A sporadic journal about song-making and story-writing
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 284 | Founded | 5 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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Book News: Announcing Mordred Rex
I don’t recall my first encounter with the world of Arthurian myth — as a kid of the seventies and eighties, it seemed to be everywhere. Bradley’s Mists of Avalon lived on all of my mom’s liberated friends’ bookshelves; the local arthouse t...
Portland Book Festival
Kind people! On November 7th, here in Portland, Oregon, Carson and I will be taking the stage at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall as part of the 2026 Portland Book Festival. We’re rather chuffed to be included in what looks like a pretty s...
Motorgoat!
Omg, guys. I’m experiencing what could only be described as Substack paralysis. I’m doing so much writing these days that I’m having a hard time carving out time in my day to write something meaningful here for my beloved, devoted, hard-wor...
The King Is Dead Polaroids
Drinking wine, wearing a Darth Vader mask. There was a bunch of these in the original layout of the book and album — but the legal team at Capitol made us pull them all for fear of litigation. The Machine Shop’s legal team is much more leni...
Colin Meloy Sings Together: On the Streams
Here I am, listening to other people’s music and clearly enjoying it. I am not, as the illustration would suggest, likely listening to Sunny Day Real Estate’s 3rd LP because I do not own it — that’s just Carson making up a fake record sleev...
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