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Chris Nelson

@chrisnelson.bsky.social
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Award-winning writer, bylines @ NY Times, MOJO, MTV, more. Music 🤓. Dylan, Dead, DC punk rock. 📍PNW

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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 12m
Such good footage. I miss them a lot
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I saw him in 1987 and 2024 and IIRC, the shows had 11 songs in common. That’s a little dig at the setlist, but it’s more an eye popper at how many hits he was putting out back when
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Pro move
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Ha. Was listening to the 60 Songs pod this week (Lee Ann Womack ep), which starts with Blues Bros ref to "both kinds of music" joke (Country & Western) & thinking abt how I laughed at that as a kid, but only through @500songspodcast.bsky.social did I learn the historical differences between C and W
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Bronfman family that later brought their ginger ale experience to buying up and consolidating record labels
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Always thinking dot gif 😂
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Pre-dawn darkness”
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You’ll also be here for the centennial of Revolver and all the accompanying opinion evolution that, no, actually, the Yellow Submarine soundtrack is the best Beatles album
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One for the harDCore comics nerds. Stoked for this!
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I know most folks are joking, but I downloaded the AntiZuck app before the last festival I went to (serious)
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is the guitar version of the car Homer Simpson designed
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The bonus tracks, according to a press release, are just on the digital version. But not listed in the release! And no expanded CD 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
In addition to the extra tracks available on the expanded deluxe edition of Blue Mountain, you also get a bonus B and Y on the cover for no extra charge
The black and white portrait cover of BOB Weir's original 2016 album, Blue MountainThe black and white portrait cover of BOBBY Weir's expanded anniversary release of Blue Mountain
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I got a component CD player for HS graduation and remember leaving for school with a handful of things I got that summer. Born to Run (grad gift from my brother 🙏), debuts from Tracy Chapman and TT D'arby, Peter Tosh's Legalize it and gray market CD edition of Dylan's Gaslight Cafe tape
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Truth. Micro-curating everything, for each person — news, music, whatever — is soul-killing. Pollination, friction, curiosity is essential to a rich experience of living
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
👀👀👀
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
👀
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Once again, tech folks in the name of convenience and efficiency attempt to take away the pleasures of being a person who interacts with other people! This is not inconvenience. It’s the good stuff
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Heavenly goodness 😋
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Fantastic show that day
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Looking forward to your dot matrix reports
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Le Tigre’s Deceptacon?
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
👀👀👀
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Same thing I thought re NYT story about hiring an away parent for your kid in college. First of all, um, kids need to learn to be independent. But also, why would I want someone else to do what care packages and phone calls and letters from home do? Those are among life's pleasures for the parent
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
😂
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Mine too. After the fact even!
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Drool emoji
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Generally I’m not a kitchen-sin, everything-on #pizza guy. But here the pep and sausage were well balanced by mushrooms. Peppers and red onion added a modicum of zip without taking over the spotlight. Olives nestled in. Expert wood firing for a bubbled crust, my fave since I was a kid
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A pie that tasted as great as it looks
A wood fired pizza with pepperoni, Italian sausage, red onion, peppers, olives, mushrooms and more
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just read the story of this thing. SMDH 😂
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Eagerly bought the 5-hour audio documentary
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This was a great idea from @jayrosen.bsky.social and I can't believe press corps hasn't done it after all these years. They can come together to figure out how to host WHCD w a fascist president, but can't come together to figure out how stand up for their own vital industry (and thus US)
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
You don't need access to lying liars to report the news. I'm curious if coverage will actually be more useful for the audience now. They should have done this as soon as AP was banned
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Once in my youthful vegan days, I bought a PVC biker jacket in London. I don't think my mom and I had any idea what kind of store we were in
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Point taken
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
It took me 25 years to like them, so never. We like what we like! (Plank no. 1 of my election platform is doing away with the idea of "guilty pleasures.")
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I will not point you to more recordings like an insufferable Deadhead...I will not point you to more recordings like an insufferable Deadhead...I will not point you to more recordings like an insufferable Deadhead...I will not...
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I venture to say it's like the college student who swears they do their best work cramming on deadline
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
He will die without ever understanding what a big fucking baby he is, and that does indeed suck. Bigliest
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🤩 Matchless is a great little brewery in Tumwater, outside of Olympia, WA, also home to Unwound (the band, that is). I don’t even know if they’re “little,” as they always have a ton of new 4 packs at the store. Great labels every time
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gonna raise this one, as intended, for Bobby
A photo of the can for Matchless Brewing’s Short Shorts Pale Ale, “In memory of Bob Weir.” The label is tie-dyed and features Bobby on the front, drawn in the style of Simpson’s character
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“reporters don’t need access to lies and liars to do their jobs.” 💯
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Nicely unorthodox
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
@sirlonebuckscomics.bsky.social
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apropos of not this, Dynamic Duos is a ton fun. Looking forward to the rest of the series
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
😂 You can do it, I have faith!
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Sir
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NEVER, lordy be
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👀😋
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Chris Nelson @chrisnelson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Obvs you tucked your shirt in for the full Phil
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