Steve Carll
@stevecarll.bsky.social
Poet, music geek, politics junkie, baseball fan (no particular team), dad-joke composer, anti-fascist
Here's a preview of *Dreaming to a Click", my new poetry collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. The Spring 2024 issue of BlazeVOX features early drafts of three of Stroffolino's poems from the book, one we wrote together, and an outtake from the writing sessions that led to the book.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Here's a preview of *Dreaming to a Click", my new poetry collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. The Spring 2024 issue of BlazeVOX features early drafts of three of Stroffolino's poems from the book, one we wrote together, and an outtake from the writing sessions that led to the book.
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Here's a YouTube playlist of all the songs I reference in my poem "Take The Mods Thrifting" from "Dreaming to a Click", my collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. Message me for details on how you can order "Dreaming to a Click". #poetry #music
Here's a YouTube playlist of all the songs I reference in my poem "Take The Mods Thrifting" from "Dreaming to a Click", my collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. Message me for details on how you can order "Dreaming to a Click". #poetry #music
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All the music referenced in the poem "Take the Mods Thrifting" by Steve Carll from "Dreaming to a Click" by Carll and Chris Stroffolino. You can read the poe...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Here's a YouTube playlist of all the songs I reference in my poem "Take The Mods Thrifting" from "Dreaming to a Click", my collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. Message me for details on how you can order "Dreaming to a Click". #poetry #music
Here's a YouTube playlist of all the songs I reference in my poem "Take The Mods Thrifting" from "Dreaming to a Click", my collaboration with Chris Stroffolino. Message me for details on how you can order "Dreaming to a Click". #poetry #music
Dreaming to a Click, a chapbook of poems written by me and Chris Stroffolino (separately and together) is now available for $8 (plus $4 for mailing) from Bathysphere Press. Message me for details. #poetry
November 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Dreaming to a Click, a chapbook of poems written by me and Chris Stroffolino (separately and together) is now available for $8 (plus $4 for mailing) from Bathysphere Press. Message me for details. #poetry
Northern sky 11/8/2025
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Northern sky 11/8/2025
If anyone has suggestions for where to send review copies of the new book I wrote with Chris Stroffolino, would love to hear them. (Message me if *you* might be interested in writing a review of the book.) #poetry
November 16, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If anyone has suggestions for where to send review copies of the new book I wrote with Chris Stroffolino, would love to hear them. (Message me if *you* might be interested in writing a review of the book.) #poetry
I've revived my Bathysphere Press imprint and am excited to publish Dreaming to a Click, a 28-poem collaboration with Chris Stroffolino, now available to pre-order for $8 plus $4 shipping. Message me for details.
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I've revived my Bathysphere Press imprint and am excited to publish Dreaming to a Click, a 28-poem collaboration with Chris Stroffolino, now available to pre-order for $8 plus $4 shipping. Message me for details.
I'm excited to announce my upcoming live poetry gig featuring at A Reason to Listen, Thursday, December 4th from 7-9 pm at Septentrio's Barrel Room on I Street in Arcata. I'll be reading from *Dreaming to a Click*, my forthcoming collaboration with Chris Stroffolino.
November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I'm excited to announce my upcoming live poetry gig featuring at A Reason to Listen, Thursday, December 4th from 7-9 pm at Septentrio's Barrel Room on I Street in Arcata. I'll be reading from *Dreaming to a Click*, my forthcoming collaboration with Chris Stroffolino.
Issue 2 of the experimental poetry journal Utriculi, edited by Harry K Stammer and Mark Young, is now posted at www.sandy-press.com/utriculi/ . Part 2 includes five more images from my Asemic Realizations series (pages 86-88). Both parts of the issue can also be purchased from Amazon.
October 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Issue 2 of the experimental poetry journal Utriculi, edited by Harry K Stammer and Mark Young, is now posted at www.sandy-press.com/utriculi/ . Part 2 includes five more images from my Asemic Realizations series (pages 86-88). Both parts of the issue can also be purchased from Amazon.
Thanks to editor Alison Ross for inviting me and my cat to read my prose poem “The Familiarity of a Rainbow” from Clockwise Cat 45 on the journal’s YouTube channel, Clockwise Cat Cafe. Check it out at www.youtube.com/shorts/lOjB-...
