Archive - Colin Meloy's Machine Shop

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The end of Roe V. Wade

Jun 24

Demonstration Tapes: Repaid Listen now (3 min) | Doing my best Shara Nova impersonation

Apr 26

Demonstration Tapes: Don't Carry It All Now with more guitars! Hear the unreleased demo of the song from 2011's The King Is Dead.

Mar 30

Colin Meloy's sporadic journal of song-making and story-writing

Mar 29

Not even a bridesmaid

Jul 15

Lost Songs: Greetings From Anonymity Another singalong suicide song... unreleased from 1999, recorded in 2011

Apr 9

What rhymes with mesallied?

Apr 7

Tutorial: Lake Song In a spray of cherry blossoms -- Learn how to play this song from "What A Terrible World, What A Beautiful World" by the world's most mediocre guitar…

Apr 3

Demonstration Tapes: The Engine Driver Listen now (5 min) | From a small rented room in NE Portland, 2004

May 24

PacNW to MT and back

Aug 6

Profiles in loneliness

May 27

A trip to the other magic kingdom

Jul 13

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