Hey opera dorks, check out who I’m hanging with tonight…

Check out the 2025 Gongfarmer's Almanac! The PDF is totally FREE with hardcopies via Lulu. This annual product is made BY and FOR our fans! Find out more here! Support the Gongfarmer's Almanac and get your own stuff in the next one! goodman-games.com/gongfarmers-... #DCCRPG #MCCRPG #XCCRPG

Faetooth! They burned it the fuck down last night at Subterranean! Incredible that both openers were superb, as well. Chicago’s own Bosses and Latter were unforgettable.

Yeah, so the phrase “…is a little curt” swings pretty wildly depending on how fast you read it, no?

Delmark Records—an essential Chicago Blues label—recently updated their online shop. Highly, highly recommended... www.delmark.shop

MTT was one of the most generous artists I ever had the privilege to study with. He was a complicated guy but hot damn did we learn a lot about expression and precision. RIP to one of the best.

Don’t call me a sub with the Chicago Symphony. I’m a soft dom with the Chicago Symphony.

Good people of Chicago! Our show on Friday is sold out, but we've added a second one on Thursday. Students can use code 'SCHOOL' for $20 tix. Would love to see you there!! wl.eventim.us/event/gabrie...

In the immortal words of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, “Oh shit yeah!” www.backerkit.com/c/projects/e...

The phenomenal UMS performance of all 20 Philip Glass etudes (performed by 10 world-class pianists) that I led the pre-concert discussion for is streaming FREE for a limited time (8 days or so). IN particular, Inon Barnatan and Christian Sands burned it DOWN. www.youtube.com/live/e5VUO7a...

Sometimes famous composers let me hang out and ask them my nerd questions…

Fantastic news for Chicago…but I’m only in if Aerosmith’s “Love in an Elevator” is the encore

Sunn O))) last night @saltshedchicago.bsky.social with the erudite and sharp-eared @forrestaguirre.bsky.social…wearing classical music shirts like a coupla nnnnnyerds

Wondering why companies don’t court us neurodivergents harder. When we like shit we banner-wave like it’s the battle of Helms friggin’ Deep. Or semaphore enthusiasts discovering cocaine. Something.

Not replying to emails within 24hrs frequently costs me gigs…but you can’t put a price on the feeling…of not replaying to emails.

Who else is at HEALTH v Carpenter Brut tonight @saltshedchicago.bsky.social?

I love fantasy art with the burning passion of a thousand suns…and Peter Mullen is a fucking grandmaster.

Needful Things is a Top 5 @stephenking.bsky.social novel for me. Let’s fucking go!!!

The Chicago-specific prizes here are exceptional! Fingers crossed for the Grosso Stars jersey!

This game goes much deeper than a single reference point, but if you loved Channel Zero S01 as much as I did you are in for a fucking TREAT.

Proud to be the 533rd backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Castle Whiterock! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...

Like, in this public restroom?

This week's Nowhere Street newsletter checks in on Margareth Kammerer, Christian Wallumrød & Jan Martin Gismervik, and Maria Bertel. It's free to subscribe. open.substack.com/pub/petermar...

This is a must-buy. Playing now and it is changing my (largely ish) views on mega-dungeons…fiendish <and> fun.

This looks intensely cool

My kid just informed me he built an inflammable wicker man in Minecraft, its torso bulging with villagers and… *a single tear rolls down my cheek*

My latest Reader music feature is all about Dr. Charles Joseph Smith, a classically trained pianist and pillar of Chicago DIY who is about to release a multi-disc archival compilation on @sooperrecords.bsky.social

We are working on TWO stretch goals for Public Access. At $400K, we unlock The Degoya County White Pages, a supplement with extra Locations and Side Characters. At 5000 backers, we get @kierongillen.bsky.social's mystery! Please repost and help us out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/gau...

But what about the children!?! WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE CHILDREN???

Trans Day of Fuck You, I Won’t Do What You Tell Me

When I’m on my deathbed, looking back on the way I spent my time, I think I’ll have a big shit-eating smile on my face…

@joeyroyale.bsky.social Played my first-ever WHPA @garycon.com run by the eminently-talented Director @bryanspellman.bsky.social… …it’s the most fun one can have with pants on.

I just pre-ordered the SHIT out of this new @fire-toolz.bsky.social album. Do the same or be a dingus…

Just played this @garycon.com and it was 🔥🔥🔥. Join me in Kiskstarting it! (Also, J, ask Joe about the Kyle, the unforgettable NPC who stole the show)

Ain’t no Sunday Scaries like last-day-of-the-con scaries… #garycon2026 @garycon.com @goodmangames.bsky.social

…for @katmabu.bsky.social, among others

Stop literally everything. Steve Albini's Fugazi sessions, widely bootlegged and full of lore, now available officially for the first time. fugazi.bandcamp.com/album/albini...

Gutted that the illimitable Bernard Rands has passed away. He was one of the most generous artists I ever encountered and a voice entirely his own. Much love to Gusty and their familes…

What autoplays in my brain anytime anyone asks me if I play weddings… youtu.be/T7f9xTPI9eo

The enormity and impact of this isn’t getting the attention it deserves. LFG Illinois!

These remarkable women of early electronic music pushed the boundaries of technology and composition, turning circuits, sine waves, and tape loops into music. https://disc.gs/3ZWRk1U

My latest “Society of Disobedient Listeners” feat. my homie and @chicagotribune.com classical critic Hannah Edgar…teaching the audience to write their own damn reviews during Klaus Mäkelä + @chicagosymphony.bsky.social on tour at UMS. Band was <cooking> on Symphonie Fantastique!

Proud to be the 334th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for The 10th Doomstar - A level 10 DCC RPG adventure! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/d...

Trying a bunch of new (for me) games at @garycon.com this March and stoked to have landed in: - DCC RPG (my truest love) - Weird Heroes of Public Access - Brindlewood Bay - Call of Cthulhu - His Majesty the Worm - Hobonomicon - Delta Green - Mythic Bastionland - Mörk Borg

I *loved* the first installment of Crater Valley…peak nostalgia! Happy to support this second adventure (for use with DCCRPG)! RETURN to Crater Valley: Secrets of the Mask www.kickstarter.com/projects/zog...

Meet Lou Zocchi, the brilliant creator who created the Zocchihedron (d100) and the funky dice we all know and love! goodman-games.com/lou-zocchi-t... #oldschool #AdventuresInFiction #gaming #TTRPG #DungeonCrawlClassics #DCCRPG #roleplayinggames #GoodmanGames #tabletoprpg #DCC #DnD5e

¡CHINGA LA MIGRA!

This looks cool as shit!

I love figure skating with the burning passion of a thousand suns but if I hear the nickname “Quad God” one more goddamn time…I’m going to make a super cut of all Tara and Johnny’s career highlights and re-score them to Creed songs, exclusively.

This is my all-time favorite #TTRPG system. If you like getting the car up on two wheels, here’s your chance…