Patrick D. McDermott

this is beautiful @solopat I so appreciate you 🩷🩵

for valentines, a favorite from @oxfordamerican Ballads issue, the story of Melvin Lindsey's Quiet Storm, the radio show that became an entire genre, all double meanings and late nights. by Craig Seymour oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

We are delighted to reveal the cover of #BalladsIssue! 🌟 The star of the show? A close-up portrait of the incomparable @Roberta_Flack! Pre-order your copy of #Issue123 today: oxfordamerican.org/web-only/unvei…

“The three stand together in the foyer, staring into the party. The music is Garbage. Tony Todd dances with himself in a hallway mirror, humming 'Return of the Mack.'” oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

Wrote about THE BIG CHILL and FORREST GUMP for ⁦@oxfordamerican⁩ oxfordamerican.org/web-only/the-b…

We’re delighted to share that the 25th annual music issue will be devoted to BALLADS of all genres and origins, from Appalachian folk to lovesick r&b to down-tempo Southern rock. And of course, the Ballads Issue will include a free CD! Pre-order today: ow.ly/iEWk50PkIO7

“Wednesday’s music simultaneously honors and complicates traditional conventions of country and Southern rock.” —Read multimedia editor @solopat’s 2022 piece on North Carolina band Wednesday, whose new album is out today! ow.ly/G41s50NCs9y 🎨Margo Schultz 📸Zachary Chick

✨Revealing the Spring Issue cover: Austin-based Lisa Choinacky’s “Cup & Ring.”✨ Pre-order now for @JustinNobel on Hurricane Irma; @pulitzercenter’s @twhundley on the 1946 trouble in TN; a Miles Davis short story; @MarcusJMoore on billy woods; and more! ow.ly/fXRL50N5blb

support the @bdgunion as we fight for a fair contract! sign this letter and stand with workers <3 #BDGFairWagesNow actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-b…

PSA: recently joined the editorial team @oxfordamerican! Even though the music issue wrapped before my start date, I still feel a tiny, irrational jolt of satisfaction flipping through it now. It hit newsstands this week, and can be found online here: oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

@_sligowater_ Pieces of April erasure

to everyone watching the last waltz tomorrow because it’s scorsese and there are no real thanksgiving movies - my culture is not your costume

“Anne Marie” the second single from my debut EP is out NOW!! Stream it wherever you get your music, and preorder 'Bed of Every' from Bandcamp 💚 Spotify: spoti.fi/3CFLSpj 💚 Apple Music: apple.co/3yqDxDj 💚 Bandcamp: bit.ly/3CAD6I3

@maggie_b_hare skamenglishsubs.tumblr.com/tagged/season1…

What are some good coming of age novels/memoirs/movies/TV shows?

I have a piece in the fall issue of @oxfordamerican. It’s about @Wednesday_band_, genre labels, and my first-ever visit to Athens, GA. You can read it online here: oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue…

poets use words like visual artists use paint stereogum.com/2187856/avril-…

if you see me driving around my fucked-up little beach town looking absolutely unhinged, know that this is probably what I'm listening to <3

@marykateos 💀

happy 4/20 (I talked to Gregg Araki about SMILEY FACE) nylon.com/life/smiley-fa…

I got to chat w/ @janeschoenbrun, whose new movie WE'RE ALL GOING TO THE WORLD'S FAIR is freaky, fucked-up, sad, slow, stressful, and heartbreakingly relatable (among other things) nylon.com/life/were-all-…