. wp.me/pzXeC-kJ3
Chronicle of a life foreclosed
(NB: Every year I add an autobiographical crinkle. Thanks for reading) The boy spent hours bouncing a rubber ball against a wall. The boy had problems. At the time, my mom said, she minded her moth…
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December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Every year on World AIDS Day I commemorate my uncle, a man I barely knew who died in 1995. He haunts my memory because I can't say he was a great, good, or OK man -- he barely existed. In those days we tended to x-out AIDS victims. But his life shadows -- shades -- mine. wp.me/pzXeC-kJ3
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When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
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Finally watched the first episode of the Live Aid at 40 documentary last night, about the making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? It’s very good, and WHAT a moment this was.
July 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Finally watched the first episode of the Live Aid at 40 documentary last night, about the making of Do They Know It’s Christmas? It’s very good, and WHAT a moment this was.
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i used to have a column in @pastemagazine.bsky.social where I wrote about my relationship to sobriety and music , and two years ago when Shane MacGowan passed away i wrote this
Shane MacGowan and the Stories We Leave Behind
In her column Flirted With You All My Life, Niko Stratis remembers the Shane MacGowarn as another difficult year comes to a close.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
i used to have a column in @pastemagazine.bsky.social where I wrote about my relationship to sobriety and music , and two years ago when Shane MacGowan passed away i wrote this
Can’t believe we lost the goddess Christine McVie three years ago today. 💔 Wrote this for NPR Music when she died. www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1...
Christine McVie brought romantic optimism to Fleetwood Mac
For a band famous for its interpersonal drama, McVie extolled the virtues of true love.
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November 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Can’t believe we lost the goddess Christine McVie three years ago today. 💔 Wrote this for NPR Music when she died. www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1...
What a great story about a Hoodoo Gurus superfan having a 40-year old wish come true. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...
Hoodoo Gurus super fan's wish comes true after 40 years
Patience has paid off for a Melbourne Hoodu Gurus megafan after waiting four decades for a reply to her letter to the band.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 5:40 PM
What a great story about a Hoodoo Gurus superfan having a 40-year old wish come true. www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/enterta...
We’ve already had Bruce, Gene Simmons, multiple Def Leppard members, Nancy Wilson, Simon Le Bon and….Morrissey in his pajamas. Sold.
Through midnight tomorrow, you can stream a bunch of great docs from NYC DOC online for $15 each. Currently watching: a star-studded doc on the Sunset Marquis. www.docnyc.net
DOC NYC - America's Largest Documentary Festival
Save the date! DOC NYC Returns Nov 12 - 30, 2025.
www.docnyc.net
November 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We’ve already had Bruce, Gene Simmons, multiple Def Leppard members, Nancy Wilson, Simon Le Bon and….Morrissey in his pajamas. Sold.
Through midnight tomorrow, you can stream a bunch of great docs from NYC DOC online for $15 each. Currently watching: a star-studded doc on the Sunset Marquis. www.docnyc.net
DOC NYC - America's Largest Documentary Festival
Save the date! DOC NYC Returns Nov 12 - 30, 2025.
www.docnyc.net
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Through midnight tomorrow, you can stream a bunch of great docs from NYC DOC online for $15 each. Currently watching: a star-studded doc on the Sunset Marquis. www.docnyc.net
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Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights also stocks these books of mine. Autographed and personalized copies available all season! macsbacks.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights also stocks these books of mine. Autographed and personalized copies available all season! macsbacks.com
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It's Small Business Saturday, which is the perfect time to shout out Mac's Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a community staple since the early 1980s. This bookstore is magic! Plus, they handle autographed copies of my books, such as these ones; just order online or call! macsbacks.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's Small Business Saturday, which is the perfect time to shout out Mac's Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a community staple since the early 1980s. This bookstore is magic! Plus, they handle autographed copies of my books, such as these ones; just order online or call! macsbacks.com
Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights also stocks these books of mine. Autographed and personalized copies available all season! macsbacks.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Mac's Backs in Cleveland Heights also stocks these books of mine. Autographed and personalized copies available all season! macsbacks.com
It's Small Business Saturday, which is the perfect time to shout out Mac's Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a community staple since the early 1980s. This bookstore is magic! Plus, they handle autographed copies of my books, such as these ones; just order online or call! macsbacks.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
It's Small Business Saturday, which is the perfect time to shout out Mac's Backs Books in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a community staple since the early 1980s. This bookstore is magic! Plus, they handle autographed copies of my books, such as these ones; just order online or call! macsbacks.com
Finally watched season 2 of “School Spirits” today. Hands down my favorite series: inventive and spooky without being too scary, with plenty of inventive twists. Highly recommended!
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Finally watched season 2 of “School Spirits” today. Hands down my favorite series: inventive and spooky without being too scary, with plenty of inventive twists. Highly recommended!
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Going to build a sci-fi religion around this dog, who is clearly the reincarnation of a galactic emperor.
Some of those dogs at the dog show are just obscene abominations unto the lord.
November 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Going to build a sci-fi religion around this dog, who is clearly the reincarnation of a galactic emperor.
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
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Hey, @bookshop.org has free shopping for Black Friday! you can get my book, and so many others, and as an added bonus you're not supporting a terrible billionaire
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The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman
Check out The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman - <p><b>A memoir-in-essays on transness, dad rock, and the music that saves us.</b></p><p> When Wilco's 2007 album <i>Sky Blue Sky</i> was infamously critic...
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hey, @bookshop.org has free shopping for Black Friday! you can get my book, and so many others, and as an added bonus you're not supporting a terrible billionaire
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
November 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
“You’ll be visited by three spirits.”
The three spirits:
The three spirits: