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Chris Payne

@cpayneonaplane.bsky.social

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author, WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT, a McNally Jackson bestseller out now on Dey Street Books 📗 music journalist, Stereogum, Billboard, Vulture, the Ringer etc. dolphins/diamondbacks/penguins https://linktr.ee/chris.payne

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 18

New Deftones album is out Friday & I wrote about what's in store for @stereogum.bsky.social. Year of the Snake.

Premature Evaluation: Deftones 'private music'

Thirty-seven years since their first jam sesh, Deftones are as popular as ever. In 2023, they were rocking Jersey’s 4,500-cap Stone Pony Summer Stage; this April, they sold out Madison Square Garden. ...

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 2d

If I ever met Madonna I would ask her if she remembers signing deftones

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 2d

Orion Kerkering is now known for something besides sports’ greatest “that’s a star wars guy name” :(

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 4d

I remember reading that chapter mildly shocked "God Bless the USA" came out in 1984... in my mind it's either of 2001 or a song that's ALWAYS existed... not something that came out in the year of Prince and Madonna lol

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 4d

Holy shit, my book Where Are Your Boys Tonight has earned out its advance!

Earning royalties after publish helps a writer tremendously. THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book, bought the ebook, bought the audiobook, borrowed the book, downloaded it on Limewire, it all means so much. Thank you!

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 17d

I knew someday this quote from my book would go to good use

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 17d

Oh my god I had so much fun doing this. THINK I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFEHOUSE? THINK AGAIN

Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 17d

New Song vs. Song episode! We brought in 2000s rock expert @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social to help us take on the GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL SONGS OF ALL TIMES, "Kryptonite" vs. "Hanging by a Moment"?

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155: "Kryptonite" vs. "Hanging by a Moment" (with Chris Payne!)

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 20d

MCR we're doing this again in 2026!

Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 21d

worth it for the resell market price!

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 21d

Chappell is playing all of Midwest Princess on this run, plus the new singles and more, find a way to go, liquidate your assets, it’s worth it

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 21d

woah chappell roan covers “barracuda” now huh

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 21d

Goin to the chappell

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 21d

If you were gonna wear a deftones shirt to Chappell roan this is definitely the one

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Todd in the Shadows @shadowtodd.bsky.social · 22d

Really astonishing to me that corporate America looked at Trump's re-election and decided that conservatism would be profitable for the foreseeable future

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 22d

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 23d

they SHOULD build statues of critics

Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · 24d

I'm seeing Chappell Roan on Saturday in NYC and it feels like that "getting to see MCR on the Black Parade Tour" type rush... Maybe the last chance to see all/most of the songs on an instant classic album in real-time, before the next project, before the nostalgia.

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Sep 12

Go get @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s awesome new book, which features (I think?) my first cover blurb!

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Ed @notdred.bsky.social · Sep 10

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Sep 5

You gotta hand it to em

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Some of the most extreme music ever to reach a mainstream audience" --- Slipknot self-titled's 25th anniversary deluxe edition is out today, I loved writing those words, from this cover story, which you can listen along to with all the new demos & alt mixes 👺 www.altpress.com/slipknot-25t...

Here Comes the Pain: Slipknot are still in command

As Slipknot celebrate the 25th anniversary of their landmark debut, do they have another classic in them?

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 26

Swift-Kelce wedding is gonna be on some Lena Dunham/OBJ Met Gala shit

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GT @granitetide.bsky.social · Aug 22

we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light

90s computer desk with shelves for speakers, tower, printer, pull-out mouse and keyboard drawer etc

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 22

trumpy, what DO you know?

food, eating, the theater

👻 Boo!-ver Street Rag @hooverstreetrag.org · Aug 21

Does anyone else have an MST3K line they use regularly, even if it makes no sense out of context?

Because I have both "That'll keep your panfish down for a while." and "Come come, boys, we must confound Jerry at every turn!" from MST3K the movie alone.

Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 20

See ya there Monday!

Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · Aug 20

'SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is out next week, and author @chrisdeville.bsky.social has announced book events in New York and across the Midwest

The 'Such Great Heights' Book Tour Is About To Commence

Brooklyn, Columbus, Kansas City, Perrysburg, Indianapolis, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Chicago, I'll be seeing you soon. Also: I went on my favorite podcast!

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 18

New Deftones album is out Friday & I wrote about what's in store for @stereogum.bsky.social. Year of the Snake.

Premature Evaluation: Deftones 'private music'

www.stereogum.com

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Chris Payne @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social · Aug 10

Where were you when My Chemical Romance covered “Livin On a Prayer”???

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