October 14, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Thanks to editor Alison Ross for inviting me and my cat to read my prose poem “The Familiarity of a Rainbow” from Clockwise Cat 45 on the journal’s YouTube channel, Clockwise Cat Cafe. Check it out at www.youtube.com/shorts/lOjB-...
My Top 2 Songs of the Week (2025 Week 38):
youtu.be/t-t2uFntpOU
1. Golden Apples – "Mind". One of several absolute earworms on Golden Apples' new album "Shooting Star". When the mellotron hits, it's like a rush of psychedelic sugar straight to the ol' hearing pipes. #music
youtu.be/t-t2uFntpOU
1. Golden Apples – "Mind". One of several absolute earworms on Golden Apples' new album "Shooting Star". When the mellotron hits, it's like a rush of psychedelic sugar straight to the ol' hearing pipes. #music
Mind
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September 25, 2025 at 8:26 PM
My Top 2 Songs of the Week (2025 Week 38):
youtu.be/t-t2uFntpOU
1. Golden Apples – "Mind". One of several absolute earworms on Golden Apples' new album "Shooting Star". When the mellotron hits, it's like a rush of psychedelic sugar straight to the ol' hearing pipes. #music
youtu.be/t-t2uFntpOU
1. Golden Apples – "Mind". One of several absolute earworms on Golden Apples' new album "Shooting Star". When the mellotron hits, it's like a rush of psychedelic sugar straight to the ol' hearing pipes. #music
Anyone remember when progressive Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone tragically died in a plane crash?
September 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Anyone remember when progressive Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone tragically died in a plane crash?
Sentinel - Seagull - Symmetry
September 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Sentinel - Seagull - Symmetry
My Top 3 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 34-37):
youtu.be/h3b-7a7pbKo
1. Chiedu Oraka – "Kid on the Estate". Rapper from Hull shouts out to "the chavs and the gangsters..the female skankers" and others over a grime track laced with sampled Asian melodies. #music
youtu.be/h3b-7a7pbKo
1. Chiedu Oraka – "Kid on the Estate". Rapper from Hull shouts out to "the chavs and the gangsters..the female skankers" and others over a grime track laced with sampled Asian melodies. #music
Chiedu Oraka - Kid On The Estate
YouTube video by Chiedu Oraka
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September 22, 2025 at 2:26 AM
My Top 3 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 34-37):
youtu.be/h3b-7a7pbKo
1. Chiedu Oraka – "Kid on the Estate". Rapper from Hull shouts out to "the chavs and the gangsters..the female skankers" and others over a grime track laced with sampled Asian melodies. #music
youtu.be/h3b-7a7pbKo
1. Chiedu Oraka – "Kid on the Estate". Rapper from Hull shouts out to "the chavs and the gangsters..the female skankers" and others over a grime track laced with sampled Asian melodies. #music
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Thanks to editor @clockwise.cat , issue 45 of Clockwise Cat includes my artwork "Einsturzende Neubauten" and a prose poem "The Familiarity of a Rainbow" that I wrote based on a prompt gifted to me by my then-teenager.
September 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thanks to editor @clockwise.cat , issue 45 of Clockwise Cat includes my artwork "Einsturzende Neubauten" and a prose poem "The Familiarity of a Rainbow" that I wrote based on a prompt gifted to me by my then-teenager.
