Ben Mackenzie
@dumbposts.net
a3poify on other places, formerly @bmack0 on Twitter
Hail majestic corporate light, heaven born and ever bright. Irk the purists.
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Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is a lot like Low or Heroes conceptually, but instead of the second side being instrumental/experimental the second side's concept on Scary Monsters is "being good and yet still somehow unsatisfying"
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) is a lot like Low or Heroes conceptually, but instead of the second side being instrumental/experimental the second side's concept on Scary Monsters is "being good and yet still somehow unsatisfying"
Going to be tweeting a lot of my odd Bowie opinions in the next few days I feel so buckle up for that.
January 17, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Going to be tweeting a lot of my odd Bowie opinions in the next few days I feel so buckle up for that.
Why did Harry Maslin listen to Station to Station, which he produced spot on in 1976, and think "I could do better in 2010" and then he just kinda removed the vocal effects from Bowie's voice and made it uncomfortably dry sounding. People rag on Visconti's 2017 Lodger (which I like) but ignore this?
January 17, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Why did Harry Maslin listen to Station to Station, which he produced spot on in 1976, and think "I could do better in 2010" and then he just kinda removed the vocal effects from Bowie's voice and made it uncomfortably dry sounding. People rag on Visconti's 2017 Lodger (which I like) but ignore this?
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Too much Bowie stuff now takes the attitude that nothing he did between about 1980 and 2010 is worthy of much discussion.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Too much Bowie stuff now takes the attitude that nothing he did between about 1980 and 2010 is worthy of much discussion.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
I don’t have a solution to this, I just wanted to vent.
Absolutely horrible to hear the news about Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (ex-Black Midi). Never got to see them live while he was in the band but from live recordings the dual-guitar attack was absolutely fierce. Rest in peace.
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Absolutely horrible to hear the news about Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin (ex-Black Midi). Never got to see them live while he was in the band but from live recordings the dual-guitar attack was absolutely fierce. Rest in peace.
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
www.instagram.com/p/DTaf9tJiAoL/
Remembering the time I was so bored working a retail job I spent about 4 hours thinking about the Mr Show Pallies sketch
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
Mr. Show - Pallies
YouTube video by Laser Time
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Remembering the time I was so bored working a retail job I spent about 4 hours thinking about the Mr Show Pallies sketch
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
youtu.be/Svr6Zl2QgX8
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what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?
January 9, 2026 at 9:33 PM
what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
Listened to new Morrissey single out of morbid curiosity - sounds like a bad Brosnan-era Bond theme 25 years too late
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Listened to new Morrissey single out of morbid curiosity - sounds like a bad Brosnan-era Bond theme 25 years too late
Watching the David Bowie: The Final Act documentary that was on Channel 4 last night which, despite its title, spends 20 minutes giving us a perfunctory overview of the bits of his career everyone already knows about. This is the only time I’ve ever genuinely wished for Tin Machine to come on again.
January 4, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Watching the David Bowie: The Final Act documentary that was on Channel 4 last night which, despite its title, spends 20 minutes giving us a perfunctory overview of the bits of his career everyone already knows about. This is the only time I’ve ever genuinely wished for Tin Machine to come on again.
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PETER GABRIEL: The new album "o\i " will come in 2026 and the first track "Been Undone" is out on 3 January. Details: t.ly/IV9tf
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
Peter Gabriel: First "o\i"-Song "Been Undone" out on 3 January - Genesis News Com [it]
On January 3, Peter Gabriel will release the first song from his new album oi – it's called Been Undone.
t.ly
January 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
PETER GABRIEL: The new album "o\i " will come in 2026 and the first track "Been Undone" is out on 3 January. Details: t.ly/IV9tf
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
@itspetergabriel.bsky.social
It's the end of the year and I decided to wait for my top 5s:
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
December 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It's the end of the year and I decided to wait for my top 5s:
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
GIGS OF THE YEAR:
5) Father John Misty, Royal Albert Hall 15/04
4) Stratford Rise, The Windmill 31/07
3) Neil Young/Cat Stevens/Van Morrison, Hyde Park 11/07
2) Radiohead, The O2 22/11
1) Swans, Electric Brixton 10/11
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Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 22,1958
March 22,1958
December 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
March 22,1958
March 22,1958
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Saw ‘The Doors’ where an ‘over stimulated’ audience member attempted a loud dialogue with the characters. He was removed just as Jim Morrison was arrested onscreen. “They got me too Jim!” He cried “They got me too!”
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Saw ‘The Doors’ where an ‘over stimulated’ audience member attempted a loud dialogue with the characters. He was removed just as Jim Morrison was arrested onscreen. “They got me too Jim!” He cried “They got me too!”
I love Beatles music videos where Ringo has nothing to do because they couldn’t be bothered to drag a drum kit in so he’s wandering aimlessly/holding an umbrella/riding an exercise bike
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I love Beatles music videos where Ringo has nothing to do because they couldn’t be bothered to drag a drum kit in so he’s wandering aimlessly/holding an umbrella/riding an exercise bike
My Bloody Valentine at Wembley tonight is the first show I’ve ever gone to where they were basically forcing earplugs into your hand on the door. Literally people standing at every entrance with a sack of foam earplugs giving them to you.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
My Bloody Valentine at Wembley tonight is the first show I’ve ever gone to where they were basically forcing earplugs into your hand on the door. Literally people standing at every entrance with a sack of foam earplugs giving them to you.
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New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
November 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
New York Democrats can do better than Zohran Mamdani.
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
by Eric Adams, Bill de Blasio, Andrew Cuomo, Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand, David Paterson, Eliot Spitzer, and Anthony Weiner
@themountaingoats.bsky.social are always one of the best shows you can possibly see. Third time for me. Can’t wait for next year!
🚨ON SALE NOW: the Mountain Goats return to London next year for a spectacular show at Hackney Church on Wednesday 21st October, alongside special guest Craig Finn. 🎶
Tickets on sale courtesy of Eat Your Own Ears.
🎟️ https://wegottickets.com/af/586/f/14500/
Tickets on sale courtesy of Eat Your Own Ears.
🎟️ https://wegottickets.com/af/586/f/14500/
November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
@themountaingoats.bsky.social are always one of the best shows you can possibly see. Third time for me. Can’t wait for next year!
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
Saw Swans the last two nights - their gigs really break your perception of time. What felt like 10-15 minutes of noise during one of the songs was, looking at a bootleg recording this morning, closer to 5. Meanwhile a seemingly 8-minute rendition of A Little God In My Hands was actually double that
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Saw Swans the last two nights - their gigs really break your perception of time. What felt like 10-15 minutes of noise during one of the songs was, looking at a bootleg recording this morning, closer to 5. Meanwhile a seemingly 8-minute rendition of A Little God In My Hands was actually double that
The experience of sitting in a cab, watching the metre slowly go up until you decide you’ve had enough is quite a lot like youtu.be/7xlNc5inymo
Monty Python - Blackmail
YouTube video by Kenny Teeology
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The experience of sitting in a cab, watching the metre slowly go up until you decide you’ve had enough is quite a lot like youtu.be/7xlNc5inymo
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I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
November 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I was hoping whatever was bursting out of the guy's chest in Alien would be something nice
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It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
October 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It's over: I've already depicted you as the seething broad gauge train, and myself as the smug narrow gauge!
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“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe…”