Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social music ∙ geekery ∙ media and comms ∙ more random musings than you can handle ∙ DC vibe checks & street photography ∙ somehow has a PhD ∙ opinions all mine ∙ once called "the bus passenger" by People Magazine
Ted Gioia @tedgioia.bsky.social Ted Gioia is author of 12 books, including The History of Jazz and Music: A Subversive History. His newsletter is The Honest Broker (www.honest-broker.com)
Chris Marron @sonofhal.bsky.social Music related blurb goes here.
Deer Space Nine 🕊️🦌 @valkyri-anna.bsky.social If an angel was also transgendeer. Often NSFW. DO NOT SAVE MY NUDES. 18+ only please | she/her
lmkauflin.neocities.org
Buy my writing: https://forms.gle/7y2PTECDCuHobSo47
Banner by Ezeeshady
certified bimbologist @bimboband.bsky.social 🥩💅💣💥
art-rock duo from MI
acct run by gas can
bimbobimbobimbo.bandcamp.com
Bubba Yaga @bubbayaga.bsky.social Kilt-wearin', scruffy lookin' nerf herder. Pragmatic Voluptuary. Unrepentant bourbon & punk rawk lover. Paints toy soldiers.
Pan/ENM. he/him
"sweet in that visceral brutish way."
STFU about Chicago.
PBF Comics @pbfcomics.bsky.social Ancient webcomic dark arts by Nick G, often written with friends
pbfcomics.com/links
John Hastie @johnhastie.bsky.social noisemaker. bookslinger. cheeseater.
he/him
The Bird Machine @thebirdmachine.bsky.social Small screenprint shop just outside Chicago, driven by Jay Ryan.
Instagram @ thebirdmachine is more thorough, for now.
sky ✨💖✨ @sky-writes.bsky.social sky viola
𝓠𝓾𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓸𝓯 𝓢𝔀𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓽𝓼
art, games, stuff | Chicago | 🐁/🐀| she/her | 🔞
CHIRP 107.1 Playlist @chirp-playlist.bsky.social Listen in Chicago at 107.1 FM or Stream online at: https://chirpradio.org
Unofficial CHIRP Radio Playlist Bot
UMAW @umaw.bsky.social UMAW is a 501(c)(4) member-led advocacy group committed to organizing music workers to create a more just music industry, and to join with other workers in the struggle for a better society.
Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social Space politician. ‘’Face of the Establishment’. Sane.
Jon Wurster @jonwurster.bsky.social Sitting in the back row with The Mountain Goats/Bob Mould Band…The Best Show...Scharpling & Wurster...couple other things. Most of my fun happens over at Instagram.
B & the Nothingness @bnothing.bsky.social music and stories with Lazy & Entitled
Pop Up Karaoke @popupkaraoke.com Our place, your place, any place: karaoke with us at great Chicago spots all over the city or let us throw a party right in your own backyard!
🐍 (Grove Tender) 🐍 @orenshedherskin.bsky.social ⚔️ Patron Daughter of Saint Longinus ⚔️
🐍 Snake Charming Goes Both Ways 🐍
✨ Sparkliest Girl at The Gym✨
🪴Wife 🪴
🔞
Walker, Texas Hydrangea @pearfalse.com beached body ready
he/him || i don't trust bluesky and would rather you followed me on the fediverse at https://tech.lgbt/@pearfalse || anti-ai
Will Hermes @willhermes.bsky.social Writer, music usually. Substack: https://newmusicoldmusic.substack.com/ Contributing Editor @rollingstone.com @nytimes.com @pitchfork.com @npr.org Books: Love Goes To Buildings On Fire 🔥 Lou Reed: The King of New York 👑 https://linktr.ee/willhermes
I draw your cat drunk! (Tips encouraged!) HG MOM @drawurcatdrunk.bsky.social human of harper gruffy (30) • I'll drunkenly draw your cat while drunk... Feel free to tip here if you'd like: https://ko-fi.com/wrenharper
If you subscribe at $10 / month I will soberly draw 1 pet monthly ($5 off)
Shane Culloty @winteraid.bsky.social Songwriter, slopfighter, general online person.
🇮🇪 in California.
winteraid.com. music, technology, policy.
Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @spellingmistakescostlives.com Darren Cullen
"Britain-hating anarchist who knows the value of nothing" - Johnny Mercer MP.
""Artist"" - Daily Mail
Hell Bus / Co-curator Museum of Neoliberalism
www.spellingmistakescostlives.com
www.linktr.ee/spellingmistakescostlives
Leigh (She/Her) @rhymeswithtwee.bsky.social Rhymes with Twee owner. Partner to Z. Mom to Agnès Varda, The Dog. Vegan. Covid-cautious. Chicagoan. Twee pop fan. A delightful weirdo. Pickle Royalty. #rhymeswithtwee
LIAR'S CLUB @liarsclub.bsky.social BAR/MUSIC VENUE IN CHICAGO
Best of Dying Twitter @bestofdyingtwit.bsky.social Looking into it. Chief Looker: @jenn.bsky.social
tat songs @tatsongs.bsky.social I play guitar, electronic, and noise. Chicago/Western Mass tatsongs.bandcamp.com he/him
Vim ❦ @vimlena.com vimlena.com
they/she
bassist/guitarist (@celebrityduis.com)
https://typo.social/@vimlena
I love computers and typography. I am 30 or 40 years old and I do not need this.
Chicagoans Who Bike @chiwho.bike We tell the stories of the wide variety of Chicagoans who bike around the city, in photos and video. Read all our past interviews at chiwho.bike!
Lore Gerblin @loregerblin.bsky.social 44 They/them | Pan pagan non-binary polyamorist with a penchant for puns and ADHD tomfoolery. A gerblin for all seasons. Cheese thief and minion extraordinaire.
Cat husband of @thaumatropia.bsky.social
BOARDS OF CANADA @boardsofcanada.bsky.social 
JoshD @joshd.bsky.social Your friend, probably. Maybe.
My Bacon number is 3.
Dalton Deschain @daltondeschain.com Pulp horror-punk from NYC. Also co-host of the podcast The Pod Universe. Also the B-69s guy. They/he, moth/man
linktr.ee/daltondeschain
🎉 erin ⁉️ @interrobang.bsky.social a constellation of enthusiasms in the shape of a midlife dirtbag. for all trans rights and some trans wrongs. she/her/y’all. chicago over everything 5ever ✶ ✶ ✶ ✶ https://tadaemoji.com
Franz Nicolay @franznicolay.bsky.social Music, writing, teaching: http://linktr.ee/franznicolay ||| PianoFighter.substack.com ||| To us, the beautiful!
Lord Chief Justice @lordchiefjustice.bsky.social Matmos, High Zero Foundation, The Red Room, I live in Baltimore, Maryland in the U.S.A. as embarrassing and shameful as that might be sometimes.
Bandcamp @bandcamp.com Bandcamp is an online record store and music community where passionate fans connect with and directly support the artists they love.
Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social Emily
Chicago, IL
she/her
emidly.08 on Signal
Listifications (w/o blocks) @unsub.blocks.listifications.app Follow me to stop receiving block notifications from @listifications.app and to only receive notifications when you are added to a list (starter pack, mod list, feed list).
Grunkle Harm @harmonwest.bsky.social Midwestern writer, movie watcher, perv about town. He/him. Here as mental health allows, but don't count on it. Trans himbo. Writing lives on my site: https://thisisharmonwest.ghost.io/. I don't DM but I do reply to Venmo @harmcoxrules.
j d i @j-t-r-o-n.bsky.social It was all a dream / I used to read MAD and CRACKED magazines
Middle-aged Borrible
@fuzzboxdjs @loganarcade @prfbbq @geekswhodrink
if you know the color of their eyes it’s already too late @bridgetgordon.gay She/Fae | Poet | Girlfag | Sex Hair + Glitter | Moonlight Kintsugi | Truth + Beauty, Inseparably | Anaphora Slut | Soft, Like A Knife | Heart On My Fucking Sleeve | Incorrigible Flirt | Goddess of Small Comforts | You’re doing great sweetie 🏳️⚧️🌙✨💙
Clipping @clppng.bsky.social Diggs /// Hutson /// Snipes
DEAD CHANNEL SKY /// 03-14-2025 on @subpop.bsky.social
Eamon Daly @eamondaly.bsky.social Chicago
he/him
Perennial @perennialtheband.bsky.social mod fuzz rhythm & noise
New England
https://orcd.co/beatscene
Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social 15 years of saved tweets.
