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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Here’s to 40 years of Lifes Rich Pageant
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
On Madonna's "Confessions II" triumph: carynganz.substack.com/p/madonna-fo...
A photograph of Madonna performing live, singing into a mic while perched on a pile of shirtless men, with a crowd visible beyond her. The text advertises OnlyGanz on Substack.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Olivia Rodrigo’s first two albums grabbed me by the throat. “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love” crept up on me (then made me obsessed). Chatting with Wesley Morris: Listen: bit.ly/4pkM5VG apple.co/4gr9jad Watch: bit.ly/4fqoboe nyti.ms/4w5m4ft
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Olivia Rodrigo Makes Heartbreak Pop
Cannonball with Wesley Morris · Episode
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
As the debut “Real Housewives” franchise turns 20 and Vicki Gunvalson, the OG of the OC, returns to full-time status, I wrote about the show’s evolution and one of the most quintessential figures in reality TV. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/03/a...
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How a ‘Housewives’ Original Became a Reality TV Blueprint
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 02/07/2026
Happy 40th birthday to the iconic Lindsay Lohan.
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J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
i hit the streets last night and spoke to a few of THE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF NEW YORK
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Pop Crave @popcrave.com · 11/06/2026
‘Stop! That! Train!’ starring RuPaul & ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ by Olivia Rodrigo release tonight.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nearly 4 hours of deeper and deeper convo with Yasi Salek about every *Madonna* album since 2005 for Bandsplain! Taped on my last day of work, on nothing but a Dunkin’ iced coffee and a lifetime of appreciation for my favorite unapologetic bitch. open.spotify.com/episode/4RMe...
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Madonna: Part 4 With Caryn Ganz
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
After 11 years, thousands of articles, 11 Taylor Swift album releases, one of the biggest trials in music history and more traumatizing deaths than one pop music editor could fathom, I have decided to leave The New York Times.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Listen to Robyn with me www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/a...
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11 Robyn Bangers for the Pop Star’s Long-Awaited Return
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Going to see the R.E.M. cover band play the album I quoted in my high school yearbook with a high school friend tonight 😭 www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/a...
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10 Standout R.E.M. Deep Cuts (Published 2024)
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
the best of 2025 / better late than never albums: bit.ly/4plZB9Y songs: bit.ly/4qytAwj
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
JOHN TESH is somehow exactly who you think he is and completely not what you’d expect. I profiled another Long Island piano man as “Roundball Rock” returns to NBC. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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John Tesh Keeps Bouncing Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba Back
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Watching drag queens wrestle to a remix of Lady Gaga’s “Shadow of a Man”
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Panic ate all the conventional snacks 5 innings ago. Going to have to get creative.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Lady Gaga’s Mayhem Ball is the pop event of the year, so I made Wesley Morris come see it so we could discuss. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/p...
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Dark Pop Is In. But Gaga Is Mother.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
This is turning into the most interesting Taylor Swift album to argue over. So we did, on a crew reunion Popcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/a...
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Why Is Taylor Swift So Polarizing? And Other Big ‘Showgirl’ Questions
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Blessed to have spent my 20s inside the “Yes New York” comp
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
VMAs winner Lady Gaga at MSG tonight 😭
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Lady Gaga finally found a way to tap into all the things that made her so thrilling and enchanting 15 years ago in her new live show. The Mayhem Ball is 10/10 (but a few notes).
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Jon Pareles @jonpareles.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
A Critic's Notebook: ‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...
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‘Fleetwood Mac’ at 50: A Marvel of Serendipity and Perfectionism
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
A pair of kids slayed the Elaine dance contest this year
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Bless Weird Al for getting Puddles Pity Party on the MSG stage
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Grace Jones will not be contained by the Prospect Park curfew
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Her Name Is Nicole 😭
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Did not have “Jonathan Groff straddles Keanu Reeves” in our Tonys predictions
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
The rare Popcast / “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” crossover moment www.nytimes.com/2023/08/15/a...
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
🚨 Tracy Chapman interview siren 🚨 @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social with a lovely, illuminating (and rare) conversation: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/a...
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Tracy Chapman Wants to Speak for Herself
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Parched Lady Gaga fans are willing a sip of the good stuff into … something more. Talking “Mayhem” with @lindsayzoladz.bsky.social (who doesn’t necessarily agree with me!) and Joe Coscarelli (who sort of does, but there are other issues there) on Popcast. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/a...
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Lady Gaga Sells ‘Mayhem’ Hard. But Does It Work?
On Popcast, a discussion about the singer’s latest “return to form” album and whether her aggressive promotion of it adds up to anything new.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In honor of the piece of Britney Spears's birthday cake that has been in my freezer since 2008, I joined @djlouiexiv.bsky.social on Pop Pantheon to talk about her most chaotic and musically fascinating era. bit.ly/4iw9bEe (Apple) bit.ly/3FvX8Ze (Spotify)
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BRITNEY SPEARS: PART 3 (with The New York Times' Caryn Ganz)
Podcast Episode · Pop Pantheon · 03/13/2025 · 2h 16m
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Delicious again, Peter www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/d...
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Peter Sichel, Wine Merchant With a Cloak-and-Dagger Past, Dies at 102
He played a crucial role in the early days of the C.I.A., as a station chief in Cold War Berlin and Hong Kong, before shifting gears to popularize Blue Nun wine.
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Many of pop’s biggest stars have stopped doing interviews, but one woman has picked up the slack* *to mostly talk about her non-musical ventures, but still! www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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Rihanna Is the People’s Pop Star
She’s a titan of music, a mother of two, a self-made mogul, and the newly minted face of Dior J’adore. Twenty years since her first chart-topping single, Rihanna just might have manifested her dream l...
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
After that horrifying Olivia Rodrigo lip sync and this disastrous Snatch Game, nearly all of these Drag Race queens should be fired
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Beck is playing most of “Sea Change” at Bowery 😭
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
MADONNA “CONFESSIONS PART 2” SIREN
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Seeing Jack White now is like being transported to both 2001 and 1971
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Laundry Day is playing halftime at the Knicks game
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Vin Diesel shading the Rock is the real blockbuster award here
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
The enduring influence of “Pop-Up Video”
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Loving all the crafty queens on the new season of “Drag Race”
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
the best of 2024 / maxed out albums: spoti.fi/3Pib62p songs: spoti.fi/3ZX9JuY
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Beyoncé’s ability to have a fan on her at all times is just inspiring
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
It truly was the year of the press tour
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
The delightful conclusion of Murray Hill’s must-see annual tradition “A Murray Little Christmas” this year: R.E.M.’s “It’s the End of the World as We Know It” #showbiz
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Zoomed in (literally!) on “Harlem 1958,” a wonderful piece of jazz history, with @darkforcesswing.bsky.social and the exceptional NYT visuals team. nyti.ms/41xtD23
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
TV on the Radio, still absolute 🔥 at Webster Monday night
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cganz @mehpatrol.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
KIM DEAL x me (🫠) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/a...
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Kim Deal Is Ready to Go Solo. It Just Took 4 Decades.
The Breeders leader has long been one of the most enchanting and elusive figures in rock. At 63, she’s releasing her first full album under her name, filled with musical and emotional twists.
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