Apprentice philologist. Poetry translation and history teaching. Chair-leg hero. Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading [ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]https://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtqvlqgqw223Oh man, Aston Villa in shambles.23 Aug 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqvlqgqw223https://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtpzz3e6ys2rThere’s a few times during the Werner Herzog documentary about Bruce Chatwin where he’s basically like, “am I doing a colonialism with my camera RIGHT NOW?” and it’s pretty rough23 Aug 2026 05:17 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpzz3e6ys2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtouy2m4g22tMe: Kacey Musgraves isn’t a dick. Kacey: [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtouy2m4g22thttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtor4oaq7c23Tottenham in hell early on, what else is new22 Aug 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtor4oaq7c23https://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtoif3s6bs2sMorgan Gibbs-White (protesting a call, heated with anger): That has to be a joke! It wasn’t anywhere NEAR him! The referee (one of the blond Wisconsin girls from the film Love, Actually): oh my god, your accent is SO cute! I can’t give a yellow card for that…22 Aug 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtoif3s6bs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtodyjj43s2vwho are the slut gnomes of false berlin [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtodyjj43s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtni722a7c2cMidnight music from Loren Connors open.qobuz.com/track/296919222 Aug 2026 04:53 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtni722a7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtmx7yal2s2rOh yeah, this one https://youtu.be/tMooqPH1kPo?is=3YfqsLVFyrZaHdJZ [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmx7yal2s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtkrnzm4b22lDon’t really get Phoebe Bridgers, sorry, just bland indie pop, very indistinctive and unmemorable sound and voice21 Aug 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkrnzm4b22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtkjr4uyyk2cPlenty of classics in the comments there, and many of them are correct. I’ll name a newer one I didn’t see posted: “Follow Your Arrow” by Kacey Musgraves. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkjr4uyyk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mthjllfntk2oThe 9yo got picked up by his grandma from school today, and when I came in he was showing her vintage Ali fights on YouTube.19 Aug 2026 20:02 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthjllfntk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mth6464vls2iTrue story boxd.it/fV5NJH https://boxd.it/fV5NJH19 Aug 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mth6464vls2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joelcalahan.com/post/3mtegqixef226Nice vignette here, the scene sketched out so effectively https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n04/long-ling/diary18 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:sfadmpuifdn2tc726b4aaowd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtegqixef226