Chris Payne
@cpayneonaplane.bsky.social
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
music journalist, Stereogum, Billboard, Vulture, the Ringer etc.
dolphins/diamondbacks/penguins
https://linktr.ee/chris.payne
I went on BARDOWN BREAKDOWN to take yall behind the scenes of WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT. Also, HOCKEY. bardownbreakdown.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I went on BARDOWN BREAKDOWN to take yall behind the scenes of WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT. Also, HOCKEY. bardownbreakdown.com
Fist pumped at the sight of this SLIPKNOT QUESTION in Learned League yesterday
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fist pumped at the sight of this SLIPKNOT QUESTION in Learned League yesterday
I knew someday this quote from my book would go to good use
September 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I knew someday this quote from my book would go to good use
MCR we're doing this again in 2026!
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
MCR we're doing this again in 2026!
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Goin to the chappell
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Goin to the chappell
If you were gonna wear a deftones shirt to Chappell roan this is definitely the one
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you were gonna wear a deftones shirt to Chappell roan this is definitely the one
Go get @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s awesome new book, which features (I think?) my first cover blurb!
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Go get @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s awesome new book, which features (I think?) my first cover blurb!
You gotta hand it to em
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You gotta hand it to em
Where were you when My Chemical Romance covered “Livin On a Prayer”???
August 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Where were you when My Chemical Romance covered “Livin On a Prayer”???
Where were you when My Chemical Romance got the key to the city???
August 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Where were you when My Chemical Romance got the key to the city???
So This Is the Jet Black New Year
August 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So This Is the Jet Black New Year
new Hayley Williams video cc: our favorite music video tropes account @ownsongkaraoke.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
new Hayley Williams video cc: our favorite music video tropes account @ownsongkaraoke.bsky.social
RIP Ozzy. I’ll always have Bert McCracken telling me what it was like on the set of your show.
July 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
RIP Ozzy. I’ll always have Bert McCracken telling me what it was like on the set of your show.
Hootie and the Blowfish “Fairweather Johnson”… cannot stress how much this looks like a Midwest emo release
July 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Hootie and the Blowfish “Fairweather Johnson”… cannot stress how much this looks like a Midwest emo release
Going through old cds & vinyl… gonna see how many @shadowtodd.bsky.social Trainwreckords I can find. We’re off to a good start:
July 19, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Going through old cds & vinyl… gonna see how many @shadowtodd.bsky.social Trainwreckords I can find. We’re off to a good start:
I love studying the animal kingdom
July 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I love studying the animal kingdom
working on something here
May 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
working on something here
It’s Independent Bookstore Day & I want to shout out P&T Knitwear in Nolita, NYC. Wonderfully curated selection, cool design & a public restroom for all, both v convenient & shows they care about the community around them. They were the 1st store to do an event for my book & I’m eternally grateful!
April 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
It’s Independent Bookstore Day & I want to shout out P&T Knitwear in Nolita, NYC. Wonderfully curated selection, cool design & a public restroom for all, both v convenient & shows they care about the community around them. They were the 1st store to do an event for my book & I’m eternally grateful!
Media like NYT is dangerously unprepared for what is probably coming... Trump doesn't give a fuck about the constitution & I'm not betting on the Supreme Court to hold him to it
April 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Media like NYT is dangerously unprepared for what is probably coming... Trump doesn't give a fuck about the constitution & I'm not betting on the Supreme Court to hold him to it
march grid marching on in
March 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
march grid marching on in
can’t wait to dig into this one
(one of my favorite & first interviews for “where are your boys tonight”!)
(one of my favorite & first interviews for “where are your boys tonight”!)
March 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
can’t wait to dig into this one
(one of my favorite & first interviews for “where are your boys tonight”!)
(one of my favorite & first interviews for “where are your boys tonight”!)
me + my february grid
February 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
me + my february grid