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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 1d

This is a good one, have been spinning a bunch over the weekend

Käärijä - Cha Cha Cha (LIVE) | Finland 🇫🇮 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2023

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5
HM3:
Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha (2023, Finland)
Few songs have made me happier than this, loses something without its performance so only a HM. A new Eurovision all-timer

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 1d

The 11 points are correct for me but I also used my 12 points on Day 18 (for WAP)

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 2d

Adverts should be representative of traditional British families

Darren Day in a white tee and blue waistcoat, Noel Edmonds in a green blazer, a random young child being held by Mr Blobby and Anthea Turner

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 2d

The vengabus is on fire and there is no driver at the wheel

Hanumankind, Kalmi - Hanumankind – Big Dawgs | Prod. Kalmi (Official Music Video) | Def Jam India

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5
HM2:
Hanumankind – Big Dawgs (2024, India)
A song that is elevated tenfold by its video, Houston hip-hop by way of Kerala

YouTube video by HanumankindVEVO

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not proud but it's undeniable

YouTube video by Major Stars - Topic

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 4d

The lead vocalist may be an acquired taste but new Major Stars album is very listenable if you're into face shredding psych-rock freakouts majorstars.bandcamp.com/album/more-c...

Erasable Time

Post Malone - I Had Some Help (feat. Morgan Wallen) (Official Video)

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 4d

#TheTwen2ie5
HM1:
Post Malone (feat. Morgan Wallen) - I Had Some Help (2024, USA)

Heartbreaking: Worst person you know just featured on an absolute bop

YouTube video by PostMaloneVEVO

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 4d

Wrong Tommy?

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 4d

This compilation is a blast, added enjoyment in looking up the promotional videos

The Bug - 'Hammer (feat. Flowdan)' (Official Audio)

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CHOAM Nomsky (frightening) @samthielman.com · 4d

the duality of man

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 5d

#TheTwen2ie5
Day 25:
The Bug (feat. Flowdan) - Hammer (2021, UK) (ISC-N, NKC-Y)

Black Hole levels of pressure and intensity in the bassline with Flowdan dancing over the top, will never not love these two together

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww8D...

YouTube video by Ninja Tune

Halsey - I am not a woman, I'm a god

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 6d

#TheTwen2ie5
Day 24:
Halsey - I Am Not A Woman, I'm A God (2021, US)(ISC-Y, NKC-Y)
Reznor serving up the platonic ideal of a NIN banger but Halsey still makes it their own

YouTube video by HalseyVEVO

What if a lie is told to reveal some underlying truth? Are feelings that seem inappropriate, such as hysteria following the death of a celebrity, any less true than the grief we feel over the death of...

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 7d

Finished Werner Herzog's latest book; very strangely structured with often bizarre asides (what if Scott of the Antarctic made pornographic photos?). Under-edited and frankly odd as a book but readable all the same, helped by being so short. Certainly wouldn't have been published if by anyone else

The Future of Truth

www.penguin.co.uk

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 7d

#TheTwen2ie5
Day 23:
PinkPantheress & Ice Spice - Boys a Liar (Pt. 2) (2023, UK/US) (ISC-Y, NKC-Y)

PinkPantheress, Ice Spice - Boy’s a liar Pt. 2 (Official Video)

YouTube video by Pinkpantheress

Agriculture & Livestock: Horses, Cattle, Exotic Animal Classifieds

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 7d

It needs to be brought back to it's true form web.archive.org/web/20060118...

Advertising for agriculture, farming, livestock, exotic animals, equine and western art, all horse breeds and all cattle breeds.

web.archive.org

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 8d

Ryan Adams having a normal one down under www.setlist.fm/setlist/ryan... / 7news.com.au/entertainmen...

From Setlist.fm:
21. Not Dark Yet
(Bob Dylan cover) (Aborted around verse three when DRA switched to uptempo cookie monster voice)

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 8d

No hashtag!

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 8d

#TheTwen2ie5
Day 22:
Pozer - Malicious Intentions (2024, UK) (ISC-Y, NKC-Y)

Croydon's finest, I love this guys flow.

Pozer - Malicious Intentions (Official Video)

YouTube video by PozerVEVO

Bonnie Raitt - Have A Heart

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Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 8d

Currently vibing to Bonnie Raitt cod-reggae (w/bonus Bob Hoskins & Denzel in the video) youtu.be/6GFnTgF_RqA?...

YouTube video by BonnieRaittVEVO

Ben @arewenotben.bsky.social · 8d

At The Line of Beauty at the Almeida this evening, as ever at this theatre an excellent production although here never transcending it's source material. As the source is one of the best books of the 21st Century it's quite a high bar I guess almeida.co.uk/whats-on/the...

Empty stage at the Almeida Theatre, London