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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 4h

Taylor Swift isn’t secretly MAGA, and people who think she is have completely lost their minds www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

There's No Vaccine for Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome

We dive deep into every track on 'The Life of A Showgirl' — and take on some of the weirder criticisms of it

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 7h

I find it equally baffling and distressing!

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 9h

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There's No Vaccine for Taylor Swift Derangement Syndrome

We dive deep into every track on 'The Life of A Showgirl' — and take on some of the weirder criticisms of it

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 9h

Today: open.spotify.com/episode/3byl...

Missy Elliott on "Get Ur Freak On" — Rolling Stone's Best Song of the 21st Century So Far

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 9h

Posted new podcast episodes two days in a row! Yesterday: open.spotify.com/episode/4i8Q...

Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl': The Ultimate Breakdown

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 2d

Timmy Chalamet out here looking like Jimmy Iovine

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Something For Nothing @rushfancast.bsky.social · 2d

New episode alert! Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson announced the #Rush "Fifty Something Tour" earlier today, and we couldn't wait to talk about it! Join us, #RushFamily, as we make no attempt to hide our excitement! #FiftySomethingTour
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Ep. 198: The Fifty Something Tour Announcement

It's an emergency episode of the podcast! The unthinkable has been thought: Rush is going on tour! Today, Geddy and Alex announced a 7-city, 12-show tour, scheduled for summer 2026. Our excitement is ...

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 2d

Warning that headlines would end up looking like this was once considered very cringe, very hysterical, very “wine mom”

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 2d

In the depths of the pandemic, I wrote this cover story on the life and death of Neil Peart www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Spirit of Neil Peart

For the first time since the passing of Rush's drum god, Neil Peart, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson speak about his legacy.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 3d

What’s most maddening is you just know most of these kids either didn’t vote or pulled the lever for Jill Stein

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe worry more about your faves who *refused* to make a key endorsement last year

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 3d

Tiktokers are finding a lot more political energy for ludicrous, bad-faith criticisms of a big pop album than for, say, what ICE is doing. We’re doomed

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Andrew Perez @andrewperez.bsky.social · 3d

In the next issue of Rolling Stone magazine, @swin24.bsky.social and I go deep on Trump’s war on speech, the left, and any and all dissent.

Read it here and come follow our work at @zeteo.com, where we work now! www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent

Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 7d

One of the most intense exchanges I've ever had in an interview, from my new episode with My Morning Jacket's Jim James open.spotify.com/episode/4jP7...

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 8d

I interviewed My Morning Jacket about Z when it first came out. But now, 20 years later, Jim James was finally ready to tell me about the dark emotional currents that birthed it
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Jim James Finally Reveals Why He Named My Morning Jacket's Classic Album 'Z'

In a deep, confessional new interview, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James looks back on 'Z' for its 20th anniversary

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 8d

I interviewed My Morning Jacket about Z when it first came out. But now, 20 years later, Jim James was finally ready to tell me about the dark emotional currents that birthed it
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Jim James Finally Reveals Why He Named My Morning Jacket's Classic Album 'Z'

In a deep, confessional new interview, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James looks back on 'Z' for its 20th anniversary

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 8d

Known. Known.

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 8d

I’ve know Jim James of My Morning Jacket for 20 years, and this is the most intense conversation we’ve ever had. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

Jim James Finally Reveals Why He Named My Morning Jacket's Classic Album 'Z'

In a deep, confessional new interview, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James looks back on 'Z' for its 20th anniversary

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Stephanie Mathis, MLS(ASCP) 😷💜 @stephmu00mls.bsky.social · 9d

Kate, a colleague of mine in my current job, exclaimed about how old this song is & seemed surprised I knew about it.

I pointed out that it was featured in 1st "Wayne's World" movie in early 1992 - when I was in 8th grade.

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