Chris Piuma
@wordgarbler.bsky.social
new album THE NEW SONGS: theminorthirds.bandcamp.com || podcasts (on MST3K, "great books", old trivia): megaphonic.fm || instrumentals: themesquad.bandcamp.com || crosswords, poetry, photography, and more: chrispiuma.com || pronouns: 🤷
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Chris Piuma
@wordgarbler.bsky.social
· Aug 1
It sure would be weird if my old band, the Minor Thirds, had spent the last few months recording our first full album of new songs in 18 years, and it was going to drop tomorrow, on my birthday.
Heh, yeah, that would be weird.
theminorthirds.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
Heh, yeah, that would be weird.
theminorthirds.bandcamp.com/album/the-ne...
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It’s not our latest episode but @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social and @nedraggett.bsky.social are part of the annual holiday bonus podcast the #MegaphonicFM folks put on for our Patreon subscribers. This time around: tackling the forgotten musical _Song of Norway_! www.patreon.com/megaphonic
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It’s not our latest episode but @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social and @nedraggett.bsky.social are part of the annual holiday bonus podcast the #MegaphonicFM folks put on for our Patreon subscribers. This time around: tackling the forgotten musical _Song of Norway_! www.patreon.com/megaphonic
We had so many thoughts about Grieg, but no one had more thoughts than @erlking.bsky.social, Megaphonic's own official Grieg Enjoyer. It was a delight.
As a holiday treat for our Patreon supporters, Chris & Charlotte joined other Megaphonic podcasters to talk about SONG OF NORWAY, a 1970 musical biopic about the composer Edvard Grieg.
The movie isn't worth watching. But it was fun to talk about for 2 hours!
www.patreon.com/posts/holida...
The movie isn't worth watching. But it was fun to talk about for 2 hours!
www.patreon.com/posts/holida...
December 23, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We had so many thoughts about Grieg, but no one had more thoughts than @erlking.bsky.social, Megaphonic's own official Grieg Enjoyer. It was a delight.
One of these films I’ve seen, one I have on my list to watch this year, and one I… yeah I don’t think I’m gonna be watching that.
Sounds like holidays with the Fiascos! megaphonic.fm/fiascomas
Sounds like holidays with the Fiascos! megaphonic.fm/fiascomas
We’re starting with a bang! Arguably the greatest Christmas movie of all time, and a bunch that don’t have Grump Cat
December 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
One of these films I’ve seen, one I have on my list to watch this year, and one I… yeah I don’t think I’m gonna be watching that.
Sounds like holidays with the Fiascos! megaphonic.fm/fiascomas
Sounds like holidays with the Fiascos! megaphonic.fm/fiascomas
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This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This is incredibly important. If you read one thing this week: marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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In our new episode, we look at #MST3K 603, THE DEAD TALK BACK. (Or do they?) With Crow dressed up as Jerry Garcia and a short about selling cabinets to sell more ice cream, this has something for everyone.
Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/186 or on your podcast app. Enjoy!
Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/186 or on your podcast app. Enjoy!
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
In our new episode, we look at #MST3K 603, THE DEAD TALK BACK. (Or do they?) With Crow dressed up as Jerry Garcia and a short about selling cabinets to sell more ice cream, this has something for everyone.
Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/186 or on your podcast app. Enjoy!
Listen at itsjustashow.com/episode/186 or on your podcast app. Enjoy!
Sometimes I read a book and wish that I was rereading it instead.
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Sometimes I read a book and wish that I was rereading it instead.
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WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
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Let’s start a Read A Play In December Challenge!
Listening to @thespouterinn.bsky.social's latest episode, I was reminded that there was a time in my life when I read plays a LOT, just for fun. I remember spending hours with the annual compilations of best plays in the school library.
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Let’s start a Read A Play In December Challenge!
Vladimir and Estragon's various aches and pains hit differently now than they did when I first read Waiting for Godot when I was a teenager.
New! @wordgarbler.bsky.social revisits an old favourite with Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, and @sakbari.bsky.social is excited about Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.
Listen at megaphonic.fm/spouter/87 or on your podcast app.
Listen at megaphonic.fm/spouter/87 or on your podcast app.
87. Waiting for Godot / Theory of Water. | The Spouter-Inn
Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s new book Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead.
megaphonic.fm
December 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Vladimir and Estragon's various aches and pains hit differently now than they did when I first read Waiting for Godot when I was a teenager.
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A great guide, and I think a lot of non-poets would also love these ideas, especially a small press subscription! I currently have one from World Poetry and it’s amazing!
worldpoetrybooks.com/subscribe
worldpoetrybooks.com/subscribe
November 30, 2025 at 3:42 AM
A great guide, and I think a lot of non-poets would also love these ideas, especially a small press subscription! I currently have one from World Poetry and it’s amazing!
worldpoetrybooks.com/subscribe
worldpoetrybooks.com/subscribe
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Happy Turkey Day! On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, the first episode of #MST3K aired — and now, 185 episodes into our podcast, we're ready to talk about it!
We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185
We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Happy Turkey Day! On Thanksgiving Day in 1988, the first episode of #MST3K aired — and now, 185 episodes into our podcast, we're ready to talk about it!
We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185
We discuss K01, Invaders from the Deep, and the Supermarionation show Stingray that this "movie" comes from, over at itsjustashow.com/episode/185
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I am leading @wordgarbler.bsky.social through the opening of Cyberpunk 2077 on our weekly twitch stream!
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
MegaphonicFM - Twitch
Chris and Mikey are Cyberpunks
www.twitch.tv
November 27, 2025 at 12:37 AM
I am leading @wordgarbler.bsky.social through the opening of Cyberpunk 2077 on our weekly twitch stream!
