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This is just a beautiful story by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social, with three great lessons: Let kids be creative, take them seriously, and listen to @wfmu.bsky.social. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
This is just a beautiful story by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social, with three great lessons: Let kids be creative, take them seriously, and listen to @wfmu.bsky.social. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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I read about it in this excellent article by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I read about it in this excellent article by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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I’m listening to this now and it’s… strange!
25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I’m listening to this now and it’s… strange!
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I am very proud of my step daughters ( Janet and Mary ), and their two childhood friends Ayden and Jessica. Their cult teen band from 2000 has gained some notoriety for the re-release of their group's album "X-Cetra" and subsequent article in Rolling Stone.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I am very proud of my step daughters ( Janet and Mary ), and their two childhood friends Ayden and Jessica. Their cult teen band from 2000 has gained some notoriety for the re-release of their group's album "X-Cetra" and subsequent article in Rolling Stone.
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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This album is delightful.
25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
This album is delightful.
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25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It’s a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called Stardust. After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called Stardust. After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
rollingstone.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It’s a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called Stardust. After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called Stardust. After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Four Best Friends Made an Album as Kids. 25 Years Later, It's a Cult Classic
In 2000, X-Cetra recorded a homemade album called 'Stardust.' After being posted online, it took on a life of its own.
www.rollingstone.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
25 years ago, four childhood best friends wanted to be like the Spice Girls and form a girl group. With the help of a mom in the home taping scene, they made something they weren't expecting.
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
This is the story of X-Cetra, unexpected outsider music stars:
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Butt-Rock Is Back, Baby 🎸
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
Bros, Budweisers, and Divorced Dads: Butt-Rock Is Back, Baby
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
rollingstone.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Butt-Rock Is Back, Baby 🎸
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
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i'm super-honored to be quoted in brittany's delightful celebration of Creed + Nickelback revivalism and dramatic + sexless masculinity
July 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
i'm super-honored to be quoted in brittany's delightful celebration of Creed + Nickelback revivalism and dramatic + sexless masculinity
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READ: Butt Rock Is Back, Baby from @ohheybrittany.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Bros, Budweisers, and Divorced Dads: Butt Rock Is Back, Baby
Bands like Creed, Nickelback, and Hinder used to get made fun of, but a 2000s revival has made them more beloved than ever.
www.rollingstone.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
READ: Butt Rock Is Back, Baby from @ohheybrittany.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Want to recommend to you all this exceptional Rolling Stone cover profile of Lorde by my exceptional colleague @ohheybrittany.bsky.social
Lorde: 'I'm an Intense Bitch'
Lorde talks about her new album, 'Virgin,' and a series of personal upheavals in this Rolling Stone cover story
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May 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Want to recommend to you all this exceptional Rolling Stone cover profile of Lorde by my exceptional colleague @ohheybrittany.bsky.social
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John Mulaney did a bit where he interviews Twista about his puppets. @ohheybrittany.bsky.social did it for real for @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Twista Reveals His Secret Love of Puppets
Chicago speed-rapper is also a talented ventriloquist
www.rollingstone.com
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
John Mulaney did a bit where he interviews Twista about his puppets. @ohheybrittany.bsky.social did it for real for @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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On the opening track of Lorde's new album 'Virgin,' she sings: "Some days I’m a woman/Some days I’m a man."
"There’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up," Lorde tells Rolling Stone.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"There’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up," Lorde tells Rolling Stone.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
May 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On the opening track of Lorde's new album 'Virgin,' she sings: "Some days I’m a woman/Some days I’m a man."
"There’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up," Lorde tells Rolling Stone.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
"There’s a part of me that is really resistant to boxing it up," Lorde tells Rolling Stone.
Interview: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Praise the Lorde. The New Zealand superstar is back with L4 this June and is Rolling Stone's new cover star.
From a breakup to an eating disorder to an expanding gender identity and a triumphant new album, Lorde talks about all of it.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
From a breakup to an eating disorder to an expanding gender identity and a triumphant new album, Lorde talks about all of it.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
May 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Praise the Lorde. The New Zealand superstar is back with L4 this June and is Rolling Stone's new cover star.
From a breakup to an eating disorder to an expanding gender identity and a triumphant new album, Lorde talks about all of it.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
From a breakup to an eating disorder to an expanding gender identity and a triumphant new album, Lorde talks about all of it.
Story: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
May 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Chris is one of the best extremism reporters in the country. He’s got that rare combination of excellent, urgent reporting and beautiful writing and storytelling that’s every editor’s dream. You should have him write for you immediately!
I’ll have a book coming out soon with @atriabooks.bsky.social, but in the meantime I’m looking for new opportunities &I would like to write for you. You can reach me at mathias.christopher@gmail.com.
February 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Chris is one of the best extremism reporters in the country. He’s got that rare combination of excellent, urgent reporting and beautiful writing and storytelling that’s every editor’s dream. You should have him write for you immediately!
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After over a decade at @HuffPost, I’ve decided to take a buyout in the latest round of layoffs.
It's tough to leave a place I love & I’m so grateful for all the people here, & all the faith they’ve put in me through the years.
It's tough to leave a place I love & I’m so grateful for all the people here, & all the faith they’ve put in me through the years.
February 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After over a decade at @HuffPost, I’ve decided to take a buyout in the latest round of layoffs.
It's tough to leave a place I love & I’m so grateful for all the people here, & all the faith they’ve put in me through the years.
It's tough to leave a place I love & I’m so grateful for all the people here, & all the faith they’ve put in me through the years.
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New from me in the @newyorker.com: How Kash Patel hitched his deep state fantasies to the political persecution narrative that was used to rehabilitate January 6ers
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Kash Patel’s Political-Persecution Fantasies
How Donald Trump’s presumptive F.B.I. head whitewashed the J6ers’ political violence.
www.newyorker.com
January 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New from me in the @newyorker.com: How Kash Patel hitched his deep state fantasies to the political persecution narrative that was used to rehabilitate January 6ers
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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delighted to speak once again with @ohheybrittany.bsky.social, who knew rihanna was 🏆🔥 RIHANNA 🏆🔥 right when "pon de replay" came out
January 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
delighted to speak once again with @ohheybrittany.bsky.social, who knew rihanna was 🏆🔥 RIHANNA 🏆🔥 right when "pon de replay" came out
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e14 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on rihanna's "UMBRELLA," a perfect pop song no matter how much bullshit surrounds it open.spotify.com/episode/4XkX...
“Umbrella”—Rihanna
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January 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
e14 of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S is on rihanna's "UMBRELLA," a perfect pop song no matter how much bullshit surrounds it open.spotify.com/episode/4XkX...
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Our February cover with Addison Rae is here! Check out the cover story by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Addison Rae Took Over TikTok. Now She's Coming For Pop
Addison Rae is a TikTok superstar. Now, she is trying to reinvent herself as a pop supernova
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January 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Our February cover with Addison Rae is here! Check out the cover story by @ohheybrittany.bsky.social www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
for the february cover, i interviewed addison rae 💖 spent a jam-packed 48 hours together, driving around la discussing her hopes, fears and the many many things she loves
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www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
for the february cover, i interviewed addison rae 💖 spent a jam-packed 48 hours together, driving around la discussing her hopes, fears and the many many things she loves
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...