Damian Rogers and I will have a short discussion about Rough Description book after the readings. “Damian Rogers is a writer, editor, creative writing teacher, and tarot reader. She is the author of two poetry collections and the memoir An Alphabet for Joanna.” @ecwpress.bsky.social #damianrogers

Upcoming tour dates following the May 26 release of Rough Description. @ecwpress.bsky.social #roughdescription

I had a great chat with Toronto Mike for his podcast. I think this one is better as audio than video. More talk about my Rough Description book. @torontomike.com @ecwpress.bsky.social #donpyle #roughdescription www.torontomike.com/2026/05/don-...

Don Pyle: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1899

In this 1899th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's Don Pyle about his new memoir Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music. This e...

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Here’s a conversation with Booked On Rock podcast about my new book, Rough Description. Watch or listen here or where you usually hear your pods. #roughdescription @ecwpress.bsky.social #bookedonrock #donpyle www.bookedonrock.com

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For Those About To Read & Rock...Booked On Rock is the podcast for those about to read & rock! Deep dive discussions of the greatest artists, albums, songs, and moments in rock history with the author...

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Joining the excellent lineup of readers for my book launch is Chris Colohan. “Chris Colohan is a singer in punk and hardcore bands from the early 90s to present and author of Negative Space, No He Is Not Sleeping and the impending pandemic-era collection A Battered Tomorrow.” ra.co/events/2368611

Hot off the press. Looking forward to tucking into this, the latest from Canadian punk icon, photographer and musician @thedonpyle.bsky.social Available now wherever fine books are sold. #ECWpress #palsofrock

Going to Picton, Prince Edward County, to read at Books & Company along with Pete Crighton. Thursday June 4, 7pm. #roughdescription #donpyle #cosmicthing #petecrighton

I made bookmarks! #roughdescription

Joining me at my Rough Description book launch is Kirby. “KIRBY is the author of She, Poetry is Queer, This Is Where I Get Off, featured columnist at Send My Love to Anyone and publisher at knife | fork | book. Their latest, Fairy, comes out Fall 2026 from Palimpsest Press.” @itsakirby.bsky.social

Fun things in the mail book edition: the new @thedonpyle.bsky.social music memoir arrived last week and goes to the top of the TBR pile. Come with a random photo from 1966 as a bookmark too!

Tabatha Southey guests @ Rough Description book launch. @tabathasouthey.bsky.social is a freelance writer who is based, in Toronto. She/Her. Bylines in Globe and Mail, Macleans, Foreign Policy, Elle Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Explore Magazine and more. She is the author of three books.

"I keep meaning to look up what a Cock Horse is." ROUGH DESCRIPTION author @thedonpyle.bsky.social interviewed by @themockler.bsky.social at Send My Love To Anyone sendmylovetoanyone.substack.com/p/i-do-appre...

I do appreciate a good disgusted face, but I wouldn’t want it to stick.

I've been meaning to ask Don Pyle

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Exciting new addition to already stacked lineup for TO book launch - Georgia Hubley & Ira Kaplan of the luminous Yo La Tengo music group will be spinning records all nights. Advance tickets here: ra.co/events/2368611 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social @itsakirby.bsky.social @jasonmcbride.bsky.social

First review of my forthcoming book! Thanks, Eric Alper 👑#roughdescription #ericalper www.thatericalper.com/2026/03/25/s...

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet Co-Founder Don Pyle Delivers a Wildly Candid Music Memoir - That Eric Alper

Don Pyle has lived one of the most genuinely singular creative lives in Canadian music, and ‘Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music’, out May 26th from ECW Press, tells...

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Congratulations to the Nash the Slash Rises Again! crew for a very excellent telling of Nash’s story. Great archival footage, and score by Rob Preuss. Plus waiting for the bus outside Vesta Lunch. #nashtheslash

I finally received the cover art file for my new book Rough Description and I love it! Front cover 📷 Heather Cameron. Designed by Dave Gee, published by ECW Press. Preorder below. Supported by #torontoartscouncil and #ontarioartscouncil www.thedonpyle.com/books/p/roug...

Rough Description by Don Pyle — DON PYLE

Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music is Don Pyle’s tantalizing memoir of a creative life lived fully.

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Bringing the queer stuff. A WEEK TODAY I'll be sharing a table alongside @thedonpyle.bsky.social at that nomadic paradise for booksellers and buyers. DOUBLE LIFE SATURDAY 07 MARCH NOON - 6PM STANDARD TIME 165 GEARY AVE 2ND FL. FREE ADMISSION & FRIVOLITIES

Launch! Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music (ECW Press), Don Pyle’s new book. Slideshow/reading: DP Q+A: Damian Rogers. with guest readers: Chris Colohan Kirby Jason McBride Tabatha Southey Thursday May 28 2026 Standard Time. 165 Geary Ave ra.co/events/2368611

Things from a box vol. XXVIVX

Going through my phone archives, found a few clips from Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. Before things got strange with covid. It was awesome time seeing these guys, especially this close. RIP Dallas Good

Dirty Duff Denizens (DDD): a go fund me for the mall cobbler who's $10K patching machine needs to be replaced. This guy is down the long hall, behind the scenes. You can see some original terrazo nearby, from the days before the mall expanded & sent semi-bougie.

Donate to Buy Alazar a New Patching Machine!, organized by Marsha Shandur

Top-line info: Alazar Beyene's 50 year old patching machine has died, and we want to… Marsha Shandur needs your support for Buy Alazar a New Patching Machine!

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NEW @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social DON PYLE Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music SPRING 2026 Available for Preorder ecwpress.com/products/rou...

My new book, Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories from a Life in Music will be published on May 26, 2026 by ECW Press, who also published my first book Trouble In The Camera Club. Rough Description launches Thursday May 28, 2026 at Standard Time, in Toronto. Launch details to follow.

Forty years ago 🥸 #jesusandmarychain #shadowymenonashadowyplanet

The new Long Branch album is out now! Listen on our bandcamp, buy deluxe vinyl there too. On all the usual streamers. longbranchmusic.bandcamp.com/album/arc-of...

The great and mind-bogglingly prolific author Edmund White. I shot this during 1989 International Festival of Authors in Toronto, the first time I heard him read. From thereon I read all of his books in his voice, colouring them with more depth and a conspiratorial salaciousness. RIP #edmundwhite

What a party this must have been... Thank you @thedonpyle.bsky.social #drawnandquarterly #jonathanrichman #shadowymenonashadowyplanet

Dallas’s absence feels so profound some days. Missing him every day but particularly having him in mind and heart on this rainy, blustery 52nd anniversary of his birth. #dallasgood #dallasgoodforever

Long Branch plays The Sound Garage to launch our second album! Openers are Montreal’s Ada Lea (solo), and the debut of This Is How We Die, a new band that includes Kevan and Allan from King Cobb Steelie. Thurs July 10. Advance tix on sale Friday. Presented by @collectiveconcerts #longbranchband