iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I’m very pleased to be paired with Michael Rancic and Rollie Pemberton for a conversation hosted by Eric Alper. Sunday September 27 at 1:30pm, David Pecault Square. Free. Lots of interesting people on the Word on the Street stages this year. Check out their program. #wordonthestreettoronto

010

Reposted by Don Pyle

Dave Schoonderbeek @daveschoonderbeek.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just finished Rough Description by @thedonpyle.bsky.social Can't recommend it enough Not a gossipy tell all A celebration of art and who you make it with

131

Reposted by Don Pyle

K @krecs.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Local Browsers Bookshop (downtown Olympia, Washington) ordered up a copy of the new Don Pyle tome Rough Description, Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music (ECW Press) - - - and now it's all mine! @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social

021

Reposted by Don Pyle

Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

When you're #reading a book you especially love, do you read it more slowly to make it last, or more quickly to gobble it up? #Booklovers @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social

The amazing memoir Rough Description by Don Pyle

171

Reposted by Don Pyle

vish khanna @vishkhanna.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

1118! Don Pyle hear Kreative Kontrol ⬇️ 🍎: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 💰: www.patreon.com/kreativekont... ☁️: overcast.fm/+AA3_numXJvo vk: vishkhanna.com/2026/07/30/e... 🌲: linktr.ee/vishkhanna @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social

022

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Damian Rogers and I will have a short discussion about Rough Description book after the readings. “Damian Rogers is a writer, editor, creative writing teacher, and tarot reader. She is the author of two poetry collections and the memoir An Alphabet for Joanna.” @ecwpress.bsky.social #damianrogers

020

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Upcoming tour dates following the May 26 release of Rough Description. @ecwpress.bsky.social #roughdescription

112

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Joining the excellent lineup of readers for my book launch is Chris Colohan. “Chris Colohan is a singer in punk and hardcore bands from the early 90s to present and author of Negative Space, No He Is Not Sleeping and the impending pandemic-era collection A Battered Tomorrow.” ra.co/events/2368611

010

Reposted by Don Pyle

Patrick Shanks @shocktheshanker.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hot off the press. Looking forward to tucking into this, the latest from Canadian punk icon, photographer and musician @thedonpyle.bsky.social Available now wherever fine books are sold. #ECWpress #palsofrock

Cover of Rough Description - a new biography from our hero Don Pyle.

062

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Going to Picton, Prince Edward County, to read at Books & Company along with Pete Crighton. Thursday June 4, 7pm. #roughdescription #donpyle #cosmicthing #petecrighton

000

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Joining me at my Rough Description book launch is Kirby. “KIRBY is the author of She, Poetry is Queer, This Is Where I Get Off, featured columnist at Send My Love to Anyone and publisher at knife | fork | book. Their latest, Fairy, comes out Fall 2026 from Palimpsest Press.” @itsakirby.bsky.social

152

Reposted by Don Pyle

Geoff McBride @mcbgee.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Fun things in the mail book edition: the new @thedonpyle.bsky.social music memoir arrived last week and goes to the top of the TBR pile. Come with a random photo from 1966 as a bookmark too!

Cover of Don Pyle's book Rough Description. A black and white cover. White text over a blurry photo of three musicians on a stage with instruments. They are facing away from us and are obscured by a bright light in front of them.

031

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Tabatha Southey guests @ Rough Description book launch. @tabathasouthey.bsky.social is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines in Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, Elle Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine and more. She is the author of three books.

040

Reposted by Don Pyle

KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

"I keep meaning to look up what a Cock Horse is." ROUGH DESCRIPTION author @thedonpyle.bsky.social interviewed by @themockler.bsky.social at Send My Love To Anyone sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/i-do-appre...

sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com

I do appreciate a good disgusted face, but I wouldn’t want it to stick.

I've been meaning to ask Don Pyle

233

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Exciting new addition to already stacked lineup for TO book launch - Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan of the luminous Yo La Tengo music group will be spinning records all nights. Advance tickets here: ra.co/events/2368611 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social @itsakirby.bsky.social @jasonmcbride.bsky.social

0107

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Congratulations to the Nash the Slash Rises Again! crew for a very excellent telling of Nash’s story. Great archival footage, and score by Rob Preuss. Plus waiting for the bus outside Vesta Lunch. #nashtheslash

030

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I finally received the cover art file for my new book Rough Description and I love it! Front cover 📷 Heather Cameron. Designed by Dave Gee, published by ECW Press. Preorder below. Supported by #torontoartscouncil and #ontarioartscouncil www.thedonpyle.com/books/p/roug...

thedonpyle.com

Rough Description by Don Pyle — DON PYLE

Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music is Don Pyle’s tantalizing memoir of a creative life lived fully.

061

Reposted by Don Pyle

KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Bringing the queer stuff. A WEEK TODAY I'll be sharing a table alongside @thedonpyle.bsky.social at that nomadic paradise for booksellers and buyers. DOUBLE LIFE SATURDAY 07 MARCH NOON - 6PM STANDARD TIME 165 GEARY AVE 2ND FL. FREE ADMISSION & FRIVOLITIES

141

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Launch! Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music (ECW Press), Don Pyle’s new book. Slideshow/reading: DP Q+A: Damian Rogers. with guest readers: Chris Colohan Kirby Jason McBride Tabatha Southey Thursday May 28 2026 Standard Time. 165 Geary Ave ra.co/events/2368611

171

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Things from a box vol. XXVIVX

040

Reposted by Don Pyle

Mrs. Rose @mrsrose.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Going through my phone archives, found a few clips from Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. Before things got strange with covid. It was awesome time seeing these guys, especially this close. RIP Dallas Good

181

Reposted by Don Pyle

Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Dirty Duff Denizens (DDD): a go fund me for the mall cobbler who's $10K patching machine needs to be replaced. This guy is down the long hall, behind the scenes. You can see some original terrazo nearby, from the days before the mall expanded & sent semi-bougie.

gofundme.com

Donate to Buy Alazar a New Patching Machine!, organized by Marsha Shandur

Top-line info: Alazar Beyene's 50 year old patching machine has died, and we want to… Marsha Shandur needs your support for Buy Alazar a New Patching Machine!

2128

Reposted by Don Pyle

KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

NEW @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social DON PYLE Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music SPRING 2026 Available for Preorder ecwpress.com/products/rou...

082

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

My new book, Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music will be published on May 26, 2026 by ECW Press, who also published my first book Trouble In The Camera Club. Rough Description launches Thursday May 28, 2026 at Standard Time, in Toronto. Launch details to follow.

060

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

The new Long Branch album is out now! Listen on our bandcamp, buy deluxe vinyl there too. On all the usual streamers. longbranchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/arc-of...

030

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The great and mind-bogglingly prolific author Edmund White. I shot this during 1989 International Festival of Authors in Toronto, the first time I heard him read. From thereon I read all of his books in his voice, colouring them with more depth and a conspiratorial salaciousness. RIP #edmundwhite

050

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Dallas’s absence feels so profound some days. Missing him every day but particularly having him in mind and heart on this rainy, blustery 52nd anniversary of his birth. #dallasgood #dallasgoodforever

072

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Long Branch plays The Sound Garage to launch our second album! Openers are Montreal’s Ada Lea (solo), and the debut of This Is How We Die, a new band that includes Kevan and Allan from King Cobb Steelie. Thurs July 10. Advance tix on sale Friday. Presented by @collectiveconcerts #longbranchband

121

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Long Branch, the rock band I play drumbs in, has just released first single from forthcoming album. Listen here and everywhere!! youtu.be/Gtd9paXT1LM?...

youtu.be

Touchdown (It All Begins With)

YouTube video by LONG BRANCH - Topic

020

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

It was nice knowing you when you when there were many things about you that were great, USA. I’m so sorry for how they’re desecrating your corpse.

000

Don Pyle @thedonpyle.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Clem Burke during and after. I shot these at the El Mocambo, in 1978, for Blondie’s Plastic Letters tour. Thank you, Clem ❤️ @officialblondiefan.bsky.social #clemburke