Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025hiya, 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! 2160
Reposted by Colin Meloy✺ Pigeon ✺ @pigeonhouse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I 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 0438
Reposted by Colin MeloyMother Jones @motherjones.com · 17/04/2025RFK 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.motherjones.comRFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet."I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week." 1288238936735
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 09/04/2025hey 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 0110
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 02/04/2025I 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 4171
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This is so appalling & terrifying. I can’t believe that this is what we’ve become apnews.com/article/tuft...apnews.comTurkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing herA Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday. 1110
Reposted by Colin MeloyBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 27/03/2025They are just disappearing people off the street. Having a hard time thinking about literally anything else. 1843269998936
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Thank ‘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 1150
Reposted by Colin MeloyStereogum @stereogum.com · 22/03/2025'Picaresque' was released 20 years ago today. Take a look back at the Decemberists’ tremendous third LP…stereogum.comThe Decemberists' 'Picaresque' Turns 20When I saw the Decemberists play NYC venue Webster Hall in the fall of 2005 — a little over six months after the band released their third album Picaresque — there was a sense that Colin Meloy and his... 08413
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025This 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 nightnpr.orgDHS official defends Mahmoud Khalil arrest, but offers few details on why it happenedHomeland Security deputy secretary Troy Edgar offered few details on the Trump administration's legal reasoning to deport Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. 070
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025"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...nytimes.comTrump Lawyer Stonewalls Judge on Deportation Flights: Live Updates 0121
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Hey 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 220
Reposted by Colin MeloyAndrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025When 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. 689173445815
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I, for one, would be open to a Pete Buttigieg autocracy 0122
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025A travesty of justice! www.tournamentofbooks.com/2025/martyr-...tournamentofbooks.comMartyr! v. Rejection — The Tournament of BooksThe opening round continues at the 2025 Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes, as Jean Chen Ho decides whether to advance “Martyr!” or “Rejection.” 040
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025super interesting read/watch from @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social -- let's ride that Merced > Bakersfield line! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/o...nytimes.comOpinion | There Is a Liberal Answer to Elon MuskRight-wing populism thrives on scarcity. The answer is abundance. But a politics of abundance will work only if Democrats confront where their approach has failed. 060
Reposted by Colin MeloyIlikpoop @ilikpoop.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Tonight’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 071
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 10/03/2025There appears to be a correlation between deleting balatro from your phone and better battery life 🤔 060
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025I'm talking to my friend Vera about her book at the B&N in Hillsboro on 5/9 -- come on out! 0162
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Powerful stuff from @zoandbehold.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxZg...youtube.comRep Zephyr’s speech flips 13 Republicans, trans bills die in MontanaYouTube video by Erin In The Morning 070
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025super 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... 070
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025always appreciate it when a band leads with a 10+ minute song from a new album: music.apple.com/us/album/get...music.apple.comGethsemane by Car Seat Headrest on Apple Music 050
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Talkin One Engine over at the Machine Shoppe colinmeloy.substack.com/p/demonstrat...colinmeloy.substack.comDemonstration Tapes: One EngineThe one that (barely) got away 020
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025by the by, we're doing a couple shows with the oregon symphony in November www.orsymphony.org/productions/...orsymphony.orgThe DecemberistsFor their first time performing with an orchestra in nearly two decades, The Decemberists take the stage with the Oregon Symphony for a landmark hometown collaboration. 2132
Colin Meloy @colinmeloy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025Gene Hackman! Lex Luthor was probably my first introduction, but god, wasn't he everywhere when I was a kid. Safe travels, Gene. 280
