Hold Steady's frontman teams with Letterman scribe Tom Ruprecht to turn Fargo Rock City into a movie. The story centers around geeky, teenage metal fans in '80s North Dakota, and Klosterman will…   Read Story »

Did you open you're email yet today? If so, chances are you found yourself a new 'Gum Drop, this time packed with a never-before-heard track from recent Kill Rock Stars signee Panther, and the chance…   Read Story »

Love his prose or find him a digressive, circular-reasoning gas bag, Chuck Klosterman is an unavoidable fixture on the hipster-lit scene -- and he's almost as polarizing as The Hold Steady (almost).…   Read Story »

Via Philly.com:Charles Barkley says he's "flattered and honored" to be the namesake of Gnarls Barkley, the hip-hop/rock duo comprising Danger Mouseand Cee-Lo. The Round Mound of Rebound says he has…   Read Story »

Reader Devin writes in:-----Original Message----- From: Devin Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 To: Stereogum Subject: The Downfall of Spin So, I don't know if you guys have seen the new issue of Spin…   Read Story »

April Fool's Day comes a day early at spin.com. "If you purchased a kitten on the day that Use Your Illusion I & II arrived in stores, it's probably dead by now."   Read Story »

NY Post goes to Chuck Klosterman's Astor Place B&N reading and reports on the author's fanbase.These are the Klostermaniacs, the ever-growing Cult of Chuck that includes bookworms, bloggers and even…   Read Story »

Chuck Klosterman, the cool-obsessed pop culture essayist who loves Kiss but believes "Coldplay is absolutely the shittiest fucking band I've ever heard in my entire life" (Pg. 3), has compiled a list…   Read Story »

Albeit deserved, the tarnishing of Billy Joel's legacy makes Stereogum sad. Growing up as a young Strong Island blogger in the '80s, I had no choice but to love the Piano Man, especially because my…   Read Story »

I know what you're thinking ... Friendster jumped the shark MONTHS AGO. It's true. But Esquire is 6 months behind the rest of us, so for the January '04 issue they've asked cranky pop-culture…   Read Story »