Zach Schonfeld
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor. Contributor to Pitchfork, Paste, Vulture, The Guardian, etc. Author of two books. Still sitting in a room. Email: zschonfeld@gmail.com.
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Zach Schonfeld
@zachschonfeld.bsky.social
· Nov 17
My book is finally out now. I spent three years researching Nicolas Cage's early years, studying his formative performances, and interviewing more than 120 people who worked with him and shared untold stories with me. I hope you find it interesting.
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As long as @stereogum.com is around, we have a music site that isn't run by private equity, isn't owned by a billionaire, isn't overrun with slop, isn't susceptible to pop-star over-flattery, isn't partnering with U.S. army, and isn't afraid to let me go long on Fiery Furnaces. We can't lose that.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
As long as @stereogum.com is around, we have a music site that isn't run by private equity, isn't owned by a billionaire, isn't overrun with slop, isn't susceptible to pop-star over-flattery, isn't partnering with U.S. army, and isn't afraid to let me go long on Fiery Furnaces. We can't lose that.
I'm reading David Cavanagh's book about Creation Records and just learned that Oasis used to carry their demo tape around and just shut off the music at any party they went to and play it. "Unbelievable," recalls Creation exec Tim Abbot. "I've never seen any other band so unashamedly do that."
November 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm reading David Cavanagh's book about Creation Records and just learned that Oasis used to carry their demo tape around and just shut off the music at any party they went to and play it. "Unbelievable," recalls Creation exec Tim Abbot. "I've never seen any other band so unashamedly do that."
Google obliterated their search function for this
November 10, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Google obliterated their search function for this
A winning slogan for the 2026 midterms: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work."
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A winning slogan for the 2026 midterms: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work."
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For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
November 10, 2025 at 3:31 AM
For coming from a party that loves to crow about supporting small business, Trump’s cuts to the ACA are the biggest attack on small business people imaginable
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Dick Durbin gets to retire in comfort while I see myself sliding further away from the middle class with every passing month and face the prospect of no health insurance as I face ever higher risks of illness in middle age and beyond
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Dick Durbin gets to retire in comfort while I see myself sliding further away from the middle class with every passing month and face the prospect of no health insurance as I face ever higher risks of illness in middle age and beyond
So much gratitude to these two weirdos for enriching my life
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
So much gratitude to these two weirdos for enriching my life
Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album:
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
November 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Grammy nominations for Best Rock Album:
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
• Turnstile - What If Hardcore But Boring
• Eric Clapton - The Vaccine Stole M'Trousers, Innit?
• Bon Iver - SM∞K∑D S@LM◊N 4 SₐL∑∑∑∑∑
• Haim - Millennial Music Your Dad Will Like
• Bono's audiobook
• Black Pumas - Album That Definitely Exists
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Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support.
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November 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Hey everyone, thank you so much for the outpouring of support.
I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe spot.fund/LahutRentFund
I need to pay rent, and I launched a GoFundMe spot.fund/LahutRentFund
Vice (2018) isn't a good movie, exactly, but it is a movie that dares to ask: What if the dead person whose heart became Dick Cheney's heart knew that their heart was inside Dick Cheney?
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Vice (2018) isn't a good movie, exactly, but it is a movie that dares to ask: What if the dead person whose heart became Dick Cheney's heart knew that their heart was inside Dick Cheney?
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my ex and i played a game called Ratfinder when we lived in New York. if we were out and about and one person spotted a rat before the other, they got a point, and whoever had the most points when one of us died would be the winner. she was a good 60 rats ahead when we split up
October 30, 2025 at 3:18 AM
my ex and i played a game called Ratfinder when we lived in New York. if we were out and about and one person spotted a rat before the other, they got a point, and whoever had the most points when one of us died would be the winner. she was a good 60 rats ahead when we split up
Some fellow Jews feel "unsafe" (a near-meaningless word at this point) because the city elected a Muslim mayor who believes that Palestinians deserve human rights and I don't know what reality these people live in.
November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Some fellow Jews feel "unsafe" (a near-meaningless word at this point) because the city elected a Muslim mayor who believes that Palestinians deserve human rights and I don't know what reality these people live in.
