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Mark Balletto

@myrecordplayer.bsky.social

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Spin 'em if ya got 'em Singer, Songwriter, Guitar slinger Random Soundcheck song posted daily https://www.myrecordplayer.com/

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · Aug 26

Sing along ☮️💜🎼✊😷 #GeneralStrike

"General Strike" - Moe Shinola - 2022-05-01 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1h

Incredible that you are even considering "a ballistic helmet in the field" when we could just not play these games it's the only winning move 💸🤷‍♂️

a young man in a striped shirt is looking at a computer screen .

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1h

Incredible that you are even considering "a ballistic helmet in the field" when we could just not play these games it's the only winning move 💸🤷‍♂️

a young man in a striped shirt is looking at a computer screen .

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 13h

Big Country, Stuart Adamson, Peter Wolf, and us.

"Peace in Our Time" - Big Country - 2023-10-14 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 13h

Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, and stop this train.

"100 Million Little Bombs" - Buddy Miller - 2022-10-14 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 13h

Queen, Brian May, and don't you hear my call.

"'39" - Queen - 2021-10-14 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 13h

To Beat Or Not To Beat", PPPP, and lookin' for you.

"All Over The World" - Paul Collins' Beat - 2020-10-14 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

Blessings to you that’s bad form person insta critiqing like that

Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

Too much funky shite goin' down

Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Pena, Shulumbus, and Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

"Jet Airliner" - Paul Pena - 2020-10-12 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Greg Lake, and me.

"Lucky Man" - Emerson, Lake & Palmer ELP - 2023-10-13 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

Blind Faith, Steve Winwood, and me.

"Can't Find My Way Home" - Blind Faith - 2022-10-13 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

Florence and the Machine, lungs, and you better run.

"Dog Days Are Over" - Florence and the Machine - 2021-10-13 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 1d

ADHD, Cheap Trick, and Happy Birthday, Brad Elvis! @thehandcuffs.bsky.social

"Lookout" - Cheap Trick - 2020-10-13 Random Soundcheck

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Bom Tellino @bomtellino.bsky.social · 2d

It’s been said but it bears repeating: in addition to the people being abducted, all Chicagoans are being psychologically terrorized. Seeing feds driving/walking around and videos of violent attacks in places you know and love will fuck you up. Get ready, it’s coming to all of America soon.

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

"To be a Republican in 2025 represents a clear public confession that you either don't know the difference between good and evil and you're so morally empty that you can't be bothered to begin to try,"..

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote about a new Nazi party that seeks to criminalize all human virtue, and how that means that human virtue is the greatest weapon against the new Nazi project.

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The Crime of Human Virtue

Sometimes it really is as simple as good vs. evil. This is one of those times. Human virtue is our great crime against the fascist project; it's also our great weapon against it.

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David Kaib @davidkaib.bsky.social · 3d

The political project of the Trump Admin is mass death. Sometimes fast, sometimes slow. This is the real threat, not the people they target to justify their actions.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 2d

Vought is not interested in “normal” democratic politics: He seeks to “traumatize” civil servants, use the military to suppress protests, and sees Trump as an agent of God’s will. He is convinced to be fighting a noble war to defend his “real America” of white Christian patriarchal rule.

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

Living Colour, Vernon Reid, Ed Stasium, and me. @livingcolour.com @vurnt22.bsky.social

"Broken Hearts" - Living Colour - 2023-10-12 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

Bob Schneider, Carl Thiel, and me.

"Metal and Steel" - Bob Schneider - 2022-10-12 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

Bruce Cockburn, IMF, and keep 'em on the hook.

"Call It Democracy" - Bruce Cockburn - 2021-10-12 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 2d

Paul Pena, Shulumbus, and Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day!

"Jet Airliner" - Paul Pena - 2020-10-12 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 3d

Billy Idol, Steve Stevens, Keith Forsey, and you.

"Eyes Without a Face" - Billy Idol - 2023-10-11 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 3d

Bellamy Brothers, Larry E. Williams, and it's the season.

"Let Your Love Flow" - Bellamy Brothers - 2022-10-11 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 3d

Eric Lowen, Dan Navarro, and Pat Benatar. @dannavarromusic.bsky.social

"We Belong" - Pat Benatar Lowen & Navarro - 2021-10-11 Random Soundcheck

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Mark Balletto @myrecordplayer.bsky.social · 3d

Arrangements, indigo, and miles to go.

"Turn Blue" - My Record Player - 2020-10-11 Random Soundcheck

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 4d

Yes, because NYT is a fascist institution

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 4d

Douthat is laundering hard core white Christian supremacy into the mainstream, with the NYT's blessing.

Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 4d

Ross Douthat treats this guy like they're having some deep conversation about the relationship of Christianity and the government, but the dude is a garden-variety dull, shallow, hateful, worthless bigot with nothing interesting to say, just endless riffs on "God hates everything/everyone I do."

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