Editor: Gayle Kozlowski’s Dec. 30 letter embodies what is wrong in America (“If you don’t like Trump’s America, you can leave”): Dissent is not to be tolerated here in the U.S. Love it or leave it.

From “Ayo Edebiri” to “this is fine,” puzzles reveal a portrait of the people who make and solve them. By Nitsuh Abebe The answers in crossword puzzles should come from the realm of general knowledge, ...

Tell-alls, streaming service deep-dives, personal essays, and artist mythologies defined 2025’s printed year in music. Paste has picked its 10 favorite music books from the last 12 months, but I’d ...

“The Uncool” Cameron Crowe — For much of the world, he had ’em in his hand with “Jerry Maguire,” or even earlier with his “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” script or “…Say Anything.” But for some of us, ...

The rocker and actor heartthrob offers a fond tribute to his former co-star, who died Sunday at age 78. By Seth Abramovitch Senior Writer No one better understands what it was like to be the ...

“It’s the English side of me that never dies,” said the pioneering wordsmith who is celebrating 40 years of hip-hop classics like “La-Di-Da-Di.” By Jonathan Abrams Hip-hop was still in its nascency ...

41st Annual NAMM TEC Awards will take place on Thursday evening, Jan. 22, during The NAMM Show CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- NAMM (The National Association of Music Merchants), the ...

The love-gone-wrong song represents a rite of passage for just about every songwriter who has ever put pen to paper. Only a precious few writers can give those songs a spin that sounds like something ...

It’s a Wednesday evening, Oct. 22, and the house lights glow warm in Stockbridge Hall’s Bowker Auditorium. On the stage are two armchairs and a stack of books. To the left, an electric guitar. The ...

When "Heartbeat City" appeared in the spring of 1984, The Cars seemed both utterly of their moment and somehow outside it. They were too neat for rock and too sly for pop, the sort of Gatsby band that ...

Ric Flair sued WWE? From fighting on life support to reclaiming his IP rights against WWE Democrats achieved the worst of all worlds with their shutdown strategy Sydney Sweeney's 'Christy' has one of ...

Curious from birth, Fiona is a music writer, researcher, and cultural theorist based in the UK. She studied her Bachelor of Music in London, specializing in audiovisual practices, and progressed to a ...