hiya, i'll be playing a solo show in Astoria, OR at the Liberty Theater on Saturday, August 30th -- tix go on sale Friday May 9 10 am pacific via decemberists.com. Come on out!

I made this quilt last year, and as things get more and more difficult for my communities, it's a nice reminder. ⚧️ ♾️ Text is from Joan in the Garden, written by @colinmeloy.bsky.social

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one. Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

hey folks: i'll be playing live at the Machine Shop (my Substack) on Friday, April 11 at 1 pm pt/4 et -- come on by! colinmeloy.substack.com

We are living under a dumbassarchy

I was going to impose Mariner’s Revenge Song on you all, but that certainly would’ve run very afoul of the curfew (which i didn’t know was a thing!) LDN, I owe you one

This is so appalling & terrifying. I can’t believe that this is what we’ve become apnews.com/article/tuft...

They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else.

Thank ‘ee! Already shopped at @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social, took in the Yeats exhibit at the library, bought some lemon verbena soap at Sweny’s, glimpsed a page of the Book of Kells, and had boxty at the Winding Stair… I’m hibernasized af and ready for the show tomorrow at vicar street

'Picaresque' was released 20 years ago today. Take a look back at the Decemberists’ tremendous third LP…

This interview is required listening: DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n... How can these motherfuckers sleep at night

"A New York Times review of the flight data showed that none of the planes in question landed in El Salvador before the judge’s order, and that one of them did not even leave American soil until after the judge’s written order was posted online." THEY. ARE. LYING. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03...

Hey Bluesky: is there any theater in London I should *absolutely* see? Preferably one that a twelve year old will dig... Going to be there in early April

When I wrote my camps book, people sometimes had difficulty understanding how concentration-camp regimes were proud of what they were doing and wanted attention for it, even as they also hoped to keep many aspects secret and terrorize vulnerable classes. Anyway, this is what that looks like.

I, for one, would be open to a Pete Buttigieg autocracy

I am but I’m still like eh what’s it all for

A travesty of justice! www.tournamentofbooks.com/2025/martyr-...

super interesting read/watch from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social -- let's ride that Merced > Bakersfield line! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...

Tonight’s cooking music brought to you by @colinmeloy.bsky.social and The Decemberists. The first album I ever heard from them and quite possibly my favorite. #thehazardsoflove

There appears to be a correlation between deleting balatro from your phone and better battery life 🤔

I'm talking to my friend Vera about her book at the B&N in Hillsboro on 5/9 -- come on out!

Powerful stuff from @zoandbehold.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZg...

super cool when shell takes over your grocery store's free EV station, makes it pay-to-use, and it's suddenly super glitchy and doesn't work. almost like they planned that way...

always appreciate it when a band leads with a 10+ minute song from a new album: music.apple.com/us/album/get...

Talkin One Engine over at the Machine Shoppe colinmeloy.substack.com/p/demonstrat...

Shameful. That is all.

by the by, we're doing a couple shows with the oregon symphony in November www.orsymphony.org/productions/...

Gene Hackman! Lex Luthor was probably my first introduction, but god, wasn't he everywhere when I was a kid. Safe travels, Gene.

so what's this place like