@jimwindolf

Features editor, The New York Times. Author of "Where the Music Had to Go: How Bob Dylan and the Beatles Changed Each Other — and the World."

 New York
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Joined August 2009
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Kudos to @ChristopherNolan for going big with Steely Dan's "Home at Last" when Matt Damon finally makes it back.
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You win, internet. Congratulations. You beat me. Chapeau.
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Thank you @JosABank
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Always amazed at how they can pack so many sardines into these small tin containers
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3 draft tweets, comments welcome
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X-R-A-Y@xraylitmag8 Apr 2021
"But it turned out I was only ever good—unusually good, that is—at two things, sports and sex, and I have ended up making my small living at both." @jimwindolf gets off xraylitmag.com/businessman-b…
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Kids talk about what life will be like in the year 2050. Great story by Callie Holtermann, who's not on here. nytimes.com/2026/09/13/style…

10-Year-Old Children Predict the Future (Gift Article)

Robot butlers. Underwater homes. Root beer perfume. Kids across the nation weigh in on what life will be like in the year 2050.

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Lurkin' Mom@LurkAtHomeMomAug 26
We could outlaw meetings.
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Wrote about a fellow Mets fan, @amgittlitz, the author of "Metropolitans," a wild ride through baseball history, with a focus on the Amazins nytimes.com/2026/08/24/style…

He Can’t Help Rooting for the Mets (and a Better World)

Through another lost season, A.M. Gittlitz, the author of a new history of New York’s underdog baseball team, is trying to hold on to hope.

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This cool cloudy summer weather puts me in mind of the long-ago morning I spent with my minder Helga at the nearly empty Jardin de Luxembourg during Papa's visit to Paris. We walked slowly along the paths. Helga seemed troubled.
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Ian Leslie@mrianleslieMay 2
From an interview at the back of Jim Windolf’s Where The Music Had To Go, one of the most interesting Paul interviews I’ve seen in recent years (haven’t started the book yet but it looks great)
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Everyone in "The Oddysey" is on the Mediterranean diet
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Six (6) draft tweets. As always, comments appreciated.
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I'm gonna go get changed
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Had a great time talking about the Beatles and Bob Dylan with Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) and Ian Grant (@ian__grant) on a Very Special Collaborative Episode of Officer Hours Live (@OfficeHrsLive) & Jokermen (@JokermenPodcast)
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Listen here youtube.com/watch?v=k_OULmBl… or wherever you get your podcasts
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Had a great time talking about Dylan and the Beatles with @pulmyears on his Record Store Day Podcast myerspodcasting.libsyn.com/w… #dylan #beatles

The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers: Where The Music Had To...

In his incredible new music biography, Where The Music Had To Go, author Jim Windolf explores the parallel careers of two of the most influential artists of the post rock & roll era, Bob Dylan and...

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Shout-out to the teens in summer school, especially the sarcastic underachievers
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Hard to beat a summer Sunday reading @jimwindolf riveting and insightful book Where the Music Had to Go on Dylan and the Beatles while listening to Rubber Soul and Revolver, in that warm California sun.
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It's @AlexVadukul's entertaining and surprising piece on 50 years of the Metropolitan Diary column. Link below.
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For Half a Century, Capturing New York’s Human Moments

Lovers’ quarrels on sidewalks, acts of kindness on public transportation, friendships forged under awnings in the rain and so much more of the city’s daily poetry.

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