Northern sky 8/29/25
August 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Northern sky 8/29/25
My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 31-33):
youtu.be/FlBSUeyxbsA
1. The Kevin Fingier Collective – "Comin' Home Baby". High-energy mod/ska instrumental. A brand-new version, but scuffed up just enough to make it sound like it's from c. 1968. #music
youtu.be/FlBSUeyxbsA
1. The Kevin Fingier Collective – "Comin' Home Baby". High-energy mod/ska instrumental. A brand-new version, but scuffed up just enough to make it sound like it's from c. 1968. #music
Comin' Home Baby
YouTube video by The Kevin Fingier Collective - Topic
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August 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 31-33):
youtu.be/FlBSUeyxbsA
1. The Kevin Fingier Collective – "Comin' Home Baby". High-energy mod/ska instrumental. A brand-new version, but scuffed up just enough to make it sound like it's from c. 1968. #music
youtu.be/FlBSUeyxbsA
1. The Kevin Fingier Collective – "Comin' Home Baby". High-energy mod/ska instrumental. A brand-new version, but scuffed up just enough to make it sound like it's from c. 1968. #music
Northern sky 8/3/25
August 12, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Northern sky 8/3/25
Northern sky 8/9/25
August 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Northern sky 8/9/25
My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 28-30):
youtu.be/EFuUv0IVKT4
1. Curtis Harding – "Time". Like his previous single "There She Goes", Harding's fresh, trip-hoppy reinvention of classic soul sounds and celebration of humanity seem to me to meet the moment perfectly. #music
youtu.be/EFuUv0IVKT4
1. Curtis Harding – "Time". Like his previous single "There She Goes", Harding's fresh, trip-hoppy reinvention of classic soul sounds and celebration of humanity seem to me to meet the moment perfectly. #music
Curtis Harding - "Time"
YouTube video by Curtis Harding
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August 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My Top 4 Songs of the Week (2025 Weeks 28-30):
youtu.be/EFuUv0IVKT4
1. Curtis Harding – "Time". Like his previous single "There She Goes", Harding's fresh, trip-hoppy reinvention of classic soul sounds and celebration of humanity seem to me to meet the moment perfectly. #music
youtu.be/EFuUv0IVKT4
1. Curtis Harding – "Time". Like his previous single "There She Goes", Harding's fresh, trip-hoppy reinvention of classic soul sounds and celebration of humanity seem to me to meet the moment perfectly. #music
Tomi can't think too good, or she would understand that this would be a much better deal for California than it would for the rest of the USA. We generate 14% of the country's GDP and contribute far more dimes to the federal government than we get back from it.
July 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Tomi can't think too good, or she would understand that this would be a much better deal for California than it would for the rest of the USA. We generate 14% of the country's GDP and contribute far more dimes to the federal government than we get back from it.
My Top Song of the Week (2025 Week 27):
youtu.be/-0gveyEUzuc
1. Nilüfer Yanya – "Kneel". Built around a hypnotic repeating guitar arpeggio and Yanya's ethereal voice, "Kneel" is another winner for the British singer-songwriter. #music
youtu.be/-0gveyEUzuc
1. Nilüfer Yanya – "Kneel". Built around a hypnotic repeating guitar arpeggio and Yanya's ethereal voice, "Kneel" is another winner for the British singer-songwriter. #music
Nilüfer Yanya - Kneel (Official Visualiser)
YouTube video by NiluferYanyaVEVO
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July 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
My Top Song of the Week (2025 Week 27):
youtu.be/-0gveyEUzuc
1. Nilüfer Yanya – "Kneel". Built around a hypnotic repeating guitar arpeggio and Yanya's ethereal voice, "Kneel" is another winner for the British singer-songwriter. #music
youtu.be/-0gveyEUzuc
1. Nilüfer Yanya – "Kneel". Built around a hypnotic repeating guitar arpeggio and Yanya's ethereal voice, "Kneel" is another winner for the British singer-songwriter. #music
My Top 3 Songs of the Week (2025 Week 26):
youtu.be/SLTMj5kc838
1. Lightheaded – "Mercury Girl". Not to be confused with The Cleaners from Venus's "The Mercury Girl", although this New Jersey group's lo-fi pop does ring many of the same bells. #music
youtu.be/SLTMj5kc838
1. Lightheaded – "Mercury Girl". Not to be confused with The Cleaners from Venus's "The Mercury Girl", although this New Jersey group's lo-fi pop does ring many of the same bells. #music
Mercury Girl
YouTube video by Lightheaded - Topic
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July 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My Top 3 Songs of the Week (2025 Week 26):
youtu.be/SLTMj5kc838
1. Lightheaded – "Mercury Girl". Not to be confused with The Cleaners from Venus's "The Mercury Girl", although this New Jersey group's lo-fi pop does ring many of the same bells. #music
youtu.be/SLTMj5kc838
1. Lightheaded – "Mercury Girl". Not to be confused with The Cleaners from Venus's "The Mercury Girl", although this New Jersey group's lo-fi pop does ring many of the same bells. #music