Archive - Colin Meloy's Machine Shop

On Tim Walz, Gus Walz, and Neurodivergence

A takeaway from the DNC

Aug 23, 2024 •

I had ChatGPT write a Decemberists song

And I recorded it. Here's "Sailor's Song."

Feb 11, 2023 •

Annotated Songs: The Crane Wife 1 & 2

The difficult birth of a bird

Jan 9 •

Deep Dive: Joan in the Garden

Seven years in the making

Mar 27, 2024 •

Other Peoples' Songs Request Line: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Safe travels, Mr. Lightfoot

May 9, 2023 •

Picaresque, My Picaresque

A few scattered thoughts on a record's milestone

Apr 30 •

Deep Dive: Burial Ground

How a song gets made

Feb 13, 2024 •

Studio Diary Part 3

And so we begin again

Aug 31, 2023 •

Demonstration Tapes: Acts of Men (aka A Beginning Song)

An early early draft

Dec 5, 2024 •

Deep Dive: All I Want is You

❤️❤️❤️

Apr 24, 2024 •

Demonstration Tapes: Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned)

From a garret in Provence

Sep 17, 2024 •

Happy Autism Acceptance Month

I think we're all pretty aware by now

Apr 12, 2023 •

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