About

About me. Hi. I’m Tyler. I’m usually a professional copywriter, but sometimes I write other things, too. One time I wrote a novel. Someday I might write another.

About Pop Loser. Pop Loser is a blog I have written on and off since 2007. The most recent iteration is a bit esoteric, but I like it. I also post a lot of “mixtapes.” When each volume finishes, posts are collected on an omnibus page: Vol. 1, 2, 3. Most previous versions of Pop Loser are archived in the following places: Newsletters #1–78, #79–97, and #98–113 (2014–2018). Original blog (20072014) and Tumblr clone (2010–2014).

About this website. This site is powered by Micro.blog using an increasingly butchered version of the Marfa theme. Short posts (fka “tweets”) are made with the official Micro.blog iOS app. For blog posts I use IA Writer.

Feeds, etc. ☠️ Pop Loser. Just the blog, which I post weekly-ish (and most take January, July and August off from), including new mixtapes. / 🚒 The firehose. This includes the blog, my “tweets,” and my media logs. It’s maybe a post per day on a really busy week. / 📻 Mixtapes. A podcast feed for just the mixtapes. The schedule varies, but I try to do about one per month. / 📱 Other things you can find if you know where to look include my classic arcade scores, movielog, booklog and photos.

Other places. Things posted here sometimes also appear on Mastodon (which I love, but don’t use enough) and/or Bluesky (which I hate, but still occasionally use). Recent mixtapes are shared on Mixcloud.

Photo credit. Any headshots of me are by Monique de St. Croix.

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Tyler Hellard @poploser