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
RIP, Tina Darragh. Somehow I never met her! But her chapbook "on the corner to off the corner" was huge for me, and I need to catch up on the work she did more recently.
Tina Darragh (1950-2025)
Tina Darragh, a defining figure in the Washington, D.C.
substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
RIP, Tina Darragh. Somehow I never met her! But her chapbook "on the corner to off the corner" was huge for me, and I need to catch up on the work she did more recently.
Ah, turns out that viral post with no citations was wrong.
Update: Google has now made a statement that aligns with what I found reported: you have not been automatically opted-in to letting its AI read your emails as those viral posts claimed
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
(please do not use this as a reason to reply with everything else you hate about google)
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ah, turns out that viral post with no citations was wrong.
Let’s see if @erlking.bsky.social has what it takes to evolve into a crab as he finally tries out ANOTHER CRAB’S TREASURE.
I’m along just to be crabby.
twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM now!
I’m along just to be crabby.
twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM now!
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Let’s see if @erlking.bsky.social has what it takes to evolve into a crab as he finally tries out ANOTHER CRAB’S TREASURE.
I’m along just to be crabby.
twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM now!
I’m along just to be crabby.
twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM now!
I’m gonna finally try Thank Goodness You’re Here with @erlking.bsky.social over at twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM, join us!
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I’m gonna finally try Thank Goodness You’re Here with @erlking.bsky.social over at twitch.tv/MegaphonicFM, join us!
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Shall be doing some Jackbox trivia with @wordgarbler.bsky.social now the once, come on over
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
MegaphonicFM - Twitch
Chris and Mikey are Trivial
www.twitch.tv
November 6, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Shall be doing some Jackbox trivia with @wordgarbler.bsky.social now the once, come on over
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
This reminded me of how fiercely protective and loyal I am to the 7 train, despite the 25 years that have passed since I moved out of NYC.
The original ESPN story about his 1999 comments remains online, and pleasingly still in its original formatting.
I'm nostalgic for the time when this kind of thing got you suspended.
www.espn.com/mlb/news/200...
I'm nostalgic for the time when this kind of thing got you suspended.
www.espn.com/mlb/news/200...
ESPN.com - Major League Baseball - Rocker 'can't wait' to ride No. 7 train
www.espn.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
This reminded me of how fiercely protective and loyal I am to the 7 train, despite the 25 years that have passed since I moved out of NYC.
We put it off for many years, but we are finally talking about Pride and Prejudice.
And I used the opportunity to say why Northanger Abbey has always had a special place in my heart — and to make room in there for a secret third book, which I finally read, and enjoyed way more than I expected!
And I used the opportunity to say why Northanger Abbey has always had a special place in my heart — and to make room in there for a secret third book, which I finally read, and enjoyed way more than I expected!
With her 250th birthday just around the corner, we revisit two of Jane Austen's novels: Pride and Prejudice (at last!) and Northanger Abbey.
Yes, we also talk about Colin Firth. It's a fun episode!
Listen at the link below or on your podcast app.
Yes, we also talk about Colin Firth. It's a fun episode!
Listen at the link below or on your podcast app.
86. Pride and Prejudice / Northanger Abbey. | The Spouter-Inn
For Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, we’re rereading Pride and Prejudice and Northanger Abbey.
megaphonic.fm
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We put it off for many years, but we are finally talking about Pride and Prejudice.
And I used the opportunity to say why Northanger Abbey has always had a special place in my heart — and to make room in there for a secret third book, which I finally read, and enjoyed way more than I expected!
And I used the opportunity to say why Northanger Abbey has always had a special place in my heart — and to make room in there for a secret third book, which I finally read, and enjoyed way more than I expected!
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AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
AVCX, the world’s finest puzzles and games service, and an independent media venture, has done some really cool stuff this year! A thread to brag (and to hype our mini subscription drive) …
Poetry isn't there to "mean" something, it's there to get you high.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Poetry isn't there to "mean" something, it's there to get you high.
Your job as a writer of a PR email has now become to convince me that an AI didn’t write it.
October 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Your job as a writer of a PR email has now become to convince me that an AI didn’t write it.
Well this was a depressing survey to fill out.
Canadians: The federal government is seeking public input on how AI should be developed and used in business, research, and the military.
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
If this scares the shit out of you, please let them know:
Help define the next chapter of Canada's AI leadership
Current status: Open from October 1 to October 31, 2025
Canada helped invent modern AI. To stay a leader—and protect our digital sovereignty—we're running a 30-day national sprint to shape a renewed...
ised-isde.canada.ca
October 9, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Well this was a depressing survey to fill out.
Oh look, I’m reading in the Portland Poetry Confluence this weekend! It has been a minute since I’ve given a reading, I hope I haven’t forgotten how to weird words mouthly nice!
portlandpoetryconfluence.org
portlandpoetryconfluence.org
Portland Poetry Confluence
portlandpoetryconfluence.org
October 1, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Oh look, I’m reading in the Portland Poetry Confluence this weekend! It has been a minute since I’ve given a reading, I hope I haven’t forgotten how to weird words mouthly nice!
portlandpoetryconfluence.org
portlandpoetryconfluence.org
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I’ll be solving crosswords with @wordgarbler.bsky.social on stream, starting…. now!
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
MegaphonicFM - Twitch
Fancy little podcasts (and friendly little livestreams). Crosswords, Jackbox and trivia, video games, kitchen parties, etc. More at megaphonic.fm
www.twitch.tv
September 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I’ll be solving crosswords with @wordgarbler.bsky.social on stream, starting…. now!
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm
www.twitch.tv/megaphonicfm