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Andrew Cuomo is an average nobody. He gets to live the rest of his life like a schnook.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Andrew Cuomo is an average nobody. He gets to live the rest of his life like a schnook.
Keeping Andrew Cuomo's passionate base* in my thoughts
*NYC landlords who weren't eligible to vote in the election because they live in New Jersey
*NYC landlords who weren't eligible to vote in the election because they live in New Jersey
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Keeping Andrew Cuomo's passionate base* in my thoughts
*NYC landlords who weren't eligible to vote in the election because they live in New Jersey
*NYC landlords who weren't eligible to vote in the election because they live in New Jersey
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Sliwa just gave the kind of concession speech you would expect to hear from a revolutionary leader facing a firing squad
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sliwa just gave the kind of concession speech you would expect to hear from a revolutionary leader facing a firing squad
In Gracie Mansion, Eric Adams is cheering himself up by watching a VHS tape of the concert where Curtis Mayfield got paralyzed by falling lighting equipment.
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
In Gracie Mansion, Eric Adams is cheering himself up by watching a VHS tape of the concert where Curtis Mayfield got paralyzed by falling lighting equipment.
A millennial male mayor of New York? He's supposed to be standing up to the real estate lobby, not out here having opinions about Real Estate albums.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
A millennial male mayor of New York? He's supposed to be standing up to the real estate lobby, not out here having opinions about Real Estate albums.
When Trump refers to NYC as "my beloved first home," I recall the time the entire city erupted in cheers and literal dancing in the streets the moment the 2020 election was called for Biden, a spontaneous explosion of citywide joy reminiscent of the end of World War II.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
When Trump refers to NYC as "my beloved first home," I recall the time the entire city erupted in cheers and literal dancing in the streets the moment the 2020 election was called for Biden, a spontaneous explosion of citywide joy reminiscent of the end of World War II.
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some news: i'm affected by this round of layoffs at paste so my last day will be nov. 14. it really sucks to have this happen right before the holidays. now looking for full-time and part-time work opportunities so please reach out if you have any leads
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
some news: i'm affected by this round of layoffs at paste so my last day will be nov. 14. it really sucks to have this happen right before the holidays. now looking for full-time and part-time work opportunities so please reach out if you have any leads
Young Sheldon fame aside, Wallace Shawn is the only 81-year-old Jewish man I know of who's spent the last two years rallying against the genocide in Gaza and canvassing for Zohran alongside fired-up Zoomers. A true generational traitor.
November 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Young Sheldon fame aside, Wallace Shawn is the only 81-year-old Jewish man I know of who's spent the last two years rallying against the genocide in Gaza and canvassing for Zohran alongside fired-up Zoomers. A true generational traitor.
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i did not say i "fear" the reaper dude, i just said i think it's annoying that there's a reaper
September 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
i did not say i "fear" the reaper dude, i just said i think it's annoying that there's a reaper
As a kid, I only knew Dustin Hoffman as "the bad guy in Hook"
I think everybody has a “Wallace Shawn from Young Sheldon” — my first one would probably be “Vincent Price, the guy who did the voice of Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective”
November 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
As a kid, I only knew Dustin Hoffman as "the bad guy in Hook"
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this story just keeps getting better
Back in 2020, I profiled a random Long Island dad named Bill DeBlasio, who constantly received vicious hate mail intended for Bill de Blasio. This is the same guy who just pranked The Times of London into publishing anti-Zohran quotes from Mayor de Blasio.
God, I miss MEL Magazine.
God, I miss MEL Magazine.
‘I Had the Name First!’: The Other Bill DeBlasio Is Tired of Receiving Your Hate Mail
For Bill DeBlasio, a normal dad on Long Island, it’s an endless hell sharing a name with the loathed mayor of New York City
melmagazine.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
this story just keeps getting better
I'm making a movie about the recording of a folk album called Nebraska. It's set in a near-future utopian society where Sufjan Stevens finally completes the 50 States Project.
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm making a movie about the recording of a folk album called Nebraska. It's set in a near-future utopian society where Sufjan Stevens finally completes the 50 States Project.