@tfederman.bsky.social
👻👻Cinchel👻👻 @cinchel.com He/They
🎸Musician 🔊🔊
🖼️artist
👩🏼🔬chemist
💻web dev
🦕🍃🌲🥦🚀🚴🏼♀️
negative vibes only / forever preverbal / post tonal / optimized for disappointment / simple ideas executed poorly / completely forgettable
Chicago magazine @chicagomagazine.bsky.social We are Chicago.
Drew Daniel @drewdaniel.bsky.social Matmos guy with my husband @lordchiefjustice / English professor at Hopkins / also known as The Soft Pink Truth.
Barry Burns @barry.mogwai.scot A Scottish man in a Glasgow band
#MDANT
Chicago 2100 Urbanism @chicago2100.bsky.social Petition to Demand A World-Class Chicago Transit System: https://www.change.org/Chicago2100
Advocating for a better tomorrow, one street at a time
Ryan Zumsen @ryanz.bsky.social MNUFC Wonderwall Treasurer
MN Aurora community owner
bassist emeritus, data nerd
scott pilgrim avatar loyalist
Owen Ashworth @advancebase.bsky.social Formerly the dude from Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, currently the dude from Advance Base
Chicago, Illinois
https://linktr.ee/advancebase
austin @bainard.bsky.social jorts authority. head dude at @beermiscuous.bsky.social in Chicago. Free Palestine.
Mostly Harmless @whalepetunias.bsky.social Posting random lines from the 5 Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy books by Douglas Adams. Bot by @josephwb.bsky.social, using template code from @philna.sh #HHGG #DouglasAdams #DNA Code: https://github.com/josephwb/whalepetunias
Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social We are all we’ve got. We are all we need. ✊🏽
Community Organizer 🚲 @cyclingxsolidarity
Stuart Braithwaite @plasmatron.bsky.social Plays guitar. Hates fascists. Just confused by life.
404 Media @404media.co it's a website (and a podcast, and a newsletter) about humans and technology, made by four journalists you might already know. like and subscribe: 404media.co
Charlie Rohrer @chazooka.bsky.social music stuff here: https://www.soundcloud.com/iamtallac
Subvert @subvert.fm Subvert is a music platform owned and controlled by a co-op of over 25,000 members. We are now LIVE.
www.subvert.fm
BrooklynVegan @brooklynvegan.bsky.social a music blog & record store
Hillary Starpants @hillarystarpants.bsky.social Dayjobber by day, artist by night, nerd always. Trying to figure it all out at the fork in the road of my midlife.
I love art, music, nature, travel and sharing stories in pictures. I miss the lake and my folks.
Share your photos! ALL OF THEM :)
THE FAR SIDE DAILY @bot.cowtools.org The Far Side, near at hand
Account by @cowtools.org
Kyle @kyle2.bsky.social Taper. Tester. Co-owner of The Confectionery Apothecary!
Like the Mountain Goats? Come to concerts with me:
https://archive.org/details/@lilmountaingoateyboy
emerald @thegemthecolor.bsky.social emerald from the front row! the sticker lady from the internet!
account for sharing tMG comps, live tapes, and newsletters!
www.thegemthecolor.com/thestickerlady/directory
dan sinker @dansinker.com I make stuff. Currently Says Who and Rebel Spirit podcasts & writing at dansinker.com. Formerly Punk Planet (RIP), impeachment dot fyi, OpenNews, and much more. Always something new coming soon.
Milwaukee's DrAwkward @hotshotrobot.bsky.social IfIHadAHiFi and Body Futures drummer/vocalist guy. He/him. Skeeting about loud music, pro wrestling, and whatever I feel like. If you are anti-trans you aren't my friend.
IfIHadAHiFi EP PAWS IN THE BACON GREASE now available:
IfIHadAHiFi.bandcamp.com
Kevin Borgia @chicagotrailcoach.bsky.social Bikes, solar, music.
