New! @erlking.bsky.social talks about Michael Crummey's novel The Adversary, and @sakbari.bsky.social returns to Moby-Dick (along with Natalie Diaz's Postcolonial Love Poem). Check your podcast app or listen at megaphonic.fm/spouter/93

The government website survey, asking for feedback on how well the government website worked today, also did not work today.

I am going to stream on twitch tonight during the @erlking.bsky.social slot (7:30 eastern) and I have no idea what I'm going to do. Pitch me suggestions.

I was listening to a new-to-me album every day, but I got tired of choosing what to listen to, so I decided to listen to all 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2021 edition), in order, and not listen to any other albums in between. Now, 311 days later, I have done it. So what have I learned?

TORONTO! Make your voices heard! Say NO to the reckless expansion of Billy Bishop Airport!! tc.canada.ca/en/corporate...

A little queer poem from @itsakirby.bsky.social, included in On Occasion (a new anthology of occasional poems).

We’re gonna start with @bewilderingly.bsky.social ‘s recent puzzle and, well, we’ll see how much time we have after that!

Splash in NYC. I was a poor college student, with enough money for one (1) drink. I didn't want to dance and couldn't figure out what to do. The friend I went with was convinced the bartender was flirting with him and it was going to lead to something (it didn't); he made me stay to close the place.

improv : yes, and :: poetry : no, banana

I present to you… TRENT MORRISSEY’S GUIDE FOR THE RECENTLY FUCKED, an in-character guide to Vampire the Masquerade that’s trying to be equal parts useful to new players and funny for veteran players. Please like and subscribe (not a meme) youtu.be/DHCT1-W9fJ0?...

Turns out the streaming version of the official release of Dylan's Live 1966 not-really-the-Royal-Albert-Hall concert edits out all of the between-song moments in the electric set. Including the "Judas!" bit.

Somebody make the poor souls at @puzzmo.com a figgy duff.

In addition to hiring someone in our department - we're also keen on expanding our roster of setters who can compile American-style crosswords for our Cross Atlantic series. Are you a setter who might be interested in setting themed crosswords with a contemporary feel? If so, get in touch.

Can I recognize a book? And other trivia, tonight on our wee Twitch stream.

So @wordgarbler.bsky.social and I are hopefully finishing Love Eternal tonight! Right now! Come watch! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

Please, for fuck's sake, stop dunking on those WaPo vids. All you're doing is giving them oxygen. Instead of quoting something you hate and think is stupid, how about we all start quoting things we like and want other people to see?

We saw the @canadianopera.bsky.social's production of Bluebeard's Castle (Bartók) and Erwartung (Schoenberg) last night (two one-act operas from the early 20th c.) — which we saw the last time they were mounted, back in 2015 — and they're still so, so great. The best thing I've seen them do.

My debut in the guest summer host chair over at @thespouterinn.bsky.social — talking about Joan Didion’s Year of Magical Thinking and @daviddemchuk.com’s novel Red X. megaphonic.fm/spouter/92

AVCX Classic is open for submissions as of today! We love seeing work from everybody, especially new constructors and underrepresented people. WE CARE ABOUT DIVERSITY also always happy to workshop your stuff with you if helpful. Spec sheet: avxwords.com/submit-a-puz...

Just in time for Bandcamp Friday, here's the new EP/single/thingy from the Minor Thirds. It's called Reckless, it's about nine minutes long, it's the feel-bad song of the summer.

Just in time for Bandcamp Friday, here's the new EP/single/thingy from the Minor Thirds. It's called Reckless, it's about nine minutes long, it's the feel-bad song of the summer.

Ludicrously happy that this book won the prize! Maggie is amazing, as is the book. (Even more ludicrous that I learned the news from the CP24 news crawl at the doctor’s office.)

Playing Love Eternal with @wordgarbler.bsky.social Come say hi! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

ANNOUNCING: Swords Against Beginner's Box Replica Edition Coming in June, this is a reproduction of a specific, incomplete, unplayable copy of this 1979 game found at an estate sale in 2016, including replicas of personal effects of the former owner.

Friday is the next Bandcamp Friday, and there will be a new something something by the Minor Thirds.

Midis for Minnesota is out now! Donate any amount to a Minnesota mutual aid organization, send us a screenshot with proof, and we’ll send you thirteen crosswords by Minnesotan constructors. Puzzles are Minnesota-themed, but can absolutely be enjoyed by Minnesotans and non-Minnesotans alike.

My brother bought me this “Hellish Quart” game and I figured me and @wordgarbler.bsky.social would give it a shot. What is the worst that could happen? www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

i made a crossword

Very exciting! I am solving a crossword with @wordgarbler.bsky.social wherein I submitted one of the clues!!! He did too!!!! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

Yes, but I want to know about all the other letters.

Solving crosswords with @wordgarbler.bsky.social for the next couple hours, come say hi! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

dhghem- also happens to be one of my favourite novels by smhul- dlny-

Nice!

Dhalgren is a difficult book to talk about, and I feel like I barely scratched the surface here. Wait, why would I want to "scratch the surface"? Wouldn't that just distort the light coming through even more?

Charlotte and I got to talk about some movies! One of them she had seen before, and one of them I had seen before. Can you guess which is which? Oh, you can. Yeah I guess that makes sense.

Happy hundredth birthday to Frank O'Hara! "Why I Am Not a Painter" is one of those poems I read when I was young and internalized in more ways than I realized.

hugo nominations close tomorrow!

as this monumental book is reprinted, honoured that my essay "Death in the Village" will be joining it as an afterword. If you haven't read @daviddemchuk.com's book yet, this is the time to get it.

We’ve had Peanuts on the shortlist of books to cover for years. This is such a fantastic deal!

Every so often I think: I should try writing a novel. But then I remember that there is few forms of literary bliss as delightful as that felt by a person who has not read a story by someone who has not written it. Joe Brainard once again gets it.

IT’S HERE! 😮 We are happy to announce the release of our sixth crossword puzzle pack. Folks who donated during the presale period will receive their puzzles today. If you haven’t donated yet, head to fund.nnaf.org/tpfa6 !

2025 eligibility post!

We (me and @wordgarbler.bsky.social) are returning to Night in the Woods on Twitch! Come say hello! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

Blogs are still an option.

I am playing Tiny Terry’s Turbo Trip with @wordgarbler.bsky.social , come say hello! www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm

😍WOW, what a roster! These Puzzles Fund Abortion 6 will be released in March. This all-star lineup has been hard at work making an incredible pack of crossword, cryptic, and variety puzzles, and we can’t wait for you to solve them 🤩 #tpfa6

This was a fun one. One of these books was turned into a movie (which we talk about), and maybe the other one should be as well?

We've been planning this pairing for YEARS. So happy to finally get to blurble on about Xavier de Maistre's weird little book with Suzanne.

it would actually be cool if @bythebywater.bsky.social were nominated

Either Basquiat or Adam Horovitz of the Beastie Boys.