✶ ✶ ✶ ✶
www.BikePAC.org
The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social Cartoonist and creator of The Oatmeal and Exploding Kittens https://linktr.ee/theoatmeal
Steven Hess @stevenhess.bsky.social drummer | sound artist
chi, il.
linktr.ee/stevenhess
Millions of Dead Chris @thecorlew.bsky.social writer | musician | co-host, The Line Break podcast | fiction reader, Cotton Xenomorph | 1/2 Lazy & Entitled | basketball junkie | Chicago Over Everything | exhausted dad | he/him
https://www.lazyandentitled.org/?page_id=41
@titusandronicus.bsky.social @titusandronicus.bsky.social 
lillian @toomanymouths.bsky.social word crone
39, she/her, queer, anarchist, sleepy. trans flag goes here
i play bass in weaklung: https://weaklungband.bandcamp.com/
🐇
Chi Hack Night @chihacknight.org A free, weekly event in Chicago to build, share and learn about civic tech. Join us every Tuesday evening! https://chihacknight.org/
International Anthem @intlanthem.bsky.social 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗴𝗼-𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.
𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 𝗧𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥.
Juan Dominguez @bikefreek.bsky.social A Juanofakind regular everyday explorer, mostly by bicycle 
Bad Medical Takes @badmedicaltakes.bsky.social Posting the worst medical takes. Have a submission? DM or @ me. #MedSky https://ko-fi.com/badmedicaltakes
Trevor de Brauw @trevordebrauw.bsky.social - B byron coley @byroncoley.bsky.social western mass-based writer, archivist & poseur
Karthik Kakarala @kakarala.bsky.social 
Greg Obis @guypidgeotto.bsky.social Chicago Mastering Service | Stuck
https://linktr.ee/gregobis
Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social Public Humanities Prof, School of Advanced Study, Univ London. American abroad. Journalism, US politics, cultural & literary history esp 1920s & 30s & F. Scott Fitzgerald. Podcast: Journey Through Time with David Olusoga. @throughtimepod.bsky.social
Hearing Things @hearingthingsco.bsky.social Independent music journalism. No algorithms. We promise.
CRIMINAL SIMPSONS @criminalsimpsons.bsky.social dissin' your fly girl
yoinkin' your memes
(not the guy from twitter)
liz pelly @lizpelly.bsky.social writer in nyc, author of Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist, co-host of @criticallistening.bsky.social
lizpelly.info
Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov Husband and father. Proudly serving as Illinois’ 43rd governor.
Geoffrey D. Wessel @gdwessel.bsky.social Comics writer. JUDGE DREDD, ROGUE TROOPER & more at @2000ad.bsky.social (2023 - Present); WAR BIRDS (2023, Dark Horse). DJ @chirpradio.org. Co-host Busting Balls Podcast. Bylines at FanByte, Wrestling Inc., /Film, Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
PRF BBQ @prfbbq.bsky.social News about the PRF BBQ, Thundersnow, Campout, and adjacent bands
DON'T QUIT
Chicago Critical Mass @chicritmass.bsky.social A Free bicycle ride the last Friday of every month 6PM leaving from Daley plaza. Come out & ride.
Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social 
Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social indie nostalgia by @chrisdeville.bsky.social
pre-order SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
The thread o’ tweets @threadotweets.bsky.social All the tweets I love, a few I hate. A few skeets too! Posted individually this time instead of threaded
Posting in large batches, pls address complaints to dennisbhooper
Alt text added but reply w/ additional description as you see fit. Also bluesky @‘s
@fionapetch.bsky.social @fionapetch.bsky.social 
WBEZ @wbez.org We are Chicago's NPR station and your local news source. Find us on air at 91.5FM. Support public media and local journalism: donate.wbez.org
Streetsblog Chicago @chi.streetsblog.org The region's sustainable transportation news and advocacy website, helping to make the city and suburbs better since 2013. Posts: @johngreenfield.bsky.social (unsigned) and @stevevance.net.
Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago's neighborhood news source.
Chicago Reader @chicagoreader.com Chicago's alternative newsroom since 1971 🗞
chicagoreader.com
Becca @beccamavin.bsky.social Former civil servant, current public sector auditor | PhD in the UK asylum system | here for UK politics, immigration stuff, alternative music, running, travel, and the pop culture discourse.